Arnold Brown and Company

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Arnold Brown and Company was a short-lived radio program that was broadcast from October 1989-August 1990. There were 12 half-hour episodes and it was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It starred Arnold Brown, Chris Campbell, David Charles, Emma Clarke and Judy Hawkins.

A radio program or radio show is a segment of content intended for broadcast on radio. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series. A single program in a series is called an episode.

BBC Radio 4 British domestic radio station, owned and operated by the BBC

BBC Radio 4 is a radio station owned and operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is Gwyneth Williams, and the station is part of BBC Radio and the BBC Radio department. The station is broadcast from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House, London. On 21 January 2019 Williams announced she was quitting the role. There are no details of when or who will be her replacement.

Arnold Brown is a Scottish Jewish comedian, one of the main figures in the alternative comedy scene of the early 1980s. Originally an accountant, Brown worked hard at live standup, until he found a knack of presenting observational comedy in a slow, meandering but entertaining style. He won the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival in 1987.

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Lavalie, John. Arnold Brown and Company. EpGuides. 21 Jul 2005. 29 Jul 2005 <https://web.archive.org/web/20070814152531/http://www.epguides.com/ArnoldBrownandCompany/%3E.


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