Q&A: Samantha Baines, Actor and Broadcaster
Samantha is a deaf consumer expert on Rip Off Britain and currently plays Bonnie Baldridge on BBC’s Father Brown. We’re talking to her after Samantha launched her own luxury accessories brand Baines London, inspired by her difficult experience in hospital with her newborn daughter.
Celebrating Funny Women Alumni: Suzy Bennett – Charm Bomb
Ahead of Funny Women’s 18th Birthday Party, Awards Alumni Coordinator Gemma Higgins talks to 2006 Stage Awards Winner Suzy Bennett about confidence, comedy crushes and costumes, and why beach-based dating shows need more pasties. Photo: Meg Harris-Smith Gemma Higgins: Suzy, It’s been 14 years since your Funny Women Stage Award win and you’ve packed a lot […]
Celebrating Funny Women Alumni: Tania Edwards – Total delusion with dreams of a curfew…
“Stop talking about yourselves – talk about me.” Relying on a tried and tested method of total delusion as she prepares Don’t Mention It for Edinburgh, Awards Alumni Coordinator Gemma Higgins talks to 2009 Funny Women Awards finalist Tania Edwards about oversharing, trout pouts, the surprising practicalities of gigging with a new baby and dreaming […]
Celebrating Funny Women Alumni: Jess Fostekew – A powerhouse of a professional twerp…
“I worked with Dawn French recently so I can die now and it would be fine.” Ahead of Hench, a bit more live Hoovering and in the midst of the one Brexit that’s actually funny right now, Awards Alumni Coordinator Gemma Higgins talks to 2010 Awards Finalist and “absolute powershed” Jess Fostekew about the vulnerability […]
Sarah Asante Podcast
Edinburgh Comedy Awards Judge, BBC’s Sarah Asante reveals exclusively to Funny Women’s Becky Singh, her promotion to Comedy Commissioning Editor and the exciting new open door policy she is championing for comedy performers and writers of all backgrounds and experience levels. Listen to the podcast here:
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 […]
