Why Bother? was a Talkback production for BBC Radio 3, consisting of five 10-minute long radio interviews between Chris Morris and Peter Cook's character Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling, recorded in late 1993 and originally broadcast from 10 January – 14 January 1994. The complete series was released on CD and cassette through BBC Radio Collection in 1999. Cook received the sole writing credit whilst Morris also produced the series, although the majo...
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Why Bother? was a Talkback production for BBC Radio 3, consisting of five 10-minute long radio interviews between Chris Morris and Peter Cook's character Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling, recorded in late 1993 and originally broadcast from 10 January – 14 January 1994. The complete series was released on CD and cassette through BBC Radio Collection in 1999. Cook received the sole writing credit whilst Morris also produced the series, although the majority of the dialogue was ad libbed between the pair, which Morris then edited.
Morris played a variation on the abrasive interviewer character he had perfected on On the Hour and The Day Today, prompting Cook into some of his best work. The short pieces provide further insights into the Streeb-Greebling character that Cook had created for Not Only... But Also in 1965. Topics of conversation include Streeb-Greebling's experiments on eels, his role in the racial violence during the 1992 Los Angeles riots following the Rodney King trial, his...
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