Seems Like a Nice Boy: The Story of Larry Grayson
Terry Wogan, Isla St Clair and Michael Grade recall one of Britain's most popular entertainers. With Jim Lee. From 2005.
Larry Grayson was one of Britain's most popular entertainers.
It could genuinely be said that fame, which he gained relatively late in life, did not change him one whit.
He was devoted to his adopted home town of Nuneaton in Warwickshire, and lived there for most of his life.
His early years were spent performing with a drag act in working men's clubs all over the English Midlands.
Then in 1971, he was seen performing as a stand-up comedian in London by Michael Grade, then an entertainments promoter. Grade offered Larry a 6-minute slot at the London Palladium, and the rest, as they say, is history.
In this profile of Larry, Jim Lee, Nuneaton-born and bred himself, recalls a comedian whose gently camp and inoffensive humour delighted audiences of all ages.
Michael Grade, Terry Wogan, Isla St Clair and Larry Grayson's nephew and biographer Mike Malyon are amongst those interviewed.
Larry was born 100 years ago on 31st August 1923. He died aged 71 in 1995.
Producer Libby Cross.
First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in January 2005.
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