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The Change. Linda (Bridget Christie)
The Change

The Change

  • TV sitcom
  • Channel 4
  • 2023
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Comedy about a menopausal mother of two looking to claim her own identity back. Stars Bridget Christie, Susan Lynch, Monica Dolan, Tanya Moodie, Jim Howick and more.

  • Due to return for Series 2

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The Change. Image shows left to right: Carmel (Monica Dolan), Agnes (Susan Lynch), Linda (Bridget Christie), Linda (Tanya Moodie)

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
2023
Channel
Channel 4
Episodes
6 (1 series)
Creator
Bridget Christie
Stars
Bridget Christie, Susan Lynch, Monica Dolan, Tanya Moodie, Jim Howick, Paul Whitehouse, Jerome Flynn, Omid Djalili and more
Writers
Bridget Christie and Phil Bowker
Directors
Al Campbell and Mackenzie Crook
Producers
Lisa Mitchell, Bridget Christie, Nerys Evans, Morwenna Gordon and Cheryl Davies-Keatley
Company

Linda, a 50-year-old working class married mother of two, is having an existential crisis. Who is she? What is she? Is this it? Convinced she's got early onset dementia after forgetting what a shoe is called, Linda's GP informs her it is, in fact, the menopause. Feeling invigorated and empowered by this information, Linda decides to claw back some of the time she's spent doing 'invisible work' over the years (not all 3.5 million minutes, just 131,500 of them) to do something for herself... for a change.

Dusting off her old Triumph motorbike that she hasn't ridden in 30 years, Linda sets off alone to the spectacular wilderness of The Forest of Dean - in search of an identity, a purpose, and tree she climbed as a child. Along the way she meets an array of eccentric locals, including the infamous Eel Sisters, an angry local radio presenter and a mysterious man who lives in the woods with a wild boar. What could possibly go wrong?

Catch-up

Additional details

Production
Location
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour
Soundtrack
Pre-title music is Gravity by Fixed Horizon. The closing credit song is Hares On The Mountain, arranged and performed by Shirley Collins and Ian Kearey.

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Wednesday 21st June 2023 at 10pm on Channel 4
Most recent repeats
  • Wednesday 12th July 2023 at 2:20am on C4 - Episode 6
  • Wednesday 12th July 2023 at 1:55am on C4 - Episode 5
  • Wednesday 5th July 2023 at 2:25am on C4 - Episode 4

Recording details

  • Chepstow - Village scenes (Link)
  • Forest of Dean - Forest scenes

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