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INTERVIEWS

COMPLETE INTERVIEWS (recorded spring/summer 2023)

ADELE GERAS (NÉE WESTON)

Complete InterviewAdele Geras
00:00 / 37:15

ANGUS DEAYTON

Complete InterviewAngus Deayton
00:00 / 32:12

ANNABEL LEVENTON

Complete InterviewAnnabel Leventon
00:00 / 43:07

SIR BOB SCOTT

Complete InterviewSir Bob Scott
00:00 / 43:38

DAVID SCHNEIDER

Complete InterviewDavid Schneider
00:00 / 24:51

DAVID WOOD

Complete InterviewDavid Wood
00:00 / 1:07:57

EMMA KENNEDY (THEN WILLIAMS)

Complete InterviewEmma Kennedy
00:00 / 30:32

FRISKY AND MANNISH

Complete InterviewFrisky and Mannish
00:00 / 43:47

HELEN ATKINSON WOOD

Complete InterviewHelen Atkinson Wood
00:00 / 29:29

HOWARD GOODALL

Complete InterviewHoward Goodall
00:00 / 46:04

IMOGEN STUBBS

Complete InterviewImogen Stubbs
00:00 / 34:50

JON DRYDEN TAYLOR

Complete InterviewJon Dryden Taylor
00:00 / 26:52

KIERAN HODGSON

Complete InterviewKieran Hodgson
00:00 / 41:04

MICHAEL FENTON STEVENS

Complete InterviewMichael Fenton Stevens
00:00 / 24:26

SIR MICHAEL PALIN

Complete InterviewSir Michael Palin
00:00 / 33:55

PHILIP POPE

Complete InterviewPhilip Pope
00:00 / 54:08

RICHARD HERRING

Complete InterviewRichard Herring
00:00 / 47:55

ROWAN ATKINSON

The interview with R. Atkinson was recorded over telephone, and is thus of a lower audio quality. The interview, along with a full transcript (with sections used in the 1975-1982 exhibit highlighted), can be found here.

The Oxford Comedy Archive written by Jack McMinn, and curated by Jack McMinn and Absana Rutherfield. This collection ©â„—Rain Stops Play/Oxford Revue 2023.

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Special thanks to Angus Deayton, Brett Tremble, Chris Evans, David Wood, Peter Wiles, Richard Herring, the Bodleian Weston Library, the Bodleian Music Faculty Library, Dead Leg Comedy, Undercover Comedy, the casts of 'Hang Down Your Head and Die' [1964] and 'Radio Active' [1980-], and Kelsey Legg.

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For recordings from a different university, click here.

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