Isy Suttie – författare

Isy woke up one day in her late twenties to discover that the invisible deal she''d done with her best mates - that they''d prolong growing up for as long as possible - had all been in her head. Everyone around her is suddenly into mortgages, farmers'' markets and nappies, rather than the idea of running naked into the sea or getting hammered in Plymouth with eighty-year-old men. When her dearest friend advises her that the next guy Isy meets will be The Actual One, Isy decides to keep delaying the onset of adulthood - until a bet with her mother results in a mad scramble to find a boyfriend within a month.From papier-mâché penguins to being stranded on a dual carriageway in nothing but a fur coat and trainers, THE ACTUAL ONE is an ode to the confusing wilderness of your late twenties, alongside a quest for a genuinely good relationship with a man who doesn''t use moisturiser.

''Tremendous'' Adam Kay''Heart-warming'' Sarah Pascoe''So well-observed'' Daisy Buchanan''Hilarious'' James Acaster''I LOVED it'' Aisling Bea''The perfect concoction of warmth and grit'' i Newspaper''Wonderful'' Stylist

Jane is trying.

She''s been trying for a baby, with increasing desperation as her thirties sail by.

Now, she''s trying to make a new start back home with her overprotective, charades-obsessed parents - having left her career and cheating fiancé behind in London.

With an increasing load on her plate, friends and family who think she''ll have a perfect life if she only listens to them, and a brain which questions every decision she''s ever made, can Jane conquer her demons and step forward on her own?

The Sony Award-winning comedian and Peep Show star talks life and love Isy Suttie is our guide to all things love-related in these five fantastic series. Come with her as she shares her relationship stories, talks about the couples she''s tried to bring together, evokes bittersweet memories of her childhood and adolescence, and shares a couple of the weird and wonderful things that give her pleasure.In her award-winning show Isy Suttie''s Love Letters, she recounts love stories affecting people she''s known, intertwined with anecdotes and songs about her own disastrous romantic life and eventual happiness. Isy Suttie''s Guide to Love and Romance sees her chatting to friends and partner Elis James, and sourcing extracts from The Listening Project, to paint a picture of love in the 21st Century - from first loves and Valentines to hook-ups and break-ups. And in Isy Suttie''s Guide to the Family, she returns to her teenage home town, Matlock, for a celebration of family life and growing up. Along the way, she reminisces with old friends in The Shoe Box of Memories, and treats us to some classic BBC comedy from Sarah Millican''s Support Group, After Henry, Old Dog and Partridge and Not in Front of the Children.Ever since she was little, Isy has experienced something she calls ''head squeezing'' - a euphoric, incredibly relaxing version of goosebumps that starts around her scalp and spreads down her arms. Its official name is ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response), and in Brain Tingles, she investigates this mysterious phenomenon, chatting to scientists and fellow ''ASMRians'' to explore why it happens and whether it can play a role in creativity.Finally, in While My Guitar Gently Bleeps, Isy takes a nostalgic look at chiptune: the catchy, evocative videogame music of the 1980s and ''90s that she loved as a geeky kid. She meets the musicians using joysticks and old computers to create unique electronic tunes - and even tries her hand at writing her own digital classic...Isy Suttie''s Love LettersWritten and performed by Isy SuttiePilot (''Pearl and Dave'') first broadcast BBC Radio 4, 11 January 2012Produced by John PocockSeries 1 first broadcast BBC Radio 4 Extra, 1-22 April 2013Produced by Lianne CoopSeries 2 first broadcast BBC Radio 4, 30 April-21 May 2014Produced by Lyndsay FennerIsy Suttie''s Guide to Love and RomanceWritten and performed by Isy SuttieProduced by Stephen GarnerFeaturing ''Valentine''s Day'' by John Osborne (2013) and extracts from The Listening ProjectFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4 Extra, 10 February 2018Isy Suttie''s Guide to the FamilyWritten and performed by Isy SuttieProduced by Stephen GarnerFeaturing The Shoebox of Memories and episodes from Sarah Millican''s Support Group, After Henry, Old Dog and Partridge and Not in Front of the ChildrenFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4 Extra, 5 December 2015Brain TinglesPresented by Isy SuttieProduced by Nicola SwordsWith Joe Lycett, Rhodri Marsden, Zoe Fothergill, Charlotte Luke, Claire Tolan, Dr Nick Davis, Dr Tom Hostler, Dr Giulia Poerio, Theresa VeltriFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 24 December 2015While My Guitar Gently BleepsPresented by Isy SuttieProduced by Benn CordreyWith Aoife Wilson, Steve McNeil, Andrew Schartmann, Graeme Booth, Rob Hubbard, Ben Daglish, Joe Bleeps, Jesper Holm and Søren Trautner Madsen from the band Press Play On Tape, and performers and customers at Manchester''s SuperByte FestivalFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 7 June 2016