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John Pidgeon Collection

Catalogue reference: BSUCA/JP

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This record is about the John Pidgeon Collection dating from 1994-2006.

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Reference
BSUCA/JP
Title
John Pidgeon Collection
Date
1994-2006
Description

The John Pidgeon Collection comprises uncut interviews with comedians recorded for radio programmes (as well as some of the programmes as broadcast), recordings of Ross Noble performing live in Brisbane in 2006, as well as over 150 published cassettes, CDs and DVDs from comedians, sketch shows and comedy bands that John had collected.
Contains 69 DAT, 13 MiniDisc, 3 DVD, 39 CD, 154 published items (CD, DVD, cassette)

Note

Catalogued

Arrangement

The Collection is arranged into series as follows:
BSUCA/JP/1 Interviews recorded for radio and radio programmes as broadcast
BSUCA/JP/1/1 'Laughing Matters'
BSUCA/JP/1/2 'Talking Comedy'
BSUCA/JP/1/3 'Chic Murray: the Comic's Comic'
BSUCA/JP/1/4 'The Comedian’s Comedians'
BSUCA/JP/1/5 'Comedy Family Tree' interviews
BSUCA/JP/1/6 Other audio recordings
BSUCA/JP/2 Live recordings
BSUCA/JP/3 Publications (audio cassettes, CDs and DVDs)

Held by
University of Kent: Special Collections & Archives
Language
English
Creator(s)
Pidgeon, John, 1947-2016
Physical description
2 linear metres (7 AV boxes)
Access conditions

Available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk).

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/5bbbc752-27db-4574-8673-ad83938a850b/

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John Pidgeon Collection