The Confessional: The Confession of Sheila Hancock

Comedy of the Week

BBC

Comedy

4 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The comic and intrusive chat show, in which Stephen Mangan interrogates celebrity penitents about their stories of shame, guilt and embarrassment. Each week, Stephen entices a different eminent guest into his virtual confessional box to make three confessions of sins, peccadilloes, misdeeds and idiocies - anything really that will make us laugh, shudder, blush or cringe at their expense. In this episode, Stephen's guest is reluctant national treasure Dame Sheila Hancock - actor, singer, director, novelist and writer. Together they discuss inappropriate behaviour, snobbery and flagrant rule-breaking. Other guests in this series are Jessie Cave, Neil Dudgeon, Maisie Adam, Lady Antonia Fraser and Ben Bailey Smith aka Doc Brown. Presented by Stephen Mangan Additional material by Nick Doody Produced by Frank Stirling A 7digital production for BBC Radio 4

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.8	Congratulations, you chose the right podcast.
0:07.4	I'm Athenica Venue and this is Comedy of the Week from BBC Radio for the freshest,
0:12.5	funniest comedy delivered straight to your ears.
0:15.2	This is what you were looking for, right?
0:17.4	Oh, you wanted Radio 5 live.
0:20.2	Thought you could have a conversation on the Premier League.
0:22.5	Too late now, just stuck with me.
0:24.6	Here's this week's show.
0:25.8	I'm Stephen Mangon, welcome to the confessional, the show that couldn't care less about our
0:29.4	guest new album, but is very curious about the time they stole an old one.
0:34.0	Here in the virtual confession booth, my guest will divulge three things about themselves
0:38.6	that they'd rather not admit.
0:40.5	After all, what better way to get to know someone than to discover their sins.
0:44.8	And even if that's nonsense, it's definitely more fun.
0:47.9	My guest is an actor, singer and author, who was born on 22nd of February 1933, making her
0:54.2	89 right now.
0:56.2	She's an OBE, CBE, DBE, who's appeared on the BBC ITV and countless DVDs.
1:03.0	She's a Hancock nominated for a Tony, but she's no Tony Hancock, she's a Sheila.
1:08.0	Welcome Sheila Hancock.
1:09.0	Thank you.
1:10.0	Sheila, Quakers, do they confess?
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