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I got into stand-up to get on a sitcom.
"I always thought that if I could get on a sitcom as maybe the wacky neighbor, that would be pretty incredible".
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It still feels really small — and then every few months another person gets on a sitcom".
Yes, she's had a remarkable career and a particularly good year (with her turn as a geriatric nurse in Getting On a must-see sitcom performance), but it sometimes feels like her shadow looms too large over perceptions of women in stand-up.
Getting On, an NHS-based sitcom starring former psychiatric nurse Jo Brand, was a satirical treat.
Working on an indie feature like Astraea gave me much more time and freedom as an actor to explore, make discoveries, take chances, and in general work at a deeper level than you get to on a big budget sitcom.
The advice he gave me, and I say this jokingly, is 'Get on one of the best sitcoms of all time and then ride it out.'".
And will fame get us a sitcom?
When the Church Of England introduced ordination of women in 1992, it took Richard Curtis just two years to get a sitcom on to BBC1 based on it.
He starred in two series, Pardon My Genie, for Thames in 1972, and Can We Get On Now, Please?, a legal sitcom with Sheila Steafel, for Granada in 1980.
For as long as it lasts it'll be just another sitcom about friends who get on one another's nerves, and ours too.
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