Urban Myths: When Joan Kissed Barbra
- TV comedy drama
- Sky Arts
- 2020
- 1 episode
Comedy based on Joan Rivers's recollections of a play she starred in with Barbra Streisand. Also features Katherine Ryan, Jessica Barden, Laurie Kynaston, Debbie Chazen, Ed Gaughan and more.
Press clippings
Review: Urban Myths
Sue Perkins wrote and directed the short, giving us a convincing portrait of a young woman who didn't know yet how talented she was.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 15th October 2020Urban Myths review
A funny, fizzing kiss-and-tell tale of two divas.
Carol Midgley, The Times, 15th October 2020Urban Myths: When Joan Kissed Barbra review
Katherine Ryan's acerbic stand-up has been compared to Joan Rivers so often that it was surely a no-brainer to cast her as the younger version of her comedy hero.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 14th October 2020Sue Perkins interview
The comedian and presenter on dealing with nerves, Bake Off and why she's made a drama about Joan Rivers and Barbra Streisand.
Kate Kellaway, The Observer, 11th October 2020Urban Myths Series 4 line-up revealed
Series 4 of Sky Arts' Urban Myths will feature stories about Les Dawson; Joan Rivers and Barbra Streisand; Jimi Hendrix; and Orson Welles.
British Comedy Guide, 13th February 2020