Rachel Fairburn is an English comedian. She was born in

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and attended

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. She is co-host of the hit comedy

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''All Killa No Filla'' along with fellow comedian

Kiri Pritchard-McLean Kiri Louise Pritchard-McLean (born 1986) is a Welsh comedian and writer. She has performed for several consecutive years at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and won five Chortle Awards. Career Pritchard-McLean is the director and writer for sketc ...

. ''All Killa No Filla'' has been named one of the top eight true crime podcasts of 2018 by ''

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'', ''Esquire'' 's number two 'Best True Crime Podcast' in 2018 and one of the best podcast of 2018 by ''

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''. ''Time'' cited their podcast as an example of how female comedians are talking about their experiences in the ＃MeToo era. Fairburn and Pritchard-McLean launched their podcast in 2014. Fairburn has been working as a comedian since 2008. ''

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'' named her one of the best comedians at the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Fairburn has appeared on the

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's 'Funny from the Fringe', the 'Evil Genius with Russell Kane' and 'Breaking the News' on

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. Before she was a comedian, she worked full-time in a rare books library.

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