We asked McNally for some of her favourite and funniest moments from 2024 to start the new year on a light and joyful note.

All Fours By Miranda July – I’ve just finished reading All Fours, and it is the perfect amount of weird and funny, mixed with terrifying information about menopause. The character in it has a sexual awakening at 45. I could not put it down, and it made me feel good to know that I potentially have a hormone-induced affair in my future. Joyful news.

Psychopedia – I listen to a lot of the Psychopedia Podcast, which is technically a true crime podcast rather than a comedy podcast, but there’s something about the dynamic between the two hosts, Tank Sinatra and Investigator Slater, which has me in stitches. Tank is a comic, and Slater is just a smart woman who works in crime and reprimands Tank. They tell some of the darkest crimes known to humankind but somehow make the world feel OK, which, now that I think of it, is utterly bizarre.

Grace Campbell’s Late To The Party – Grace’s podcast is fantastically funny. I was a guest on it myself, and we laughed together so hard I left a tiny stain on her couch, which is something she has since asked me about, and I, of course, have denied, but even the most kegel-happy woman cannot control herself around Grace.

Red Richardson’s internet characters – He’s a fantastic stand-up comedian with an almost cult-like following, and he has created this hilarious character who runs around England giving us toxic advice. It’s a highlight of the web for me.

Literally anything by David Sedaris – He could read me my own eulogy when I’m dead and I’d be laughing my ass off as they started to shovel mud onto my coffin. An incredibly funny man.

Moo Deng, obviously – The fat baby hippo, just for a quick spiritual lift.

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“I love the craic of writing a show and seeing how audiences react”: Joanne McNally on her new tour and her funniest moments from 2024