Anita Anand tells Fi and Jane which world leader she has accidentally sat on.
Listen at: BBC Radio 4 – Fortunately… with Fi and Jane, 97. Anita Anand Has All The Answers
Geezers
Old time radio, tv shows and English Music Hall
Fortunately… with Fi and Jane, 93. The Five P’s and the Two Rani’s, with Adil Ray
More of the random and unconnected musings of old broadcasting friends Fi Glover and Jane Garvey. This week actor, comedian, TV presenter and marketing graduate Adil Ray offers advice to Fi and Jane on how to sell themselves.
Listen at: BBC Radio 4 – Fortunately… with Fi and Jane, 93. The Five P’s and the Two Rani’s, with Adil Ray
Voice of Dad’s Army – one half of Flanagan and Allen – spent his honeymoon in Consett
IN 1925, a musichall comedian who went by the stage-name of Robert Winthrop was touring the cinemas and variety theatres of the Durham coalfield.While entertaining the mining communities, his eye was on another act that was also hopping from booking to booking in the halls: Mrs Stacey’s Young Ladies, a dance troupe, in which Annie “Curly” Quinn starred.
She was the daughter of an Irish comedian, Jimmy Quinn, whereas Robert – born Chaim Reuben Weintrop – was from a Polish Jewish background and had fought in Flanders during the First World War.