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- ↑ Daily Telegraph Open Mic award at chortle.co.uk
- ↑ Radio 9 at BBC Radio 4
- ↑ Hils Barker: In the Wrong Place description at chortle.co.uk
- ↑ Hils Barker at thefortnightclub.com
- ↑ The Late Edition Archived 2011-11-24 at the Wayback Machine at offthetelly.co.uk
- ↑ Jammin at epguides.com
- ↑ Vent at BBC Radio 4
- ↑ Shappi Talk at BBC Radio 4
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