A centenary celebration of the life and legacy of Rikki Fulton, one of Scotland’s most beloved comic actors. Ashley Jensen narrates an affectionate tribute to one of Scotland’s funniest comedians, Rikki Fulton. It’s 100 years since Rikki first made an entrance on to the world stage and 20 years since he bowed out. For decades, he’s been making the nation laugh with his rubber face, razor sharp wit and laconic demeanour. His influence is still felt in new generations of comics, and clips of his sketches still make us laugh to this day.
The celebratory sketch show takes on the talking points from 2023 - making us smile, wince and reminisce as we speed towards the bells. From smoking bans to climate activism via true crime podcasts, King Charles, Sam Smith and Traitors, and with a healthy dose of Hogmanay celebrations along the way, Queen Of The New Year pokes fun at the news and gossip of the last twelve months.
Comedy shadowing a typical family and their chaotic life. They say blood is thicker than water- and no-one is thicker than The Scotts. Brothers Henry and Vincent have a love/hate relationship. They team up with their wives Laura and Vonny to organise a surprise party for their mum. How hard can it be to keep the entire family happy? Enter Colette, a sister with a grudge, who is determined to keep a feud bubbling. Will she crash the party and wreck the surprise?
Comedian Mark Nelson and his star team bring you the best of the Edinburgh Fringe.
Jamie O’Leary has terrible sight, and is now facing eye surgery that could potentially lead to sight loss. A television director for almost 20 years, Jamie has produced groundbreaking programmes that take a fresh look at disability, as well as making popular travelogue shows with some of the UK’s funniest talent, including Karl Pilkington, Romesh Ranganathan and Katherine Ryan. At this pivotal point in his life, O’Leary wants to explore how people cope with sight loss and how blind artists achieve their creative vision of a world they see from a unique perspective. So he has hooked up with blind observational comedian Jamie MacDonald to bring light and shade to facing the condition. Together, they’re on a blind-leading-the-nearly-blind mission to uncover and collaborate with the best blind creative talent.
Jamie MacDonald is a Scottish comedian, writer, actor and voiceover artist. He has been shortlisted with his co-presenter Jamie O'Leary as UK Documentary Presenter Of The Year at the 2022 Grierson Awards. He became the first blind comedian to be on a TV panel show when he was on the TV version of Breaking The News on BBC Scotland. He is also a regular contributor on BBC Radio Scotland including The Afternoon Show on which he co-hosts a monthly book club.
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