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  • Published: 5 April 2018
  • ISBN: 9781787532533
  • Imprint: BBC DL
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 10 hr 40 min
  • Narrators: Milton Jones, Olivia Colman, Alexander Armstrong, Dave Lamb
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The Very World of Milton Jones: Series 1-3

The Complete BBC Radio 4 Collection




Milton Jones is here with the complete three series of his award-wining show that leapt from late night to prime time

Milton Jones, Milton Jones - so good, they named him. The most popular living comedian on Radio 4 and officially Britain’s funniest Milton is here with the complete three series of his award-wining show that leapt from late night to prime time - a show which co-stars regular guests Alexander Armstrong (Pointless, Armstrong & Miller), Dave Lamb (the voice of Come Dine With Me) and Joanna Scanlan (The Thick Of It, Getting On).

No-one knows where he's from - \"As a child, I always remember my father saying to me 'Son, to pay for your education your mother and I had to make a lot of sacrifices.' Because they were both druids.\" No-one can predict what he gets up to -\"I'm not getting on with my yoga teacher at the moment ... which frequently puts me in a very difficult position.\" And no-one can tell what made him the way he is -\"You see when the boys in the playground found out that I had a potentially fatal allergy to peanuts they used to shove me up against a wall and make me play Russian roulette with a bag of Revels.\"

Each week, Milton Jones faces his own death. His life flashes before his eyes. We hear everything that's happened to him, and anything that might have happened to him. His hopes, his dreams, his fears. We invite you to enter the Sony Award-winning The Very World Of Milton Jones. Your mind will never be the same again.

The show is also a hotbed for writers who went on to fame and fortune with contributions from Tony Roche (The Thick Of It, Veep) Jon Holmes (The Now Show), Mark Evans (Bleak Expectations) and James Bachman (Mitchell & Webb).

\"He's immensely quotable, chucking out one-liners like bread for the birds... A strange and brilliant comic mind\"- The Observer

\"...makes the studio audience whoop with delight\" - The Telegraph

\"If you haven’t caught up with Jones yet - do so!\" - The Daily Mail\"

PLUS bonus series - The House Of Milton Jones- co-starring Olivia Colman:
Milton stars in his own sitcom set in a houseshare with his sister Susan (Olivia Colman, Peep Show), her slightly useless husband Ian and his daffy Aunt Dilys (Rosemary Leach) whilst in the basement, lives the ever-smooth Anton (Tom Goodman-Hill, Humans, Mr. Selfridge).

  • Published: 5 April 2018
  • ISBN: 9781787532533
  • Imprint: BBC DL
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 10 hr 40 min
  • Narrators: Milton Jones, Olivia Colman, Alexander Armstrong, Dave Lamb
Categories:

About the author

Milton Jones

Milton Jones is an award-winning comedian, well known for his stand-up comedy and trademark puns. He first came to fame when he won the Perrier Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1996, and in 1998 he got his first radio show, The Very World of Milton Jones. Since then, he has starred in four other radio series - The House of Milton Jones, Another Case of Milton Jones, The Casebook of Milton Jones and Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones! - and appeared in countless TV comedy shows including Mock the Week and Live at the Apollo. He has toured nationally to over 100,000 people and recorded three hugely successful DVDs of his live shows. In 2009, he published a comic novel, Where Do Comedians Go When They Die?, which was highly acclaimed. He won the Chortle Award for Best Headliner in 2011, and a Silver Sony Award for Best Comedy the following year for Another Case of Milton Jones.

James Cary's many TV and radio credits include Think the Unthinkable, Hut 33, My Family and Miranda. With Milton Jones, he wrote the hit radio series' The House of Milton Jones, Another Case of Milton Jones and The Casebook of Milton Jones. He has also contributed to several sketch shows including Concrete Cow and Recorded for Training Purposes; as well as children's series such as CBeebies' Dani's Castle and Mr Bloom's Nursery.

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