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Article: MUSIC: Pirates of podcast; CULTURE In association with The Art Lounge Simon Harper talks to the creator of a comedy podcast that is drawing the hits.(Features)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- November 27, 2006
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Byline: Simon Harper
After the huge success of downloads from Ricky Gervais and Russell Brand, you could be forgiven for thinking that the market for comedy podcasts is a very lucrative one indeed.
With his own sitcom podcast, called simply Pirates, Dave Martin is ploughing a singular furrow, but it's one which has cultivated a substantial following.
A steadily growing online community has become enraptured by the show, which follows the adventures of the hapless Sinclair C Fyfe, after he is shipwrecked and left stranded in the Caribbean.
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