Funny from the Fringe: Recent Episodes
BBC Radio 4
A daily podcast full of features, news and interviews with the hottest comedians from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, hosted by award-winning comedian Phil Ellis.
Phil Ellis heads to the Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Awards ceremony to talk to the winners Hannah Gadsby, John Robins and Natalie Palamides. He also catches up with 1997's Best Show award winner The League of Gentlemen.
Phil Ellis chats with Irish presenter and comedian Al Porter while Rachel Fairburn and Stuart Laws discuss their shows and offer advice to other comics in our Edinburgh Agony Aunts feature.
Phil chats with Best Show Award Nominee Jordan Brookes and character comic David Earl as Brian Gittins and we have a quick hello from the Best Newcomer Award Nominees.
Spencer Jones, Sophie Willan, Tez Ilyas, Lost Voice Guy and Lauren Pattison all pop by.
Ed Gamble and Evelyn Mok pop in the studio for a chat while Rob Carter a.k.a. Christopher Bliss gives us some writing advice and David Trent gives us his Edinburgh Top Tip.
In this edited version, Dane Baptiste and Ahir Shah chat to Phil, Twayna Mayne gives us her top tip and Sarah Schaefer and Maria Shehata try some Scottish treats...
We're celebrating the letter 'J' by chatting to Joe Lycett, hearing a song from Jess Robinson while Jordan Brookes tells us about his jug. Interesting. James Meehan and Jack Rooke will also tell us their favourite J words.
All the fun of the fair as Phil Ellis ambles through another day at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Phil guides us once again through another podcast with his own brand of professionalism.
Phil continues to host the podcast in a style that's been described (charitably) as more like performance art. He catches up with improviser and Whose Line Is It Anyway?star Greg Proops and The Mash Report Star Rachel Parris. Jenny Bede and Pierre Novellie solve the problems of fellow comedians and Phil Wang shares his top Edinburgh tip.
Host Phil Ellis continues to prove his credentials as the Michael Parkinson of the Fringe with another slick interview - this time American comedian Andy Daly bears the brunt of Phil's highly original interview... technique?
Phil also plays a round of what is becoming an instant classic hit feature - Chain Of Fools. This time with some of the semi-finalists from this year's New Comedy Awards.
Phil presides masterfully over an interview with previous Edinburgh Best Newcomers Jayde Adams and Phil Wang, we get a top tip from Will Seaward, and Cariad Lloyd and Ian Smith play the very first game of the very successful game Chain of Fools.
Phil Ellis is back at the Edinburgh Fringe! In this episode he chats to Alexei Sayle and comedians Ivo Graham and London Hughes play agony aunts to fellowFringe comedians in need.
Day 22: Seann Walsh and Des Bishop plus Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show Nominees
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Day 21: Kieran Hodgson, Edinburgh Comedy Award Newcomers and a late night kebab with Pat Cahill...
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Day 20: James Acaster, Felicity Ward and Pokemon Hunting on The Meadows...
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Day 18: Mark Thomas, Sophie Willan and Asian Network Big Comedy Night
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Day 17: Phil Nichol, Jamali Maddix and Arthur Smith's Royal Mile Tour
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Day 15: Andrew Maxwell, Tez Ilyas and a visit to the fortune teller
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Day 14: Spencer Jones, Liz Miele and a trip up the Scott Monument
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Day 13: Jenny Collier, a singing taxi driver and a visit to the gym with David Longley
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Day 12: Andy Zaltzman, a thwarted haircut and Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows
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Phil talks to Susan Calman, BBC New Comedy Award winner Jethro Bradley and Richard Gadd
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Phil Ellis talks to Jack Carroll & Kiri Pritchard-McLean and ghost hunts with Tom Neenan.
Phil Ellis catches up with Nick Mohammed and sketch trio, the Birthday Girls. He's also given a tour of the eccentric Blundabus venue.
Phil Ellis takes to the Royal Mile and talks to Newsjack host Nish Kumar and Fern Brady.
Phil talks to Jake Yapp and Mae Martin and hears from the New Comedy Award semi-finalists.
Funny from the Fringe host Phil Ellis packs for his trip to the 2016 Edinburgh festival.