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Comedy Map of Scotland

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Chris Forbes rediscovers regional comedy characters, routines and sketches.

Comedian Chris Forbes takes a road trip around Scotland to look at regional comedy characters & sketches from Glasgow to Edinburgh to Dundee to Aberdeen & the Highlands & Islands.

Comedy Map Of Scotland rediscovers classic regional comedy characters, routines and sketches to help tell the story of our national sense of humour. From Glasgow to Edinburgh to Dundee to Aberdeen to the Highlands & Islands and all the regions in-between, we'll undertake a light-hearted exploration of our geo-comedy character & through interview and classic archive map our very own Scottish comedy SatNav.

Comedy Map of Scotland: Episode 2

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Episode 2

BBC Radio Scotland - Comedy Map of Scotland, Episode 2

Comedian Chris Forbes presents classic radio comedy from around the regions of Scotland.

Chris meets writer and author Neil Forsyth about the creation of Dundee comedy legend Bob Servant and  Shetlander comedian Marjolein Robertson about Highlands and Islands comedy.

In this episode Chris talks to writer and author Neil Forsyth about the creation of cheeseburger van supremo and Dundee comedy legend Bob Servant, who started his early broadcast life on BBC Radio Scotland back in 2010 with 'The Bob Servant Emails'.  We'll also hear from comedian and Shetlander Marjolein Robertson about Highlands and Islands comedy.

Clips featured include Bob Servant, Velvet Cabaret, The Y-Front, Breaking The News & Naked Radio.

Presenter: Chris Forbes
Producer: Gus Beattie
A Gusman production for BBC Radio Scotland.

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