A Funny Kind Of...
- Radio chat show / stand-up
- BBC Radio Scotland
- 2014 - 2017
- 13 episodes (5 series)
Julia Sutherland introduces and talks to stand-up comedians who look for laughs in some of life's darker places.
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A Funny Kind Of Life And Death, Episode 1
Cancer, life-threatening illness and euthanasia - not the sort of things you would normally expect to laugh at, but in this programme that's exactly what they'd like you to do.
Further details
Stand-up comic Alistair Barrie and his wife Emily found their newly-wed bliss shattered by a traumatic diagnosis; Scott Gibson came face to face with his own mortality and it profoundly altered his life's course; Mel Moon became so ill she considered euthanasia; and cancer survivor Toby Peach gives us an extract of his self penned Eulogy... to life.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 25th September 2015
- Time
- 1:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio Scotland
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Julia Sutherland | Host / Presenter |
| Alistair Barrie | Guest |
| Scott Gibson | Guest |
| Mel Moon | Guest |
| Toby Peach | Guest |