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1.00pm Laughter USA: 2: Mel Brooks
A series of nine programmes featuring American comedians, with archive clips from films, TV and radio.
Brooks continues to talk about his life and career in comedy, and discusses the comedians who have influenced him. Including clips from Sid Caesar, Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, Jackie Mason and many others including, of course, Mel Brooks himself.
A Rewind production

1.30 The News Huddlines
Join Roy Hudd, June Whitfield and Chris Emmett as the award-winning News Huddlines team tear a strip off the week's news. With music from Peter Moss and the Huddliners. The announcer is Richard Clegg.
(Repeated from Thursday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mel Brooks
Unknown:
Roy Hudd
Unknown:
June Whitfield
Unknown:
Chris Emmett
Unknown:
Peter Moss
Unknown:
Richard Clegg

Stephen Brooker conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra.
Leader Martin Loveday. With Mary Carewe and Michael Dore singing songs from Oliver, Cats, Evita,
Phantom of the Opera,
West Side Story, Sunset Boulevard and Les
Misérables. Introduced by John Marsh.
Given before an invited audience at the Hippodrome, Goiders Green. Producer Alan Boyd

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Brooker
Leader:
Martin Loveday.
Unknown:
Mary Carewe
Unknown:
Michael Dore
Introduced By:
John Marsh.
Producer:
Alan Boyd

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