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Francesca Martinez

Francesca Martinez

About Francesca Martinez

Francesca appeared in the BBC children's series Grange Hill for five years, but is now an award-winning stand-up comic who has performed at the Edinburgh, Melbourne and Montreal festivals, as well as on Broadway in New York.

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Magic Moments

Francesca is in Ottowa (the coldest, snowiest place in the world) for International Day of the Disabled - but almost didn't make it onto the plane.

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