Funny Woman

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Call Number: DVD TV Funny
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Pittsfield Branch, Westgate Branch

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Based on the novel Funny girl by Nick Hornby.
Originally broadcast as single episodes of a television program in 2024.
Wide screen.
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.
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.
DVD, wide screen.
Contents: Funny girl.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

funny submitted by yufamily on June 26, 2025, 2:49pm Funny Woman Gemma Arterton is great in this role. Refusing to be just a beauty queen, she wanted to enter the world of TV and have a chance to display her comedy chops. Her patient determination to succeed finally paid off.