Sarah Kendall

Sarah Kendall

Sarah Kendall was nominated for the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy award in 2015, 12 years after her first Edinburgh solo show and 11 years after being nominated for the Perrier, as it then was, for the first time. She began comedy after winning the Raw Comedy competition in her native Australia in 1998.
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Is Sarah Kendall's comedy coming back? Frayed not

Comic reveals there will be no series 3

Sarah Kendall’s comedy Frayed will not be coming back, the stand-up has confirmed.

The Australian comic said she had plans for third series, following the cliffhanger at the end of series two, but it has not been picked up.

After a fan asked her on social media whether the show would return, Kendall replied: ‘I’m afraid not. We will never [know] what happened.

She added: ‘I had planned for S3 a time jump of 5 years. Dan survived that night but left town and Sammy ended up going to jail for the murder. They found the body. Series 3 would begin with her release from jail, Jim picking her up

The 1980s-set series aired on Sky in 2019 and 2021, and co-starred  Diane Morgan, Robert Webb, Ben Mingay, Kerry Armstrong.

Kendall played the lead role of Sammy, an apparently affluent British resident with two teenage children who had to return to Australia when her husband died, revealing the family to be bankrupt.

Series one attracted around 150,000 overnight viewers in the UK, and launched with 440,000 when aired on the ABC in Australia. But by the time it ended, the ratings were less than half that down under. 

However, it was acclaimed by critics and earned Kendall a Bafta nomination for best female comedy performance in 2020. The show was also twice nominated for best comedy at the Australian equivalent, the AACTA awards.

Kendall’s tweet about the show’s cancellation earlier this month was first spotted by the British Comedy Guide.

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Published: 28 Nov 2023

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DVD (2009)
Beehive

Past Shows

Edinburgh Fringe 2001

Sarah Kendall: War


Edinburgh Fringe 2002

Sarah Kendall Is Well Balanced


Edinburgh Fringe 2003

Sarah Kendall


Edinburgh Fringe 2004

Sarah Kendall


Edinburgh Fringe 2006

Sarah Kendall


Edinburgh Fringe 2012

Sarah Kendall: Get Up, Stand-Up


Edinburgh Fringe 2014

Sarah Kendall: Touchdown


Edinburgh Fringe 2016

Sarah Kendall: Shaken


Edinburgh Fringe 2019

Sarah Kendall: Paper Planes


Film

Huge


Melbourne 2012

Sarah Kendall: Persona


Misc live shows

Funny Women gala 2005


Agent

Patrick Bustin
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