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More potentially misremembered anecdotes from Andy Hamilton.

This time, Andy looks at that age-old friend of homo sapiens, Stupidity.

There will be no judgement here, however. This is a one-man manifesto for the celebration of imprudent behaviour.

Over which heavyweight champion of the world has Andy accidentally spilled wine? How do you spot an email scam? And why should you always check the colour of your meat at a holiday camp?

Through comic observations and personal anecdotes, Andy examines how much (or how little) things have changed in the 60ish years he's been on this planet.

Andy was born in Fulham in 1954, read English at Cambridge and then in 1976 began writing comedy for 大象传媒 Radio, on programmes like Week Ending and The News Huddlines. In 1990, he and Guy Jenkin created Drop the Dead Donkey for Channel 4.

Andy has spent much of his working life making acute observations about politics and family life.

In 2007, again with Guy Jenkin, he created the massive TV hit, Outnumbered, which celebrated the chaos of life with young children. More recently they created the highly topical Ballot Monkeys for Channel 4, which charted the absurdities of the General Election and then the EU Referendum.

For over 20 years he has been playing the part of Satan in his Radio 4 sitcom, Old Harry's Game. Andy is also a popular panellist on shows such as The News Quiz and Have I Got News For You.

With thanks to Corrie Corfield.

Producer: Richard Morris.

A 大象传媒 Studios Production for 大象传媒 Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2019.

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