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She began a relationship with fellow stand-up comic [[Gary Delaney]] in 2006.<ref name="Express marries">[http://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/451961/Sarah-Millican-marries-fellow-comedian-Gary-Delaney-in-secret-ceremony Sarah Millican marries Gary Delaney]</ref> The couple moved in together in 2013 and married in December 2013.<ref name="Express marries"/><ref name="strang">{{cite web|last1=Strang|first1=Fay|title=Sarah Millican has married fellow comedian Gary Delaney in secret festive ceremony|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2533419/Sarah-Millican-married-fellow-comedian-Gary-Delany-secret-festive-ceremony.html|website=Daily Mail|accessdate=31 December 2016|date=3 January 2014|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920061028/http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2533419/Sarah-Millican-married-fellow-comedian-Gary-Delany-secret-festive-ceremony.html|archivedate=20 September 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
She began a relationship with fellow stand-up comic [[Gary Delaney]] in 2006.<ref name="Express marries">[http://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/451961/Sarah-Millican-marries-fellow-comedian-Gary-Delaney-in-secret-ceremony Sarah Millican marries Gary Delaney]</ref> The couple moved in together in 2013 and married in December 2013.<ref name="Express marries"/><ref name="strang">{{cite web|last1=Strang|first1=Fay|title=Sarah Millican has married fellow comedian Gary Delaney in secret festive ceremony|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2533419/Sarah-Millican-married-fellow-comedian-Gary-Delany-secret-festive-ceremony.html|website=Daily Mail|accessdate=31 December 2016|date=3 January 2014|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920061028/http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2533419/Sarah-Millican-married-fellow-comedian-Gary-Delany-secret-festive-ceremony.html|archivedate=20 September 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

With reference to starting a family, Millican has stated that she "hates children" and feels uncomfortable around them.


==Stand-up DVDs==
==Stand-up DVDs==

Revision as of 10:27, 24 March 2019

Sarah Millican
Millican in 2010
Birth nameSarah Jane King
Born (1975-05-29) 29 May 1975 (age 49)
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England
MediumStand-up, television, radio
NationalityBritish
Years active2004–present
GenresObservational comedy
Subject(s)Relationships, body image, television
Spouse
Andrew Millican
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(m. 1997; div. 2004)​

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(m. 2013)​
ChildrenNone
Websitewww.sarahmillican.co.uk

Sarah Jane Millican (née King;[1] born 29 May 1975)[2] is an English comedian. Millican won the comedy award for Best Newcomer at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[3] In February 2013 she was listed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Radio 4's Woman's Hour,[4] and in the same year married fellow comedian Gary Delaney. Her first book, How to Be Champion, was released in 2017, and Millican has performed on various tours mainly throughout the United Kingdom over the years.

Life and career

Early life

Millican was born and brought up in South Shields, England, the daughter of Valerie Prince and Philip D. King, who was a mining electrician. She attended Mortimer Comprehensive School, later to become Mortimer Community College,[5] and then worked as a civil servant at a job centre until the age of 29.[6] She was married on 5 November 1997[7] but divorced in 2004 and moved back in with her parents for two and a half years.

2005–2009: Career beginnings and touring

Millican's debut Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Sarah Millican's Not Nice, inspired by her divorce, won the if.comedy award for Best Newcomer in 2008.[8] In spring 2009 she began previewing her second Edinburgh show, attracting enthusiastic reviews for her material on the battle of the sexes.[9][10] Many reviewers commented on her 'blue' material.[11] Her third show, Chatterbox, was hosted by the Stand Comedy Club[12] during Fringe 2010.[13] The show was nominated for the main Edinburgh Comedy Award, losing to Russell Kane.[14]

2009–present: mainstream success and DVDs, TV and radio shows

Millican has appeared as a panellist on 8 Out of 10 Cats, Have I Got News for You, Mock the Week, You Have Been Watching, Would I Lie to You?, QI and Never Mind the Buzzcocks, and as a performer at The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008 and on 4 Stands Up. She was featured in the Manchester edition of Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, which was broadcast in June 2009,[15] made an appearance on the third episode of David Mitchell's panel show The Bubble in March 2010,[16] and has been a guest on six episodes of Frank Skinner's Opinionated.

She provided vocal work to the BBC's natural history footage for Walk on the Wild Side, alongside fellow comics Rhod Gilbert, Jon Richardson, Isy Suttie and Gavin Webster.[17] She appeared on Live at the Apollo on 11 December 2009, and headlined Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, recorded at the Empire Theatre, Sunderland on 15 August 2010.[13] Millican also headlined the fourth episode of Dave's One Night Stand.[18]

Her radio series, Sarah Millican's Support Group, began broadcasting on 18 February 2010 on BBC Radio 4.[19] The format is that studio audience members are encouraged to share problems with her agony aunt character for her to offer tips "in the same way as the busybody at the end of your street who knows everything and dishes out advice whether you want to hear it or not does". Some problems are scripted, the roles being played by guest actors, while others come from real people in the audience, to allow Sarah to improvise. Audience member problems have included "My boyfriend prefers his Blackberry to me". A pair of "therapists", also played by actors, feature in each week's show and provide scripted and improvised responses to all the "problems".[20] A second series debuted on BBC Radio 4 Extra on 2 May 2011.[21]

She was a regular co-host of the satirical news show 7 Day Sunday on BBC Radio 5 Live, along with comedians Chris Addison, Andy Zaltzman and one different guest each week. The first episode aired in January 2010; she and Addison left the show on 27 February 2011.

In December 2011, she voiced three Viz Comedy Blaps alongside Steve Coogan, Simon Greenall and Gavin Webster for Channel 4.[22]

Also in 2011, Millican became a panellist on the ITV programme Marriage Ref and joined the panel on ITV daytime chat show Loose Women, leaving the series in August. She was also a guest on several other panel and chat shows. A live DVD of her Chatterbox tour was released in November 2011 by Channel 4.[23] The Chatterbox DVD went on to break an all-time record in sales for a female stand-up comedian selling 172,000 copies in just over one month.[24]

Millican's stand-up show, The Sarah Millican Television Programme, was first broadcast on 8 March 2012 on BBC Two. In November 2012, she released a follow-up live DVD, Thoroughly Modern Millican. In early January 2013, she appeared for a couple of nights on The One Show. On 15 January 2013, she began presenting a second series of The Sarah Millican Television Programme. Millican was nominated for 2013 and 2014 BAFTA Entertainment Performance awards for her work in The Sarah Millican Television Programme.[25]

Millican appeared in a celebrity episode of Deal or No Deal broadcast on 29 April 2012, where she won £20,000 for charity. She had £100,000 in her box.

Millican also appeared on the Comic Relief 2015: Face the Funny TV Programme, broadcast on Friday 13 March 2015, Where she was a host for the BBC Comic Relief show.

In May 2015, it was announced that Millican would be made the eighth "curator" of The Museum of Curiosity, co-presenting the eighth series of the BBC Radio 4 comedy series.[26]

Millican's autobiography, How to be Champion, was published in October 2017.[27] Dates were later announced for her 2018 UK tour, Control Enthusiast.

Personal life

After her husband left her unexpectedly in 2004,[28] Millican found solace in attending writing workshops in local theatres, such as at Newcastle's Live Theatre and the Customs House in South Shields. Jokes about her failed marriage initially formed the vast majority of Millican's comedy material.[29]

She began a relationship with fellow stand-up comic Gary Delaney in 2006.[30] The couple moved in together in 2013 and married in December 2013.[30][31]

With reference to starting a family, Millican has stated that she "hates children" and feels uncomfortable around them.

Stand-up DVDs

  • Chatterbox Live (21 November 2011)
  • Thoroughly Modern Millican Live (12 November 2012)
  • Home Bird Live (17 November 2014)
  • Outsider Live (21 November 2016)
  • Control Enthusiast Live (3 December 2018)

Bibliography

  • How to be Champion (Trapeze, 2017) ISBN 9781409174301

Awards and nominations

In February 2013 Millican was assessed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4.[4]

References

  1. ^ Who Do You Think You Are?, BBC TV, broadcast 11 September 2013
  2. ^ Thorpe, Vanessa (5 May 2013). "How Sarah Millican struck comedy gold". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 19 December 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Mickey Noonan (13 October 2008). "Sarah Millican isn't resting on her laurels". Metro. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
  4. ^ a b "The Power List 2013". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Sarah Millican profile". BBC Radio 4. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Funny Girl: Sarah Millican in The Independent Archived 7 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 27 June 2015
  7. ^ 8 Out of 10 Cats, 4 November 2014
  8. ^ Tim Arthur (10 December 2008). "Sarah Millican: interview". Time Out. Archived from the original on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ David Durkin and Sarah Newman (6 May 2009). "What you thought of Liverpool's comedy festival: Sarah Millican, Justin Moorhouse and Drink Up Stand Up". Liverpool Echo. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2009. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ Victoria Nangle (21 July 2009). "Review of the week: Sarah Millican – Typical Woman". Latest 7. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ Sam Wonfor (1 August 2009). "Sarah Millican: Typical Woman, Live Theatre". The Journal. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ Richard Herring (14 August 2013). "Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast" (Podcast). Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2013. {{cite podcast}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ a b Wonfor, Sam (11 August 2010). "Sarah Millican leads the comedy pack home". The Journal. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ a b "Two women make the shortlist". Chortle. 25 August 2010. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ "New comedy tops bill on BBC One this summer with Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow". BBC. 23 April 2009. Archived from the original on 26 April 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ "The Bubble, a brand-new comedy news quiz on BBC Two". BBC. 2 February 2010. Archived from the original on 19 February 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ "Interview: Sarah Millican's stand-up is in the worst possible taste". The Scotsman. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
  18. ^ Ian Wolf. "Episode 1.4". British Comedy Guide. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ "R4 Sarah Millican's Support Group". BBC Press Office. 18 February 2010. Archived from the original on 24 February 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  20. ^ "R4 series for Millican". Chortle. 10 November 2009. Archived from the original on 14 November 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ "Sarah Millican's Support Group". British Comedy Guide. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  22. ^ Henderson, Steve (12 December 2011). "Viz Animation – "Blap" to basics". Skwigly. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  23. ^ "Sarah Millican signs DVD deal". Chortle. 24 August 2010. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  24. ^ Cavendish, Dominic (21 December 2011). "Sarah Millican reflects on her remarkable DVD sales success". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 8 April 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  25. ^ "Television in 2013". BAFTA. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 8 March 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  26. ^ Dessau, Bruce (6 May 2015). "News: Sarah Millican Curates Museum". Beyond the Joke. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  27. ^ "Sarah Millican: How to be Champion". Orion Books. Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  28. ^ Gilbert, Gerard (2 March 2012). "Funny girl: Sarah Millican on comedy, money and marriage". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  29. ^ Chitra Ramaswamy (10 August 2008). "Sarah Millican preview". Scotland on Sunday. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
  30. ^ a b Sarah Millican marries Gary Delaney
  31. ^ Strang, Fay (3 January 2014). "Sarah Millican has married fellow comedian Gary Delaney in secret festive ceremony". Daily Mail. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  32. ^ "The Northwest Comedy Awards". Manchester Confidential. 27 January 2007. Archived from the original on 10 August 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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