This week on episode 499… I'm joined by Ray Bradshaw - the multi-award-winning Scottish comedian who’s about to head out on his fourth UK tour with CODA. You may know Ray from BBC Scotland and Radio 4, he’s recently just finished supporting John Bishop, and hosts his own hit football podcast, Fantasy Fives! We discuss:

• growing up as a child of deaf parents and how that shaped Ray’s confidence, memory and lack of stage nerves
• making comedy accessible with the technical challenge of signing live comedy with timing laughs and learning structure
• Ray’s approach to stand-up with no notes and no structure but total authenticity
• being niche famous and knowing when you’ve already won

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• using Edinburgh to turn material, not create buzz
• building a comedy career around family life
• and embracing mistakes, from announcing the wrong person had died on live radio to thanking the wrong city on an arena tour

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Catch Up with Ray: Ray Bradshaw is on tour in 2026 across the UK and Ireland with CODA, find out all the dates and more at raybradshaw.com. You can also watch Ray’s special, Bald Ginger, on BBC iPlayer.

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