About Sarah Millican

Since winning the 2008 if.comedy Best Newcomer Award for her debut solo show Sarah Millican’s Not Nice at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Sarah is fast on her way to becoming a household name. A consummate live performer, she has notched up a number of appearances on top comedy shows including Mock the Week, Michael Mcintyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Have I Got News For You, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Live at the Apollo and The Bubble. In addition, Sarah has written and recorded her own Radio 4 series, Sarah Millican’s Support Group and can also be heard as a regular guest on the new Radio 5 Live series 7 Day Sunday.

After two critically acclaimed, sell out Edinburgh Fringe runs in 2008/9, Sarah will return to Edinburgh in August this year with a brand new show before embarking on her first national tour, entitled Chatterbox. On top of all this Sarah has recently completed her second run at the annual Melbourne Comedy Festival, where she received a nomination for the prestigious Barry Award in 2009.

Awards

• Nominee: Best Female TV Comic, The British Comedy Awards 2010
• Nominee: Best Female Comedy Breakthrough Artist, The British Comedy Awards 2010
• Nominee: Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award 2010
• Winner: Chortle Awards Best Headliner 2010
• Nominee: Barry Award, Melbourne Comedy Festival 2009
• Winner: Chortle Awards Breakthrough Act 2009
• Winner: if. Comedy Best Newcomer 2008
• Winner: Best Breakthrough act, North-West Comedy Awards 2006
• Nominee: Chortle Awards Best Newcomer 2006
• Winner: Amused Moose Comedy Awards 2005
• Runner Up: BBC New Comedy Awards 2005
• Runner Up: So You Think You're Funny 2005
• Runner Up: Funny Women 2005

Television

• QI (BBC2, 2011)
• Ruth Jones Summer Special 2011
• King Of (C4, 2011)
• Marriage Ref (ITV, 2011)
• Channel 4’s Comedy Gala (C4, 2011)
• The Apprentice: You're Fired (BBC 2010, 2011)
• The One Show (BBC 2011)
• Lee Mack's All Star Cast (BBC 2011)
• The Royal Variety Performance (BBC1, 2010)
• The Graham Norton Show (guest) (BBC1, 2011)
• Loose Women (regular panelist) (ITV1, 2010-11)
• Michael Mcintyre’s Comedy Roadshow (BBC1, 2009, 2010)
• Odd One In (ITV1 2010, 2011)
• Dave's One Night Stand (Dave 2010)
• Stand and Deliver (RTE 2010)
• You Have Been Watching (C4, 2009, 2010)
• Frank Skinner’s Opinionated (BBC2, 2010, 2011)
• The Bubble (BBC2, 2010)
• Mock the Week (BBC 2, 2009, 2010)
• Live at the Apollo (BBC1, 2010)
• Would I Lie to You? (BBC1, 2010, 2011)
• Argumental (Dave, 2010)
• Walk on the Wild Side (voiceover, various) (BBC 1, 2009, 2010)
• The Culture Show (BBC 2, 2009)
• Have I Got News For You (BBC1, 2008, 2010)
• The Secret Policeman’s Ball for Amnesty, (Royal Albert Hall, Channel 4, 2008)
• 8 Out Of 10 Cats (Channel 4, 2008, 2010, 2011)
• The Comedy Store (Paramount Comedy, 2008)
• Comedy Shuffle (BBC3, 2007)
• Rhod Gilbert’s Big Welsh Joke (BBC2 Wales, 2007)

Radio

• I've Never Seen Star Wars (BBC 2011)
• News Quiz (BBC 2011)
• Sarah Millican’s Support Group (BBC R4, 2010)
• 7 Day Sunday (BBC R5 Live, 2010)
• Jason Manford and Friends (BBC R2, 2009)
• 4 Stands Up (BBC R4, 2009)
• Act Your Age (BBC R4, 2008)
• Loose Ends (BBC R4, 2008)
• Keep Your Chins Up (pilot for BBC R4, 2008)
• Des Clarke’s Friday Feeling (BBC Radio Scotland, 2008)
• The Rhod Gilbert Radio Show (BBC Radio Wales, 2006, 2008)

Live

• Sarah Millican: Thoroughly Modern Millican (Edinburgh Festival, 2011 then National Tour 2011/2012)
• Sarah Millican: Chatterbox (Edinburgh Festival, 2010 then National Tour 2010)
• Sarah Millican: Typical Woman (Edinburgh Festival, 2009)
• Sarah Millican’s Not Nice (Edinburgh Festival, 2008)
• Reginald D Hunter’s ‘Pride, Prejudice & Niggers’ National tour - support (2007)