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Tony Law's Surreal Guide to Surreal Comedy

Tony Law's Surreal Guide to Surreal Comedy: 1. Simply Absurd

1. Simply Absurd

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Tony Law looks at Surreal Comedy with help from Will Self, Noel Fielding and Sean Hughes.

Tony Law looks at Surreal Comedy with help from Will Self, Noel Fielding, Mary Beard and Sean Hughes

Absurdist Canadian comedian, Tony Law, takes us on a journey through the twists and turns of Surrealism in comedy.

He is accompanied by historian Mary Beard, writer Will Self and Noel Fielding.

Featuring a rare interview from Gerard Hoffnung and Monty Python’s Terry Jones presenting ‘Simply Absurd’.

Is the world becoming more surreal? Have the targets of Surrealism changed?

ToneZone, as he insists the Producer calls him, investigates...

Producer: Kerry McCarthy

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in February 2014.

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Tony Law looks at surrealism in comedy, including rare interviews with Gerard Hoffnung, Monty Python sketches, plus Peter Cook and Chris Morris's 'Why Bother?'. From Feb 2014.

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