Barry Took Archive Box 4

Includes scripts for 'Variety Playhouse', 'Pertwee's Progress', 'Beyond our Ken', 'Marty Feldman Show', 'Marty', 'Joke by Joke by.....Alan Coren', 'Beachcomber' extra items, 'Male Menopause', 'Adult Literacy', 'A £100 million to one - a fable for today', 'Every home should have one', and a file of scripts entitled 'Celebration'. Also includes file of correspondence marked 'Punchlines', relating to Barry Took's involvement in a BBC Archive Unit / BBC Radio 4 documentary series on aspects of British comedy history; file entitled 'John Goldstone' containing draft scripts and synopses for 'Standing Room Only'; file entitled 'In Britain and relevant correspondence', relating to occasional travelogue articles for British Travel Association magazine; proof of the cover for the BBC 'Round the Horne' audio releases; article entitled 'Cleans, Listener Rack G19' by Derek Cooper; letter from Peter Herbert regarding the 'Master of the Rolls'; the official 'Round the Horne Companion' by Mat Coward and Alan Saunders; and a file of Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entries relating to Barry Took.

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