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How Twinned Town adjusted its angle and got made

Tuesday 14th July 2020

Comedians and co-stars Leroy Brito and Ignacio Lopez rejigged their sitcom pitch when the pandemic hit, got a pilot commissioned by the BBC, then made it in lockdown. It pays to be flexible, they tell BCG Pro.

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Bilal Zafar talks about his Twitch success

Monday 13th July 2020

His career had lost momentum and his mood was dark. Then lockdown struck, and Bilal Zafar found himself with the unlikeliest change of direction: managing a surreal virtual soccer team on an old video game. Now he's getting loads of viewers and even selling replica shirts. Which is a far cry from the not-fun TV work he was offered before.

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First Gig, Worst Gig: Bethany Black

Friday 10th July 2020

Angry crowd management, an agoraphobic lockdown and the girlfriend with the rubbish tattoo: Bethany Black on her circuit uppers and downers.

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How to Home-Stream: Part Four

Tuesday 7th July 2020

Creating a good online show can be surprisingly tricky, so we've asked comedy's new home-streaming community for their at-the-coalface advice. In the final part of this series, podcast pioneer and Infinite Showman Stuart Goldsmith reveals how comics can learn from startups.

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First Gig, Worst Gig: Ignacio Lopez

Friday 3rd July 2020

Power cuts, a Hasselhoff snub and a BBC lockdown pilot: Ignacio Lopez talks us through his standout shows.

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Random 8: Ari Eldjárn

Tuesday 30th June 2020

Beatle-shaking, Nick Cave-listening and a Sigur Rós sibling: Ari Eldjárn gives our Eight an Icelandic twist.

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How to Home-Stream: Part Three

Friday 26th June 2020

Creating a good online show can be tricky, so we've asked comedy's new home-streaming community for their learned-the-hard-way advice. This week, stand-up and schooling with Chris Purchase and Yuriko Kotani.

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First Gig, Worst Gig: Kiri Pritchard-McLean

Friday 26th June 2020

From Stokes to The Strokes, Kiri Pritchard-McLean talks us through her journey from nervy early gigs to a new slot at BBC Radio Wales.

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The Isolation Conversations - Olga Koch

Wednesday 24th June 2020

Olga Koch should now be travelling, after giving up her tech job for grad school. Still, there is a cool stand-up event on the horizon: her last show If/Then is going vinyl. We talk sinister tech, right-wing swings, Soviet equality, immigration, Tarkovsky vs Chernobyl, and live comedy vs first dates.

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Random 8: Aniruddh Ojha

Tuesday 23rd June 2020

As he preps for Weirdos' Celebrity Twitchathon, Aniruddh Ojha takes a deep-dive into crab ovaries and a tragic dolphin.

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Stand-up specials released during lockdown

Friday 19th June 2020

A surge of new live albums and specials are helping to maintain lockdown morale.

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How to Home-Stream: Part Two

Friday 19th June 2020

Creating a good online show can be surprisingly tricky, so we've asked comedy's new home-streaming community for their at-the-coalface advice. This week, a music and comedy special with Sooz Kempner and Katie Pritchard.

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First Gig, Worst Gig: Joe Bor

Friday 19th June 2020

He hit the depths pre-Daley and new heights before Norton: Joe Bor gets us all warmed up.

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Random 8: Alexander Bennett

Tuesday 16th June 2020

Aardman admiration, Sheen envy and robot disappointment: Alexander Bennett takes the big eight.

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First Gig, Worst Gig: Emma Sidi

Friday 12th June 2020

She's enlivened lockdown with La Princesa de Woking, but where do Victoria Wood and a fake watch fit into Emma Sidi's backstory?

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How to Home-Stream: Part One

Wednesday 10th June 2020

Creating a good online show can be surprisingly tricky, so we've asked comedy's new home-streaming community for their hard-earned advice. First up, chat-show host & pro tipster Ross Brierley offers some useful do's and don'ts.

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Random 8: Eleanor Conway

Tuesday 9th June 2020

DIY, Contagion and Amazon amnesia - it's a lockdown special with Eleanor Conway.

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First Gig, Worst Gig: Bare & Klare

Friday 5th June 2020

Fresh from RuPaul's Drag Race, Scaredy Kat is now making lockdown weirdness with fake bear Remi May - but how have danger-dates, curious olives and a barn door led them here?