Release The Clowns Sketch Comedy Podcast

In our Season 4 finale, we meet the Devil in the Home Counties and discover why self confidence is so important, which paint colours look best in the hall, what sleep deprived ambulance drivers get up to and why Tom Hiddleston wants your cash.

This week, we find out: What Vegetable Welfare Officers do, how not to teach primary school kids, what happens when serial killers call the police, how to sell lightbulbs and which is the most successful family business in Hampshire.

If you want Morgan Freeman's quiet dignity, a Tesco delivery that would excite CSI, a mathematical Father of the Bride speech, a new road safety slogan and a trip to the old west with the Metaphor Kid, then sit back and get an earful of this!

If you want Morgan Freeman's quiet dignity, a Tesco delivery that would excite CSI, a mathematical Father of the Bride speech, a new road safety slogan and a trip to the old west with the Metaphor Kid, then sit back and get an earful of this!

We find out what happens when superhero team-ups go wrong, how to set a password, how to defend a hill, how you are really and what is the most dangerous factory in the world... and Hampshire.

We go into the future to look at the past with the Future Time Team, play an embarrassing game of charades, turn left, tune into the QAnon Shopping Channel, turn right and get slightly distracted. Simple!

Ever wondered what Bez from the Happy Mondays has been putting his talents to? Or the best way to do nude portraiture? Or what's the most organic dinner solution? Or what the latest reality TV show will be? Then you're in the right place! Sit back, relax and let the answers dance across the airwaves to your ears.

The world wide smash hit police drama Line Of Duty starts a new series. We pay tribute to it with this. And they still haven't caught us... Mwahahahaha!

Got a writing implement based problem, but don't know who to call? Fear not! The Ink-credible Penman is here! As are some competitive doctors, crazy conspiracy theorists and a couple of ziggurat sales persons. Just another dull day in lockdown...

Change your life with vinegar! Have a cuddle with the world's dirtiest dog! Listen as two unfunny funny men try to revive their careers! Unpack the majesty of Stonehenge! All in this week's show!

What happens at Horror Villain self help groups? Can paramedics save lives on the cheap? What would a middle class charity appeal sound like? What does Tom Hiddleston really sound like? What are all the stations between Hatfield and King's Cross? And is there something important that Bono and The Edge have forgotten? Find out right now by listening to this podcast!

In a packed show, we've got wine tasting for dentists, intense competition between Britain's finest actors, a chance for you to buy a bunch of Covid Lockdown tat and we answer the question "What activities are fit for ladies?". 

Do superheroes need their mummies? Can politicians answer questions? What's Vladimir Putin's fave hotel? What's the best podcast subscription service? And is green the best colour for speaking? Find out in this week's humdinger of a show.

It's your second helping of festive fun! With incompetent Kings bearing gifts, crackers cookery tips, grumpy innkeepers, a peaceful Christmas war film, garbled Christmas messages, pouting elves and a CatEnders Christmas! 

Ready for a sackload of festive fun? Unwrap our Christmas extravaganza, packed with Drunk Santas, Covid Crimbo Hits, the wonders of an austerity Christmas, Brexit Christmas Carols and the nightmare that is... Panto!

Season 4 kicks up with a bumper episode of brand new sketches. We've got everything from sodding hobbits to daft kiddie craft, disgruntles wizards, confused columnists, dire dating, a woman who has it all and a miserable Dark Lord. Yeah, in your face, Pandemic!

Season 3 Closes with a Zombie apocalypse, Welsh Irish women, a soothing trip around the unexploded device museum, a gentle police interrogation and injury lawyers for toffs, all sprinkled with chats to the lovely writers and performers.

How do you buy your own castle? What's the best way to take your standup routine to a comedy festival? How do you get rid of sofa surfing superheroes? How do you make your female characters more convincing? We have the answers! Join us as we listen to some cracking sketches and chat to some of the writers and performers who created them. Especially Joanna Tilley, whose new service to help writers create more vibrant female characters can be found here... https://www.joannatilley.com

It's a spooky Halloween Compilation with bullet proof vampire piranha bats, evil mobile libraries, disgruntled witches, Mad Scientists and bilious zombies. It's a scream! Also starring Dan Willis and Barnaby Edwards, who Nick forgot to mention in the credits, cos he's a bit forgetful sometimes.

It's a very special episode, showcasing the work of some of our writers around the country. We've got cheeky exorcisms, a house party for screwed up deities, a hopeless robbery, a crime fighting granny, little piggies and the best thing since... well, you know.

We've got wizened witches snogging, crap reporters, social distancing at the swimming pool, a threesome with Adam, Eve and God, and dubious double acts. All that plus an interview with their creators, the brilliant Phil Nice and Martin Hyder.

We've got a TV special this week with a full schedule of kids' programmes, horse racing with Boris Johnson, Minimalism, Gung-ho war journos, a world of sheds, citrus-based cop dramas and Nantwich. There's so much in it!

We've got Gerbils getting jiggy, Slapdash chefs, Victorian correspondents, a fistful of puns and ridiculous Egyptologists all in the company of their writer and performer, the legendary Phil Whelans.

Enjoy a Fake Christmas, a slice of Skype Surgery and lashings of cow pats, mad elephants, bizarre book lovers and Bill and Ted as we talk comedy with their writer Karen Morden. Includes exclusive behind the scenes stuff! 

This week we meet and enjoy the work of Simon Littlefield, the writer who gave us CatEnders, nonsensical wizards, foul-mouthed tortoises, pompous poetry and Dada-esque kittens. Oh yes, and he wrote for BBC Radio 4's NewsQuiz for 17 years, too.

It's a special, packed with angry Hare Krishnas, Mafia sheep, celebrities doing brain surgery, horny parrots, Pontefract, kedgeree, muffins and filet mignons... Plus a chat to the writer to find out why.

With all the conspiracy theories surrounding Huawei and 5G, we thought it would be good to allow the company to explain what the heck's going on and make their position clear.

We've got incompetent detectives, engine trouble with villains, spacemen and wizards, slut-dropping Yorkshire folk, desperate actors, evil in Mordor and Bill Shakespeare. With exclusive commentary from their writer, Alex Marion.

It's the 10th anniversary of the release of the mother of all heist films Inception. So on that flimsy framework, we're hanging a special re-issue of our very own Heist Gang Fails.

This week we're awash with Glastonbury crusties, Medical Vending machines, WOKE and Alt-Right radio stations, Mafia nursery rhymes... and we get a glimpse into the cutthroat world of trouser presses.

We've got a bumper crop of tuffets, Know it alls, humble bragging celebs, live World Cup Football, over-zealous paramedics, bondage, bizarre bereavement counselling and Bono and The Edge being naughty... again.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, we've got a Hollywood blockbuster special. Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the gulls of war! 

Have you been invovled in a podcast that wasn't your fault? Then you need this week's episode of Release The Clowns, crammed with dodgy injury lawyers, three legged racers, Aussie unboxers, odball gamblers, elephant interrogators and sewage PR.

We've got kids in space, Carry On Brief Encounter, Lockdown Horoscopes, mind-bending Jedi mind tricks and the shattering conclusion to our Zombie Apocalypse Saga. Phew! You might need a lie down after this one...

We're celebrating the release of Mel Gibson's Braveheart by delving back into the Release The Clowns archive for a very important pre-battle health and safety briefing. Written by Phil Whelans, this epic is 27% more factually accurate than the film. In your face, Hollywood!

We're grappling with zombies, wrestling weathermen, runaway ducks, more zombies, vindictive ex-boyfriends, teen movie stereotypes, amorous parrots and yet more zombies. Phew! And all socially distanced!

Well it's just been Bill Shakespeare's birthday, so we thought we'd celebrate by mangling one of his beloved speeches. It's what we do.

More lockdown lunacy that makes injecting sunlight seem sensible. We've got difficult deities, Mafia spiders, maverick detectives, chainsaws, men falling off ladders, Government announcements and... is Sarah about to get jiggy with a zombie?

Laugh in the face of lockdown with the students at the Estate Agent School, remember how much harder life used to be in bygone times, learn chemistry with The Godfather, discover the real joys of marriage and get tailoring tips for a zombie apocalypse.

It's the mid-point between James Caan and Al Pacino's birthdays (belated happy birthday to you, Mr Caan and early one to you, Mr Pacino). So to celebrate, here is our take on Francis Ford Coppola's classic film, The Godfather.

Clowns In Lockdown! To keep you diverted in isolation, we've got pushy charity ladies, special deals on chainsaws, killer coconuts, a trip to the unexploded device museum and dating in a zombie apocalypse. Stay safe. Stay home. Stay listening. We've had 2 of the Clowns team in isolation, so to them and any of you who are unwell, we hope you get better very soon. Big virtual hug from all the team.

It's ten years since Professor Brian Cox burst onto our screen with his Wonders of the Universe. To celebrate, we're delving back into the archive to enjoy his baby-faced wisdom once more.

SquirrelBaitingHomeWreckingDeepThinkingCrapTalkingStickSellingYeastSmelling GuruSmackingLifeHacking... Release The Clowns! This show is packed, stacked and is one of the few things that won't run out if there's a panic. Enjoy and good health!

Gormless coppers, WOKE criminals, annoying people you meet at parties, misleading nurses, self-diagnosing psychiatric patients and a somewhat disgruntled Hobbit all fight it out for the spotlight this week. Is this show silly? You betcha!

It's a sci-fi/science special! Get your popcorn for a bumper selection of sciency sketches including Alien road trips, smoking dogs, feral hamsters, mad scientists, fashion conscious Daleks, hamfisted probing and the wonders of professor Brian Cox!

What's it really like to be a senior operative of an evil organisation hell bent on taking over the world? Is it all pools of piranhas, launch countdowns and weird facial scarring? Or is there more? We're celebrating the release of the latest James Bond film with a glimpse into how the other side lives.

Relax with Psychiatrist Pete and discover how to whistle again, solve kitchen nightmares, calm people in a nosediving plane, nail job interviews, run comedy scientific experiments and get to heaven. It's a public service we're offering here, I tells ya!

Poetical mafia bosses, straight talking padres who'll damn you to hell, angry football dads, insurance doctors who want to make you sicker and all the news from the future about a bloke called Tim... It can only be another cavalcade of whimsy from RtCSCP!

It's 12th Night, so your last chance to get a final dollop of Christmas cheer with a show packed full of perfect pressies, Mafia Christmas greetings, gritty police drama in Santa's Grotto, Edwardian ladies with surprises under their skirts, Xmasists and Christmas with Google Translate.

So this is Christmas and what have we done? We've packed a show with incompetent Kings, perfect pressies for overstressed mums, drunk Santas, baffled innkeepers and fistfuls of rootie-toot-toots and rummie-tum-tums. Merry Christmas to all...

We've got strange impressions, fat bastards, historians with bad energy, fools trying to see their GP and the nightmare scenario of what to do when the Luftwaffe unexpectedly come to tea. Yes, it's another cavalcade of foolishness!