20 YEARS OF FUNNY WOMEN ON BBC RADIO 4
On Sunday 23rd September BBC Radio 4 broadcast 20 Years of Funny Women, celebrating 20 years of the Funny Women Awards. The show, which is available to listen to now on BBC Sounds, was presented by Kerry Godliman and featured interviews with founder Lynne Parker and ‘Matron’ of Funny Women Jo Brand. There were archive […]
Nearly 50 years of comedy panel analysis
Have you ever wondered how often your favourite comedy panel shows have female guests? Brave soul (and data scientist) Stuart Lowe has checked nearly 5,000 episodes of UK panel shows to find the male-female host/guest ratio. That’s 4,700 individual TV and radio broadcasts spanning 49 years. And it took around four years to put all […]
Ria Lina schools BBC Radio 4
Last year comedian, writer and actress Ria Lina (born on March 4th, 1987) wrote and performed a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe about taking her kids out of mainstream schooling after some disappointing experiences with the London school system. Ria Lina’s School of Riason isn’t just a funny show but quite possibly a whole new curriculum […]
Diary of a Comedy Writer: The Howl of the Archers
I don’t know about you but I felt a bit guilty about laughing at the organic Vimto being spilled on the wedding dress when I heard The Howl from the Vestry on The Archers. Oof, it was ‘orrible it was. I expect actress Annabelle Dowler is still having to gargle with the Listerine after letting […]
