Fred At The Stand.  Series Two

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Fred at The Stand

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Stand-up comedy with Fred MacAulay and guests, from the Stand Comedy Club in Edinburgh.

Stand-up comedy with Fred MacAulay and guests, recorded at the Stand Comedy Club in Edinburgh.

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Fred at The Stand: Series 2: Ria Lina, Eshaan Akbar, Susan Riddell and Hal Cruttenden

Ria Lina, Eshaan Akbar, Susan Riddell and Hal Cruttenden

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Fred MacAulay introduces comedians: Ria Lina, Eshaan Akbar, Susan Riddell, Hal Cruttenden

4 Extra Debut. From Glasgow - Fred MacAulay's comic line-up with Ria Lina, Eshaan Akbar, Susan Riddell, Hal Cruttenden. From 2019.

Fred MacAulay is back at The Stand Comedy Club in Glasgow doing what he does best - making people laugh.

The series brings another selection of some of the best of stand-up comedians working in the UK right now.  Some you’ll know and some you won’t - yet. 

Fred introduces:  

*   The incredible Ria Lina who celebrates her favourite child with her unique parenting style. 

*   The challenging Eshaan Akbar sees through thinly-veiled racism on public transport. 

*   The self-confessed underdressed Susan Riddell wants part of her body to be dishwasher friendly. 

*   One of the country’s favourite stand-ups Hal Cruttenden is planning his own funeral down to the gristly end.

Fred At The Stand is the closest thing your ears are going to get to an actual night in a comedy club. 

A Dabster production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2019.

Fred at The Stand: Series 2

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