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Alexei Sayle on life and 'inventing' British comedy
Alexei Sayle discusses his new book, Thatcher Stole My Trousers, and talks British comedy.
  1. Alexei Sayle on life and 'inventing' British comedy
    04:12
    Alexei Sayle on life and 'inventing' British comedy
  2. Squashing Words
    05:58
    Squashing Words
  3. Books I’ve Written
    02:35
    Books I’ve Written
  4. Making a Leopard Monster
    04:35
    Making a Leopard Monster
  5. Superpowers
    08:09
    Superpowers
  6. Steve’s Monsters
    02:19
    Steve’s Monsters
  7. Making a Monster
    08:35
    Making a Monster
  8. Alien Stink Song
    05:04
    Alien Stink Song
  9. Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
    03:16
    Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
  10. Asking are you in or out
    00:43
    Asking are you in or out
  11. Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
    01:19
    Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
  12. Andrew Hunter Murray's Fringe picks
    00:44
    Andrew Hunter Murray's Fringe picks
  13. Tommy Sandhu gets hyped
    02:03
    Tommy Sandhu gets hyped
  14. "A triumph and a reason to carry on"
    00:25
    "A triumph and a reason to carry on"
  15. Jonathan Safran Foer on writing his first book in ten years
    05:05
    Jonathan Safran Foer on writing his first book in ten years
  16. Marin Alsop on her speech at the Last Night of the Proms
    03:10
    Marin Alsop on her speech at the Last Night of the Proms
  17. "Everyone has a lot of lanyards on"
    00:39
    "Everyone has a lot of lanyards on"
  18. Arthur Smith's Fringe picks
    01:32
    Arthur Smith's Fringe picks
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