TY  - ADVS
AU  - Parker,Oliver
AU  - Schlessinger,Paul
AU  - Williams,Ross
AU  - Banks,Morwenna
AU  - Hornby,Nick
AU  - Arterton,Gemma
AU  - Threlfall,David
AU  - Everett,Rupert
AU  - Ali,Arsher
AU  - Bateman,Tom
AU  - Bill,Leo
AU  - Ashitey,Clare-Hope
AU  - Davies,Alexa
AU  - Cavaliero,Rosie
AU  - Petrie,Alistair
AU  - Hornby,Nick
ED  - PBS Distribution (Firm),
TI  - Funny woman
SN  - 9781531716769
PY  - 2024///]
CY  - Arlington, VA
PB  - PBS
KW  - Women television personalities
KW  - Drama
KW  - Youth
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Popular culture
KW  - History
KW  - Television comedies
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Historical television programs
KW  - Video recordings for the hearing impaired
KW  - Fiction television programs
N1  - Based on the novel Funny girl by Nick Hornby; Originally broadcast as single episodes of a television program in 2023; Wide screen; Director, Oliver Parker; Gemma Arterton, David Threlfall, Rupert Everett, Arsher Ali, Tom Bateman, Matthew Beard, Leo Bill, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Alexa Davies, Rosie Cavaliero, Alistair Petrie, Morwenna Banks; Rating: TV 14
N2  - It's the height of the swinging 60s and Barbara Parker has just been crowned Miss Blackpool but there's got to be more to life than being a beauty queen in a seaside town, right? She wants to be someone. The bright lights of London are calling, and our determined hero sets off to find out who that someone is. The London she encounters is not as quite as swinging as the one she'd read about and seen on TV. However, after a series of setbacks, Barbara finds herself in unfamiliar territory--an audition for a TV comedy show. Barbara's uncompromising northern wit proves to be the X-factor that the show has been missing. She gets the part and becomes part of a groundbreaking new sitcom. Being a woman in a largely male environment has its own challenges, but as Barbara "finds her funny" she re-defines the prevailing attitude to funny women--and in the process, reinvents herself
ER  -