
Arthur Smith: I got arrested for breach of the peace and possession of a megaphone
From Full Disclosure with James O'Brien
Published 2/20/2026
From the bomb sites of post war South London to the stages of the Comedy Store and the studios of Radio 4, Arthur Smith’s life has been driven less by ambition than by curiosity. The son of a Second World War prisoner of war turned police officer, and a grammar school girl who filled the house with…



