Sydney. Her debut performance at the Harold Park Hotel led to a spot in the final of the hotel's Comic of the Year competition where she placed third and won a bottle of red wine. Flanagan had been doing stand-up comedy for six months before she was spotted in December 1994 by the producer of Full Frontal. Flanagan joined the cast as both a writer and performer in 1995. Flanagan left Full Frontal in late 1996 to concentrate on her stand-up while she continued writing and acting for television in Shaun Micallef's World Around Him, The Micallef Program, The 50 Foot Show and The Fat. 2001–2009: UK and the world Flanagan moved to the UK in 2001 to further her comedy career and do more stand-up. She performed on television in The Sketch Show as well as making numerous stand-up appearances on The World Stands Up for Comedy Central. As well as performing, she produced a short film, Dating Ray Fenwick, in which she also had a small role and also wrote material for her former Sketch Show co-star Karen Taylor's sketch comedy show Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor. She also wrote for various other shows on the BBC, Channel Four and Sky Television. She also worked with author and screenwriter Sean Condon to develop his screwball comedy script Splitsville as a hook for a television series, which later evolved into an e-book. During her time in the UK, she would regularly return to Australia for short visits and appear on television shows including Rove, Good News Week, Spicks and Specks and The Sideshow. Flanagan took her stand-up internationally and performed at many major comedy festivals, including Edinburgh, Melbourne, Montreal, Kilkenny, Cape Town and Johannesburg. 2009–2021 After eight years touring the world and performing stand-up in comedy clubs in England, she returned to live in Australia in 2009. She had three months worth of work lined up in Australia and more kept coming in so she decided to stay. She starred in the Comedy Channel's 2009 TV special I Can't Believe It's Not Better before being contacted to join The Project for segments on trending news topics. In 2010, Flanagan began touring Australia with her stand-up comedy show Charming and Alarming. She toured with her sister and show co-star Penny Flanagan and tour manager and former Full Frontal co-star Glenn Butcher, who is the founding member of the 1980s Newcastle