Scotswoman of The Year Nominee
In February, she performed at the Hackney Empire, London, in the five-hour Malcolm Hardee Memorial Show. In March 2006, she started a video blog; and she performed Janey Godley - Unscripted! at the Glasgow Comedy Festival. She continued to be a regular on Loose Ends and on chat shows on various BBC channels.
In May, she performed Good Godley! at the ODDFELLOWS New Zealand International Comedy Festival; she won the Spirit of The Festival Award and "Good Godley!" was nominated for Best International Show.
In August, her autobiography was released in a paperback edition becoming a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller and she performed in 83 shows in 24 days at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival including, each day, her three separate hour-long shows: her play The Point of Yes, her new stand-up show Janey Godley's Blog - Live! (which premiered at London's Soho Theatre in June) and Square Street, a comedy sketch show co-written and co-performed with her daughter Ashley Storrie.
In October, she was nominated as Scotswoman of The Year in the 44th annual contest, reached the final six shortlist and was runner-up. In November, she sang for charity on BBC1 Scotland's annual "Children in Need" appeal night and blogged for Amnesty International. In December, she was nominated by the New Zealand Comedy Guild as Best International Guest of 2006.
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