Don't Lets Chart with Ben and Phil

Ben Baker hosts a retrospective look back at one of his biggest loves and influences: Viz, the adult comic founded by teenage cartoonist Chris Donald which has made people laugh, guffaw, chuckle, snort and wheeze with its mixture of comic strips, newspaper spoofs, rude words, bottoms, bollocks and general buggering about since issue one, sold as The Bumper Monster Christmas Special, first appeared at a gig in the Gosforth Hotel pub on the 10th December 1979. Musician and podcaster Paul Abbott joins him to discuss that first issue and where it sits in the UK's comic history, reflecting as it has over four decades of fads, trends and Macc Lads revival tours. Although mostly they're just going to laugh a lot at rude words. Enjoy. WARNING: Contains very bad language....though you'd be sad if it didn't. Read the original comic alongside us here: https://bit.ly/3xS08Hx

Welcome to Ben Baker's Christmas Box, a seasonally swanky trip through television's present-wrapped past. In each short episode of my new series I talk to a guest about something that represents the Christmas period to them and today I'm joined by musician, podcaster and composer of my amazing new theme tune Paul Abbott who has brought to the turkey-stained table "Peace On Earth", a 1939 Christmas cartoon all about the very least festive subject imaginable. He's here to expunge some childhood terrors and pass them onto us...Merry Deathmas! SUBSCRIBE TO CHRISTMAS BOX VIA YOUR PODCAST APP OF CHOICE HERE: https://pod.link/1598567940/ Watch Peace on Earth here: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xuiut Find Paul and his mighty works here: https://twitter.com/Pablovich And I've just released a new book all about the hits, misses and 'what the bloody hell is that?!?s' that made up the 20th century Christmas TV experience. Find it here: https://linktr.ee/BenBakerBooks.

Do you want to listen to a podcast about rotten Draculas, strange handprints, Pope swapping, TV monkey homing, New Zealand's unusual chart toppers, the art of Star Trek Captain naming and Tom Mix's horse Tony among things? Well, this was indeed the series for you! Sadly this is the final regular episode of "Don't Lets Chart". We've really enjoyed our two and a half years of creating silly list trivia but we both feel we've done as much as we can under the current name. We will return with something different soon but for now its goodbye and a huge thank you for listening to our daft series. Love and Robots, Ben and Phil

.trahC steL tnoD fo edosipe wen eht ot emoclew dna olleH...ahem, sorry, we've been listening to those backwards records again as there's moral panic on the horizon and its coming for your children!!! I mean, it's not obviously. But Ben Baker and Phil Catterall will be exploring some of history's weirdest uproars alongside learning about Gangulphus of Burgundy, the things that happened in Monty Python's wake, toxins, yellow reggae, the 'Cattomeat Bin Animal', Rainbow Parties, chess nonsense, Elvis' last hit singles, foam rolling, Minnesota mascot wars and why you cant even say Christmas anymore. So come ruin your turntable for the true masters of the dark. enif yllacisab s'ti, enif s'tI Listen, share, hit subscribe, drink a vodka up your bum, all that usual stuff. We're a small scale homemade show with just two people so all the support is gratefully received as our current listener base could fit in a shoe. If you'd like to throw a few quid at us too you can support the show - and get our monthly bonus show, plus access to two whole series not on the regular feed - via this here link: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart

Hey kids! Do you like facts? Do you like charts? Do you like betraying your country for upwards of £6 and a bottle of Tizer? Then Don't Lets Chart is the podcast for you. Ben Baker and Phil Catterall lead the parade of the past with terrible deals, Beethoven's working titles, the finest in pathologists, money for literally nothing, your best Swedish Idol judge, unfreedom, impressing Jodie Foster, what ET is short for, a talking 12" Nelson Mandela, frame frisking, uprisings and a leather pavillion for everybody. Listen, share, hit subscribe, steal an experimental aircraft, all that usual stuff. We're a small scale homemade show with just two people so all the support is gratefully received. If you'd like to throw a few quid at us too you can support the show and get our soon to be announced monthly bonus show, plus access to two whole series not on the regular feed, via this here link: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart

Welcome to the podcast that tries to charge head first through today via the distraction of yesterday with lists, trivia and thirteen litres of Old Ianson’s Dad Botherer up the park. In today's episode we're taking a look at April 20th throughout the years and learn why Street Fighter The Movie The Game did not need to exist, who has the annually best bottoms, when Macbeth was first misquoted for comedy value, what a pineapple farmer might be, who came afoul of a "swamp rabbit", how you could lick a James Bond, when the Red Baron was a dog, what Phil's closest lookalike is, how to tell the "unpasteurised milk" joke, what George Burns and Captain Tom have in common (other than that) and there's the tragic history of Davey Dirtbox. Plus much more all packed into a very funny half hour in which you might learn something but only if you read an encyclopedia whilst listening. Listen, share, hit subscribe, wear a tie that stinks of chicken, all that usual stuff. We're a small scale homemade show with just two people so all the support is gratefully received. If you'd like to throw a few quid at us too you can support the show and get our soon to be announced monthly bonus show, plus access to two whole series not on the regular feed, via this here link: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart

Want to learn some genuinely true facts from this date in time but also like silly people making jokes about Slimer's buttocks, sexy elephants and the Fuse bar throughout? Then "Don't Lets Chart" is your podcast! Its quite the trunk laden episode too with the internet's most burning questions about peanut-eating pachyderms alongside a visit to Pope Martin, 1962's biggest novelty hit, the perfection of tap dancing, Bobby Brown's unfortunate stomach troubles, cannibalism in comedy, the most misquoted movie moments, Metallica taking on the internet, a ban from the ping pong council, the possibility of a 'Jeff Erson', needless references to You Bet!, tear-pumping poetry and much more. But no Darren Day. This podcast is hosted by Phil Catterall and Ben Baker and was produced by Ben. It is not in any way sponsored by the Fuse bar. Because it was discontinued in 2006. And if you like this, please please tell your friends. Listen, share, hit subscribe, fight a bear, all that usual stuff. We're a small scale homemade show with just two people and listener numbers are way down during the pandemic so all the support is gratefully received. If you'd like to throw a few quid at us too you can support the show and get our soon to be announced monthly bonus show, plus access to two whole series not on the regular feed, via this here link: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart or Kofi here: https://ko-fi.com/dontletschart

Don't Lets Chart is a podcast that looks at the current day in history, shakes it for interesting trivia and then spray paints "BUMS" over the top of it. In this look at the April 6ths of time, Ben Baker and Phil Catterall learn about America's furry millionaire, Tartan Day, Napoleon's more petty acts of sulking, celluloid filth, Olympic pigeon bothering, the true inventor of the Pog, Steve Video Plus, boxing for peace, how Teddy Roosevelt definitely sounded, the early days of animation, ABBA's rise to Eurovision dominance, New Beer's Eve, the sadness of Spare Dad Three, patently untrue patents and lots more on the way. Plus our resident robot is here with his topical take on the news. Listen, share, hit subscribe, fight a bear, all that usual stuff. We're a small scale homemade show with just two people so all the support is gratefully received. If you'd like to throw a few quid at us too you can support the show and get our soon to be announced monthly bonus show, plus access to two whole series not on the regular feed, via this here link: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart

After the success and feedback on the pilot episode, we've decided to launch Game For A Quiz as its own show with a unique feed (e.g it will not be posted here!) and social media stuff. If you missed the first show, here's a small trailer for what we do. Then please go follow us on the podcast app of your choice and get the freshly minted second episode pitting Noel Edmonds against Brucie! You can manually add the RSS feed here: https://anchor.fm/s/54cd644c/podcast/rss Or listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1IYe28JjR4U7Lge0IeyPDu Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3fD1gYl Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/game-for-a-quiz-the-gameshow-showdown RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/game-for-a-quiz-the-gameshow-sho-Wd9pR7 ....with more to come! Please support our first spin-off and let us know what you think on Twitter @GameForAQuiz

Ben Baker has always been fascinated by the world of pop parodies - musical spoofs or pastiches of existing bands, singers and genres - from "Spitting Image" to "Horrible Histories". In this first edition he looks at three and a bit decades of ribbing directed at the Mancunian mouthpiece that is Steven Patrick Bulbous Overcoat Morrissey and The Smiths. A misunderstood and unfortunately all too understood character that many have taken great delight in aping or paying tribute to, including Radio Active, Who Dares Wins, Frank Sidebottom, Mitch Benn, MJ Hibbett, The Mary Whitehouse Experience, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Bill Nye The Science Guy, Armando Iannucci, Harry Hill, Jay Foreman, Darrell Maclaine and...Bernard Manning?! --------------------------------------------- Why Cant I Be You? is written and produced by Ben Baker. All clips come under review as fair use and are copyright their original sources. Got someone in mind you'd like me to cover in a future "Why Can't I Be You"? Or spot any Moz-mocking that I've missed. Let me know on Twitter @BenBakerBooks. And remember the lesson of The Smiths. Just because a bunch of wankers like it, doesn't mean that it's shit....

We've all got a favourite game show. Like the BBC point based one hosted by the lad with the ears or its ITV rival in which a chaser chases some contestants in a chase...I forget the title. (Speed 2?) But which is the BEST quiz or game show ever? Well, that's what Ben Baker and Christine Coulson are hoping to find out in this new series pitting two examples of the genre against each other. In this first episode both put forth a mighty example of shows that used time in an interesting way with Christine's choice of Paul Daniels' multiple choice classic "Every Second Counts" and Ben going with the lesser known daytime series "1000 Heartbeats". The programmes will be put through their paces on the things that truly matter like host, set, interactivity, prizes and, most important of all, if you can sing the name of the show to the theme tune... -------------------------- We watched two specific episodes to review and if you want to see them too, you can watch "Every Second Counts" (10th May 1986) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Xcq272trg Whilst the first episode of "1000 Heartbeats" is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceMEQCym-lM . You can see pictures from these shows and other game show nonsense we like here: https://www.instagram.com/gameforaquiz/ And if you liked this first episode, have ideas where we should go next or any general chit chat, contact us at our Twitter feed here: https://twitter.com/GameForAQuiz

Phil loves big giant fighting space robots. Ben has never seen the appeal. Now, after years of in-fighting and insults, Ben is finally conceding to try and understand his friend's genuine obsession with the whole Transformers franchise. As an outsider he's going to learn about all aspects of the Autobots and Decepticons' long history of interplanetary punch-ups over the past four decades from the good to the impossibly rotten. And we start our journey at the very beginning with the opening three-part mini series from 1984 "More Than Meets The Eye". On the way we'll- - learn how YouTube are taking their cue from TV-am; - explore why oil rigs are dangerous and not a right laugh like you thought; - debate how important a "The" is when discussing massive robots; - uncover the Gordon Brittas of the Decepticons; - rage at the toys that never were; - investigate how Ronald Reagan, "Kidd Video" and Richard Pryor fit into all this; - question if a "rear axle" equates to a part of the human body; - reveal which one of us hates Muppet Babies; - and scratch our heads to see so very many wet robots. So if you're a robo fan or metal sceptic, there should be something for you in here. Now to take you for the ride of your life.... ------------------------------------- "Transformers 101: The Education of A Robophobe" is presented by Phil Catterall with Ben Baker who edited it together. If you want more or want to suggest where in the franchise we should go next, let us know via @dontletschart on Twitter or dontletschart@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------

As you all know Ben Baker and Phil Catterall are incredibly professional young men with all their own teeth and they definitely don't make a noise every time they sit down. But what of those rare moments where things went wrong? Or funny but unnecessary tangents were followed? Or sections were simply too long to fit into the regular episode? You're about to find out in half an hour of cocks going up Denis Norden's aunt's bloomers whilst an animated David Walliams looks on disinterested...sorry, we mean funny outtakes and deleted sections from "Don't Lets Chart". Merry Christmas VT!!!!!!!!!!1111111

Happy New Sort Of A Year! Ben and Phil are here with a bit of New Year Cheer which will be as delicious as the injection man coming round with all of your vaccines! There are resolutions, celebrations and confusing traditions for everyone as part of this new year we've been slung into. Plus all the spines you can eat! Think of it as Advent Day 263 if you will. Merry Yearmas!

The best quizzes from series 1 and 2 of Don't Lets Chart in honour of Ben's second fabulous 39th birthday. No, 2020 doesn't count. Its like Community season four. Enjoy!

Between 1958 and 1972, the BBC would run a big programme entitled "Christmas Night with the Stars". In it you could find mini versions of all your favourite shows of the time plus sketches, monologues and other seasonal nonsense. Today, Don't Lets Chart are reviving that tradition with a big beefy feature length special containing bite-sized editions of some of our favourite podcasts including "Retrospecticus", "The Big Beatles Sort Out", "Looks Unfamiliar" and "Round The Archives". There's also an exclusive story from Twitter favourite Darrell Maclaine plus your top presents of all time, the seasonal episodes of a certain sitcom are ranked, too many Shreks, one of those quizzes we used to do before the war and the usual facts, events, idiocy and shouting presented by Ben Baker and Phil Catterall. Merry Shreksmas! ====================================================== Find Retrospecticus here: http://retrospecticus.org/ Find Round The Archives here: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/round-the-archives-524254 Find Looks Unfamiliar here: https://timworthington.org/looksunfamiliar/ Find The Beatles Big Sort here: https://anchor.fm/garry-abbott Find Darrell Maclaine here: https://twitter.com/maclockdown With thanks as ever to Simon Tyers and Paul Abbott. Thanks to everyone who has been downloading our Advent shows throughout December, it was a huge undertaking but we're very proud of it. Thanks to all our pastry pals for sticking with us through 2020 too. If you want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart ====================================================== Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is still available now! BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/ben-baker/i-was-bored-on-christmas-day/paperback/product-7wkjmd.html BUY IT ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NS9J76Z BUY IT FOR KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NXTJBCB

Shut up Chris Rea, its podcast time. Thank you to everyone who has downloaded the entire set of these festive fripperies. We had huge fun and we hope you did too. And that is very definitely the end. Yes. ======================== Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now! BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/ben-baker/i-was-bored-on-christmas-day/paperback/product-7wkjmd.html BUY IT ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NS9J76Z BUY IT FOR KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NXTJBCB

Was 1973 the most Christmas year ever? And is it still remembered in the 2020 charts? All this plus your best Christmas hit singles ever inside a bumper festive Don't Lets and Chart! ======================== Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now! BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/ben-baker/i-was-bored-on-christmas-day/paperback/product-7wkjmd.html BUY IT ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NS9J76Z BUY IT FOR KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NXTJBCB

We all know our classic British traditions, unless we dont, but what of more old fashioned Christmas activities? Phil gots a list and he's only mildly afraid to use it! MEAT WILL BE SHOWN! ======================== Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now! BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/ben-baker/i-was-bored-on-christmas-day/paperback/product-7wkjmd.html BUY IT ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NS9J76Z BUY IT FOR KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NXTJBCB

Right, no more of your lolligagging! Its time for the big shop and the vote for the best Christmas food for mouth is on. Will pigs beat blankets? When was the best Cadbury selection box era? And which is better: "Spuds" or "Just meat"? Slooooooooooo..... ======================== Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now! BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/ben-baker/i-was-bored-on-christmas-day/paperback/product-7wkjmd.html BUY IT ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NS9J76Z BUY IT FOR KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NXTJBCB

Animals! Everywhere animals! Turn around, I bet there's one behind you. But which is the best when it comes to Winter conditions and how does this affect our SpeakPipe? If only there was a way of finding out... ======================== Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now! BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/ben-baker/i-was-bored-on-christmas-day/paperback/product-7wkjmd.html BUY IT ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NS9J76Z BUY IT FOR KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NXTJBCB

Hello I am Terry Christian and this is the best festive Word. Only joking. But also not. Find out what any of this means in the latest edition of the podcast described by many as "Oh god, it's still going" and "not Chris Ramsay enough". ======================== Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now! BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/ben-baker/i-was-bored-on-christmas-day/paperback/product-7wkjmd.html BUY IT ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NS9J76Z BUY IT FOR KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NXTJBCB

It's a self-indulgent Friday as Phil asks Ben about some of the weirder entries in his new book. Did he mention he's got a book out? Yes. Yes he did. ======================== Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now! BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/ben-baker/i-was-bored-on-christmas-day/paperback/product-7wkjmd.html BUY IT ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NS9J76Z BUY IT FOR KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NXTJBCB

What is the best Christmas film? Its a discussion for the ages and is almost always a terrible idea. Hence this episode. ======================== Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now! BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/ben-baker/i-was-bored-on-christmas-day/paperback/product-7wkjmd.html BUY IT ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NS9J76Z BUY IT FOR KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NXTJBCB

Gravy. Just gravy. ======================== Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now! BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/ben-baker/i-was-bored-on-christmas-day/paperback/product-7wkjmd.html BUY IT ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NS9J76Z BUY IT FOR KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NXTJBCB

Perhaps our favourite vote subject to date. Its "Best Christmas TV Special By Or Featuring A Puppet" and boy oh lordy are you in for a treat. Probably. ======================== Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now! BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/ben-baker/i-was-bored-on-christmas-day/paperback/product-7wkjmd.html BUY IT ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NS9J76Z BUY IT FOR KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NXTJBCB

What are the rest of the world getting up to? Lets take a peek in the Christmas diaries of the rich and baffling. A ribbe of biefe for all readers! ======================== Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now! BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/ben-baker/i-was-bored-on-christmas-day/paperback/product-7wkjmd.html BUY IT ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NS9J76Z BUY IT FOR KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NXTJBCB

We asked you what the best Christmas Year ever was. These are the results you deserve. ======================== Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now! BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/ben-baker/i-was-bored-on-christmas-day/paperback/product-7wkjmd.html BUY IT ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NS9J76Z BUY IT FOR KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NXTJBCB

Deck the halls with that and likewise tra la la la la Banana Splits. Carol singing - did you do it? One of us did and one of us didnt. And thats not including the erstwhile former star of "Spender" who died for our sins. Probably. ======================== Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now! BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/ben-baker/i-was-bored-on-christmas-day/paperback/product-7wkjmd.html BUY IT ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NS9J76Z BUY IT FOR KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NXTJBCB

One of the biggest signifiers of the oncoming festive period would be when your favourite comic suddenly added some snow to the logo. But what of Ben and Phil's very different comic buying childhoods? And how does this affect Buster Capp's Christmas haul? All this and great news inside for all readers! ======================== Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now! BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/ben-baker/i-was-bored-on-christmas-day/paperback/product-7wkjmd.html BUY IT ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NS9J76Z BUY IT FOR KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NXTJBCB

Our first festive listener question has come down the SpeakPipe and its The History Buffet's Eric Stockberger who enquires on Ben and Phil's opinions about all things seasonably musical. ======================== Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now! BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/ben-baker/i-was-bored-on-christmas-day/paperback/product-7wkjmd.html BUY IT ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NS9J76Z BUY IT FOR KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NXTJBCB

Its vote time again and today we count down your very own top 10 "Celebrities You Most Associate With Christmas". A shoo in for the Queen? Or have Buble and Carey stuck in and pinched her crown overnight? And what's Ben doing in there? All this and more in today's mince-pie sized episode! ======================== Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now! BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/ben-baker/i-was-bored-on-christmas-day/paperback/product-7wkjmd.html BUY IT ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NS9J76Z BUY IT FOR KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NXTJBCB

Pining for presents past again but this time its the VHSes we so desperately craved including those "exclusive to video" that strangely ended up on telly about 9 months later. What videos were you desperate for in the past? Let us know @dontletschart on Twitter. ======================== Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now! BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/ben-baker/i-was-bored-on-christmas-day/paperback/product-7wkjmd.html BUY IT ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NS9J76Z BUY IT FOR KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NXTJBCB

Christmas cards - yay or nay? Not in the era of coughing and death post but years that arent spent hiding in the spare room in your Spiderman onesie. Ben and Phil discuss cards and which of them is actually good at sending some. Plus: more robot rambling. ======================== Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now! BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/ben-baker/i-was-bored-on-christmas-day/paperback/product-7wkjmd.html BUY IT ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NS9J76Z BUY IT FOR KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NXTJBCB

Its Sunday so we're keeping our best hushed tones and slippers in order to discuss television on Sunday around the festive period. Our pal Tim Worthington (@outonbluesix) has provided us a list to check through but we invariably ruin it. Listen in! ======================== Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now! BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/ben-baker/i-was-bored-on-christmas-day/paperback/product-7wkjmd.html BUY IT ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NS9J76Z BUY IT FOR KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NXTJBCB

Christingles - why and how? One of us is very familiar with the tradition that is sticking a candle into some fruit, the other is not. See if you can guess which is which? Although lets be fair, you already know. ======================== Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now! BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/ben-baker/i-was-bored-on-christmas-day/paperback/product-7wkjmd.html BUY IT ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NS9J76Z BUY IT FOR KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NXTJBCB

If you're one of our American listeners you're probably ready for all the big Christmas episodes to air due to the strange way network TV works in the US. Here's a quiz to celebrate those unusual TV nuggets - will your favourite feature? ======================== Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now! BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/ben-baker/i-was-bored-on-christmas-day/paperback/product-7wkjmd.html BUY IT ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NS9J76Z BUY IT FOR KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NXTJBCB

Its the first look at the answers to our recent Big Christmas Vote and a dive into your favourite "Non Hit Singles". It would be fair to say it confused a few of you and others had some of them controversial opinions but the robot's on at the end so everybody will be happy. Hear most of the songs here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3a2NJKvEpx4khCX5J3CCNv ======================== Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now! BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/ben-baker/i-was-bored-on-christmas-day/paperback/product-7wkjmd.html BUY IT ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NS9J76Z BUY IT FOR KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NXTJBCB

After yesterday's rather less than Crimbletastic edition, we're stepping it up a notch with a look at the Argos catalogue to see what we want best. Spoilers: Phil ruins it. Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now! BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/ben-baker/i-was-bored-on-christmas-day/paperback/product-7wkjmd.html BUY IT ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NS9J76Z BUY IT FOR KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NXTJBCB

It's sort of Christmas, right? Stuff it, we're in tier 3 and Ian's The Booze have just delivered twelve gallons of Grandad's Old Eye-Blinder so lets get on our party pants and check out what happened on this day in history. I bet its going to be really festive...right? Right? ======================== Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is available now! BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/ben-baker/i-was-bored-on-christmas-day/paperback/product-7wkjmd.html BUY IT ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NS9J76Z BUY IT FOR KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NXTJBCB

Why is calling your child "Bloody" a bad idea? What were The Beatles doing to our Nation's youth in 1963? Can you truly fancy a spaceship? When will the "Star Wars Holiday Special" start being special? And just who is Jimmy Todhands? Answers will occur from the mouths and souls of Ben Baker and Phil Catterall in your weekly dose of history and stupidity. Also covered in this module: "Weird" Abe Lincoln's Yorkshire roots, a nice glass of Brianade, page 3 vs hard sums, the latest birthdays, the concept of Shaq Fu, vol-au-vents for the youth, pudding lawsuits, Carlos Santana's new line in auto burglaries, red ink negativity, Nixon doing a big lie, Mr T's grill situation and Joey. Want to know what any of that nonsense means? Get listening now! ======================== Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day" will be available to pre-order from Amazon next week. Find his (surprisingly easy to wrap as presents) other books at Amazon here: www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B079KSMVXK or Lulu Press here: www.lulu.com/spotlight/benbakerpresents

Why is Dr Seuss no help with chatting up a partner? When is Racist Cluedo too racist? Who spent all their money on "trains and Michaela Strachans"? What's the real ending to "Stand By Me"? Which presenter is planning to become dead from robot sex? As ever, we'll dive into all of the above nonsense in the new episode of "Dont Lets Chart", a comedy and history podcast by the hugely unqualified Ben Baker and Phil Catterall. Also in this cavalcade of trivia nonsense we'll learn why a 10 day week was amazing a poor idea, which of us looks most like a Sesame Street monster, how Walt Disney was a rotten bastard, what the best board game wasnt, why Cummingtonite isnt a request, who was snaffling some Jesus off a window ledge, what Dr Livingstone could've alternatively heard out of Henry Morton Stanley's mouth, if Star Wars would've been better ending Ben's way, what not to say on Tinder, how the Garbage Pail Kids made a movie and a lot more besides. We can only do this with your help so thank you to everyone who supports us on Patreon and tells their friends about us. We're still slowly rebuilding our listener numbers and every bit of word of mouth helps us hugely. Thank you. And, more than anything, please remember: Turdidae. =================== Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Need some Christmas present ideas? How about one of Ben's books? Find them at Amazon here: www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B079KSMVXKor Lulu Press here: www.lulu.com/spotlight/benbakerpresents

How did the cowboy Black Bart give himself away? What happened to Sputnik-1? Who would win in a fight between Rin Tin Tin and Lassie? Was the event pre and post Congo? And why is Ben going to be given away to an ostrich farm? Answers to these will be forthcoming, along with countless other facts and stupid jokes from the mouths of Ben Baker and Phil Catterall. Plus: the incorrect Scooby Doo, becoming unretired, some Willis, too many Air Bud films, Sticky Fingaz vs Ben Fogle, Phil is bad at metal, an evil clown, Vanilla Ice and another reference to Boyz Unlimited. Oh and the robot's got a new catchphrase. ====================== Send us a question via @dontletschart on Twitter, dontletschart@gmail.com or our new Speakpipe set up: www.speakpipe.com/DontLetsChart And if you want episodes early, along with a lot of extra shows, outtakes and bonus stuff (alongside supporting us making it!) then please visit: www.patreon.com/dontletschart ====================== Need some Christmas present ideas? How about one of Ben's books? Find them at Amazon here: www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B079KSMVXKor Lulu Press here: www.lulu.com/spotlight/benbakerpresents

Which episode of Paddington featured his powerful death squads? How many Spanish Galleons is too many for private use? What is the best Steve Guttenberg film from 1984 to 1987? When will the fiancées of Darren Day get their reparations? and where does "Lovable Zanies II" fit into all this? The answers to all of the above and more are featured in this episode of the internet's eighth or ninth most popular facts and daft jokes podcast (Skipton Region ONLY) with your hosts Ben Baker and Phil Catterall. Other items of fancy include the ballad of Boss Tweed, Geoff Hamilton's increasingly unused spade, too much Police Academy, fallen bacon, telly having a nap, the worst "corruptsmans", John Letter, meeting the Neighbours, extreme stench, putting a hit on Frank Sinatra, checking for ghosts, Wallace Carruthers and his gift to the world's legs, advertising pears, Valerie Harper's contract and a sobering look at bastards. So get on the Gutten-bus and lets go! ====================== Send us a question via @dontletschart on Twitter, dontletschart@gmail.com or our new Speakpipe set up: www.speakpipe.com/DontLetsChart And if you want episodes early, along with a lot of extra shows, outtakes and bonus stuff (alongside supporting us making it!) then please visit: www.patreon.com/dontletschart ====================== Need some Christmas present ideas? How about one of Ben's books? Find them at Amazon here: www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B079KSMVXK or Lulu Press here: www.lulu.com/spotlight/benbakerpresents

Where is a Cheese Heavy Nation? How did the bloke off Ghostwatch make it to the Sydney Opera House? Why are the British so good at murders? Which company hit big by giving people the squits? And at what end do you check a Stevenson's Plomp? Its all in your soapy new Don't Lets Chart with Robot. (Also Ben Baker and Phil Catterall) alongside some of the best inventor-named products, rockin' disasters, secret SS pasts of the TV stars, what makes Agatha Christie better than you, Bott's dots, The Wiggles sounding too excited about social distancing, the sneakiness of the Sunday Times, Cheryl's race against surnames, the only newspaper magnate named after a Channel 5 game show, Peter Pan's opening and lots more! Send us a question via @dontletschart on Twitter, dontletschart@gmail.com or our new Speakpipe set up: www.speakpipe.com/DontLetsChart And if you want episodes early, along with a lot of extra shows, outtakes and bonus stuff (alongside supporting us making it!) then please visit: www.patreon.com/dontletschart ====================== Need some Christmas present ideas? How about one of Ben's books? Find them at Amazon here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B079KSMVXK or Lulu Press here: https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/benbakerpresents (use the code LULUFAM10 for 10% before October 17th)

Why did the band Muse sue Celine Dion? Who wouldn't welcome a traction engine through the post? Which rocker requires our Unsolicited Celebrity Advice? What is the best time? And how do the Alans fit into all this? Find out in another trouser-wrenching edition of the programme that aims to find sense in the madness of the world through our history and pop culture detritus. In the entertainment sack this week is a ban on "hand signed" autographs, Beatlemania, one of Werner Herzog's better decisions, 'Pedo Guy' revisited, a really big shoe, the Old Farmer's Almanac, the biggest leaf comes into question, Toni Braxton's bosom crisis, bastard killer whales, the formation of the Wide Awake Club, a genuine claustrophobic breakdown and, as always, a drawing of Nick Wilton having a bath. Oh and the robot's back. Sorry about that. Send us a question via @dontletschart on Twitter, dontletschart@gmail.com or our new Speakpipe set up: https://www.speakpipe.com/DontLetsChart And if you want episodes early, along with a lot of extra shows, outtakes and bonus stuff (alongside supporting us making it!) then please visit: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart

How did a goat lead to a sporting disaster for over sixty years? Is Fall Guys the ideal way to decide who is best at religion? Was Thomas Edison's first film really called "Two Lasses Doing Some Kissing In The Bare"? Where is the best place to buy bees? And what did Bruce Springsteen pull out of in 2007? All these questions amazingly will be answered in the first episode of a brand new series of weekly trivia and stupidity podcast "Don't Lets Chart" with Ben Baker and Phil Catterall. There's also room for Curses, Air Bud Rules, farmin' rock, Kermit 16:9, Klingon Sex, the use of Parrots in Divorce, Badmington for Christ, two and Half Imperial Tons Of Cats, Cliffism, another Elizabeth Taylor wedding and who REALLY did the murder in Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap". Plus everyone's favourite new comedy robot P.I.S.S.2! [we're not calling it it that - Phil] You can contact the show or send in a short recording of you asking a question via @dontletschart on twitter or dontletschart@gmail.com And if you want episodes early, along with a lot of extra shows, outtakes and bonus stuff (alongside supporting us making it!) then please visit: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart

Another chance to hear a few of our early highlights before we launch our third series on October 6th - now back to weekly releases! And if you want to hear episodes even earlier follow us on Patreon where for less than three quid a month you can get early access to all our shows, plus bonus material, out-takes and the full series of our spin-off shows Don't Lets Chart...Nights and the DLC Lockdown Roadshow, all whilst supporting us hugely: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart With over 1,300 hours of nonsense available for free, it might be quite daunting for anyone new coming to our daft mix of trivia, quizzes, history and very silly jokes. So here's a hello selection checking in with some of our favourite moments from the first 12 months, including: - The deadliest toys ever released, - Super sizzlin' Steamed Hams memes, - Amazon's greatest gravy collections, - A searing investigation of the Nixon era, - Brittas, Bono and the best of the Royal Variety Performance, - Ranker.com's top six Terry and June characters, - Beatles or Beetles? - The greatest radio quiz of all time. So whether you're a newcomer or a fool who just wants to relive some of our favourite moments, this is the podcast for you. If you cant do Patreon but fancy throwing the singular price of a coffee in our faces: https://ko-fi.com/dontletschart Visit Don't Lets Chart on Twitter: @dontletschart or email dontletschart@gmail.com Add the RSS feed to your pod machine here: https://anchor.fm/s/a1225dc/podcast/rss Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-lets-chart-with-ben-and-phil/id1458231551?uo=4 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7bCp6FH0u2YXcbhvyImhWh Don't Lets Chart is an independent podcast by Ben Baker and Phil Catterall. They should probably have some sort of production thing here. They do not.

Well, "Don't Lets Chart" might be gone for now but over on Patreon we've just begun our Summer Roadshow touring around the country...minus the actually leaving the house and going anywhere aspect. In every all new hour-long show, there's the usual mix of charts, daftness and trivia, plus some the best and strangest sounds you'll hear all year. Its available exclusively on Patreon for less than the price of a Twix per show but here's a small preview clip from episode one in which Ben and Phil discuss Scunthorpe's biggest news stories and argue over who is the most Northern. Like what you hear? Please consider supporting us. We know times are hard and extraordinarily weird but if you can spare around £2.50 a month, the money means we can continue making and producing new programmes. For these six new shows plus access to our entire Nights spin off and extras, visit us here: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart

And so we say farewell to series two of Don't Lets Chart with the Top 15 BEST THINGS EVER as voted for by you lot! And its....weird. Really weird. We have classic epic fantasy clashing with bacon whilst Time Lords and Tea face off alongside crisps, brown booze, domestic animals and those bloody transforming robots again. We're joined by Louise Nilon again, plus a LEGO odyssey with Tim Worthington and Garreth Hirons reveals the shocking truth behind the conspiracy linking ham and cheese sandwiches to the Pet Shop Boys. There's also the final daft "REAL or FAKE" quiz, a discussion on the popularity of Anthony Costa and pals, why "Cats" will never die and much much more. Thank you to everyone who took this journey into nonsense with us for the previous 14 months. There's going to be a special summer series for all patrons as a thanks for the constant support you've given us since we launched the Patreon last year. You've no idea how much it helps as well as giving two increasingly bearded men something to do once a week. https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Stay safe, take care and punch fascists in the eye with one of those boxing glove on a spring things like they have in comics. Ben and Phil

Cast your ballots and prepare for otters as its part one of the big Don't Lets Chart Vote 2020 to try and uncover the BEST THING EVER...as entirely voted for by you listeners! And its a strange, heady mix of swearing, Community college, Beatles Band, Star Wars, Crazy Frog's bulbous blur, Pratchett and Gaiman vs science, popcorn, Dead Parrots and of course, Alans. Plus quite a few surprises! And cameos from our friends Lisa and Andrew from Round The Archives and Paul Abbott from Hark! and the all new Head Ballet podcast! Thanks to everyone who voted and has continued to support us through these uncertain, nonsense times. We hope we've helped a little to block out the real world, just for a bit. See you soon... Support the show and get extra programmes here: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Used up your three jokes during lockdown? Tired of playing Twister with the dog? Screamed "GET BENT YOU TOP HAT EFFER" too many times at the Monopoly set? Then you'll be ready for "Ben Baker's Fun Book For The Apocalypse" - over 100 pages of quizzes, games, puzzles, silly things to do, procraftination and jokes designed to take the pain out of paindemic. Which is a bit like pandemic if you spell it wrong. Suitable for all the family! And not just weird uncle Keith! Print: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B088JC8Z94 Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ben-Bakers-Fun-Book-Apocalypse-ebook/dp/B088F5LNW7/