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A hilarious collection of essays from David Sedaris, 'the premier observer of our world and its weirdnesses' (Adam Kay, author of This is Going to Hurt) Anyone who has heard David Sedaris speaking live or on the radio will tell you that a collection from him is cause for jubilation. A move to...

Columnist, critic and award-winning author Craig Brown is well known for his Private Eye parodies lampooning politicians and celebrities. He has written for numerous newspapers, both under his own name and as his alter egos Wallace Arnold and Bel Littlejohn. Collected here are Brown's four fantastic radio series, plus two bonus programmes in which he discusses his life and work.

No one renders the pathos, chaos and impossible variety of daily encounters like David Sedaris. On every subject, he is bruisingly painful and tenderly affectionate. Recorded live on October 22, 2002, LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL features excerpts from his forthcoming collection of essays, DRESS YOUR...

Comedian, musician and actor Doc Brown has produced a quite unique show in Unfamous. His self-deprecating humour fused with some hilarious rapping shows why the critics at the Edinburgh Festival and all around the country have said such positive things about him.

The Brown Jewels is a very funny comedy podcast from Scottish comedian, Ralph Brown. Welcome aboard this shambolic but entertaining listening experience, bouncing between chats with only the soundest guests from the comedy world, tales of misdemeanours, backstage gossip, pizza fantasies, unglamorous tour secrets, funny conspiracy theories, angry rants, embarrassing cock-ups, bad luck, sheer stupidity and discussing the biggest weirdos on the internet.Send in your voice notes, watch it on YouTube or follow me on Instagram and TikTok by clicking on this link here - https://linktr.ee/...

A deeply moving and profoundly uplifting story about living with joy, even in the face of adversity. 'Part memoir and part masterclass in finding hope and joy in the face of unthinkable challenges. This isn't a book about cancer, it's a book about living' – Jaquie Brown Dai Henwood wanted to...

Veteran comedian, actor and established radio personality J. Anthony Brown has performed stand-up comedy all over the country as well as internationally. The self-styled tailor-turned-comedian launched his comedy career in a gong show contest in Atlanta. Soon after his comedy debut, Brown moved to Los Angeles to work in television and became a writer on The Arsenio Hall Show, and became a writer as well for such sitcoms as The Parenthood and Me and The Boys. Brown hosted two consecutive seasons of BET’s top-rated Comic View, and has performed on Vibe, Def Comedy Jam, It’s Showtime at the ...

Born in Canada to Anglo-Indian parents, Russell has become a comedy sensation. Calling upon his Asian background, he uses references etnicity, class and cultural stereotypes in his act. He is enormously successful in many countries and even sold out the O2 in London, which is no mean feat. This recording was made at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The third, fourth and fifth series of the nautical comedy, plus Christmas Special and The TV Lark The Navy Lark gang are back for more seafaring shenanigans… Collected here are the complete Series 3, 4 and 5 of the much-loved show, including the long-lost episode ‘The Cornish Exercise’...

The hilarious and pubescent debut book from your favourite British Muslim comedian (that's Tez Ilyas, by the way). You may know and love Tez from his stand-up comedy, his role as Eight in Man Like Mobeen, his Radio 4 series TEZ Talks, or panel shows such as Mock the Week and The Last Leg. Where you won't know him from is 1997, when he was 13¾. (But now you will—because that's what the book is about.) In this suitably dramatic rollercoaster of a teenage memoir, Tez takes us back to where it all began.

AUDITIONS. GAVIN AND STACEY. HOLLYWOOD STARS. LOVE ACTUALLY. SEX SCENES. CELEB KISSES. WARDROBE DILEMMAS. MOTHERHOOD. BODILY FUNCTIONS. CHRISTMAS. TRUE LOVE. Life for Joanna Page has been anything but dull, in fact it's been absolutely lush... In this funny, candid and surprising memoir, Joanna...

This is the very first record produced by Laughing Stock. Recorded at the Edinburgh Festival in 1991, it contains much of Arnold's best known and best loved works.

"Congratulations! You are now a member of a cult audience. This means that you know about me before a lot of other people do. Imagine the fun you'll have dropping my name into conversation with unsuspecting 'squares': 'Ha! That reminds me of that bit on the Spencer Brown album....'

Muslim father, Jewish mother, an American born in Egypt—Tamer Kattan was born an outsider and that's where he stayed. Very quickly, Tamer became adept at being comfortable in the uncomfortable. Comedy became the weapon of this underdog, enabling him to deal with challenges ranging from school yard bullies to an abusive father. His diverse background has given Tamer a deep understanding of the human condition as well as a wealth of material to draw from.

A storytelling project from comedian, writer, wife, and mother Mary Ryan Brown, Superfreak features comedian and artist interviews, audience questions, and guest appearances from the big personalities in Mary Ryan’s life.Mary Ryan Brown is a former gifted kid who is still trying to navigate burnout while enjoying her ordinary life in South Mississippi. She lives within and without the carnival of the Deep South—trashy enough to love a bologna sandwich, but stuck-up enough to correct a UPS driver’s grammar. She considers herself an outsider passing as an insider—a murmuring pigeon lady ...

Tim Wolfe, Bob McClure, and John Brown love writing jokes and using them to make a room full of people laugh. But like every good comic, they have a ton that never leave the notepad. On Running down a bit they each run a new bit or an old bit that was left on the cutting room floor in hopes that riffing on it with their friends could bring a new angle that is the missing piece. If you're a fan of stand up comedy, you're going to love this podcast.

Comedians John L Brown and Ben Creed get to know the world through each others perspectives like some sort of f$cked up "Freaky Friday" movie plot. Fort Worth based with Dallas sex appeal.

This is the second series of one-off comedies written by the genius behind the smash-hit radio sitcom “Cabin Pressure” – John Finnemore. The first series won the coveted Writers Guild of Great Britain award for Best Comedy. Each show is a comedy perfumed by just two actors - including...

Live from New York, Steve Brown brings his high-pitched, high-energy voice to his hilarious first comedy special, Yeah, I Talk Like This. Detroit born and Southern raised, Steve brings soulful humor and antics to create hilariously inventive characters that we can all relate to.

Cocoa Brown assails her craft with such passion and soul-searching veracity that when she claims a stage, the ensuing act is nothing short of a force of a nature. Cocoa draws from painful reminiscences and hard-knock lessons, weaving humorous tales that uplift, upend, and upgrade what you thought you knew about comedy. What drives the comic who female fans have nicknamed “The Truth”? The sheer will of a woman who survived the worst life had to offer and is still standing.