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The comic exploits of country singer and global activist Tina C.

The comic exploits of country singer and global activist Tina C, the comic creation of Christopher Green.

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Tina C: Tina C's Commonwealth of Nations: The Empire Strikes Back

23/07/2014

Tina C's Commonwealth of Nations: The Empire Strikes Back

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Tina C, Tina C's Commonwealth of Nations: The Empire Strikes Back

Country legend Tina C and her Glasgow audience put the common into the Commonwealth.

Fresh from the games opening ceremony, the country music legend gives Glasgow her own unique take on the Commonwealth. From 2014.

Country music legend Tina C - multi-Grammy award-winner, global peace icon, and US troops pin-up in warzones worldwide - is the living embodiment (and what a body) of soft power.  

Fresh from the Commonwealth Games' spectacular opening ceremony, Tina guides a Glasgow audience through her own unique take on the Commonwealth, and why she should be in it.  Expect great songs, laughs, and a look at something you've known about all your life from a completely different perspective.  Including special guests, obscure facts, and power ballads to bring us all together where ideology has failed.  Written and performed by Christopher Green.

“Christopher Green’s Tina C is one of the great comic creations of the age. A genuinely fine country singer, but with a twist of satire and insight which is rare and to be highly prized.” – Stephen Fry

“To misconstrue Tina as a comedy act done merely for laughs is to miss out on a strategic, highly intelligent brand of satire” -  The Age, Melbourne

“The political person’s Barry Humphries” – The Guardian

“Better politics than Michael Moore, better legs than Marlene Dietrich” – New Zealand Herald

“Christopher Green….Part politician, part shaman, part sociologist, part healer, but you’ll happily only focus on the fact that he’s an entertainer” – The Guardian

Producer:  Jonquil Panting

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