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Brian Logan

The Heckle 13: Compulsive listening


One for the ladies ... Jason Byrne talks fake tans and 10k chatathons. Photograph: Murdo Macleod

Today's Heckle comes to you from under the shadow of the Udderbelly - a giant upside-down inflatable cow that doubles up as the venue for some of the Fringe's best comics.

We catch up with Irish Fringe veteran Jason Byrne, whose show this year is called, with characteristic sobriety, Shy Pigs, With Wigs, Hidden in the Twigs.

Jon Richardson tells us why living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder really can be funny and talks us through the perils of sharing a house with other Edinburgh comedians.

And finally, the redoubtable Pascal Wyse goes swimming with Julian Fox. The Barbican stage doorkeeper and lovable Fringe oddball behind another curiously monikered Fringe hit, You've Got To Love Dancing To Stick To It, introduces Pascal to some of the quirky characters he's met at the lido.

Plus we hear from double-act Two Left Hands, who regale us with tales from beyond the grave.

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