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Why Bother?

Chris Morris interviews Peter Cook in character
from archive.org

Why Bother? is a comedy radio series made for BBC Radio 3, consisting of five 10-minute-long spoof interviews between Chris Morris and Peter Cook's character Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling. Recorded in late 1993, the show was originally broadcast from 10–14 January 1994. Cook received the sole writing credit whilst Morris also produced the series, although the pair ad-libbed the majority of the dialogue, which Morris then edited.

Morris played a variation on the abrasive interviewer character he had created in On the Hour and later used in The Day Today. The short pieces provide further insights into the Streeb-Greebling character that Cook had created for Not Only... But Also in 1965.

  1. Eels, Love and Guns (7.7Mb)
  2. Bears (9.2Mb)
  3. Christ (8.4Mb)
  4. Prisoner of War (9.1Mb)
  5. Drugs etc (10.5Mb)

MP3 files hosted by archive.org.