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Hannah Gadsby: Arts Clown

Hannah Gadsby: Arts Clown

  • Radio stand-up
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2015
  • 4 episodes (1 series)

Hannah Gadsby presents a stand-up show based on her successful one-woman comedy art shows. Also features John Lloyd.

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Key details

Genre
Stand-Up
Broadcast
2015
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
4 (1 series)
Stars
Hannah Gadsby and John Lloyd
Writer
Hannah Gadsby
Producer
Claire Jones
Company

Australian comedian and art history expert Hannah Gadsby comes to Radio 4 with a series based on her hugely successful one-woman comedy art shows.

Each comedy lecture focuses on a 'masterpiece' from a particular era.

Born in Tasmania, Hannah's first artistic encounters were through books. These taught her the language of art appreciation but also legitimised her desire to look at female nudes. This was just as well, as Hannah realised in her teens that she was gay even though homosexuality was illegal in her homeland at the time.

Hannah Gadsby is assisted in this series by her very own Quotebot, who sounds remarkably like comedy legend and all-round boffin John Lloyd, who has been inputted with every quote that's ever been written about art.

Additional details

Also known as
  • Hannah Gadsby Speaks From Her Art (Working title)
Production
Studio

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Wednesday 4th March 2015 at 11pm on BBC Radio 4
Most recent repeats
  • Friday 24th February 2023 at 11:00pm on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 4
  • Friday 17th February 2023 at 11:00pm on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 3
  • Friday 10th February 2023 at 11:00pm on Radio 4 Extra - Episode 2

Recording details

  • BBC Radio Theatre - Recorded 20th and 27th September 2014

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