28 Acts In 28 Minutes

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28 Acts in 28 Minutes

Comedy: Sketch

Comedy: Standup

Quickfire comedy show featuring 28 acts performing for one minute each

Quickfire comedy show featuring 28 acts, each doing a crazy minute of stand-up, sketches, music and a few surprises. Presented by John Humphrys

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John Humphrys gives 28 performers 60 seconds each to entertain. With Shappi Khorsandi.

John Humphrys gives 28 performers 60 seconds each to entertain. With Shappi Khorsandi and Stephen K Amos. From December 2007.

The fastest show on-air is back! 

28 performers have just 60 seconds in which to entertain the audience in this traditional variety show, featuring established stand-ups, and some newer talent

The whole thing is presided over by John Humphrys, who sits at the side of the stage with a stopwatch, ready to cut the microphone when the time is up. 

And hey - if there's an act you don't like, well, there's another one along in 55 seconds or so...

Jeremy Limb
Des Clarke
Penny Broadhurst
Arnab Chanda
John Sessions 
Christina Martin 
Gavin Osborn 
Aaron Counter
G-Force 
James Kettle
Paula Wilcox
James Branch
Pegabovine
Dave Cohen
Jarlath Regan
Dutch Elm Conservatoire
Jeff Innocent
Katherine Jakeways
Carl Donnelly
Stephen Grant
Mara Carlyle
Stephen K Amos
Barry Davies
Jeff Green
Shappi Khorsandi 
Martin Jarvis 
The Puppini Sisters
Stewart Lee

Producers: Rohan Acharya and Ed Morrish

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2007.

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