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Great LivesComedian Helen Lederer on Joan RiversBorn Joan Molinsky in 1933, Joan Rivers shot to fame on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, who she later infuriated by hosting a late night chat show of her own. Comedian and writer Helen Lederer, author of Not That I Am Bitter, picks Joan for her fearless ability to take on the men, particularly those who interviewed her. "In 1984 I went to see an Audience with Joan Rivers, and she was like this angel with blonde hair and glitter ... with gags, with content, ferocious, aggressive, intelligent."Joining the discussion from New York is the critic...
2026-02-1027 min
The Friendship FileENCORE! Helen and TonyThe world became a less funny place when it lost the comedy genius of Tony Slattery in January 2025. He is deeply missed - especially by his friend of 41 years, Helen Lederer. This is another chance to rejoice in their friendship that dealt with everything including - literally - the kitchen sink. Why did he send her bouquet saying 'whoops'? Why did she ask everyone at her party for Germolene? Why did they play tennis on a hotel roof in Egypt? And who actually dropped the vase on Going for A Song? Helen is currently playing Mrs...
2025-08-2024 min
The God Cast - Religion - Football - Comedy - Music - Politics - Celebrities with Fr Alex FrostFawlty Towers, The Young Ones, The Pilgrimage, star Helen Lederer - The God Cast InterviewHELEN LEDERERFull BiographyME ME ME ME ME and also….MEHelenStar swirlOn BBC radio she has written and performed her own comedy series ‘Life with Lederer’ and ‘All Change’ as well as being a panellist on shows such as ‘The News Quiz’, ‘Just a Minute’, ‘Quote...Unquote’, ‘A Good Read’, ‘Open Book’ and ‘Woman’s Hour’. A columnist for Woman&Home, she is currently guest columnist for i newspaper and ‘Funny old world’ in Woman’s Weekly as well as writing for The Mail on Sunday, The Express and The Daily Telegraph. She has a weekly humour column in Best Magazine. Theatre work includes ‘Educating...
2025-08-1825 min
How to have Extraordinary RelationshipsS3 - Not That I'm Bitter | Helen LedererHelen Margaret Lederer (born 24 September 1954 is a British comedian, writer and actress who emerged as part of the alternative comedy boom at the beginning of the 1980s. Among her television credits are the BBC2 sketch series Naked Video and BBC One's Absolutely Fabulous, in which she played the role of Catriona.In 2015, her comedy novel Losing It was published by Pan Macmillan It was nominated for the P.G. Wodehouse Comedy Literary Award and the Edinburgh Book Festival First Book Award.She recently released a biography, " Not That I'm Bitter" she wanted people t...
2025-08-0548 min
Radio OldieHelen Lederer in conversation with Harry MountHelen Lederer tells Harry Mount about a life in comedy.A stand-up comedian at the Comedy Store, she has starred with Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Ben Elton and the late Rik Mayall, . And she excelled as Catriona, the dim Sloane in Absolutely Fabulous.
2025-07-2839 min
Telling Tinder Tales - dating and romance stories from around the worldLonely Hearts, and A Hollywood Love Story #21In this funny and feel-good episode of Telling Tinder Tales, hosts Chris O'Neill and Thomasin Lockwood welcome two fantastic guests: actress, comedian, and writer Helen Lederer, and marketing exec Dunstan Kesseler.Helen kicks things off with a wonderfully awkward Lonely Hearts dating story from the pre-Tinder era—complete with a Guardian newspaper, an uncomfortably long hand-holding session, and a wife. She shares the kind of tale only she could: self-deprecating, sharp, and filled with charm.Then, Dunstan brings the unexpected: a wild night out in LA involving tequila, Big Wangs (yes, the bar), a Drew Ba...
2025-07-0929 min
Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIBRupert Everett, Gelong Thubten and Helen Lederer - Boswell Book FestivalIn today's edition of Read On, we're on location at Dumfries House at this year's Boswell Book Festival.Robert Kirkwood chats to Hollywood Icon Rupert Everett about his book, The American No, Buddhist monk, meditation teacher and author Gelong Thubten tells us about his Handbook for Hard Times and comedian Helen Lederer tells us about her memoir, Not That I'm Bitter. Plus in the spirit of the festival we find some new biographies in the RNIB Library.
2025-07-0457 min
Saturday LiveAshley Walters, Rhys Darby, Helen Lederer, Georgia MannAshley Walters, the powerhouse actor, producer and rapper, who’s delivered unforgettable performances in Top Boy and the recent global Netflix hit Adolescence, his memoir unveils a tapestry of his inner workings, woven with candour and introspection.Rhys Darby is one of New Zealand’s finest comedy exports. Famous for his boundless curiosity and for blending quirky wit and brilliance he’ll tell us about being a real-life soldier and on-screen pirate. Plus his current stand-up tour. And Helen Lederer joins us. The actor-writer-comedian who is busy rehearsing for her performance in Fawlty Towers on stage...
2025-05-311h 01
The Inkspot Podcast6: OG Female Comedian, Helen LedererIn this engaging conversation, Helen Lederer discusses her memoir 'Not That I'm Bitter', reflecting on her journey in comedy, the significance of authenticity, and the challenges faced by women in comedy. She shares insights on the evolution of comedy, the impact of the woke movement, and her initiatives to support women writers through Comedy Women in Print. The discussion also touches on personal growth, future aspirations, and the joy of connecting through humor.Books mentioned in this episode:Not That I'm Bitter: https://amzn.to/45h55MwInkspot Publishing receives a commission for...
2025-05-2041 min
History Book ClubWW2 Family History and the 1980s with Helen LedererToday’s guest is Helen Lederer, actress, comedian, writer and the author of Not That I’m Bitter, her life’s memoir which includes the 1980s comedy scene, and her family story during the Second World War which we’re going to talk about today.Helen Lederer LinksNot That I’m BitterMy IWM: Helen Lederer - Aspects of HistoryAspects of History LinksLatest Issue out - Annual Subscription to Aspects of History Magazine only $9.99/£9.99Ollie on XAspects of History on InstagramGet in...
2025-04-1243 min
Best Magazine UK: Suddenly SingleSuddenly Single with... Helen Lederer (Best Magazine)Absolutely Fabulous star Helen Lederer talks about surviving divorce, meeting the love of her life, and why socks and sandals are the key to healing a broken heart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-03-2529 min
Woman's HourWeekend Woman’s Hour: National Care Service, Miranda Hart on walking, Parenting adult children, Beth Moran on fosteringThe Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting, has proposed "a new National Care Service", as part of the government's plan to shake-up adult social care with increased funding and an independent commission headed by crossbench peer Baroness Louise Casey. As adult social care is a predominantly female work force - and women make up the majority of people carrying out unpaid caring responsibilities - what impact could these changes have? Kylie Pentelow was joined by Melanie Williams, President of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and Helen Walker, Chief Executive of Carers UK.
2025-01-0454 min
You're BookedHelen Lederer Live at the Margate Bookie - You're BookedChristmas has come early! And do we have a festive treat for you! It's a funny, thrilling and thorough chat with returning champ Helen Lederer! We visited Helen's home back in 2019, but now she's coming to us, visiting the prestigious Margate Bookie book festival in front of an ecstatic audience. We talked to her about her legendary comedy career (including the people she got off with), the game-changing Comedy Women in Print Prize that she instigated, her hilarious books Losing It and Not That I'm Bitter, the mindbending experience that was Celebrity Big Brother and almost getting a tattoo...
2024-12-1845 min
Spill The SpiritualityHelen Lederer - How to not stay bitter and trying to meet boys at churchHey Y'allHope & Anchor here with another episode for you on this glorious day!On this episode, we have the incredible Helen Lederer joining us. Helen Lederer is a British comedian, writer and actress who emerged as part of the alternative comedy boom at the beginning of the 1980s. She is unbelievably witty and real. We chat about what it's like to have an atheist father, trying not to be bitter and the secrets behind the comedy industry for woman in the 80's. If this episode doesn't make you giggle we don't know w...
2024-09-0549 min
Radio OldieOldie Literary Lunch Recording - Helen Lederer on Not That I'm BitterAbsolutely Fabulous Helen Lederer spoke The Oldie Literary Lunch on 13th August 2024 about her biography Not That I'm Bitter. The audience was in stitches as she spoke candidly about sex, fame and being a woman. The lunch was kindly sponsored by Charles Stanley Wealth Managers. Photos by Amelia Milne and recordings by Tom Assheton.
2024-08-1516 min
The Scummy Mummies Podcast288: Comedy legend Helen LedererOur guest for this episode is the hilarious comedian Helen Lederer! We talk about how she helped pave the way for slags trying to be funny like us. She tells us what it was like to do stand-up in the eighties, alongside the likes of Ben Elton and Ellie's Dad, and we discuss what's changed since. Lederer tells us all about her brilliant book, Not That I'm Bitter, which is out now. She explains what it's like to write a memoir that's honest and funny without being mean, and we touch on some of the sexier bit...
2024-07-3045 min
A Life LivedTHE PUNK COMIC, RIK MAYALLHost Stephanie Okupniak talks with comedy legends Helen Lederer and Nigel Planer about pushing comedy boundaries on The Young Ones and Bottom with the punk rocker of comedy - Rik Mayall.
Helen Lederer's memoir Not That I'm Bitter is available to buy wherever online and in your favourite bookshop
Nigel Planer's book Jeremiah Bourne in Time is the first instalment of his Time Shard Chronicles trilogy and is available for purchase.
2024-07-2932 min
A Good ReadHelen Lederer and Ilaria BernardiniBOOKS:WISHFUL DRINKING by CARRIE FISHER
FORBIDDEN NOTEBOOK by ALBA DE CESPEDES
YELLOWFACE by REBECCA F KUANGHarriett's guests today are comedian and writer Helen Lederer known for so many roles including as Catrionia in Absolutely Fabulous. Recently she has published her memoir Not That I'm Bitter and set up the Comedy Writing In Print Prize. She has opted for the hugely witty and knowing memoir Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher detailing her tumultuous life as the child of two Hollywood stars who often couldn't separate fantasy from reality.
Ilaria Bernardini is an Italian novelist...
2024-07-1527 min
The Graham Norton Book ClubEp 2: Torrey Peters and Helen LedererGraham talks to Torrey Peters about her smash hit story of love, parenthood and trans life-choices, Detransition Baby and to Helen Lederer about her wry memoir, Not That I’m Bitter. Plus reading recommends, chart updates and, of course, our Clubbers deciding whether they’re going to play nicely or throw their toys out of the cot.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2024-06-2051 min
What Goes Around?S4E12 with Helen LedererOur guest today is a writer and actress who broke the mould as a stand up comedian in the first wave of Alternative comedy. Helen Lederer has appeared in some of the finest UK comedy shows over the last 40 years including Bottom, Absolutely Fabulous, Naked Video, French and Saunders, Girls On Top, The Young Ones and many, many more. She did stand up at a time when female comedians were few and far between and brightened up every single show she appeared in for decades. Helens new autobiography 'Not that I'm bitter' is a hilarious trip through accidents, apologies...
2024-06-201h 24
Full Disclosure with James O'BrienHelen Lederer: "I've never been on the winning team when it matters"Helen Lederer is a writer, actress and comedian. She began her career on the alternative comedy circuit, performing alongside many of today’s household names, and quickly landed roles in iconic sitcoms such as Absolutely Fabulous, Bottom and Girls on Top. Since then she’s appeared on TV and radio, written bestselling books and set up the Comedy Women in Print prize. Despite this, Helen admits she often struggles to believe in her own success. She tells James about her fascination with status and explains why she feels she has never quite made it to the top. Not...
2024-06-1448 min
How To Be 60 with Kaye AdamsHelen Lederer on Why She's Not Bitter and Finding the Funny in Life's ChallengesThis week on "How to be 60," Kaye and Karen are joined by the hilarious Helen Lederer. Best known for her iconic roles in British comedy, Helen shares her journey of embracing life in her 60s with a blend of humor and honesty. From her standout performances in "Absolutely Fabulous" to her adventures in writing, Helen reveals how she continues to find joy and creativity in this new chapter. Expect plenty of laughs, candid conversations, and insights on how to navigate aging with grace and a good dose of comedy. Helen's new book "Not That I'm Bitter" i...
2024-06-1443 min
The Brighton Book ClubBrighton Book Festival with Althea Woolf, Sheika Helawy, Taha Kehar, Helen Lederer and Roy McFarlaneOn the show today, we speak to co-director of Brighton Book Festival Althea Woolf, Sheika Helawy, Taha Kehar, Helen Lederer and Roy McFarlane.You can buy tickets from brightonbookfestival.co.uk and follow us on Instagram to find out more about the events spoken about in today’s show over at @btnbookclub.
2024-05-2500 min
The Shift with Sam BakerHelen Lederer on anxiety, failure & living an “alarmingly truthful” lifeMy guest today is the writer, actress and comedian Helen Lederer. Helen began as a stand-up comedian in the “comedy swamp” of the 1980s, where women were like hen’s teeth and rose to fame with her sloaney girl at the bar in the BBC Comedy ‘Naked video’. Then came Saturday Night Live, The Young Ones, French and Saunders and Bottom with Rik Mayall. But she’s probably best known as Catriona the dippy journalist in the TV series Absolutely Fabulous.It was after writing her first novel, Losing It, that Helen set up the Comedy W...
2024-05-2154 min
Hoovering with Jessica FostekewHoovering - Episode 263: Helen LedererWelcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Star of Ab Fab and Bottom turned author HELEN LEDERER and you have to grab her book NOT THAT I’M BITTERThis podcast is largely funded on PATREON where if you join up you’ll have access to masses to exclusive and advance content from guest recipes to personal mentions and one-to-one virtual meet ups with me.GET TICKETS NOW to see me on tour with my new show METTLE. DOWNLOAD or stream my last show WENCH. For my...
2024-05-1748 min
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP)RHLSTP Book Club 96 - Helen LedererBook Club #96 - Not That I'm Bitter - Richard talks to comedy legend Helen Lederer about her honest, hilarious and sad memoir, Not That I’m Bitter and the joy of hitting the middle, overcoming youthful ambition and envy, why she wanted to be candid about all aspects of her life and loves (which she definitely is), the difficulty of making it as a comedian, but with the extra difficulty of being a woman in a male dominated arena, but how too much success would have made this book impossible to write. Insecure, confident, fragile and strong - all the thi...
2024-05-1047 min
Iain Dale All Talk261. Helen LedererIain Dale interviews comedian and writer Helen Lederer about getting through rejection in her career, being honest on stage and the changing comedy landscape, as well as plenty of stories from her memoir NOT THAT I'M BITTER.Due to a technical issue, there is a very short period in the middle in which the sound quality changes. The discussion is such fun, we've left that bit in.
2024-05-0859 min
Quick Book Reviews with Philippa HallInterview with Helen LedererSpecial Friday Episode Interview with Helen Lederer about her new book Not That I’m BitterPLUS Helen recommends the following books:Big Girl, Small Town by Michelle GallenWahala by Nikki MayThe Book Of Witty Women - Collection of short stories for the Comedy Women In Print Prize Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-05-0327 min
The Friendship File2. Helen and TonyComedy legends Helen Lederer and Tony Slattery's 41-year friendship has dealt with everything including - literally - the kitchen sink. Why did he send her bouquet saying 'whoops'? Why did she ask everyone at her party for Germolene? Why did they play tennis on a hotel roof in Egypt? And who actually dropped the vase on Going for A Song? Find out in the first of our new series of irresistable friendships.Find details of Helen's brilliant memoir, Not That I'm Bitter here and her Comedy Women in Print book prize here.The...
2024-05-0124 min
Headliners with Nihal ArthanayakeHelen LedererComedian Helen Lederer on evolving attitudes toward neurodiversity, how alternative comedy has developed since the 1980s, and how her definition of happiness changes with age.Helen and Gordon also get into social media and entertainers' relationships with reviews, working with great comedians like Harry Enfield, and why her candid new memoir Not That I’m Bitter proves “you can be funny about sad things”.
2024-04-2654 min
Lights, Camera, Author!Lights, Camera, Author - Helen LedererAn interview with comedian Helen Lederer, author of "Not That I'm Bitter."
2024-04-2427 min
Loose EndsTim Peake, Helen Lederer, Phil Manzanera, Jess Fostekew, Michele Stodart and Geejay.The astronaut Tim Peake joins Clive to talk about life on and off Earth, and he's joined by the acclaimed guitarist Phil Manzanera who tells us about the astonishing life he led en route to joining Roxy Music.Helen Lederer discusses her new memoir and recalls formative days in The Comedy Store and Jess Fostekew talks footie in her new podcast.We've music from Michele Stodart and Geejay.Presented by Clive Anderson
Produced by Kevin Core
2024-04-2035 min
MUMBELIEVABLE with Sonia BeldomHelen Lederer is not bitter - about her MUMBELIEVABLE MumHelen Lederer has just released her memoir "Not That I'm Bitter" and as well as plugging the book (gently) Helen talks to Sonia about her mum and quizzes Sonia about her mum. Lederer is without doubt a leader in British comedy, being one of the first women to do stand-up in the 80's. She appeared in Absolutely Fabulous as Catriona and you've seen and heard her in a huge variety of shows on screen, on radio and on stage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-04-1730 min
Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith56. Helen LedererI get to interview someone I have been a fan of for years and years today - the brilliant and iconic Helen Lederer (Ledgenderer more like. It's going to catch on).I found the clip of her on Wogan that I mention in the intro. To make it even more enthralling, it's a real pleasure to see how confused Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan are by the whole thing. Forgot they were on the sofa too! Watch that here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIvbOA8XLgwWe talk about trying to phone...
2024-04-121h 04Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith56. Helen LedererI get to interview someone I have been a fan of for years and years today - the brilliant and iconic Helen Lederer (Ledgenderer more like. It's going to catch on).I found the clip of her on Wogan that I mention in the intro. To make it even more enthralling, it's a real pleasure to see how confused Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan are by the whole thing. Forgot they were on the sofa too! Watch that here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIvbOA8XLgwWe talk about trying to phone...
2024-04-121h 04
Access Unmissable Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & EntertainmentNot That I'm Bitter by Helen LedererPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/756974 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not That I'm Bitter Author: Helen Lederer Narrator: Helen Lederer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3 minutes Release date: April 11, 2024 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: ‘Helen Lederer is the third funniest woman in the world' – Dawn French What was it like as one of a handful of women at the heart of the right-on alternative comedy scene in the 1980s? Piece of cake? Bit of a laugh? Well, yes, and no. It had its ups – but also its downs. Helen Lederer was a regular on the stand-up circuit and new-wa...
2024-04-1103 min
Namaste Motherf**kersStill Crazy After All These Years with Helen LedererIn this episode Cally talks to Helen Lederer about comedy, television, shoplifting, vintage scarves, drama school, belonging, authenticity, anxiety, single parenting, Ben Elton, Billy Connolly, Big Brother and her memoir ‘Not That I’m Bitter’.Twitter: @helenledererInstagram: @helenledererHelen’s Memoir, Not That I’m BitterLink to Helen's blog Link to CWIPMore about CallyInstagram: @callybeatoncomedianTwitter: @callybeatonProduced by Mike Hanson for Pod People ProductionsTwitter: @podpeopleukInstagram: @podpeopleukMusic by Jake Yapp
2024-04-111h 04
Off Air with Jane & FiStapler to the stars (with Helen Lederer)Jane and Fi are back together and they're cracking into a bar of Milka, do excuse them... After that, they chat pickles, eclipses and ferry tours. They're joined by comedian Helen Lederer to discuss her new memoir 'Not That I'm Bitter'. Our next book club pick has been announced - A Dutiful Boy by Mohsin Zaidi.If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radioFollow us on Instagram! @janeandfi
2024-04-0840 min
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaJenny and Julie’s BBC Radio Dramas: On Baby Street, TwilightBaby.com and more by Julie Balloo, Jenny EclairPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/729832 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jenny and Julie’s BBC Radio Dramas: On Baby Street, TwilightBaby.com and more Author: Julie Balloo, Jenny Eclair Narrator: Linda Robson, Julie Balloo, Jenny Eclair, Graham Fellows, Ronni Ancona, Kevin Eldon, Claire Skinner, Kathy Burke, Paul Merton, Nicholas Parsons, Al Murray, Full Cast, Frances Barber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 42 minutes Release date: February 29, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A collection of comedies and dramas about modern women’s lives and loves, starring Jenny Eclair Jenny Eclair is one of Britain’s most-loved stand-up comedians, and the first woman...
2024-02-2905 min
Last WordMalcolm Mowbray, Victoria Amelina, Roger Lovegrove, Mavis CheekMatthew Bannister onMalcolm Mowbray, the British film director best known for making “A Private Function” - the comedy about wartime rationing starring Michael Palin and Maggie Smith. The film’s writer Alan Bennett pays tribute. Victoria Amelina, the Ukrainian novelist and war crimes researcher who was killed in a missile strike in Kramatorsk.Roger Lovegrove, the ornithologist who played a leading role in re-introducing red kites to the UK.Mavis Cheek, who wrote humorous novels about middle class marriage and relationships. We’re joined by her friend Helen Lederer.Interv...
2023-07-1427 min
Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIBFunny People Special (Part 2) Julian Clary, Helen Lederer, Eddie Izzard, Cariad Lloyd, Richard Herring and Limmy.Another listen back to some stand ups, comedy performers and funny people who've popped up over the years, this time with Julian Clary, Helen Lederer, Eddie Izzard, Cariad Lloyd, Richard Herring and Limmy.
2022-08-2657 min
Talking BottomHelen Lederer Interview (It‘s Lady Natasha Letitia Sarah Jane Wellesley Obstromsky Ponsonsky Smythe Smythe Smythe Smythe Smythe Oblomov Boblomov Dob!)This weeks guest is the First Lady of Bottom. She's a comedian, author and actor who was part of the Comedy Store scene and whose credits include The Young Ones, Absolutely Fabulous, Saturday Live, Girls on Top, One Foot in the Grave, Naked Video and Happy Families.
But Bottom fans know her best as Moldovan Princess Lady Natasha Letitia Sarah Jane Wellesley Obstromsky Ponsonsky Smythe Smythe Smythe Smythe Smythe Oblomov Boblomov Dob. It's Helen Lederer!
Helen tells us about her early years getting into acting and standup, working as a social worker, feeling like an...
2021-12-031h 27
The Divorce PodcastSeparation and co-parenting stories with actress Helen LedererIn this episode Kate is joined by Helen Lederer to discuss co-parenting and her life post-divorce.About the episode:In this episode, Helen and Kate discuss her divorce, being a single mother and how to 'get back on the horse' after breakups and separation. Please note: this episode was recorded before the introduction of no-fault divorce in England and Wales, and may mention the previous legal system. For accurate information on the legal process of divorce, please visit amicable.co.ukAbout our guests:Helen L...
2021-09-2935 min
Nick Helm and Nathaniel Metcalfe's Fan ClubEpisode 145 - Helen LedererThe latest member of Nick Helm and Nathaniel Metcalfe’s Fan Club is comedian, writer, and actress Helen Lederer
2021-08-061h 51
The Breakup Monologues with Rosie WilbyLive from Primadonna Festival - with Helen Lederer and Samantha BainesIn a live episode recorded at Primadonna Festival, Rosie looks to comedians and authors Helen Lederer and Samantha Baines for wedding advice. They discuss wedding dress fittings, cats, sorbet relationships, sexual explosions, Dawn French's matchmaking skills and sex in toilets, hot tubs and swimming pools. Rosie also has a lightbulb moment about why she's so fascinated by talking about breakups - if you document a relationship's ending, you acknowledge that it existed in the first place. Recorded at Primadonna Festival on 1 August 2021. You can now follow The Breakup Monologues on Instagram @breakupmonologues and buy The Breakup Monologues...
2021-08-0641 min
Belle Books & StoriesHelen Lederer - Losing ItWhat a great story - Helen's career from Naked Video to Bottom to Absolutely Fabulous.She's made so many of us laugh with her outstanding comedy performances and distinctive writing. Author of Losing It - a hilarious story with hints of Helen at every turn - it was nominated for a PG Wodehouse and Edinburgh Book Festival award. But Helen's not taking it easy. She started the Comedy Women in Print Awards to highlight great funny women writers and with Marian Keyes amongst other great judges, it's an enormous achievement. Check out www.comedywomeninprint.co.uk and...
2021-02-0933 min
Page One - The Writer's PodcastEp. 57 - Helen LedererHelen Lederer began her career in stand-up comedy at London’s famous Comedy Store, as part of the early 80s comedians including French & Saunders, Rik Mayall, Ade Edmonson and Harry Enfield and became famous for portraying Catriona in all six series of Absolutely Fabulous. She has also developed a prolific writing career, writing for radio, TV and more recently books, including Losing It, which was nominated for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comedy writing. She is also the found of the Comedy Women in Print Prize, which seeks to find an promote new women's voices in writing.
2021-01-1553 min
The Only Way is ReadingAnd the Winner is...Hosted by Beth and Freya. Guest appearance from Helen Lederer - comedian, writer and founder of the Comedy Women in Print book prize.
In this episode Freya and I are discussing the award-winning books for our book bingo challenge, I’ll be talking to witty woman and founder of the Comedy Women in Print book prize, Helen Lederer about this year’s award and comedic women in literature, and then we’ll be setting our next book bingo challenge.
Book Bingo Discussion – Award-winners
Freya speaks a...
2020-08-0139 min
Date Fight!4th July: Thomas Jefferson v Lewis CarrollHow creepy is Alice in Wonderland? Whose signature on the Declaration of Independence is the biggest? Who is the earthquake of eroticism? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Helen Lederer find out in today's Date Fight!
2020-07-0413 minDate Fight!3rd July: The Popes v the Great AuksWhat is the comfiest bird? Who was the world's biggest miser? How did Lembit Opik fall in love? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Helen Lederer find out in today's Date Fight!
2020-07-0314 minDate Fight!2nd July: Florence Nightingale v Mary SeacoleWho went to the most boring lecture in early twentieth century Germany? Which heavy metal frontman is also a qualified pilot? How many times more likely are you to get stopped-and-searched if you make the mistake of being non-white in Dorset? Jake Yapp & Nathaniel Tapley & Helen Lederer find out in today's Date Fight!
2020-07-0212 min
The Samantha Baines ShowHelen Lederer"if you are looking for commitment get a lip tattoo" - Helen LedererActress, writer and founder of the Comedy Women in Print Awards, Helen Lederer joins Samantha Baines to chat divorce in this hilarious episode. Sam gets a bit of therapy from ex-social worker Helen and the two discuss lip tattoos, feeling alone and the quest for a boyfriend. Lots of laughs and excellent advice in the last episode of the first series.Trigger warnings:death/bereavementFollow us on twitter...
2020-07-0149 min
Date Fight!1st July: Boots Poffenburger v Mollie SugdenWhat is the breakfast of champions? How many subjects did Luther Vandross cover in his songs? Who was the first female film director? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Helen Lederer find out in today's Date Fight!
2020-07-0110 minDate Fight!30th June: Harry Blackstone Jr v Mike TysonWho suffered from intermittent pain in their side? Who beat the Pinkertons? How hot should bile be? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Helen Lederer findout in today's Date Fight.
2020-06-3014 minDate Fight!29th June: William Shakespeare v Ronnie CorbettIs Bob Monkhouse impressive? Who stole a whole theatre, beam by beam? What is a tincture? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Helen Lederer in today's Date Fight!
2020-06-2918 minDate Fight!28th June: Kathy Bates v Elon MuskWhich instrument maker had the most childhood accidents? What is Miss Mitchell's Comet better known as? Who was the Baron of Arizona? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley & Helen Lederer find out in today's Date Fight!
2020-06-2815 min
The John Reen Jog on Radio Show Best Bits PodcastJohn Reen talks to local Writer Emma Pitt on Maritime Radio about her writing career in film and TV and the release of her award winning film "The Ballard of a Haunted Man."
John Reen talks to local Writer Emma Pitt about her writing career in film and TV and the release of her award winning film "The Ballard of a Haunted Man."
Emma Pitt was born in Oxfordshire and grew up in the Somerset village of Stogumber where her parents still live. From there, she moved to South East London to study for a Communications and Sociology degree at Goldsmiths University and has lived there ever since.
Her work mentor once asked her ‘what do you really want to do?’ so with that in mind she...
2020-05-0330 minA Good ReadHelen Lederer & Angela BarnesComedians Helen Lederer and Angela Barnes and presenter Harriett Gilbert discuss books by David Nicholls, Alan Taylor and Anna Funder. The Understudy by David Nicholls
Publisher: HodderAppointment in Arezzo by Alan Taylor
Publisher: PolygonStasiland by Anna Funder
Publisher: GrantaFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2020.
2020-03-2427 min
WIT LIT: the funny books podcastComedy! Women! Print! Prize! (ft. Helen Lederer)“Humour is that last precious thing that distinguishes you from someone else.”
Actual comedian, author, and founder of the Comedy Women in Print Prize Helen Lederer talks about writing wit, and how to enter for the 2020 prize. Meanwhile we talk about how Helen will literally die if she laughs too much, how groups of women are funnier to groups of men, and Helen writes the first line of my comedy novel.
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Find out more the CWIP Comedy Women in Print Prize here. There are unpublished and published novel categories, as well as a new gr...
2020-01-1542 min
The Bestseller ExperimentEP248: Comedy Women in Print with Helen Lederer, Kirsty Eyre & Martha AshbyAnother one of our listeners is an award winner! Kirsty Eyre won the inaugural Comedy Women in Print "Unpublished" award for her novel Cow Girl this year. We speak to Kirsty, Harper Fiction editor Martha Ashby and comedy legend Helen Lederer about the award and how you can get involved along with great tips on writing comedy and for entering the competition.
2019-12-0434 min
Philosophy For Our TimesWhat's It All For? | Helen Lederer, Julian Baggini, Susan Neiman, Janne TellerLooking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesWe admire achievers, from James Watt to Mandela, Marie Curie to Emmeline Pankhurst. Yet many spend their lives waiting for weekends and holidays. And does not play, both as sex, drugs and rock and roll, and as creative and physical endeavour provide us with the most memorable events in life? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Helen Lederer, Julian Baggini and Susan Neiman debate what it's all for.There are thousands of big ideas to discover at IAI.tv – videos, articles, and...
2019-08-2035 minPhilosophy For Our TimesWhat's It All For? | Helen Lederer, Julian Baggini, Susan Neiman, Janne TellerLooking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesWe admire achievers, from James Watt to Mandela, Marie Curie to Emmeline Pankhurst. Yet many spend their lives waiting for weekends and holidays. And does not play, both as sex, drugs and rock and roll, and as creative and physical endeavour provide us with the most memorable events in life? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Helen Lederer, Julian Baggini and Susan Neiman debate what it's all for.There are thousands of big ideas to discover at IAI.tv – videos, articles, and...
2019-08-2035 minYou're Booked27. Helen LedererThis week we’re travelling to leafy South London and visiting the glorious home of comedy legend Helen Lederer. Helen is probably best known as a trailblazing stand-up comedian and actress, appearing in such iconic shows as Absolutely Fabulous, Bottom, Girls on Top and Naked Video. But she is also a celebrated novelist and humour writer with her book Losing It nominated for the P. G. Wodehouse Comedy Literary prize. She also founded her own comedy prize CWIP - Comedy Women in Print. We talked to Helen about breasts in 1970s literature, the Four Marys, embarrassing teenage diaries and th...
2019-06-0351 min
The TLS PodcastKnowing laughterThe comedian and writer Helen Lederer joins us to discuss gender and comedy and the new Comedy Women In Print Prize; Lucy Dallas considers a clutch of novels in which animals might offer a little respite from human company; the TLS’s philosophy editor Tim Crane guides us through the riches of this week’s philosophy issue, including how the advent of biological immortality might augur “the greatest inequality experienced in all human history” and what happened when Michel Foucault took LSD in Death Valley To Leave with the Reindeer by Olivia Rosenthal, translated by Sophie Lewi...
2019-05-1656 min
Book Off!Helen Lederer and Shazia Mirza (You can be successful, just don't copy me)Comedians and authors Helen Lederer and Shazia Mirza go head to head in a war of the words - pitting David Nicholls against Vicktor E Frankel.They also discuss how comedy has changed for women, the differences of writing prose versus stand-up and the Comedy Women In Print Prize. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-03-2934 min
Drunk Women Solving CrimeDRUNK WOMEN LIVE - with Helen LedererWhat happens when a comedy legend downs a few proseccos and wanders on stage at the Pleasance Theatre? They solve a crime of course! This week's fourth Drunk Woman is the one and only Helen Lederer! Helen proved to be the kind of detective who cuts to the chase and gets to the crux of the matter, which was especially useful when getting to the bottom of her own true crime.The pissed-up detectives then crack the case of a woman who elevated her impoverished routes by playing on female insecurities and selling 'miracle' products to the...
2019-03-2047 minDrunk Women Solving CrimeDRUNK WOMEN LIVE - with Helen LedererWhat happens when a comedy legend downs a few proseccos and wanders on stage at the Pleasance Theatre? They solve a crime of course! This week's fourth Drunk Woman is the one and only Helen Lederer! Helen proved to be the kind of detective who cuts to the chase and gets to the crux of the matter, which was especially useful when getting to the bottom of her own true crime.The pissed-up detectives then crack the case of a woman who elevated her impoverished routes by playing on female insecurities and selling 'miracle' products to the...
2019-03-2047 min
Helen Lederer's PodcastsInheritance TracksInheritance tracks celebrating the music that we cherish and would like to bestow to future generations. Here's mine.
2019-02-1506 min
Helen Lederer's PodcastsBe in the Now - with Helen LedererTrailer from Helen's Be in the Now radio show
2019-01-2304 min
Older and Wider PodcastEP 6 - HELEN LEDERERFrom the writers of the internationally successful Grumpy Old Women, award winning Comedian Jenny Éclair and Producer and Writer Judith Holder deliver Older & Wider, a podcast that offers insight, gossip and general news from the menopausal front and beyond. A podcast worth getting your ears syringed for.In this episode Jenny & Judith are joined by writer and comedian Helen Lederer. They discuss Jenny and Helen's short lived double act, shitting your pyjamas, Splash and Helen's current project, CWIP. You can follow Jenny on Twitter @JennyeclairYou can follow Judith on Twitter @greyprideukYou can follow Helen on Twitter @helenledererYou can email the s...
2019-01-1839 minTalking BottomS2E1 - DiggerTalking Bottom returns with Richie devising the perfect way to get his end away and marry into royalty - joining a dating agency and getting matched with a Moldavian Viscountess by the name of Lady Natasha Letitia Sarah Jane Wellesley Obstromsky Ponsonsky Smythe Smythe Smythe Smythe Smythe Oblomov Boblomov Dob, played by the wonderful Helen Lederer. Eddie takes the role of butler for the evening and prepares a dinner of squashed potatoes and caviar. But the stakes are high as the evening has been funded by selling Richie's kidney.
Paul, Mat and Angela talk dating agencies, smashing...
2018-11-231h 00
Helen Lederer's PodcastsMy Teenage DiariesA snippet from Helen's teenage diary. Helen Lederer reads from her teenage diaries and talks about her school days in South-East London, when she was far more interested in boys than in school work. Presenter: Rufus Hound Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4.
2018-10-3001 min
2018-10-3001 min
Literary Loitering - Irreverent Mockery With Cultural AnarchistsLiterary Loitering 91 - Gerry Anderson's Space DeliveranceHas anyone else noticed that stories about the Trump presidency are beginning to sound more like stories from Game of Thrones that didn’t make the cut?
Adding to the whirlwinds of controversy surrounding The Don of the U.S. government is Unhinged - a new tell-all book by former Trump aide (which, now that we say it, sounds like some kind of gastric medicine), Omarosa Newman. As part of her publicity drive she has also released several recordings that she made during her time as part of the White House “family”.
In other news, and inst...
2018-09-031h 07
Inheritance TracksHelen LedererComedian, writer and actress Helen Lederer chooses Que Sera, Sera by Doris Day and All I Want by Joni Mitchell.
2018-09-0106 min
Miles Younger - How to Age WellHelen LedererIn this episode we chat to comedienne Helen Lederer who has been on our TV screens for many years but like most comics is able to be truthful and funny when it comes to her own vulnerabilities. How does Helen feel about things as she gets older? Attitudes to women in the business as they age are changing but what does Helen think the secret is to her longevity and what is her opinion of how women deal with the pressures today? Currently in her own one woman show at the Edinburgh Fringe she is a long way from...
2018-08-2500 min
Are You Feeling Funny?Helen Lederer | Sneeze, Orgasm, Laugh!A revealing talk ranging from childhood asthma to orgasms to the state of female comedy.“Sneeze, orgasm, laugh – they’re all the same thing” says comedienne Helen Lederer in her revealing talk with Dr. Brian Kaplan. Married to a doctor herself, Helen talks about her early struggles with asthma. She also discusses getting into an ‘altered state’; and how she spent time spinning around and around repeating the same word to create a sense of otherness. There’s also revealing chat about the different generations of female comedy.Tweet us @SnipperNixonInstagram @Snip...
2018-07-3026 minHelen Lederer's PodcastsLarry Grayson, Shut that door! So chuffed to voice over this compelling documentary about Larry Grayson – I remember tea time with him on TV – a rare household name with a funny bone we all covet!
2018-05-2000 min
Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIBComedy with Robin Ince, Helen Lederer and writer of Mr. Bean, Robin DriscollActor and writer Robin Driscoll joins Red Szell to talk about his book 'Rough Music', comedian Robin Ince tells Robert Kirkwood about his book, 'The Bad Book Club' and Helen Lederer talks about 'Losing It'. We hear a short comic tale from a blind writer, a narrator on a favourite of his by Garrison Keeler and much more on today's show.Contact the show by emailing readonair@rnib.org.uk
2018-03-0957 minHelen Lederer's PodcastsHelen Lederer talks Celebrity Big Brother on Talk RadioCelebrity Big Brother...who's in, who's out? Classy women?
2018-01-0211 min
Philosophy For Our TimesCan lying ever be justified? | Helen Lederer, James Mahon, Mark SalterLooking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesWeapons of mass destruction, the NSA, and Watergate: many have felt cheated by the lies of the powerful. Yet we all twist the truth to keep people happy and deceive in order to protect. Is lying oddly essential? Should we accept lying as part of personal and public life? Or is there always more beauty in truth? New York philosopher and author of Lying for the Sake of Truth James Mahon, Absolutely Fabulous star Helen Lederer, and psychiatrist Mark Salter dissect the ethics o...
2017-11-2132 minPhilosophy For Our TimesCan lying ever be justified? | Helen Lederer, James Mahon, Mark SalterLooking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesWeapons of mass destruction, the NSA, and Watergate: many have felt cheated by the lies of the powerful. Yet we all twist the truth to keep people happy and deceive in order to protect. Is lying oddly essential? Should we accept lying as part of personal and public life? Or is there always more beauty in truth? New York philosopher and author of Lying for the Sake of Truth James Mahon, Absolutely Fabulous star Helen Lederer, and psychiatrist Mark Salter dissect the ethics o...
2017-11-2132 minHelen Lederer's PodcastsBe in the NowHelen Lederer has reinvented herself as a lifestyle guru – and has created a brand-new therapy process called "Be In The Now", sometimes referred to as existential journeying – but not often.
2017-11-0926 min
Philosophy For Our TimesDreamland | Oliver Burkeman, Helen Lederer, Erwin JamesLooking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesFulfill your dreams and make the most of your life! So advocate headmasters, moralists and revolutionaries. Yet poet John Betjeman's principal regret was that he did not have more sex. Is life not about goals and ambition but about the moment of being? Or is making our dreams real the only way to fulfillment? Writer of The Guardian's This Column Will Change Your Life Oliver Burkeman, author of A Life Inside Erwin James, and Absolutely Fabulous star Helen Lederer debate the best way t...
2017-08-0241 minPhilosophy For Our TimesDreamland | Oliver Burkeman, Helen Lederer, Erwin JamesLooking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesFulfill your dreams and make the most of your life! So advocate headmasters, moralists and revolutionaries. Yet poet John Betjeman's principal regret was that he did not have more sex. Is life not about goals and ambition but about the moment of being? Or is making our dreams real the only way to fulfillment? Writer of The Guardian's This Column Will Change Your Life Oliver Burkeman, author of A Life Inside Erwin James, and Absolutely Fabulous star Helen Lederer debate the best way t...
2017-08-0241 min
Ex Libris LIVE!Ex Libris After Dark Episode 11.2Helen Lederer, Thomas Mogford, Orlando Ortega-Medina and Ross Welford join our host David Freeman for this episode of Ex Libris After Dark, recorded in front of a live audience in Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford on the 24th of April 2017
Helen Lederer – comedian, actor and author. Her first novel, Losing it, has been described as ‘A wickedly amusing debut novel’ – The Telegraph, ‘Funny and sharp and horribly true’ – The Times, ‘A wry and witty rallying call for women of a certain age…VERDICT: 5/5 ‘ – The Express and ‘Packed with hilarious scenes that had me laughing out loud, Losing It is an easy to read book...
2017-06-2300 minEx Libris LIVE!Ex Libris Live Episode 11Helen Lederer, Thomas Mogford, Orlando Ortega-Medina and Ross Welford join our host David Freeman for this episode of Ex Libris After Dark, recorded in front of a live audience in Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford on the 24th of April 2017
Helen Lederer – comedian, actor and author. Her first novel, Losing it, has been described as ‘A wickedly amusing debut novel’ – The Telegraph, ‘Funny and sharp and horribly true’ – The Times, ‘A wry and witty rallying call for women of a certain age…VERDICT: 5/5 ‘ – The Express and ‘Packed with hilarious scenes that had me laughing out loud, Losing It is an easy to read book...
2017-06-0900 min
Helen Lederer's PodcastsEpisode 2Join Helen Lederer for a warm and witty interview with Kimberley Walsh - live from the St. James Theatre, in London. This show contains strong language.
2016-08-0117 min
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2015-07-3147 min
The Lucy Porter ShowEpisode 12 - Susan Murray & Helen LedererJoining Lucy Porter for this week's show is stand-up comedian Susan Murray, and supposedly retired comedian, writer, and actress Helen Lederer.
2015-07-161h 42
Radio OldieOldie Literary Lunch: Helen Lederer, Losing ItHelen Lederer talks about her new book, Losing It, at the prestigious Oldie literary lunch at Simpson’s in the Strand.
2015-07-1511 minHelen Lederer's PodcastsOldest person in HollyoaksEntertainment News talks to Helen Lederer about getting the call from Hollyoaks.
2015-06-3000 minHelen Lederer's PodcastsHelen's interview with Sean Styles on BBC Radio MerseysideHelen talks to BBC Radio Merseyside's Sean Styles about the friendliest city in the UK, her return to Hollyoaks and her comedy novel 'Losing It'.
2015-04-0910 min
Helen Lederer's PodcastsHelen Lederer's 'Losing It'Helen Lederer talks about her comedy novel, Losing It.
2015-04-0800 min
Front Row: Archive 2014Howard Jacobson; Helen Lederer; Bob and Roberta SmithHoward Jacobson, who won the 2010 Man Booker prize with The Finkler Question, has been nominated again for his new novel, called J, which is set in a dystopian future where people are afraid to talk about the past.Helen Lederer meets John Wilson at Dick Whittington's cat statue in London. Helen's brought the statue to life as part of a Talking Statues initiative, where 35 statues in London and Manchester will tell their own stories.The artist Bob & Roberta Smith talks about Art Party, his documentary advocating the importance of art and its place in education...
2014-08-1828 min