Total run time: 1 hour 14 mins 02 secs.

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About this episode…

Questions…

• Why did he start with a stage name? [0 mins]
• How long did you have a day job for before you were full time? [3 mins]
• Did you feel good enough to go on tour when Billy Bragg asked you to support him? [6 mins]
• How his first gig went in Edinburgh. [8 mins]
• How did you move from comedy to poetry? [10 mins]
• Why what he saw on TV made him think that what he wanted to do in comedy wasn’t an option. [14 mins]
• What was the open mic circuit like when you started? [18 mins]
• Why having his first child made him focus on his comedy career instead of “just giving it a go”. [16 mins]
• Why and when did you first go to the Edinburgh Fringe? [27 mins]
• How long did it take you to bring your own solo show up? [29 mins]
• How he found the right agent. [30 mins]
• His thoughts on social media love and hate while appearing on TV. [32 mins]
• His thoughts on Free vs Paid Fringe?
• Do you feel more accountability to the audience on Free Fringe or paid? [40 mins]
• His thoughts on the removal of St Andrew’s Square and its impact on the Fringe?  [41 mins]
• How does he get good feedback from audiences for new material when his audience know him and some of them just love him regardless? [44 mins]
• How much control do you get over the editorial of TV panel shows? [46 mins]
• Did anyone start to come to your shows and expect your “TV persona”. [47 mins]
• Do you prefer to do panel shows or stand up sets on TV? [48 mins]
• What’s your audience demographic? [50 mins]
• Why he’s very rarely happy with his TV work. [52 mins]
• Why did he try out podcasting? [55 mins]
• What opportunities have you turned down that you regretted? [1 hour 2 mins]
• Most underrated person in comedy? [1 hour 4 mins]
• What advice would you like to give your past self? [1 hour 5 mins]