{"id":32046,"date":"2023-04-12T15:53:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T13:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1814562"},"modified":"2023-04-12T21:35:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T19:35:49","slug":"sara-pascoe-on-stand-up-comedy-loving-happy-valley-and-motherhood","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/sara-pascoe-on-stand-up-comedy-loving-happy-valley-and-motherhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Sara Pascoe on stand-up comedy, loving Happy Valley and motherhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

The comedian and presenter sat down for the Radio Times Podcast to chat about motherhood, loving procedural dramas and panicking watching Mock the Week after being on it. <\/p>

By Kelly-Anne Taylor\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 12 April 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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This interview was originally published in\u00a0Radio Times magazine<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

This week\u2019s guest on the\u00a0Radio Times Podcast<\/a> is comedian and presenter Sara Pascoe, who is at the helm once again in the second season of BBC Two\u2019s Last Woman on Earth with Sara Pascoe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the series, Pascoe travels the world to meet people doing rare crafts and jobs that are rapidly becoming lost skills and in season 2, the fun continues in locations such as Greece and Denmark.<\/p>\n

Throughout her career, the multi award-winning comedian has appeared on countless television and hilarious panel shows including 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown\u00a0for\u00a0Channel 4,\u00a0QI, Taskmaster and Mock the Week, to name a few.<\/p>\n

In the podcast, Pascoe explains how appearing on some shows can mean there\u2019s a certain level of panic involved in watching them now, as well as navigating the \u201cmess\u201d involved in parenthood and life as stand-up comedian.<\/p>\n

You can read what she had to say below, or listen to the full episode on your chosen podcast provider by\u00a0 clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\nWhat\u2019s the view from your sofa?<\/strong><\/p>\nSo much mess\u2026 I don\u2019t want to make parenthood sound unattractive, but it\u2019s like Sisyphus with the rock up a mountain, except it\u2019s dried banana, toys and everyone\u2019s rubbish. You\u2019re looking at it thinking, \u201cI\u2019ve been tidying since 6am and there\u2019s still Lego everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\nAfter tidying up, what TV programmes do you like to watch?<\/strong><\/p>\nI love procedurals, most recently, Happy Valley. There\u2019s always a danger when you love a show that they won\u2019t do what you want them to in the final series, but it was perfect \u2013 suspenseful and truthful. Would I Lie to You? is the only show I\u2019ve been on that I still love watching.<\/p>\nCan\u2019t you enjoy shows you\u2019ve been on?<\/strong><\/p>\nI loved Mock the Week but then I went on the show and afterwards the tune started to make me nervous. I\u2019d think \u201cOh my God, do I have my notes? What am I going to say about Boris Johnson? Calm down! You haven\u2019t been on that show in six years.\u201d I panic like someone\u2019s going to ask me my opinion about a politician I haven\u2019t heard of.<\/p> Does everyone in comedy know each other from doing gigs and panel shows?<\/strong><\/p>\nI started doing stand-up at a time when there were suddenly all these panel shows and places to do comedy. It felt like a very generous time. I remember doing a gig with Josh Widdicombe and Brett Goldstein, and Stewart Lee was headlining. Stewart said, \u201cWhen did this start happening? All the comedians standing at the back, clapping each other and laughing?\u201d It hadn\u2019t occurred to us to be bitchy. What had preceded us was a very competitive circuit with very little reward for very few people. They had to be the best on the bill. My generation felt gentler.<\/p>\nStand-up requires you to bare all. Is it difficult to hear people\u2019s opinions?<\/strong><\/p>\nAs human beings, we\u2019re all inconsistent. Something can be true at one point in your life or career, but not true later on. When I did Out of Her Mind [the BBC2 sitcom in 2020], I was at a stage of my life where I\u2019d got my head around the fact that I was infertile and I really leant into that in the show.<\/p>\nThen a year later, I had a baby [via IVF]. People who felt close to my narrative said, \u201cWho are you, then?\u201d And it was like, \u201cSorry, people are really complex!\u201d When I was infertile, I was really defensive and now I\u2019m a mummy, I do mum jokes. I\u2019m an over-sharer \u2013 I\u2019m comfortable with it, and with the discussion that comes after.<\/p>\nDo you find it difficult to turn work down when it\u2019s offered?<\/strong><\/p>\nThe advantage of having some money in the bank is that you don\u2019t have to take a job to pay next month\u2019s rent. But the fear is \u2013 if I don\u2019t say \u201cYes\u201d to a job now, what if they don\u2019t ask me again? I did QI when the baby was five weeks old. My agent had said, \u201cDon\u2019t you want a bit more time? Because you\u2019re swollen, mad and leaky.\u201d I was afraid that if I missed it, they wouldn\u2019t ask me next year.<\/p> <div class=\""brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\""embed__intrinsic"\"> <div class=\""brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"6324077958112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\""default"\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\""video-js"\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\""\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js"\"\/> In your show Last Woman on Earth, you investigate jobs that are fast disappearing. What\u2019s causing this?<\/strong><\/p>\nClimate change is massive, young people needing more opportunities, which means leaving what looks like an idyllic place to go to cities. This show is a way of learning about a country \u2013 when you look at jobs you\u2019re learning about the economy, the culture, the history and what could happen in the future.<\/p>\nWhat were your series highs and lows?<\/strong><\/p>\nI often felt very lucky to be there. Sometimes I felt unlucky. I had to tattoo someone, which was terrifying; I couldn\u2019t stop shaking. I had to dance in a square \u2013 dancing publicly is really out of my comfort zone. The thing I love is meeting people. I always think, \u201cOh, they make roofs out of seaweed? That sounds boring.\u201d And then I go and have the best time of my life with amazing people who are passionate about what they do. They\u2019re so skilled and generous with teaching me.<\/p>\nLast Woman on Earth with Sara Pascoe continues airing on BBC Two and <a href=\"\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m000qsf8"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">BBC iPlayer<\/a> on Sunday 16th April at 9pm.<\/strong><\/p>\nIf yo<\/strong>u\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\""https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/"\" href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0hub.<\/strong><\/p>\nTry Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home \u2013\u00a0<\/strong><a title=\""http:\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article"\" href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. 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