A Funny Kind Of...
- Radio chat show / stand-up
- BBC Radio Scotland
- 2014 - 2017
- 13 episodes (5 series)
Julia Sutherland introduces and talks to stand-up comedians who look for laughs in some of life's darker places.
Episode menu
Funny Kind Of Family, Episode 2
Further details
Deborah Frances White is a successful writer and comedian based in London and she has always known that she was adopted at birth. With the advent of the internet she was able to find her biological mother and shares her story of meeting her new family for the first time on the other side of the world.
Ashley Storrie is the daughter of another stand-up comedian, and with an autistic father and a family with a broad criminal history, growing up the same as "normal" families would was never going to happen. She tells us of the normality of being surrounded by secrets and surreptitious movements, whilst coping with the troubles that every teenager faces growing up.
Closing the show Nat Luurtsema tells her true story of her traumatic relationship breakup and subsequently having to move back in with her parents at 28. She discovers that whilst she has grown up and changed, her parents haven't realised. The troubles of being independent whilst living under their roof are apparent and lead to some hilarious circumstances.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 27th March 2015
- Time
- 1:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio Scotland
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
---|---|---|
Saturday 28th March 2015 | 11:30am | Radio Scot |
Friday 8th July 2016 | 1:30pm | Radio Scot |
Saturday 9th July 2016 | 11:30am | Radio Scot |
Cast & crew
Julia Sutherland | Host / Presenter |
Deborah Frances-White | Guest |
Ashley Storrie | Guest |
Nat Luurtsema | Guest |