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Divine Comedy

Giles Fraser and guests hear from Dillon Mapletoft, the writer and creator of hit comedy Everyone Else Burns, to explore why religion is such rich territory for comedy.

Faith based comedy is growing in popularity. Why is religion such a good source for jokes? Is God funny? And, is there anywhere with religion that you just don鈥檛 go?

Dillon Mapletoft, the writer and creator of hit comedy Everyone Else Burns, explains his fundamentalist Christian upbringing and the influence it had on him writing the coming-of-age sitcom about a Manchester family who are part of a puritanical Christian sect and doomsday cult.

To explore Giles Fraser is joined by Shazia Mirza, comedian and part of a female only Halal comedy tour, Shanny Luft, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Winconsin, and Ashley Blaker, a Jewish comedian and writer once described as "the UK's only Orthodox comedian".

Producer: Alexa Good
Assistant Producer: Linda Walker
Editor: Tim Pemberton

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28 minutes

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Tue 7 Jan 2025 15:30

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