A RICH COMIC LIFE PODCAST

In this episode, I talk to the great comedian, Kate McGann A Finalist for So You Think You’re Funny in 2019 and the South Coast Comedian of the Year 2021, McGann deserves every success.  Thank you so much for listening to my podcast, if you like what you hear, please subscribe and I hope you enjoy the interview. Kate McGann Links: Facebook: www.facebook.com/KateMcGannComedian/ Instagram: www.insta...

In this episode, I talk to the wonderful comedian, Alex Hylton. Based in the East Midlands, Hylton is an exceptionally funny comedian with a very likeable, and self-effacing stage persona.  He is the monthly compere at 45 West Comedy Club in Leicester and has been in the finals, and won many comedy competitions, including best show at the Leicester Comedy Festival in 2020 and 2022. I have watched...

In this episode, I talk to the great comedian, writer and rapper, Joe Jacobs. Based in London, Jacobs’ style is to mix the comedy with rap.  He has been seen and heard on amongst others, BBC Radio 4, BBC 6 Music and gained millions of online views. Apart from stand-up comedy, he is also known as Jester Jacobs and has been releasing steady music since his debut album in 2008, Mental Disorder.  His...

In this episode, I talk to Dr Oliver Double. Dr Double is an academic and was previously an accomplished stand-up comedian who regularly played the circuit and created Sheffield’s longest running comedy club, The Last Laugh. Since 1999, he has been based at the University of Kent School of Arts, teaching and researching comic and popular performance.  He has written several books and has helped to...

In this episode, I talk to the wonderful comedian, BARRY FERNS Beginning his stand-up career in 1995 aged 17, then quitting stand-up to make Edinburgh Fringe sketch shows, and then starting stand-up again from 2008, Barry Ferns is an extremely quick-witted host and headline comedian. One of the founding members of Angel Comedy in London and nominated for best compere at the Chortle Awards in 2014...

In this episode, I talk to the great comedian, JIM DALY. Presenter, actor and writer, London-based stand-up comedian Daly has hosted Chesham Comedy night and performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.  He is a regular writing contributor for the extremely popular News Revue show.  A Crystal Palace fan, he hosts the weekly football show, Football Friday on https://www.joe.co.uk/ , the FYP Podcast,...

In this episode, I talk to the wonderful comedian, ANDREW BIRD. Bird is a regular headliner on the comedy circuit and has supported the likes of Rob Brydon, Rhod Gilbert and Michael McIntyre on tour.  A brilliant storyteller on stage with a very likeable persona, he is a brilliant comedian.  On TV, he has written for 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Lee Mack’s Duck Quacks Don’t Echo, and Jon Richa...

In this episode, I talk to the great comedian, VICTORIA MELODY. Award winning comedian Melody writes, produces and performs comedy, theatre and film.  With a love of experimentation, she has appeared on stage in such diverse roles as a pigeon fancier, dog handler, funeral director, beauty queen and police officer.   Her stand-up comedy is enthusiastic, off-the-wall, original, and relatable.  Her s...

In this episode, I talk to the wonderful comedian, BELLA HULL. Bella Hull is a London-based stand-up comedian and writer.  Very engaging and exciting on stage, she is confident and extremely funny with very clever material about her life and career.  Hull performed her debut solo show, Babycakes, at the Edinburgh Fringe and then the Soho Theatre to rave reviews in 2022. I have watched Hull perform...

In this episode, I talk to the brilliant comedian and photographer, STEVE BEST. As a comedian, Best has a very immature and zany presence on stage elevating his comedy to laugh-out-loud status.  He is a man of many talents and has an exceptional form of slapstick humour. As a photographer, Best has unprecedented access to the comedy world, regularly seen at comedy gigs taking photographs of the co...

For the 100th episode, I talk to a special guest, the brilliant comedian, JACK DOCHERTY. Docherty is a Scottish comedian, actor, and writer.  He first performed at the 1980 Edinburgh Fringe with the comedy sketch group The Bodgers (with Moray Hunter, Gordon Kennedy and Peter Baikie).  Docherty and Hunter became staff writers for the BBC radio comedy contributing to shows such as Radio Active, Week...

In this episode, I talk to the fantastic comedian, IAN STONE about his comedy career. Stone is a writer, podcaster, broadcaster and one of the best stand-up comedians and comperes in Britain. On stage, he appears easy-going yet anxious, delivering hysterical topical humour with a downgrading and mocking tone.  On the comedy circuit for years and receiving a nomination for best show in 2012 at the...

In this episode, I talk to the wonderful comedian, BRENNAN REECE about his comedy career. Reece is a working class, northern comedian who won became a comedian in 2010 and won the English Comedian of The Year in 2015.  His cheeky on-stage persona is extremely funny and very endearing. I have watched Reece perform for The Return of The Craic online comedy club in 2021, the Edinburgh Comedy Allstars...

In this episode, I talk to the great comedian, Nick Kirk.   Kirk’s first gig was the inaugural Sofa SoFunny! online gig in December 2020. He became a consistent act when the showcase, created by his friend Leslie Gold, went live twice a month firstly at St Christopher’s pub, Liverpool Street and then Upstairs at The Flying Horse on Wilson Street.  Whether performing as himself or in character, Kir...

In this episode, I chat to Chris Young & Jake Alexander – the Co-Directors of the Hastings Comedy Festival. The Hastings Comedy Festival started in 2015.  Based on an idea by friends Young and Alexander, numerous live comedy events take place over five days every Summer.  Situated in the beautiful seaside area of Hastings and St Leonards, the festival proves more popular every year.  I have been i...

In this episode, I chat to fellow comedy superfan, Mark Duqueno. Over the years, Duqueno has seen almost as many, if not more comedians than me! In July 2022, he created the amazing podcast Comedy In A Nutshell, where, to quote, he ‘asks the big questions, What is comedy? Who is it, and why is it? To help me I’ve enlisted the help of comedians, performers, promoters, and fans, to discuss what come...

In the second of two special episodes celebrating the 40th anniversary of Downstairs at The Kings Head comedy club, I talk to the brilliant comedian and film director, JOE BOR about his career. Bor is an actor, writer, director, producer, editor, and stand-up comedian.  A brilliant character comedian who I have seen compere at the 99 Club in London’s Leicester Square in 2017, his films include the...

In the first of two special episodes celebrating the 40th anniversary of Downstairs at The Kings Head comedy club, I talk to the wonderful owner of the club, PETER GRAHAME about his comedy career. Downstairs at the Kings Head is one of the oldest comedy clubs in Britain.   Founded in 1981 by Grahame and Huw Thomas (who became the regular compere until his retirement), the intimate venue has never...

In this episode, I talk to the wonderful comedian LESLIE GOLD about her comedy career. American Leslie Gold, based in London, is a wonderful no-nonsense stand-up comedian whose material discussing every-day life is direct and hilarious.  Since Gold comperes and created Sofa SoFunny! comedy club, a comedy night for new and aspiring comedians (around ten per gig) with regular comic Nick Kirk, and a...

In this episode, I talk to the great comedian PETER MERRE about his comedy career.   Merre is based in London has been compering and performing stand-up comedy since 2016. His comedy is topical, razor sharp and extremely funny.  He has appeared on Sky TV’s Soccer AM, can be heard on TALKSPORT radio and is a writer for BBC Radio 4’s Newsjack. Thank you so much for listening to my podcast, if you li...

In this episode, I talk to the fantastic comedian ANIA MAGLIANO about her comedy career. Magliano is an Italian-Polish comedian based in London, who made the final of the Chortle Student Comedy Award in 2018 and the Funny Women Award in 2020.  On stage, she is an exceptionally confident, warm, and funny comedian, who is highly recommended. I have seen Magliano perform both live and online at Alway...

In this episode, I talk to the GEOFF ROWE, the founder of the Leicester Comedy Festival. Rowe, and a group of student friends, set up the annual event in 1994, when they were studying Arts Management at Leicester’s De Montfort University. Every February since, the comedy festival has played host to a wealth of comedy performances attracting visitors from all over the country. In 2023, after celebr...

In this episode, I talk to the wonderful comedian FRANCIS FOSTER about his comedy career. Francis Foster is a brilliant stand-up comedian who regularly performs at UK comedy clubs, as well as all over the world.  His writing credits include Mock The Week for the BBC, and in 2018, he began co-hosting the podcast TRIGGERnometry with fellow comedian Konstantin Kisin, which has achieved enormous succe...

Live from the Leicester Comedy Festival for the 30th Anniversary Richard Gill and Mark Duqueno join forces to talk about a few of their experiences at the festival. Listen and enjoy. Richard Gill Instagram: @R.W.Gill Richard Gill Twitter: @RW_Gill Richard Gill Facebook: Richard. Gill.758 A Rich Comic Life Facebook Group A Rich Comic Life blog The Comedy Nerd Instagram @The ComedyNerd Comedy in a N...

In this episode, I talk to the fantastic comedian, JOSH PUGH, about his comedy career. Pugh is an British stand-up comedian and actor.  He began performing in 2014 and in that year as well as 2015, he won the Midlands New Act of The Year.  In 2015, he also won new act competitions at both the Birmingham Comedy Festival and Nottingham Comedy Festival and in 2016 he won the English Comedian of the Y...