Podcast appearances and mentions of John Finnemore

Brilliant comedian and writer Holly Walsh (you'll have seen her on QI, or heard her on Just a Minute, or watched Motherland, which she co-writes) joins me to talk about crushes and unrequited love. As you know, I love talking about crushes. Can't stop me. But what I love about this conversation is how hard Holly finds it to talk about, even years on. I think we can all relate to that. Also, good coverage of Gladiators in this episode, for all you sports fans. If you're not on Substack already, maybe come on over and join us? It's a great way to support the show if you love the show, and also a great place to read funny writing from good people (John Finnemore, Sali Hughes and Richard Herring are all there, give it a try!) That's the hard sell done. Does that count as a hard sell? It's been a long week. See you next time! MCS x Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This year's show is all about the village John has moved into since last year's show - and the very big, collective decision that they made last night.Written and presented by ... John Finnemore Ensemble ... Margaret Cabourn-Smith Ensemble ... Simon Kane Ensemble ... Lawry Lewin Ensemble ... Carrie QuinlanOriginal music composed by ... Susannah Pearse Theme tune arranged by ... Susannah Pearse Theme tune performed by ... Susannah Pearse & Sally StaresStudio managers ... Chris Maclean & Jon Calver Sound design ... Rich Evans Production coordinator ... Katie Baum Executive producer ... Richard Morris Producer ... Ed MorrishAn EcoAudio certified production A BBC Studios Audio production

Cain's Jawbone, a murder mystery cryptic puzzle novella in the form of 100 pages presented in the wrong order, has many millions of possible solutions but only one that is correct. 86 years after it was published, writer, comedian and crossword constructor John Finnemore solved it. And then, craving another 100-page cryptic puzzle murder story, he wrote his own. Get the transcript of this episode, and find links to more information about the people, puzzles and topics therein, at theallusionist.org/solvitude. The original Cain's Jawbone by Edward Powys Mathers, and John Finnemore's new The Researcher's First Murder, are both available to buy from unbound.com. This is the fifth instalment in the Word Play series about word games and puzzles; previous episodes include the history of anagrams, recent developments in crosswords, and turning words into games. The next episode will be about the Scripps Spelling Bee, which I am attending this week. I'll be posting about my Bee time on facebook.com/allusionistshow, instagram.com/allusionistshow and twitter.com/allusionistshow, but members of the Allusioverse will be getting Discord updates lolloping odd essays from the Bee, so if you want those, scoot along to theallusionist.org/donate - and you'll also be keeping this independent podcast going, in return for which you get regular livestreams, inside scoops into the making of this show, watchalong parties, and the company of your fellow Allusionauts in our delightful Discord community. Our ad partner is Multitude. If you want me to talk lovingly and winningly about your product or thing on the show in 2024, sponsor an episode: contact Multitude at multitude.productions/ads. This episode is sponsored by: • Understance: comfortable, stylish, size-inclusive bras and undies. Shop the range and learn about your own branatomy - like I did! - at understance.com.• Bombas, whose mission is to make the comfiest clothing essentials, and match every item sold with an equal item donated. Go to bombas.com/allusionist to get 20% off your first purchase.  • Squarespace, your one-stop shop for building and running your online empire/new home for your cryptic puzzle that takes months to solve. Go to squarespace.com/allusionist for a free 2-week trial, and get 10 percent off your first purchase of a website or domain with the code allusionist. Support the show: http://patreon.com/allusionistSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kids are natural improvisers, so here are some beginner techniques to play makeup and make believe with the best of them!  Learn more about John Finnemore on his blog https://johnfinnemore.blogspot.com/. "A Flock of Tigers" is episode 1 of series one of John Finnemore's Double Acts https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06gx5qm. Kind of hard to find a stream of it, so you may have to purchase the album. Or check your local library, especially their Libby streaming service. There are all kinds of Story Cards out there depending on what age and theme, even for adults!  Check out more of Sam's LEGO and toy videos at www.youtube.com/@samsuksiri

Comedy producer Ed Morrish (Non-Censored, Soundheap, John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme) brings his personal comfort blanket, Ben Stokes' 2019 Ashes innings at Headingley against Australia (and more broadly "all sport") to try and persuade Comfort Blanket umpire Joel that it's allowed - and makes a case for sport as the perfect improvised long-form narrative. It's all about the story... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A sharp left turn for this e[isode where we indulge, not in an artist nor theme, but in a whole genre of music - namely classical. Where else would Mozart, Beethoven, Elgar, Joplin and John Finnemore(?) rub shoulders but in a podcast such as this. Joel has a revenge and it's totally in keeping with the whole podcast.  Joel's Music GCSE really starts to show his musical understanding and he probably knows more than Dad now! One thing mentioned in the podcast is this - go watch it - it's brilliant.  If you have no patience, you might want to jump to 3:50. My YouTube channel: Pockenrop 

On this SPECIAL EDITION of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Anthony are joined by MICHAEL SHEEN and DAVID TENNANT of GOOD OMENS on Prime Video. Originally based on Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's international best-selling novel, Good Omens Season 2 explores storylines that go beyond the original source material to illuminate the ineffable friendship between Aziraphale (Michael Sheen), a fussy angel and rare-book dealer, and the fast-living demon Crowley (David Tennant). Good Omens 2 releases exclusively on Prime Video July 28, 2023.Watch and listen to The Movie Podcast interview now on all podcast feeds, YouTube, and TheMoviePodcast.caGet a whole month of great cinema FREE on MUBI: mubi.com/themoviepodcastContact: hello@themoviepodcast.caLINKS TO COOL STUFFFOLLOW USDaniel on Twitter, Instagram, and LetterboxdShahbaz on Twitter, Instagram, and LetterboxdAnthony on Twitter, Instagram, and LetterboxdThe Movie Podcast on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, and YouTube

Actor and writer Carrie Quinlan (Home, Agendum, John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme) talks about her love of the comic character Spider-Man, in all his (and her, and its) incarnations, and what enables the story of the teenage nerd turned neighbourhood crime fighter to be endlessly reinvented, to provide life-long comfort for alienated kids, teens and grown-ups.This is part ONE of TWO. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comedy actor and podcaster Margaret Cabourn-Smith (Crushed, John Finnemore, Penny Dreadfuls) talks about the uplifting British comedy film Pride (2014) with its story of unlikely alliances and the power of unity, and the winner of an imaginary BAFTA for best White Writing At The End In A Motion Picture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

[THE AUDIO IS SO BAD I AM SO SORRY THERE WERE VERY TECHNICAL VERY PROBLEMS ARGH - F]The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel, read and recap every book from Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld series in chronological order. This week, “Troll Bridge” and “A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices”. Bridges! Bureaucracy! B…existential crisis?Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretWant to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:https://wt.social/ Dragonfly mission I think we missed a magpie rhyme when doing Carpe Jugulum. Courtesy of John Finnemore. : r/TTSMYF After the King - Tolkien Gateway Terry Pratchett - Tolkien Gateway TROLL BRIDGE | The Moving Picture - YoutubeWhat is the origin of the folklore that trolls live under bridges? - r/AskHistoriansTrolls: From Scandinavia to Dam Dolls, Tolkien, and Harry Potter - AmazonAarne-Thompson-Uther Classification of Folk Tales ‘Who remembers proper binmen?' - The Guardianxkcd: Atheists Albert Sloman - Wikipedia Music: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

This weekend we take you on a trip to Japan with Peeps at Many Lands by John Finnemore, where we learn about the geography of the region and experience daily life. Illustrations by Ella Du Cane. Enjoy this complete audiobook with subtitles, relaxing music and visuals to help you stay engaged.

Ashley Quach, writer, director, and children's book illustrator joins me to talk about John Finnemore and his radio drama work, including Cabin Pressure.  We chatted about media that helps you feel less lonely, the genius of two people plays, and how Benedict Cumberbatch should be doing more comedy. Tangents include the story of how we met, falling asleep to podcasts, and the horror of meeting strangers in real life.  Sign up for my newsletter at our website, tandonproductions.com or on my Twitter (@marissakumari). We'll be back next week with Daniel Kibblesmith! 

Cabin Pressure is a radio sitcom written and created by John Finnemore and directed and produced by David Tyler.

The door had been locked from the inside. The windows were barred, locked from the inside, didn't open and were made of brick. All the books were chained to the shelf save one, open on the table at a page entitled 'How to secure a room from the inside'. All the boxes had been ticked. And even the pen used to make the ticks was one of those ones on a little chain you get in banks.- John Finnemore, Souvenir Programme The post S30E3 – The Locked Room Mystery appeared first on Writing Roots.

In the second of our extra special bonus episodes in the company of stars from the hit show ‘Spike' – written by Nick Newman and Ian Hislop – Tyler talks to the wonderful Margaret Cabourn-Smith! Margaret can be seen and heard in so much top British TV, radio and podcast comedy over the last twenty years, such as Miranda, Motherland, Psychoville, John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme & Do The Right Thing, and it was a real delight getting to speak to her. She talks about the play and what it's like creating sound effects on stage in front of an audience, as well as her career, being a comedy obsessive and the nuts and bolts of performing. Naturally the conversation focuses on Spike and the Goons but it does wander off onto other topics – as it the nature of this podcast – including a quite unnecessary digression upon the American sitcom The Ropers. ‘Spike' is on at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury until 5th March so catch it if you can! https://www.watermill.org.uk/spike Margaret is also launching a brand new podcast – details on the show. Twitter: @MCabournSmith @goonshowpod

Matt Green is a comedian, actor, writer and director. He started his comedy career as a member of the Cambridge Footlights alongside Richard Ayoade, John Oliver and John Finnemore. He has performed six solo standup show at the Edinburgh Fringe. On TV he's been in Fresh Meat, Extras, Cuckoo, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, on film he was in Finding Neverland and Ali G Indahouse and on the radio he's been in Inspector Steine, Cabbin Pressure and Ed Reardon's Week. Matt also writes and directs his own brilliant sketches which can be seen on his YouTube Channel and Twitter. Matt Green is guest 161 on My Time Capsule and 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 .For all things Matt: https://www.mattgreencomedy.comMatt Green's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/mattgreencomedy .Follow Matt Green on Twitter: @mattgreencomedy .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens and Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by Matthew Boxall .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.

Margaret Cabourn-Smith is a comedy actor who has appeared in Motherland, Miranda, Catastrophe, The IT Crowd, Psychoville, Peep Show and Fresh Meat. And on the radio in John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, The Now Show, Sarah Millican's Support Group, Newsjack, Dilemma and Another Case of Milton Jones. She is also one of the team captains on the comedy podcast Do The Right Thing. Margaret Cabourn-Smith is guest number 143 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she'd like to preserve and one she'd like to bury and never have to think about again .Follow Margaret Cabourn-Smith on Twitter: @MCabournSmith .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens and Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by 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.

Broadcaster and magnificent person Margaret Cabourn-Smith joins Isy for a wide-ranging chat taking in engagement rings, bad sex, mis-shapen balls, making emotional decisions, going to bed with Posh Spice, Caravans On Tour, crying on the job and penises with pincers, plucking pubes. This was recorded in front of an audience of real live human beings way back in February 2020 - thanks to spiritual home The Phoenix for having us.Please do help spread the word about the series - it really helps! And do seek out Isy's new book 'Jane Is Trying', which is available in all the usual places.Do watch Margaret in the brilliant Motherland on BBC iPlayer, and listen to her in the sublime John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme on BBC Sounds (though not at the same time) and whilst you're at it, why not follow her on Twitter @MCabournSmith.------------------------------------------------------------------------------Find us on Twitter at @TTWDFL and find a range of useful links for the series at linktr.ee/ttwdflProduced by Ben Walker for Fuzz Productions.Theme Music by Charlie Jefferson.Photo by Dave Bruce. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

British comedian John Finnemore made it his quarantine project to crack "Cain’s Jawbone" — and he succeeded, making him just the third person to solve it in its nearly 90-year history.

Last one for the week, with huge thanks to Benet Brandreth, Kosha Engler, John Finnemore and Susannah Pearse. Details for the live show are here.

Today's demonstration sees the end of Kilburn's Glorious 2012 and Simon Kane, via John Finnemore and Susannah Pearse, takes it out in suitably magnificent style.

Ideally, today's music would accompany the legendary fifty-second Kilburn story, which features many of the same characters and is about interpretive dance, but we won't get there for a couple of lockdowns. John Finnemore's friend's YouTube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mstjN5fLpNY

Quarantine Roundtable (1:30:55)↑ What’s life like for our favorite BBC Sherlock characters amidst the current pandemic? Consulting Fans Johnlocked, Drinkingcocoa, and Cumbercookie share how they’re doing in lockdown, quarantine headcanons, as well as fic recs related to isolation. Drinkingcocoa’s handmade masks (x, x, x, x) and instructions Johnlocked’s recipe threads Cabin Fever on John Finnemore’s YouTube This segment was first released on April 1, 2020 in Episode 103: Good Old Fashioned Villain Music Credit Unless otherwise indicated, music is available for purchase through online retailers such as amazon.com and iTunes. Quarantine Roundtable – John Lennon, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band: Isolation; Joy Division, Closer: Isolation; Billy Idol, Dancing with Myself: Dancing with Myself Production CreditsSegment Producer/Editor: Johnlocked Banner Art: Fox EstacadoDistribution funded by fans! Contact Email: bored@three-patch.comWebsite: https://www.three-patch.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/threepatchpodcastSkype: threepatch.podcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/threepatchTumblr: http://threepatchpodcast.tumblr.com/ How to CiteAPABy Three Patch Productions. (2020, March 1). Quarantine Roundtable Three Patch Podcast Episode 103 Good Old Fashioned Villain. Podcast segment retrieved from https://www.three-patch.com/casefiles//103-Quarantine-RT

In today's demonstration, terrifying comedy from Anna Savory, and terrifying piano from John Finnemore. This might not be the best link to Finnemore on YouTube, but it is a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YUJmHuHfKQ

Today's demonstration of the EBS discusses the perils of public oversharing and songs from Susannah Pearse which ask and answer one of the main three questions in philosophy. John Finnemore's friend's webcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_DH8YUvliET0C_hZr_0Jeg Have a good weekend. (The answer to one of the other three main questions in philosophy is no we don't know how long Benet's bit is going to be when it arrives and we are as scared as you are.)

Joining Tom Jackson to discuss the postcards from their pasts are actor and writer SIMON KANE (Time Spanner, North by Northamptonshire, Shunt, The Monster Hunters, John Finnemore’s Double Acts) and critic and author CHRIS POWER (The Guardian, Mothers). Get your perm done, slip on your lurex and join a solemn bus tour tour round a crumbling gnome village, witness the mysterious Wayne, Wendy and a performing seal, marvel at the Lord Mayor’s Show of Misery (and Murder?), sample flowers, oysters, Blu-Tack and champagne. Wish you were here? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we’re all of on a bumpy flight to Britain, as Elliot and Reuben discuss the Radio Comedy Cabin Pressure, courtesy of John Finnemore, and our Patreon recommender Tim_the_Enchanter. Next fortnight, we’ll be discussing the Christmas comedy film The Night Before. The prescription starts at 30:02. Got an idea for an episode? Head to our website and click the button on the far right hand side of the page! Rate us on iTunes Check out Deep in Pact here. Or, start reading Pact (and get hooked) here. Leave your […]

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Join Mark and the Jons as they finish up the P section of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy , and get into some Rs. President Yooden Vranx President Yooden Vranx was Zaphod's predecessor. It was his idea to steal the Heart of Gold. but… was it? Probability The guide says that if you hold a lungful of air you can survive in the total vacuum of space for about thirty seconds, but the chances of getting picked up by another ship within that timeframe are two to the power of two-hundred-and-sixty-seven-thousand seven-hundred=and-nine to one against. Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz is the commander of the Vogon Constructor Fleet, who uses the new Guide - equipped with reverse temporal engineering - to find a way of destroying all the Earths in existence along the probability axis. He is a fairly typical Vogon, in that he is thoroughly vile. Qualactin Hypermint Float a measure of Qualactin hypermint extract when mixing a pangalactic gargleblaster, over the back of a silver spoon. It's redolent of all the heady odours of the dark Qualactin Zones: subtle, sweet and mystic. R R is a velocity measure, defined as a reasonable speed of travel that is consistent with health, mental wellbeing and not being more than, say, five minutes late. It is therefore clearly an almost infinitely variable figure according to circumstances, since the first two factors vary not only with speed taken as an absolute, but also with awareness of the third factor. Radiation Swamps of Cwulzenda The Radiation Swamps of Cwulzenda were a site of battles between the Silastic Armorfiends of Striterax and the Strenuous Garfighters of Stug, both of which I think we'll be covering later. Links Follow Danny on Twitter Follow Jon Bounds on Twitter Follow Jon Bounds on Twitter Follow Mark on Twitter Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts Find more shows from the Outpost (20) John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme. Fahrenheit v Celsius - YouTube (13) Gibbs SR Toothpaste - YouTube (20) Armando Iannuci - Getting the amount just right. - YouTube All the president's men: what to make of Trump's bizarre new painting | Hannah Jane Parkinson | Opinion | The Guardian

This week Matt and Andy give a quick Christmas message and also share a little resource as a gift for you!   Cabin Pressure is a radio sitcom written and created by John Finnemore and directed and produced by David Tyler. It follows the exploits of the eccentric crew of the single aeroplane owned by "MJN Air" as they are chartered to take all manner of items, people or animals across the world. The show stars Finnemore, Stephanie Cole, Roger Allam and Benedict Cumberbatch.The series was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008. Wikipedia https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/cumberbins-treasure/id1018144672?mt=2

The title of Sex God gets bandied around quite a bit these days, as Carrie Quinlain knows all too well. But there can only be one true sex god. How he got to be a god is a little more disturbing. But what with over 2000 statues of his perfect pecs and rosebud lips, such modern concerns are nothing in comparison to what love can aspire to. Just, yeah... as Obelix says "These Romans are crazy." Thanks for listening - if you can, please donate, but you can also help by sharing this episode on social media and writing a review on iTunes. www.zlistdeadlist.com FEATURING: Anitnous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinous Cleopatra III https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra_III_of_Egypt Carrie Quinlan is an Actor, comedian and writer. Currently starring in John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme on BBC Radio 4. @quinlan_carrie Iszi Lawrence is a comedian and podcasterer and contributer to BBC's Making History and presenter of The British Museum Membercast. @iszi_lawrence The Z List Dead List is a podcast about obscure people from History. Created by Iszi Lawrence @iszi_lawrence To help support the show please share it with your friends and on social media. Also leave us a review on iTunes - this makes us more visible so that other people can find us. For any donations please use the paypal button. Thanks very much!   MUSIC All Licenses can be viewed on www.freemusicarchive.org. Theme: Time Trades Live at the WFMU Record Fair - November 24, 2013 by Jeffery Lewis (http://www.thejefferylewissite.com)

John Finnemore, creator and writer of John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme and Cabin Pressure talks to BBC Radio Comedy producer Colin Anderson about radio sketch writing. Recorded at The Craft of Comedy conference, held in Llandudno, North Wales on 22 February 2014.

Cabin Pressure star and writer John Finnemore, and Peter Hitchens, columnist and author, talk about the books they love to presenter Harriett Gilbert. Who did murder the Princes in the Tower? For Peter Hitchens Josephine Tey still has the answer, in The Daughter of Time. John Finnemore loves A Landing on the Sun by Michael Frayn, which provokes argument as to whether it is a happy book or a terribly sad one. And Harriett Gilbert chooses something that makes her laugh: What's My Motivation? by Michael Simkins, his self-deprecating memoir of the life of an actor who's never made it to the big time. Producer: Beth O'Dea

Hazel Marshall and guests discuss how to write sitcoms. With John Finnemore, Jon Plowman and Tira Shubart. John Finnemore writes and stars in the award winning Cabin Pressure on Radio 4. Tira Shubart wrote the critically acclaimed BBC Two sitcom Taking the Flak. Jon Plowman has an extremely illustrious comedy background, exec producing Absolutely Fabulous, The League of Gentlemen and The Thick of It amongst many more comedy classics.