With Great Pleasure
With Great Pleasure is a long-running BBC [Radio 4] series in which a well-known personality selects and introduces a collection of their favourite poetry and prose, usually in front of a live theatre audience. The first episode featured actor Kenneth Williams and was broadcast in April 1970. In contrast to the studio interview format of Desert [Island Discs], With Great Pleasure is presented by the guest host with autobiographical stories and anecdotes, and the chosen literary extracts, songs and poems performed by actors and friends.