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Tina Campbell

Gail Porter following footsteps of comedy idols Billy Connolly and Eddie Izzard with new career in stand up

Gail Porter has found a new calling in life: “to make people smile and laugh”. And she intends to do that by turning her struggles with homelessness, alopecia and mental health into material for a brand new stand-up routine.

The Scottish TV presenter, 52, admits she is anxious, but a “good anxious” to show people what she is made of when she takes to the stage at the Edinburgh Assembly Rooms from August 2-28.

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