Russell Brand to recreate Kerouac's road-trip for BBC
Once voted Shagger of the Year by readers of The Sun, Russell Brand is looking to gain some intellectual kudos with his new programme for the BBC. The crazy-haired, make-up wearing lothario is going to take to the roads of America with his Radio 2 colleague, Matt Morgan, as homage to the great beatnik writer Jack Kerouac. Kerouac’s classic On The Road celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, and so as a huge fan of the work, Brand will retrace Kerouac’s journey.
So what can viewers expect? “We're going to meet some of the surviving beat poets; we'll go to places of significance, take long car journeys and, you know, just hang out," says Brand. "I'm a fan of Kerouac – not in a thorough and academic way, more inspired by the idea of Kerouac and the style and what he represents. So my Radio 2 colleague, Matt Morgan, and I are going to re-create Cassady and Kerouac's adventures.”
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Brand first fell for the novel as a 19-year-old, enjoying the "romance and glamour" of it. The programme is part of wider commemorations for the book and its literary legacy, with it being published without any censorship for the very first time.
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