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Education and legal career

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	Calman went to The High School of [[Glasgow]]<ref>http://m.scotsman.com/news/so-would-you-heckle-a-lawyer-1-1128535</ref> and then went on to study law at Glasgow University, winning a Judge Brennan scholarship and a three-month stint in North Carolina working with criminals on death row.<ref name="thetimes">http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/comedy/article6727493.ece Gillian Bowditch "Susan Calman: the lawyer who became our pint-sized new comic pin-up" ''The Times'' '26 July 2009</ref> She gradually became dissatisfied with working as a specialist in freedom of information and data protection and developed her stand-up comedy during evenings, eventually giving up her job with Dundas & Wilson to develop a career in comedy.<ref name="thetimes"/>		Calman went to The High School of [[Glasgow]]<ref>http://m.scotsman.com/news/so-would-you-heckle-a-lawyer-1-1128535</ref> and then went on to study law at [[Glasgow University]], winning a Judge Brennan scholarship and a three-month stint in North Carolina working with criminals on death row.<ref name="thetimes">http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/comedy/article6727493.ece Gillian Bowditch "Susan Calman: the lawyer who became our pint-sized new comic pin-up" ''The Times'' '26 July 2009</ref> She gradually became dissatisfied with working as a specialist in freedom of information and data protection and developed her stand-up comedy during evenings, eventually giving up her job with Dundas & Wilson to develop a career in comedy.<ref name="thetimes"/>

	==Comedy career==		==Comedy career==

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	'''Susan Calman''' is a Scottish comedian and a frequent panellist on BBC Radio 4 topical shows ''The News Quiz'' and ''I Guess That's Why They Call It The News''. She has appeared in Channel 4 sketch shows<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2010/mar/06/comedy-previews-the-guide James Kettle "This week's comedy previews" ''The Guardian'' '6 March 2010'</ref> and covers for Fred MacAulay on his BBC Radio Scotland show.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x0xqz "Susan Calman sits in" ''BBC Radio Scotland''</ref> She has also appeared in ''Rab C. Nesbitt''. Other television work includes presenting the CBBC programme Extreme School<ref>http://www.suchsmallportions.com/news/susan-calman-present-cbbcs-extreme-schools?page=2</ref> and providing the comic voiceover on the CBBC series Disaster Chefs. Calman is a regular performer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and at The Stand Comedy Club.		[[File:Susan Calman.jpg\|thumb\|Susan Calman]]'''Susan Calman''' is a Scottish comedian and a frequent panellist on BBC Radio 4 topical shows ''The News Quiz'' and ''I Guess That's Why They Call It The News''. She has appeared in Channel 4 sketch shows<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2010/mar/06/comedy-previews-the-guide James Kettle "This week's comedy previews" ''The Guardian'' '6 March 2010'</ref> and covers for Fred MacAulay on his BBC Radio Scotland show.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x0xqz "Susan Calman sits in" ''BBC Radio Scotland''</ref> She has also appeared in ''Rab C. Nesbitt''. Other television work includes presenting the CBBC programme Extreme School<ref>http://www.suchsmallportions.com/news/susan-calman-present-cbbcs-extreme-schools?page=2</ref> and providing the comic voiceover on the CBBC series Disaster Chefs. Calman is a regular performer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and at The Stand Comedy Club.

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	''The Times'' commented that Calman's "status as a diminutive lesbian — she is 4ft 11in — gives a certain grist to her mill but, her Hobbit-like stature aside, what strikes you about her is her chirpy, optimistic level-headedness."<ref name="thetimes"/>		''The Times'' commented that Calman's "status as a diminutive lesbian — she is 4ft 11in — gives a certain grist to her mill but, her Hobbit-like stature aside, what strikes you about her is her chirpy, optimistic level-headedness."<ref name="thetimes"/>

			She was ranked number 95 in the [[Pink List 2012]]. The citation said:
			:"Glaswegian Calman gave up a career in corporate law to follow the funny. Since she took the plunge in 2006, she has won Best New Comedian at the Scottish Variety Awards, and scooped Chortle's Best MC gong earlier this year. Now a regular on Radio 4 at the Edinburgh Fringe."<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-ios-pink-list-2012-8216187.html</ref>

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	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Calman is the daughter of Anne Wilkie and Sir Kenneth Calman, chancellor of Glasgow University and former chief medical officer for England and Scotland.<ref name="thetimes"~~>{{cite news \|first=Gillian \|last=Bowditch \|url=http:~~//entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/comedy/article6727493.ece \|title=Susan Calman: the lawyer who became our pint-sized new comic pin-up \|work=The Times \|date=26 July 2009\|accessdate=2011-04-18}}</ref> She has a sister and brother.		Calman is the daughter of Anne Wilkie and Sir Kenneth Calman, chancellor of Glasgow University and former chief medical officer for England and Scotland.<ref name="thetimes" /> She has a sister and brother.

	Calman came out as a lesbian at the age of 19 and has spoken of her difficulties growing up gay in Glasgow.		Calman came out as a lesbian at the age of 19 and has spoken of her difficulties growing up gay in Glasgow.

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	Calman came out as a lesbian at the age of 19 and has spoken of her difficulties growing up gay in Glasgow.		Calman came out as a lesbian at the age of 19 and has spoken of her difficulties growing up gay in Glasgow.
	:"It wasn't easy, not at all. Glasgow is a lovely city, but when I was growing up there was one lesbian bar, and there was a club for men, but there was no internet, there was no way of finding out [about other people]."<ref name="guardian-noteasy">~~{{cite news \|first=Emine \|last=Saner \|work=The Guardian \|date=3 March 2012 \|title=Saturday interview: comedian Susan Calman \|url=~~http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2012/mar/03/susan-calman-saturday-interview}}</ref> After nine years together Calman and her partner (a fellow lawyer) had their civil partnership ceremony in 2012.<ref name="guardian-noteasy"/>		:"It wasn't easy, not at all. Glasgow is a lovely city, but when I was growing up there was one lesbian bar, and there was a club for men, but there was no internet, there was no way of finding out [about other people]."<ref name="guardian-noteasy">http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2012/mar/03/susan-calman-saturday-interview Emine Saner "Saturday interview: comedian Susan Calman" ''The Guardian'' 3 March 2012</ref> After nine years together Calman and her partner (a fellow lawyer) had their civil partnership ceremony in 2012.<ref name="guardian-noteasy"/>

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'''Susan Calman''' is a Scottish comedian and a frequent panellist on BBC Radio 4 topical shows ''The News Quiz'' and ''I Guess That's Why They Call It The News''. She has appeared in Channel 4 sketch shows<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2010/mar/06/comedy-previews-the-guide James Kettle "This week's comedy previews" ''The Guardian'' '6 March 2010'</ref> and covers for Fred MacAulay on his BBC Radio Scotland show.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x0xqz "Susan Calman sits in" ''BBC Radio Scotland''</ref> She has also appeared in ''Rab C. Nesbitt''. Other television work includes presenting the CBBC programme Extreme School<ref>http://www.suchsmallportions.com/news/susan-calman-present-cbbcs-extreme-schools?page=2</ref> and providing the comic voiceover on the CBBC series Disaster Chefs. Calman is a regular performer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and at The Stand Comedy Club.

==Education and legal career==
Calman went to The High School of [[Glasgow]]<ref>http://m.scotsman.com/news/so-would-you-heckle-a-lawyer-1-1128535</ref> and then went on to study law at Glasgow University, winning a Judge Brennan scholarship and a three-month stint in North Carolina working with criminals on death row.<ref name="thetimes">http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/comedy/article6727493.ece Gillian Bowditch "Susan Calman: the lawyer who became our pint-sized new comic pin-up" ''The Times'' '26 July 2009</ref> She gradually became dissatisfied with working as a specialist in freedom of information and data protection and developed her stand-up comedy during evenings, eventually giving up her job with Dundas & Wilson to develop a career in comedy.<ref name="thetimes"/>

==Comedy career==
She reached the semi-finals of the BBC New Comedy Awards in 2005 and was a finalist in the Funny Women competition in 2006.<ref name="thetimes"/> Along with the rest of the cast of Channel 4’s sketch show ''Blowout'', she won a Scottish BAFTA in 2007, and in 2009 she was awarded the Best New Scottish Comedian at the Real Radio Variety Awards.<ref name="thetimes"/>

==Personal life==
Calman is the daughter of Anne Wilkie and Sir Kenneth Calman, chancellor of Glasgow University and former chief medical officer for England and Scotland.<ref name="thetimes">{{cite news |first=Gillian |last=Bowditch |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/comedy/article6727493.ece |title=Susan Calman: the lawyer who became our pint-sized new comic pin-up |work=The Times |date=26 July 2009|accessdate=2011-04-18}}</ref> She has a sister and brother.

Calman came out as a lesbian at the age of 19 and has spoken of her difficulties growing up gay in Glasgow.
:"It wasn't easy, not at all. Glasgow is a lovely city, but when I was growing up there was one lesbian bar, and there was a club for men, but there was no internet, there was no way of finding out [about other people]."<ref name="guardian-noteasy">{{cite news |first=Emine |last=Saner |work=The Guardian |date=3 March 2012 |title=Saturday interview: comedian Susan Calman |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2012/mar/03/susan-calman-saturday-interview}}</ref> After nine years together Calman and her partner (a fellow lawyer) had their civil partnership ceremony in 2012.<ref name="guardian-noteasy"/>

==Image==
''The Times'' commented that Calman's "status as a diminutive lesbian — she is 4ft 11in — gives a certain grist to her mill but, her Hobbit-like stature aside, what strikes you about her is her chirpy, optimistic level-headedness."<ref name="thetimes"/>

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