Micky Flanagan: What Chance Change?

The complete BBC radio series of Micky Flanagan¿s autobiographical comedy show ¿ plus pilot episode

¿Excellent, funny and poignant¿ Miranda Sawyer, The Observer

Based on his Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated show What Chance Change?, Micky Flanagan¿s debut radio series combines brilliant stand-up with insightful behind-the-scenes interviews to tell the story of his life from the 1970s to the 2000s.

These five episodes chart the Cockney comedian¿s progression from working-class Herbert to middle-class intellectual giant ¿ and being awkwardly caught between both worlds. Via hilarious jokes and sharply-observed comic routines, Micky takes us from the mean streets of the East End to the leafy lanes of East Dulwich, outlining his rise to fame from Billingsgate fish porter to successful entertainer, from Sunblest to panini, tabloids to broadsheets and the street party to the dinner party. We hear how he left schoo