Sarah Millican

• The List
• 3 February 2010

The funniest woman in Britain? If you discount Iris Robinson, then surely there’s no contest. A couple of excellent Fringe shows under her Geordie belt, Ms Millican only started telling jokes in public when she split from her husband. And from there, her natural bookishness let rip into acerbic stand-up masked by an innocent demeanour.

The Stand, Glasgow, Thu 4–Sat 6 Feb.