James O’Brien meets legendary producer John Lloyd | Full Disclosure
00:00 – “It’s not good to be too successful too young”
02:49 – Beginning at the beginning; a navy kid
09:38 – School
11:00 – Dad in the war
13:35 – John Lloyd’s Newsround
17:06 – The Meaning of Liff
19:30 – Word of the day: Autotelic
25:23 – TOMs: The Ordinary Mysteries
30:16 – Comedy at School
34:06 – Teenage aspirations
38:09 – BBC Radio & becoming a producer
44:36 – Rowan Atkinson
46:37 – Douglas Adams
51:22 – Not the Nine O’Clock News and more
54:03 – QI
59:30 – Radio Barking
Description
As the creative mind behind Blackadder, Spitting Image, Not the Nine O’Clock News and QI, John Lloyd has quietly shaped British comedy for more than forty years. In this episode of Full Disclosure, he sits down with James O’Brien to look back on the work that defined his career-and the questions that have driven him ever since.
Credit to : LBC