Tim Worthington
The Larks Ascending: An Evening Of Entertainment On BBC Radio 3
The Larks Ascending is a complete guide to comedy, humour and downright oddness on BBC Radio 3, from Kenneth Williams's archival documentaries about strolling players who never existed, through Rowan Atkinson's academic profiles of public figures who never existed, right up to Armando Iannucci's interval talks about composers who did exist, but they're fitting around him and his using his ears whether they like it or not.
There's Chris Morris interviewing Peter Cook (and getting in trouble), BBC Radiophonic Workshop hi-jinks, the first ever proper staging of Joe Orton's unused film script for The Beatles, some sitcoms that definitely wouldn't appeal to viewers waiting for Coronation Street, satire, silliness, and a couple of plays about cricket. And if that's just not highbrow enough for you, then you could always enrol at The Half-Open University...
Tim Worthington is the author of Fun At One: The Story Of Comedy At Radio 1, and holder of a First Class Third Degree course in Comedic Appreciation.
First published: Tuesday 26th March 2019
- Publisher: Lulu.com
- Pages: 156
- Catalogue: 9780244171889
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