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The Brig Society

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Comedy series in which, each week, Marcus Brigstocke is put in charge of a 'big thing'.

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The Brig Society: Series 1

Marcus Brigstocke

Rufus Jones

Margaret Cabourn-Smith

William Andrews

Jeremy Salsby

Toby Davies

Nick Doody

Steve Punt

Tom Neenan

David Tyler

The Brig Society: Series 1: Episode 1: Fashion

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BBC Radio 4 - The Brig Society, Series 1, Fashion

Marcus Brigstocke has volunteered to be the face, and indeed trousers, of British fashion.

Marcus Brigstocke has volunteered to be the face, and indeed the trousers, of British fashion. With Rufus Jones, William Andrews and Margaret Cabourn-Smith.

Uh-oh - Marcus Brigstocke has been put in charge of a thing! Each week, Marcus finds he's volunteered to be in charge of a big old thing - a hospital, the railways, British fashion, a prison. And each week he starts out by thinking "Well, it can't be that difficult, surely?" and ends up with "Oh - turns out it's utterly difficult and complicated. Who knew...?"

This week, Marcus has volunteered to be the face of British fashion, which is a feather in his cap - coincidentally making his very first fashion mistake there. But as well as promoting the corduroy cagoule and inadvertently releasing his own fragrance, Marcus will be examining the light-hearted topics of Size Zero models and child labour as well as pondering the inexorable rise of the Ugg boot.

Helping him fail to find the answers will be Rufus Jones (Hunderby, Holy Flying Circus), William Andrews (Sorry I've Got No Head) and Margaret Cabourn-Smith (Miranda)

The show is produced by Marcus's long-standing accomplice, David Tyler, who also produces Marcus appearances as the inimitable as Giles Wemmbley Hogg.

Written by Marcus Brigstocke, Jeremy Salsby, Toby Davies, Nick Doody, Steve Punt and Tom Neenan

Produced by David Tyler
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Uh-oh - Marcus Brigstocke has been put in charge of a thing!

Uh-oh - Marcus Brigstocke has been put in charge of a thing! Comedy with the English comedian as he takes charge of various British institutions and learns that they really are as hard as he thought

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