Kerry's List
- Radio sketch show / sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 2013 - 2014
- 10 episodes (2 series)
Radio 4 comedy about the mania of having a to-do list whilst being a busy mother, co-written by and starring Kerry Godliman. Stars Kerry Godliman, Ben Abell, Melissa Bury, David Pusey, Bridget Christie and more.
Press clippings
Kerry's List, the second series of Kerry Godliman's affable Radio 4 comedy, uses an outside production house [rather than the BBC], and I'm glad to hear it. Godliman's funniness is in her and her everyday life; it would be awful if she were made to be proper. Last week, her impression of Jamie Oliver ("Kick it in the nuts with a bag of turmeric!") made me really laugh; as did her ranting about wanting to have a mad house party to her husband, when he just wanted her to pass him a spanner so he could mend the washing machine.
Each show is based around Godliman's to-do list for the week, which might include things such as "organise photos, sharpen pencils, move house... Superglue, catflap, grout". These lists are not only familiar to all of us, they provide a structure to each show; a neat structure, but flexible enough to include flashbacks and phone-calls and scenes with short-sighted opticians as well as a bit of Godliman's stand-up. She has some great lines ("Isn't 'we need more space' just one of those things people say when they can't be arsed to tidy up?") and her on-air character doesn't feel too far away from her real character, which gives the whole show a natural, naturally funny air. I like it a lot.
Miranda Sawyer, The Observer, 25th October 2014Kerry Godliman interview
Kerry Godliman charts her rise from stand-up to her own Radio 4 show - via Ricky Gervais.
Liz Hoggard, The Observer, 28th April 2013