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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

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It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad War

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The Goon explains how his aspirations to medical success came to a disastrous end.

The author and arch-Goon explains how his aspirations to medical success came to a shockingly disastrous end. From October 1993.

More memories from the founding member of The Goon Show, Michael Bentine - recalling how his aspirations to medical success came to a shockingly disastrous end.

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

Producer: Andy Aliffe

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1993.

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