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Maureen Lipman on acting, jokes and television, at 5x15

17 May 2010

Speakers: Maureen Lipman

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Fifteen minutes of fun with Maureen Lipman. From acting, to television and Britain's Got Talent, Hull to Sierra Leone, and Gladys Cooper to John Prescott, Lipman discusses the art of telling jokes (while telling some on the way).

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