Marcus Brigstocke

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Marcus Brigstocke (born 8 May 1973 in Guildford, Surrey) is an English comedian and satirist who has worked extensively in stand-up comedy, television and radio. He is particularly associated with the 6.30pm comedy slot on BBC Radio 4, having frequently appeared on several of its shows. <p>Many of the central themes of Brigstocke's work (essentially the hypocrisy of the affluent) were first addressed during his time as a student at the University of Bristol. While at Bristol he often performed in the comedy trio Club Seals, which later made the transition to TV in the series of short programmes We Are History. Very few of the conventions and institutions of the bourgeoisie have escaped his ire, be it the middle-class obsession with heritage (The Museum of Everything), the turpitude of contemporary business culture (Think the Unthinkable), or English provincial parochialism (Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off ). However, Brigstocke's favourite&#91;citation needed&#93; joke is to impersonate DJ ...