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The Comedy Café: 12/10/2012

Les Dawson

12/10/2012

BBC Radio Scotland - The Comedy Café, 12/10/2012

Janice Forsyth talks to the daughter of Les Dawson about a new book of her father's jokes.

Janice Forsyth talks to Charlotte Dawson, daughter of Les Dawson, about a new book of her father's jokes and hears why he was more than just one of the UK's favourite comedians.

We'll have a pack on Scottish Opera's forth coming Magic Flute, Mozart's beguiling mix of comedy, fantasy and pantomime. Director Sir Thomas Allen tells why it is still one of the most inventive operas around.

The first ever Irish London Comedy festival kicks off today, taking part 2012's So You Think Your Funny winner and Irish lady comic Aisling Bea. Aisling will be in the studio a little later to tell us about the wealth of established and emerging comedic talent based in Ireland and the UK.

And Les Dawson's new joke book, just out! Daughter Charlotte explains why her dad was more than just one of our favorite ever comedians!

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