The Now Show - 26th February - ft Jess Fostekew, Beardyman and Ken Cheng...

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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Comedy

4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches in front of a remote audience - and all from their own home! In the first show of the new series, they are joined by Jessica Fostekew who relays her time volunteering in a vaccination centre. Ken Cheng talks about his experiences as a Chinese Briton plus music from Beardyman... Voice Actors: Luke Kempner and Gemma Arrowsmith Producer: Adnan Ahmed Production Co-Ordinator: Carina Andrews Editor/Engineer: David Thomas BBC Studios Production

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.8	Thank you for listening to the Friday Night Comedy Podcast.
0:07.8	It's the now show.
0:16.2	Hello, I'm Steve Punt, and I'm Hugh Dennis.
0:18.8	With us, I'm Jessica Fosterke, Ken Cheng,
0:21.0	Beardy Man, Gemma Arismith, and Luke Chemnop.
0:24.0	And this is...
0:26.8	The No!
0:28.4	Sure!
0:35.2	Oh, thank you.
0:36.6	Thank you very much, everybody.
0:38.2	We are back, and we are joined,
0:40.2	as is the fashion these days, by an online audience for this series.
0:45.0	It's the first time we've done this.
0:47.0	So if you don't hear anyone laughing,
0:48.8	it's probably because they've accidentally put themselves on mute.
0:53.0	The audience is actually watching us on Zoom,
0:56.6	and in fact, I can hear one of them shouting at us to read the standing orders.
1:02.4	Yes, this week, though,
1:04.0	with the faintest glimmerings of better news,
1:06.4	or as the Prime Minister himself put it,
1:08.4	are the crocus of who is poking through the frost?
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