This year at my 14th festival I seem to have finally discovered how to survive on virtually no sleep. After not getting to bed until the hours of Monday morning I was in the queue for Fred Macaulay's radio show at 10.00am.
He is joined on stage by his co-host Susan Calman for gentle banter with themselves and the audience. This action-packed ninety minutes was kickstarted by the ever lively Frisky & Mannish ( oddly using the same Lily Allen/Noel Coward segment I had heard on a previous radio recording " Curiosity Killed The Cabalret" a couple of years ago.
Rob Deering provided more musicality ( weirdly I heard the same clip on the Penny Smith arts programme a couple of weeks ago). I was less impressed by an improbably accurate predictor but loved Irish comic Martin Mor before we were spoilt by 3 Edinburgh comedy gods on the sofa, Rhod Gilbert, Adam Hills and Rhod Gilbert.
Here, for thirty minutes we were treated to humour of the highest quality as they tried to up-stage each other. They were all on top form but nothing could top the incredible discovery that not only had Mr Brigstock worked on an oil rig but on his weeks off he would perform as a podium dancer. Rhod Gilbert's look of incredulity had to be seen to be believed.
Free BBC tickets are hard to get hold of but when shows are as good as this you can understand why they are like gold dust. Thank you Auntie Beeb.
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