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Comedian Thom Tuck presents three sketch groups from the UK circuit: Croft and Pearce, Beasts and Casual Violence. From June 2014.

Tom Tuck presents the pick of the best live sketch groups currently performing on the UK comedy circuit - featuring three up and coming groups in character, improv, broken and musical sketch comedy.

In this programme:
Casual Violence
A comedy collective featuring Luke Booys, Greg Cranness, Dave Arrondelle, Alex Whyman, Ben Champion and writer James Hamilton. Their most recent show, House of Nostril, had sell out runs at the Soho Theatre and the Lowry in Salford Quays, following the show's success at the Edinburgh Fringe 2013. They won a ThreeWeeks Editor's Choice Award in 2011 for their show Choose Death, and their writer James Hamilton was nominated for the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality in 2011 and 2012.

Croft and Pearce
Hannah Croft and Fiona Pearce met at school and, in a radical bid to break free from a quiet, cerebral existence in the 主播大秀 Counties, they both went to study at Oxford University. Desperate to be chatted up by men from mainland Europe, Hannah studied French and Italian. Desperate not to be, Fiona studied English. Fiona went on to train on the three year acting course at Central School of Speech and Drama. Eager to be like Fiona, Hannah also studied acting for three years, at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Since then they have enjoyed three successful runs at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Beasts
Three refined gentlemen of comedy - Owen Roberts, James McNicholas and Ciar谩n Dowd. After a sell-out second Edinburgh show, these monstrously funny sketchmen are all set for greater success.

Producer: Gus Beattie
A Comedy Unit production for 主播大秀 Radio 4.

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Thom Tuck
Performer Luke Booys
Performer Greg Cranness
Performer Dave Arrondelle
Performer Alex Whyman
Performer Ben Champion
Writer James Hamilton
Performer Hannah Croft
Performer Fiona Pearce
Performer Owen Roberts
Performer James McNicholas
Performer Ciaran Dowd
Producer Gus Beattie

Broadcasts

  • Mon 23 Jun 2014 09:30
  • Mon 23 Jun 2014 22:30
  • Thu 24 Jul 2014 18:30
  • Sun 28 Aug 2016 19:15
  • Fri 2 Sep 2016 07:30
  • Fri 2 Sep 2016 17:30
  • Fri 2 Sep 2016 22:00
  • Sat 3 Sep 2016 05:30
  • Thu 22 Mar 2018 22:30