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Mark Lawson Talks To Barry Cryer. Barry Cryer. Copyright: BBC
Mark Lawson Talks To Barry Cryer

Mark Lawson Talks To Barry Cryer (2008)

  • TV factual
  • BBC Four
  • 2008
  • 1 episode

Barry Cryer talks to Mark Lawson about his career.

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Mark Lawson Talks To Barry Cryer. Barry Cryer. Copyright: BBC

Key details

Genre
Factual
Broadcast
2008
Channel
BBC Four
Episodes
1
Features
Mark Lawson and Barry Cryer
Company

With a comedy career which kicked off in strip clubs, Barry Cryer became a Windmill regular in the 1950s. A brief foray into musicals and the West End stage followed with Expresso Bongo, before he made his mark on the pop world with a cover of The Purple People Eater, which Barry claims went to Number One in Finland for three weeks.

Barry Cryer talks to Mark Lawson about his days writing jokes for The Two Ronnies and Morecambe & Wise, his enduring role as a panellist on BBC Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, and the eczema that used to plague his life.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Wednesday 2nd April 2008 at 10:50pm on BBC Four
Episode length
1 hour
All previous repeats
  • Tuesday 15th February 2022 at 10:00pm on BBC4

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