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Comic Fringes

Comic Fringes

  • Radio stand-up
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2000 - 2015
  • 41 episodes (11 series)

Comedians read their own short stories in front of audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

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Series 5, Episode 1 - May Contain Nuts

A short story from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Glasgow comedian Janey Godley presents a unsentimental insight into father/daughter relationships. A woman glimpses her own mortality when she calculates that only 27 years separate her from her cantankerous father.

Further details

"If I'm slowly turning into my dad, then I'd better start collecting owl calendars and squirrels."

A woman glimpses her own mortality when she calculates that only twenty-seven years separate her from her cantankerous father. A brilliant, unsentimental insight into the father / daughter relationship.

Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 25th August 2009
Time
3:30pm
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
15 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Wednesday 15th December 2010 11:15pm Radio 4
Tuesday 20th August 2013 11:00am Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 20th August 2013 9:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 21st August 2013 4:00am Radio 4 Extra

Cast & crew

Guest cast
Janey Godley Narrator
Writing team
Janey Godley Writer
Production team
Kirsteen Cameron Producer

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