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Winner of the Writer's Guild of Great Britain's best newcomer award at the 2006 Edinburgh Fringe, Simon Brodkin is a character comedian of considerable promise.
Among the practising doctor's creations are naive trustafarian Hugo Victor Grant, witless holiday rep Chris Young and Lee "Nelsy" Nelson, a baseball-capped chancer who's as casual about crime and pregnancy as he is about leisure wear.
An artful Asbo dodger rather than a villain, Nelsy has a patter that will make you yearn for real yobs with a smattering of his misguided street wit, cheerful banter to accompany a potential happy slapping.
Reportedly discovered by another former man of medicine, Harry Hill, Brodkin's most eye-catching character remains Dr Omprakash, a transformation that features him "browning up", a practice you don't see so often nowadays.
In these circumstances of course, it's best to be funny and thankfully, the cheery Asian often is - more a gentle satire on the NHS and the bumbling humour of men of a certain age than racial commentary.
Brodkin may just be starting out, but he's definitely one to keep under observation.
He joins Bruce Morton, Greg McHugh and Martin Tapley.
Craig Hill hosts.
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