Last Lesson of the Afternoon: A SatireWith his schoolboy humour and distinctive, cheerful voice, Johnners was a friend to millions of radio listeners and when he died in 1994 at the age of 81, the Daily Telegraph described him as the greatest natural broadcaster of them all. Vorn in 1912, Brian had an idyllic childhood in Hertfordshire until he was ten years old, when his father drowned on a seaside holiday. After going to Eton and Oxford he wanted to be an actor, but was persuaded to join the family coffee business in the City. When war broke out he served with the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards in Normandy and was awarded the Military Cross. After being demobbed Brian joined the BBC in January 1946. |
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... soul of the medieval church , its money - grubbing cock rammed tight up whatever hole is on offer , on trial , on ... soul , no scruples , no scrotum , no spiritual depths or drive . It's lost its leadership , its springs , its ...
... soul of the medieval church , its money - grubbing cock rammed tight up whatever hole is on offer , on trial , on ... soul , no scruples , no scrotum , no spiritual depths or drive . It's lost its leadership , its springs , its ...
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... soul ? And all he had when he died was six feet square of seamless raiment . The man in the story - the man who died - he had lost his soul before he lost his life . I don't want you to run like that man — for greed . In spite of his ...
... soul ? And all he had when he died was six feet square of seamless raiment . The man in the story - the man who died - he had lost his soul before he lost his life . I don't want you to run like that man — for greed . In spite of his ...
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... soul . But I closed the dew - splashed iron gates of life with a kiss . And I went . Into a kind of dark night of the soul , I suppose , during the start of which , absurdly , I did my Christmas shopping that Saturday . That was nothing ...
... soul . But I closed the dew - splashed iron gates of life with a kiss . And I went . Into a kind of dark night of the soul , I suppose , during the start of which , absurdly , I did my Christmas shopping that Saturday . That was nothing ...
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