Carry On COVID with stand-up comic CARL DONNELLY

<p><strong><em>Recorded before the Government’s announcement on support for the arts…</em></strong> Last Friday <strong>Naomi Smith</strong> talked to stand-up comedian and host of the <a href="https://play.acast.com/s/two-vegan-idiots/6ded5a27-1384-1008-8e0c-5cccd104a6df" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Two Vegan Idiots</em></a> podcast <strong>CARL DONNELLY </strong>about the battered state of comedy and the arts under the COVID onslaught. Then on Sunday Rishi Sunak announces <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53302415" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">£1.57bn of aid to the arts</a>. Who says The Bunker doesn’t get things done, eh? Listen in as Naomi and Carl discuss what’s needed to fix crisis that has cost the arts £74bn and threatens 400,000 jobs.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li>“The arts isn’t just left-wing comedians banging on about Nigel Farage… These venues employ thousands of people.”</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producer Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. </em><strong><em>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production</em></strong></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>