Union JACK at Leicester Comedy Festival: Recent Episodes
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Daily updates with the best comedians at Europe's biggest comedy festival, like Catherine Bohart, Rosie Jones and Nabil Abdulrashid! Listen in the JACK Radio Player app - or subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
Vive le France! Or vive les France? Or la France? We're not sure, but we know who is - brilliant stand up comedian Marcel Lucont! Who chats about his 'best of' show at the Leicester Comedy Festival. Comedy Arcade's Vix Leyton spends four hours on a train to Leicester only to jump on a Zoom with us instead. And 'Wrap Game' comedians Ola Labib and Daman Bamrah go back-2-back to see how much they know (or don't know) about each other! Listen to the show live from 9pm tonight live from Europe's biggest comedy festival or subscribe to the podcast in the JACK Radio Player app.
Not only is the brilliant Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year nominee Louise Leigh on the show tonight - but we're also joined by former winner Eric Rushton! If you're still craving more, we also have Imran Yusuf (as seen on Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow!) And happy birthday to stand up and writer Ania Magliano who took a break from her parkour session at the children's soft-play area to chat about the Leicester Comedy Festival. Listen to the show live from 9pm every day of the Festival or subscribe to the podcast in the JACK Radio Player app.
Make your life more jellicle with our jellicle guest Linus Karp and his jellicle show all about the 2019 musical movie Cats. It's very jellicle. Whatever that means! Brilliant award winning comedian Michael Akadiri - as seen on ITV's Stand Up Sketch Show and as heard on Union JACK Radio Comedy Club - reveals his deepest darkest thoughts at 3am (and tries not to get cancelled). If you're a fan of classic comedy, you're in luck! If by classic, you mean Georgian Period (1714-1837) set game shows, with Lord Rodney and Lord Russell! Listen to the show live from 9pm every day of the Festival or subscribe to the podcast in the JACK Radio Player app.
Reigning Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Nina Gilligan pops in to our Leicester hub for a quick chat! BBC New Comedy Award Finalist and regular on ITV's the Stand Up Sketch Show, Lily Phillips, also joins the show this week, as does sketch duo Your Dad's Mum to fill in the blanks about one another! And, as a special treat, Edy Hurst writes a whole new theme tune for the show! Fancy. Listen to the show live from 9pm every day of the Festival or subscribe to the podcast in the JACK Radio Player app.
Britain's Got Talent finalist Nabil Abdulrashid is starting a cult at the Leicester Comedy Festival and we're all invited! Step one, listen to this podcast. Step two, go see Leicester shows on Saturday 19th February! Joz Norris also joins us in Leicester to talk about the Comedy Festival, doing far too many gigs in one day, and reveals the funniest thing he's ever heard. There's also highlights from Union JACK Radio's Circuit Breakers hosted by Eshaan Akbar, with eight of the best up-and-coming comedians around! Listen to the show live from 9pm every day of the Festival or subscribe to the podcast in the JACK Radio Player app.
Ever wondered what former Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Jack Gleadow sounds like breathless? Then Union JACK Radio has the podcast for you as Jack pops into our Gresham Aparthotel HQ in the heart of the Leicester Comedy Festival! Funny Women and BBC New Comedy Award finalist Celya AB reveals her dream dinner party guests, stand up Jonathan Hipkiss smashes the 60 Second 6 Syllable Sprint, and Kuan-Wen implores the wrath of the Chinese Government! Listen to the show live from 9pm every day of the Festival or subscribe to the podcast in the JACK Radio Player app.
Star of The Tez O'Clock Show, Man Like Mobeen and Live At the Apollo, Tez Ilyas, drops in to chat about his one-off show at the Leicester Comedy Festival! Musical comedian Kate Lucas also stops by our Gresham Aparthotel HQ, along with Taskmaster-hopeful Aaron Simmonds (as heard on Union JACK Radio's Comedy Club) and Eva Bindeman goes back-to-back with Fella at Black Iron Social! Listen to the show live from 9pm every day of the Festival or subscribe to the podcast in the JACK Radio Player app.
Fancy a Union JACK Radio signature cocktail? Go to the Black Iron Social bar at the Gresham Aparthotel and tell them stand up comedian Stephen Bailey sent you! They'll look at you blankly, but it'll be a laugh! Whirlwind of energy Katie Pritchard also chats to Charlie about her brand new show at Leicester Comedy Festival. And, in a radio first (probably), ALEX - the improv Artificial Intelligence machine and start of Improbotics - makes his Union JACK Radio debut! Listen to the show live from 9pm every day of the Festival or subscribe to the podcast in the JACK Radio Player app.
We're rolling out the red carpet for the newly crowned UK Pun Champion, the punball wizard himself, Richard Pulsford! Also on the show is stand up comedian Nathan Caton, the self-described "comedian, cartoonist, weirdo" Isa Bonachera, and silver-tongued silver stand-up nominee Geoff Alderman! Listen to the show live from 9pm every day of the Festival or subscribe to the podcast in the JACK Radio Player app.
Day one of Union JACK Radio at the Leicester Comedy Festival! On today's episode is the brilliant Rosie Jones, the hilarious Catherine Bohart, the incredible Jake Lambert and the wonderful Sikisa! Listen to the show live from 9pm every day of the Festival or subscribe to the podcast in the JACK Radio Player app. Or Spotify. Or iTunes. Or whatever else is out there.
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