Hans Teeuwen

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The great impressionist begins a three-part series in which he finds out about the comedy of other countries and talks to leading exponents of it. Irish and Swiss wags are to follow, but here he meets Hans Teeuwen who turns out to be yet another Dutchman who speaks flawless English and whose accent is so unmarked that when Bremner tries out his own comedy Dutch voice it sounds rude. We get snippets of Teeuwen's stage act, which consists of a fair amount of filthy songs and some excellent surreal riffing (don't miss the joke about the rabbit).