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The Comedy Café: 01/02/2013

Graham Chapman

01/02/2013

BBC Radio Scotland - The Comedy Café, 01/02/2013

Janice talks Monty Python and Graham Chapman with the directors of A Liar's Autobiography.

Janice Forsyth discusses Monty Python and Graham Chapman with the directors of A Liar's Autobiography, hears from Siobhan Redmond and previews Stewart Lee's new TV series.

This week, we're previewing a cluster of cracking new comedy, coming up on radio, TV and at the movies!

A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman is a feature-length animated movie by, about and starring Graham Chapman. Janice will be talking to directors Jeff Simpson, Bill Jones and Ben Timlett, about the challenge of .well. working with a dead man!

Critic Paul Whitelaw will also be joining Janice to review the film, as well as previewing Stewart Lee's new telly offering - Alternative Comedy Experience, which kicks off on Comedy Central, this Tuesday.

Plus we've a series of comedy pilots to look forward to, here on BBC Radio Scotland! We'll be speaking to the star of one of them - "Managing Izzy" - Siobhan Redmond MBE, plus the writer Sue Teddern.

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