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Angela Barnes recalls her larger-than-life father, tackles life and love and ponders the afterlife. From 2016.

Super-sharp everywoman Angela Barnes tackles life and love and, with the help of an audience, packs herself a fantasy coffin.

Remembering her larger-than-life father - a gregarious character, sex shop manager, naturist, and a big fan of caravans and pranks - Angela celebrates his 'carpe diem' approach to life, and his motto "You Can't Take It With You".

When her father died very suddenly in 2008, Angela and her family proved him wrong and stuffed his coffin with sentimental keepsakes for his final journey.

In this series, Angela does the very same thing and asks her loved ones to nominate objects that they would choose to send on with her as mementoes of their time together, which she keeps in a suitcase full of memories, acting as prompts for contemplative, heart-warming and captivating comedy.

Angela Barnes is a vivacious, critically acclaimed stand-up comic from Maidstone, Kent. She won the 2011 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ New Comedy Award by a public vote.

An Impatient production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2016.

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14 minutes

Last on

Tue 3 May 2022 23:15

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Role Contributor
Performer Angela Barnes
Writer Angela Barnes

Broadcasts

  • Wed 10 Aug 2016 23:00
  • Wed 15 May 2019 23:00
  • Tue 15 Sep 2020 23:30
  • Tue 3 May 2022 23:15