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Graham Fellows talks about creating a comedy character

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In a series of videos created by The Open University, ‘The Language of Comedy’ looks at how comedians use language to create humour. Each video consists of short interviews with a leading comedian, or comedy writer, revealing some of the tricks of their trade.

In episode one, Graham Fellows, the man behind John Shuttleworth, talks about using regional variety to get the laughs, with Shuttleworth providing some examples.