Welcome back to the home of the oxymoron. Evil genius. He asked the newspaper to print his obituary early so he'd enjoy it. That's like hiding at your own funeral. Yeah, it's a big, great gig. I'm Russell Kane. Join me to weigh in on whether the biggest players in history are more evil or genius. Becoming that rich, I'd say that at some level of genius. It also helps that it's a long time ago, right?

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What time is it?

Oh dear, dear.

Ah, dear me.

Stone me what a life.

Tony Hancock enjoying a Sunday afternoon at home in 1958.

But Stone me, what kind of life was it?

We'll explore key questions about the late 1950s

with the historian David Kinniston,

whose epic history of post-war

Britain has reached the era of the Hula Hoop, the Notting Hill Race Riots and the Tango

Wobbly Ball. We'll also celebrate the 700th birthday of Baccio. Some of his friends are here

to give him the bumps and describe the ones that happen in the DeCamaran. First though, at the

Donmar warehouse in London, the lights have just gone down on a revival of the weir. Connemickferson's play about a group of haunted men drinking Guinness after hours. The new production there is also by Connemickferson, and it's directed by Connemickferson, which suggests that even if he's not quite at the tea towel phase,

he's in some danger of becoming canonical.

Despite not even being born when Darna won Eurovision,

he's amassed a huge back catalogue of significant works.

This lime tree bower, the seafarer, Shining City and Dublin Carroll on stage,

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