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Sandi Toksvig’s Hygge: The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Chat Show

Sandi Toksvig and her celebrity guests explore the Danish concept of 'hygge' One of the few Danish words that British people have become familiar with, 'hygge' is a specifically Scandinavian notion of snugness, comfort and contentment. It's all about enjoying the simple pleasures, like curling up with a book on a rainy afternoon or cradling a cup of hot cocoa while wearing a chunky sweater. In this convivial chat show, Danish comedian and author Sandi Toksvig takes a deep dive into both the concept and the Danish way of life. Broadcasting from her toasty log cabin deep in the heart of rural Denmark (complete with sauna, underground wine-cellar and three-tier bird bath that dispenses miniature hot towels), she invites her special guests to join her in front of an open fire and talk about what 'hygge' means to them. Grayson Perry explains how learning new things can bring deep joy; Bridget Christie describes her love of running; Clive Myrie relates his passion for opera and poetry, and Brian Cox tells us how he finds comfort in physics, piano playing and Sibelius' Fifth Symphony. Sandi also chats about Australian Christmasses with Krishnan Guru-Murthy, discusses hopeless DIY with Andy Hamilton, muses on the soothing magic of fragrance with Lyse Doucet and hears from David Blunkett about mishaps in Braille and guide dogs behaving badly... These funny, feelgood shows are full of cosy charm and congenial conversation, so join Sandi and friends as they talk 'hygge' and put the world to rights - all over a delectable mug of warm spiced wine. Production credits ???????Hosted by Sandi Toksvig Produced by Julia McKenzie Additional material written by Simon Alcock, Charlie Dinkin, Rajiv Karia and Tasha Dhanraj Production Coordinators: Carina Andrews and Katie Baum Sound Recordist and Editor: Rich Evans A BBC Studios Production Series 1 featuring: Grayson Perry and Sindhu Vee, Bridget Christie and Clive Myrie, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Rose & Rosie, Prof Brian Cox and Zoe Lyons, Alan Davies Series 2 featuring: Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Gina Miller, Andy Hamilton, Lyse Doucet, David Blunkett First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 2-31 December 2020 (Series 1), 27-31 December 2021 (Series 2) © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.

Sandi Toksvig (Author), Alan Davies, Andy Hamilton, Brian Cox, Bridget Christie, Clive Myrie, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Gina Miller, Grayson Perry, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Sandi Toksvig, Sindhu Vee, Various, Zoe Lyons (Narrator)

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The News Quiz 2010: Series 70, 71 and 72 of the topical BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show

Sandi Toksvig hosts these three sensational series of 'the finest topical panel game known to radio' For over 40 years, The News Quiz has been scrutinising the headlines to give us its unique, sardonic take on the stories that are making a splash. In these 25 episodes, we raid the archives from 2010 to rediscover the highs, lows and mediums of that action-packed year. Sandi Toksvig is in the chair once more, attempting to corral panellists including Micky Flanagan, Armando Iannucci, Fred MacAulay, Milton Jones, Gyles Brandreth, Bridget Christie, Will Smith, Ava Vidal and Danielle Ward. Together, they probe topics including Sarah Palin's Fox News gig; Greece's precarious economy; the eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull; the Commonwealth Games, Australia's Next Top Model, the General Election and the Conservative/LibDem coalition government - as well as the battling Milliband brothers and fibbing toddlers. Plus, newsreaders Carolyn Brown, Harriet Cass, Corrie Corfield, Peter Donaldson, Charlotte Green, Rory Morrison and Neil Sleat light up each episode with the funny stories, misprints and typos sent in by listeners. Production credits Chaired by Sandi Toksvig Chair's script written by Stephen Carlin, Lucy Clarke, Rhodri Crooks, Gareth Gwynn, Simon Littlefield, John-Luke Roberts and James Sherwood With additional material by Jack Bernhardt, Carl Carter, Nathon Caton, Hannah George, Ivo Graham, Elliot Howe, Jon Hunter, Nadia Kamil, Lee Kern, James Kettle, Benjamin Partridge, John Robins, Dale Shaw, Russell Thompson, Andy Wolton and Mike Wozniak Produced by Sam Bryant and Victoria Lloyd A BBC Studios Production Series 70 featuring: Susan Calman, Jack Dee, Micky Flanagan, John Gordillo, Andy Hamilton, Jeremy Hardy, Milton Jones, Miles Jupp, Fred MacAulay, Victoria Mather, Sue Perkins, Carrie Quinlan, Will Smith, Ava Vidal, Danielle Ward, Francis Wheen Series 71 featuring: Susan Calman, Jack Dee, Andy Hamilton, Armando Iannucci, Jeremy Hardy, Phill Jupitus, Miles Jupp, Fred MacAulay, David Mitchell, Sue Perkins, Hugo Rifkind, Will Smith, Mark Steel, Ava Vidal, Danielle Ward, Francis Wheen Series 72 featuring: Gyles Brandreth, Rory Bremner, Susan Calman, Bridget Christie, Andy Hamilton, Jeremy Hardy, Phill Jupitus, Miles Jupp, Fred MacAulay, Sue Perkins, Will Smith, Mark Steel, Ava Vidal, Francis Wheen News items read by Carolyn Brown, Harriet Cass, Corrie Corfield, Peter Donaldson, Charlotte Green, Rory Morrison and Neil Sleat First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 8 January-26 February 2010 (Series 70), 16 April-11 June 2010 (Series 71), 24 September-12 November 2010 (Series 72) © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.

Tbd (Author), Armando Iannucci, Bridget Christie, Fred Macaulay, Gyles Brandreth, Micky Flanagan, Milton Jones, Sandi Toksvig, Various (Narrator)

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The Museum Of Curiosity: Series 13-16

Four more series of the popular panel show, in which celebrity guests donate an exhibit of their choice to an infinite imaginary museum Join eminent Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and distinguished Curators Lee Mack, Bridget Christie, Alice Levine and Holly Walsh, as they source more strange and wondrous objects to fill Galleries 13 to 16 of the ever-expanding comedy edifice. Adding to the display cases and plumping up the plinths are a host of illustrious guests, among them Lucy Beaumont, Shaun Keaveny, Graeme Le Saux, Nina Conti, Celia Imrie, Philippa Perry, Danny Wallace, Helen Fielding, Eddie Izzard, Dr Eugenia Cheng and Ade Adepitan. All come bearing donations, including the cheapest item on a wedding list, a 1980s Sony Walkman, Test Match Cricket, a cabbage, a land grant to a place that doesn't exist, a half-burned candle, Agatha Christie's favourite mug, the equals sign, the Starship Enterprise and a wildflower meadow. Also included is a special bonus episode, Annual Stocktake, in which John Lloyd invites former curators Sally Phillips, Lee Mack, Jo Brand and Jimmy Carr to review the Museum's exhibits, and attempts to squeeze a new donation out of each of them. In the process, he finds out what smell is worth $100,000 Australian dollars more than that of some dirty socks, which chart places Cameron Diaz one place higher than Jimmy Carr, why there is nothing particularly special about Ordnance Survey square SE830220, and what's so good about things that are not so good. Production credits Presented by John Lloyd Curators: Lee Mack, Bridget Christie, Alice Levine and Holly Walsh Annual Stocktake curated by Sally Phillips, Lee Mack, Jo Brand and Jimmy Carr Produced by Richard Turner, Anne Miller and Victoria Lloyd Exhibits catalogued by Mike Shephard, Mike Turner, Emily Jupitus and Lydia Mizon of QI Exec Producer:Victoria Lloyd Production Coordinator: Mabel Wright Edited by Andrew Smilie and David Thomas © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (p) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

John Lloyd (Author), Alice Levine, Bridget Christie, Holly Walsh, John Lloyd, Lee Mack (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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The News Quiz: Series 97: The topical BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show

The complete 97th series from the long-running topical BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show, hosted by Miles Jupp with special guest hosts including Jo Brand, Bridget Christie, Susan Calman and Lucy Porter. Eight more episodes featuring a panel of comedy guests who trawl through news stories big and small to provide comedy, commentary, irony and irreverence. The guests featured in this series include Deborah Frances-White, Daliso Chaponda, Mark Steel, Andy Hamilton, Hugo Rifkind, Jayde Adams, Phil Jupitus and Rory Bremner. The panellists discuss the week's top stories, such as the international espionage, the cryptic world of doctors' handwriting, the baffling world of acronyms, the Labour party, the 32 different types of ambulances, the Conservative Party conference, a Fancy Bear, Brexit, Universal credit and the most controversial game of hide and seek. Produced by Richard Morris

Bbc Radio 4 (Author), , Bridget Christie, Jo Brand, Miles Jupp, Susan Calman (Narrator)

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Comic Fringes: Series 1-3: Nine short stories written and performed by leading comedians

Nine short stories written and read by comedians, recorded live in front of an audience at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. May Contain Nuts by Janey Godley: A woman glimpses her own mortality when she calculates that only twenty-seven years separate her from her cantankerous father. The Hair of the Dead by Sarah Millican: A moving (and very funny) short story about a compassionate undertaker's assistant. Gone Fishing by Jon Richardson: A tale of love and betrayal set in a remote village in the Yorkshire Dales. The Woman Who Sniffed by Susan Calman: A wry look at office politics, told with Calman's characteristic humour and upbeat energy. Just When You Thought It Was Safe to be Green by Patrick Monahan: A tale that warns against paying too much attention to government crime statistics. On The Dot by Shazia Mirza: A story featuring a certain Mrs Pims, who is always mysteriously late for everything. Then one day, the reason for her tardiness becomes apparent... Stairlift Us Up Where We Belong by Sarah Millican: A poignant and funny monologue exploring the tricky turning point in a woman's life, when she goes from being thought of as useful to becoming invisible. Spooky and the Van by Joe Lycett: Seventeen-year-old Julian is writing a blog. He's currently experiencing the weird limbo that lies between finishing school and starting university. As well as musing upon how his life might change, Julian's neighbor, nicknamed Spooky, is providing plenty of writing material and mystery... A Difference of Opinion by Bridget Christie: When Bridget's husband is assaulted by the ghost of a long dead European leader, it highlights the vast differences in interpretation between a believer and an atheist. Produced by Kirsteen Cameron.

Bridget Christie, Janey Godley, Joe Lycett, Jon Richardson, Patrick Monahan, Sarah Millican, Shazia Mirza, Susan Calman (Author), Bridget Christie, Janey Godley, Joe Lycett, Jon Richardson, Patrick Monahan, Sarah Millican, Shazia Mirza, Susan Calman (Narrator)

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Bridget Christie Minds the Gap: The Complete Series 2: A BBC Radio 4 comedy

The complete second series of Bridget Christie’s award-winning series about modern feminism.Bridget thought that she'd be able to put her feet up after her last Radio 4 series. She expected it to bomb. Sadly, it was a huge success and she's had to bang on about feminism ever since, perform two sell-out runs at the Edinburgh festival and win lots of awards. But she hasn't managed to single-handedly eradicate sexism so she's made a whole new four-part series about it for Radio 4.In this series, Bridget asks who has the best sexism in the world, deconstructs a yogurt advert, and discusses why Twitter is a sexist's natural habitat. She explains what happens when you wear an 'End FGM' badge on a popular TV show, and tries to find a feminist icon who doesn't want to replace the word 'feminism' with 'bootylicious'.Series 1 of Mind the Gap won the Rose D’Or International Broadcasting Award for Best Radio Comedy 2014 and the Chortle Award for Best Radio Series 2014. Series 2 won the Chortle Award for Best Radio Programme 2015.Produced by Alexandra Smith and Alison Vernon Smith.Image credit: Idil Sukan

Bridget Christie (Author), Bridget Christie (Narrator)

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Bridget Christie's Utopia: Series 1: A BBC Radio 4 comedy

A brand new comedy series from award-winning stand-up comedian Bridget Christie.As Bridget Christie struggles to come to terms with current world events - Kim Jong-un, the melting polar ice caps, the Brexit negotiations and Nick Knowles singing a cover of The Beatles "Here Comes The Sun" - she embarks on a comic quest for her Utopia: a way of living that will make her less anxious and enable her to have her first happy wee since the Brexit vote in 2016.Bridget explores politically disengaging, spirituality, moving to the country and being super rich, to see if any of that will make her happier. Will not reading the papers, abstaining from all social media and not watching rolling news reports bring a smile to Bridget's face? Could yoga, Hinduism or becoming a nun be the answer to all her problems? What about living on a rural commune? Or auditioning for a lucrative TK Maxx commercial?Or will life still be completely rubbish? Recorded in front of a live studio audience at the BBC Radio Theatre.Written by and starring: Bridget ChristieWith special guests Mike Christie, Leyla Hussein, Sister Agatha & Fran BlockleyProducers: Simon Nicholls and Alison Vernon-SmithImage credit: Idil SukanA BBC Studios Production

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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Bridget Christie Minds The Gap: The Complete Series 1

Comedian Bridget Christie noticed that misogyny, like shiny leggings, has made an unexpected comeback. But did it ever really go away? Bridget Christie Minds the Gap is a new stand-up comedy series on the state of British feminism today. In these four episodes, she asks why feminism became a dirty word and whether the modern British woman needs it. From a smell in a well known bookshop to a pen designed specially for women, she looks at some of the more ridiculous things associated with being a woman. She also considers women and their day-to-day relationships with each other, via an organic herb puff snack, a church pew and a bag of dirty laundry. In addition, she ponders women's relationship with their bodies via a lap dance, TOWIE and a fish called Michael. Throughout the series, Fred MacAuley helps her remember some of the key incidents which brought her to an epiphany and a call to arms. Produced by Alison Vernon-Smith and Alexandra Smith. Image credit: Idil Sukan

Bridget Christie (Author), Bridget Christie, Fred Macaulay (Narrator)

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Comic Fringes: Complete Series 2

A series of three brand new short stories written and performed by leading comedians. Stairlift Us Up Where We Belong, written and read by Sarah Millican, is a poignant and funny monologue exploring the tricky turning point in a woman's life, when she goes from being thought of as useful to becoming invisible. In Spooky and the Van, written and read by Joe Lycett, seventeen-year-old Julian is writing a blog. He's currently experiencing the weird limbo that lies between finishing school and starting university. As well as musing upon how his life might change, Julian's neighbour, nicknamed Spooky, is providing plenty of writing material and mystery... Finally, in A Difference of Opinion, written and read by Bridget Christie, when Bridget's husband is assaulted by the ghost of a long dead European leader, it highlights the vast differences in interpretation between a believer and an atheist. Series produced by Kirsteen Cameron.

, Bridget Christie, Joe Lycett, Sarah Millican (Author), Bridget Christie, Joe Lycett, Sarah Millican (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Bridget Christie