Best Gary Pascoe Podcasts (2026)

It's the final episode of Live at the Pleasance for 2017. What a month it's been! It's all gone so fast! Can you believe it?! Etc. etc. This year we celebrated 70 years of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and 33 years of the Pleasance in real style. We've talked to everyone from the freshest newly-hatched comedy chicks and the most seasoned Fringe leg…

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15. Ed Gamble, Sophie Willan, Josh Pugh, Gary Delaney, Mark Watson and Angela Barnes 27:07

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In this penultimate episode of Live at the Pleasance for 2017, we're going to treat you to the stars of the Fringe, the telly, the radio and the future! Maddie chats to Ed Gamble about his new tattoo addiction, Al and debutant Josh Pugh say terribly rude things about Coventry and award-nominated Sophie Willan refuses to be a working class hero. We …

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14. Chris Turner, Pippa Evans, Brennan Reece, Phil Wang, Joe Sutherland, Rachel Jackson 29:00

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If you're revving up for making the most of the final weekend at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, there's loads of top-tips for comedy in this podcast! In this episode we've got interviews with comedian and free-style rapper Chris Turner, the best-newcomer nominated Brennan Reece and the Olivier Award winning Pippa Evans. Live comedy courtesy of Joe …

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13. Adam Riches, John Hastings, AMUSICAL, Richard Gadd, Phoebe Walsh, Simon Day, Ken Cheng and Tessa Coates 28:47

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In this episode we've got clips from three brilliant live shows courtesy of Phoebe Walsh, Simon Day and John Hastings as well as interviews with one third of Massive Dad, Tessa Coates, the comedian and poker player Ken Cheng, who has just won the Dave award for best joke and the 2011 Edinburgh Comedy award winner Adam Riches. This episode also incl…

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12. Lucy Porter, Ivo Graham, Rhys James, Jenny Bede, Kae Kurd and Alisdair Beckett-King 28:00

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Day three, week three of the Edinburgh Fringe festival and we've still got even more bloomin' brilliant new comedy from the Pleasance! In this podcast Lucy Porter has a run-in with the local council, Ivo Graham defrosts his freezer and Alisdair Beckett-King generates tweets with a steam-powered accordion. Live stand-up comes courtesy of Rhys James,…

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11. Arthur Smith, Catriona Knox, Lloyd Griffith, Twayna Mayne, Joseph Morpurgo and Jordan Brookes 26:25

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Another smashing collage of comedy from the Edinburgh Fringe festival in this episode of Live at the Pleasance. Al catches up with character comedian Catriona Knox and with the voice of a trucker, body of an angel and new face of Soccer AM Lloyd Griffith whilst Maddie meets the newest Pleasance recruit, Jordan Brookes. Live comedy comes from Twanya…

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10. Comedy Reserve special with Darren Harriot, Catherine Bohart, Sophie Duker, Nigel Ung and Danny Clives 33:19

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It's time to meet the stars of tomorrow! The Pleasance Comedy Reserve is back for its 13th year at the Edinburgh Fringe with another four brilliant new acts, handpicked by the Pleasance and supported by the Charlie Hartill Special Reserve Fund. Previous Comedy Reserve members include Jack Whitehall, Roisin Conaty, Joe Lycett, Simon Brodkin, Holly W…

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9. Angela Barnes, Rose Matafeo, Andy Field, the Red Bastard Eric Davies, Tez Ilyas and Chris Turner 26:29

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In this episode, Tez Ilyas takes issue with artisan cheeseboards, Andy Field laughs at his own jokes, Angela Barnes is having a disgracefully healthy and happy Fringe, Rose Matafeo gives us real-talk about the pill, Chris Turner tells us how he jumped out of the Brexit frying-pan and into the Trump fire and Eric Davis AKA The Red Bastard promises t…

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8. Mark Watson, Pierre Novellie, Rachel Jackson, Evelyn Mok, Josh Pugh and Chris Betts 32:54

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In this episode we hear about Mark Watson's Festival Of Bad Ideas, why Pierre Novellie thinks we should heckle bad plays and how Rachel Jackson is reclaiming the phrase Bunny Boiler. Fresh new stand-up comes from the Canadian funnyman Chris Betts, the 'Swedish Amy Schumer' Evelyn Mok and English Comedian of the Year Josh Pugh. Live at the Pleasance…

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7. Dane Baptiste, Kiri Pritchard-Mclean, Sophie Willan, Ross and Josh and the T-Rex from Jurassic Park 29:19

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Live at the Pleasance is brought to you in association with http://www.audible.co.uk. Try a free 30 day trial and pick from the world's largest selection of audiobooks, on us. Go to http://www.audible.co.uk/laughs Big names and fresh faces for you today. BBC Three's Dane Baptiste is a man with a lot to say about the world, whilst BBC Two's Rachel P…