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J. Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook

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J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook

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The man of many parts uses his experience to discuss his old chum.

The man of many parts uses the wealth and poverty of his experience to discuss his old chum. Stars Peter Jones. From May 1986.

The common image of the breed of actors as selfish, chameleonic and unreliable is almost always quite unjustified. 

After all, to be realistic, what sort of professional future could someone like that possibly expect to have? 

The doyen of British show business, 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 May 1986.

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Comedy: Satire

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

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