35 - John Fleming

In this episode, recorded at the King's Head in London's Crouch End, Christian talks to John Fleming. John was a writer/producer/director of on-screen TV promotions for 20 years. He has been on the production teams of various UK entertainment shows – usually finding new talent – including Tiswas, Game For a Laugh, Surprise Surprise, The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross and Jack Dee’s Saturday Night; among other shows, he produced The Last Laugh with Jerry Sadowitz. He wrote godfather of alternative comedy Malcolm Hardee’s autobiography I Stole Freddie Mercury’s Birthday Cake and, for Random House, edited both Scots comedian Janey Godley’s autobiography Handstands in the Dark and Sit-Down Comedy. Since 2005, he has sponsored (currently three) annual Malcolm Comedy Awards at the Edinburgh Fringe. The Awards are for ‘Comic Originality’, the ‘Act Most Likely to Make a Million Quid’ and a ‘Cunning Stunt’ award for best publicity stunt to publicise a Fringe act or show.