CARRIE LYELL PUTS THE WORLD TO RIGHTS WITH SILENT WITNESS STAR LIZ CARR

Liz Carr is cackling down the phone line. Naturally, for a woman who began her career in comedy, she’s incredibly funny. But the laughs punctuate a serious message, and over the course of an hour, the Silent Witness star and I talk about disability, sex, politics, privilege and everything in between. It really feels like we’re putting the world to rights. It’s one of those conversations you want to record and listen back to when you’re feeling emotionally depleted. Luckily, I did…

CLARISSA EXPLAINS IT ALL

“What keeps me coming back to Clarissa is the response you get from the public. It’s incredible. I don’t know if it’s because I had a big storyline in the series that went out this year. The care home episode, One Day. Maybe because of that, or because I’ve been in a major show regularly for six years, I get stopped so much in the street. People love the character. They love the wit. I’m a very darkly humoured, sarcastic woman at the best of times, and my character is as well. That’s probably why I got the job, because it wasn’t a great acting stretch for me. I love the fact that in a world of death and darkness and crime and violence, I get to bring in the gallows humour. That’s what I enjoy.”

DIFFERENCE IS BEAUTY