Ayres on the Air

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Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches

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Ayres on the Air: Series 5: Beauty

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Beauty

Series 5

BBC Radio 4 - Ayres on the Air, Series 5, Beauty

Pam Ayres looks at beauty and that newly coined term 'wellness'.

Beauty and wellness explored. Pam Ayres' poetry and sketches with Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead. From February 2014.

Poet Pam Ayres presents poems, stories and sketches on the subject of beauty and, that newly-coined term, wellness.

Pam recalls meeting Phyllis Diller and finding out about 'chin brown' - and recalls buying a very unsuitable outfit having admired it on someone else 

She also explains how you know when you've put on a little too much weight.

With:
Felicity Montagu
Geoffrey Whitehead as Pam's long-suffering husband 'Gordon'.

Poems include: Too Much of a Fag, Did I Turn Off My Tongs?, Had a Little Work Done, Pilates, Once I Was a Looker and So Was My Spouse, and the legendary I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth.

Sketch writers: James Bugg, Grainne McGuire, Claire Jones, Andy Wolton and Tom Neenan.

Producer: Claire Jones.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2014.

Ayres on the Air: Series 5

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Pam Ayres hosts a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches

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