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Interview: Stephen K Amos

2:44pm Friday 31st October 2008

EDINBURGH Festival favourite Stephen K Amos will be bringing his acclaimed stand-up show to Burnley, Morecambe and Salford.

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Interview: Isy Suttie of Edinburgh & Beyond 2008

2:35pm Friday 31st October 2008

Talking politics, panto, and pies with Peep Show actress Isy Suttie, coming to Blackburn's You Must Be Joking comedy festival in her show Edinburgh & Beyond 2008.

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Interview: Brendon Burns

2:40pm Friday 31st October 2008

Australian comic Brendon Burns has been performing comedy since the age of 19 and although he denies it, has gained a reputation for his controversial material.

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Interview: James Campbell

5:30pm Tuesday 28th October 2008

THE world's only stand-up comedian for children is coming to Burnley. We found out what tickles James Campbell's funny bones.

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Interview: Paddy McGuinness

5:26pm Tuesday 28th October 2008

PADDY McGuinness is famed for his comedy. But can you imagine him as a lab technician, a silver service waiter or a life guard? We spoke to the funny man ahead of his appearance in Blackburn as part of his latest national tour.

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Interview: Jason Manford

2:04pm Friday 17th October 2008

JASON Manford started his comedy life collecting glasses at Manchester's longest running comedy club, The Buzz.

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Interview: Phil Cool

1:57pm Friday 17th October 2008

One of the country’s best-loved comedians will round off East Lancashire’s own comedy festival in style. We spoke to Phil Cool.

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Review: Steve Coogan @ King George's Hall, Blackburn

1:55pm Monday 13th October 2008

AFTER 10 years away from live performances, Steve Coogan is back.

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Interview: Justin Moorhouse

2:48pm Friday 10th October 2008

HE’S gone from being the one with the tiger face in Phoenix Nights to award-winning radio presenter and in-demand stand-up.

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Interview: Dylan Moran

1:47pm Friday 3rd October 2008

WE caught up with BAFTA and Perrier Award-winning Irish comedian, actor and writer Dylan Moran before his stand-up gigs in Blackburn and Manchester.

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Interview: Rhod Gilbert

11:09am Friday 12th September 2008

We spoke to comic Rhod Gilbert — dubbed “the Welsh misery” — ahead of a 65-date UK tour, calling at Colne, Manchester and Salford.

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Interview: Jim Jeffries

3:35pm Friday 12th September 2008

Australian comic Jim Jeffries’ shows are so controversial he was once punched in the head by a member of the audience during a gig. Now he’s bringing his outrageous stand-up to Preston Guild Hall.

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Interview: Bobby King

1:16pm Friday 8th August 2008

His first taste of the spotlight was on Christmas day in 1930 ... and 78 years on, Bobby King is still performing for laughs. We spoke to the Todmorden-born octogenarian comedian.

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Interview: Inder Manocha

1:53pm Friday 25th July 2008

Stand-up comedian and actor Inder Manocha is coming to Blackburn headlining We Iz British Innit, a night of Anglo Asian comedy, as part of the Celebrate Blackburn Festival.

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Interview: Jimmy Cricket

2:52pm Friday 11th July 2008

DIG OUT your L and R wellies and rose-tinted spectacles ready for a trip down memory lane — because comedy legend Jimmy Cricket is coming to Blackpool, as part of the Best Of British Variety Tour 2008.

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Interview: The Krankies

10:15am Friday 6th June 2008

In a show that could have stepped out of a time machine, the cream of variety performers from past decades are going on tour. The Best of British Variety Tour features The Krankies, Cannon and Ball, Paul Daniels, Frank Carson, Jimmy Cricket and the Brotherhood of Man. We spoke to Janette and Ian Krankie.

Interview: Jenny Eclair

1:13pm Friday 16th May 2008

The original grumpy old woman is bringing her live stand-up show to Blackburn. Jenny Eclair speaks to us about HRT, and refusing to grow old gracefully and her hope for a TV show of her own.

Interview: Nina Conti

4:11pm Friday 2nd May 2008

THERE are many advantages for a comedian that come with having a talking monkey on your arm - just ask ventriloquist Nina Conti.

Interview: Patrick McGuinness

3:50pm Saturday 26th April 2008

LANCASHIRE funnyman Patrick McGuinness has come a long way since his days working as a lifeguard at Horwich Leisure Centre.

Interview: Tim Vine

1:28pm Friday 18th April 2008

TIM Vine is a punslinger, a punmeister. The Surrey-born comedian, best-known for his pun-tastic show, is coming to Burnley Mechanics at the end of the month and is looking forward to it.

Interview: John Bishop

1:59pm Friday 11th April 2008

Would you leave a successful career to try to make people laugh for a living? Liverpool stand-up comedian John Bishop did.

Interview: Omid Djalili

1:49pm Friday 11th April 2008

HE’S famed for his ability to mimic accents, jokes on ethnic peculiarities, and of course that absurd bellydancing. Now Omid Djalili is back on the road with a new stand-up show.

Interview: Steve Pemberton

4:41pm Saturday 22nd March 2008

BLACKBURN-born Steve Pemberton takes a sip on his 'mocktail', being careful to avoid the mini umbrella sticking out of it, and settles back into his chair next to a blow-up plastic palm tree.

Interview: Noreen Kershaw

4:23pm Monday 10th March 2008

NOREEN Kershaw is living proof that the stage lights of Lancashire shine just as bright as London's West End.

Interview: Phil Buckley

2:57pm Friday 7th March 2008

BURY-born comic Phil Buckley will be appearing at Blackburn's monthly comedy night, Lock n Load, at King George's Hall tonight.

Interview: French and Saunders

6:09pm Friday 15th February 2008

It's the end of an era. Dawn French & Jennifer Saunders, our greatest female comedy double act of the last three decades are bringing their partnership to a close.