She has helped the likes of Bill Bailey, Peter Kay, Tim Minchin, Russell Brand, Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill and Dylan Moran make their names in the world of comedy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
I cannot say with any certainty when it started, it probably was not in any one year, but there can be absolutely no doubt television at Christmas is rubbish.
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