The Sarah Millican Television Programme
- TV stand-up
- BBC Two
- 2012 - 2013
- 20 episodes (3 series)
TV series in which Sarah Millican delivers stand-up comedy inspired by what she has seen on television, and interviews her favourite presenters. Stars Sarah Millican.
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Audio: Millican surprised at what she can get away with
Award-winning comedian Sarah Millican has admitted she is surprised with how much she has been able to get away with on her first television show.
Speaking to Mark Lawson on BBC Radio 4's Front Row, she said she knew she would have to clean up her risqué comedy to transfer it to TV, but said she did not have to tone it down as much as she thought.
Millican also spoke of her "irritation" at audience members filming her stand-up shows.
Mark Lawson, BBC News, 28th February 2012There aren't enough female comics on TV
This is a critical year for BBC comedy, when it will finally seek to address previous failings in giving a television platform to the funniest women in Britain. The track record is poor. It's now 35 years since Victoria Wood made her breakthrough on That's Life.
Ian Burrell, The Independent, 13th February 2012BBC Two confirms Sarah Millican Show commission
Stand-up comedian Sarah Millican is to host her own series for BBC Two, it has been confirmed.
British Comedy Guide, 13th October 2011