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Angela Barnes was brought up on comedy. She and her dad Derek would go to stand-up shows together and when they listened to comedians on the radio he would say 鈥淲hy don鈥檛 you have a go at that?, Angela. Why don鈥檛 you give comedy a try?鈥�. For a long time, she felt she couldn鈥檛. But when Derek died suddenly at the age of 60 Angela remembered his words and today she appears on the very shows she used to listen to with her dad.

The National Poet of Wales, Hanan Issa, has that wonderful advantage of being able to see the world via a bi-cultural lens; she鈥檚 Welsh-Iraqi. Hanan鈥檚 also a filmmaker and scriptwriter and her monologue 'With Her Back Straight' was performed as part of The Hijabi Monologues at the Bush Theatre in London and she worked on the much loved and lauded Channel 4 comedy series We Are Lady Parts.

If you watch Britain鈥檚 Got Talent, the chances are you saw Richard Essien introduce himself as the street magician Magical Bones. His shows combine magic, illusions and street-dance culture and before he fully committed to his magic career, he was a hip-hop dancer working with huge music acts; form The Black-Eyed Peas to Alicia Keys and even private events for Madonna.

All that plus The Inheritance Tracks of comedian Lou Sanders - and we join Jason Williams ...In Nature.

Presenters: Nikki Bedi and Jon Kay
Producer: Ben Mitchell