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Interview: Daliso Chaponda

3:29pm Friday 3rd July 2009

THE cream of North West comedy talent will join forces to raise money for Manchester’s Christie cancer hospital at The Lowry, Salford Quays, this weekend.

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Interview: Rob Brydon

2:50pm Friday 27th March 2009

ROB Brydon has done virtually everything there is to do in comedy.

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Interview: Dave Spikey

2:16pm Friday 20th March 2009

Bolton’s Dave Spikey is coming to his home town and Blackpool with his latest stand-up tour, and he's out to prove that laughter is still the best medicine.

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Interview: Mark Watson

1:40pm Friday 13th March 2009

MARK Watson has already performed his latest stand-up show 35 times after touring up and down the country for three months solid.

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Interview: Robin Ince

1:36pm Friday 13th March 2009

HE’S Ricky Gervais’s best mate and he’s described as one of the great underrated comedians. And after a 15 minute conversation with Robin Ince, I’d say he’s also one of the cleverest.

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Interview: Al Murray

3:07pm Friday 20th February 2009

IT’S time, gentlemen, please, to book your tickets for one of the most popular live comedy acts of the moment.

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Interview: Jason Cook

5:05pm Friday 13th February 2009

DON’T forget your tissues when you go to see comedian Jason Cook’s show Joy, because apparently it’s a tear-jerker.

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Interview: Dickie Ticker of Lancashire Hotpots

4:53pm Friday 21st November 2008

THEY are like the Houghton Weavers for the iPod generation and they are taking the country by storm, singing about great Lancashire institutions as the Chippy Tea, weekly line-dancing and pints of mild.

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Interview: Johnny Vegas

4:57pm Friday 21st November 2008

Comedian Johnny Vegas first became a household name starring in the ITV Digital adverts alongside Ben Miller’s Monkey, and now has a successful sitcom and film career.

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Interview: Jonathan Mayor of Back To Englistan

3:43pm Friday 7th November 2008

HOW best to describe comedian Jonathan Mayor? I don't think I can improve on the words of one reviewer, who summed-up the drag artist with the words: “Imagine a Christmas tree has just exploded all over the campest Bollywood star you know.”

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Interview: Russell Howard

3:41pm Friday 7th November 2008

As he prepared to perform at Blackburn's You Must Be Joking comedy festival, we spoke to comic Russell Howard.

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Interview: Steve Coogan

12:34pm Wednesday 5th November 2008

Steve Coogan, the creator of some of the most memorable comedy characters in the past 20 years returns to Blackpool Opera House for two shows later this month.

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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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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: Dara O Briain

11:57am Friday 26th September 2008

Mock The Week’s Dara O Briain is bringing his stand-up tour to Preston... but he seems more interested in talking about the rollercoasters at Blackpool Pleasure Beach.

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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.