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Before I waste too much of my life on this, is perimeter 10 a hyphenated word from Shakespeare?

Yes, and it sets the trend for the perimeter. I can't say this is a great deal of help for me, though. I hope this puzzle is not about an American comedy show which I never managed to watch for more than thirty seconds without changing channels.

Cheers, Foinaven. So do I - my children, supposedly bright, devoured that crap.

It's not what I'd call funny (the theme, not the puzzle) and it's much closer to home.
The puzzle's title is a big help (I think generosity is pretty thin on the ground everywhere else).

An erratum concerning Listener No 4616 Disco Lovers by the Ace of Hearts has been posted on the Listener puzzles website. Here's a link:
http://www.listenercrossword.com/

The perimeter is a huge help in placement and the lead character was fairly easy to have a guess at with eight of the first ten solutions placed, but it's early days for me at this stage. Hope that doesn't give too much away, but I think that this is more accessible than it first appeared

Happily not the theme that foinaven had feared.

Those working from the newspaper grid will find it even more difficult - I wouldn't want to tackle it without bars in the third ring.

...thanks for passing on the warning, ruthrobin.

Working backwards too. This is so laborious ! Could anyone give me a nudge on my last 3 radials please? 17, 20 and 34. Thanks in advance.

17 anagram of bruise + 1 letter
34 3 letter word for staff (as in to staff a company)
3 letter general word for paintings sculpture etc
all backwords.