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Episode 1: Cricklewood - A Scene Setter

Cricklewood - A Scene Setter

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Humorist, writer and broadcaster Alan Coren muses on his beloved part of London.

Humorist, writer and broadcaster Alan Coren muses on his beloved part of London, home to potato crisps and the machine gun.

Home to potato crisps and the machine gun - humourist, writer and broadcaster Alan Coren muses on his beloved part of London. 

Abridged in five-parts, Alan Coren (1938-2007) reads from his book A Bit on the Side first published in 1996. 

The son of a builder, Coren won a scholarship to Oxford, and also studied at Yale and the University of California. He planned to become a professor, but his experiences in the USA prompted him to take up comic writing. He was editor of 'Punch' magazine from 1978-1987. 

Alan was also a regular panellist on BBC radio 4's The News Quiz and a team captain on BBC TV's Call My Bluff.

Producer: Aled Evans

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.

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Musings from the late humorist, writer and broadcaster, recorded in 1997

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