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Arrival in America
Michael Bentine remembers RAF adventures, messing about on boats and how Ed Sullivan saved him from the FBI. From November 1994.
Michael Bentine remembers RAF adventures, messing about on boats and how Ed Sullivan saved him from the FBI.
Founding member of The Goon Show and one of the foremost comic minds of his generation - Michael Bentine offers more behind-the-scenes tales of his offbeat and extraordinary life in showbiz.
With extracts from some of his most memorable comic performances and eccentric characters.
Recorded at the Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke.
Michael Bentine CBE was born in 1922 and died in 1996.
Producer: Andy Aliffe
First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2 in November 1994.
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