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In this episode, we sit down with the brilliant Oliver Double—a comedy historian, drama lecturer, and seasoned performer. Oliver shares his unique approach to teaching stand-up comedy, and offers fascinating insights into the structure of comedy clubs, cultural dynamics in comedy, and the influence of legends like Mark Thomas and Stewart Lee.Thanks for tuning in, and be sure check out Oliver on his socials! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Remember - Toby Hadoke's Time Travels is currently weekly, not twice a week as is usual: normal service will be resumed in October. Academic and stand-up comedian Oliver Double chooses perhaps the least celebrated slice of Doctor/Donna Who, from a time when the show was riding high in the ratings, in the public eye... everywhere. But what five things will he choose as his favourite - and will your host give them a chilly reception? #doctorwho #doctorwhoreaction #doctorwhocommentary #doctorwhocomedian #tobyhadoke #doctorwhofacts #positivedoctorwho #newdoctorwho Please support these podcasts on Patreon, where you will get advance releases, exclusive content (including a patron-only podcast - Far Too Much Information), regular AMAs and more. Tiers start from as little as £3 per month: patreon.com/tobyhadoke  Or there is Ko-fi for the occasional donation with no commitments: ko-fi.com/tobyhadoke Follow Toby on Twitter: @tobyhadoke And these podcasts: @HadokePodcasts And his comedy club: @xsmalarkey www.tobyhadoke.com for news, blog, mailing list and more.

In this episode, I talk to Dr Oliver Double. Dr Double is an academic and was previously an accomplished stand-up comedian who regularly played the circuit and created Sheffield's longest running comedy club, The Last Laugh. Since 1999, he has been based at the University of Kent School of Arts, teaching and researching comic and popular performance.  He has written several books and has helped to establish The British Stand Up Comedy Archive (BSUCA).  Dr Double is also the regular compere of the Funny Rabbit Comedy Club performing at the Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury.  I first saw Dr Double at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2015 where he interviewed Jo Brand and Alexei Sayle for his Talking Comedy series.  I visited the Bristol Slapstick Festival in 2023 where Double was a guest of Robin Ince talking about the books of Monty Python.  In 2023, I visited twice the BSUCA, where I watched Double compere a Funny Rabbit Comedy night, and I am very proud to say that the comedians' interviews featured in my podcast are being added to the Archive collection.  Thank you so much for listening to my podcast, if you like what you hear, please subscribe and I hope you enjoy the interview. Please read Dr Double's blog at: www.arichcomiclife.blog/2023/01/29/dr-oliver-double/ Dr Oliver Double Links: Facebook: www.facebook.com/oliver.double/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/OliverDouble/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/oliver.double/ Website: www.kent.ac.uk/arts/people/544/double-oliver Website: www.arichcomiclife.blog/the-british-stand-up-comedy-archive/          

Alexei sits down with Dr. Oliver Double to discuss all things Bertolt Brecht - one of Alexei's favourite topics.   From alienation to cabaret, Brecht's hedonistic lifestyle and his influence on Alexei's performance style - all of your Bertolt Brecht needs are fulfilled in this funny and enlightening conversation! Then Talal joins Alexei to discuss some news regarding The Young Ones commentary videos we are working on, and more Brecht stuff of course! Send your fan art, questions and friendship applications to alexeisaylepodcast@gmail.com Become a Patron here and get access to the upcoming live episode recordings - patreon.com/AlexeiSaylePodcast. Subscribe to Alexei's YouTube channel here and join him for his Bike Rides. The Alexei Sayle Podcast is produced and edited by Talal Karkouti Music by Tarboosh Records Photograph from the Andy Hollingworth Archive 

I think you deserve a bonus. You've been trying really hard lately and no, no it doesn't matter if you've not actually achieved anything. It's all about making the effort. So as a reward, or rather because I wanted something to do, here's some bonus interview clips that'd I'd removed from in the interviews with Dr Oliver Double about the existential crisis facing the British comedy scene thanks to the pandemic, from the July 21st ep 'Over By Christmas.' Plus a short clip from my chat with Nicola Branch from the June 30th episode 'Taking Liberties' about Palestinian culture and tourism.Normal episode (and last one before a summer break) out on Tuesday July 28th.PLEASE HELP TIERNAN SURVIVE ALL OF THE COMEDY BEING CANCELLED:Donate to the Patreon at www.patreon.com/parpolbroBuy me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/parpolbroGET THE LAST SKEPTIK'S LATEST TRACK HERE: https://backl.ink/NoGoodMessSIGN UP TO NEXT UP COMEDY AT: www.nextupcomedy.com/tiernanisgreatSign up to Tiernan's comedy mailing list here: https://www.tiernandouieb.co.uk/contact/SUBSCRIBE & LISTEN TO TIERNAN HOST THE NESTA FUTURE CURIOUS PODCAST HERE: https://www.nesta.org.uk/feature/future-curious/HOW DOES THIS POLITICS THING WORK THEN? Website: politicsforkids.co.ukUSUAL PODCAST BLABBERING:Join Tiernan's comedy mailing list at www.tiernandouieb.co.uk/contactFollow us on Twitter @parpolbro, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParPolBro/ and the fancy webpage at http://www.partlypoliticalbroadcast.co.ukMusic by The Last Skeptik (@thelastskeptik) - https://www.thelastskeptik.com/ - Subscribe to his podcast Thanks For Trying here. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/partlypoliticalbroadcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Don't worry it'll be all over by Christmas, promised the Prime Minister. But he didn't say of which year. Still I'm sure the wars with Russia and China will pass the time. Going back to work, face masks, the constant shitness of Chris Grayling and a little Brexit Fallout because this week's show was released before the Russia Report and I have no idea what will be in it. Plus a selfish interview with Dr Oliver Double (@oliverdouble) where Tiernan asks him all about the existential threat facing the UK comedy circuit. Which is totally political. Uh huh. Definitely.OLLY'S EXPENSIVE NEW BOOK 'ALTERNATIVE COMEDY": https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/alternative-comedy-9781350052819/PLEASE HELP TIERNAN SURVIVE ALL OF THE COMEDY BEING CANCELLED:Donate to the Patreon at www.patreon.com/parpolbroBuy me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/parpolbroGET THE LAST SKEPTIK'S LATEST TRACK HERE: https://backl.ink/NoGoodMessSIGN UP TO NEXT UP COMEDY AT: www.nextupcomedy.com/tiernanisgreatSign up to Tiernan's comedy mailing list here: https://www.tiernandouieb.co.uk/contact/SUBSCRIBE & LISTEN TO TIERNAN HOST THE NESTA FUTURE CURIOUS PODCAST HERE: https://www.nesta.org.uk/feature/future-curious/HOW DOES THIS POLITICS THING WORK THEN? Website: politicsforkids.co.ukUSUAL PODCAST CLACK:Join Tiernan's comedy mailing list at www.tiernandouieb.co.uk/contactFollow us on Twitter @parpolbro, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParPolBro/ and the fancy webpage at http://www.partlypoliticalbroadcast.co.ukMusic by The Last Skeptik (@thelastskeptik) - https://www.thelastskeptik.com/ - Subscribe to his podcast Thanks For Trying here. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/partlypoliticalbroadcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Oliver Double is a comedian, lecturer and comedy historian and his latest book Alternative Comedy: 1979 and the Reinvention of British Stand-Up is the definitive guide to the legacy of Alternative Comedy in Britain. Oliver interviewed Robin and Josie for the book so it seemed only right Robin and Josie interview Oliver about the book. Support the podcast at patreon.com/bookshambles to get extended editions of each episode exclusive to Patreon pledgers.

Oliver Double! Oliver Double is a former professional comedian who is now a Reader in Drama at the University of Kent. He is the author of Stand-Up! On Being a Comedian (1997), Britain Had Talent: a History of Variety Theatre (2012), and Getting the Joke: the Inner Workings of Stand-Up Comedy (2nd edition, 2014) and what he doesn’t know about comedy isn’t worth knowing.Follow Oliver on Twitter | While you're there follow Mark | Subscribe to the podcast so you never miss an episode See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The undead are upon us. Wherever you look a zombie is lurking! But what do these foul, shuffling, rotting ghouls represent? Cabaret Subverso attempts to peel back the layers of this grotesque onion of death to find what is lurking in the middle of this gruesome bulb. Do zombies represent our fear of death? Our fear of immigrants? Or even our fear of consumerism? These questions are raised by Oliver Double and Paul Elliott and the conclusions they reach may shock you to your very core...

Welcome to the Funny Rabbit Podcast with your 3 hosts: Oliver Double, Matt Hoss & Blake. Funny Rabbit is our new monthly comedy club based at The Gulbenkian Theatre. We're not just a normal comedy club. This is the introduction to the team & the club. Follow us online @FunnyRabbitCC Come along to our first show on the 8th February with Tiernan Douieb and Bobby Mair. Click here to buy tickets.

It was a pleasure this week to interview Olly Double, Reader in Drama and Head of Comedy and Popular Performance at the University of Kent where he has been based since 1999. We talk about how his work in stand up emanates from his time as a Drama student in Exeter. Olly grew up in Lincolnshire where his father was an Education Officer and we learn why as a child Olly was frightened of ‘Scooby Doo’ and ghosts as well as what his reaction was when he had a ‘Dr. Who’ book signed by Tom Baker. The conversation moves on to discuss the difference between public profile and personal personae with celebrities, especially in the case of those who have been discredited, and we learn about Olly’s nostalgia for the music of old TV themes. Olly shares his thoughts about working in Higher Education and why he sees himself as an anti-hierarchical person in a profession which is quite hierarchical. He tells us why he’s someone who is uncomfortable with unearned respect and about how he is on a journey like his students, just at a different level. Pop music had a massive influence on Olly when he was growing up, e.g. when watching The Boomtown Rats on ‘Top of the Pops’, and we learn why he’s into synth music and Dead Kennedys. Olly also reminisces about the time when he queued up in the rain for, and missed the beginning of, 'Planet of the Apes', as well as about how 'The Omen' made him rethink what he’d grown up believing in the Church of England. In the final part of the interview we share our experiences of going to see Jim Davidson on stage, which leads to a wider discussion about prejudice and politics, and we learn whether Olly is a looking back or a looking forward type of person. Please note: Opinions expressed are solely those of Chris Deacy and Olly Double and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the University of Kent.

Merry Podmas everyone! ‘Tis the Season to be jolly, and we're celebrating with an incredibly spectacular episode, looking at a 1983 Edinburgh Fringe show featuring Rik Mayall, Andy de la Tour and Ben Elton. Your hosts Oliver Double and Elspeth Millar discuss the financial logistics of the Fringe and how much they've changed since then, and we have EXCLUSIVE AUDIO from interviews with JENNY LECOAT, ANDY DE LA TOUR and – wait for it – BEN ELTON! Yes, we have a bit of comedy legend BEN ELTON on the show, we absolutely bloody do! BEN ELTON!! I bet you're wishing it could be Podmas EVERY DAY! Please Deck the iTunes Halls with boughs of 5 star reviews. And why not join our Facebook group?

In the week Rowan Atkinson returns to the big screen as the hapless spy in Johnny English Strikes Again, which sees him batter innocent bystanders and himself in a series of pratfalls, we look at the art of physical comedy. Jonathan Sayer of Mischief Theatre, classicist and stand-up Natalie Haynes and Dr Oliver Double of the University of Kent attempt to answer an eternal question: why is the unfortunate mishap hilarious - so long as someone else is falling off the ladder?Damien Hirst has just announced that he is scaling back business activities, including laying off 50 staff, to focus on making art. This news coincided with a recent report into the value of Hirst's work, which found that the artworks he sold at auction in 2008, had plummeted in value when resold. Art market journalist Georgina Adam explains what this all might mean for the artist. Andre Aciman, whose first novel Call Me By Your Name, was turned into an Oscar winning film, discusses his latest novel Enigma Variations, which charts the life and loves of one man from adolescence through adulthood.In the first in an occasional series looking at the way the way in which the arts can positively impact on people's mental well being, Stig Abell talks to Laura Freeman about her book The Reading Cure in which she describes “the chaos, misery and misrule of an anorexic's thinking”, and how she overcame it. Aged 24 she read Charles Dickens's Christmas Carol and describes how continuing to read about food in fiction gave her the inspiration to start enjoying food again and became the pathway to a fuller and richer life. Presenter: Stig Abell Producer: Edwina Pitman

Choo Choo! Welcome aboard the Podcast Express to A History Of Comedy In Several Objects. Your conductors for the trip will be Dr Oliver Double and Elspeth Millar. In this episode, everybody will feel like they are in First Class when they listen to our exclusive interview with Ivor Dembina about the 1980s alternative comedy scene, and how his Pranksters organisation helped it to spread and grow. You'll hear him go through the first edition of the Pranksters catalogue and discuss all the acts it contains. Some are names you'll recognise (e.g. the Oblivion Boys, Lee Cornes, Jenny Éclair, Clive Anderson, Ronnie Golden, John Hegley) and some even Ivor can't remember (e.g. Christians from Outer Space). This is 12:28 train to Funsville, making stops at Interesting Town, History City and Analysis Central. Instead of buying over-priced snacks, why don't you pay us a visit on iTunes and give us a 5 Star Review. Mind The Gap when you get off (The Gap is about a month apart).

Just like a French exchange scheme for surly 15-year-old schoolkids, this episode of A History of Comedy in Several Objects sees us paying a visit to unknown territory to learn more about life in another culture. You'll hear Elspeth Millar and Oliver Double leave the confines of the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive at the University of Kent to pay a visit to another archive – the Hackney Empire Collection at the University of East London. There they meet UEL's archivist Paul Dudman, and they compare notes on the importance of CAST New Variety in the spread of the London comedy circuit in the 1980s, as well as discussing how Roland and Claire Muldoon managed to rescue the Hackney Empire from being a mere bingo hall, and turn it back into a theatre. And just like surly 15-year-olds on a French exchange, Elspeth and Olly return home with their minds expanded – but without a load of illicit duty free hastily stuffed into their duffel bags. Ooh la la! Why not follow us on Facebook or Twitter @HistComPod? And maybe leave us a 5 star review on iTunes?

Hey, everyone! (applause) Welcome to a studio recording of our brand new sitcom: A History of Comedy in Several Objects. (cheers) In this episode Elspeth Millar (cheers) and Oliver Double (boo and hiss) meet two comedic heroes, Jimmy McGhie and Tom Houghton. (wolf whistles and laughter) They get into scrapes and listen back to old footage of them performing at the fabled Monkeyshine venue, which undoubtedly makes them cringe! (STANDING OVATION) HistComPod was filmed in front of a live studio audience (with no one in it). Give us five stars on iTunes unless you want to be an antagonist for next week's episode. (applause)

Lights! Camera! PODCAST! Welcome to another episode of the world's first photogenic audio podcast – A History of Comedy in Several Objects, featuring our own avant-garde supermodels: Doctor Oliver Double & Elspeth Millar. This episode will be on the cover of Vogue magazine* as we have a legendary comedian photographer Andy Hollingworth to discuss the archive's images. Despite being seemingly a visual episode, Andy's detail, Elspeth's expertise and Olly's questions really make this episode a snap success! They discuss photographic techniques, hilarious anecdotes and what an image really says about the comedian. An image says a 1000 words, so why don't you leave us a 5 star review on iTunes? *Figuratively speaking

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No – it's A History of Comedy in Several Objects, the world's first podcast superhero. We're here to solve mysteries, fight crime, and analyse objects from the British Stand-up Comedy Archive. Under their masks, Oliver Double and Elspeth Millar discuss John Hegley's unique brown paper bag flyer. We display our super strength by including interviews with John and a lovely surprise gift at the end. Acting as our sidekick, we also have an amazing interview with late, great Variety star Joan Rhodes. So join us in the fight against evil (but mostly boredom) by downloading the episode and sharing with your friends! Don't be a super villain, give us 5 stars on iTunes and follow us on Twitter (@histcompod). To the Podmobile!

Welcome to another episode of HistComPod! This week proffers a very unique and special episode as we take a peek behind the magician's curtain to interview the rabbit being stuffed into the magician's hat. This episode features on of the world's greatest guest*, Britain's funniest comedian** and the producer of A History of Comedy in Several Objects*** - it's Matt Hoss (@matthosscomedy). You may best know him as the nasally voice at credits at the end of the show. This week he talks through his experiences at the archive, how he learnt the comedy ropes through Olly and Elspeth, as well as his inevitable restraining orders for Richard Herring, Mark Thomas and Pappy's! This (meta) episode focuses on Pappy's interview with Oliver Double (also meta) and they discuss the role of metadata in the archive. It's a very meta episode. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook at @HistComPod and give us a 5 star review on iTunes. *There may be bias here. **Evidence not found at time of writing. *** Never heard of it.

Yeehaw! Giddy up! Welcome back to another rootin' tootin' episode of A History of Comedy in Several Objects. Saddle up and get prepared for more galloping comedy analysis with your hosts Oliver Double and Elspeth Millar. This week's episode is so good that you'll be lasso-ing for more. It kicks more than a Bucking Bronco (if a Bucking Bronco had an analytical comedy podcast). This week features an exclusive interview with the gun-slingin' JOSIE LONG and her sketchpad, talking about the creative process behind her 2006 Edinburgh show, Kindness and Exuberance. Remember to subscribe to the podcast, and please leave us a review on iTunes. And remember – if there's a snake in your boot, seek medical help!

Beep Beep! Get your keys, fire up the engine and let's drive the national speed limit (it's a legal requirement) down the great podcast road. We'll turn the headlights on, and we'll examine an object within the British Stand-up Comedy Archive in another episode of HistComPod. Put your seatbelts on (it's a legal requirement) and join Oliver Double and Elspeth Millar in a very special episode. We have ‘bumper' pack for you today, including exclusive clips of Mark Thomas, Linda Smith and featuring an in-depth discussion with legendary live promoter, Warren Lakin. There is a great and eclectic chat about Linda Smith's life and her work, feminism in comedy and the Miners' Strike of the 1980s. Hope you enjoy this high mile-per-gallon episode and don't forget to subscribe (it's a legal requirement).

Ahoy matey! Yo ho ho and a bottle A History of Comedy in Several Objects! Welcome back for another week of spine-tinglingly good stand-up comedy history, analysed by Doctor Oliver Double and Elspeth Millar in the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive. This time we look at at a range of evocative posters and photos from Captain JJ Waller, alongside an exclusive interview. In the course of doing so, we find out about the links between Covent Garden street theatre and alternative cabaret, and hear just how he managed to carry the weight of two London double decker buses on his chest. Give us a review on iTunes unless you want SCURVY!​

Good news everyone! We have a new episode of our weekly podcast for you, featuring your two favourite comedy archivists, Oliver Double and Elspeth Millar. Grab your knife and forks and get ready for your platter of stand-up history as we tuck into another serving of archive object analysis. Sounds delicious and informative! In this we look at a range of different flyers with multiple styles from Nick Toczek's Comedy Cracker, which had great line-ups in the 1990's, featuring one of your favourite podcast hosts performing. Yes that's right! In this we have a clip of Oliver Double compering a show. This episode also features Olly doing a Mancunian accent (on two separate occasions). You will be sure to enjoy it. Please also be sure to subscribe and review us on iTunes.

To his followers Lenny Bruce was a genius and a free speech hero. To his detractors he was labelled sick and dirty. Bruce shocked his audiences intentionally. In his uncompromisingly frank humour he took on organized religion, government, jingoism, capitalism, the death penalty, war, and sexual mores. But he was eventually destroyed by the battle he fought with the US justice system. The comedian, Ray Peacock nominates Lenny Bruce as his great life as he regards him as a pioneer in stand-up. Along with expert Dr Oliver Double and presenter Matthew Parris they uncover a controversial life. To illustrate the life of Lenny Bruce this programme does play some audio which some listeners may find offensive. The producer is Perminder Khatkar.

An audio recording of the second half of my show, performed at the Gulbenkian, Canterbury on 6th December 2015. For the first half, see the previous episode of this podcast. A video of the show should be posted online some time in January, so you may want to wait for that instead.

An audio recording of the first half of my show, performed at the Gulbenkian, Canterbury on 6th December 2015. The second half will follow in the next episode. A video of the show should be posted online some time in January, so you may want to wait for that instead.

Oliver Double (@oliverdouble) is a former comedian, current University of Kent lecturer on comedy, author of Getting The Joke and Canterbury Legend. I got him on the podcast to talk about -How to make your name as a comedian outside London Travelling as a performer to places miles away from home in the same amount of time as it does to go 10 tube stops.Going “pro” within 2 years (what he calls going pro and how he did it).If he’s pigeon holed or stereotyped as an “old man” on the bills he does to fill a quota.How having a family pushed him to make his career change later in life work as quickly as possible.How his path of chasing club sets / bookings has made his career vs how my path of chasing an audience for my shows.How he used his background in marketing and sales to get his name and act under peoples nose.How he can gig 3-4 nights a week and not be broke.Not rushing into gigs you shouldn’t be doing not because you don’t have the jokes, but because you aren’t ready.The pros and cons of starting in comedy later in life. AND MORE! This podcast would be useful to any performer who is looking at taking part in the South Coast Comedian Of The Year Award or is trying to become a full time professional comedian. It would also be useful for a comedy fan who wants to know how hard it is to be a live circuit performer with no industry backing. You can stream the podcast here (with show notes) - http://simoncaine.co.uk/ATI/JamesAldersonOr get it on iTunes here - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ask-the-industry-podcast/id946220937If you enjoyed it please consider supporting the podcast by becoming a Patron for only $1 (80p) per episode! https://www.patreon.com/AskTheIndustryPodcast Please buy a ticket or three to my Edinburgh Fringe 2019 show - https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/simon-caine-every-room-becomes-a-panic-room-when-you-overthink-enoughOr come see me on tour - http://simoncaine.co.uk/PanicRoom ----------------------------------------------------------------------My 2nd book is finally out! It's called "How To Make A Living By Working For Free" and you can buy it here for £5 (digital) or £8 (paperback). Here's the synopsis of the book - The book is a how-to guide for artists to create their own online community for their work and how that community can support the artist to become sustainable in every way.The book takes a critical and in-depth look at the media's perception of "free content" vs the reality of what the general public see it as.If you're an artist in the modern age who wants a sustainable audience you're no longer just an artist, you're a community leader. If you'd like to read the first few chapters of the book you can find a PDF version of that... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.