EPISODE · Apr 5, 2019 · 53 MIN
The Larks Ascending Extra - Tim Worthington - You Can't Exactly Wash The Dishes To You Suffer By Napalm Death
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Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.This time Tim's the guest, talking to Garreth Hirons about some lesser heard examples of comedy on BBC Radio 3 including the infamous 'Piotr Zak' hoax, David Renwick and Andrew Marshall's academic broadcasting sendup The Half-Open University, left-wing theatre troupe sitcom Blood And Bruises, The National Theatre Of Brent's 'History of mankind from the first amoeba to the Second World War' All The World's A Globe, Chris Morris chatting to Peter Cook in Why Bother? and Armando Iannucci's talk on how to Use Your Ears. Along the way we'll be appreciating some quality drumming, starting a Mexican Wave with Dr. Hans Keller, and definitely not enrolling on Professor Alan Alanson's Magic Brain Programme (Guaranteed Not To Work!).You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can hear more about Chris Morris and Armando Iannucci's work over on Radio 4 and Radio 1 in Looks Unfamiliar with Phil Catterall here.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. If you can navigate your way past Jazz In The Foyer.
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The Larks Ascending is a new book by Tim Worthington looking at the history of Comedy on BBC Radio 3. In this special extra edition of Looks Unfamiliar, Tim talks to Garreth F. Hirons about some of the programmes covered in the book including the infamous 'Piotr Zak' hoax, David Renwick and Andrew Marshall's academic broadcasting sendup The Half-Open University, left-wing theatre troupe sitcom Blood And Bruises, The National Theatre Of Brent's 'History of mankind from the first amoeba to the Second World War' All The World's A Globe, Chris Morris chatting to Peter Cook in Why Bother?, and Armando Iannucci's talk on how to Use Your Ears. We'll also be appreciating some quality drumming, starting a Mexican Wave with Dr. Hans Keller, and definitely not enrolling on Professor Alan Alanson's Magic Brain Programme (Guaranteed Not To Work!). You can find out more about The Larks Ascending at http://timworthington.org/.
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