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Episode 4

Comedian Arthur Smith reads from his autobiography. Arthur confronts a near-death experience and learns what freedom really means.

Comedian Arthur Smith reads from his autobiography, which reflects on the nature of comedy and his days as a scruffy kid on the bombsites of Bermondsey, a wild-haired undergraduate, a road sweeper, an English teacher, a failed rock star, a boozed-up sexual adventurer and an intensive care patient who has been told never to drink again.

Arthur confronts a near-death experience and learns what freedom really means.

A Heavy Entertainment production for 麻豆社 Radio 4.

18 minutes

Last on

Fri 15 May 2009 00:30

Broadcasts

  • Thu 14 May 2009 09:45
  • Fri 15 May 2009 00:30

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