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The Comedy Café: 18/01/2013

18/01/2013

BBC Radio Scotland - The Comedy Café, 18/01/2013

Janice Forsyth meets the star of My Mad Fat Diary, Scottish comic actress Sharon Rooney.

Janice Forsyth meets Scottish comic actress Sharon Rooney, star of My Mad Fat Diary, plus Phil Differ talks middle-age comedy and there is a preview of Bob Servant Independent.

Janice will be discovering how Scottish comic actress Sharon Rooney is coping, as she's catapulted from complete unknown, to the star of new heavily promoted E4 series 'My Mad Fat Diary' - which started on Monday night.
As our focus is on Middle Age this week, and with the launch of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, we'll find out how one of its performers - comedian and writer Phil Differ - came to stand-up as he hit his middle years. as well as a man whose life changed dramatically, after a very special 40th Birthday gift!
Plus we'll have a special report from a preview screening of highly anticipated TV series, Bob Servant Independent, including interviews with creator Neil Forsyth, and star Jonathan Watson.

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