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Profile: Phoebe Waller-Bridge

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22/09/2018

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

BBC Radio 4 - Profile, Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the woman behind BBC drama Killing Eve is profiled by Mark Coles.

Pushing television boundaries and shocking her audience since she was a young girl, Mark Coles profiles actor and writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

BBC TV’s ‘Killing Eve’ is all the rage this week - a new drama about an MI5 officer trying to catch a Russian assassin which has earned near unanimous rave reviews . 

On Profile, Mark Coles examines the life of the show’s creator – the actor and writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge. 

From childhood poetry about frogs to mooning on stage and ‘Fleabag’ - her award winning TV show about a sex obsessed singleton, we find out why Waller-Bridge seems determined to shock her audience. 

We hear from her close friend & writing partner, her former English teacher and the author of the book ‘Killing Eve’is based on.

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