You're listening to Unfiltered with James O'Brien, brought to you by Joe. Hello and welcome to the very latest unfiltered which features this week David Badeel a man who

Well I guess when I was about 14 or 15 years old and possibly for quite a few years after that I thought was the absolute Don he's hitting the road next month from the 28th of January

with a show called My Family Not the sitcom which I haven't seen but I he knows this and I'm glad I haven't seen it because I'll be able to ask questions about why he's written it and what he's done with it.

And hopefully that will sort of provide a certain symmetry to the interview. Welcome to Unfiltered David Badele.

It's a pleasure to have you here.

Normally, not that there is much of a format, but normally we sort of do the story so far and then move on to whatever

masterpiece you are currently involved in, but given that your latest masterpiece is quite

spectacularly autobiographical I'm not quite sure I'm not quite sure how this is

how this is gonna it's up to you pan out it's you all show you is up to me. It's up to you. It's a dynamic, isn't it?

So let's wait, see, let's start in Dollis Hill,

where the Badeel Clan had settled.

But your mother, I mean both sides of your family had quite

traumatic backstories now my dad not so much my dad a way back I mean any

immigrant any Jew I've tried to avoid the word Jew.

That lasted all of two minutes. I know, because I get occasional stick from people, I'm going to say

anti-seemites, but some of them are just people for over mentioning

it.

But I suppose if you are talking with my background, it's quite hard.

Yes, this is true.

And since you brought up trauma, it's incredibly hard.

So, yeah, they both had trauma,

but my mom had direct trauma,

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