Alexandra Haddow is a writer and comedian who sold out her debut show, Not My Finest Hour, at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2023 as well as her follow-up show, Third Party, in 2024 - which she also took on tour around the UK this year.

Alexandra has opened for comedy legends such as Frankie Boyle, Tommy Tiernan and Bill Bailey and has contributed to Have I Got News For You, The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4 and co-hosted the pop culture hit podcast, Sentimental Garbage. She has written for The Guardian, Metro, TimeOut and The Sunday Times Magazine among others.

In 2023 she won the West End Comedy Club Working Class Bursary.

When not being an in-demand comedian, she runs her own indie, rock’n’roll, and britpop club night Indie Amnesty which has sold out nights in Glasgow, London and as far afield as Barcelona.

Over the course of our conversation we touched on the joy of seeing women being depicted on screen as they are in real life: as flawed and irritating as well as fun and sexy. Alexandra shared her fascination with learning about the private lives of couples through the podcast she selected as well as how in awe she is of her friend who has written a fantasy novel.

Alexandra’s choices:

TV Show - Pulling

Film - An Education

Podcast - You’ll Do

Book - Skipshock, Caroline O’Donoghue

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