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World Service,02 Jan 2021,49 mins

The Arts Hour International Comedy Show

The Arts Hour

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Nikki Bedi and Malawian stand-up Daliso Chaponda are joined by a glittering international line-up. We hear from star Indian comic Vir Das, South African queen of comedy Tumi Morake, America’s Gina Brillon, Malaysia’s Dr Jason Leong, Australian comedian Laura Davis, Irish stand-up Joanne McNally and representing the UK, the hilarious Josie Long. Join The Arts Hour for a funny take on some of highlights and lowlights of 2020 from global politics to the pandemic and find out what our comedians think is in store for the world in 2021… Image: Dr Jason Leong (credit: All Is Amazing), Tumi Morake (credit: Mark Mark Pass), Josie Long (credit: Giles Smith), Laura Davis (credit: Matt Crockett), Gina Brillon (credit: David Johnson courtesy of Amazon Prime Video), Joanne McNally (credit: Frank McKenna), Daliso Chaponda (credit: BBC), Vir Das (credit: Robert Sebree)

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