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Comfort Eating with Grace Dent

S5 E5: Bridget Christie, comedian

Comfort Eating with Grace Dent

The Guardian

Arts, Food

4.51.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Joining Grace for a leisurely afternoon chat this week is one of the queens of British comedy, Bridget Christie. Bridget is an award-winning standup comedian, actor and writer. After getting into comedy later than most, she won the Edinburgh comedy award for best show with A Bic for Her in 2013, and she recently dipped her toe into screenwriting, with the brilliant Channel 4 series The Change. She and Grace talk about big family dinners, motorcycle gangs, and eating habits during the menopause. And of course, a comforting snack is never too far awayBuy Grace’s new Comfort Eating book, inspired by the podcast, here. The book is a wonderfully scrumptious, life-affirming journey through the foods that really mean the most to us

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0:00.0

This is the Guardian.

0:08.0

I'm Grace Dent and this is Comfort Eating from The Guardian.

0:14.0

A podcast where we pay homage to the lesser celebrated foods in life.

0:19.0

Because even as a restaurant critic, I believe the food that matters most is often that snack

0:25.8

you cobble together when you curled upon the sofa.

0:29.3

Each week I asked my guest to lift the lid on what comfort foods have seen them through their lives.

0:36.0

Because you can tell a lot about a person from what they eat behind clothes door.

0:50.5

Hello friends. Welcome back once again to my kitchen. The sun is shining. I've scooted my very noisy cats out into the back garden. I am counting down the

0:55.8

seconds just having a quick tidy up before this week's guest arrives.

1:00.6

Time though for a little fondant fancy.

1:04.0

I can't...

1:06.0

My guest is one of the most interesting comedians Britain has to offer and she has

1:15.1

recently dipped her toe into screenwriting for telly with the brilliant Channel

1:21.0

Four series the change. Yes, Bridget Christie is on her way over.

1:28.0

Bridget is an award-winning stand-up comedian, actor and writer after getting into comedy later

1:36.4

the most she won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show with a Bick for her in 2013.

1:44.0

Bridget's comedy is bold and she is unafraid to tackle some of life's darker corners.

1:51.0

But more importantly, she's very, very funny. In the change,

1:56.1

Bridget stars as a woman called Linda, who's told she's going through the menopause

2:02.0

and decides to shake things up.

2:04.0

A character very close to my heart.

2:07.0

I cannot wait to find out the secrets to her talent.

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