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J. Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook

J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook: An 'Ep' in the Country

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An 'Ep' in the Country

J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook

BBC Radio 4 Extra - J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook, An 'Ep' in the Country

The showbiz survivor finds himself the stooge in some spin for a popular TV soap actress.

The showbiz survivor finds himself the unwitting stooge in some spin for a popular TV soap actress. Stars Peter Jones. From July 1986.

The off-screen doings of TV soap opera stars are often more interesting than the actual programmes, particularly if you never watch the programme concerned.

British show business doyen, J Kingston Platt shares reminiscences drawn from the wealth and the poverty of his experience from the past 40 years.

Performed and written by Peter Jones.

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1986

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Series of comic monologues written from the perspective of an old showbiz survivor

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