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I Didn't Get Where I Am Today by David Nobbs (Omnibus)

Early years, from Orpington to Cambridge via Marlborough - twice. The creator of Reginal Perrin, reads from his autobiography.

Comic novelist, script writer and creator of the immortal Reginald Perrin, David Nobbs reads from his 2001 autobiography, ‘I Didn’t Get Where I Am Today’.

In addition to writing ‘The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin’, Nobbs also created ‘A Bit of a Do’ and ‘Shine a Light’, as well as penning twenty novels. He died in 2015, aged 80.

Omnibus of five parts adapted for radio by Patricia Hannah.

Producer: David Jackson Young

First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in April 2003.

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1 hour, 10 minutes

On radio

Sun 10 Aug 2025 07:30

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