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Bob Monkhouse guides Bob Sinfield through his memories, diaries and recordings.

Comedian Bob Monkhouse guides Bob Sinfield through his memories, diaries and recordings of the comedy greats. From 2000.

If it happened in comedy after the Second World War, not only was comedy legend Bob Monkhouse there to see it happen, but he wrote about it in his journals. 

Bob guides comedy writer Bob Sinfield through his amazing collection of diaries, letters and memories of the comedy greats as he reflects on his own career of over 50 years in show business.

Bob Monkhouse died aged 75 in 2004.

Producer: Julian Mayers

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2000.

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