Bridget Christie

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Previews of Katherine Ryan, Holly Burn and Bridget Christie.

Review: Political Animal

Is it possible to have too much politics at a satirical show? That thought lodged in my brain half-way through Political Animal, which featured Andy Zaltzman, Bridget Christie, Chris Coltrane and Francesca Martinez.

Bridget Christie set herself the task of making feminism funny (because "last year misogyny, like shiny leggings, made an unexpected comeback"). It's a tough gig. Christie was charming and balanced a fine line between polemicist and standup, but the material felt at times too obvious. Maybe I'm too jaded. Or maybe 11pm on a Thursday is a bizarre slot to sell this in. I just ended up wanting to like the show much more than I had.

Review: Bridget Christie; Our Woman in Norton Tripton

Radio 4's dearth of good comedy is no joke - as these latest offerings from Bridget Christie and Jenny Eclair show.

Bridget Christie trying hard to make feminism funny

In Bridget Christie's new BBC Radio 4 series she attempts to make modern feminism joyous and funny. Katy Brand interviews her friend and fellow comedian about her latest challenge and the pitfalls of 'going mainstream', in this special Paper Tiger column to mark International Women's Day.

From the moment comedian Bridget Christie announces herself as an ideal woman for Islamic fundamentalists - "I haven't had an education and you can't see me" - the polemical tone of her act is made clear. And she does not fail to deliver, in either sabre-toothed satire on a society that thinks feminism is a dirty word or in above-and-below the belt punches at the violence, abuse and misogyny women experience around the world.

Fellow comedian Fred MacAulay plays all the male and one of the female characters needed to illustrate her points. Her husband gets some revealing shots fired at him, too, but as he is Stewart Lee he can probably handle it.

Bridget Christie: fun, feminism and the wind of change

With a radio show and TV roles coming up, it's time to get to know Bridget Christie.

Comedian Bridget Christie noticed last year that misogyny was back. Then she realised it had never gone away, as her mother could have told her. But, the BBC is sensitive to such fluctuations in gender recognition so she now has a four-part series to elaborate on her theory. To start, she asks why feminism became a dirty word (I'd say around the time of the arrival of The Spice Girls) and whether the modern British woman needs it. Oh come on, Bridget. Just because you can get a mortgage doesn't mean a single women could 40 years ago.

My Edinburgh: Bridget Christie, comedian

The Edinburgh Fringe is the best arts festival in the world. Performers from all over the globe stage over 2,000 shows every day for a month. But my favourite thing to do is to eat four pickled eggs in a row and some chips on a bench on The Royal Mile. Not when the fourth one has gone off though, like last year.

Interview: Bridget Christie - First and last

Surrealist comedian on Buckingham Palace, Pot Noodle and outwitting your children.