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Olivia Poulet: 'They said they wanted something female…' by Laura Barnett

The Thick of It star talks about her brilliant new solo satire and breaking TV's sexist glass ceilingA couple of years ago, Olivia Poulet and her friend, fellow actress and writer Sarah Solemani, were in a meeting with a TV commissioning editor, discussing an idea they'd had for a show. It was set in the 1950s and this was giving the editor the heebie-jeebies. "He said, 'It's a good idea, girls', and then… " Poulet…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM on April 26, 2015

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