Like a reverse superhero, Elis James is a warm and charismatic story-teller, able to summon a hilarious, tiny-fisted, ranting neurotic from a parallel universe.  We discuss how his persona changes when performing in English or his native Welsh, explore his sumptuous vocabulary, and unpack his superbly anecdotal style.

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Filed Under: Acting, Age, Audiences, Australia, BBC3, Channel 4, Character, Dave (TV channel), E4, Edinburgh, Elis James, Jon Robins, Open Mic, Podcasting, Radio, Radio X, The Comedy Store, TV

In part two, Jimmy Carr explores the application of Neuro-Linguistic Programming to his personal life and work, and we learn the most common mistake he sees newer comedians make on panel shows. We also get to grips with his recent switch from DVD releases to Netflix, and discover the surprising way in which he’s regarded in the USA.

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Filed Under: 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Al Murray, Alan Carr, Amy Schumer, Aziz Ansari, Bill Burr, Channel 4, Compere/MC/Hosting, Controversial, Corporate Work, Criticism, Dark Humour, E4, Eddie Izzard, Edinburgh, Emo Phillips, Festival, Frank Skinner, Frankie Boyle, Fringe, George Carlin, Harry Hill, Interview, Katherine Ryan, London, Michelle Wolf, Micky Flanagan, One Liners, QI, Quality Control, Reviews, Rich Hall, Risk, Stage Persona, Steven Wright, Structure, Success, Tommy Cooper, Twitter, Writing Jokes

In this first part of a two hour interview with one of the UK’s most respected comedians, Jimmy Carr reveals the inner mechanism of his bulletproof stage act. We focus on his extraordinary ease with hecklers, his mastery of put-downs, and we learn some of the techniques he uses to mint hundreds of new jokes every year. But is he as bulletproof emotionally as he appears to be onstage?

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Filed Under: 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Bill Burr, Channel 4, Compere/MC/Hosting, Conan, Controversial, Criticism, Dark Humour, Dave Chappelle, Edinburgh, Emo Phillips, Festival, Festival Comedian, First Open Spot, Free Fringe, Fringe, Inspiration, Interview, Jeff Ross, Jim Jefferies, John Maloney, Just For Laughs, Late And Live, Late N' Live, Live At The Apollo, London, Mitch Hedburg, Nick Helm, One Liners, QI, Quality Control, Ricky Gervais, Robin Ince, Sarah Millican, Sarah Silverman, Stage Persona, Stephen Merchant, Steven Wright, Structure, Success, The Late Show, Up The Creek, Writing Jokes

Stand-up; songwriter; Peep Show’s “Dobby”; and under it all still “The girl who jumped off Matlock Bridge for a quid”, Isy Suttie applies a psychedelic imagination to her forensic grasp of life’s minutiae.  We explore the stubbornness that underpins her eccentricity, dissect the word “whimsical”, and accidentally vomit into a spiderweb.

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Filed Under: Amused Moose, Channel 4, Dan Atkinson, David Mitchell, Edinburgh, Fear, Festival, First Open Spot, Fringe, Glenn Wool, Guide to the Family, Interview, Isy Suttie's Love Letters, Joe Wilkinson, Laughing Horse, Live, London, Matt King, Musical Comedy, Pearl and Dave, Peep Show, Poetry, Radio, Radio 4, Robert Webb, So You Think You’re Funny, Stage Persona, Storytelling, Success, The Actual One, Tim Key, Toast of London

Red in tooth and claw, Katherine Ryan is adept at shredding celebrities and has a few choice words too for her sister’s whore friends. She reveals a gentleness behind the exterior that critics love to call “waspish”, and talks us through the moral principles that guide her sting…

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Filed Under: 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Aisling Bea, Amy Schumer, Canada, Channel 4, Comedy Central, Daniel Sloss, David Letterman, Edinburgh, Feminism, Festival, Frankie Boyle, Fringe, Geoff Norcott, Hannibal Buress, Inspiration, Interview, Jeff Ross, Jimmy Carr, Joan Rivers, Joe Lycett, Live, Live At The Apollo, Mock The Week, QI, Sara Pascoe, Sarah Millican, Sarah Silverman, Sarah Tiana, Sean Lock, Stage Persona, Stephen Mangan, Stewart Francis, Structure, Success, The Stand, Touring Comedian, Twitter, VEEP, Writing On Stage

Podcast pioneer, arch-noodler, jingle-master and YouTube cosmonaut, Adam Buxton invented loads of your favourite stuff before it was famous. We talk about the creative urge; exploiting one’s family for material; and how to cope with criticism. We also explore the dynamic between Adam and long-term collaborator Joe Cornish. But which one is the best? It’s Adam.

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Filed Under: 6Music, Adam and Joe, BUG, Channel 4, Graham Linehan, Interview, Joe Cornish, Jon Ronson, Live, Ricky Gervais, Shaun Keaveny, Song Wars, Stephen Merchant, The Persuasionists, XFM

Teenbait rap comics The Midnight Beast have generated tens of millions of YouTube hits and two TV series by spoofing boybands, whilst secretly being basically a real one. They combine exceptional talent in audio/video production with a zest for melodic dick-jokes you’ll want to play again and again. We talk viral strategy, production values, the evolution of their act in the run-up to their new Comedy Central show, and how to be your own cigar-chomping exec…

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Filed Under: Channel 4, Comedy Central, E4, Family Guy, Hadouken!, Interview, Joe Lycett, Ke$ha, Music Videos, Musical Comedy, Parody, Ricky Gervais, South Park, The Midnight Beast, The Mighty Boosh, The Office, YouTube

A startlingly creative character comic, Nick Mohammed produces utterly silly work with a rigorous technical backbone. We talk about his most enduring creation Mr Swallow, and how he has cultivated that act from a casual sketch to a rollerskating operatic Dracula. We also discuss his role in the new Ridley Scott film “The Martian”…

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Filed Under: Channel 4, Chortle, Dan Tetsell, Derren Brown, Dracula The Musical, Edinburgh, Festival, Footlights, Fringe, Interview, Julia Davis, Marc Wootton, Morning Has Broken, Mr Swallow, Musical Comedy, Ridley Scott, Sketch, Stefan Golaszewski, The Thick of It, Uncle