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Radio 4 Extra,27 Dec 1988,30 mins

Conversation Piece in Hollywood - Mel Brooks

Available for 28 days

**** Writer, director, actor and comedian Mel Brooks joins 4 Extra’s 100 Club. He was born on 28th June 1926. "The best and most successful movie I ever made was The Producers" says Brooks. "It never made a nickel." Sue MacGregor meets Hollywood film director and comedian Mel Brooks, who celebrates his 100th birthday on June 28th. From Blazing Saddles to Young Frankenstein and High Anxiety, the writer, director, comedian and magnificent vulgarian, tells all. Producer: Gillian Hush First broadcast on BBC World Service in December 1988.

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