Podcast appearances and mentions of Alistair McGowan

Alistair McGowan is a man of many talents, as well as being one of the UKs most beloved impressionists. From award winning performances on the West End Stage, sell-out pianist shows and dominating the 90s and 00s sketch TV scene, he is a man that never disappoints to entertain.In this episode, James O'Brien goes back in time to Alistair's school days, his warm upbringing in Evesham and to the moment where he got his big break at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The pair discuss the nuance of a great impression, why Gen-Z may struggle to understand the humour and what 2025 and beyond has in store for Alistair too. We will give you a hint, it's busy, very busy.You can book tickets for on of Alistair's many ventures here

Recorded for release W/C 3rd Feb. This Week Jasper Carrott lets us know about his shows at the Wolverhampton Grand alongside Alistair McGowan, Love Island's Alex and Olivia Bowen give us water saving tips, Sou lets us know abut her appearances alongside the Young Voices Worlds Largest Choir, Fred Dinenage tells us about his show at the Stafford Gatehouse where he chats about meeting The Krays, comedian Susan Murray share news of he Midlands gig and Sally Woods from Compton Care lets us know how you could fundraise with the Wolverhampton 10k.

* Alistair McGowan Talks I Am Alfred Hitchcock, A perfectly legal act of identity theft * A Conversation With William Banks. The actor/writer takes us through his arrest and trial * Sonny Boy: A Memoir. A window into the extraordinary life of Al Pacino *And Garland Nixon!

In this classic episode from the NMF archive, Cally talks to impressionist, actor, comedian and pianist Alistair McGowan about reinvention, age, cheese, theatre, leaving London, classical music, impressions, Ireland, India, travel, break-ups and kebabs. The Piano Album Ludlow piano festival Whiplash movie trailer The Piano on Channel 4 Charlotte Page sings Losing My Mind More about Cally PRE-ORDER Cally's Namate Motherf**king book here Instagram: @callybeatoncomedian Twitter: @callybeaton Produced by Mike Hanson for Pod People Productions Instagram: @podpeopleuk Music by Jake Yapp Cover art by Jaijo Part of the Auddy Network Sponsorship: info@theloniouspunkproductions.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Cally talks to Bargain Hunt's Ben Cooper about antiques, country life, Bargain Hunt, music, being recognised, Alistair McGowan, quilting, AA Milne, Tolkien, unexpected finds and getting uncomfortable. Instagram: @bencjcooper The Secondhand Warehouse, Leominster Three Choirs Festival Headway Worcestershire charity More about Cally Instagram: @callybeatoncomedian Twitter: @callybeaton Produced by Mike Hanson for Pod People Productions Instagram: @podpeopleuk Music by Jake Yapp Cover art by Jaijo Part of the Auddy Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why does 'mean' have so many meanings? Why do poets take metaphor so seriously? Why do objects like pink ghetto blasters make poems live? And why are the filaments of our eyes in the edges of the snow? To answer these surreal, and not so surreal questions - Ian McMillan is joined by Alistair McGowan, Caroline Bird, and Toria Garbutt, and presents an 'eartoon' - a cartoon for the ear, from Richard Poynton (otherwise known as Stagedoor Johnny).Alistair McGowan is an impressionist, actor, writer, pianist, and now - poet. He joins Ian McMillan in a pun-off - the first time such an event has ever been staged on national radio (probably). Alistair's collection of poems is called 'Not what we were expecting' (Flapjack Press).Toria Garbutt is a spoken word artist, poet and educator from Knottingley. She shares tender, funny poems from 'The Universe and Me' (Wrecking Ball Press) many of which take us into her relationship with her sister when they were young, and reveal how much poetry there is in the objects of childhood. Caroline Bird's new poetry collection is called 'Ambush at Still Lake' (Carcanet). She reads poems of motherhood which are like 'upside down jokes' and take 'toddler logic' (like the idea that imaginary carrots have completely run out) to surreal and sinister conclusions. Caroline also presents us with our neon line, a stand-out line from a classic poem, and explores why it works so well. It's this mystery poem which proposes that there are 'filaments of our eyes' in the 'edges of the snow'.Richard Poynton is a writer and performer (also known as Stagedoor Johnny). He stars in his own invention, a backstory for the origin of the English language, which explains why it has so many words with multiple meanings. In this week's Eartoon Richard introduces us to a 'mean' lasagne. (you won't want to meet it down a dark alley).

Paul joins Rob for a Race To The King training run; witnessing a particularly wonderful London Marathon has got Rob in a lovey-dovey place - and Paul's taking his first steps on the comeback trail. Featuring hill work, Paul's shoulder and book plans, a shout out for marathoners who didn't make it, the power of the penultimate rep, how - to paraphrase ABBA - one of us is drinking, an impromptu comedy reunion, gig-and-weekend report, memories of dog-gate, the magic of being metronomic, and some more of your fantastic PBs.Thank you to Mark Maier and Alistair McGowan!SUBSCRIBE for early access, ad-free listening and more... and BUY OUR BOOKS; you can get Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://www.waterstones.com/book/running-tracks/rob-deering/9781800180444 - and you can get Paul's book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/26-2-miles-to-happiness/paul-tonkinson/9781472975270You can download Rob's show Long Distance Man here: gofasterstripe.com/ldThanks for listening, supporting, and sharing your adventures with us. Happy running.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Thanks for listening - we'll be back next week, and if you're desperate in the meantime, subscribe and become a Fan - there are hundreds of old episodes you can have a go on, AND you'll get next week's episode three days early. Happy running! https://plus.acast.com/s/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

[TW//Drug Misuse, Suicidal Thoughts] Today I welcome singer, songwriter and author of the Amazon bestseller The Joy of Addiction, Sebastian Wocker. Aged 17, Wocker landed the principal part of Woof in the 1983 European tour of the musical Hair where, suffering teenage angst, low self-worth and low self-esteem, he went into a deep depression and had to throw in the towel after two months. He returned to his safe haven of drugs and alcohol in London, where he auditioned for and got into LAMDA (London Academy of Dramatic Arts), only to drop out after two days because he 'couldn't stand all those happy clappy prima donnas'. The real reason? He was an addict, hopelessly hooked on drugs and alcohol and didn't want to be found out. Sebastian takes us on a compelling journey down the abyss of alcohol, cocaine, speed, cannabis, hallucinogen and prescribed drug addiction, leading him to various rock bottoms and 'dark nights of the soul'. Then, aged 21, a moment of inspiration: a seed planted by his long suffering mother finally got him into the 12-step programme, offering him the life-changing gift of recovery. For anyone struggling with addiction, he shares how he got himself out and continues to live life, a day at a time — a free man. Having found recovery in 1987, Sebastian formed indie-rock band Yeah in 1990, playing the London, Hamburg and Berlin club circuits. After a five-page interview with Die Zeit Magazine in 1992, Yeah appeared on various radio and TV shows and in 1993 was awarded The John Lennon Talent Award in Hamburg. In 1998 he wrote and produced World Cup Crescendo for TV impressionist Alistair McGowan. In 2002 he signed as a songwriter for Global Chrysalis Publishing, writing numerous songs for Cherry Red Records and Universal Records and released his solo album: Don Sebastiano, The Spaghetti Tree. In 2007 Wocker recorded the soundtrack of German movie Pornorama with Mousse T and, in 2010, was the singing voice for Tobias Menzies in the award winning independent motion picture Forget Me Not. Sebastian has written as a journalist for The Independent, Mr Partner Magazine (Japan), Camden New Journal and Ham and High Express. He is currently journalist and editor of the Hampstead Village Voice and has interviewed various household names including Emma Thompson, Russell Brand, George Graham, Giles Coren and Martin Bell. Wocker is currently recording an audiobook for his best selling book The Joy of Addiction, out on Audible from February 2024 and is writing the sequel: The Joy of Relapse. He is currently the lead singer/song writer of indie band Ridiculous with Jon Moss, Erran Baron-Cohen and Peter Noone. Ridiculous has just recorded their debut single Everybody Loves That Girl at Abbey Road Studios. Topics - 0:00 Intro 4:30 Sebastian's many rock bottoms and finding recovery 18:40 Why Sebastian used drugs as a teenager 24:30 Drug use in young people in 2023 27:15 Cocaine 29:42 Using drugs to escape 31:45 The walk of shame 36:30 What is the 'joy of addiction'? 38:30 The joy of being in recovery 42:50 Advice for teenagers and parents who are struggling with drug misuse If you've been affected by any of the issues discussed on today's episode Sebastian recommends the following services: https://ukna.org/ www.cocaineanonymous.org.uk/ www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/ https://familiesanonymous.org/ https://al-anonuk.org.uk/ https://al-anon.org/newcomers/teen-corner-alateen/ This Podcast is not for profit but my goal is to break even. Please donate here. Thank you! https://bit.ly/3kSucAs Buy 'The Joy Of Addiction' https://amzn.to/3N2fXTY Follow Sebastian Instagram - https://bit.ly/3Pdwl6V Twitter - https://bit.ly/46baXVU Facebook - https://bit.ly/3NoLpgx Follow Oliver Instagram - https://bit.ly/3IemHLY Twitter - http://bit.ly/3GQYj2l Facebook - http://bit.ly/3w8S1Gx LinkedIn - http://bit.ly/3kp4ymC TikTok - https://bit.ly/3YGLsYm Listen or watch on: YouTube - https://bit.ly/43uN4pJ

In this episode Cally talks to impressionist, actor, comedian and pianist Alistair McGowan about reinvention, age, cheese, theatre, leaving London, classical music, impressions, Ireland, India, travel, break-ups and kebabs. The Piano Album Ludlow piano festival Whiplash movie trailer The Piano on Channel 4 Charlotte Page sings Losing My Mind More about Cally Instagram: @callybeatoncomedian Twitter: @callybeaton Produced by Mike Hanson for Pod People Productions Instagram: @podpeopleuk Music by Jake Yapp Cover art by Jaijo Sales & advertising: info@theloniouspunkproductions.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Hancock and Chris England discuss the revenge of the referees, , the ‘medieval' 3'o'clock blackout and, of course, some Oldham shit (and some Oldham kit too, actually). Nick and Chris are also joined by national treasure and impressionist Alistair McGowan who tells us why he switched teams in his younger years, why some footballers are easier to impersonate than others, and what happened when he did impressions of certain Newcastle footballers in front of the entire squad at one of their weddings.  We've also made it to the World Wide Web (well, Twitter) - get in touch and follow us on Twitter @slopingpitch, it's mostly what Nick does in his spare time these days. If you have any thoughts, feelings or queries, please feel free to contact us on slopingpitch@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lorelei King is one of the most successful and accomplished American actresses working in the UK today. She has appeared in numerous film and TV shows including Alien Covenant, Notting Hill, The Saint, Cold Feet, Jam, Birds of a Feather, Chef, Alistair McGowan's Big Impression, Emmerdale Jonathan Creek, Not Going Out, The Robinsons and Monarch of the Glen. She's also various voices in the American version of Bob The Builder. Described as ‘the best known American voice on Radio 4', Lorelei has recorded more than 200 programs for the BBC. Lorelei is also a multi-award-winning narrator of audiobooks and was voted Best Narrator of the Year by Audible.com in 2011 and was one of the first inductees into the Audible Narrator Hall of Fame.Lorelei King is guest number 261 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she'd like to preserve and one she'd like to bury and never have to think about again .Follow Lorelei King on Twitter: @LoreleiKing .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens and Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week I am joined by one of the funniest women alive, Ronni Ancona. Best known for her time on the BBC's The Big Impression starring alongside Alistair McGowan, Ronni's impressions of some of the most famous faces in pop culture has made her a bit of a national treasure! I thought it would be a brilliant, lighthearted episode to end the season with, as she talks about her childhood growing up in Scotland, breaking into the comedy world and why she has soooo much to thank Yotam Ottolenghi for! She gives us a very performance of some of her best impersonations…. Wait until the end for the best of them all! Thank you for tuning in this season, and for watching it too! Message me on Instagram about all your thoughts and feelings, and I will be back on your airwaves with more of the good stuff early next year. Until next time, Hannah xx @ronni_ancona @crazysexyfood @hannahharley www.crazysexyfood.com Music by @casnova____ I am beyond excited to announce that I have partnered with Magimix for Season 8 of Crazy Sexy Food! Magimix is a family owned business that has the amazing reputation as makers of quality kitchen appliances that are adored by chefs and home cooks alike. I remember growing up and always seeing my mum's beloved Magimix on her counter top, and the utter ease of how she used it. With their 30-year motor guarantee these machines have always been built to last. They continue to be relevant as ever in the busy kitchen and make fantastic food processors that make your food go further and reduce food wastage. They are a God-send when it comes to batch cooking and using up leftovers. I use my Magimix every day! If you're ready to step into the world of Magimix with a new food processor, blender, ice cream maker or any other bit of kit, then simply pop over to their website and use my exclusive code at check-out for a 15% discount. The code is MAGIMIXCSF. Make it with Magimix.

Gaby's guest in this episode is the endlessly talented Alistair McGowan. He is renowned as being one of the best impressionists the UK has ever produced and has worked extensively in television and theatre. He can be found touring the country in his show which has a mix of comedy, impressions and his beautiful piano playing. Stay tuned for a multitude of brilliant impressions throughout this episode. This is the season 2 finale, but fear not! Gaby will be back after the summer with season 3, filled with more fantastic guests! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Graham has a cracking addition of the Graham Norton Radio Show with Waitrose! This week on the show...Actor Eddie Marsan fills us in on his ITV drama, The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe Comedian and legend Catherine Tate, speaks to us about her brand new Netflix prison comedy Hard Cell Impressionist Alistair McGowan tells us about taking up the keys for The Piano Tour and accompanying record, The Piano Album Volume 2 Comedian Nish Kumar gives us the lowdown on his tour dates for his show Your Power, Your ControlGraham and Maria solve some Graham's Guides problems And Show Chef Martha Collison makes some Easter treats…Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear all of the highlights each week! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Former Leeds defender Danny Mills criticises Roy Keane for his opinions on Harry Maguire, there are emotional tributes to Australian cricket legend Shane Warne at his state memorial service in Melbourne, boxing promoter Frank Warren criticises Dylian Whyte's legal team and Alistair McGowan reels off some brilliant impressions including Boris Johnson. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Paul and Charlie are joined by Richard 'crackers' Cracknell to talk about Spurs' changing philosophy. Comedian Sam Avery discusses Everton's troubles, and Sam 'The Garms Dealer' Morgan talks about kitting out the stars. All that, plus Goldie Lookin Chain's Eggsy, and impressionist Alistair McGowan. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Forde and Matt Dyson deliver another Saturday of red hot footballing action PLUS we go impression mad as Alistair McGowan joins the show. And we discuss THAT Paul Scholes video...

This week we review Continuity (Series 1 Episodes 5 & 6) A continuity announcer's booth can be a lonely place - especially on the late shift, when you've barely seen your wife and children for a week.But this Radio 4 continuity announcer is a consummate professional, and he's not going to let his own insignificant little problems get in the way of everybody else's listening pleasure - especially when there are so many exciting programmes coming up for him to describe to listeners. Alistair McGowan stars as the continuity announcer brooding on the escalating disasters of his private and professional life at the same time as attempting to give listeners a preview of the programmes on offer in the coming week on Radio 4.Written by Hugh Rycroft.Produced by Frank Stirling & David Spicer.A BBC Production.Continuity may one day be available here: https://bbc.in/2XkftTj The Comedy Slab Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spreaker, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Spotify and Youtube. Subscribe for a new episode each Monday. Get in touch - we're @ComedySlab on Twitter and ComedySlab on Facebook.

This is part 2 of my recording with the fabulous Josh Berry and legendary Alistair McGowan. We discuss the risks involved in doing impressions of the actual people when they're in the same room, the difference between impressions and impersonations, why some voices just appear while others take years to learn, and doing impressions just for our own amusement. Three great sketches with voices that include the Repair Shop crew, Jimmy Carr, Daniel Radcliffe, Jose Mourinho, David Mitchell plus many more – like Prince Harry, Gary Barlow and Hugh Grant – thrown in. Enjoy.

The brilliant Alistair McGowan and Hannah East join us for the first part of this pod. We livestreamed the entire show to YouTube and Facebook and had a lot of fun doing so. It should still be available on the Making An Impression YouTube channel. In this podcast, Hannah explains how she tells her kids off as Sean Dyche, Alistair nails Piers Morgan and Phillip Schofield having done neither publicly before, while Hannah's first attempts at Holly Willoughby and Kate Fleming in our Line Of Duty sketch are equally wonderful. Three sketches in all, loads of impressions, an accent trip through the UK, chat, insights and anecdotes. Enjoy.

Part 2 of this terrific show features the spectacular vocal skills of Alistair McGowan and Kate O'Sullivan. We discuss the difficulties involved in maintaining an impression, Alistair amply demonstrating his mastery of the art in a longish sketch as Chris Packham. Kate excels as Nigella and a host of other characters, while I mostly sit back and leave them to it. Loads of great voices, fascinating chat about how and why we do impressions, plus amazing insights and anecdotes. Enjoy.

Two brilliant impressionists for you. The legend that is Alistair McGowan and the extraordinary young genius Josh Berry. We discuss whether impressionists should tell the audience who they’re about to do, we look, again, at how some impressions flow naturally into others, and how we add little tics and nuances to scripted dialogue to make impressions really fly. Three more great sketches involving football managers, and tennis players, with James Acaster, Stewart Lee and many others thrown in, and Alistair demonstrates his virtuosity by voicing several characters consecutively in the last sketch. Enjoy. 

The amazing Alistair McGowan and Kate O'Sullivan tackle three brand new sketches. Tess Daly, Carol Kirkwood, Louis Theroux, Lyse Doucet and Alan Shearer are among the many characters who make an appearance. Alistair drills down into the complexities of Jose Mourinho's accent. Kate reveals the loneliness of the solo performer. We discuss the techniques necessary to do two or three impressions consecutively, while I selflessly takes on a couple of impressions I've never done before. Ahem. Plus there's a fascinating insight into the script editing process. Enjoy.

First impressions matter. Alistair McGowan speaks to Paul Boross about how the serious business of comedy at work can change the way that you are perceived on stage or in the office. This fascinating insight into the use of humour is punctuated with lots of hilarious anecdotes, impressions (over 30 of them!) and lots of laughs.As Alistair says, “Any communication whether it's in business, or in life or in a pub or in bed is about listening. And people love to be listened to.”Enjoy How To Make A Big Impression in Business! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Barry from Watford" and paranormalist "Clinton Baptiste" are just 2 of Alex's alter egos that you've likely met. But did you know he's written material for just about every comedy performer in the UK? Hear his story, and the worst impressions of Barack Obama and Tom Cruise ever.  Clips performed by: Chris Pavlo, Christopher Kent, Emma Clarke, Lizzie Roper and Beth Chalmers. Alex first worked as an actor as a teenager when he co-starred with Kenneth Branagh in the West End theatre production of Another Country. Since then he has worked continuously in all genres, but is perhaps most well-known as the man behind comedy character Barry From Watford, a regular on Steve Wright's Radio 2 Show, Iain Lee's various radio shows, the Channel 4 TV series Cheap Cheap Cheap with Noel Edmonds, and numerous sell-out live shows and podcasts, the latest of which pairs him with fellow "character" Angelos Epithemiou. He also performs live round the country as the spoof paranormalist from Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights: Clinton Baptiste. As a writer he's written for impressionists Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona, for Miranda Hart, Peter Serafinowicz, Watson & Oliver, Ned Sherrin and countless other sketch and comedy shows, as well as creating several pilots for TV and radio shows both as vehicles for himself and for other performers.  Episode show notes and more details:  offcutsdrawer.com/alex-lowe Listen to us on whichever podcast app you prefer:  https://offcutsdrawer.com/insta-links/ or if you don't usually listen to podcasts you can hear all the episodes here: offcutsdrawer.com/episodes/

Britain's finest impressionist joins me this week to discuss his brilliant career. He illustrates his vocal techniques with a plethora of magnificent impressions. Articulate and cerebral, Ali is immensely funny and as humble, generous and delightful as I remembered.

Paul and Andy were joined by impressionist Alistair McGowan, talkSPORT presenter and celebrity Everton fan Mike Parry, Dr. Karl Kennedy from Neighbours and they take you back to Russia's Hermitage Museum, a building they visited during their time in Saint Petersburg for the 2018 World Cup. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the show we welcome friends from the world of film, television, literature, and comedy.Alice Eve chats ITV's new historical drama 'Belgravia'.Daisy Haggard discusses the hilarious new Sky One sitcom 'Breeders'.Alistair McGowan tells us about his upcoming show 'The Piano Show'.And David Baddiel shares some new dates for his weird and wonderful show 'Trolls: Not The Dolls'.Plus Sam Riley, Noel Clarke, Ashely Walters, and Claire Nelson.You can catch Chris and the team live weekdays 6:30am-10am on Virgin Radio UK and on Sundays from 10 am.Be sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear the highlights every week!Alice Eve - 00:39Daisy Haggard - 06:17Sam Riley - 13:14Alistair McGowan- 20:03David Baddiel- 26:17Noel Clarke & Ashley Walters- 34:31Claire Nelson - 40:56 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Alistair's off on his The Piano Show UK tour and Dr Hilary discusses coronavirus.

The annual Christmas pantomime at Harrogate Theatre is just one week away! Elsewhere, Jasper Carrott and Alistair McGowan are heading to Harrogate Convention Centre for a night of stand-up comedy.

Poem by Fibich performed by Alistair and Narcissus by Joyce Grenfell and Norman Wisdom.

Photographer, publisher and film director Rankin joins Rev. Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir. He talks about swapping accountancy for photography, his career which includes photographing the Queen in 5 minutes, and the impact of having a child. Celebrating Record Store Day – we have Ashli Todd - owner of world’s oldest record store, Spillers in Cardiff. Journalist Babita Sharma recalls her experiences growing up in a corner shop. Alistair McGowan shares his Inheritance Tracks: Poem by Fibich performed by Alistair McGowan and Narcissus by Joyce Grenfell and Norman Wisdom. Writer and presenter Danny Wallace discusses family life, why he’s proud of ‘Join Me’ and random acts of kindness. Producer: Claire Bartleet Editor: Beverley Purcell

This week on the show we were sharing the studio with actors, cooks, impressionists and entrepreneurs and loads of great chat.Mary Berry put the breakfast team through their paces in the kitchen.Alistair McGowan told us about his new show of music and voices.James Nesbitt forgot how old he was and Keeley Hawes looked forward to so many things we can see her in this year.All that and much more from the busiest breakfast show on the radio. Enjoy!You can catch Chris and the team live weekdays 6:30am-10am on Virgin Radio UK and on Sundays from 10am.Be sure to subscribe to the podcast every week to hear the highlights. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Alistair chats about his tour in which he mixes classical piano pieces with impressions.

Posh Spice, Victoria Beckhams, Vicky Adams... today we take a quote from her former music school principal: If Victoria hadn't had the lucky breaks she had and the people having faithin her to make her what she is, she probably would have been singing anddancing on a cruise liner.   Do we think this is true? Lets Stop – slow down – take a deep breath and respect the solo career of VictoriaCaroline Beckham._________________________________Shes one half of the most photographed couple in Britain, queen of the wags, inventor of the POB.Can't discuss her without her husband David Beckham. Met at a charity football match.Becks overcame his shyness, to peer from under his curtains and chat her up. They had their first baby Brooklyn in march of 1999 and were married in July, in a £424,000.(Although OK magazine paid £980000 so that’s a sweet profit). Which seems like a tight turnaround to fit into a dress. Geri wasn’t in attendance. Sporty and Baby wore white tuxedos. Scary wore black. Mel C hasthe worst haircut. They then brought their her first home, the £2.5million “Beckingham Palace”.o It has a mini chapelo Playground made of fake ancient runeso Mazeo Bbq areao And of course …. Professionally tailor football pitch (Don’t worry, there is also a recording studio) - 4 children in total: Brooklyn, 1999, Romeo, 2002, Cruz, 2005. 3 during this time (Harper wouldn’tarrive until 2011). Elton John and his partner, David Furnish are Godparents to Brooklyn and Romea, alongwith Elizabeth Hurley. The Beckhams suffered extreme mocking from Alistair McGowan as they imitated the two.One thing we can say about Victoria: She was not afraid of a trend. In fact, I don’t think she met oneshe didn’t like. Dramatically launched her music career in August 2000. Duet, she didn’t want to step outalone so she Truesteppered out with the garage tinged “Out of your mind” featuring DaneBowers. There was a real trend for the reply song – so we had Damons FuckYou, followed by Frankie Fuck you right back. Mario, I don’t wanna know. Followed by SholaAma, You already knew. And then this, a follow up to Truesteppers top 10 record “Bugging”. Replies were soooooo noughties but so were epic chart battles. This track was in a muchhyped race to no.1 with Spiller and Sophie Ellis Bextors “Groovejet”. Which narrowly beat itby 20,000 copies. This was a real fashion moment: The cut out pleather tops, the matrix video and my faveimage (the lip ring and extensions). This Victoria saying – Im a bad bitch. Question: Which solo spice single has the biggest first week sales? This with 180,000 copies.Lowest selling? Geri angels in chains or Mel B Day in your lfe Kidnap plots there was a fear and a plot and an investigation...... but CPS charges were droppedbecause main testimony cane from a serial fantasist who was paid by News Of The World journalistMazher Mahmoud (classic New of the world behaviour) Plan was to kidnap Victoria, with guns, and keep her in a house in Brixton. Police were incontact with Mahmoud but he refused to give them evidence or say who the victim was. They agreed an arrest date and only then did he provided details.... 3 hours before thearrest Because you can release details of a suspect after an arrest Turns out the guy selling the story was the gang leader and had set the whole thing upjust to sell the story! November 2002. Dropped 6 months laterBrooklyn and Romeo. Mother of two.5 million for her; if the children with her another 5.Told, then watched her husband play against Southampton and didn’t tell him until afterNot the first attempt on her life - rehearsals for Brit awards 2000. Red laser beam on her chest,signals a rifle bullet.Police found a door had been wedged openWhilst performing Victoria became convinced she had been shot, after hearing a series ofunexpected bangs, and stopped singing, clutching her stomach- She then took a solid year to “find her sound” and came back with the autobiographical “Notsuch an innocent girl” in September 2001.- Recently my Spotify has started throwing this onto my daily mix and shes right: Firstimpressions can be wrong, this is a tune! Good chorus, deep lyricaly content. Very deepmessage in the video: you had the white blonde good girl, and then the dark haired bad girlracing in some futuristic grand prix – effectively inventing the idea of quidditch – until theycrash and form one, Victoria beckham. Still a lot of leather in this video. We also discuss: - Her chart battle with Kylie Minogue Debut album, Not such an innocent girl, and a painful review by NME Two shelved albums - Come Together/Open your eyes - produced with Jay Z friend, Damon Dash Her best-selling autobiograpjy, Learning to Fly Her French language single Shady lyrics against Geri Halliwell in "Whatcha Talkin' Bout" Being dropped by Virgin Records Singing and sinking Telstar records The Rebecca Loos scandal and David Beckham affair rumours allegations of cheating Beginnings of her fashion empire, starting with walking the catwalk at London Fashion week in 200 wearing Burbery. Her fashion line with Jay Z owned Rocawear. Her line of Rocawear VB Jeans, her relationship with Roberto Cavalli and her second book, That extra half an inch Pulls all the gossip on her WAG look at Football World Cup.

Picks from the past week including Alistair McGowan, Maria Razumovskaya & Sir Mark Elder.

Clive Anderson and Scottee are joined by Meera Syal, Anthony Head, Alistair McGowan and Rhyannon Styles. With music from Ron Sexsmith and Mykki Blanco. Producer: Paula McGinley.

Picks from the week including Hilary Hahn, Sophie Raworth, and Alistair McGowan.

Last week, Edward Stourton profiled evangelical Christian Mike Pence who is Donald Trump's running mate. This week he takes a look at Catholic Tim Kaine, the man on Hillary Clinton's ticket. Journalist Jay Michaelson describes how Senator Kaine's faith has shaped his politics. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen of being behind the failed uprising. Philip Kemp reports on the abuse that his followers in the UK are now suffering. The president of the Atheist's Foundation of Australia - Kylie Sturgess - explains why she is encouraging people not to write 'Jedi' on the upcoming Australian census. Live from the Living Islam Festival, Rabbi Laura Janner Klausner, Senior Rabbi to the Movement for Reform Judaism, and Sughra Ahmed,Chair of the Islamic Society of Britain, debate whether or not Christianity deserves its place as the state religion. Two years after Ebola was declared an emergency in Liberia, Chloe Brett the Director of Street Child has just returned from Monrovia where she reports on the impact the disease has had on children there. Actor and Erik Satie fan Alistair McGowan talks about how this eccentric French composer expressed his faith. He is joined by Dr Caroline Potter, author of 'Erik Satie and His Music'. Alistair McGowan is presenting a special Prom on Monday to mark the 150th anniversary of Satie's birth. Father Christopher Jamison, Director of the National Office for Vocation, joins Edward live from Krakow to talk about World Youth Day, the Pope's recent comments and church security in the light of events earlier this week in Rouen. Producers: Helen Lee & Peter Everett Series Producer: Amanda Hancox.

Rob's guest this week is the actor, comedian, impressionist and writer, Alistair McGowan

As part of the BBC Music Get Playing, supporting amateur music making around the UK, 5 leading writers and artists contribute an Essay in this series, in which they talk about their little-known passions for playing an instrument. In the first programme, the impressionist, actor and writer Alistair McGowan describes his attempts to relearn the piano. He started learning as a child but gave it up to play football instead. He tried it again in his 30s but stopped when his TV series "The Big Impression" took over. Then, later on, after a midnight piano lesson on a cruise ship, he began in earnest again and discovered a new world of music-making. Alistair is fascinated by short pieces in particular. His special favourites are the pieces he heard his mother play and also ones he has discovered on piano courses and through hearing them on the radio. A tiny nugget of Satie, Mompou or John Field carries for him all the weight of human experience and channels a musical history into one small but perfect form. more info visit bbc.co.uk/getplaying Producer: Emma Kingsley.

Impressionist and comedian Alistair McGowan and Ian Moore join Ian Stone and Keith Dover to mull over this week's Europa League, Champions League and other footballing action. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Impressionist and actor Alistair McGowan joins Aasmah Mir and Suzy Klein to talk sporting passions, finding your roots and the joys of Noel Coward. Also joining us is Katy U'ren, a PE teacher from Glasgow. She discusses what it was like to teach children in Bangladesh how to swim as part of UNICEF's SwimSafe campaign, and what she's doing back home to transform the lives of the children she teaches. Listener Emma got in touch with Saturday Live after tracking down her birth mother on Facebook. She explains how the black hole of her past life has now been filled in â€" all the way back to 1647. Jack Durand is 14 and has just become the first Briton ever to win the World Youth Scrabble Championship. He gives us his tips for winning words. JP Devlin speaks to Jeanette Charles who has been impersonating The Queen for the last 42 years. As she prepares to take things a little easier, we hear what it's been like to live life as someone else. Virtuoso pianist Lang Lang shares his Inheritance Tracks. He chooses Tristesse from Etudes Opus 10 No 3 by Chopin and Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No 3 played by Prokofiev. 'Sincerely Noel' - a cabaret evening featuring a medley of songs and poems by Noel Coward, devised by and starring Alistair McGowan and Charlotte Page - is on at The Crazy Coqs in central London from Tuesday 9th September for 5 nights. Alistair's motto as shared on the programme: Good, better, best. May it never rest. Until the good is better and the better best. Produced by Alex Lewis.

From "Porky the Poet" to "Never Mind The Buzzcocks" to his own stand-up tours, Phill Jupitus is responsible for a prodigious comic output. We discuss his origins as a performer, his use of his family in his material, and the usefulness of unresolved anger... Josie Long, Bridget Christie, Sara Pascoe, Deborah Francis-White, Nadia Kamil, ACMS, Alternative Comedy Memorial Society, Malcolm Hardee, Marcus Brigstocke, World's Most Dangerous Roads, John Mann, Alistair McGowan, Jeremy Hardy, Comedy Store, Mark Thomas, Kevin Day, Andre Vincent, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Free Fringe, Porky The Poet, Poems See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Once strewn with apple, pear and plum orchards the Vale of Evesham has been famous for its fruit since the middle ages. Helen Mark visits the Vale to see the work being done to continue the area's heritage of fruit production. In Pershore she spends the day at the annual plum festival, a celebration of the close association the town has had with the fruit for hundreds of years. Here, she meets comedian and conservationist, Alistair McGowan, and hears about his memories of growing up in the area and lifelong fondness for plums. After the boom years of fruit production in the Vale at the end of the nineteenth century, the 1950s saw a decline in the industry and, since then, almost 80% of the orchards have closed in the area. Helen meets Edward Crowther, whose family has run fruit businesses near Evesham for many generations, and hears about the changes in the Vale during the last century. She joins John Porter at Hipton Hill orchard and learns about the work his conservation group is doing to arrest the decline in the number of traditional orchards in the area and restore them to their former glory. Produced by Beatrice Fenton.

In this video we go backstage with Alistair McGowan and Clare Foster, on the set of Lakeside Arts' production of David Mamet's controversial 'Oleanna'.

Alistair McGowan talks to Christian about touring

Greg catches up with Alistair McGowan in a warm up gig in Evesham Arts Centre. Key Talent: Greg Clarke Producer: James Blackburn 2009

Frank, Emily & Gareth are joined in the studio by funny man and impressionist Alistair McGowan.

Ford Galaxy, Classic FM and The Times Online are delighted to bring you a brand new and enchanting series, for all the family to enjoy. Richard E Grant, Alistair McGowan, Laurence Llewellyn Bowen, Harry Enfield and many more will be reading classic children’s stories and bring them to life in their own unique way.