Crack open the latest Take A Break and brace yourself for an uplifting experience with the Stockport-born mother of five and lover of a bargain, Mrs Barbara Nice. Having been compared to everyone from Janis Joplin to the Shake 'n' Vac woman, the housewife extraordinaire is returning to The Stand Comedy Club on a mission.

Worried by our world of ever-diminishing friendliness, our heads always down for fear of catching someone's eye, Barbara is here to extol the virtues of saying ‘Hiya!'.

We need to stand proud, be open and look the world right in the eye - or we won't feel the benefit!

Barbara wants us all just to jump in and say 'Hiya'! It's like having a swim - you don't always fancy it, but you always feel better after.