Veteran comedy writer Barry Cryer launches podcast

• Barry Cryer launches a new podcast - see our podcast news section, below.

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Now, Where Were We? is a new podcast from a veteran British comedy writer, Barry Cryer, with his son Bob Cryer. With guests, and recorded at a local pub, it’s a podcast with Cryer’s stories after more than sixty years in the entertainment business. The show launches today on Acast. - read more