The Very World of Milton Jones

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The Very World of Milton Jones was a comedy show broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 1998 and 2001 starring English comedian Milton Jones.

Each programme would begin with Jones facing certain death in some bizarre circumstance or other. Sketches and routines based on supposed events from Jones' past would be played out as they flashed before his eyes. A guardian angel would then appear, spend the rest of the show reviewing and interpreting the events which had led up to his impending demise, and then suddenly vanish, at which point Jones would be blessed with an incredible narrow escape from death, thus setting him up for the next episode.

In addition to Jones himself, various other performers guested on the show including Alexander Armstrong, Melanie Hudson, Dave Lamb, Alistair McGowan, Joanna Scanlan and former Week Ending comedian Sally Grace.

In 2006, the programme was repeated on digital radio station BBC 7.