Sarah Millican

Sarah Millican: Black Mirror stays with you

I knew that episode one of series two of Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror was going to be creepy because I watched the trailer and "ooh"-ed and clapped.

Sarah Millican's Comic Relief challenge

Sarah Millican hopes to raise £1m for Comic Relief this year - with the help of her Twitter followers.

10 years of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival

Joan Rivers, Kevin Bridges, Frankie Boyle and Sarah Millican among the highlights of the last decade.

Stand-up on TV is one thing, but live is something else

"The first half of the set was delivered to complete silence. Then something happened... it was like someone had injected Dairy Milk into my face"

I wish My Mad Fat Diary existed when I was younger

"My Mad Fat Diary depicts what Hollyoaks does not. That different is hard, but ultimately best."

Mumsy comedian Sarah Millican brings her surprisingly filthy brand of humour to bear on this mix of chat and stand-up. Tonight Millican is joined by Noel Edmonds, who discusses the intricacies of long-running game show Deal or No Deal. Magician Pete Firman completes the line-up, and teaches Millican some tricks of the trade.

Thank heaven for The Sarah Millican Television Programme (BBC2), proof that you don't have to be really horrid to be funny. Good jokes, quick wit, timing, a bunch of bawdiness, that all helps ... though speaking dead funny is obviously the main thing.

Not that it's over-cosy. "On a scale of one to 10, how creepy is [Andrew Lloyd Webber] in person?" she asks Melanie "Singy Spice" C. (Mel C unfortunately is a very dull guest and gives only asinine, on-message answers.)

I'm not sure about Sarah M's impressions - either of Nigella L or of a wolf. That's a bichon frisé isn't it? (I've just learned that one, I'm trying to get him in a lot.) Brilliant idea for a talent reality show, though Sarah - Dances with (actual) Wolves.

As for the voice, I started wondering if you slowed Millican down to about half speed (like when batteries used to run down on tape recorders), whether she would turn into Brendan Foster off the Olympics. So I did. I even learned the Garage Band programme on the computer especially, took me ages. And you know what? She doesn't. She just sounds like Sarah Millican, after a few drinks and a sex change.

Sarah Millican: I hope my bullies have their TVs on

Sarah Millican has had the last laugh on bullies who made her life hell by declaring: "I hope they've all got their tellies on now."

Women in comedy: there's quite a few of them now

From Alice Lowe's much-touted role in Sightseers to Sarah Millican's flagship position for comedy on BBC Two, every woman on the list seems to have risen to a place in the industry better reflecting their talents.