Looks Unfamiliar The Larks Ascending Extra: "You Can't Exactly Wash The Dishes To You Suffer By Napalm Death"

The Larks Ascending is a new book by Tim Worthington looking at the history of Comedy on BBC Radio 3. In this special extra edition of Looks Unfamiliar, Tim talks to Garreth F. Hirons about some of the programmes covered in the book including the infamous 'Piotr Zak' hoax, David Renwick and Andrew Marshall's academic broadcasting sendup The Half-Open University, left-wing theatre troupe sitcom Blood And Bruises, The National Theatre Of Brent's 'History of mankind from the first amoeba to the Second World War' All The World's A Globe, Chris Morris chatting to Peter Cook in Why Bother?, and Armando Iannucci's talk on how to Use Your Ears. We'll also be appreciating some quality drumming, starting a Mexican Wave with Dr. Hans Keller, and definitely not enrolling on Professor Alan Alanson's Magic Brain Programme (Guaranteed Not To Work!). You can find out more about The Larks Ascending at http://timworthington.org/.