This episode is going to n loads of jokes and their explanations. Listening to this might give you a chuckle if you understand the jokes, and at the very least you'll learn some english in the process. The word fringe f r i n g e means edge, basically. And it's a way of referring to performances which are alternative, on the edge, different to the mainstream acts. These days, this largely means comedy, particularly stand up comedy. It gets a lot of medior coverage because that's where the country's best comedians are often discovered. Comedy, stand up comedy, is a huge industry in the u k. It's comparable to the music industry. Every year thousands