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Funny woman. Season 1 Cover Image DVD DVD

Funny woman. Season 1 [videorecording] / directed by Oliver Parker ; written by Morwenna Banks, Nick Hornby ; produced by Paul Schlessinger, Ross Williams.

Arterton, Gemma, (actor.). Banks, Morwenna, (screenwriter.). Everett, Rupert, (actor.). Hornby, Nick, (screenwriter.). Parker, Oliver, (television director.). Schlessinger, Paul, (television producer.). Threlfall, David, (actor.). Williams, Ross, (television producer.). Hornby, Nick. television adaptation of (work): Funny girl. (Added Author). PBS Distribution (Firm), (publisher.). 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. (Cast).

Summary:

"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." --container.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781531716769
  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (280 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
  • Publisher: Arlington, VA : PBS, [2024]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the novel Funny girl by Nick Hornby.
Originally broadcast as single episodes of a television program in 2024.
Title from container.
Season designations assigned by cataloguer.
"SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed captions"--container.
Formatted Contents Note:
Disc 1. Episodes 1-3.
Disc 2. Episodes 4-6.
Participant or Performer Note:
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.
Target Audience Note:
14A.
System Details Note:
DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
Audio track in English, captions in English.
Subject: Nineteen sixties > Great Britain > Fiction.
Women television personalities > Fiction.
Women > Great Britain > Social life and customs > 20th century > Fiction.
Popular culture > Great Britain > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Genre: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Television comedies.
Television programs.

Available copies

  • 0 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Innisfil Public Library System.
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Stroud Branch. (Show)

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 1 total copy.
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