Audiobooks by Bridget Christie

Comic Fringes: 21 short stories by top comedians

"A cracking collection of comic monologues, written and read by leading comedians Recorded in front of a live audience at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, this fantastic anthology features a host of diverse short stories, composed and performed by a veritable Who's Who of stand-up comedians. By turns hilarious and irreverent, poignant and bittersweet, together they make up a superb selection box of tasty treats. Among the all-star line-up, Romesh Ranganathan tells a comic tale of unrequited love among the orangutans; Susan Calman takes a wry look at office politics; Jon Richardson explores the perils of internet dating; and Sarah Millican takes us into the worlds of a compassionate undertaker's assistant and an elderly woman who fears she's becoming invisible. Russell Kane recalls his tempestuous ex; Aisling Bea recounts the dark, funny tale of a pensioner with murder in mind; Robert Florence reveals the shady doings of the Scottish branch of the Illuminati; and satirist John O'Farrell asks, 'what if Judas had written the Gospels'? Also sharing their fantastic fiction are a wealth of other literary comics, including Sanjeev Kohli, Joe Lycett, Bridget Christie, James Acaster, Jenny Eclair, Shazia Mirza and Mark Watson. Short story fans, rejoice: here are five hours of some of the most charming, absurd, dark, thoughtful and funny tales you'll ever find in one place. Contents: 1. May Contain Nuts by Janey Godley 2. The Hair of the Dead by Sarah Millican 3. Gone Phishing by Jon Richardson 4. The Woman Who Sniffed by Susan Calman 5. Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Be in the Green by Patrick Monahan 6. On the Dot by Shazia Mirza 7. Stairlift Us Up Where We Belong by Sarah Millican 8. Spooky and the Van by Joe Lycett 9. A Difference of Opinion by Bridget Christie 10. The Three Times I Dumped Eleanor, and the Manner of Her Death by Russell Kane 11. Sorry For Your Loss by James Acaster 12. Club Sandwich by Mark Watson 13. The Understudy by Jenny Eclair 14. Kill Dilly by Aisling Bea 15. I Bought a Monkey To Stand Out in the New York Art Scene by Sanjeev Kohli 16. Love and Orangutans by Romesh Ranganathan 17. Bad Fairytale by Grainne Maguire 18. The Gospel According to Judas by John O'Farrell 19. Pick Me Up by Angela Barnes 20. Apocalypse Soon by Dane Baptiste 21. Cats Who Walk Like Gentlemen by Robert Florence Production credits: Produced by Kirsteen Cameron First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 25 August 2009-6 September 2015 © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

Aisling Bea, Angela Barnes, Bridget Christie, Dane Baptiste, James Acaster, Jenny Eclair, Joe Lycett, Jon Richardson, Mark Watson, Romesh Ranganathan, Russell Kane, Sanjeev Kholi, Sarah Millican, Shazia Mirza, Susan Calman (Author), Various (Narrator)

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Bridget Christie: A BBC Radio 4 Stand-Up Comedy Collection: Bridget Christie Minds the Gap, Utopia &

"The collected radio shows of award-winning stand-up comedian Bridget Christie 'The current queen of crusading UK comedy' - Guardian Writer, actress and stand-up star Bridget Christie has won numerous awards, performed 12 hit Edinburgh Festival Fringe shows and written the critically-acclaimed comic memoir A Book for Her. She's also created three hilarious and thought-provoking radio series, all of which are included here. In Bridget Christie Minds the Gap, she gives us her personal take on feminism, asking why it became a dirty word and whether women still need it. From a bookshop fart to the 'Bic for Her' and a fish called Michael, she recalls the key incidents which led her to an epiphany and a call to arms - with the help of token man Fred MacAulay. And in Series 2, she takes her activism to a new level as she deconstructs a yoghurt ad, tries to find an icon who doesn't replace the word 'feminism' with 'bootylicious', and reveals the consequences of wearing an 'End FGM' badge on a popular TV show... Bridget Christie's Utopia sees her embarking on a comic quest for her Shangri-La. Worried about world events - melting polar ice-caps, Brexit, Donald Trump - she attempts to find a way of living that will calm her anxiety. In these four episodes, she explores political disengagement, spirituality, a new life in the country and being mega-rich: but will any of them make her happy? And in Bridget Christie: Mortal, recorded from her home during lockdown, she turns her attention to the metaphysical questions we all spend our life avoiding (while being interrupted by cats, chores, children and her own dead self from beyond the grave). Do twins share a soul, or do they get one each? How do you live in the moment? And who's blocked the toilet again? Covering 'Birth', 'Death', 'Life', and 'The Afterlife', this informal, personal series will appeal to anyone mortal. Written and performed by Bridget Christie Bridget Christie Minds the Gap Produced by Alison Vernon-Smith and Alexandra Smith With Fred MacAulay First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 7-28 March 2013 (Series 1), 8-29 January 2015 Bridget Christie's Utopia Recorded in front of a live studio audience at the BBC Radio Theatre Produced by Simon Nicholls and Alison Vernon-Smith With special guests Mike Christie, Leyla Hussein, Sister Agatha and Fran Blockley A BBC Studios production First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 7-28 February 2018 Bridget Christie: Mortal Produced by Carl Cooper Sound mixer: Olga M. Reed With guest appearances from Bridget Christie's dad, sister Eileen and friend Ash A BBC Studios production First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 13 April-4 May 2021 Photo: Tash Pszenicki © 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (p) 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

Bridget Christie (Author), Bridget Christie (Narrator)

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A Book for Her

"Bridget Christie is a stand-up comedian, idiot and feminist. On the 30th of April 2012, a man farted in the Women’s Studies Section of a bookshop and it changed her life forever. A Book For Her details Christie’s twelve years of anonymous toil in the bowels of stand-up comedy and the sudden epiphany that made her, unbelievably, one of the most critically acclaimed British stand-up comedians this decade, drawing together the threads that link a smelly smell in the women’s studies section to the global feminist struggle. Find out how nice Peter Stringfellow’s fish tastes, how yoghurt advertising perpetuates rape myths, and how Emily Bronte used a special ladies’ pen to write Wuthering Heights. If you’re interested in comedy and feminism, then this is definitely the book for you. If you hate both then I’d probably give it a miss. “Christie is adept at turning on a sixpence between being comical, or serious, or both at once, and at pricking her own earnestness.” Telegraph ‘Christie piles derision and tomfoolery upon everyday sexism, while never pretending that jokes alone will solve the problem.’ Guardian"

Bridget Christie (Author), Bridget Christie (Narrator)

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