Born Lippy (Omnibus)

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Born Lippy by Jo Brand (Omnibus)

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Born Lippy

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Born Lippy by Jo Brand (Omnibus)

Jo Brand turns advice giver in a typically irreverent guide to life.

Jo Brand turns advice giver in an irreverent guide to life covering topics from family to clothes to being different.

Jo Brand turns advice giver in a typically irreverent guide to life. 

She says she's messed up enough times to feel confident she has no wisdom to offer anyone. But who cares? She's going to do it anyway.

Once upon a (very, very) long time ago Jo Brand was what you might describe as "a nice little girl". Of course, that was before the values of cynicism, misogyny and the societal expectation that Jo would be thin, feminine and demure sent her off down Arsey Avenue.

The plot thickened when, due to a complicated fusion of hormones, horrible family dynamics and a no-good boyfriend they hated, Jo ended up leaving home at 16.

Now she's considerably further along life's inevitable journey and, in this memoir, she reveals a side of herself that we don’t normally hear - the things she wishes she'd known and the things she hopes for the future. As you’d expect, she pulls no punches.

Jo begins with the wisdom (or otherwise) of giving advice, and guidance on how to survive your family. Drawing on her own battlefield experiences, she suggests the best attitude to love and friendship and finding your way in the world while being kind and being different. 

Whether it was her rebellious teenage years or moving from a nursing career to the stand-up comedy circuit, Jo knows that it’s hard to find out who and what you are, particularly in gaining equality for both sexes. 

But she’s hopeful, as long as we’re on the same page (and that page isn’t 3), that there’s scope for great strides forward.

Omnibus of five parts written and read by Jo Brand.

Abridged and produced by Pippa Vaughan.

A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2018.

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