Jay Islaam interviews award-winning comedian Paul Sinha, who will be performing at the brand new Laff Attack comedy club in Birmingham on Saturday 15th April 2017.Paul is perhaps best known as one of the general knowledge gurus (“The Chasers”)

073. Peter Fox

Mar 18th, 2017 36m 14s

Jay Islaam speaks to comedy critic Peter Fox, who is a well known reviewer in the Midlands, helps run the Midlands Comedy Awards, and also hands out his own comedy awards every year over Christmas. In this interview Peter talks about his one a

071. Gary Delaney

Mar 4th, 2017 18m 29s

Listen again to The Comedy Cannon show originally broadcast on Saturday 4th March 2017. In this episode, Jay Islaam interviews Brummie comedian Gary Delaney, behind the scenes at Huntingdon Hall in Worcester, where he was performing his show Th

070. Johnny Sorrow

Feb 18th, 2017 41m 40s

Jay Islaam interviews award-winning comedian Johnny Sorrow, who hails from the Black Country and is considered one of the Godfathers of the alternative comedy scene in the Midlands. Johnny won the prestigious Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Orig

069. Natalie Cutler

Feb 11th, 2017 14m 41s

Listen again to The Comedy Cannon show originally broadcast on Friday 10th February 2017. Jay Islaam interviews local actor, playwright and film maker Natalie Cutler, who has recently returned from India where she filmed a documentary about aci

068. Dominic Thompson

Feb 10th, 2017 17m 29s

Listen again to The Comedy Cannon show originally broadcast on Friday 10th February 2017. Jay Islaam interviews Dominic Thompson, from the Gritty Theatre Company, who tells us about his experience as an actor and theatre producer, the productio

067. Fran Doyle

Feb 3rd, 2017 46m 15s

Listen again to The Comedy Cannon show originally broadcast on Friday 3rd February 2017. Jay Islaam interviews Birmingham-based comedian Fran Doyle, who also runs comedy nights in Wolverhampton.To contact the show please email hello@comedycann

066. Jürgen Strack

Jan 27th, 2017 23m 27s

Listen again to The Comedy Cannon show originally broadcast on Friday 27th January 2017. Jay Islaam interviews Leicester-based German actor and comedian Jürgen Strack, aka Herman the German, who will soon be performing at the Leicester Comedy F

065. Cassie Jaye

Jan 20th, 2017 32m 5s

Listen again to The Comedy Cannon show originally broadcast on Friday 20th January 2017. Jay Islaam interviews actor and documentary maker Cassie Jaye whose film The Red Pill, about the Men’s Rights Movement, has generated huge controversy and

064. Martin Mullaney (part 2)

Dec 17th, 2016 42m 17s

Jay Islaam continues his conversation with Birmingham-based comedy promoter Martin Mullaney, who runs the Cheeky Monkey comedy club in Moseley. It’s the longest running independent comedy club in the city, and has played host to some of the big

063. Martin Mullaney (part 1)

Dec 16th, 2016 37m 36s

Jay Islaam interviews Birmingham-based comedy promoter Martin Mullaney, who runs the Cheeky Monkey comedy club in Moseley. It’s the longest running independent comedy club in the city, and has played host to some of the biggest names in British

060. Jonathan Hipkiss (part 2)

Dec 3rd, 2016 34m 51s

Listen again to The Comedy Cannon show originally broadcast on Friday 2nd December 2016. Jay Islaam interviews actor, comedian, impressionist and author Jonathan Hipkiss who has just written and published his first novel, a science fiction come

059. Jonathan Hipkiss (part 1)

Dec 2nd, 2016 37m 49s

058. Mickey Sharma (part 2)

Nov 28th, 2016 42m 49s

Jay Islaam continues his conversation with Birmingham-based Indian comedian Mickey Sharma. In this episode, Mickey tells us what he learned from his first year at Edinburgh Fringe and how he did things differently the following year, as well a

057. Mickey Sharma (part 1)

Nov 25th, 2016 45m 58s

Jay Islaam interviews Birmingham-based Indian comedian Mickey Sharma, shortly before he went off to the Edinburgh Fringe in August 2016. Mickey has enjoyed a fascinating career to date, and he tells me about some of the highs and lows of his j

056. Tom Short

Nov 18th, 2016 41m 57s

Jay Islaam is having a relaxed chat with award-winning comedian Tom Short, in Manchester, shortly before he went to the Edinburgh Fringe in August 2016. The previous year, Tom was part of the team that put on the Funz and Gamez stage show in E

055. Jake Pickford

Nov 11th, 2016 28m 29s

Jay Islaam is talking to comedian Jake Pickford, behind the scenes at the Comedy Bar show, at Luton’s Hat Factory venue, where he’s the resident compere, earlier in the year. Jake starts off by telling me how he started off his career by doing

054. Mike Gunn (part 2)

Nov 2nd, 2016 31m 41s

Jay Islaam continues his conversation with veteran British comedian Mike Gunn, behind the scenes in Birmingham, shortly before he takes the stage at the Glee Club. Mike starts off by explaining why he’s considering quitting standup, as the eco

053. Mike Gunn (part 1)

Oct 26th, 2016 29m 23s

Jay Islaam is talking to veteran British comedian Mike Gunn, behind the scenes in Birmingham, shortly before he takes the stage at the Glee Club.Mike starts off by telling me about how his heroin addiction and recovery led to him taking to the

052. Rahul Kohli

Oct 19th, 2016 40m 3s

Jay Islaam interviews Geordie comedian Rahul Kohli, at his home in Manchester. He’s one of the most exciting new comedians on the circuit and has definitely distinguished himself from his peers by daring to cover a lot of difficult social and p

051. Rudi Lickwood (part 2)

Oct 12th, 2016 39m 11s

Jay Islaam is once again talking to veteran British comic Rudi Lickwood, just before he was about to perform at the Jongleurs comedy club in Birmingham. This is part two of a two-part interview. If you haven’t heard part one already then I rec

050. Rudi Lickwood (part 1)

Oct 5th, 2016 30m 1s

Jay Islaam is talking to veteran British comic Rudi Lickwood, just before he was about to perform at the Jongleurs comedy club in Birmingham. Rudi has been a part of the British comedy scene since the early 1990s, but he actually started out as

049. Thomas Rackham

Sep 30th, 2016 29m 57s

Listen again to The Comedy Cannon show originally broadcast on Friday 30th September 2016. Jay Islaam interviewed award-winning comedian, comedy promoter and podcaster Thomas Rackham who will be performing at several shows as part of the Birmin

048. Richard Quarmby

Sep 30th, 2016 22m 6s

Listen again to The Comedy Cannon show originally broadcast on Friday 30th September 2016. Jay Islaam interviewed Birmingham based actor, comedian and sketch-writer Richard Quarmby who will be performing in front of local comedy legend Jasper C

047. Gareth Berliner

Sep 23rd, 2016 37m 42s

Listen again to The Comedy Cannon show originally broadcast on Friday 23rd September 2016. Jay Islaam interviewed Birmingham based actor, comedian, writer and artist Gareth Berliner – who has starred in Coronation Street, Eastenders and Doctor