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.
Comic Fringes - 21 Short Stories By Top Comedians
A cracking collection of comic monologues, written and read by leading comedians.
Recorded in front of a live audience at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, this fantastic anthology features a host of diverse short stories, composed and performed by a veritable who's who of stand-up comedians. By turns hilarious and irreverent, poignant and bittersweet, together they make up a superb selection box of tasty treats.
Among the all-star line-up, Romesh Ranganathan tells a comic tale of unrequited love among the orangutans; Susan Calman takes a wry look at office politics; Jon Richardson explores the perils of internet dating; and Sarah Millican takes us into the worlds of a compassionate undertaker's assistant and an elderly woman who fears she's becoming invisible.
Russell Kane recalls his tempestuous ex; Aisling Bea recounts the dark, funny tale of a pensioner with murder in mind; Robert Florence reveals the shady doings of the Scottish branch of the Illuminati; and satirist John O'Farrell asks, 'what if Judas had written the Gospels'?
Also sharing their fantastic fiction are a wealth of other literary comics, including Sanjeev Kohli, Joe Lycett, Bridget Christie, James Acaster, Jenny Eclair, Shazia Mirza and Mark Watson. Short story fans, rejoice: here are five hours of some of the most charming, absurd, dark, thoughtful and funny tales you'll ever find in one place.
Contents:
1. May Contain Nuts by Janey Godley
2. The Hair Of The Dead by Sarah Millican
3. Gone Phishing by Jon Richardson
4. The Woman Who Sniffed by Susan Calman
5. Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Be In The Green by Patrick Monahan
6. On The Dot by Shazia Mirza
7. Stairlift Us Up Where We Belong by Sarah Millican
8. Spooky And The Van by Joe Lycett
9. A Difference Of Opinion by Bridget Christie
10. The Three Times I Dumped Eleanor, And The Manner Of Her Death by Russell Kane
11. Sorry For Your Loss by James Acaster
12. Club Sandwich by Mark Watson
13. The Understudy by Jenny Eclair
14. Kill Dilly by Aisling Bea
15. I Bought A Monkey To Stand Out In The New York Art Scene by Sanjeev Kohli
16. Love and Orangutans by Romesh Ranganathan
17. Bad Fairytale by Grainne Maguire
18. The Gospel According To Judas by John O'Farrell
19. Pick Me Up by Angela Barnes
20. Apocalypse Soon by Dane Baptiste
21. Cats Who Walk Like Gentlemen by Robert Florence
First released: Thursday 24th November 2022
- Distributor: BBC Digital Audio
- Minutes: 300
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