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Do we have them here? yes. yeah. so these are circa, i suppose, i can tell you this, john, circa...because 1977, that meadway comprehensive school english store cupboard had these and i borrowed them for a mere 45 years! the school doesn't exist any more so i suppose they don't have a home to go to. you are fessing up, finally! i'm fessing up. if berkshire county council wish to retain these and give them to some other shakespeare—starved youngster, i'm very pleased to hand them back! but... you know the thing that strikes me is they are in fantastic nick. you've obviously looked after them ...

So, this is a radio drama studio. hello, i'm john wilson. welcome to this cultural life, a radio four podcast in which i asked leading creative figures about the influences and inspirations that have fired their artistic imagination. my guest in this episode is sir kenneth branagh. a huge talent, a star of stage and screen for more than four decades now. he's an actor, director, writer and film—maker whose credits range from hamlet to tenet, from henry v to thor. we spoke in the very atmospheric radio drama studio of bbc broadcasting house. ken, welcome to this cultural life. thank you. a sh...

I'm fessing up. if berkshire county council wish to retain these and give them to some other shakespeare—starved youngster, i'm very pleased to hand them back! but... you know the thing that strikes me is they are in fantastic nick. you've obviously looked after them very well. i have. it also suggests they hadn't been borrowed or listened to or used before. this — your sherlock holmes mind is correct! i was very... i read the sleeve notes copiously and then these two titles became rather important to me in the end, hamlet and henry v. did you study the record, did you learn the speeches? ...

Visual elements as much as they can. >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you so much. have a great day, you guys. >> i just want to make sure that everybody's together, when -- [inaudible] so i don't want anybody watching alone. >> oh, gosh! that's ominous. >> well, americans should know. >> i woke up with henry v on my mind. all things are ready for my speech.

Spamalot just feels out of place and demonstrates where the festival’s musical priorities are misplaced