right here.
Interesting that Mark Lawson, who I know is one of the leading cultural commentators in the country is able to inteview a comedian so well, an undertaking that seems to bring out the worst in a lot of other journalists. The passages on the difficulty of a double personality are especially well done.
Hill is a genius and TV Burp an undoubted highlight of the week. Furthermore its success suggests an answer to the oft-bungled issue of how to bring out the best in stand ups on TV :- give them freedom.
Here is a favourite Hill clip:
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