Wendy Craig
Show me the Way

An evening with one of Britain’s best-loved actresses
in conversation about her life, her work and her faith

Wendy Craig has had a long and distinguished career in television, theatre and film. Remembering such television classics as Not in Front Of the Children, And Mother Makes Three as well as the much acclaimed Butterflies, she is still everybody’s favourite mum. These hilarious series are re-running on television for a new generation to enjoy whilst Wendy treats us to her current role as the matriarchal matron in The Royal, the perennially popular series for ITV. Her stage appearances include the Royal Shakespeare Company and London’s West-End.

Wendy’s professional biography is very extensive, and the list of her awards illustrates the love and esteem in which she is held. She has been voted BAFTA's TV Actress of the Year, BBC Personality of the Year, BBC TV’s Woman of the Year; and The Funniest Woman on Television three times running.

Her book, Show Me the Way (published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2006) was based on one of the songs that Wendy found emerging from within her during a time of spiritual reflection.  In a particularly difficult period in her life the lyrics of the song came to her as a clear and concise request for guidance, re-assurance, healing and love; essentials that Wendy says she needs daily in an unsteady and often confusing world.

Wendy Craig – Show Me the Way is a light-hearted event (lasting just over an hour) in which Wendy is interviewed by Chris Gidney, Director of Christians in Entertainment. He discovers how her childhood faith dissolved when fame and the demands of show business led her away from God. Then, later in life, an emptiness and loneliness led her to a spiritual experience that took her back to a Christian faith that Wendy describes as “…a never-ending resource for my life today.