My wife and my comedy life: John Bishop opens up

As a stellar line-up begins gathering for next weekend’s Vodafone comedy festival in Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens, Brian Boyd hears how headliner John Bishop’s failing marriage inspired his stand-up career and how his wife eventually found him funny again





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