Shirley & Shirley: Geriatric Mums Christmas Special

Shirley and Shirley are back and feeling more geriatric than ever. The award-winning double act returns to bring more hilarious home truths about the pleasures and pitfalls of motherhood.

The creators of the podcast Motherfunk – whose guests have included Jen Brister, Bryony Gordon and Lady Rizo – are back where they belong: in the limelight and with a lockdown baby each.

Despite going to the same school, sharing a birthday, having foreign mums, and timing their children’s births together, they couldn’t be more different. In Geriatric Mums, they will tell their stories ​of bringing up babies, one with a man, one with a woman and what going from one sprog to two has taught them – dive into their world of rip-roaring stand-up and rambunctious sketch.

With their knackered backs, droopy sacks, and clean out of cash, Shirley & Shirley have really got something to shout about.

Featured on: (BBC 3) Jerk, Sketchorama (BBC Radio 4), BBC Comedy Online, Bad Teeth (C4), Plebs (ITV2), The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (C4), PhoneShop (E4), Marley’s Ghosts (Gold), Purge of Thrones (Netflix)

“You barely have time to recover from the laughter evoked by one sketch before you’re clutching your sides at the next one. It’s clear that they want to do their own thing and not just reproduce the same old worn-out sketches done a million times before.” – ★★★★ Broadway Baby

“The punk-rock of comedy” – Phill Jupitus, The Independent

★★★★ The List

★★★★ Scotsgay

★★★★ The Herald

★★★★ Three Weeks