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Widdicombe on accents, backgrounds and whether they matter

Comedian Josh Widdicombe on how accents and backgrounds help people get on, or not.

He spoke to Andrew Neil, Diane Abbott and Michael Portillo about his Devon upbringing and accent, and whether getting on in life was down to how people speak or who they know.

The comedian may have had his tongue in his cheek when he claimed: "I had a very lonely upbringing that I now trade on - on TV - for a living really."

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