Sarah Millican
About Sarah Millican
Sarah Millican, born Sarah Jane King (born 29 May 1975), is an English comedian. She won the comedy award for Best Newcomer at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and in February 2013 she was listed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Radio 4's Woman's Hour. In the same year she married fellow comedian Gary Delaney, and her first book, How to Be Champion, was published in 2017. Among her accolades are two Chortle Awards, a British Comedy Award and two BAFTA nominations.
Millican was born and brought up in South Shields, England, the daughter of Valerie Prince and Philip D. King, who was a mining electrician. She attended Mortimer Comprehensive School and worked as a civil servant at a jobcentre until the age of 29. Her debut Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Sarah Millican's Not Nice, inspired by her divorce, won the if.comedy award for Best Newcomer in 2008, and her third show, Chatterbox, was nominated for the main Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2010, losing to Russell Kane.
Millican has appeared as a panellist on shows including 8 Out of 10 Cats, Have I Got News for You, Mock the Week, Would I Lie to You? and QI. Her radio series, Sarah Millican's Support Group, began on BBC Radio 4 on 18 February 2010. A live DVD of her Chatterbox tour, released in November 2011, broke an all-time record in sales for a female stand-up comedian, selling 172,000 copies in just over one month. Her television series, The Sarah Millican Television Programme, was first broadcast on 8 March 2012 on BBC Two, and earned her BAFTA Entertainment Performance nominations in 2013 and 2014.
Videos (957)
Videos 889 to 912 of 957.
0:12USA! You Can Now Stream or Download My Bobby Dazzler Special | Sarah Millican
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5:12Part 79 | How To Be Champion Storytime | Sarah Millican
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7:08Part 86 | How To Be Champion Storytime | Sarah Millican
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7:43Part 91 | How To Be Champion Storytime | Sarah Millican
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6:25Part 85 | How To Be Champion Storytime | Sarah Millican
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6:40Part 88 | How To Be Champion Storytime | Sarah Millican
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6:40Part 92 | How To Be Champion Storytime | Sarah Millican
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0:19No matter what. They're dogging.
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5:49Part 89 | How To Be Champion Storytime | Sarah Millican
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1:36Bobby Dazzler Tour Tickets ON SALE NOW! | Sarah Millican
11.9K views
10:39Chatterbox: The Best Bits | Sarah Millican
11.9K views
6:08Part 90 | How To Be Champion Storytime | Sarah Millican
11.8K views
6:56Bright and Beautiful, Great and Small | Sarah Millican
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2:35Moving in with the Boyfriend | Sarah Millican
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6:25Bobby Dazzler 2021/22 Tour: Devon and Dorset | Sarah Millican
11.3K views
10:35When Your Cat Brings 'A Gift' Home | Sarah Millican
11.2K views
0:49Is using the toilet for it's real purpose a bit more dangerous?
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1:49What Would You Change About Your Partner? | Sarah Millican
11.1K views
0:55Hair Down There
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0:18Bobby Dazzler - Out now in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore! | Sarah Millican
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2:53Bathroom Habits | Sarah Millican
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4:16Car Weeing | Sarah Millican
11K views
23:45Sarah Millican on 8 Out of 10 Cats | Series 12 Episode 2 | 8 Out of 10 Cats | Sarah Millican
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23:56Sarah Millican on 8 Out of 10 Cats | Best of Series 11 Full Episode | 8 Out of 10 Cats
10.8K viewsGuest appearances (18)
Videos on other comedians' channels featuring Sarah Millican.
Guest appearances 1 to 18 of 18.
11:37Sarah Millican on combating loneliness at Christmas
Russell Howard
611.8K views
1:16:45Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast - with Sarah Millican
Richard Herring
204.6K views
13:07Sarah Millican on openness in her stand-up, and horse smegma - from RHLSTP 468
Richard Herring
139K views
1:16:31Sarah Millican - RHLSTP
Richard Herring
87.2K views
1:15:19Sarah Millican - Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
Richard Herring
71.5K views
12:48Quickfire Q&A Session With Sarah Millican | Joe Lycett
Joe Lycett
57.4K views
46:36Sean Lock, Jon Richardson & Sarah Millican | 8 Out of 10 Cats
Jimmy Carr
24.6K views
9:48That's The Way A-Ha A-Ha Best Of Q&A With Sarah Millican | Joe Lycett
Joe Lycett
15.5K views
3:02Joe Lycett and Sarah Millican Make Cake! | Travel Man | Joe Lycett
Joe Lycett
13.5K views
2:34Sarah Millican & Pete Firman Do An Amazing Card Trick
Peter Firman
9.7K views
46:56Jack Dee, Sarah Millican & Charlie Brooker Had Other Plans For Jimmy | 8 Out of 10 Cats
Jimmy Carr
7.9K views
9:17Our Short Term Memory Lasts For 30 Seconds w/ Sarah Millican | Duck Quacks Don't Echo | Russell Kane
Russell Kane
6.8K views
8:02Best of Travel Man! With James Acaster, Sarah Millican and Mo Gilligan | Joe Lycett
Joe Lycett
5.1K views
15:25Aisling Bea & Sarah Millican Shouldn’t Be Left Unsupervised | Joe Lycett
Joe Lycett
3.2K views
4:00Joe Lycett and Sarah Millican Chow Down on Spit Roasted Sponge | Joe Lycett
Joe Lycett
3K views
4:45Joe Lycett, Sarah Millican & The Highest Spot In Lithuania | Travel Man | Joe Lycett
Joe Lycett
2.5K views
2:02Joe Lycett and Sarah Millican Visit the Highest Spot in Lithuania | Joe Lycett
Joe Lycett
2.4K views
19:47Best of Q&A's! | With Sarah Millican & Greg James | Joe Lycett
Joe Lycett
1.4K viewsChannels on this page: Russell Howard, Richard Herring, Joe Lycett, Jimmy Carr, Peter Firman, Russell Kane
Frequently asked questions
What is Sarah Millican known for?
She is an English comedian who won Best Newcomer at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and hosted The Sarah Millican Television Programme on BBC Two.
Where is Sarah Millican from?
She was born and brought up in South Shields, England, and worked as a civil servant at a jobcentre until the age of 29.
What award did Sarah Millican win at Edinburgh?
Her debut Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Sarah Millican's Not Nice, inspired by her divorce, won the if.comedy award for Best Newcomer in 2008.
What sales record did Sarah Millican set?
A live DVD of her Chatterbox tour, released in November 2011, broke an all-time record in sales for a female stand-up comedian, selling 172,000 copies in just over one month.
Is Sarah Millican married?
Yes, in 2013 she married fellow comedian Gary Delaney.
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