Thank you,thank you,thank you! What an excellent diary, superbly written and Richard Briers in the narrator's role with a banquet of guests what more does one need? 5 stars for a few well spent hours of pleasurable listening.........
I first read this in the early 1960s, and have read it many times since. This version is splendid, but a shame that it was abridged and not the whole book as it deserved the extra time.
Richard Briers..a fine comedic actor whom you can spot in a slew of Brit tv series w a heavy role or two as well. Check him out as the villain on Midsomer Murders.
I have the book on my Kindle and it’s very, very funny. It shows us how humerous the Victorians were. When I read it I imaging Richard in his Martin Bryce voice.
Great find. Pooter is actually a lot like Richard Briers' character in Ever Decreasing Circles, and I'm glad they didn't dramatise it too much. But - 'Gou-ing'? Isn't that missing the joke? Gowing should rhyme with showing, not ploughing.
The book is great - I’ve just spotted the Ken Russell film and now this! I hated the Arthur Lowe versions on BBC radio, he was just boring. Yes we know the narrator is meant to be boring, but Lowe was naturally boring.