Ooh You Rotten Egg!
- Radio documentary
- BBC Radio 4
- 2002
- 1 episode
A profile of comedy actress Irene Handl. Also features Janet Ellis, Eric Sykes, Liz Fraser, Julia McKenzie and Leslie Phillips
- Repeated Monday at 3:30pm on Radio 4 Extra
Key details
- Genre
- Documentary
- Broadcast
- 2002
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 1
- Features
- Janet Ellis, Eric Sykes, Liz Fraser, Julia McKenzie, Leslie Phillips and Irene Handl
- Producers
- Claire Jones
- Company
Janet Ellis presents a portrait of fondly-remembered comedy actress Irene Handl.
Friends, including Eric Sykes, Liz Fraser, Julia McKenzie and Leslie Phillips, remember Irene's passion for her work - and for her confounded chihuahuas.
Irene was a late starter who found instant success on the stage in her thirties. She found a niche playing cockney mums, despite coming from a wealthy background herself, and also wrote two acclaimed novels, including The Sioux, which Noel Coward described as displaying "a very strongly developed streak of genius".
Additional details
- Also known as
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- Irene Handl: Ooh You Rotten Egg!
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Tuesday 26th November 2002 at 11:30am on BBC Radio 4
- Episode length
- 30 minutes
- Next repeats
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- Monday at 3:30pm on Radio 4 Extra
- Monday at 9:30pm on Radio 4 Extra
- Tuesday at 5:30am on Radio 4 Extra