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Cariad Lloyd is a writer, actor, comedian, podcaster and improviser. She is the creator and host of the award-winning podcast, Griefcast, where she talked to people about their experiences of grief and death. Past guests have included Adam Buxton, Monty Don, Sara Pascoe, Fi Glover and Nish Kumar. It won podcast of the year at the British Podcast Awards in 2018 and has been featured in the New York Times, and was Apple’s Spotlight podcast in 2022. In 2023, she wrote a book based on her grief lessons from the show called,You Are Not Alone, which was both critically acclaimed and a Times Bestseller.
She has also appeared as an actor in Peep Show, Alan Partridge, Beyond Paradise and Changing Ends. She has been seen as herself in QI, Have I Got News For You, Cats Does Countdown and House of Games. She is one the creators of hit improv show, Austentatious, who perform weekly in London's West End. She also now hosts a weekly podcast, Weirdos Book Club, with comedian Sara Pascoe.
Her first middle grade kids book, The Christmas Wish-tastrophe, is published on Oct 10th 2024. Her firs
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Meet Cariad Lloyd, the woman who put the joy in grief
Laughing at life’s saddest moments can be hugely therapeutic, says comedian Cariad Lloyd, whose conversations on bereavement with fellow comics became a taboo-breaking podcast
In February 1998 my dad turned yellow. A turmeric hue engulfed him. He was initially diagnosed with liver cancer then, after some more scouting, they announced that it was the mostly incurable and hope-stealing pancreatic cancer. By April, he was dead. I was two weeks away from GCSEs, in complete shock and, I realise now, trying to accept that my childhood had also died. I had joined the Dead Dad Club, as my schoolfriend Hannah (also a long-standing member) used to call it. Everyone joins ‘the club’ eventually. All of us at some point will be touched by the painful bastard that is grief. I just arrived very underage and very confused.
Laughing at life’s saddest moments can be hugely therapeutic, says comedian Cariad Lloyd, whose conversations on bereavement with fellow comics became a taboo-breaking podcast
I have been talking about death and grie
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What I Do:
Podcasting | Improv | Acting | Comedy | Writing
Hello there! My name is Cariad, I do a lot of things because it’s hard to be one thing now thanks to Arts Cuts and the rise of inspirational quotes encouraging us all.
I’ve been on telly in shows such as Alan Partridge, Murder in Successville and Peep Show not being me. I’ve also been onHave I Got News For You, Would I Lie To Youand Qi being me. I like doing both.
I regularly pretend to be a Regency lady with my improv show, Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel. We wear bonnets and breeches and make up a comedy play in the style of Jane Austen. We’ve had five sell-out Edinburgh Festivals and are currently performing weekly in London’s West End.
I am the creator and host of the award winning podcast, Griefcast. It won Best Entertainment, Best Interview and Podcast of the Year at The British Podcast Awards 2018 and Best Podcast at the ARIA’s too. It’s been featured in The Times, The Independent, You Magazine, Radio Times, The Telegraph and The Guardian. You can follow on t
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