Episode #08 - Covid Comedy in Edinburgh, Chineke Orchestras and Sitting in Limbo

Ready for a laugh?  As we start easing up on lockdown are we ready to laugh about it yet?  We ask comedy producer Emma Brunjes, producer of Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards about comedians’ take on Coronavirus and how they’ll survive without the Edinburgh Festival.  And we talk to Founder of the Chineke Orchestras, Chi-chi Nwanoku about the Junior Orchestra’s triumph on Britain’s Got Talent, the Black Lives Matter movement and the future for classical musicians of colour.  Plus we discuss all latest exciting offerings on television  from Sitting in Limbo and Little Fires Everywhere to Filthy Rich and Steve Coogan in Greed. We’re laughing at: Comedy at the Covid Arms www.comedyathecovid.co.uk Chortle www.chortle.co.uk The British Comedy Guide www.comedy.co.uk Beyond the Joke www.beyondthejoke.co.uk Michael Spicer @mrmichaelspicer on Twitter Sarah Cooper @sarahcpr on Twitter  We’re listening to: Deep River by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a tribute to George Floyd and other victims of racism performed by The Chineke Orhcestra www.chineke.org We’re watching: Sitting in Limbo : BBC iPlayer Little Fires Everywhere:  Amazon Prime Filthy Rich:  Netflix Greed:  Amazon Prime Podcast Edited and Produced by Alex Graham Introduction Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/