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Host Simon Mayo pits the comic generations against each other

Simon Mayo hosts a comedy show that pits three comic generations against each other to find out which is the funniest

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Act Your Age: Series 3: Episode 5

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Simon Mayo hosts a three-way battle to find out which is the funniest comedy generation.

Simon Mayo's battle of comedy generations. With Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter, Tom O'Connor and Norman Lovett. From April 2011.

Three-way battle between the comedy generations to find out which is the funniest.

Hosted by Simon Mayo.

Will it be the Up-and-Comers, the Current Crop or the Old Guard who will be crowned, for one week at least, as the Golden Age of Comedy?

With Team Captains:

Holly Walsh
Rufus Hound
Ted Robbins

Guest Comics:

Carl Donnelly 
Justin Edwards
Norman Lovett  

Devised and produced by Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011.

Act Your Age: Series 3

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Simon Mayo hosts a comedy show that pits the comic generations against each other to find out which is the funniest

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