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Many of the central themes of Brigstocke's work (essentially the hypocrisy of the affluent) were first addressed during his time as a student at the University Of Bristol , an institution renowned for its perceived social Elitism , against which Brigstocke has continually rebelled. Very few of the conventions and institutions of the bourgeoisie have escaped his ire, be it the middle-class obsession with heritage ('' The Museum Of Everything ''), the turpitude of contemporary business culture ('' Think The Unthinkable ''), or English provincial parochialism ('' Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off ''). However, Marcus's favourite joke is to do an impersonation of Tim Westwood , which always contains a reference to Westwood's name just in case you didn't get it from the impersonation. With a successful radio career including '' The Now Show '' with Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis , he retains a Cult following. He is increasingly enjoying mainstream success, recently having appeared on such broadly popular TV shows such as '' Have I Got News For You '' and Jack Dee 's ''Live at the Apollo'' series. One of his best-known jokes is "Computer games can't affect kids that much. I mean, if Pacman had affected us as kids we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive music." This is also a good example of the sort of One-liners Brigstocke usually comes up with, though it is also often attributed to a Nintendo employee. On 9 April 2006 , Brigstocke appeared in the BBC Radio 4's Classic Serial adaptation of '' The Code Of The Woosters '' as Bertie Wooster with Andrew Sachs as Jeeves . Brigstocke is Dyslexic , and has admitted that he has to take extra preparation when using an Autocue . SELECTED RADIO SELECTED TELEVISION EXTERNAL LINKS
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