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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'.

We revisit our episode with Andy Hamilton with a re-edit! Resulting in a much more relaxed chat and plenty of unheard material. Andy Hamilton is the writer and director of Outnumbered and Drop the Dead Donkey, a regular panellist on Have I Got News for You, The News Quiz and QI, and the voice of Dr Elephant in Peppa Pig.Andy Hamilton is our guest in episode 440 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 .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.

Mad hair, violence on telly, Matchbox Models of Yesteryear, Play School, Eastenders, the ‘Johnny Byrne’ factor, the Richard Dreyfuss shitstorm, Drop the Dead Donkey live and why Hamish MacBeth was shit.

This week's guest is Andy Hamilton, the creator of such hit shows as Drop the Dead Donkey and Outnumbered, a regular comedy show panellist and even the voice of elephant dentist on Peppa Pig. He's also got a book out, Blue was the Colour, charting a lifetime of ups and downs following Chelsea FC. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sportingmisadventures/ And let us hear about your own sporting misadventures by emailing sportingmisadventures@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

review A News Huddlines reunion celebrating the life and comedy of Roy Hudd OBE. The Roy Huddlines was staged on Sunday 14th May 2023 at the Sondheim Theatre in London's West End. The cast, writers and producers of BBC Radio's longest-running audience comedy programme, The News Huddlines, gathered to celebrate the life, love and laughter of Roy Hudd OBE. Roy had a profound effect on all who worked with him - he was a unique combination of comedy genius, wise mentor and cheeky uncle. The cast reunited here for one joyous hurrah in his honour are Huddlines originals Chris Emmett, Alison Steadman, Nichola McAuliffe and announcer Richard Clegg, plus Kate Harbour and the brilliant Jon Culshaw who took Roy's centre microphone with the blessing of Roy's widow, Debbie Hudd. Also assembled for this gala event were the writers who cut their comedy teeth working on The News Huddlines and went on to create some of the finest British comedy from the 1980s to the present day. Not the Nine O'Clock News, Spitting Image, Drop the Dead Donkey and One Foot in the Grave were all created by Huddlines alumni, and the legacy continues.   Written by                    Starring 

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Matthew Bannister on Sir Bobby Charlton, who is hailed as England's greatest ever footballer. Dr. Evelyn Fox Keller, who explored the effects of gender on the study of science. Julian Bahula, the South African musician and anti- apartheid activist And Haydn Gwynne, the versatile actor known for her roles in Billy Elliott and The Audience on stage and The Windsors and Drop the Dead Donkey on screen. Andy Hamilton pays tribute. Producer: Ed Prendeville

Jimmy Mulville is the co-founder and managing director of Hat Trick Productions, one of the country's leading producers of comedy, drama and entertainment. He's also a comedian, comedy writer, actor and television presenter. He has written, produced and acted in countless shows; Alas Smith and Jones, Chelmsford 123, Whose line is it anyway, Have I got News for You, Outnumbered, Drop the Dead Donkey to name but a few. In 1999 he won the BAFTA Alan Clarke Award for his creative contribution to television. In 2003 he and his then wife Denise O'Donoghue were listed in the Observer as two of the 50 funniest people in Britain. In this conversation Jimmy talks about many things; among them his journey from comprehensive school to reading Classics and French at Cambridge University to being one of the funniest men in the UK and one of its leading producers. He is an absolute legend and I loved talking to him!

Outnumbered, Drop the Dead Donkey and What We did on Our Holiday to name but a few! Comedian, writer and producer Andy Hamilton talks through his art of sitcom writing for family audiences, and how he learned to direct the infamous, untrained child actors in Outnumbered. Also, some of the less appealing comedy shows he did earlier in his career; like a gig in a disused Bovril factory, and what he knows about a treasure buried by his grandfather shortly after World War Two.

Paul Clayton is and actor, director and writer best known for playing Olivia Colman's dad in the comedy Peep Show with David Mitchell and Robert Webb. He also played Graham, in the comedy Him & Her with Russel Tovey, Sarah Solimani, Kerry Howard and Joe Wilkinson. He's about to star in the new Disney+ series of The Full Monty starting the original cast, plus Paul as Dennis! Other TV appearances include. television appearances include One Foot in the Grave, Drop the Dead Donkey, Doctor Who, Wire in the Blood, My Family, Danny Boy, Breeders, Shakespeare and Hathaway, Delicious, Drifters, Wolf Hall, The Frankenstein Chronicles, Mr Selfridge and The Crown. His novels, The Punishment and The Hoax are available now.Paul Clayton is guest number 296 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 .Paul's books are available here: amazon.co.uk/Paul-Clayton/e/B08YXTGCMCGrim & Co - grimmandco.co.ukThe Hope Theatre - thehopetheatre.comConnor Calland reading My Corner Shop by Joe Shackley - fb.watch/k_MOlOFz9hFollow Paul Clayton on Twitter: @Claytoncast & Instagram @claytoncastgram .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 this podcast ad-free 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.

We have an accidental Dickens special this week for you. Our review of Great Expectations starring and produced by Eddie Izzard at the Garrick Theatre, plus Bleak Expectations at the Criterion Theatre.For some non-Dickens relief, actor Kate O'Flynn joins us during rehearsals for All of It by Alistair McDowall at the Royal Court Theatre.Kate tells us what it's like to bring the one-woman trilogy to the stage after the pandemic, how she's approaching the production this time round, why she thinks “writing is a much braver thing to do than acting”, what it's like to perform alongside Danny Dyer in Henpocolyspe! - and sharing their love for Harold Pinter.Plus, what's been happening this week? We discuss the incredibly talented female playwrights behind the hit TV show Succession after its final episode, give our reaction to the West End theatre strike being called off, and is Drop the Dead Donkey returning on tour?You can hear our interview with Eddie Izzard by clicking here.For all our reviews and interviews visit standard.co.uk/theatre. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cliff Parisi is best known for playing Minty Peterson in Eastenders for 8 years and Fred Buckle in the multi award winning BBC drama, Call the Midwife. Other notable credits include Bit of Fry and Laurie, KYTV, The Darling Buds of May, The Upper Hand, London's Burning, Drop the Dead Donkey, Kavanagh QC, Pie in the Sky, A Prince Among Men, The Saint, Paul Merton in Galton and Simpson's…., Kiss me Kate, Casualty, Waking the Dead, The Bill, Hollyoaks, Outnumbered and Plebs, amongst many more. Cliff Parisi is guest number 253 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 Cliff Parisi on Instagram @officialcliff_parisi .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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael Fenton Stevens is an actor and comedian. He is best known for being a founder member of The Hee Bee Gee Bees and the voice behind the Spitting Image 1986 number 1 hit "The Chicken Song". He also starred in KYTV, its Radio 4 predecessor, Radio Active and Benidorm as Sir Henry since Series 4 which was first broadcast in 2011, and as an anchor on 3rd & Bird on CBeebies.Fenton Stevens featured in regular roles as Hank in the 1996 series The Legacy of Reginald Perrin, and as Ralph in Andy Hamilton's 2003 television sitcom Trevor's World of Sport, as well as in the Radio 4 version of the latter which was broadcast in 2004. Stevens had previously appeared in a guest role in Drop the Dead Donkey, another television comedy series written by Hamilton, and appears regularly in various roles in Hamilton's Radio 4 sitcom Old Harry's Game. He has also featured in Ian Hislop's sitcom My Dad's the Prime Minister as the Home Secretary. He plays the eponymous Inspector Steine in Lynne Truss' long-running Radio 4 comedy series. From 2004 until 2005 he appeared in two series of Julia Davis's dark comedy series Nighty Night as the Reverend Gordon Fox. He also appeared in various roles in the Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential Phases of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series. In 2007, he played the similarly named Michael Wenton Weeks in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. He has provided the voice of Mr Beakman, a toucan, in the CBeebies show 3rd & Bird. He has a recurring role in the sitcom My Family as Mr Griffith, the boss of the dental corporation "Cavitex". He has played Sir Henry in Benidorm since Series 4 which was first broadcast in 2011.Notable guest appearances have been as the next door hotel guest in "Mr. Bean in Room 426"; and alongside Hee Bee Gee Bees bandmate Angus Deayton as the brother-in-law of Deayton's character in an episode of One Foot in the Grave. He played Alan Perkins, a holiday rep in Spain in "The Unlucky Winner Is" episode of Only Fools And Horses. He played a guest role in Coronation Street in November 2004. In 2006, he guest-starred in the Doctor Who audio adventure The Kingmaker. He also appeared in Series 3 Episode 3 of Outnumbered, as a substitute player called 'Lance' in a tennis match, and in the "Music 2000" episode of Look Around You as the chairman of the Royal Pop and Rock Association. In 2022 he appeared as Tony Vanoli in a fourth season episode of Ghosts.He is a very successful Pantomime Dame, having written and appeared in a number of pantos over the years. From December 2006 until January 2007, he starred in and wrote the Cambridge Arts Theatre pantomime version of Aladdin in the role of Widow Twankey. In 2015, Stevens appeared as Dr. John Radcliffe in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Helen Edmundson's Queen Anne.Since 2020, with help from his son John Fenton Stevens, a series of podcasts has been released called My Time Capsule with guests such as Stephen Fry, Rebecca Front, Rick Wakeman, Mark Gatiss, Rufus Hound, David Mitchell, Anthony Head, Chris Addison, Rev Richard Coles, Griff Rhys Jones, Richard Herring and David Baddiel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anthony and Gregg are back together in the studio and loving a life filled with Anthony's tales from the road, relationship advice and Smelly Dead Donkey Dicks. 

Anthony and Gregg are back together in the studio and loving a life filled with Anthony's tales from the road, relationship advice and Smelly Dead Donkey Dicks. 

This week we review Drop The Dead Donkey (Series 1 Episode 5)Topical sitcom set in the production office of GlobeLink News, a television news company undergoing transformation under the hand of unscrupulous new owner Sir Royston Merchant. Having recently acquired the company, the multi-millionaire media tycoon and business tyrant orders that the staff should start taking a more sensationalist, tabloid stance in its reporting.Yuppie Gus Hedges (who speaks in a myriad of boardroom 'buzzwords' and clichés) is in charge of the transformation. Nervous news editor George Dent is too weak to stand up to Gus so it is left to his second in command Alex, to try and stop Gus ruining the station entirely.Written by Andy Hamilton & Guy JenkinProduced by Andy Hamilton, Guy Jenkin and Denise O'DonoghueDirected by Liddy OldroydA Hat Trick production for Channel 4.Drop The Dead Donkey is available here: https://bit.ly/3tqQ1ZB The Comedy Slab Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spreaker, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Spotify and Youtube. Subscribe for a new episode each Tuesday. Get in touch - we're @ComedySlab on Twitter and ComedySlab on Facebook.

Andy Hamilton is a comedian, game show panellist, television director, comedy screenwriter, radio dramatist, novelist and actor and you have probably seen and/or heard him on Have I Got News For You, The News Quiz, QI or I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. He's written for television shows including Drop the Dead Donkey and Outnumbered and is currently working on Kate & Koji for ITV with regular writing partner Guy Jenkin. Simon talks to Andy about his novels, specifically his latest Longhand, which is an especially unique book in that the entire thing is handwritten, perfectly reproducing Andy's original longhand manuscript. The story is of Malcolm George Galbraith, a Scotsman who is writing a letter to his wife - hence the longhand - to explain why he has to leave and never return. The explanation involves a vast, surprising, moving and funny dive into mythology. Simon chats with Andy about finding a publisher who was willing to reproduce his handwriting, how the unusual form supports and enhances the story being told and why it's probably a one-off. Find out more about everything we do on our website: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/ Join our Discord: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/join-our-discord-community/  Music by Bennet Maples.  

Actor, narrator, screenplay writer and author Jeff Rawle talks about how he fell into acting, his time at drama school, landing the lead in a new television comedy Billy Liar just two days out of drama school, working with Alan Bennett, his time as George Dent in Drop the Dead Donkey and what it was like to be Amos Diggory in Harry Potter. Having been in the industry for forty-eight years, Jeff shares experiences and encounters across his television, film and theatre careers and talks about the hugely diverse roles he has played all with great humour, affection, honesty and insight. Sign up to our newsletter and never miss a release! | Visit our website  Related Movies: Harry Potter The Young Poisoner's Handbook Billy Liar Drop the Dead Donkey Peterloo

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Another surprise “Lockdown Special" episode! Writer and director of Outnumbered and Drop the Dead Donkey, regular panellist on Have I Got News for You, The News Quiz and QI, and the voice of Dr Elephant in Peppa Pig, Andy Hamilton is guest number 15 on My Time Capsule. He 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 us on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael on Twitter: @fentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by Matthew Boxall .Social media support by Harriet Stevens .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cariad talks to writer, producer and stand-up Paul Mayhew-Archer (The Vicar of Dibley, Miranda, Drop the Dead Donkey) about his Mother, who died of cancer in his early twenties. As ever they talk grief, Parkinson's + heading to Sweden.You can follow Paul on twitter @mayhewarcher. You can follow the Griefcast on twitter and instagram @thegriefcast and you can email thegriefcast@gmail.comGriefcast won Gold (always believe in your soul) in Best Entertainment, Best Interview + also Podcast of the Year 2018 at the British Podcast Awards and Best Podcast at the ARIA's. It is hosted by Cariad Lloyd, edited by Kate Holland, recorded at Whistledown Studios and the music is provided by The Glue Ensemble. And remember, you are not alone. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

January 20-26, 1996 Today Ken welcomes Boston Comedian and artist Owen Linders to the show. Ken and Owen discuss Hawaii, cranberry bogs, Spring Break, Alfred University, the pitfalls of "art", print making, solar power, stand up comedy specials, Stewart Lee, Johnny Vegas in Who's Ready for Ice Cream?, flagmen, cops in roadworks, black boxes, beach houses, Sci Fi Channel, Cartoon Network, Space: Above and Beyond, Rhode Island, Swamp Thing, the odd things in Ken's home, cartoons based on R rated movies, Toxic Crusaders, Steve Johnson, Monsters, Tales from the Darkside, Glim Glim, AOL online, Duckman, The Adventures of Briscoe County Jr, creating things of substance, being sincere, cell phones, movie serials, Captain Marvel, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Due South, Law and Order, Predator, Drop the Dead Donkey, Toast of London, Smack the Pony, Dr. Katz, Third Rock from the Sun, Crime Story, Real Ghosts, Tobe Hooper, Alan Moore's Twilight of the Superheroes, Give Me Liberty and Martha Washington, American Gothic, Sherlock Holmes, being a drug addict for 30 minutes and Ken's befuddlement at Red Green.

In this episode I read Parable of the Dead Donkey by Simon Armitage from his collection of poetry The Shout.

Presented by Aasmah Mir and the Rev. Richard Coles. Andy Hamilton earned his comedy stripes at Cambridge, in the university's Light Entertainment Society, and has written and performed for a number of radio and television programmes from I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue and Drop the Dead Donkey, to QI, to Old Harry's Game, and the award winning Outnumbered. He discusses how he manages change. Delia El-Hosayny recalls her 30 years as a bouncer, during which time such was stabbed, shot at and delivered a baby in a nightclub toilet. Saturday Live listener John Simmons shares his family story. His parents temporarily 'adopted', Jesus, a child refugee from the Spanish Civil War. John later researched the story of the 4,000 children who came to the UK from Spain and found out what happened to Jesus and his sister when they returned home. JP Devlin meets Ricky Valance - the 1960s star from a Welsh mining community who had a No.1 hit with the song Tell Laura I Love Her. Historian Dr. Laura King describes her latest work around objects and testimony from families and various communities in Leeds, which has culminated in the exhibition Remembrance. And Robert Peston chooses his Inheritance Tracks: Beethoven's Opus 131, and Still Crazy After All These Years by Paul Simon. Andy Hamilton's tour Change Management runs from 21 May - 10 June. Spanish Crossings by John Simmons, is out now in paperback. Remembrance runs at the Abbey House museum in Leeds until December 2018. Robert Peston's book WTF is published by Hodder.

We are nearing a pivotal point of the NFL fantasy season, with playoffs around the corner. The BITEZ boys (minus JP) take you through players you can drop and don’t look back. They also take you through the big news around the NFL, including an eerie prediction from the previous week. They also preview the massive Week 14 games ahead and Top 3 Town looks at the cut throat nature of the NFL. If you want to get involved in some UK NFL chat or want your questions answered on the Podcast, follow us on Twitter @brits_endzone or email us at britsendzone@gmail.com #NFL #NFLUK. Also check out our website www.britsendzone.com. Also send BITEZ your caricatures of them!

OUT OF THE SCRIPTWRITING SHADOWS Comic Andy Hamilton has most likely had you bent double with laughter. As well as appearances on panel shows like Have I Got News For You, he co-created Outnumbered and Drop the Dead Donkey, and has written for everything from Not the Nine O’Clock News to The Two Ronnies. Now he’s in town to discuss his debut novel, The Star Witness, about a soap star whose life is set to unravel horribly.

Comic Andy Hamilton has most likely had you bent double with laughter. As well as appearances on panel shows like Have I Got News For You, he co-created Outnumbered and Drop the Dead Donkey, and has written for everything from Not the Nine O’Clock News to The Two Ronnies. In this event, recorded live at the 2017 Edinburgh International Book Festival, he discusses his debut novel, The Star Witness, about a soap star whose life is set to unravel horribly.

Comedian and screenwriter Andy Hamilton has created and written some of TV and radio's most popular shows, including Outnumbered, Drop the Dead Donkey, and Old Harry's Game. A regular panellist on QI, Have I Got News For You and The News Quiz, in this in-depth interview, he discusses his approach to comedy, explains how he adapts his writing for TV and radio differently, and talks about crowdfunding his first novel, The Star Witness.

James O'Brien is joined by Mitch Benn of The Now Show, writer of Drop the Dead Donkey and Outnumbered Andy Hamilton, Observer journalist Miranda Sawyer and human-rights lawyer and founder of Reprieve, Clive Stafford Smith. Covering all the week's news including the amazing Dr Fox and a genuine scoop on the USA's use of drones in Pakistan. With on- and off-mike contributions from Alistair Barrie and Nick Revell.