Comedian and broadcaster Charlie Pickering joins us to discuss Brunswick Street pub, The Royal Derby. As a new comic, Charlie started a stand-up room at the Derby with Michael Chamberlain. He tells us about the origins and philosophy of Stage Time and we discuss Royal Derby entertainments from the even more olden days.

Trove
'Royal Derby Hotel', Mercury and Weekly Courier, 25 October 1888
'The Critic', Mercury and Weekly Courier, 13 June 1889
'Rat Catching', The Argus, 14 March 1900

Other
Photos of the Royal Derby
Cheers theme song