There Was A Young Fellow Named Palin. Image shows from L to R: James Peak, Michael Palin. Copyright: Goldhawk Essential
There Was A Young Fellow Named Palin
- Radio factual
- BBC Radio 4
- 2018
- 1 episode
Michael Palin and James Peak look at limericks. Also features Harriet Carmichael and Chris McCabe.
There Was A Young Fellow Named Palin. Image shows from L to R: James Peak, Michael Palin. Copyright: Goldhawk Essential
Key details
- Genre
- Factual
- Broadcast
- 2018
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 1
- Features
- Michael Palin, James Peak, Harriet Carmichael and Chris McCabe
- Writers
- Michael Palin and James Peak
- Producers
- Andre Jacquemin and James Peak
- Company
Michael Palin, Britain's nicest man, is probably Britain's busiest man too, which might explain why he's asked James Peak to step in and write him some limericks.
Limericks are the simplest of verse forms - only five lines, a bit of rhyming, and half of the first line "There once was a..." is already written for you.
It's child's play you'd think - but writing a really good limerick is not as easy as it sounds.
Join Michael and James for a ridiculous half hour that proves, once and for all, that if you want something doing properly you should do it yourself.
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Friday 28th December 2018 at 11:30am on BBC Radio 4
- Episode length
- 30 minutes
- Most recent repeats
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- Saturday 4th January 2020 at 5:30am on Radio 4 Extra
- Friday 3rd January 2020 at 10:00pm on Radio 4 Extra
- Friday 3rd January 2020 at 5:30pm on Radio 4 Extra