Benedict Cumberbatch reads a hilarious letter about a colleague with an unfortunate name

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: Benedict Cumberbatch reads George Bernard Shaw's hilariously grumpy letters Benedict Cumberbatch reads a 17-year-old Tom Hanks' letter: