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Opinion: Comedian Adam Kay On The Genius of Tom Lehrer

Editor's note 2025: Back in 2016 before his fame as a best-selling writer, Adam Kay did a show celebrating the work of Tom Lehrer and Beyond The Joke invited Kay to shed a little more light on Mr Lehrer. We've updated the piece below following the news of the death of Tom Lehrer, aged 97.

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TV Review: Crims, BBC3

Well, this new sitcom certainly cuts to the chase. Luke (Elis James) has barely uttered a sentence while sitting in his car when his mate Jason (Kadiff Kirwan) jumps in and informs Luke that he is his getaway driver just as a posse of police cars pulls up and blocks their exit. Before you can say “how do you plead?” Luke is walking into the ill-named Sunnybank View Young Offender Institute and asking guard Dawn (Cariad Lloyd) if he is going to be bummed.

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