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Samantha Lyden and Teresa Burns (Funny Women Award Winners 2019)

Season 2, Ep. 3
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Samantah Lyden and Teresa Burns (Funny Women Award Winners 2019)


In this episode Kay and Emily try to decide who's more working class, find out about Carmelite nuns and reveal their worst side hustles, all while being firmly outclassed by the funny and talented writing partnership, Lyden and Burns who talk about why we should see more working class comedy on our screens and why two is better than one when it comes to writing comedy.


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