Mark Lawson Talks To Barry Cryer (2008)
- TV factual
- BBC Four
- 2008
- 1 episode
Barry Cryer talks to Mark Lawson about his career.
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
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- Tuesday 15th February 2022 at 10:00pm on BBC4