Victoria Wood and Jack Benny

Victoria Wood was Britain's most successful female comedy performer and writer ever, whose unique take on the absurdities and details of the everyday brought her huge acclaim and popularity. Jack Benny was one of America's leading comedic entertainers of the Twentieth Century, whose unrivalled timing and mastery of the comic pause turned him into a legend. Both were giants of comedy in their time. John Marley and Mark Wells discuss both of them, recall some of their funniest material, and analyse what made them so outstanding.

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