Angela Barnes: You Can't Take It With You
- Radio stand-up
- BBC Radio 4
- 2016 - 2019
- 8 episodes (2 series)
Radio 4 stand-up series based on the hit 2014 Edinburgh Fringe show by Angela Barnes. Stars Angela Barnes.
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 1 - Domestic Bliss
Further details
Award-winning comedian and super-sharp everywoman Angela Barnes tackles life and love and, with the help of the audience, packs herself a fantasy coffin.
In part a tribute to Angela's beloved late father - a larger-than-life, gregarious character he was a sex shop manager, naturist, and a big fan of caravans and pranks - Angela celebrates his carpe diem approach to life, and his motto: You Can't Take It With You.
When her father died very suddenly in 2008, Angela and her family proved him wrong and stuffed his coffin with sentimental keepsakes for his final journey. Angela now does the very same thing, nominating objects that she would choose to send on with her as mementos of her life, and asking the audience to share items they would take with them, all acting as prompts for contemplative, heartwarming and captivating comedy.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 2nd January 2019
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes