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An Hour With Jon Pertwee

An Hour With Jon Pertwee

  • Radio stand-up
  • BBC Radio 7
  • 2008
  • 1 episode

Radio recording of Doctor Who star Jon Pertwee entertaining an audience with the story of his career.

Key details

Genre
Stand-Up
Broadcast
2008
Channel
BBC Radio 7
Episodes
1
Star
Jon Pertwee
Company

The star of Doctor Who, The Navy Lark and Worzel Gummidge, actor Jon Pertwee entertains an audience with his one-man biographical show - sharing tales from his very early days through to his career highlights.

Jon recalls life at school and in the navy during the war. Staying afloat, he moves onto working on popular BBC radio comedy The Navy Lark - and reveals how one of his co-stars was instrumental in him taking over from Patrick Troughton as Doctor Who for BBC TV in the 1970s.

Later when playing Worzel Gummidge for Southern TV, Jon loved being able to change heads - and he also reveals how he stood up to Kenneth Williams on a Carry On film!

Additional details

Production
Studio

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Saturday 17th May 2008 at 8am on BBC Radio 7
Episode length
1 hour
All previous repeats
  • Sunday 12th April 2015 at 7:00pm on Radio 4 Extra
  • Sunday 12th April 2015 at 11:00am on Radio 4 Extra

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