S8 -E2 - Very Nearly an Armful- The New Car

Very Nearly an Armful - A Tony Hancock Podcast

In this episode, Tim, Jon, James and Martin review the fourth series radio episode The Expresso Bar.
The team consider how coffee shops provided a theme for many of the radio episodes and how this theme reflected contemporary developments in the High Street.
The Gang of Four explore all of the many topical references in this episode, debate how the episode title should be spelt and consider the brilliant contribution of Kenneth Williams over his five different roles.
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We’ll be back with a look at the television episode The Two Murderers with our guest Dick Fiddy from the BFI. We hope that you will be able to join us then.