Main content
This programme will be available shortly after broadcast

Comedy from Asif Afzal

The Handsworth act began comedy to prove his sister wrong, now he's supporting Tez Illyas. Plus the art of storytelling from Festival At The Edge. With Nina Das Gupta.

We're celebrating the best creatives where we live, with Nina Das Gupta, including:

• Nine venues, eighty performers and a whole load of laughs: Get the low-down on this weekend's King's Heath Comedy Festival, featuring some of the biggest names in stand-up with their final shows before the Edinburgh Festival.

• She's Brummie turned Black Country barrell-of-laughs, channelling the late great Rik Mayall in absurdist delights! Get to know Hodge Hill and Halesowen act Hannah Weetman, heading back out on the circuit after picking up a huge award for her screen-writing!

• It's the country's biggest story-telling festival that's made its way across Shropshire and last weekend landed in Herefordshire. We're at Festival At The Edge - getting an insight into life putting the rhythm and the flow of the voice centre stage as your instrument of choice, with top tips for anyone heading to a stage any time soon.

• Evesham-born, now resident Ludlow funnyman, impressionist, poet and pianist Alistair McGowan is on, performing this weekend in Much Wenlock and bringing along his mates Gary Lineker, Wayne Rooney and Harry Kane!

• Plus more live comedy from our stage at the Rik Mayall Comedy Festival. He took up stand-up as a way to prove his sister wrong - he now sells out shows all over the country and has just supported TV's Tez Illyas. Discover the very funny Asif Afzal!

Upload your work for a chance to get on the BBC.

Release date:

2 hours

On radio

Tomorrow18:00

Broadcasts

  • Tomorrow18:00
  • Tomorrow19:00
  • Saturday18:00