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The Lost Comics
A couple of months back I received a message from the comedian Phil Nichol. He said he was launching a new comedy video channel and wanted me to be one of the first twenty comedians to help get it off the ground. I was quite surprised by this for two reasons. Firstly, there are some…
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Speaking Of Gig Economy
This weekend I’ll be doing three shows with the wonderful comedian and songwriter Paul Silky White. ON Friday we’re in HUSTHWAITE, Tickets here. ON Saturday night we’re in Settle, Tickets here. And on Sunday afternoon we’re performing at Glasgow Comedy Festival, Tickets here. I appreciate that a lot of people are advising to stay indoors…
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How To Restore Our Faith In Our Democratic Process And Save The BBC In One Simple Step
Last night I was interviewed about my comedy on BBC Radio 4. It was on their programme designed for blind people, In Touch. While other comedians are paying vast sums for PR people, I manage to circumvent all that and gain five minutes of air time on a national BBC radio station for free, and…
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Now Is The Chance To Restore Our Faith In Democracy!
I’ve been nominated as one of the five comedians in the Best Newcomer category at the Chortle Awards, run by the comedy website Chortle. It’s slightly awkward that the only comedy awards I seem able to win are ones under the Newcomer bracket, and some people might start to question how long I can feasibly…
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The Young’uns Podcast: Featuring Manchester ballad singer Jennifer Reid And Bob The Builder
This week we’re in Manchester with Jennifer Reid, singer of 19th century Industrial Revolution broadside ballads and Lancashire dialect work song. She’ll be doing some of that for us on this week’s podcast, as well as recounting her experience on TV with the Hairy Bikers. There’s a Lancashire dialect quiz, and a surprise appearance from…
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The Young’uns Podcast: The Old Woman Who Swallowed A Thong
this Week: Michael is a man of action; David is abused by Australians; there’s an anecdote regarding Mike Harding’s genitals. Gary Hammond of The Hut People and formally The Beautiful South returns to showcase another of his exotic percussion instruments. And there’s a smattering of duck puns. https://episodes.castos.com/onlineeagle/The-Young-uns-Podcast-20191109.mp3 Download Freely subscribe and listen to past…
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The Young’uns Podcast: Halloween Special
The Young’uns Podcast returns for a new weekly run, as we catchup on the backlog of Young’uns gig clips. In the spirit of Halloween there’s a graveyard-based anecdote, some spectral voices, and a bit of blood. Also, we have a rather spooky introduction to our new feature, Gary Hammond’s Percussion Instrument Of The Week, in…
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Warning: This Blog Post Contains Violence, But No Scenes Of A Sexual Nature. Sorry, I’ll Try Harder Next Time
We’ve just left one of the worst hotels that we’ve ever stayed at, and The Young’uns have been gigging for nearly fifteen years and in that time we’ve certainly stayed in some dire places. We once stayed somewhere in Norwich that had a communal toilet which also doubled up as the smoking room. By this…
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America. The Aliens Are Coming
Today I was potentially going to be taking part in the final of the BBC Radio 4 New Comedy Award, but as we established in my last blog post,I didn’t make it through. So instead I am now on a plane heading out to spend two weeks touring in the US. Oh, woe is me!…
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Behind The scenes At The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Award
On 3rd July I took part in heat 3 of the BBC Radio 4 Comedy Award. In this podcast I impart my experience of the competition, I report on how I fared, and we compare my broadcast set from the actual set on the night.