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James Jones (I)

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Kenneth Williams reading the Bible to be broadcast on Radio 4

At the height of his fame in the 1970s, Kenneth Williams was asked to record excerpts from the Bible. Those recordings are to be broadcast for the first time on Radio 4 this April.

British Comedy Guide, 28th March 2025

Edinburgh Fringe preview: Hiraeth

Buddug James Jones is heir to her family's three hundred year old farming dynasty in Wales. Now as a modern woman, Bud is desperate to change her destiny. Hiraeth is her story.

The Public Reviews, 4th July 2014

Liza Tarbuck presents a look back at Doddy's 60 years in showbiz revolving around a new interview with him, including salutes from Liza's Dad, Jimmy, plus James Jones, the Bishop of Liverpool, drama critic Michael Billington and Roy Hudd. I wish producer Graham Pass had asked me. When I ran my late mother's stall in St John's Market, Liverpool in the Sixties, Doddy (who was on at the Empire) came in for a Christmas drink with us market ladies on half-day closing (Wednesday). Tickled? For everyone, from Ada Stubbs (who sold chickens) to Pauline Griffiths (who sold flowers) it was as good as entertaining royalty. I remember him playing Malvolio (and well, too) in Twelfth Night at the Liverpool Playhouse. I will never forget seeing him at the London Palladium, laughing so much my children told me I had mascara streaks down to my chin.

Gillian Reynolds, The Telegraph, 21st December 2012

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