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Front Row: The League Of Gentlemen, Gina Yashere, Jenny Eclair, Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World

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18/12/2017

The League Of Gentlemen, Gina Yashere, Jenny Eclair, Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, The League Of Gentlemen, Gina Yashere, Jenny Eclair, Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World

As The League of Gentlemen returns we ask how much has the climate for comedy changed?

As The League of Gentlemen returns we ask how much has the climate for comedy changed? With Mark Gatiss, Jeremy Dyson, Gina Yashere and Jenny Eclair.

As The League of Gentlemen returns to BBC Two for three new episodes we speak to Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Dyson about revisiting the bizarre characters of Royston Vasey. 

Gina Yashere and Jenny Eclair discuss how the climate for comedy has changed and whether comedians still have a duty to shock.

How Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World changed television, with producer John Fairley and Professor Roger Luckhurst from Birkbeck, University of London.

Image: Mickey (MARK GATISS), Pauline (STEVE PEMBERTON), Ross (REECE SHEARSMITH) 
Credit: BBC/James Stack.

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