Inseriesone,BarbarafromBlackpoolrealisedherdreamandbecameTVcomedystar,SophieStraw,thenation’sfavourite.Inseriestwo,Sophiefindsoutthat‘havingavoice’(🏸)doesn’tmeanitwillbeheardandthatfameisaficklefriend.
Fedupwithbeingthecomicmuseinoldschoolcomedyshows,Sophietriesherhandatarthousecinemahopingitwillbemoreprogressive–itisn’t!
Undeterred,Sophiedecidestocreateherowncomedyshowwhereshecantellauthenticstoriesinalltheirmessyandhilariousglory.She’sfoundhervoice,andnoonecanstopherusingit!Shelearnsthatthepowerisintheword.
FunnyWomanisproducedbyPotboilerandRebelParkProductions,inassociationwithSkyStudios.ExecutiveproducedbyNickHornby,GemmaArterton,AndreaCalderwood,GailEgan,JessicaParkerandJessicaMalik.