The Change: Q&A with creator Bridget Christie

Join WFTV for a conversation with writer and creator of upcoming comedy series The Change; Bridget Christie. The six-part comedy series follows fifty-year old mum of two Linda, who tries to claim back her identity after finding out she’s menopausal.

There will be an opportunity to ask Bridget, who also stars in the show as Linda, a question during the last 15 minutes of the session.

Event Schedule:

17:55: Please join the webinar waiting room

18:00: Q&A with Bridget Christie

18:45: Audience Q&A

19:00: Finish

The Change Synopsis:

Who is she? What is she? Is this it? Convinced she’s got early onset dementia after forgetting what a shoe is called, Linda's GP informs her it is, in fact, the menopause. Feeling invigorated and empowered by this information, Linda decides to claw back some of the time she's spent doing 'invisible work' over the years (not all 3.5 million minutes, just 131,500 of them) and do something for herself... for a change. 

Dusting off her old Triumph motorbike that she hasn’t ridden in 30 years, Linda sets off alone to the spectacular wilderness of The Forest of Dean – in search of an identity, a purpose, and a tree she climbed as a child. Along the way she meets an array of eccentric locals, including the infamous Eel Sisters, an angry local radio presenter and a mysterious man who lives in the woods with the wild boar. What could possibly go wrong?

The Change launches on Channel 4 on Wednesday 21stJune.

Bridget Christie, Creator

“10th-best living comedian” –TIMES

"A masterclass" – ***** GUARDIAN

“Superb” - **** TELEGRAPH

Bridget Christie is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer. Previous shows include A Bic For Her – which won the Foster’s Award for Best Show at the 2013 Edinburgh Festival, a South Bank Sky Arts Award, and became the best-selling show at the Soho Theatre. Her Brexit-themed show, Because You Demanded It, was named as The Guardian’s No 1 Comedy of the Year in 2016 and won the Chortle Award for Best Show. Other nominations and awards include a British Comedy Award for Best Female Comic, a Rose d’Or, a Sony Award, BBC Audio Drama Award, and five Chortle Awards.

Bridget’s fourth radio series, Mortal (BBC Radio 4), is hugely critically ac-claimed and won The BBC Audio Drama Award for best scripted longform comedy 2022. Her third series, Utopia (BBC Radio 4), was a finalist in the Radio Drama Awards 2018, with Radio Times calling it “the funniest show on the radio in years”. Her series Bridget Christie Minds the Gap (BBC Radio 4) won Best Radio Series at the 2014 Chortle Awards, Best Radio Comedy at the 2014 Rose D’Or awards, and another Chortle Award – for best radio programme – in 2015.

Her book, A Book for Her, received universal critical acclaim and was nominated for a Chortle Award.

Bridget has written and is starring in her first original comedy drama series The Change (Channel 4) which will be transmitting in June 2023. Last year saw her compete in Taskmaster(Channel 4) and QI (BBC 2) alongside performing in Ghost (BBC 1).  She has also appeared in Cardinal Burns (Channel 4), Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule (ITV), Anna and Katy (Channel 4), Have I Got News for You (BBC 1), Room 101 (BBC 1) and Kevin Eldon’s show It’s Kevin (BBC 2).

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