Episode 2

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Published on:

17th Jan 2023

Cableknits, Courts and Condoms

In this episode, with your host Dame Joanna Lumley, we look at ebullient Covent Garden with:

  • Giant Haystacks Meets Giant Cableknit written by James Rampton and performed by Zak Ghazi-Torbati. [Covent Garden Piazza, London]
  • The Trial of Iron-Foot Jack written by Hamish Roberts and performed by Stephen Fry. [81 Endell Street and The Old Bailey, London]
  • Mrs Phillip’s Condoms written by Jasmine Silk and performed by Dame Joanna Lumley. This story contains adult themes [Bedford Street, London]

Sound editing by Will Jacob.

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