Alun Cochrane. Owner of a shed. And a son. Thinks the world is wonky

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According to Alun Cochrane, the absolute pinnacle of inappropriate social behaviour is attempting to eat a peach in public. While it may seem like a fairly innocent form of selfish indulgence, you'll quickly realise that it's the small things in life that really get to him.

In fact, his beautifully conceived act is a snowballing, slow-building juggernaut of a rant that begins with some relatively innocent observational comedy and ends in a spectacular explosion of anger aimed squarely at the general public. While he's not exactly over-the-hill yet, Cochrane puts this hatred down to his advancing years, a sad fact of nature only brought to his attention by a pressing need to moisturise a body part that most people tend to ignore.

Cochrane's delivery is as silky smooth as it gets in the world of stand-up. His professionalism rivals that of every mass-market comedian on our TVs at present, pushing the boundaries of taste with his material while avoiding straying into cheap shock territory.

While his act is no more elaborate than the average stand-up affair, it does its job with glorious results. Cochrane undoubtedly deserves a huge audience, if only to convince those nasty public soft-fruit eaters to mend their dribbling, stone spitting ways.