Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler

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Comedy: Standup

The comedian-author-adventurer recreates bizarre bets from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Award-winning comedian-author-adventurer Tim FitzHigham recreates a series of bizarre bets from the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Colin Anderson

Jon Hunter

Paul Byrne

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Adventuring comedian Tim FitzHigham recreates a 19th-century bet involving a woollen coat.

Adventuring comedian Tim FitzHigham recreates a 19th-century bet involving sheep-shearing to make a jacket. From April 2014.

Tim recreates Sir John Throckmorton's 1811 attempt to have a coat made from scratch - going from the sheep's back to his own back in a single day.

Award-winning comedian-author-adventurer Tim FitzHigham recreates a series of bizarre bets from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Written by and starring Tim FitzHigham.

Additional material by Jon Hunter and Paul Byrne.

Literal material from the Derbyshire Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers. 

Producer: Colin Anderson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2014.

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