The Documentary: Conflict Comedy
WORLD SERVICE, 10.06PM
Is there something about war, violence and fear that makes for good comedy – a form of gallows humour, perhaps? That’s the central question explored in this documentary from Northern Irish comedian Diona Doherty (star of Derry
Girls), who goes on the hunt with her former comedy partner, Jordan Dunbar, to discover whether humour in dark times can bring about healing, and what the future of Irish and Northern Irish comedy might hold in the wake of Brexit and the fresh divisions that it looks set to bring to the area.