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Al LorraineAl's Adventures, Blog

The summer is here. The man on the radio said so. I was that man on the radio, as a presenter on XFM, so it must be true – right? Traditionally in radioland, everything shuts down for Xmas and then nothing happens for two months. No one can be bothered, …

We Need to Talk…

Julia SutherlandComedy, Radio

‘m so excited that today you will finally get the chance to hear the first episode of Funny Kind of Love, broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland at 13.32! It really has been a labour of love making this show – a follow up to Feeling Kind of Funny broadcast earlier …

It’s a Funny Kind of Life

Richard MelvinComedy, Events, Radio

ollowing on from the success of Feeling Kind Of Funny from earlier in the year, we’re very pleased to announce two new mini series for BBC Radio Scotland, Funny Kind Of Family and Funny Kind Of Love.  Julia Sutherland will introduce and interview a raft of fabulous comedians who are …

Everybody Loves Sitcoms

Julia SutherlandBlog, Comedy, Just Julia, Radio

Sitcoms – the defining shared televisual experiences of our youth and the fabric of our very lives!! Fawlty Towers, Blackadder, Father Ted, I’m Alan Partridge, The Vicar of Dibley, Red Dwarf, Absolutely Fabulous, Friends, Frasier, Seinfeld… Just some of my favourite TV shows EVER and all of them sitcoms.  I’m …

A Journey of Firsts

Al LorraineAl's Adventures, Podcasting, Radio

’m en-route to London for work with the Pleasance and the BBC, before doing the classic run-around-not-really-seeing-anyone-for-any-length-of-time friends visit. Luckily, I was given a free upgrade to 1st class on the train to our southern ruler’s utopia. It’s the first time I’ve ‘turned left’ on a train, in fact I’m struggling to …