Show 353. Sarah Brown: LIVE at the Edinburgh Festival
Matt Forde's Political Party
The Political Party
4.7 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2024
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Sarah lived in Downing Street for the entirety of the last Labour government.
What is the role of a political spouse? Why doesn't the UK formalise the role?
More importantly, what was Sarah and Gordon's first date like?
This is the hilarious inside story of what it was like living on Britian's most famous street for 13 years.
WATCH the goal that Gordon hurried home for: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGQplbF_akc
SEE Matt at on tour until March 2025: https://www.mattforde.com/live-shows
2024
31 July - 25 August: Edinburgh, The Pleasance
2 October: Norwich Playhouse
3 October: Maidenhead, Norden Farm
9 October: Middlesbrough, The Crypt
10 October: London, Leicester Square Theatre
24 October: Hull, Truck Theatre
6 November: Exeter, Phoenix
8 November: Tunbridge Wells, Trinity Theatre
14 November: Basingstoke, The Haymarket
15 November: Colchester Arts Centre
20 November: York, The Crescent
21 November: Chorley, Little Theatre
22 November: Salford, The Lowry
27 November: Chipping Norton Theatre
28 November: Leicester, Y Theatre
29 November: Eastleigh, The Berry
31 November: Faversham, The Alexander Centre
2025
4 February: Leeds, City Varieties
5 February: Sheffield, The Leadmill
6 February: Chelmsford Theatre
7 February: Bedford, The Quarry Theatre
12 February: Bath, Komedia
13 February: Southend, Palace Theatre
16 February: Cambridge, The Junction
20 February: Nottingham, Lakeside Arts
23 February: Brighton, Komedoa
25 February: Cardiff, Glee Club
26 February: Bury St Edmunds, Theatre Royal
2 March: Bristol, Tobacco Factory
11 March: Aberdeen, Lemon Tree
12 March: Glasgow, Glee Club
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| 0:00.0 | BP is working to bring more lower carbon energy to the UK, like developing offshore wind, |
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| 0:16.0 | We increased the proportion of our global annual investment that went into our lower carbon and other transition businesses from around 23% in 2023. |
| 0:27.2 | BP.com slash and not all. Hello and welcome to another live special of the political party recorded in front of an |
| 0:47.1 | audience at the Edinburgh Festival and today's guest is Sarah Brown and oh my is this |
| 0:51.8 | an absolute thrill obviously there's a new labor family |
| 0:55.2 | inside number 10 Sarah and Gordon with the last labor inhabitants of that famous |
| 0:59.8 | building and she has so many great stories about her time in number 10 and about her life |
| 1:05.9 | before and after that. Before we come onto that in a bit more detail my show is now |
| 1:10.8 | on tour from the 2nd of October. |
| 1:13.2 | You can come and see my new stand-up show, |
| 1:14.8 | the end of an era tour. |
| 1:17.0 | It's touring nationwide until March next year, |
| 1:20.9 | where the show ends in Glasgow. |
| 1:22.2 | Tickets for that, for all those shows are available |
| 1:25.1 | at mapford.com or you can click on the link that I've put in the blurb. I'm coming to |
| 1:29.6 | towns and cities across the UK. It's the talker I've ever done but some of those |
| 1:33.6 | shows have already sold out so if you're keen to come buy a ticket as soon as you can to |
| 1:39.1 | avoid heart-crushing disappointment if you could leave a five-star written review for the podcast as well, |
| 1:45.0 | where you're listening to it, it helps it get up the charts, it helps other people find the show. |
| 1:49.0 | So to today's guest, Sarah Brown, and this was fantastic, |
| 1:52.0 | and thank you to everyone who came it was a |
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