The paedophile sculptor and the image on the front of BBC Broadcasting House
(L-R) Edward Taylor, John Lloyd, Richard Edis, Jon Glover
Last night, the highly-esteemed Sohemian Society held a celebration of British radio comedy, featuring producers John Lloyd (The News Quiz, Spitting Image, Have I Got News For You, Q.I.), Edward Taylor (Does The Team Think, The Navy Lark, The Men From The Ministry) and Richard Edis (Brain of Britain, My Music).
They had many interesting anecdotes about the production of comedy programmes, which I won’t steal from them, but one presumably widely-known story which I myself had never heard was told by performer Jon Glover about John Reith, the dour, Scottish, first Director General of the BBC.
Jon Glover told the assembled throng:
Eric Gill’s carving of Prospero and naked, child-like Ariel on front of Broadcasting House, London (Photo by David Castor)
“Lord Reith wasn’t that keen on comedy, but there was a sort of anarchy…
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