Podcasts about British Comedy Awards

Sally co-created, wrote and acted in Smack the Pony, a double Emmy Award-winning comedy show, for which she was nominated for best female newcomer at the 1999 British Comedy Awards. She has starred in countless films, television series, comedy shows and radio programmes such as the Bridget Jones films, Miranda, Green Wing, I am Alan Partridge, Rescue Me, Veep, Friday Night Dinner, Clare in the Community, among many others. In 2003, she was listed in The Observer as one of the funniest acts in British comedy. Sally talks about some of her career highlights and lowlights, the joys and pitfalls of being a female comedian, what it was like to be Shazza in Bridget Jones, and what it is like to live with her son Ollie, dispelling some of the unkind myths surrounding Down's Syndrome. Related Links A World Without Down Syndrome Smack the Pony  

"Him & Her" is a British sitcom that aired on BBC Three from 2010-2013. The show stars Russell Tovey and Sarah Solemani as Steve and Becky, a lazy, twenty-something couple who spend most of their time lounging in Steve's cluttered flat in Walthamstow, London. The show is known for its intimate and relatable portrayal of a young couple's daily life. "Him & Her" received positive reception from both critics and audiences. It won several awards, including the British Comedy Award for Best New Comedy Programme in 2011. The show ended after its fourth season when the creators felt they had told a complete story. Will "Him & Her" catch the eyes of the S1E1 boys or will it simply fall flat? Listen as they deep dive the show's pilot episode, "The Toast". Starring: Russell Tovey, Sarah Solemani Kerry Howard, Joe Wilkinson, & Ricky Champ www.S1E1POD.com MERCH Instagram & X (Twitter): @S1E1Pod

On 4th December 1994 Jonathan Ross hosted the British Comedy Awards in front of an invited audience of the great and the good and Noel Edmonds. It was a good year for the likes of Steve Coogan, Michael Barrymore and the Drop the Dead Donkey team but almost from the off Ross was beset by problems, including announcing the winner of the wrong award, having to deal with an out-of-control Meatloaf whose sole intention, it seemed, was to reduce Wossy to a quivering mess, and, most notably, attempting to wrest back control of the room in the wake of Spike Milligan calling the future King of England a 'little grovelling bastard'. The reaction and fallout was to dominate the redtops for days and raised Spike's profile so sufficiently that his chatshow bookings and requests for interviews quadrupled overnight. Joining Tyler to talk about all that and examine the winners (and losers) of the evening are co-host of The Sitcom Club podcast Gary Rodger and the man behind Behind The Stunts, Jon Auty. There's clips aplenty and personal reminiscences from Clive Anderson and Jane Milligan. It's a fun stroll down memory lane and a useful reminder that there was a time when Michael Barrymore was the biggest name in showbiz and the likes of Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris were still considered 'the new boys'.

Milton Jones returns with a brand new time capsule! Milton Jones regularly appeared on Mock the Week and has also appeared on Live at the Apollo, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow and House of Games. Milton is currently working his 15th series for Radio 4, and performs regularly on the BBC classic Sorry I Haven't a Clue, including appearing on their last UK Tour. Milton's previous tour shows, Milton Impossible, Milton Jones is Out There, Milton Jones On The Road, each performed to over one hundred thousand people. He is a Perrier Best Newcomer winner and Best Show Nominee as well as having won two Sony Awards and received a British Comedy Award nomination. Milton is the author of Where Do Comedians Go When They die? Along with 10 Second Sermons and Even more Concise 10 Second Sermons.Milton Jones is our guest in episode 443 of My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he'd like to preserve and one he'd like to bury and never have to think about again .For tickets and dates for Milton's tour, visit - https://www.miltonjones.co.ukFollow Milton Jones on Twitter & Instagram @themiltonjones . Follow My Time Capsule on Instagram: @mytimecapsulepodcast & Twitter & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & 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 . Get bonus episodes and ad-free listening by becoming a team member with Acast+! Your support will help us to keep making My Time Capsule. Join our team now! https://plus.acast.com/s/mytimecapsule. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trevor Lock was born in the past in England but now lives in the present all over the world. After being quite naughty at school he studied philosophy at University College London and then disappointed his parents by appearing on cult TV and radio shows in the UK including TMWRNJ, the BAFTA nominated British Comedy Award winning Star Stories and the Russell Brand podcast. He saw the light, abandoned mainstream mass media for the magic and connection of his live comedy events that are a cross between stand up comedy and group therapy. He also coaches communication skills to anyone who'll listen and runs the social experiment Reality Games where people from across the world are set experimental tasks and share their experiences with each other.  Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SOME LAUGH LIVE IS BACK AT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE ON 20TH AUGUST.  TICKETS HERE: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/some-laugh-liveThis week the boays are joined by comedian Dan Tiernan.  A comedic force of nature and winner of numerous new act-competitions, Dan describes his starting out in standup and how he developed his in-your-face style, recounts his childhood gigs performing magic tricks (not always successfully), and explains how he ended up working as a dinnerlady in his old school.  Plus, Steve reminds Dan of how much they both embarrassed themselves at the British Comedy Awards, and Dan describes his recent appearance on Cats Does Countdown.Dan is performing his show "Stomp" at the Edinburgh Fringe until the 25th August.  Tickets here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/dan-tiernan-stompA video version of this podcast is available on YouTube, where you can subscribe for all future episodes (and find all three of they boays' stand-up specials): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxeugCQL5zyVhd7pCEAi9GAWe're now on Patreon!  Sign up for exclusive access for as little as £3 per month for an extra episode every two weeks plus footage from our previous live shows and first dibs on tickets to upcoming ones:https://www.patreon.com/somelaughYou can watch Stu, Marc & Steve's stand-up specials on the Some Laugh YouTube channel here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM6lKn8dnMK5bOtlX-3XlCpZSf-B_qweQ&si=JjKknRTZvvza5l55Stand-Up Tickets:Marc: https://linktr.ee/MarcJenkoStu: https://linktr.ee/StuartMcPSteve: https://linktr.ee/stephenbuchananYou can follow Some Laugh on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok - and please remember to leave a 5 star review! Support the Show.

Jonathan and Alan recently met at Adele's Vegas residency show and were instantly obsessed with each other! The two sit down for a truly delightful conversation about the journey of Alan's career from working as a call center operator to becoming a UK comedy icon. The two chat about what it's like to be a gay comedian, The Friday Night Project, and the challenges of working out new material as an established voice. Plus: Amy Weinhouse, Australian accents, and Drag Race UK! Alan Carr is a comedian, broadcaster, and writer. Alan has won three British Comedy Awards, two National Television Awards, and a BAFTA TV Award. Alan can be seen presenting his hit panel show There's Something About Movies on Sky One, hosting BBC One's Interior Design Masters, and guest judging on Ru Paul's Drag Race UK. He's also the host of the Life's A Beach Podcast. You can follow Alan Carr on Instagram @chattyman, and the Life's A Beach Podcast @lifesabeach.podcast. Follow us on Instagram @CuriousWithJVN to join the conversation. Jonathan is on Instagram @JVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Find books from Getting Curious guests at bookshop.org/shop/curiouswithjvn. Our senior producers are Chris McClure and Julia Melfi. Our editor & engineer is Nathanael McClure. Production support from Julie Carrillo, Anne Currie, and Chad Hall. Our theme music is “Freak” by QUIÑ; for more, head to TheQuinCat.com. Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jon Holmes is a comedian, writer, presenter, producer and broadcaster who has won two BAFTAs, nine Gold Sony Radio Awards and two British Comedy Awards. He's presented major radio shows on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC 6Music, Virgin Radio, XFM, Takradio, LBC and Radio X. On Radio 4, he co-created Dead Ringers, he wrote and appearing in The Now Show and The 99p Challenge where he first worked with Armando Iannucci. He also worked with Armando on Gash on Channel 4 and Time Trumpet on BBC2 and in 2006 he received his sixth Sony Award for his work on Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive on Radio 4. On TV he co wrote Horrible Histories for BBC One for which he won two BAFTAs, he presented the fifth series of The Eleven O'clock Show on Channel 4 and wrote for the award-winning Channel 4 show V Graham Norton. He has been a Sunday Times columnist and has written for The Guardian, The Times and the Radio Times. He is now an award winning travel writer for the Sunday Times .Jon Holmes is guest number 367 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he'd like to preserve and one he'd like to bury and never have to think about again .Follow Jon Holmes on Twitter & Instagram @jonholmes1 .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & 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. Get bonus episodes and ad-free listening by becoming a team member with Acast+! Your support will help us to keep making My Time Capsule. Join our team now! https://plus.acast.com/s/mytimecapsule. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Regular on Radio 2 Breakfast Show with his Pause For Thought, as well as presenting his own show on BBC Sussex and BBC Surrey, Paul is a writer, broadcaster, comedian and author. Winner of the BBC Radio Entertainment Contract Writer Bursary, Paul continues to write and script-edit for many TV comedies. His writing won a British Comedy Award for BBC's Miranda, as well as a Royal Television Society Award and the Rose d'Or award for Lee Mack's sitcom Not Going Out, for which Paul has written on over 60 episodes over the past decade. Paul worked closely with Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc on the revamped Top Gear for BBC2, as well as on Channel 4's revival of the cult show TFI Friday. On Radio 4, Paul's written for Dead Ringers, The Now Show and The News Quiz. Paul's books include So a Comedian Walks Into a Church, which The Independent rated one of their top eight books for Christmas that year, plus the Amazon Top 100 Bestseller Hark! The Biography of Christmas, as well as a range of children's books. Paul won the ITV Take the Mike Award and regularly gigs all over the UK as a stand-up. Venues include; Comedy Store, Jongleurs, Highlight, Glee Club, Komedia and various corporate events, where throughout he's known as one of the few clean, accessible, funny comedians. He has supported Milton Jones and Men in Coats on their national tours, as well as taking many shows to the Edinburgh Fringe. He's a regular columnist for various publications, and has recently written his third play, Three Wise Men. “Ingenious” Evening Standard. “As effortless a writer as he is a performer.” The Stage

VISION THROUGH THE PRISM OF ARTS AND CULTURE. Elaine Bedell has been the Chief Executive of the UK's largest arts centre, London's Southbank Centre, since 2017. She has extensive experience as a leader in the creative industries. She was a Trustee of the V&A, is on the Council of Creative UK (which represents the UK's creative industries) and is a Trustee of The Yard theatre in East London. Previously Elaine worked in senior roles in television. She was Controller of Entertainment at the BBC, moving across to ITV as Director of Entertainment and Comedy in 2009. Elaine has won a BAFTA and a British Comedy Award, and served as Executive Chair of the Edinburgh International TV Festival for four years.

This week Nick and Angela welcome Charlotte Church to Dish HQ. Charlotte Church released her debut album Voice of an Angel in 1998  - she was twelve. Since then, she has become one of the most recognisable names in music, selling more than ten million albums worldwide. Charlotte has performed for Queen Elizabeth, the Pope and at George Bush's inauguration. She fronted The Charlotte Church Show for three seasons and won Best Female Newcomer award at the British Comedy Awards in 2006. These days, life is entirely different for Charlotte Church and her family. They live in accordance with nature in the heart of rural Wales and Charlotte runs a wellness retreat called The Dreaming. Nick mixes a raspberry and ginger fizz mocktail while Angela serves a show-stopping savoury cheesecake with balsamic glazed vegetables. The meal is paired with a delicious Yering Station The Elms Pinot Noir. Conversation flowed beautifully from  The Masked Singer to meditation, mushrooms and Mother Nature. Just so you know, our podcast might contain the occasional mild swear word or adult theme. All recipes from this cast can be found at waitrose.com/dishrecipes A transcript for this episode can be found at waitrose.com/dish We can't all have a Michelin star chef in the kitchen, but you can ask Angela for help. Send your dilemmas to dish@waitrose.co.uk and she'll try to answer in a future episode. Dish is a S:E Creative Studio production for Waitrose & Partners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sign up to our newsletter and never miss a release! | Visit our website Sally co-created, wrote and acted in Smack the Pony, a double Emmy Award- winning comedy show, for which she was nominated for best female newcomer at the 1999 British Comedy Awards. She has starred in countless films, television series, comedy shows and radio programmes such as the Bridget Jones films, Miranda, Green Wing, I am Alan Partridge, Rescue Me, Veep, Friday Night Dinner, Clare in the Community, among many others. In 2003, she was listed in The Observer as one of the funniest acts in British comedy. Sally talks about some of her career highlights and lowlights, the joys and pitfalls of being a female comedian, what it was like to be Shazza in Bridget Jones, and what it is like to live with her son Ollie, dispelling some of the unkind myths surrounding Down's Syndrome. Related links: A World Without Down Syndrome Smack the Pony

Like his main man Bob Dylan, comedian Simon Munnery knows a few things about heckles: aside from being arrested in Edinburgh for heckling Arthur Smith, he met his future wife when she heckled him in Australia. When not on the road, Simon joins his local Morris Men in Bedfordshire pubs, serenading fellow drinkers with his version of Blind Willie McTell. But he no longer owns any Dylan albums (“I've given them all away. I went through a period of being quite evangelist”). Munnery cracks us up with his drunken plot to meet Madonna at a record launch, enlightens us with his passionate appreciation of The Velvet Underground's Beginning To See The Light, cracks us up again with his theory about Kate Bush swapping places with God and mystifies us as to why he played Kind of Blue on a loop for six months. There's lots about Bob Dylan, too.Simon Munnery is “one of the most original and talented comics in the country” (The Observer). After Cambridge University in the mid-eighties, he worked with Steve Coogan, Patrick Marber, Richard Herring and Stewart Lee on an Edinburgh Fringe piece called The Dum Show. In the nineties, he performed sell-out solo shows at London theatres and international festivals, featuring characters including Alan Parker: Urban Warrior, The League Against Tedium and Buckethead. Simon starred in ITV's flagship stand-up show Saturday Live, won a Sony Gold Radio Award for his BBC Radio 1 series Alan Parker's 29 Minutes of Truth and was nominated for a British Comedy Award for his BBC2 show London Shouting. His TV series Attention Scum was directed by Stewart Lee. Simon appeared as Alan Parker on a music track by The Orb called Grey Clouds. He is currently touring Simon Munnery: Trials And Tribulations.WebsiteTwitterTrailerEpisode playlist on SpotifyListeners: please subscribe and/or leave a review and a rating.Twitter @isitrollingpodRecorded 10th January 2023 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The band are back together as Marc returns from Australia just in time to announce his candidacy for First Minister.  The boays give their reaction to the resignation of Nicola Sturgeon before Marc fills them in on his time down under, Steve reveals which celebrity he told a bare-faced lie to whilst attending the British Comedy Awards, and there's the usual scattergun approach to topics including how they rate airports to the merits of Scotland's alcohol advertising ban.A video version of this podcast is available on YouTube, where you can subscribe for all future episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxeugCQL5zyVhd7pCEAi9GAWe're now on Patreon!  Sign up for exclusive access for as little as £3 per month:   https://www.patreon.com/somelaughIn March Marc will be performing his new show in London, Aberdeen, Newcastle, Manchester and Edinburgh before playing The King's Theatre in Glasgow on Friday 24th March.  Tickets for all shows available here: https://www.marcjenningscomedy.com/gigsStuart is performing an extra date of his Glasgow Comedy Festival show “The Peesh” on Tuesday 21st March: https://www.thestand.co.uk/performances/1463-14347-stuart-mcpherson-the-peesh-extra-show-added-20230321-glasgow/Stephen is performing at the Pleasance Theatre in London on 16th March.  Tickets here: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/stephen-buchanan-work-progress#overviewYou can follow Some Laugh on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok for clips, news and more - and please rememberSupport the show

#427 Retribution - Richard is hoping to get a bridge named after him in Great Yarmouth and hopefully his fans will do better than they did in getting him nominated for a British Comedy Award. It's an incredible guest to start the new series, making his first appearance in almost 10 years, Stephen Merchant. Stephen has some questions for Richard about his first stint on the podcast and Richard doesn't really have any answers. But after a bit of squirming the pair get talking about meeting your heroes, your parents meeting your heroes, how an omelette was the clincher in getting Christopher Walken on to The Outlaws, the KLF style destruction of a Banksy, the Herring's Eye, the surprising news that drugs can be quite good fun, how Stephen made an impression at a Sarah Silverman party and his move into serious acting. Are they friends again by the end? I guess we'll find out in ten years time.Come and see us live http://richardherring.com/rhlstpSUPPORT THE SHOW!Watch our TWITCH CHANNELSee extra content at our WEBSITE Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/rhlstp. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a bit of a podcast crossover this week as we're jtoined by Elliot Steele and Michael Odewale of the very funny BTEC Philosophers podcast (currently nominated for best comedy podcast at the British Comedy Awards). We address some big shocking comedy news that was revealed last week and in true TVI style treat it with the utmost sensitivity and respect. Enjoy!

British Comedy Award-winning writer, comedian and broadcaster Paul Kerensa has co-written TV shows including Not Going Out, Miranda, Top Gear and TFI Friday, as well as radio shows including The Now Show, The News Quiz and Dead Ringers. As a comedian he's performed at The Comedy Store, Jongleurs, Montreal Comedy Festival, Edinburgh Festival, as well as churches and cathedrals. On Radio 2 Breakfast Show he broadcasts regular Pause for Thought slots, and presents on BBC Radio Sussex/Surrey. He's written ten books, including bestseller Hark! The Biography of Christmas. His new book is his first novel - Auntie and Uncles: The Bizarre Birth of the BBC, based on his podcast The British Broadcasting Century. PaulKerensa.com paulkerensa.comfacebook.com/paul.kerensainstagram.com/paulkerensatwitter.com/paulkerensayoutube.com/paulkerensatv

British Comedy Award-winning writer, comedian and broadcaster Paul Kerensa has co-written TV shows including Not Going Out, Miranda, Top Gear and TFI Friday, as well as radio shows including The Now Show, The News Quiz and Dead Ringers. As a comedian he's performed at The Comedy Store, Jongleurs, Montreal Comedy Festival, Edinburgh Festival, as well as churches and cathedrals. On Radio 2 Breakfast Show he broadcasts regular Pause for Thought slots, and presents on BBC Radio Sussex/Surrey. He's written ten books, including bestseller Hark! The Biography of Christmas. His new book is his first novel - Auntie and Uncles: The Bizarre Birth of the BBC, based on his podcast The British Broadcasting Century. PaulKerensa.com paulkerensa.comfacebook.com/paul.kerensainstagram.com/paulkerensatwitter.com/paulkerensayoutube.com/paulkerensatv

Nina Conti has won a British Comedy Award, stormed Live at the Apollo, Russell Howard's Good News, Sunday Night at the Palladium, and made a BAFTA nominated film - all without even moving her lips. Nina has now announced the dates of her largest scale UK tour to date – and in a spectacular feat of ventriloquism -  it is an entirely improvised every night. Tickets: https://ninaconti.net/liveIt was wonderful getting to talk shop with Nina and hear her thoughts and experiences about and in our art of Ventriloquism. Please let me know what you thought of this episode by leaving a comment below!NINA CONTI RESOURCES...Nina Conti's YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZJQEUWX2pk_aNCjMKpFBTgNina Conti's TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@theninaconti?lang=enNina Conti on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/theninaconti/Nina Conti on FaceBook:https://www.facebook.com/nina.conti

Alrite. - Ricky got a free large chips!  - British Comedy Awards.  - Steve's approach to dancing. - Ricky's fight against Grant Bovey!  - Ricky's xmas gifts for his nieces and nephews.  - Steve was recognised on the train by some Germans.  And more! Support us! Patreon.com/karlypilkboys Become a Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/karlypilkboys See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we focus on the former Blue-Coat turned household name.  From sketch comedy that started life on the Edinburgh Fringe in the late 90s, through to writing and starring in one of the longest running modern sitcoms, as well as Best Male Television Comic at the British Comedy Awards, three years in a row.Andy and Verso also discuss the comedy of 2004, including Shaun of The Dead and Frank Skinner's sitcom debut.

Katy Brand talks to Michael Berkeley about obsession, opera, brass bands and juggling her career as a comedian, actor, novelist and screenwriter. On television, Katy Brand's Big Ass Comedy Show ran for three series and won her a British Comedy Award, and she has appeared in everything from Peep Show to Midsomer Murders. Her stand-up shows at the Edinburgh Festival have been highly acclaimed, and she is a regular on BBC Radio comedy and drama. Katy has starred in musicals such as West Side Story and Everyone's Talking About Jamie; and she has written plays and screenplays – her feature film Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, starring Emma Thompson, premiered at the recent Sundance Festival and will be on our cinema screens this autumn. Katy tells Michael about her childhood experience as an extra at the Royal Opera House; her grandfather, the trumpet player and brass band conductor Geoffrey Brand; and her passion for the madrigals of the 17th-century Italian composer Carlo Gesualdo. And she describes the obsessions that dominated her early life, which have provided rich material for her books and comedy shows: her conversion to born-again Christianity as a teenager and her ongoing passion for the films Dirty Dancing and Mary Poppins. Producer: Jane Greenwood A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 3

Actress, comedian and playwright Katherine Parkinson shares her favourite music with Michael Berkeley. Two years out of drama school and heavily in debt, Katherine Parkinson was offered a part in a new television comedy series The IT Crowd. As all fans of the cult series know, she played Jen, the hopeless boss of two computer geeks – she was the so-called “normal” one. The series ran from 2006 to 2013, with audiences of two million. For Katherine Parkinson, it made her career, winning her a British Comedy Award and a Bafta. Since then Katherine Parkinson has appeared in everything from stage productions of Sophocles and Chekhov to television sci-fi drama Humans as well as Doc Martin and the sitcom The Kennedys. She has also moved into writing: her play about three people sitting for a painter premiered on television during lockdown. Katherine chooses music by John Tavener, George Gershwin and Thomas Tallis, and polyphonic singing she discovered while filming in Georgia. She tells Michael how she tried to channel her inner Cecilia Bartoli during singing lessons at drama school, and how she had to pretend to be good at housework for her Olivier-nominated role in Home, I'm Darling at the National Theatre. And she talks movingly about her affection for her late father-in-law, the actor Trevor Peacock. Producer: Jane Greenwood A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 3

Comedian Robin Ince shares his thoughts on the fascinating role science plays in our everyday lives, how we can avoid becoming too dogmatic about our belief systems, and the incredible importance of being interested. Robin Ince is co-presenter of the award-winning BBC Radio 4 show, The Infinite Monkey Cage. He has won the Time Out Outstanding Achievement in Comedy, was nominated for a British Comedy Award for Best Live show, and has won three Chortle Awards. He has toured his stand up across the world from Oslo to LA to Sydney, both solo and with his radio double act partner, Professor Brian Cox. Find out more: futurespodcast.net CREDITS Produced by FUTURES Podcast Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert Mason FOLLOW Twitter: twitter.com/futurespodcast Facebook: facebook.com/futurespodcast Instagram: instagram.com/futurespodcast

An investigation into the Mole-man of Hackney, standup material about pond-dipping and a bit of angst-filled teenage poetry are just some of the offcuts shared by Isy. Clips performed by: Lynsey Murrell, Beth Chalmers, Darrell Maclaine, Shash Hira, Toby Longworth and Emma Clarke Isy Suttie is a comedian, actress and writer who started performing stand up in 2002. She trained as an actress and has written for the GUARDIAN, the OBSERVER, RED and GLAMOUR, and is a regular writer and performer on BBC Radio 4, where her show PEARL AND DAVE won a Gold Sony Award in 2013. This led to two series of her musical story show set in Matlock, ISY SUTTIE'S LOVE LETTERS. Her TV acting credits include Dobby in PEEP SHOW and Esther in SHAMELESS, Ally in MAN DOWN and Nat in DAMNED, and she has been nominated for three British Comedy Awards. She's written 2 books – THE ACTUAL ONE, a comedy memoir which came out in 2016 and her first novel JANE IS TRYING has just been published in 2021. Episode show notes with offcuts track listing and more details about Isy and the actors:  https://offcutsdrawer.com/isy-suttie 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/

Ali Cook is an actor, comedian and magician. He has written and starred in the television series 'Now You See It' (BBC1), 'Penn And Teller: Fool Us' (ITV1), 'Dirty Tricks' (Channel 4) and 'Monkey Magic '(Five), both nominated for the British Comedy Awards & the Golden Rose of Montreux.We talk about the immense power of practise, how if you want to become better at something you have to become worse first, the significance of making the unconscious conscious and living an examined life, how understanding the non-linear nature of improvement can help you, the importance of cultivating hope and so much more.***If you find this podcast valuable, it would be amazing if you could leave a one-off donation which helps us with the maintenance costs of the podcast and also helps us continue making it better. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/michaelgolab***If you cannot donate you can leave us a short 5-second review on ‘Apple Podcasts' and share the episode on social media; it really helps other listeners find the show..and make sure to subscribe to get the next episode.Thanks so much for your support!Instagram: instagram.com/michaeldgolabIMDB: imdb.me/michaelgolabTwitter: twitter.com/michaeldgolabFacebook: facebook.com/michaelgolabactorLinkedIn: uk.linkedin.com/in/michael-golabSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/michaelgolab)

Whilst studying at Oxford University, Katy was part of the Oxford Revue and was writing and performing comedy, musicals and straight plays. After graduating, she worked in TV production for around five years, running, researching and APing on many different shows. In 2004, Katy returned to performing with comedy monologues and live sketch show Ealing Live! Her Edinburgh show “Celebrities are Gods” garnered attention from TV producers in 2005, resulting in her own sketch show “Katy Brand's Big Ass Show” on ITV, winning her “Best Comedy Newcomer” at British Comedy Awards in 2008. She has performed and appeared in a wide array of TV, Film and Radio programmes as well as acting in feature films such as Nanny McPhee and The Big Bang. She has written 3 books, Brenda Monk is Funny, I Carried a Watermelon and Practically Perfect. Her first feature film script Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is currently in post-production, starring Emma Thompson and directed by Sophie Hyde. In this episode we talk about starting out in the industry, the process of writing a feature film along with a great insight into the world of comedy.

In this episode we celebrate the anniversary of Poe’s well-known poem “The Bells,” written in May 1848 and published posthumously in 1849. The Bells describes the cycle of adult life, from excitement to joy, to fear and ultimately to the sorrow and somberness of death. Our celebration today features a performance from Baltimore’s Charm City Bronze Handbell Ensemble, and concludes with a very special reading of the The Bells by the renowned British actor Helen Atkinson Wood. Founded in 2013 by Artistic Director Beau Lochte, the Charm City Bronze Handbell Ensemble’s arrangement of Erik Satie’s "Gymnopedie Number 1" features a distinctive sound of bells ringing then being submerged in bowls filled with water, creating a dizzying "bending" of the pitch. Our featured performance is a reading of The Bells by noted British actor Helen Atkinson Wood. Ms. Wood is an actor and presenter best known for creating the character of Mrs. Miggins, in the classic BBC comedy “Blackadder.” A West End stage actor and presenter as well, Helen Atkinson Wood has been twice nominated by the British Comedy Awards as Best Female Comedy Performer. She is also an award-winning travel writer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The conceit of this ball-achingly dull podcast. This week we spoke to very talented and charismatic, Luke Campbell. Luke is the series producer/director for the BAFTA & British Comedy Award nominated An Idiot Abroad series 1, 2 & 3. He is also the Showrunner and Executive Producer at Studio Ramsay for ITV's BAFTA and NTA nominated hit series Gordon, Gino & Fred Road Trip."You sure you saw the gorillas? I'm not gonna get it back and it's Luke in a fucking fur coat". RELATED LINKS:Studio Ramsey - Luke Campbell: https://www.studioramsay.com/team/luke-campbellAn Idiot Abroad S01E01: China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpS77R7q_FgGordon, Gino and Fred: Desperately Seeking Santa: https://www.itv.com/hub/gordon-gino-and-fred-desperately-seeking-santa/10a0762a0001Luke Campbell Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/luketvGET IN TOUCH: Twitter: @SpinnersPodcast Email: SpinnersPodcast@gmail.comYouTube: https://bit.ly/3l0sMyYThe De Trout Spinner's Library: https://spoti.fi/2SQs0JDONATE: Patreon: https://bit.ly/3fdc0KS Get more De Trout Spinners on Patreon! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode writer, director, producer, performer and all round great dude Steve Whiteley joins me for a chat and we properly go round the houses. From surfing to consumerism to breastfeeding to tap water to pissing in public to the correct way to say 'tumeric'. It's safe to say we right all the wrongs of the world in this episode. Enjoy!  Follow Steve on Twitter: @OffKeySteve Find out more about his work: www.offkeyworld.com More about Steve: Steve is a writer, director, producer and performer. His comedy sketches and parody music videos have earned his YouTube channel a nomination for ‘Best Internet Programme’ at the British Comedy Awards. Steve’s award-winning debut short film ‘Swiped’ won the 2019 Silver and Peoples Lovie Award. It was also nominated for the 2019 Edinburgh TV Festival New Voices Award for best pilot and is an official selection at numerous Oscar & BAFTA qualifying festivals. Steve has been selected for the BFI Network x Bafta Crew 2021 and is currently developing his sitcom project ‘Woke Heroes’ for Channel 4.

En este episodio te platico algunas anécdotas con Sacha Baron Cohen, quien es actor, productor, guionista y comediante británico. Ha participado en diversas películas y series, como Agente Contrainteligente, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, Borat, Ali G Anda Suelto, Madagascar, Los Miserables, La Invención de Hugo, Alicia a través del Espejo, entre muchas otras más. Durante el 2000 realizó su propio programa llamado "Da Ali G Show". Además, en 1999, fue reconocido en el "British Comedy Award". Después ganó el "BAFTA", obtuvo el premio "Royal Television Society Award" como Mejor Comediante, un Golden Rose de Montreux y cuatro nominaciones al Emmy. En ésta ocasión te comparto cómo conocí a este reconocido actor, mis experiencias prestando mi voz a sus personajes en varias películas, así como otros aspectos importantes que seguramente te ayudarán en tu carrera como actor de doblaje. ¡Espero que lo disfrutes! Visita: www.mfilio.com Y www.inspiral.com.mx

On this episode, the Barretta Brothers welcome Ricky Gervais and Matt Vogel to speak about their experiences in the comedy, acting, and puppeteering industries. They delve into their influences and some of their favorite bits and characters. Ricky discusses how people live vicariously through comedians and the value in enjoying yourself and living to have fun. Then, Matt speaks on vocal matching, specifically with Kermit, what peaked his interest in puppets, and how acting fuels great puppeteering.   We address:   What draws people to Ricky Gervais?   What inspired him to create Afterlife? Will there be more seasons?   How did Matt get into acting and puppeteering?   What's his new podcast, Below The Frame, all about?   What have their experiences with The Muppets been like?   We get old because we stop playing! Tune into this week's episode to hear how Ricky Gervais enjoys life and for a fun look into the world of being a puppeteer, a comedian, and an actor. Plus, we get a call from a very special friend whom you may know and love… Constantine!     3 MAJOR POINTS DISCUSSED Free speech is the petri dish of ideas. Ricky describes his candid thoughts on free speech and how comedy comes from sharing your opinions, being honest, and saying what's on your mind. Cancel culture inspired Ricky Gervais to create Afterlife. After seeing the negative side of cancel culture on social media and all the extremes that social media presents to the world, like the extreme right vs the extreme left, he was inspired to develop the series Afterlife. He knew that people feared sharing their opinions. He thought: If you lost everything and you have nothing to lose, you could say what you want. What is losing everything? Losing everything would be losing your life partner. Tune in to find out how many more seasons of Afterlife you can expect Ricky to create. To be a great puppeteer, it's helpful to have a strong background in acting. Matt details his background and how he got into acting after a not so fun experience puppeteering. He relates the two and notes what he learned from acting that can be directly applied to puppeteering.   OUTLINE OF THIS EPISODE What's coming up? [02:04] Welcoming Ricky Gervais [02:42] Are people living vicariously through your naughtiness and brutal honesty? [04:10] Ricky has always tried to just have fun and enjoy himself [10:52] Biggest influences in our lives + Some of our favorite bits [11:58] What made you decide to do a live broadcast on Twitter during lockdown and did you ever think it would help people get through lockdown? [19:57] Our experiences with The Muppets + Ricky's two favorite Muppets of all time [23:03] What inspired you to develop the series Afterlife and do you have a sense of how many seasons you'll create? [30:17] A bit about Ricky and Christopher Guest's friendship [33:54] Talking about Billy Crystal's Don't Get Me Started [37:20] Constantine calls in [38:33] Transition to Matt Vogel [44:35] Welcoming Matt Vogel [45:25] Remembering “The Goelz Greeting” [48:00] A bit about Matt and what peaked his interest about puppets [49:20] How Matt got into acting [53:08] Matt's college sweetheart [55:40] A strong acting background helps make a great puppeteer [56:37] 3 of Matt's biggest influences [59:49] We discuss Matt's characters [1:06:02] Vocal matches: People have been discussing Matt's Kermit voice [1:08:05] Playing a game of Pick A Number [1:11:50] Matt talks about his podcast Below The Frame [1:20:07] Outro [1:22:40]   ABOUT OUR GUEST Ricky Dene Gervais (/dʒərˈveɪz/ jər-VAYZ; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director. He is best known for co-creating, writing, and acting in the British television series The Office (2001–2003).[5] He has won seven BAFTA Awards, five British Comedy Awards, two Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and the Rose d'Or twice (2006 and 2019), as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. In 2007, he was placed at No. 11 on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups[6] and at No. 3 on the updated 2010 list.[7] In 2010, he was named on the Time 100 list of the world's most influential people.[8]   Gervais initially worked in the music industry, attempting a career as a pop star in the 1980s as the singer of the new-wave act Seona Dancing and working as the manager of the then unknown band Suede before turning to comedy. Gervais appeared on The 11 O'Clock Show on Channel 4 between 1998 and 2000, garnering a reputation as a blunt and often controversial social critic. In 2000, he was given a Channel 4 spoof talk show, Meet Ricky Gervais. He achieved greater mainstream fame the following year with his BBC television mock documentary series The Office. It was followed by Extras in 2005. He co-wrote and co-directed both programmes with Stephen Merchant. In addition to writing and directing the shows, he played the lead roles of David Brent in The Office and Andy Millman in Extras. He starred in 2016 comedy film David Brent: Life on the Road, which he also wrote and directed.[9]   Gervais began his stand-up career in the late 1990s. He has performed five multi-national stand-up comedy tours, and he wrote the Flanimals book series. Gervais, Merchant, and Karl Pilkington created the podcast The Ricky Gervais Show, which has spawned various spin-offs starring Pilkington and produced by Gervais and Merchant.[10] Gervais has also starred in the Hollywood films Ghost Town, the Night at the Museum trilogy, For Your Consideration, and Muppets Most Wanted. He wrote, directed, and starred in The Invention of Lying and the Netflix-released Special Correspondents. He hosted the Golden Globe Awards in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, and again in 2020. Gervais also appears on the game show Child Support. Currently, Gervais is credited as the creator, executive producer, director, and writer for the Netflix comedy series After Life, where he plays the lead role of Tony Johnson.   RESOURCES Visit our website: thebarrettabrothers.com Visit Ricky Gervais's website: rickygervais.com Visit Matt Vogel's website: mattvogel.com “The Goelz Greeting”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wowADscBNmo&list=LLGIQuFoDF6lKOjW9LO-_Vyw&index=8

This week The TV Boys sit down to discuss Bob Odenkirk. From outstanding performances on screen in shows like Breaking Bad to superb writing for programs such as SNL, it seems everything he works on is gold.

Comedian Luis J. Gomez has never watched Seinfeld... until now. Forced to watch after all this time by his sister Jeniece E. Gomez. The Seinfeld series won 10 Emmy Awards, 3 Golden Globes, and even won the British Comedy Award in 2001, but does this world acclaimed television sitcom, ring true to The Real Ass Dude? Listen in every week as Luis and Jeniece Gomez recap each episode of Seinfeld from season 1 to season 9, whether Luis wants to or not!Watch live every Sunday at 7pm starting January 10th 2021 on GaSDigitalNetwork.com!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Samira Ahmed talks to comedienne, actress and writer Dawn French. Dawn became famous with her comedy performimg partner of many decades; Jennifer Saunders. Together they won British Comedy Awards and BAFTAs but Dawn has also achieved acting success on her own - The Vicar Of Dibley, Murder Most Horrid, Delicious, Psychoville and many more. And she is also a best-selling, highly successful writer of 4 novels. Her latest is Because Of You, the story of a baby stolen from the maternity ward and raised by a different mother who lost her own baby the same day. Dawn reflects on her life and career: growing up as a Forces kid, meeting Jennifer, their stand-up and TV work together and as part of The Comic Strip Presents, working with Richard Curtis on The Vicar of Dibley and the power of comedy to agitate politically. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Oliver Jones

Ali Cook is a historian of deception. He's a sleight of hand expert, a street magician, escapologist, stage illusionist and performer of thought control. "As well as escapology, Cook does jaw-dropping Derren Brown-style mind-reading feats, fabulously dextrous close-up magic, gruesome gross-out pranks and magic tricks the like of which you've never seen before" Steve Bennett, Chortle. Ali has written and starred in the television series Now You See It (BBC1),'Penn And Teller: Fool Us' (ITV1) 'Dirty Tricks' (Channel 4) and 'Monkey Magic '(Five), both nominated for the British Comedy Awards & the Golden Rose of Montreux. 'Psychic Secrets Revealed' with Derren Brown (Five), The Secret World of Magic (Sky 1), 'the Jerry @ Trick show' with Jerry Sadowitz (Five) & Greatest Magic Tricks in the Universe Ever (Channel 5). As well as guest slots on Le Plus Grand Cabaret du monde and The Slammer (CBBC). Ali’s irreverent persona and respected sleight of hand have made him one of the pioneers of the alternative magic scene. His 2010 live show, 'Pieces of Strange', was in the top 2% of best reviewed shows according to The British Comedy Guide. 2011 saw his third sell-out Edinburgh show, 'Principles and Deceptions', which was nominated for a 6 star award by broad way baby. Following these highly innovative live shows Ali has received the highest accolade by The Magic Circle with his promotion to Member of the Inner Magic Circle with Gold Star joining HRH Prince of Wales, David Copperfield, Paul Daniels, Lance Burton and other elite names of magic around the world. Ali has taken a break from the Fringe to pursue his acting career. He played the lead in British Sc-Fi thriller The Call Up. He has also featured in Mr Selfridge (ITV1) and his feature film credits include: BAFTA nominated and BIFA award winning war drama ‘Kajaki’(2015) from the producers of ‘The Kings Speech’, ‘Get Lucky’ (Universal Pictures), ‘The Anomaly’ (Universal Pictures) and ‘The Messenger’ directed by BAFTA and Emmy Award winner David Blair.

Q&A with incredible casting director Nicky Bligh. We will be discussing COVID castings, industry tips & tricks & taking your questions.   Nicky is an experienced Casting Director both in TV and film, and has worked on many successful comedies and comedy dramas across various networks including the BBC, SKY, ITV and Channel 4. She has worked with many of the UK’s top production companies. Several shows have been nominated/won awards such as the Rose D’Or for comedy, BAFTA for Best Sitcom, British Comedy Awards, RTS and National Television Awards. She has worked with some of the UK’s best comedy talent. Recent credits include: Buffering, a new series for ITV2, Sandylands a new series for UKTV, After Ever After by David Walliams and the Dawson brothers for Sky, starring Sir Tom Courtenay, Celia Imrie and Sian Gibson, Stath Lets Flats (series 2) and a second series of critically acclaimed show, Home (Channel 4). It is written by actor/writer Rufus Jones (Stan and Ollie, W1A) and produced by Adam Tandy (The Thick Of it, Inside Number 9, The League Of Gentlemen) starring Rufus, Youssef Kerkour and Rebekah Staton. Other Credits include: Living The Dream (Sky/Big Talk), When Bowie Met Bowlan (Sky Arts/Lion Television), Ballot Monkeys (Channel 4), Drunk History (Comedy Central), Boomers (BBC1), Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie, Bad Education (BBC), Mount Pleasant (Tiger Aspect/SKY), Bluestone 42 (BBC), Psychobitches (SKY Arts), Psychoville (BBC), Crackanory (UKTV), Ideal (BBC), and Extras (BBC). She is a member of The Casting Directors Guild.

Join Jewish Comedians Rachel Creeger and Philip Simon for Episode 4 of their comedy podcast, a chat show about all things Jewish produced by Russell Balkind. This week's guests are casting director, agent and producer Esta Charkham, and screenwriter and director Gary Sinyor.Esta Charkham: @EstalaCharkwww.charkham.netEsta started her working life as an actress on stage and television, however it wasn't long before she was drawn behind the scenes finding her niche as one of the UK's leading Casting Directors. Series such as The Professionals gave way to bigger responsibilities, casting Quadrophenia, Scum and Oscar winning Chariots of Fire. With this experience she branched out and became a Producer. Her first project was family drama series Robin of Sherwood​, following which she produced Boon for ITV, watched by over 13 million viewers. Esta went on to produce landmark series Birds of a Feather​ for the BBC, Channel 4's cult comedy series Nightingales​; children's series No Sweat​; sit-com Grown-Ups​ for the BBC and won a British Comedy Award​ for One Foot in the Grave​. She was awarded an honorary degree from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in recognition of her work with students. She puts her success down to many things; getting up early, answering the phone after two rings and wands of mascara, but most of all to her good fortune in meeting and collaborating with great talent. What little spare time she has is taken up with collecting underwear and clothing and volunteering for the Asylum Seeker and Refugee Project at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue.Check out the excellent charity work Esta supports HEREGary Sinyor: @garysinyorwww.garysinyor.comAn experienced international and award winning film-maker, Gary trained at the National Film and TV School graduating with BAFTA nominated short The Unkindest Cut. His first feature film Leon the Pig Farmer won numerous awards and is still regarded as a defining UK Jewish Comedy that appealed to a global audience. His next 2 British films were Solitaire for 2 and Stiff Upper Lips before moving to the US to direct The Bachelor for New Line Cinema. He subsequently returned to the UK and set up Magnet Films with Sir David Frost. After making family comedy Bob The Butler with Tom Greene and Brooke Shields, he made In Your Dreams with Dexter Fletcher and Linda Hamilton. In 2016 he wrote and directed his first play NotMoses in London's West End. He also made improvisation football comedy United We Fall, before writing and directing a psychological drama/thriller The Unseen which in 2019 was released in the US as Amaurosis. His latest work is a 6 part sitcom called The Jewish Enquirer - a return to the style of comedy of his first film Leon the Pig Farmer.--------------------------------------------------------------------- So those are our guests. Follow them on social media, follow US on social media and don't forget to let us know what you think about the show. Facebook: @JewTalkinTwitter: @JewTalkinInstagram: @JewTalkin *This episode was recorded under lockdown conditions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Tea with Twiggy! In this episode Twiggy has virtual tea with Joanna Lumley!Born in Kashmir, India, (her father was a major in the Gurkha Rifles), Joanna’s family returned to the UK after Indian independence. Joanna came to England as a young girl to complete her schooling at St Mary’s School in Sussex.An aspiring actress, she first came to fame as a model in London's swinging 1960s, where she was photographed by the greats, including the late Patrick Lichfield. She was designer Jean Muir's muse and became one of the top ten most-booked models of the 1960s.Her first TV appearance was in a bread advert, followed closely by her ‘big break’ on Coronation Street – she turned down Ken Barlow’s marriage proposal! It was The Avengers that brought Joanna (and her ‘Purdey bob’ hairdo) to the forefront of popular culture.But Joanna’s reinvention as a comic actress in her role as champagne-loving, chain-smoking Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous, from 1992-2005, cemented her role as one of the UK's best loved and most respected actresses. The show was formed into a hit film in 2016, featuring countless celebrity cameos.In 2008 Joanna became the public face of a campaign to provide Gurkha veterans with the right to settle in Britain. She is also a vegetarian and an active crusader for animal rights. Joanna has been a supporter of Survival International and the cause of indigenous rights, a patron of Tree Aid and a patron of the Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa.Other charities supported include Mind, ActionAid and SANE.She has won three BAFTA awards and a British Comedy Award.The music for the podcast is Twiggy's version of "Waterloo Sunset" by the Kinks and can be found on Apple Music at this link https://music.apple.com/gb/album/romantically-yours/693460953If you’ve enjoyed listening to “Tea With Twiggy” please give take a moment to give us a lovely 5 STAR rating on Apple Podcasts. It really helps other people to find the show.If you haven’t done so already please subscribe to this podcast so you auto-magically get the next episodes for free and do tell all your friends and family about it too. If you want to connect with me I’d love to hear from you.You can find me on Twitter @TwiggyOr you can find me on Instagram @Twiggy LawsonMy thanks go to all the people that have helped this podcast happen:● Many thanks to James Carrol and all the team at Northbank Talent Management● Thanks to all the team at Stripped Media including Ben Williams, who edits the show, my producer Kobi Omenaka and Executive Producers Tom Whalley and Dave CorkeryIf you want to know more about this podcast and other produced by Stripped Media please visit www.Stripped.media to find out! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today’s guest is the brilliant Sharon Horgan. She is a BAFTA award-winning Irish actress, co-founder of Merman, writer, producer and director, and perhaps best known for her multiple award-winning sitcom Catastrophe, which she co-writes and stars in with Rob Delaney. She was nominated for two BAFTA Awards and won two British Comedy Awards for her BBC show Pulling which she co-wrote and starred in. Sharon co-founded the independent production company Merman which shot the first series of Motherland which was co-written by Sharon and aired on BBC Two to great critical acclaim. Today Sharon is on the podcast to discuss the feature film she’s currently in called Military Waves in which she stars alongside Kristin Scott Thomas. The film is inspired by a BBC factual series about a choirmaster who selects and trains amateur singers while their partners are away serving in Afghanistan. It’s a really feel-good film, with some very touching moments too. Hope you enjoy this episode and if you did please do leave a rating or review! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, I got to interview the brilliant Vicki Maguire. Vicki is the Chief Creative Officer of ad agency Havas and she is one of the most awarded creatives in the industry today. Her work includes the ‘Hands Only CPR’ ad for the British Heart Foundation starring Vinnie Jones – which has now saved over 50 lives – and The Angina Monologues, which earned her a British Comedy Award. A vocal advocate of diversity and inclusion, Vicki was the first female chair of Creative Circle and helped set up its foundation; a charity that helps fund students from diverse backgrounds enter the industry.What can I say about this episode! I had such a laugh! Why? Because Vicki is a force of nature who tells it exactly how it is. That might be to do with her working-class background, her ability to blag her way into any job or just simply her infectious laughter.As usual we chart our way through her career from being fired from every job imaginable in the fashion industry to landing in advertising and recently becoming Chief Creative Officer at Havas London. I don’t want to reveal too much about this interview instead I’ll tell you some of the things you’ll learn from her story – the art of blagging, when to tell it’s time to move on from your job, the value of having a 3 months fuck off fund and how to negotiate your salary – plus much much more.

Paul Kerensa is a British Comedy Award-winning writer for BBC's Miranda, Not Going Out, Top Gear, ITV's Royal Variety Show, C4's TFI Friday. Paul talks about his identity and shares how Jesus has shaped who he is today.

Stephen Merchant first came to fame with the TV sitcom The Office, which he co-wrote and co-directed with Ricky Gervais. He continued to work with Gervais on the series Extras, Life is Short and An Idiot Abroad. His comedy hero as a young man was John Cleese and as a fellow tall West Country boy, he felt he would try his hand at a comedy career. As a teenager, he worked at Radio Bristol, was a wedding DJ and enjoyed drama at school. While at Warwick University, he created his own radio programme, The Steve Show. Those radio production skills encouraged him to send in his CV to a new London radio station, XFM, where the head of speech was Ricky Gervais. Following a successful interview – conducted in a pub – Stephen became Ricky’s assistant. Stephen left XFM to join a BBC training scheme. It was the short film he made with Ricky as part of his course which would eventually lead to the creation of The Office. Alongside his successful comedy partnership with Gervais, Stephen has pursued his acting and writing ambitions and this year wrote and directed his first film, Fighting with my Family, based on a family of wrestlers. His performance as a stand-up led to his HBO series Hello Ladies, and he starred in his first stage play, Richard Bean's The Mentalists, in London in 2015. His work has earned him two Golden Globe Awards, three BAFTAs, a Primetime Emmy Award, and four British Comedy Awards. DISC ONE: Whole of The Moon by The Waterboys DISC TWO: Raspberry Beret by Prince DISC THREE: Babies by Pulp DISC FOUR: Regulate (Jammin' Remix) by Warren G featuring Nate Dogg and Michael McDonald DISC FIVE: Thunder Road by Bruce Springsteen DISC SIX: A Case of You by Joni Mitchell DISC SEVEN: Change of the Guard by Kamasi Washington DISC EIGHT: Love Letter by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds BOOK CHOICE: Roger's Profanisaurus by Viz and Roger Mellie LUXURY ITEM: A piano CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Thunder Road by Bruce Springsteen Presenter: Lauren Laverne Producer: Cathy Drysdale

Ordering the first drink of the series is the wonderful Milton Jones. Milton is regularly on Mock the Week, has appeared on Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Live at the Apollo and he has headlined Dave’s One Night Stand. MIlton Jones’s tours, Milton Jones and the Temple of Daft (2015) and On the Road (2013), both played to over 100,00 people. He is a previous Perrier Best Newcomer and Nominee, Sony Award winner and British Comedy Award nominee.At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them. Masud makes the drinks, Chris tells the mystery and Sooz sings and plays live piano – and everyone chats and chimes in with their theories.You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram too!This is a Studio71 production. Producer - Jack ClaramuntExec Producer - Tom Payne & Jody SmithProduction Support - Phie McKenzieEditing - Joel Grove Studio71 is a Red Arrow Studios Company. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Richie and Eddie are back and have reached their three quid limit with a ride on the tallest ferris wheel in western Europe. But they've been annoying, vomiting on and stealing the clothes of the other fairground users and soon find themselves trapped 350 feet in the air with hardly any booze left and the ride scheduled to be blown up in the morning. Can they attract attention and make it to the other side of this one? Heck, maybe even raise some kids? Angela, Paul and Mat discuss Bottom returning after three years off the TV with a stage show in between, the relative qualities of the differing series, Richie and Eddie's families, reincarnation, cheating fate and Richie's phenomenal upper body strength. And the Talking Bottom quiz returns with nightmare questions due to this being an episode set entirely in a ferris wheel carriage! Here is the clip from the 1993 British Comedy Awards we talk about at the end, where Richard Wilson fumes while Rik wins best comedy actor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-WezUT1Y4c

In anticipation of our BRAND NEW SERIES 2, we have gathered together some of our favourite bits of the first series to quench your thirsty af ears. ALSO I know how I said "British Comedy Awards" but what I meant was "British Podcast Awards", I'm a total moron. Tweet to us: @ButterfliesPod Instagram: @ButterfliesPodcast Email to write in your stories to us: buttefliespodcast@gmail.com

Alan Carr, comedian and chat show host, is known for his love of silliness, dressing up and camp daftness. His stand-up shows have filled arenas, and on TV he co-hosted the Friday Night Project and then his own show - Chatty Man. Alan was born into a footballing family – his dad, Graham, was a professional player and then a manager. Alan first tried his hand at comedy while reading Theatre Studies at Middlesex University. After he graduated, he took on a range of jobs before his ability to make friends laugh with his stories of working in a call centre in Manchester led him to try stand-up at a local venue. In 2001 he won the City Life Best Newcomer of the Year and the BBC New Comedy Awards. His break into TV came after a spell as the warm-up man for the Jonathan Ross chat show. He has won many awards including Best Entertainment Show for Alan Carr: Chatty Man at the 2010 TV Choice Awards, the 2013 BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance and 2013 British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Entertainment Personality. In 2015 he won the National Television Award for Best Chat Show Host.He and his long term partner Paul were married in January 2018 by Adele - who also organised the wedding, and paid for it. Presenter: Lauren Laverne Producer: Cathy Drysdale

Alan Carr, comedian and chat show host, is known for his love of silliness, dressing up and camp daftness. His stand-up shows have filled arenas, and on TV he co-hosted the Friday Night Project and then his own show - Chatty Man. Alan was born into a footballing family – his dad, Graham, was a professional player and then a manager. Alan first tried his hand at comedy while reading Theatre Studies at Middlesex University. After he graduated, he took on a range of jobs before his ability to make friends laugh with his stories of working in a call centre in Manchester led him to try stand-up at a local venue. In 2001 he won the City Life Best Newcomer of the Year and the BBC New Comedy Awards. His break into TV came after a spell as the warm-up man for the Jonathan Ross chat show. He has won many awards including Best Entertainment Show for Alan Carr: Chatty Man at the 2010 TV Choice Awards, the 2013 BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance and 2013 British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Entertainment Personality. In 2015 he won the National Television Award for Best Chat Show Host. He and his long term partner Paul were married in January 2018 by Adele - who also organised the wedding, and paid for it. Presenter: Lauren Laverne Producer: Cathy Drysdale

The actor Katherine Parkinson meets the artist Roxana Halls. Katherine Parkinson is best known for her role as Jen in the Channel 4 sit-com The I T Crowd, which won her a British Comedy Award and a BAFTA. She has also appeared in the long-running drama Doc Martin and the science fiction series Humans. Her most recent stage work was at the National Theatre, where she starred as Judy – an obsessive housewife stuck in the 1950s - in Home, I’m Darling by Laura Wade. The production transfers to the West End next year. Roxana Halls is a figurative painter who has exhibited across the UK and around the world. Her work has been included five times in the renowned BP Portrait Award exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, and has been selected for the Royal Academy Summer Show. She has won numerous prizes , and next year her art will feature in a touring show reflecting the life of Christine Keeler. Producer: Clare Walker

Sean Lock is an English comedian and actor. He began his comedy career as a stand-up comedian, won the British Comedy Award in 2000 in the category of Best Live Comic, and was nominated for the Perrier Comedy Award.  Lock is well known for his appearances on television and radio. He has written material for Bill Bailey, Lee Evans and Mark Lamarr and was voted the 55th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups in 2007 and again in the updated 2010 list as the nineteenth greatest stand-up comic. He is possibly best known for his role as a team captain on Channel 4 comedy panel show 8 Out of 10 Cats since it began from 2005-2015, and on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown since 2012. I have known Sean over the years but recently met him at the Vodafone Comedy Carnival. We arranged a chat for a later date and this is it.

Look who’s washed up on our shores this episode, it’s none other than actor, stand-up comedian and writer extraordinaire Aisling Bea.If Aisling can’t find her way off this god-forsaken island the entertainment industry will grind to a complete standstill…The Ch4 commissioned series she’s writing with Emmy nominated Sharon Horgan won’t get written.8 Out Of 10 Cats will be looking for a new team captain. Show’s like Qi (BBC1), Taskmaster (Dave), 8 Out of Ten Cats Does Countdown (Ch4), James Corden’s A League of Their Own (Sky), The Big Fat Quiz of Everything (Ch4), @Midnight (Comedy Central) and The Last Leg (Ch4) will be sending out search parties for their missing regular guest.She’ll miss her first Netflix special which airs in August.Accolades like the the prestigious So You Think You’re Funny? award and the British Comedy Award for Best Female TV Comedian will just be gathering dust on her mantlepiece.The producers of Live At The Apollo (BBC1), The Stand Up To Cancer Great British Bakeoff (Ch4), The Jonathan Ross Show (ITV), Would I Lie To You? (BBC1), Insert Name Here (BBC), Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC), Sunday Brunch (Ch4), Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC3) and Ch4’s live 9 hour Alternative Live Election will be thanking their lucky stars that she appeared on their shows before she went AWOL.We could go on, but we won’t. Instead we’ll just talk about crisps for about an hour… See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Girl Power. On this episode we talk to Jessica Hynes. Known professionally as Jessica Stevenson until 2007 she was one of the creators, writers and stars of the British sitcom Spaced and has worked as a writer and actress for over two decades. Hynes has been nominated for a Tony, a Laurence Olivier Award, four BAFTAs (of which she has won one), and three British Comedy Awards (of which she has won two). On this episode we discuss growing up, the Royle Family, Spaced and her directing debut The Fight Please support the Mark and Me Podcast here https://www.patreon.com/Markandme

On today's episode I talk to Aisling Bea. Originally from County Kildare, Ireland, Aisling has been acting and performing stand-up for over a decade. She's appeared on almost every TV panel show in the UK including 8 Out Of 10 Cats (where she was the first ever female team captain), Taskmaster, Qi, @Midnight and many others. As an actor, Aisling has been in many shows, both drama and comedy, including The Fall, Hard Sun, Damned, The Delivery Man, Dead Boss and many others, and her new show Happy, which she created with Sharon Horgan, was just ordered to series. And finally, as a stand-up, she's appeared on numerous shows and festivals. Her debut solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe, C’est La Bea, was nominated for the Foster’s Best Newcomer Award and a year later, she won the British Comedy Award for Best Female TV Comedian. Her Netflix 15-minute special will be released later this year. This is the website for Beginnings, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow me on Twitter.

Jack Whitehall, stand-up comedian, actor, sit-com writer and producer is Kirsty Young's castaway.He co-wrote and starred in the sitcoms Fresh Meat and Bad Education. He and his father launched their chat-show Backchat in 2013 and recently made a TV series together travelling around Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand. Jack played Paul Pennyfeather in a TV adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Decline and Fall in 2016 and has forthcoming roles in Good Omens and a film about Marc Bolan and David Bowie.The son of the talent agent and television producer Michael Whitehall and the actress Hilary Gish, he grew up in Putney. Sent away to boarding school at 11, he performed his first comedy gig aged 16 while still a pupil. He briefly attended Manchester University before he decided to exchange lectures for laughs and make his way in stand-up: he won the King of Comedy award at the British Comedy Awards in 2012, 2013 and 2014.Presenter: Kirsty Young Producer: Cathy Drysdale.

Jack Whitehall, stand-up comedian, actor, sit-com writer and producer is Kirsty Young's castaway. He co-wrote and starred in the sitcoms Fresh Meat and Bad Education. He and his father launched their chat-show Backchat in 2013 and recently made a TV series together travelling around Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand. Jack played Paul Pennyfeather in a TV adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Decline and Fall in 2016 and has forthcoming roles in Good Omens and a film about Marc Bolan and David Bowie. The son of the talent agent and television producer Michael Whitehall and the actress Hilary Gish, he grew up in Putney. Sent away to boarding school at 11, he performed his first comedy gig aged 16 while still a pupil. He briefly attended Manchester University before he decided to exchange lectures for laughs and make his way in stand-up: he won the King of Comedy award at the British Comedy Awards in 2012, 2013 and 2014. Presenter: Kirsty Young Producer: Cathy Drysdale.

Charlie Brooker is a satirist, broadcaster and writer. He created the Emmy-award winning series, Black Mirror, and presents Screenwipe and Newswipe which won Best Comedy Entertainment Show award at the British Comedy Awards in 2011. Born in 1971, his career has been influenced both by his early love of technology - he was a keen computer gamer - and by his passion for the anarchic, surreal and experimental comedy of Monty Python and The Young Ones. After creating his own comic while at school, he went on to provide cartoons for the magazine Oink! at the age of 15. He cultivated his acerbic style and satirical pessimism as a writer of games reviews and features for PC Zone magazine. His online creation TVGoHome, an often caustic parody of television listings in the style of Radio Times, brought him to the attention of the Guardian newspaper where he began writing a TV review column entitled Screen Burn in 2000. This was adapted into a BBC Four television series, and various spin-offs, including Gameswipe and Newswipe, followed.The first two series of Black Mirror, an anthology of unrelated dramas focused around the unexpected consequences of new technologies, aired on Channel 4. The third series was released on Netflix in 2016, followed by a fourth at the end of 2017. Charlie is married to former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq and they have two young sons.Presenter: Kirsty Young Producer: Cathy Drysdale.

Charlie Brooker is a satirist, broadcaster and writer. He created the Emmy-award winning series, Black Mirror, and presents Screenwipe and Newswipe which won Best Comedy Entertainment Show award at the British Comedy Awards in 2011. Born in 1971, his career has been influenced both by his early love of technology - he was a keen computer gamer - and by his passion for the anarchic, surreal and experimental comedy of Monty Python and The Young Ones. After creating his own comic while at school, he went on to provide cartoons for the magazine Oink! at the age of 15. He cultivated his acerbic style and satirical pessimism as a writer of games reviews and features for PC Zone magazine. His online creation TVGoHome, an often caustic parody of television listings in the style of Radio Times, brought him to the attention of the Guardian newspaper where he began writing a TV review column entitled Screen Burn in 2000. This was adapted into a BBC Four television series, and various spin-offs, including Gameswipe and Newswipe, followed. The first two series of Black Mirror, an anthology of unrelated dramas focused around the unexpected consequences of new technologies, aired on Channel 4. The third series was released on Netflix in 2016, followed by a fourth at the end of 2017. Charlie is married to former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq and they have two young sons. Presenter: Kirsty Young Producer: Cathy Drysdale.

In this episode Gearoid meets ventriloquist Nina Conti the morning after her sold-out show for the Galway Comedy Carnival. She is mid-way through her largest tour to date. She chats about her start in ventriloquism, her puppet Monk and why she never wants to be an actress. Nina is a prolific comedian and documentary maker. She received a BAFTA nomination for her film “Her Master’s Voice” in which she took the puppets of her deceased mentor Ken Campbell to Vent Haven in Kentucky. Nina has won a British Comedy Award, stormed Live at the Apollo, Russell Howard’s Good News, Sunday Night at the Palladium – all without even moving her lips.

Dylan and Lisa are joined by comedian and actress Sharon Horgan, war photographer Giles Duley, TV presenter Andrea Oliver and Hudson Taylor team up with Gabrielle Aplin to provide the sweet tunes. The first of three shows recorded live at the National Trust’s Sutton House in Hackney, east London. Among our guests’ stories and songs to inspire, alarm and humour we hear how a human turd was an important catalyst in Sharon Horgan’s life and indirectly led to her successful career writing TV series like Channel 4’s ‘Catastrophe’, how to correctly pronounce Neneh Cherry and some of the positives about being blown up in Afghanistan. SOUNDINGSPOD.COM   Live music featured in the show: Hudson Taylor & Gabrielle Aplin< - Helplessly Hoping (Crosby, Nash & Stills cover)Lisa Hannigan with Hudson Taylor & Gabrielle Aplin – Kids (Mic Christopher cover)Gabrielle Aplin with Hudson Taylor – How Do You Feel Today?Hudson Taylor with Gabrielle Aplin – Don’t Know Why For Soundings Holy Trinity, Dylan and Lisa are joined by a Holy Trinity of guests who share their three stories to inspire, to alarm and to humour. The show happens in three sections and each section features live performance of songs on those same themes from our music guests. Sutton House, our venue for this show, was built in 1535 by Sir Ralph Sadleir, Principal Secretary of State to Henry VIII and a protege of Thomas Cromwell. It’s the oldest residential building in Hackney. Since its Tudor origins Sutton House has been home to a succession of merchants, sea captains, Huguenot silk-weavers, Victorian schoolmistresses and Edwardian clergy. Hudson Taylor ♫ Harry & Alfie Hudson-Taylor are brothers who honed their brand of captivating folk-pop songs busking relentlessly on the streets of Dublin and built up a loyal following internationally with online videos of their live performances. Their releases have sold over 60,000 copies to date and they’ve just released their debut album Singing For Strangers on Polydor – hudsontaylormusic.com Sharon Horgan Award-winning actress, writer and comedian who has just landed a new sitcom with HBO called Divorce, starring Sarah Jessica Parker. Earlier this year, with American comedian Rob Delaney, she co-wrote and starred in Channel 4’s acclaimed new sitcom Catastrophe. With BAFTA nominations and British Comedy Awards for her previous series Pulling, it looks like 2015 is the year Sharon Horgan takes it to the next level. Giles Duley A documentary photographer and photojournalist focusing on the humanitarian effect of war. His work has been exhibited and published worldwide in many respected publications including Vogue, GQ, Esquire, Rolling Stone, Sunday Times, The Observer and New Statesman. In 2010 he was nominated for an Amnesty International Media Award and was a winner at the Prix de Paris in 2010 & 2012. gilesduley.com Andrea Oliver Owner of Sugarshack restaurant in Hackney, former member of 80’s post punk band Rip Rig & Panic and presenter of countless shows over the years for BBC and Channel 4 including co presents with Neneh Cherry and Ice-T! jackdawandstar.co.uk

Joining Simon Smith this week are a trio of highly experienced TV and radio comedy writers in the form of Gareth Gwynn, Laurence Howarth and John Luke Roberts. Gareth Gwynn is the writer for many shows including Newsjack and The News Quiz and Pantheon of Heroes, a comedic look at Welsh history. Laurence Howarth has won a British Comedy Award and a Sony Gold Award as one of the head writers of Dead Ringers and has written for Armstrong and Miller and Mitchell and Webb. John Luke Roberts was a finalist on the BBC New Comedy Awards, has had two series of his own sketch show Spats on BBC Radio 7, and spent a fruitful year as the writer in residence for BBC Radio Comedy.

Libby Purves meets Sandra Noel, daughter of the filmmaker Captain John Noel who made The Epic of Everest in 1924; director of the National Theatre, Sir Nicholas Hytner; comedian Jack Whitehall and his father Michael, a theatrical agent and Andrea Coleman, co-founder of Riders for Health. Sandra Noel is the daughter of Captain John Noel, the filmmaker behind the newly restored film of the third attempt to climb Mount Everest. The 1924 expedition culminated in the deaths of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine, sparking an on-going debate as to whether or not they actually reached the summit. Filming in harsh conditions with a specially adapted camera, Captain Noel captured images of breathtaking beauty and considerable historic significance. The Epic of Everest is released in cinemas nationwide to coincide with its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival. Sir Nicholas Hytner is director of the National Theatre which celebrates its 50th birthday in October. The theatre opened its doors in 1963 at the Old Vic under Laurence Olivier. Early in his career Sir Nicholas, who steps down from the National next year, worked in repertory theatre including the Northcott Theatre Exeter, the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Other London theatre work included Miss Saigon and The Importance of Being Earnest. The National Theatre is marking its birthday with a short season celebrating the people and plays which have contributed to its success over the last 50 years. Jack Whitehall is a comedian and actor who was voted King of Comedy at the 2012 British Comedy Awards. His father, Michael, is a theatrical agent who has been involved in the careers of many actors including Colin Firth, Nigel Havers and Judi Dench. Published by Michael Joseph, their book Him And Me is a portrait of their unique relationship. Former motorcycle racer Andrea Coleman is the co-founder of Riders for Health, a charity that provides motorcycles to deliver healthcare across Africa. After the death of her first husband in a motorcycle race, she started working with African communities to show how motorcycles can help save lives. She has just been awarded a Women of the Year Award. Producer: Paula McGinley.

Mark Lawson unwraps new interviews with arts headline makers of the year, in the first of two special programmes. In the wake of the record-breaking success of the James Bond film Skyfall, Judi Dench reflects on her role as M, and director Sam Mendes discusses the pressures of working on such a high-profile movie - and whether he knew about Bond's secret role in the Olympic opening ceremony. Hilary Mantel remembers the night when she won the Man Booker Prize for the second time - the only woman to do so - and Sheridan Smith looks back on a year in which her roles have ranged from Hedda Gabler on stage to the wife of train robber Ronnie Biggs on TV. Dramatist James Graham won acclaim for This House, his play about the struggles of the Labour government between 1974 and 1979. He reveals how he has seen many key politicians of the period in the audience, comparing his version of events with their own memories. Rebecca Front, winner of a British Comedy Award for her role in the political TV comedy The Thick Of It, considers how the latest series regularly seemed to predict the news headlines, and members of the Mercury Prize-winning band alt-J talk about their approach to rehearsals, with strict rules about attendance and mobile phone use. Producer Ella-mai Robey.

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Frank, Emily and Gareth chat about Gordan Ramseys nightmare hair, Paul Daniels toupee and the British Comedy Awards.

Libby Purves is joined by Vicki Butler-Henderson, Derren Brown and Dave Spikey. Vicki Butler-Henderson presents Fifth Gear on Channel 5. As well as presenting, she is also well known for her racing, holding a Race International 'C' Class licence. Her first book, 'Vicki Butler-Henderson's 100 Sexiest Cars' is published by Carlton Books. Derren Brown has been dubbed the 'psychological illusionist'. He's a performer who combines magic, suggestion, psychology, misdirection and showmanship in order to seemingly predict and control human behaviour, as well as performing mind-bending feats of mentalism. His new book 'Confessions of a Conjurer' is structured around the various stages of a conjuring trick, combined with autobiography. Published by Channel 4 Books. Dave Spikey is an award-winning comedian. The recipient of two British Comedy Awards, he co-wrote and co-starred in the acclaimed 'Phoenix Nights' as the inimitable Jerry St Clair. Before becoming a professional comedian he worked in the NHS as a Chief Biomedical Scientist in Haematology at the Royal Bolton Hospital. His autobiography, Under the Microscope: My Life is published by Michael O'Mara Books.

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the comedian Jim Moir, best known by the name of his alter ego Vic Reeves. Jim was born in Leeds but soon moved to Darlington with his family. He attended the local school and left with one O level in Art. He fulfilled the expectations of his school by getting a job in a factory, completing his apprenticeship and working there for four years. However, he was bored so he moved to London with three friends. After trying a few different jobs he began running club nights - with music, acts and entertainment. He would hire a venue and the bands and he would be the compere. Jim decided to take on the persona of Vic Reeves as it gave him an excuse to act up. A comedy night came up and instead of booking three comedians, he decided to do the whole night himself. Vic Reeves' Big Night Out was born. After teaming up with Bob Mortimer, a solicitor who had been in the audience of one of his shows, the show went from strength to strength. It was a huge success and TV rights were fought over by the BBC and Channel 4. Since then, he has appeared on both channels with a variety of programmes including The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer, Shooting Stars and Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased). The programmes have won BAFTA Awards for Originality and Best Live Performance plus British Comedy Awards.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams Book: Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome Luxury: Potato seeds

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the comedian Jim Moir, best known by the name of his alter ego Vic Reeves. Jim was born in Leeds but soon moved to Darlington with his family. He attended the local school and left with one O level in Art. He fulfilled the expectations of his school by getting a job in a factory, completing his apprenticeship and working there for four years. However, he was bored so he moved to London with three friends. After trying a few different jobs he began running club nights - with music, acts and entertainment. He would hire a venue and the bands and he would be the compere. Jim decided to take on the persona of Vic Reeves as it gave him an excuse to act up. A comedy night came up and instead of booking three comedians, he decided to do the whole night himself. Vic Reeves' Big Night Out was born. After teaming up with Bob Mortimer, a solicitor who had been in the audience of one of his shows, the show went from strength to strength. It was a huge success and TV rights were fought over by the BBC and Channel 4. Since then, he has appeared on both channels with a variety of programmes including The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer, Shooting Stars and Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased). The programmes have won BAFTA Awards for Originality and Best Live Performance plus British Comedy Awards. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams Book: Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome Luxury: Potato seeds

Sue Johnston has rarely been out of work since she made her name in Brookside. Her versatility is clear, with credits including such varied programmes as acclaimed drama Goodbye Cruel World; the 1950s feel-good nostalgia series Sex, Chips and Rock 'n' Roll; cult comedy The Royle Family and, most recently, psychological thriller Waking the Dead. Her early career was with the Pilkington Glass Factory, where she got a job in the pensions department specifically so she could join their amateur dramatics group. After rebelling against her parents wishes and attending drama school in London, Sue acted in repertory theatre until her mid-30s. Having a son brought new responsibilities and, realising the bonus of a regular income and regular hours, she auditioned for Channel 4's Brookside. She became a household name and recognised as Sheila Grant wherever she went. She left after eight years and never looked back: her first role was as a motor neurone sufferer in Goodbye Cruel World, for which she was Bafta nominated and she has been in demand ever since. She was also Bafta nominated for her role as lovable put-upon mum Barbara in The Royle Family, which in 1998 and 2000 won British Comedy Awards.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: You'll Never Walk Alone by Gerry and the Pacemakers Book: Dickens by Peter Ackroyd Luxury: BBC Radio 5 Live

Sue Johnston has rarely been out of work since she made her name in Brookside. Her versatility is clear, with credits including such varied programmes as acclaimed drama Goodbye Cruel World; the 1950s feel-good nostalgia series Sex, Chips and Rock 'n' Roll; cult comedy The Royle Family and, most recently, psychological thriller Waking the Dead. Her early career was with the Pilkington Glass Factory, where she got a job in the pensions department specifically so she could join their amateur dramatics group. After rebelling against her parents wishes and attending drama school in London, Sue acted in repertory theatre until her mid-30s. Having a son brought new responsibilities and, realising the bonus of a regular income and regular hours, she auditioned for Channel 4's Brookside. She became a household name and recognised as Sheila Grant wherever she went. She left after eight years and never looked back: her first role was as a motor neurone sufferer in Goodbye Cruel World, for which she was Bafta nominated and she has been in demand ever since. She was also Bafta nominated for her role as lovable put-upon mum Barbara in The Royle Family, which in 1998 and 2000 won British Comedy Awards. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: You'll Never Walk Alone by Gerry and the Pacemakers Book: Dickens by Peter Ackroyd Luxury: BBC Radio 5 Live