British Comedy Guide
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Si Hawkins
Si Hawkins

Si Hawkins

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Si Hawkins features - page 44

Susan Murray Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Susan Murray

Thursday 5th May 2016

The Queen of East 17 recalls fish-crazed squaddies, Woody Allen fails and a total once-in-a-decade death.

George Egg Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: George Egg

Thursday 28th April 2016

The anarchist cook/comic recalls awkward magic shows, free curries and nakedness in Harwich.

Mae Martin. Copyright: Sun Lee Live

Mae Martin interview

Sunday 24th April 2016

Mae Martin is recording an album and her first radio show over the next few weeks - let's hope those audiences don't feature famous actors, family members or bigoted hecklers, again.

Andy Parsons Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Andy Parsons

Thursday 21st April 2016

Andy Parsons ponders a boiled sock, a parasitic gig and a dog.

Matt Richardson Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Matt Richardson

Thursday 14th April 2016

Matt Richardson talks about performing a gig to four people who didn't speak English, the benefits of First Class train travel, and a dodgy reviewer.

Phil Jerrod Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Phil Jerrod

Thursday 7th April 2016

Phil Jerrod's career lowlights include an awkward ice machine, aggressive table lamp and a lack of Alesha Dixon.

Paul Zerdin Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Paul Zerdin

Thursday 31st March 2016

Our own America's Got Talent-winning ventriloquist revisits selfish comics, Afghanistan and an angry Bette Midler.

Craig Campbell Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Craig Campbell

Thursday 24th March 2016

Hairy Canadian Craig Campbell looks back at genitalia-themed contest winners, complimentary abuse and one comedy legend who was a 'monumental dick-a-saurus'.

Stuart Goldsmith Live

First Gig, Worst Gig: Stuart Goldsmith

Thursday 17th March 2016

The Comedian's Comedian talks hamfisted reviews, egg-boxes and a pasta tip that might just change your life.

Tiffany Stevenson Live

Tiff Stevenson interview

Thursday 3rd March 2016

After Mark Steel's sporting asides, Circuit Training goes Rock, as Tiff Stevenson talks Josh Homme, Slash, Stevie Nicks and her curtailed house music career. Also contains comedy.

Mark Steel Live

Mark Steel interview

Tuesday 9th February 2016

The much-loved lefty discovered some freakily disturbing branches in his family tree, and wrote a show about it. Probably while watching lots of sport.

Shazia Mirza Live

Shazia Mirza interview

Friday 29th January 2016

Why are teenage girls marching off to Syria? Shazia Mirza has a radical theory: it's not about religion.

Cariad Lloyd Live

Cariad Lloyd interview

Tuesday 5th January 2016

In 2015 she did QI, HIGNFY, Peep Show, a massive sell-out Edinburgh show, and has a new BBC One sitcom in the can, but Cariad Lloyd isn't getting carried away. She'd rather throw scripts away.

Sofie Hagen Live

Sofie Hagen interview

Thursday 31st December 2015

From messed-up, Westlife-obsessed teen to an Edinburgh award winner, Sofie Hagen has come a long way. Well, about 800 miles. Not that the comics back in Denmark seem to notice...

Alex Kealy Live

Preview: Megagrotto 2015

Thursday 19th November 2015

Megagrotto is comedy's Royal Rumble: 14 full-length stand-up shows going head-to-head, two-by-two, in a pub. We asked promoter and performer Alex Kealy for some pre-battle hyperbole.

Hal Cruttenden Live

Hal Cruttenden interview

Friday 13th November 2015

How stressed was Hal Cruttenden about his latest Live At The Apollo appearance? Pretty stressed. Probably a good job he didn't make it to the RSC after all then.

Ed Byrne Live

Ed Byrne interview

Thursday 29th October 2015

Why was Dara O Briain kidnapped by a SWAT team? What annoys Ed Byrne about panel shows? And why did working for Countryfile put him off mountains? All will be revealed, in another excruciatingly geeky edition of Circuit Training.

Gemma Whelan Live

Gemma Whelan interview

Saturday 24th October 2015

Circuit Training talks Game Of Thrones, smutty characters and other filth with the admirably down-to-earth Gemma Whelan, who, admittedly, was on a plane at the time.

Andy Hamilton Live

Andy Hamilton interview

Thursday 15th October 2015

You may know him best from umpteen panel shows, but the on-tour Andy Hamilton co-wrote some of Britain's biggest comedies, often minutes before broadcast, and an A-list indie film last year - but what's this about Peppa Pig and Iron Man?

Matt Forde's Sports Party. Matt Forde. Copyright: Avalon Television Live

Matt Forde interview

Wednesday 7th October 2015

A New Labour advisor turned Corbyn-bashing political satirist turned TalkSport weekend football presenter, Matt Forde has the weirdest career in comedy. Time for Forde to focus?

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