David Eagle: See No Eagle

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BBC

Comedy

4 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Comedian and folk musician David Eagle (of the three time BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Winning group "The Young'uns") brings his brand new comedy show to Radio 4. In episode 1 of 'See No Eagle', David's unpacking his childhood, from those memorable moments of his first go at the keyboard, to gracing the stage for the very first time (headlining the Teddy Bears picnic).]

This is the first episode of the series David Eagle: See No Eagle. To hear more episodes from the series, search for "Stand Up Specials" on BBC Sounds.

Written and performed by David Eagle.

Editor: David Thomas Production Co-ordinator: Jodie Charman Producer: Rajiv Karia

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:07.0	My Christmas Mix is pure 90s festive nostalgia.
0:11.1	You know, the Christmas songs you listen to on repeat.
0:14.0	Ho!
0:14.3	Ho! Ho! No, no, no.
0:17.5	I'm all about the big hitting Christmas anthems.
0:20.4	Come on, guys. What about those tunes that really slay?
0:23.7	It's Christmas Kitchen Disno season, surely.
0:26.4	Give me hip-hip Christmas bangers every day.
0:28.6	Those Christmas tracks that are straight out of Lapland.
0:30.9	Get all kinds of Christmassy.
0:32.6	Just search Christmas music on BBC Sounds.
0:39.2	Radio 4 presents David Eagle
0:40.4	Ceno Eagle
0:41.5	Hello
0:42.8	My name is David Eagle
0:45.8	And in this series
0:46.9	I navigate the world as a blind
0:49.1	folk singer and comedian
0:51.0	By the way I should clarify, I am blind
0:53.3	all the time I don't just start losing my sight
0:55.3	whenever I sing a folk song. In episode one, I'll tell you how I stumbled into folk singing and how my
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