At the height of World War II on April 6 th 1943, at which point he was British Ambassador to Moscow, the famously eccentric Sir Archibald Clark Kerr wrote a letter to Foreign Office minister Lord Reginald Pembroke, about a colleague with an unfortunate name.
Benedict Cumberbatch joined us at Letters Live at the Royal Albert Hall in November to read it.
Enjoy more of Benedict’s brilliant Letters Live performances:
Benedict reads Nick Cave’s letter about grief:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMsqmYncEfg&t=1s
Benedict Cumberbatch reads George Bernard Shaw’s hilariously grumpy letters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2VnTtb6IMw
Benedict Cumberbatch reads a 17-year-old Tom Hanks’ letter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8dpOPOz7Rc
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My name is Khaaaaaan….t 💀💀
fanTAStic !
We all feel like that now and then
OMG ROTFLMAO
Talking about unfortunate names. I once had a colleague who's last name was fucking. I kid you not.
OmG👍🏼
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Benedict’s delivery makes it a million times more funny! The actual name is probably Mustafa something 😂
Benedict Cumberbatch is just so d@mn good at this! OMG!😂
Sir Archibald was an Australian, he was an eccentric and known for his “rough” language….whilst in Moscow he unsuccessfully sort clearer directive from the FO…He once replied to a directive from Winston Churchill by saying…..”You want a directive, all right…I don’t mind kissing Stalin’s bum but I’ll be damned if I will lick his a…se…that aids to the term of us Australians being called… “a weird mob”…..(and some would think uncouth mob)…..Who better to read the letter than Benedict Cumberbatch…and his love of the “Choose Love” badge👏💯😂❤️❤️🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
I can genuinely say I shrieked with laughter at this
Meet his half Turkish, half Geogian friend, Mustafa Villi, equally welcome
I used to work for a company who had a salesman named Harry Balls. He was proud of it. I don't think his parents liked him very much.
The two Turkish names that tend to sound the worst in English are Ufuk and Anil, these, along with a Korean student named Fat Ho, are among the more challenging names I've come across.
A simple letter reading becomes a performance in your hands!!! Very good!!
Boa noite Mr. Cumberbatch!!