SERIES 1 / EPISODE 12
Writer, actor and director Matthew Holness (Garth Merenghi's Darkplace, Back, Possum) talks about his love for the peculiar and unique world of MONTY PYTHON'S HOLY GRAIL LP, a quite distinct experience from the classic film.
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Writer, actor and director Matthew Holness (Garth Merenghi's Darkplace, Back, Possum) talks about his love for the peculiar and unique world of MONTY PYTHON'S HOLY GRAIL LP, a quite distinct experience from the classic film.
MATTHEW HOLNESS on MONTY PYTHON'S HOLY GRAIL LP iTunes Link
MATTHEW HOLNESS on MONTY PYTHON'S HOLY GRAIL LP Direct Link
SERIES 1 / EPISODE 11
Writer and actor KATHERINE JAKEWAYS (North by Northamptonshire, Armstrong & Miller, Tracey Ullman) joins us to celebrate a sitcom we all rate as one of the very best ever made, Esmonde & Larbey's peerless EVER DECREASING CIRCLES, a show ostensibly set in a suburban close, but actually set in the darkest recesses of the British soul.
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Writer and actor KATHERINE JAKEWAYS (North by Northamptonshire, Armstrong & Miller, Tracey Ullman) joins us to celebrate a sitcom we all rate as one of the very best ever made, Esmonde & Larbey's peerless EVER DECREASING CIRCLES, a show ostensibly set in a suburban close, but actually set in the darkest recesses of the British soul.
KATHERINE JAKEWAYS on EVER DECREASING CIRCLES iTUNES LINK
KATHERINE JAKEWAYS on EVER DECREASING CIRCLES DIRECT LINK
SERIES 1 / EPISODE 10
Top improvisational comedian and award winning host of Griefcast, Cariad Lloyd, shares her love of game-changing impro show Whose Line Is It Anyway, and talks about... well, everything. The secrets of life, death and making stuff up.
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Top improvisational comedian and award winning host of Griefcast, Cariad Lloyd, shares her love of game-changing impro show Whose Line Is It Anyway, and talks about... well, everything. The secrets of life, death and making stuff up.
CARIAD LLOYD on WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? iTUNES LINK
CARIAD LLOYD on WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? DIRECT LINK
SERIES 1 / EPISODE 9
Comedy actor and writer TONY WAY (Vic & Bob, Fast Show, Brian Pern, Game of Thrones) talks to us about 1980s blockbuster stock-market comedy TRADING PLACES, taking in VHS culture, Hollywood, star power, and the art of the character cameo.
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Comedy actor and writer TONY WAY (Vic & Bob, Fast Show, Brian Pern, Game of Thrones) talks to us about 1980s blockbuster stock-market comedy TRADING PLACES, taking in VHS culture, Hollywood, star power, and the art of the character cameo.
TONY WAY on TRADING PLACES iTUNES LINK
TONY WAY on TRADING PLACES DIRECT LINK
SERIES 1 / EPISODE 8
CARRIE QUINLAN and MARC HAYNES both won the nation's top awards for new stand-ups 20 years ago, then walked away from the mic. What makes a stand-up give up? What is life like in the spotlight against the bare brick wall? How does stand-up work? We look at the seminal 'Sane Man' set of BILL HICKS as a springboard for a special about the loneliness of the long distance stand-up.
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CARRIE QUINLAN and MARC HAYNES on BILL HICKS DIRECT LINK
CARRIE QUINLAN and MARC HAYNES both won the nation's top awards for new stand-ups 20 years ago, then walked away from the mic. What makes a stand-up give up? What is life like in the spotlight against the bare brick wall? How does stand-up work? We look at the seminal 'Sane Man' set of BILL HICKS as a springboard for a special about the loneliness of the long distance stand-up.
CARRIE QUINLAN and MARC HAYNES on BILL HICKS iTUNES LINK
CARRIE QUINLAN and MARC HAYNES on BILL HICKS DIRECT LINK
SERIES 1 / EPISODE 7
DAVID QUANTICK, the Emmy Award winning comedy writer (Brass Eye, Thick of It, Harry Hill, The Day Today) picks what he suspects might be the best film ever made, Terry Gilliam's TIME BANDITS. Who are we to argue?
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DAVID QUANTICK, the Emmy Award winning comedy writer (Brass Eye, Thick of It, Harry Hill, The Day Today) picks what he suspects might be the best film ever made, Terry Gilliam's TIME BANDITS. Who are we to argue?
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DAVID QUANTICK on TIME BANDITS DIRECT LINK
SERIES 1 / EPISODE 6
DAVEY JONES, the mind and biro behind some of Viz Comic's best and wonkiest strips, talks about his hero LEO BAXENDALE creator of The Bash Street Kids and his meisterwerk, the insanely funny WILLY THE KID books, flights of unhinged invention created in a rush of punky freedom when the great man left his gun and badge on the desk of The Beano. A glorious natter about an often overlooked corner of British humour.
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DAVEY JONES, the mind and biro behind some of Viz Comic's best and wonkiest strips, talks about his hero LEO BAXENDALE creator of The Bash Street Kids and his meisterwerk, the insanely funny WILLY THE KID books, flights of unhinged invention created in a rush of punky freedom when the great man left his gun and badge on the desk of The Beano. A glorious natter about an often overlooked corner of British humour.
DAVEY JONES on LEO BAXENDALE iTunes LINK
DAVEY JONES on LEO BAXENDALE DIRECT LINK
SERIES 1 / EPISODE 5
Comedy actor and writer RUFUS JONES (W1A, Camping, Hunderby, Holy Flying Circus) drags 1980s Robert De Niro / Charles Grodin action-comedy MIDNIGHT RUN across country in handcuffs for our inspection. How does an "action-comedy" even work? We do our best to find out...
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Comedy actor and writer RUFUS JONES (W1A, Camping, Hunderby, Holy Flying Circus) drags 1980s Robert De Niro / Charles Grodin action-comedy MIDNIGHT RUN across country in handcuffs for our inspection. How does an "action-comedy" even work? We do our best to find out...
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SERIES 1 / EPISODE 4
JON HOLMES (The Now Show, Time Trumpet, Listen Against, all the radio) talks about his unsavoury affection for MONTY PYTHON'S CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION ALBUM.
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JON HOLMES (The Now Show, Time Trumpet, Listen Against, all the radio) talks about his unsavoury affection for MONTY PYTHON'S CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION ALBUM.
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JON HOLMES on MONTY PYTHON DIRECT LINK
SERIES 1 / EPISODE 3
ISY SUTTIE (Peep Show, Damned, The Actual One) talks about the skill and craft of sketching a real-life Adrian Mole in Nina Stibbe's book LOVE, NINA.
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ISY SUTTIE (Peep Show, Damned, The Actual One) talks about the skill and craft of sketching a real-life Adrian Mole in Nina Stibbe's book LOVE, NINA.
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SERIES 1 / EPISODE 2
DANIELLE WARD (Dilemma, Do The Right Thing, Any Stupid Answers, Psister Psycho, Gutted, Dangermouse) talks about Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson's slapstick sitcom BOTTOM ("Beckett for kids...")
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DANIELLE WARD (Dilemma, Do The Right Thing, Any Stupid Answers, Psister Psycho, Gutted, Dangermouse) talks about Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson's slapstick sitcom BOTTOM ("Beckett for kids...")
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DANIELLE WARD on BOTTOM DIRECT LINK
SERIES 1 / EPISODE 1
JOHN FINNEMORE (Cabin Pressure, Souvenir Programme, Double Acts) talks about his love for Chris Morris and Armando Iannucci's seminal radio news spoof ON THE HOUR (with Rebecca Front, Steve Coogan, Patrick Marber, Doon Mackichan and David Schneider) and the influence it has had on his work.
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JOHN FINNEMORE (Cabin Pressure, Souvenir Programme, Double Acts) talks about his love for Chris Morris and Armando Iannucci's seminal radio news spoof ON THE HOUR (with Rebecca Front, Steve Coogan, Patrick Marber, Doon Mackichan and David Schneider) and the influence it has had on his work.
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