As his short stories become radio plays, the comedian describes a new experience – people phoning in to say nice things
Radio 4 recently began broadcasting a series called The Absence of Normal, dramatising some of my short stories. Episode one was entitled The Only Man Stalin Was Afraid Of, and starred two of the greatest voice actors of the age: Peter Capaldi and Peter Serafinowicz, both in fine sonorous form. Later episodes will feature wonderful young talents who will all be big stars in a year or two and then won’t take my calls.
Doing these shows reminds me of the time when I made my own comedy shows on TV in the 1980s and 90s. I was lucky enough to come under the last generation of senior BBC executives who were from a generation who had fought in the second world war. These (mostly) men ran the Light Entertainment department with a relaxed and tolerant attitude to three things: programmes containing innovative content, comedy that was likely to inflame “public opinion”, and alcohol consumed during lunch.
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