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The Banana

19971h MovieDocumentary

The Velvet Underground's John Cale tells the story behind Andy Warhol's famous LP cover, Auberon Waugh and John Walters recall their first encounters with the fruit after the war, and footballer Brendan Batson considers how they became a symbol of racism hurled from the terraces

DirectorKate Meynell

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Cast · Directed by Kate Meynell

VJ
Vernon Joyner
Narrator (voice)
BB
Brendon Batson
Self
JCJohn Cale
John Cale
Self
DC
Deborah Cavendish
Self - The Duchess of Devonshire
HHHarry Hill
Harry Hill
Self
DH
Darcus Howe
Self
SMSpike Milligan
Spike Milligan
Self
JW
John Walters
Self
AW
Auberon Waugh
Self

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