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Book of the Week: How to Be Champion

Sarah Millican

Kirsteen Cameron

Book of the Week: How to Be Champion: Episode 1: Pre-Stand-Up, Stand-Up

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Episode 1: Pre-Stand-Up, Stand-Up

How to Be Champion

Pre-Stand-Up, Stand-Up

BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, How to Be Champion, Pre-Stand-Up, Stand-Up

Sarah Millican describes the life-changing moment she discovered her talent for comedy.

Sarah Millican reads from her frank and funny memoir. In her late twenties, in the aftermath of a divorce, Sarah discovered she had a talent for writing and performing comedy.

Part-autobiography, part-self-help book, Sarah Millican's memoir is a funny, honest and sometimes outrageous account of how she went from being a quiet, bookish child to becoming one of Britain's most successful and best-loved comedians. She covers a wide range of subjects: from a love letter to her knockers, to coping with bullies; from a passionate defence of her decision not to have kids, to the recipe for her favourite cake, Sarah also gives hard-learned tips on how you too can be champion.

In this first episode, Sarah describes the life-changing moment she discovered her talent for writing and performing comedy in front of an audience of strangers.

Since winning the 2008 if.comedy Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for her debut solo show, 'Sarah Millican's Not Nice', Sarah has established herself as a household name, having been nominated three times for The British Comedy Awards People's Choice: Queen of Comedy and winning the award in 2011. A two time BAFTA nominee for The Sarah Millican Television Programme, Sarah's other television credits include two appearances on The Royal Variety Performance and four appearances on flagship BBC stand-up show Live At The Apollo.


Read by Sarah Millican

Written by Sarah Millican

Abridged by Kirsteen Cameron

Produced by Kirsteen Cameron.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Sarah Millican reads from her frank and funny memoir. Abridged by Kirsteen Cameron.

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