The Comedy Episode
Miranda Sawyer explores comedy podcasting, talking to Richard Herring, Adam Buxton and New Zealand comedians Tim Batt and Guy Montgomery.
Miranda Sawyer explores the world of podcasting, rounding up some of the best spoken word audio from around the world. This week: The comedy episode.
Richard Herring discusses the freedom the medium allows comedians and ponders its impact on mainstream media. Adam Buxton reflects on his new podcast and dreams of interviewing David Bowie for it. Also featured are New Zealand comedians Tim Batt and Guy Montgomery, whose podcast The Worst Idea of All Time is about their experience of watching the same tedious film every week for a year. The podcast's reached cult status - but how have they managed to get through it?
Producer: Jim Frank
Researcher: Chris Pearson.
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Adam Buxton talks about his new podcast.
Duration: 02:52
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Colourbox
The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme
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David Seckleman
Perfect Day
Richard Herring
Adam Buxton
Miranda talks to Adam Buxton this week. Adam recently started the , and this week’s episode featured extracts from the episode with .
Photo taken by Matt Crockett.
The Comedian's Comedian
The Worst Idea Of All Time
Broadcasts
Sat 28 Nov 2015 10:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4- Sun 28 Feb 2016 11:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Sun 28 Feb 2016 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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