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For more than fifty years, Gyles Brandreth has been a dedicated diarist. This series recalls some of the famous and notorious people he met in a long and varied career.

Programme three is on Comedians. Gyles was a long time associate of Kenneth Williams, an outrageous and tortured figure. He helped Frankie Howerd with his writing and Howerd made a pass at him. Williams and Howerd were lonely and rather sad, unlike Les Dawson and Larry Grayson who delighted in their success.

Producer: Chris Bond.