The 12 Books of Christmas | David Baddiel on Family, Jewishness, and the Healing Power of Comedy
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Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet. I'm producer Leila Ishmael. Our eleventh pick of the year is an event we staged in October with comedian and author David Badil. He was live on stage on the 21st of October 2024 at London's Union Chapel to talk about his hilarious new memoir titled My Family. Joining him to discuss it all was actor and writer Sanjeev Baskar, who is best known for his television comedy sketch show, Goodness Gracious Me.
Now let's rejoin our host, Sanjeev Baskar. Live on stage with David Badil. Welcome everyone to this Intelligence Squared event. Guest uh this evening needs no introduction.
He's already been named, so you know that's not going to be a surprise. But David is an author, he's a comedian, he's a screenwriter, he's written and performed in loads of uh successful TV shows, the Mary Whitehouse experience at the beginning, the deal and Skinner Unplanned, amongst others. He's the author of uh several successful books, children's books as well, but the best-selling polemic. Jews Don't Count, which was turned into a documentary by Channel 4. And his latest book is the subject of this evening's chat, An Instant Sunday Times bestseller, My Family, the memoir.
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