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Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester

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Founding member of The Goon Show, Michael Bentine shares stories of his life and career

Founding member of The Goon Show, Michael Bentine shares stories of his life and comedy career

Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester: The Reluctant Jester Strikes Back

Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester: The Reluctant Jester Strikes Back: Episode 1: There's Nowt Queerer Than Folk

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Episode 1: There's Nowt Queerer Than Folk

The Reluctant Jester Strikes Back

There's Nowt Queerer Than Folk

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Michael Bentine recalls visits to Australia and New York, and some outrageous friends.

Michael Bentine recalls visits to Australia and New York, and some outrageous friends in his showbiz career. From November 1994.

Visiting Australia and New York and meeting some colourful friends along the way... 

Founding member of The Goon Show and one of the foremost comic minds of his generation - Michael Bentine returns with behind-the-scenes tales of his offbeat and extraordinary life in show business, the RAF and civvy street; putting wrongs to right and right to wrongs. 

With extracts from some of his most memorable comic performances and eccentric characters.

Recorded at the Secombe Theatre, Sutton, Surrey. 

Michael Bentine CBE was born in 1922 and died in 1996.

Producer: Andy Aliffe

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1994.

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