ht. the peter sellers from from thisand here this is. the peter sellers from from thisand here thisthe war room. >> yeah but with those glasses very strong i remember him very strong and i remember him very strong and i remember him very he died he died at very well. he died he died at 100. and my mother would say, 100. and as my mother would say, he's been driving. well, shouldn't have been or shouldn't have been skiing or shouldn't have been skiing or shouldn't been sky shouldn't have been sky skydiving . skydiving. >> but the joke just good. >> but the joke just good. >> i know it's good. i shouldn't. i should. i came in with a joke afterwards, but no, my mother because he interrupted my mother because he interrupted my sorry my is. my my joke. sorry my joke is. my joke at 100 my joke is he died at 100 and my mother would why sea god mother would say, why sea god punished to live a hundred punished him to live a hundred years. yeah. punish him. anyway, so lockdown . that's my mother . so lockdown. that's my mother. on a lighter note, on a lighter note , lockdown delay was fatal.

your set, which was a kids program, went out at 6:00, and graham chapman and i were writing for peter sellersd we rang them up and said, let's show together. let's do a show together. and then writing then marty feldman's writing partner up an interview partner fixed up an interview with a guy called michael mills, who was the head of light entertainment, and we went in to see michael and he said, i gather you'd like to do a series and we said, we'd love to. and he said, well, why don't why do you propose doing ? and won't you propose doing? and he won't believe this . we hadn't believe this. we hadn't discussed it . to believe that discussed it. to believe that going into a pitch meeting and having actually. so we kind of said, well, we're going to try and make a humorous program with jokes, know, to make people jokes, you know, to make people laugh and, and, and gags is very specific, very specific. and we went on like this for a bit and he said, you're to have . he said, you're going to have. you're going to have a guest stars. we said, are we are we going to have guest stars? what about m

peter moore is an english writer, historian, and lecturer. he is the author of "endeavor," and "the weather experiment," both of which were sunday times best sellers in the united kingdom. "the weather experiment," was also jono ross wasn't new york times most notable books of 2015. professor moore teaches at the university of oxford and has lectured internationally on 18th century history. he also hosts a podcast called "travels through time," which i encourage you to check out. tonight's moderator, richard cohen, is the author of "making history," a book that we presented in this past year in the american inspiration series. he also has written "by the sword," "chasing the sun, and " chasing the sun," and "how to write joy." 21 books under his watchful eye have been number one best sellers. richards works have appeared in the new york times, the book review, and the wall street journal. he is also a fellow of the boyle society of literature. richard will join us for the second half of our program, but to start us off, peter, welcome, to you. peter moore, it is such a delight to have you here, and like all of us in the audience, of course we know

peter in bath says good evening, mark. i think it's time that the sale of lycra should be restricted to responsible sellers only.mething aspirational, and the sellers should assess the buyer to see if they fit the required criteria to purchase lycra. if they , in—store they are obese, in—store counselling should be offered. wow. thank you for your very, very dry and witty email peter. keep them coming . i love your keep them coming. i love your emails. it's always the best part of the show. reacting to emails. it's always the best paribigthe show. reacting to emails. it's always the best paribig stories�*w. reacting to emails. it's always the best paribig stories of reacting to emails. it's always the best part big stories of the cting to emails. it's always the best paribig stories of the day. to the big stories of the day. tonight's pundits olympic tonight's top pundits olympic gymnast and tv personality lisa mason, former labour adviser paul richards and dancer , actor paul richards and dancer, actor and national treasure wayne sleep well . it wouldn't be sleep well. it wouldn't be christmas without the offic

peter in bath says good evening, mark. i think it's time that the sale of lycra should be restricted to responsible sellers only.mething aspirational, and the sellers should assess the buyer to see if they fit the required criteria to purchase lycra. if they , in—store they are obese, in—store counselling should be offered. wow. thank you for your very, very dry and witty email peter. keep them coming . i love your keep them coming. i love your emails. it's always the best part of the show. reacting to emails. it's always the best paribigthe show. reacting to emails. it's always the best paribig stories�*w. reacting to emails. it's always the best paribig stories of reacting to emails. it's always the best part big stories of the cting to emails. it's always the best paribig stories of the day. to the big stories of the day. tonight's pundits olympic tonight's top pundits olympic gymnast and tv personality lisa mason, former labour adviser paul richards and dancer , actor paul richards and dancer, actor and national treasure wayne sleep well . it wouldn't be sleep well. it wouldn't be christmas without the offic