Women Talking About Cars
- Radio chat show
- BBC Radio 4
- 2016 - 2018
- 12 episodes (3 series)
Victoria Coren Mitchell interviews a series of female comics about their lives - through cars. Also features Josette Simon and Morwenna Banks.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 2 - Olivia Colman
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 7th December 2016
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
- Recorded
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- Friday 2nd December 2016, 19:15 at BBC Radio Theatre
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
---|---|---|
Wednesday 14th December 2016 | 7:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
Wednesday 14th December 2016 | 5:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Wednesday 14th December 2016 | 10:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Thursday 15th December 2016 | 5:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
Wednesday 15th July 2020 | 6:30pm | Radio 4 |
Wednesday 22nd July 2020 | 7:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
Wednesday 22nd July 2020 | 5:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Wednesday 22nd July 2020 | 10:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Thursday 23rd July 2020 | 5:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
Wednesday 25th January 2023 | 7:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
Wednesday 25th January 2023 | 12:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Wednesday 25th January 2023 | 5:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Thursday 26th January 2023 | 2:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
Cast & crew
Victoria Coren Mitchell | Host / Presenter |
Josette Simon | Narrator |
Olivia Colman | Guest |
Gareth Edwards | Producer |
Press
Of all the formats BBC radio employs to ensure that you're never more than half an hour away from hearing the same two-dozen comics and presenters chatting companionably with each other, Women Talking About Cars is one of the easiest to forgive. In this episode presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell takes Olivia Colman through all the cars she has owned or driven in her life. These include her early Morris Minor, which she named Moomin. She claims to have fixed the rotor arm of said vehicle with nail varnish, which can't be in the manuals. What's valuable is the light shed on aspects of her life that have nothing to do with cars, such as the fact that even Colman, seemingly one of the most in-demand actors in the UK, can expect to be out of work for half of the year.
David Hepworth, The Observer, 4th December 2016