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Podcast: The Shift with Sam Baker
Episode: Mel Giedroyc on starting a new career at 51 and being a menopause dodger
Description: I am thrilled to kick off season four - season bloody four! - of The Shift with todayโs guest, Mel Giedroyc (and yes I did practice saying that 935 times). Mel is (she reckons) the more punctual half of beloved comedy duo, Mel and Sue, an actress, writer and, drum roll, NATIONAL TREASURE thanks to the best part of seven years spent eating cake. (Nice gig if you can get it) And now - bloody over-achiever - sheโs written her debut novel, The Best Things, which is as warm, hilarious and full of pin-sharp observation as youโd expect...