Chris Sugden
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Chris Sugden (1952 – 2024) was an English humorist from Norfolk, best known for his portrayal of fictional folk singer Sid Kipper, the younger half of the Kipper Family.[1][2] He authored books including Prewd and Prejudice: A Norfolk Exile, a satire of The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady.[3]
Early life
He was born in West Runton in 1952. Sugden initially studied pharmacy at Leicester Polytechnic before starting a PhD at the University of East Anglia.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Career
He wrote Prewd and Prejudice (1994).Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Written a dead-pan style, Prewd and Prejudice concerns itself with the Norfolk countryside, misconceptions about Norfolk and its self-deprecating folk. Sugden wrote that "the national papers seemed to think that it took the mickey out of country people, while the Norfolk people thought it ridiculed Londoners".Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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In 2006, Sugden presented a series of podcasts for Channel 4 radio called "The Kipper Country Code", as Sid Kipper.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
He died on April 3, 2024.
Acceptance
Eastern Daily Press columnist Keith Skipper claimed that Sugden is "probably the county’s finest ambassador who captures the true spirit of Norfolk, teaches it tricks, then sends it to run riot across the land".Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Albums
The Kipper Family (with Dick Nudds aka Henry Kipper)
- Since Time Immoral (1984)
- The Ever Decreasing Circle (1985)
- The Crab Wars (1986)
- Fresh Yesterday (1988)
- Arrest These Merry Gentlemen (1989)
- In the Family Way (1991)
- Two-Faced (2011)
Sid Kipper
- Like A Rhinestone Ploughboy (1994)
- Spineless (1997)
- Boiled in the Bag (1997)
- East Side Story (2000)
- Cod Pieces (2002)
- Chained Melody (2003)
- In Season (2007)
- Gutless (2011)
Books
- Prewd and Prejudice (1994)
- Crab Wars (1999)
- Cod Pieces (2001)
- Man of Convictions (2003)
- The Ballad of Sid Kipper (1996) (out of print)
References
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