SERIES 3 / EPISODE 5
Musician, comedian and sound-mixer BEARDYMAN talks to us about the influence of KENNY EVERETT and his cringetastic curation of the WORLD'S WORST RECORD SHOW.
BEARDYMAN on KENNY EVERETT'S WORLD WORST RECORD SHOW LINK
Musician, comedian and sound-mixer BEARDYMAN talks to us about the influence of KENNY EVERETT and his cringetastic curation of the WORLD'S WORST RECORD SHOW.
BEARDYMAN on KENNY EVERETT'S WORLD WORST RECORD SHOW LINK
SERIES 3 / EPISODE 4
Top joke craftsman SANJEEV SINGH-KOHLI (Fags Mags & Bags, Look Around You) praises the oozy-woozy genius of Chris Morris' BLUE JAM.
SANJEEV SINGH-KOHLI on BLUE JAM LINK
Top joke craftsman SANJEEV SINGH-KOHLI (Fags Mags & Bags, Look Around You) praises the oozy-woozy genius of Chris Morris' BLUE JAM.
SANJEEV SINGH-KOHLI on BLUE JAM LINK
SERIES 3 / EPISODE 3
The glorious KATY BRAND brings in a book that blew her young mind, Rob Grant and Doug Naylor's RED DWARF: INFINITY WELCOMES CAREFUL DRIVERS.
KATY BRAND on THE FIRST RED DWARF NOVEL LINK
The glorious KATY BRAND brings in a book that blew her young mind, Rob Grant and Doug Naylor's RED DWARF: INFINITY WELCOMES CAREFUL DRIVERS.
KATY BRAND on THE FIRST RED DWARF NOVEL LINK
SERIES 3 / EPISODE 2
We welcome JOSH WEINSTEIN, show-runner for The Simpsons, Futurama, Disenchantment and Strange Hill High to our rainy shores to talk to us about the influence of seminal Canadian 1970s sketch show SECOND CITY TV, (the show that gave us John Candy, Rick Moranis, Eugene Levy, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Joe Flaherty, Andrea Martin, Dave Thomas and Harold Ramis - not a bad crew).
JOSH WEINSTEIN on SECOND CITY TV LINK
We welcome JOSH WEINSTEIN, show-runner for The Simpsons, Futurama, Disenchantment and Strange Hill High to our rainy shores to talk to us about the influence of seminal Canadian 1970s sketch show SECOND CITY TV, (the show that gave us John Candy, Rick Moranis, Eugene Levy, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Joe Flaherty, Andrea Martin, Dave Thomas and Harold Ramis - not a bad crew).
JOSH WEINSTEIN on SECOND CITY TV LINK
SERIES 3 / EPISODE 1
A masterclass from comedian DARA O'BRIAIN on the art of stand-up, and the influence of EDDIE IZZARD's DEFINITE ARTICLE set.
DARA O'BRIAIN on EDDIE IZZARD DEFINITE ARTICLE LINK
A masterclass from comedian DARA O'BRIAIN on the art of stand-up, and the influence of EDDIE IZZARD's DEFINITE ARTICLE set.
DARA O'BRIAIN on EDDIE IZZARD DEFINITE ARTICLE LINK
SERIES 2 / EPISODE 14 - CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Writer SARA GIBBS (Dead Ringers, Succubus) celebrates Charles Schulz's melancholy festive classic A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS.
SARA GIBBS on A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS iTunes Link
SARA GIBBS on A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS Direct Link
Writer SARA GIBBS (Dead Ringers, Succubus) celebrates Charles Schulz's melancholy festive classic A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS.
SARA GIBBS on A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS iTunes Link
SARA GIBBS on A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS Direct Link
SERIES 2 / EPISODE 13 - CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Writer NEIL FORSYTH (Eric & Ernie & Me, Bob Servant) takes an affectionate look at the work of Eddie Braben on the ratings-busting, nation-uniting 1977 MORECAMBE & WISE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL.
NEIL FORSYTH on MORECAMBE & WISE 1977 iTunes Link
NEIL FORSYTH on MORECAMBE & WISE 1977 Direct Link
Writer NEIL FORSYTH (Eric & Ernie & Me, Bob Servant) takes an affectionate look at the work of Eddie Braben on the ratings-busting, nation-uniting 1977 MORECAMBE & WISE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL.
NEIL FORSYTH on MORECAMBE & WISE 1977 iTunes Link
NEIL FORSYTH on MORECAMBE & WISE 1977 Direct Link
SERIES 2 / EPISODE 12
Comedian and director CHRIS ADDISON (The Thick Of It, Veep) celebrates the work of Britain's "greatest writer of comic prose" through her masterpiece VICTORIA WOOD AS SEEN ON TV.
CHRIS ADDISON on VICTORIA WOOD AS SEEN ON TV iTunes Link
CHRIS ADDISON on VICTORIA WOOD AS SEEN ON TV Direct Link
Comedian and director CHRIS ADDISON (The Thick Of It, Veep) celebrates the work of Britain's "greatest writer of comic prose" through her masterpiece VICTORIA WOOD AS SEEN ON TV.
CHRIS ADDISON on VICTORIA WOOD AS SEEN ON TV iTunes Link
CHRIS ADDISON on VICTORIA WOOD AS SEEN ON TV Direct Link
SERIES 2 / EPISODE 11
Comedian NISH KUMAR (The Mash Report, Newsjack) talks about his love for Matt Holness and Richard Ayoade's densely layered horror spoof GARTH MARENGHI'S DARKPLACE.
NISH KUMAR on DARKPLACE iTunes Link
NISH KUMAR on DARKPLACE Direct Link
Comedian NISH KUMAR (The Mash Report, Newsjack) talks about his love for Matt Holness and Richard Ayoade's densely layered horror spoof GARTH MARENGHI'S DARKPLACE.
NISH KUMAR on DARKPLACE iTunes Link
NISH KUMAR on DARKPLACE Direct Link
SERIES 2 / EPISODE 10
Writer, performer and absurdist comedian JOHN LUKE ROBERTS (ACMS, Spats) - one of the few comics to have been listed on both the "best jokes" and "worst jokes" on the Edinburgh Fringe lists at once - chats about his lifelong love for the man who gives comic songs a good name, TOM LEHRER.
JOHN LUKE ROBERTS on TOM LEHRER iTunes Link
JOHN LUKE ROBERTS on TOM LEHRER Direct Link
Writer, performer and absurdist comedian JOHN LUKE ROBERTS (ACMS, Spats) - one of the few comics to have been listed on both the "best jokes" and "worst jokes" on the Edinburgh Fringe lists at once - chats about his lifelong love for the man who gives comic songs a good name, TOM LEHRER.
JOHN LUKE ROBERTS on TOM LEHRER iTunes Link
JOHN LUKE ROBERTS on TOM LEHRER Direct Link
SERIES 2 / EPISODE 9
Comedy actor MARGARET CABOURN-SMITH (John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, The Penny Dreadfuls) talks with sometimes alarming candour about her all-consuming teenage fandom for witty 1980s sketch show A BIT OF FRY AND LAURIE.
MARGARET CABOURN-SMITH on A BIT OF FRY AND LAURIE iTunes Link
MARGARET CABOURN-SMITH on A BIT OF FRY AND LAURIE Direct Link
Comedy actor MARGARET CABOURN-SMITH (John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, The Penny Dreadfuls) talks with sometimes alarming candour about her all-consuming teenage fandom for witty 1980s sketch show A BIT OF FRY AND LAURIE.
MARGARET CABOURN-SMITH on A BIT OF FRY AND LAURIE iTunes Link
MARGARET CABOURN-SMITH on A BIT OF FRY AND LAURIE Direct Link
SERIES 2 / EPISODE 8
Award winning actor and writer MAT BAYNTON (The Wrong Mans, Horrible Histories) shares his love for the Coen Brothers' shambling bowling-alley-noir THE BIG LEBOWSKI.
MAT BAYNTON on THE BIG LEBOWSKI iTunes Link
MAT BAYNTON on THE BIG LEBOWSKI Direct Link
Award winning actor and writer MAT BAYNTON (The Wrong Mans, Horrible Histories) shares his love for the Coen Brothers' shambling bowling-alley-noir THE BIG LEBOWSKI.
MAT BAYNTON on THE BIG LEBOWSKI iTunes Link
MAT BAYNTON on THE BIG LEBOWSKI Direct Link
SERIES 2 / EPISODE 7
Award winning director PAUL KING (Paddington, The Mighty Boosh) tells some behind-the-scenes tales from the magical Paddington films, and shares his love of a favourite Hollywood comedy, Ernst Lubitsch's masterful TO BE OR NOT TO BE.
PAUL KING on TO BE OR NOT TO BE iTunes Link
PAUL KING on TO BE OR NOT TO BE Direct Link
Award winning director PAUL KING (Paddington, The Mighty Boosh) tells some behind-the-scenes tales from the magical Paddington films, and shares his love of a favourite Hollywood comedy, Ernst Lubitsch's masterful TO BE OR NOT TO BE.
PAUL KING on TO BE OR NOT TO BE iTunes Link
PAUL KING on TO BE OR NOT TO BE Direct Link
SERIES 2 / EPISODE 6
Writer and performer BARUNKA O'SHAUGHNESSY (Hunderby, Timewasters) picks a fantastic sketch from Australian comedy master SHAUN MICALLEF.
BARUNKA O'SHAUGHNESSY on SHAUN MICALLEF iTunes Link
BARUNKA O'SHAUGHNESSY on SHAUN MICALLEF Direct Link
Writer and performer BARUNKA O'SHAUGHNESSY (Hunderby, Timewasters) picks a fantastic sketch from Australian comedy master SHAUN MICALLEF.
BARUNKA O'SHAUGHNESSY on SHAUN MICALLEF iTunes Link
BARUNKA O'SHAUGHNESSY on SHAUN MICALLEF Direct Link
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SERIES 2 / EPISODE 5
Award-winning radio comedy producer ED MORRISH talks about how THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY blew everyone's ears off. ED MORRISH on HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE (RADIO SERIES) iTunes Link ED MORRISH on HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE (RADIO SERIES) Direct Link |
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SERIES 2 / EPISODE 4
Actor and writer KEVIN ELDON joins us for a cup of tea, and biscuits, to discuss his love for THE RUTLES. THE ACTOR KEVIN ELDON on THE RUTLES iTunes Link THE ACTOR KEVIN ELDON on THE RUTLES Direct Link |
SERIES 2 / EPISODE 3
Writer, actor and stand-up AISLING BEA tells the stirring tale of how, for her, growing up as a funny woman in Ireland, FATHER TED kicked absolutely everything up the arse.
AISLING BEA on FATHER TED iTunes Link
AISLING BEA ON FATHER TED Direct Link
Writer, actor and stand-up AISLING BEA tells the stirring tale of how, for her, growing up as a funny woman in Ireland, FATHER TED kicked absolutely everything up the arse.
AISLING BEA on FATHER TED iTunes Link
AISLING BEA ON FATHER TED Direct Link
SERIES 2 / EPISODE 2
Award winning writer, performer and the man hiding inside DI Sleet in Murder In Successville (which is quite a feat) TOM DAVIS picks the grandstanding closing episode of the US show that took the coming-of-age movie and turned it into a sitcom. It's only THE WONDER YEARS.
TOM DAVIS on THE WONDER YEARS FINALE iTunes Link
TOM DAVIS on THE WONDER YEARS FINALE Direct Link
Award winning writer, performer and the man hiding inside DI Sleet in Murder In Successville (which is quite a feat) TOM DAVIS picks the grandstanding closing episode of the US show that took the coming-of-age movie and turned it into a sitcom. It's only THE WONDER YEARS.
TOM DAVIS on THE WONDER YEARS FINALE iTunes Link
TOM DAVIS on THE WONDER YEARS FINALE Direct Link
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SERIES 2 / EPISODE 1
Comedian, writer and actual national treasure SUE PERKINS delivers a triple gatefold deluxe tribute to the none-more-seminal THIS IS SPINAL TAP. Recorded live at the London Podcast Festival 2018. SUE PERKINS on THIS IS SPINAL TAP iTunes Link SUE PERKINS on THIS IS SPINAL TAP Direct Link |
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.
MATTHEW HOLNESS on MONTY PYTHON'S HOLY GRAIL LP iTunes Link
MATTHEW HOLNESS on MONTY PYTHON'S HOLY GRAIL LP Direct Link
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.
KATHERINE JAKEWAYS on EVER DECREASING CIRCLES iTUNES LINK
KATHERINE JAKEWAYS on EVER DECREASING CIRCLES DIRECT LINK
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.
CARIAD LLOYD on WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? iTUNES LINK
CARIAD LLOYD on WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? DIRECT LINK
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.
TONY WAY on TRADING PLACES iTUNES LINK
TONY WAY on TRADING PLACES DIRECT LINK
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.
CARRIE QUINLAN and MARC HAYNES on BILL HICKS iTUNES LINK
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?
DAVID QUANTICK on TIME BANDITS iTUNES LINK
DAVID QUANTICK on TIME BANDITS DIRECT LINK
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?
DAVID QUANTICK on TIME BANDITS iTUNES LINK
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.
DAVEY JONES on LEO BAXENDALE iTunes LINK
DAVEY JONES on LEO BAXENDALE DIRECT LINK
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...
RUFUS JONES on MIDNIGHT RUN iTunes LINK
RUFUS JONES on MIDNIGHT RUN DIRECT LINK
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...
RUFUS JONES on MIDNIGHT RUN iTunes LINK
RUFUS JONES on MIDNIGHT RUN DIRECT LINK
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.
JON HOLMES on MONTY PYTHON iTunes LINK
JON HOLMES on MONTY PYTHON DIRECT LINK
JON HOLMES (The Now Show, Time Trumpet, Listen Against, all the radio) talks about his unsavoury affection for MONTY PYTHON'S CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION ALBUM.
JON HOLMES on MONTY PYTHON iTunes LINK
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.
ISY SUTTIE on LOVE, NINA iTunes LINK
ISY SUTTIE on LOVE, NINA DIRECT LINK
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.
ISY SUTTIE on LOVE, NINA iTunes LINK
ISY SUTTIE on LOVE, NINA DIRECT LINK
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...")
DANIELLE WARD on BOTTOM iTunes LINK
DANIELLE WARD on BOTTOM DIRECT LINK
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...")
DANIELLE WARD on BOTTOM iTunes LINK
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.
JOHN FINNEMORE on ON THE HOUR iTunes LINK
JOHN FINNEMORE on ON THE HOUR DIRECT LINK
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.
JOHN FINNEMORE on ON THE HOUR iTunes LINK
JOHN FINNEMORE on ON THE HOUR DIRECT LINK
