A nice lady called Christy Williams with whom I’ve been having a debate about the edibility or otherwise of wild geese has asked me to post something about my friend and colleague Linda Smith. Linda was a sparkling and hugely original comedian. She died nigh on five years ago now. To raise money for ovarian [...]
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Linda Smith
Posted in Books, People, Uncategorized, Working, tagged a brief history of time-wasting, bbc radio 4 comedy, i think the nurses are stealing my clothes, Linda Smith on January 19, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Just A Minute
Posted in Going out to eat, Uncategorized, Working, tagged Charles Collingwood, Clement Freud, Josie Lawrence, Just A Minute, Linda Smith, Nicholas Parsons, Paul Merton, Tony Hawks on February 1, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Tonight at 6.30 on Radio 4 I’m on Just A Minute, sitting alongside Josie Lawrence, Paul Merton and Charles Collingwood. On the night of the recording, I sometimes discover that Claire Jones, the producer, gives me a food-related subject. As a rule I’m even worse at these particular rounds than any of the others. We [...]