
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 2020
- Channel
- Sky Arts
- Episodes
- 1
- Starring
- Katherine Ryan, Jessica Barden, Laurie Kynaston, Debbie Chazen, Ed Gaughan, Linal Haft and Joe Gallina
- Writer
- Sue Perkins
- Director
- Sue Perkins
- Producers
- Amber Howorth and Heather Greenwood
This episode is based on Joan Rivers's recollections of a play she starred in with Barbra Streisand. Streisand has remained tight-lipped about the whole experience.
A sixteen-year-old Barbra Streisand is in rehearsals for Driftwood, an off-Broadway play, when a woman, dressed head to toe in fur, bursts through the door. She's Joan Molinsky, although the world will soon come to know her as Joan Rivers.
Joan is failing as a club comic and wants to turn her hand to more serious artistic pursuits. Unfortunately, the only part available is 'Man in Black', which Joan blithely demands is gender-swapped to 'Woman in Black'. Joan hasn't bothered to read the play, and therefore doesn't realise that the 'Woman in Black' and Barbra's character, Lorna, have a love scene together.
- Part of
- Production company
- Also known as
- When Barbra Kissed Joan (Working title)
- Laugh track
- None
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Wednesday 14th October 2020 on Sky Arts at 10pm
- Episode length
- 30 minutes
- Last repeat
- Sunday 20th December 2020 at 4:30am