Comedy Club Extra - Comedy Catalysts

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Comedy Catalysts - Series 2

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Harriet Kemsley talks to a comedian about the trailblazing comic who inspired them.

Harriet Kemsley chats to a comedian about the trailblazing comic who inspired them to pick up the mic. Harriet hears Jessica Fostekew talk about her hero Rik Mayall

The multi award-winning comic Harriet Kemsley invites her peers to celebrate the trail blazing comedians who inspired them to pick up the mic.

In this second series, broadcast across the week in Radio 4 Extra’s Comedy Club, four of the UK’s top stand-up comedians share how their comedy heroes informed their stand-up styles, and changed their lives.

This episode features Jessica Fostekew celebrating her hero, the anarchic and charasmatic alternative comedian, Rik Mayall.

Also featuring:
Jen Brister on French and Saunders
Josie Long on David O’Doherty
Shazia Mirza on Richard Pryor

Harriet Kemsley is an award winning comedian, writer, podcaster, and host of the Comedy Club on BBC Radio 4 Extra.
Produced by Anne-Marie Luff, Made for 4 Extra

Comedy Club Extra: Comedy Catalysts - Series 2

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Four of the UK's top stand-up comedians share how their comedy heroes changed their lives.

Four of the UK's top stand-up comedians share how their comedy heroes informed their stand-up styles, and changed their lives.

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