Celebrating the release of Brian's Netflix special, his work now available in the UK for the first time, we're proud to bring you this blast from the past!  Well, 2016...

Brian Regan is the undisputed master of the "act-out", reducing audiences to tears of joy as he inhabits one potent premise after another. We squeezed in half an hour backstage to talk about how he shapes and annotates his "vignettes", and find out why everyone considers him the nicest man in comedy.

Note to UK-based listeners. Even if you don't always download non-UK acts, please just give this a whirl; it's only short and he's INCREDIBLE.

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Filed Under: Acting, Age, Alternative Comedy, Brain Regan, Criticism, Edinburgh, Fame, Interview, Netflix, Stage Persona, Success, TV

One of the writers and stars of Northern Ireland's most successful sitcom "Give My Head Peace", wonderful Tim McGarry is adept at walking the tightrope of offence.  We talk about his origins with The Hole In The Wall Gang; how it felt to write sketches about paramilitaries during the Troubles; and Stuart asks a "wanky" question that yields some interesting results...

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Is there such a thing as warm malice? One of the UK's classiest comics, Jo Caulfield wields spite like a glittering scalpel, to hilarious effect. We talk about her evolving relationship to her audience, discover the holy grail of TV warm-up, and consider changing the names to protect the innocent...

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Fuelled by a seemingly-bottomless well of anger, and capable of articulating it hilariously, Michael Legge rages that life isn't as beautiful as it should be. We learn how his own righteous ire mimics that of his bulletproof mum, discover the origins of twitter game #FuckAThing, and just at the end get him to say something pretentious about art.

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Filed Under: Age, Alternative Comedy, Argument, Audiences, Controversial, Dark Humour, Depression, Edinburgh, Ego, Fame, Heckles, Improv, Isolation, Jobs, London, Mental Health, Money, Podcasting, Political Humour

For more than 50 years Barry Cryer OBE has been a lynchpin of British comedy. Having written for Morecambe & Wise, Tommy Cooper, The Frost Report and Kenny Everett, he still performs in "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue" and will be appearing live once again at the year's Edinburgh Festival.  We discuss joke structure, word choice and rapport, and Stu achieves a life-long ambition by telling Barry the "Beekeepers" joke.

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Filed Under: Acting, Age, Barry Cryer, BBC, Compere/MC/Hosting, Double Act, Edinburgh, Fame, Kenny Everett, Mainstream, Morecambe & Wise, Musical, Musical Comedy, Radio, Radio 4, Reviews, Success, TV

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Filed Under: Acting, Age, Alternative Comedy, Audiences, BBC, Comedy Store, Compere/MC/Hosting, Controversial, Criticism, Edinburgh, Equality, Fame, Feminism, Heckles, Jo Brand, QI, Radio, Success, The Comedy Store, TV

One of the most iconoclastic, pioneering and influential comedians in Britain, Stewart Lee has forged his post-punk ideals into a thrillingly funny live act, with the very form at his fingertips. We explore the deliberately uncomfortable tension between the man and the stage persona; discuss his self-imposed exclusion from the comedy community; and investigate his unshakeable conviction that he is in fact unsuccessful.

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Filed Under: Age, Alternative Comedy, Argument, Audiences, BBC, Character, Criticism, Double Act, Edinburgh, Fame, Fear, Heckles, Improv, Isolation, London, Reviews, Stage Persona, Stewart Lee, Storytelling, Success, The Guardian, Touring Comedian, TV

An electrifying live performer, with a casual brutality that has audiences laughing despite themselves, Paul Chowdhry sells far more tickets than his mid-level TV profile might suggest. We talk about his outsider status, the racial abuse he suffered as a child, and the responsibility or otherwise of the comedian to challenge the status quo.

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Filed Under: Age, Audiences, Criticism, Dark Humour, Def Jam, Diversity, Inspiration, Mainstream, Open Mic, Paul Chowdhry, Stereotypes, Storytelling, Success, TV, YouTube