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Comic Fringes

Comic Fringes

  • Radio stand-up
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2000 - 2015
  • 41 episodes (11 series)

Comedians read their own short stories in front of audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

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Series 5, Episode 1 - May Contain Nuts

A short story from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Glasgow comedian Janey Godley presents a unsentimental insight into father/daughter relationships. A woman glimpses her own mortality when she calculates that only 27 years separate her from her cantankerous father.

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"If I'm slowly turning into my dad, then I'd better start collecting owl calendars and squirrels."

A woman glimpses her own mortality when she calculates that only twenty-seven years separate her from her cantankerous father. A brilliant, unsentimental insight into the father / daughter relationship.

Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 25th August 2009
Time
3:30pm
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
15 minutes

Cast & crew

Guest cast
Janey Godley Narrator
Writing team
Janey Godley Writer
Production team
Kirsteen Cameron Producer

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