Podcast appearances and mentions of John Virgo

Episode 2 of Series 2 sees another crossover with the Best Pick Podcast as another of its hosts Jessica Regan (our second guest after Tom Salinsky) joins to talk about the 2012 darkest of dark comedies Sightseers. Jess provided unparalleled insight into director Ben Wheatley's process, starring as she did in his 2009 sketch show The Wrong Door. We take a closer look at The Wrong Door, a show in which dinosaurs are dates, Pirates hijack commuter trains and Matt Berry puts John Virgo's trick shots in the shade, as well as a deep dive into Wheatley's third feature-length film, which became the first big screen starring roles for comedy collaborators Steve Oram and Alice Lowe. It helped to have a voice of Irish sanity to help assess a movie that so precisely captures a slice of English eccentricity, repressed anger and downright insanity! We also take a look at the use of double, double pop covers for needle drops and a supporting cast of some of the British movie industry's very best bit players. How would Guy and Rob get on with Jess' questions on the Oram and Lowe and could we have a new contender for the top spot? Find out in episode two. The Wrong Door Episode one - The Wrong Door S01E01 The World's Most Annoying Creature (youtube.com) The Wrong Door – Train Pirates starring Jessica Regan 2008 The Wrong Door. The Train Pirates! (youtube.com) Alice Lowe and Steve Oram interviewed by Alan Partridge - EM 10004 Video NA RunEscape GunShot TsktpkV15 Nor Q F NA EN PC A bluedemo (youtube.com) A Dark Song Trailer A Dark Song - Official Trailer I HD I IFC Midnight (youtube.com) Sightseers Trailer Sightseers trailer (youtube.com) Sightseers – Report that to the National Trust - SIGHTSEERS - National Trust - Film Clip (youtube.com)

The much loved BBC commentator and former Big Break star tells Shabnam how he went from snooker player to TV personality. JV talks trick shots, impersonations and how much he still loves working in the sport he has contributed to for over 50 years.

Richie McCormack and Mick McCarthy joined Joe Molloy to discuss today's sports news on The Newsround. #OTBNR with Gillette Labs | #EffortlessFlow

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Phil and Nick reflect on a brilliant victory for Shaun Murphy, who came back to beat Kyren Wilson to win the Tour Championship title. There's a review of the week as a whole, including the disappointing poor crowds. Plus a look ahead to World Championship qualifying, a dip into correspondence and a round-up of the other latest news, including John Virgo's future at the BBC.*1 minute - Review of Tour Championship*31 minutes - Your Views on poor crowds in Hull*45 minutes - Preview of world qualifying*52 minutes - More correspondence*1 hour, 4 minutes - Any Other Business, including John Virgo staying with BBC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Virgo looks back on his fascinating life in snooker in the new episode of the WST Podcast. He reflects on his playing career, his time as WPBSA Chairman, his role in the hit TV show Big Break and his many years as a commentator for the BBC. Virgo also gives his opinions on the game today, including his view on who is snooker's best ever player.

Elis and John, worried about meeting Dave's 'bigger boy' mates, were on top form as some of the world's hottest celebs (review the definition) get involved in the show. Someone drops in for a fiery Made Up Game and the quest to #savejohn is cranked up a notch as JR ropes in some of the biggest Js in the biz to correct Britain's moral decline.

Nick and Phil reflect more on a memorable appearance on the podcast from John Virgo. There's also news from the English and Scottish Open, Judd Trump's American pool adventure and tributes to referee Alan Chamberlain.

Nick and Phil are joined by one of snooker's best loved personalities, John Virgo. The former UK champion talks about his playing days, decades in the commentary box, Big Break and the state of the game today. And as you can imagine, there were many laughs along the way.

"YOU'LL NEVER HEAR A DUFF FILL FROM RINGO STARR" Mike & Dan conflate legendary skin thumpers with gland stimulation, Barbra and talk up the acting talent shown by the presenter of TV's Big Break. No, not John Virgo. #PODCAST #TOPCONTENTPOD #RINGO #PRESSOFFICER #ROYORBISON #SEXTOYS #THEBEATLES #STREISANDEFFECT #OASIS #TRUMP #NEILARMSTRONG #MOON #WHAM #JIMDAVIDSON #COLORMEKUBRICK #CATSICK *ATopContentProduction.COM - TCP*

This week's emotional This Is Our Everest sees your heroes facing up to a 1978 episode of the Granada Television documentary series This England on the subject of Snooker, a game that both Edward and Ian found infinitely fascinating until watching this. Nevertheless, your regular correspondents rally to discuss the impressive common sense of John Virgo's career trajectory, the concept of excellence fatigue in professional sport and an idea for a lucrative new YouTube channel.Ian defends people's right to choose (specifically the right to choose to play billiards in this case), the word "hagiography" makes an appearance and we reveal the main expenditure for a jobbing professional snooker player on the road. If you'd like to have your love of snooker tamped down, you can watch the programme here. There’s a bunch of different ways in which you can subscribe to the 200% podcast. You can do so through Spotify, which you can find right here, whilst the podcast RSS feed is here and you can subscribe through Google Podcasts here and Itunes here. And finally, a humble request. These podcasts take a lot of effort to write, record and release, and we would be extremely grateful for your financial support, in whatever way you can manage. We have our Redbubble shop, for the sartorially minded amongst you, and subscribe through joining us on Patreon. We even now have a Kofi button on the site, so do feel free to send us whatever you’re able to. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The gang takes a trip back to 1991 to explore the sort-of-televised murder of planning officer Harry Collinson by “harmless lover of ballistics” Albert Dryden, close to John's native Consett. John discusses the Hartlepool monkey-hanging incident with Doc Brown from Back to the Future. Gareth takes a shine to a catchphrase idea. Claire's brother blows away. Jim Davison and John Virgo row about Tony Blair during an early evening snooker-based quiz show. Digressions in this episode include hard to impress Americans on the Hogwarts Express, Teletext, Russell T Davies' Dark Season, Klaus Kinski, sharing a house with Bergerac. That's Klaus Kinski and sharing a house with Bergerac, not Klaus Kinski sharing a house with Bergerac. But we would watch the hell out of that.  As an Easter egg, see if you can find the point where Claire gets ill. Amazingly, it's not when John reveals his pillow talk involves the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands. Everyone Dies in Sunderland explores some of the darkest moments of North East history, and includes jokes. These jokes will never be at the expense of victims or their families and will always be at the expense of people who deserve to be mocked, robbed of their power and shown up for the idiots they really are. If you're easily offended or personally connected to the events we're discussing though, you probably shouldn't listen.  Our theme music is the song “Steady Away” by Pete Dilley and can be found on his album Half-truths and Hearsay which you can/should buy/stream here: https://petedilley.bandcamp.com/album/half-truths-and-hearsay  You can reach us on email everyonediesinsunderland@gmail.com, on Twitter at @everyonediespod, on Facebook and Instagram. 

So this is it. The end of the line. Game over. Butch and Sundance going out in a blaze of glory or John Virgo and Jim Davidson going their separate ways after ‘Big Break' is not renewed for another series of brilliant snooker themed light entertainment. The TickyOff Boys have towered over the world of podcasts for decades now. The awards too numerous to mention (Three Nobel Peace Prizes, a Field's Medal in advanced mathematics, four A* at A-Level, a fifty metre swimming badge, Most Improved Player Chichester City Colts 1989, Horse Rear Of The Year 2001 and many many more too numerous to mention such as Grand National Winner 1974, Miss World 1980, 1981, 1982, Largest Marrow Widnes County Council Allotment Fete 2002, Grammy awards for best packaging and best guitar solo on a Latin Salsa track, WWF Wrestlemania Tag Team Champions 1988, and other awards far too numerous to mention). It's time for them to pass the torch, hand over the baton, step aside, let others attempt their own journeys to the very peak of human achievement via the medium of a vaguely food based podcast. They go out as they came in, talking nonsense, delivering great wisdom and basically keeping it so real that reality itself somehow becomes even more real than humankind ever believed it could be in reality….. In this emotional final farewell, James wants to kill cats and had a terrible salad at his own wedding. Sam really wants a hug from a prior podcast guest and is afraid of trampolines. There is a long and involved discussion about horse feet, why you shouldn't kiss your Dad on the lips and they finally answer a question TickyOff fans have asked for years: What do you wear in bed? There's also time for a long promised deep dive into why Magpie failed, Dame Barbara Cartland and some discussion about piles. This was TickyOff and one day the true majestic wonder of it will be studied and appreciated by the human/alien hybrids that will rule Planet Earth millennia from now. The TickyOff Boyz accept the gratitude and the love of you all. We know what we have provided, how much we have raised up civilisation. We are very humble human/God people. You're welcome. This week's episode is sponsored by wine providers to the stars dropwine.co.uk

Benno, Joe and JP are back after a week break to catch up on a massive two weeks of news in wrestling as they talk Rollins vs Ospreay, Dunne vs Starr and the Heyman & Bischoff news, as well as catch up on what they've been watching with AEW Fyter Fest, Rev Pro Ungovernable, OTT Wrestlerama and New Japan Southern Showdown. Also, Jim Davidson, John Virgo, Nick Berry, Bullseye, Arsenals worst XI and the Roast Rebellion.  SHOWNOTES  00:40 Intro15:19 Rollins versus Ospreay26:00 Pete Dunne versus David Starr, OTT Wrestlerama49:50 Heyman and Bischoff1:09:14 AEW vs Evolve, Fyter Fest1:50:43 Rev Pro Ungovernable2:11:04 New Japan Southern Showdown Subscribe to GRAPPL Spotlight: iTunes || Android || Web || YouTube || TuneIn || Stitcher || Spotify || RSS Follow us on Twitter: Benno || JP || GRAPPL Download GRAPPL the wrestling rating app App Store || Google Play || Grappl.co

The TickyOff Boyz have been present at many of the greatest events in human history. When the pyramids were being built Sam was there, complaining that all of the snacks had too much honey in them. When JFK was shot, James was grazing on the grassy knoll. They were both at the filming of the ‘Big Break' season 14 finale when John Virgo finally had enough of boorish scumbag Jim Davidson, clobbered him about the head with a snooker cue and started feeding him those blue chalk cubes. They were also present in TickyOff Towers a week or so ago when Emma Underwood, legendary GM of newly opened Darby's in London showed up to utilise her mouth to create audible noises on a wide variety of subjects. This is a record of this world-cleaving event, Episode 190: Welcome To Woho. Revel in Emma's origin story from anarcha-feminist PhD to working for Gary Usher! Thrill to Sam using too many spoons! Listen in awe as James says ‘hella' a lot! This triangular chat-based cohort also manage to discuss diversity in hiring, windmills, mentorship, moats and Marcus Wareing's stag do. It's TickyOff, and you should know by now, it's very special indeed. This week's episode is sponsored by wine mavens dropwwine.co.uk

This week on the damn pod things get off to an appalling start. There's yet more moaning, some wild chat about how to spell the word for a hand-rolled cigarette and Sam wants to know which trees are found in the woodlands of Thailand. The bar is set so low in these opening exchanges that things can only improve, and they do. In a way. James has discovered that scientists have reversed time and it somehow involves racist ‘funnyman' Jim Davidson and also poor John Virgo, whose name it would seem has been sullied by his ‘Big Break' association with the aforementioned massive racist bellweasel, Davidson. All of this high minded science chat is then somewhat undercut when Sam again disputes whether black holes exist and asks what they are actually doing at CERN. Sam then offers Brian Cox a sugar cube and the wheels fall off the podcast entirely…. Then journalist, and the man Gloria Hunniford wishes she was if she wanted to be a male consumer affairs legend instead of a female consumer affairs legend, Harry Wallop shows up. This triumvirate of facially placed mouthholes spew forth on a £15 cup of a coffee, the inefficiencies of cheese, the wonder of Cumbrian Hotpot, the inanity of Quidditch and what it's like writing for the gawddamn Daily Mail. Oh and they talk about moths too. This week's episode is sponsored by the Orion's Belt of the galaxy of wine dropwine.co.uk

Snooker-based gameshow fun as we delve into the highlight of Jim Davidson's career, watching snooker players "pot as many balls as they can" at the behest of hairy trick shot wizard John Virgo. It's like Bullseye, but balls. EMAIL: ifyoulikewagonwheels@outlook.com TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

.A few days of hot sunshine has taken us by surprise....hottest place in Europe we are told...it won't last but while it does it creates some strange male species....the females are fine ..they appear in their shorts and T shirts and are easy on the eye...but the men...hmm....out come the huge baggy shorts...the stripped T shirts over their generous guts plus huge trainers....not forgetting the baseball cap and sunglasses....these are middle aged men trying to look trendy...and failing...they even have this strange walk proving they have "still got it"...what puzzles me is what do they see when they look in the mirror?....and they are everywhere....but generally after a few days the weather breaks and it's back to normal. 2.When I formed my recording company I had a demo service whereby I would advertise for people to send me their rough tapes of their songs (some VERY rough) and I would knock them into shape for them to present to publishers etc....I did 200 of these which paid for my studio...I had to deal with guys singing in the bath...answering the phone halfway through without turning their tape off etc etc....most were hilarious and sadly going nowhere but occasionally I would get a classic....an example was from a regular customer who was a judge in Ireland....his songs weren't commercial but very clever....one in particular which I can still remember was called "Time Flies By" and asked the question as to why we fought wars against each other for reasons that few of us know when the real enemy is time...which is the true relentless foe......I orchestrated it and sang it with my girl session singer Sue Young....a very interesting song by a clever man... 3.I had to laugh at the ANSWER to the Scottish alcohol problem....they are putting the prices of the booze up....brilliant.....a £1.50 small bottle of cider is now £5.....oh yeah that will solve the problem I don't think ...all this will do is give the breweries £3.50 clear profit.....who do they think they are kidding??....the answer is to STOP selling it !!!....alcoholics will buy the booze one way or another which creates the worry as to where they get the cash....I'd love 5 minutes with the bonehead who came up with this idea....I'm sure those who are not alcoholics...which is the majority...are delighted with this idea. 4.I have been watching the world snooker on the telly...and really enjoying it....I can play snooker but not very well so it is great to see these top class players making it look so easy....and how they have the concentration and stamina to go the whole distance...it really is good stuff BUT...what we can do without is the constant unnecessary so called commentary from the likes of John Virgo and a few others....constantly predicting what shot will be played next and getting it wrong....let's just watch the game !!!....there are times when silence works ... it doesn't need filling with drivel....and it's nearly time for the Eurovision again....don't hold out much hope for our entry but we never know....they had the Brotherhood of Man on telly discussing it....looking a bit worse for wear ...aren't we all. 5.And speaking of past pop stars the song this week is one I wrote a while back remembering some of the forgotten stars...some of which have re-emerged since I wrote the song.....should bring back a few memories "The Ballad of The Forgotten Pop Stars"

.A few days of hot sunshine has taken us by surprise....hottest place in Europe we are told...it won't last but while it does it creates some strange male species....the females are fine ..they appear in their shorts and T shirts and are easy on the eye...but the men...hmm....out come the huge baggy shorts...the stripped T shirts over their generous guts plus huge trainers....not forgetting the baseball cap and sunglasses....these are middle aged men trying to look trendy...and failing...they even have this strange walk proving they have "still got it"...what puzzles me is what do they see when they look in the mirror?....and they are everywhere....but generally after a few days the weather breaks and it's back to normal. 2.When I formed my recording company I had a demo service whereby I would advertise for people to send me their rough tapes of their songs (some VERY rough) and I would knock them into shape for them to present to publishers etc....I did 200 of these which paid for my studio...I had to deal with guys singing in the bath...answering the phone halfway through without turning their tape off etc etc....most were hilarious and sadly going nowhere but occasionally I would get a classic....an example was from a regular customer who was a judge in Ireland....his songs weren't commercial but very clever....one in particular which I can still remember was called "Time Flies By" and asked the question as to why we fought wars against each other for reasons that few of us know when the real enemy is time...which is the true relentless foe......I orchestrated it and sang it with my girl session singer Sue Young....a very interesting song by a clever man... 3.I had to laugh at the ANSWER to the Scottish alcohol problem....they are putting the prices of the booze up....brilliant.....a £1.50 small bottle of cider is now £5.....oh yeah that will solve the problem I don't think ...all this will do is give the breweries £3.50 clear profit.....who do they think they are kidding??....the answer is to STOP selling it !!!....alcoholics will buy the booze one way or another which creates the worry as to where they get the cash....I'd love 5 minutes with the bonehead who came up with this idea....I'm sure those who are not alcoholics...which is the majority...are delighted with this idea. 4.I have been watching the world snooker on the telly...and really enjoying it....I can play snooker but not very well so it is great to see these top class players making it look so easy....and how they have the concentration and stamina to go the whole distance...it really is good stuff BUT...what we can do without is the constant unnecessary so called commentary from the likes of John Virgo and a few others....constantly predicting what shot will be played next and getting it wrong....let's just watch the game !!!....there are times when silence works ... it doesn't need filling with drivel....and it's nearly time for the Eurovision again....don't hold out much hope for our entry but we never know....they had the Brotherhood of Man on telly discussing it....looking a bit worse for wear ...aren't we all. 5.And speaking of past pop stars the song this week is one I wrote a while back remembering some of the forgotten stars...some of which have re-emerged since I wrote the song.....should bring back a few memories "The Ballad of The Forgotten Pop Stars"

How many transgender people are there in the UK? The UK produces official statistics about all sorts of things – from economic indicators to demographic data. But it turns out there are no official figures for the number of transgender people in the UK. We explore what we do know, and what is harder to measure. Do 4% of the population drink nearly a third of the alcohol? According to recent headlines, just 4% of the population drink nearly a third of the alcohol sold in England. But can so few people really account for so much of the countries bar tab? We find out where the statistic came from. Bank of England’s Mark Carney says no to RPI At a hearing of the House of Lords’ economic affairs committee, the Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, said it would be useful to have a single measure of inflation for consumers – and that CPI was a much better measure than RPI, which he said had “no merit”. We find out why with the FT’s Chris Giles. A statistical take on parkrun Every weekend over 1.5 million people run 5,000m on Saturday mornings for parkrun which is a free event that takes place all over the UK and indeed across the globe. Each runner is given a bar code, which is scanned at the end of the run and fed into a database showing them what place they came in their race– we take a look at which courses are the fastest, slowest, hardest and easiest. Testing for a cough correlation between snooker and smoking A listener emailed us this week to ask whether you can connect the number of coughs during snooker matches to the decline in smoking. We got counting to see if the theory was a trick shot - with help from John Virgo. Photo: Jimmy White Credit: Photo by Jamie McDonald/Getty Images

Aasmah Mir and the Rev Richard Coles are joined by broadcaster and actor Reggie Yates. From Desmonds to Top of the Pops, he's been on camera nearly all of his life, but it's as a documentary filmmaker that he's now familiar, investigating everything from religion in South Africa, race and homophobia in Russia to gun crime in Chicago. John Virgo has spent the last forty years playing snooker as a player and commentator. Famous for his impersonations of fellow players from Ray Reardon to Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins and and his jazzy waistcoats, he'll be telling us how he went from a childhood in Salford, through smoky snooker dens, to winning the UK Snooker Championship. Mandy Hickson is a former Royal Air Force fast jet pilot - only the second woman to fly a Tornado GR4 aircraft - who served on the front line defending the no fly zone in the Gulf. Julia Newth is a Bewick swan specialist at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, who is awaiting the arrival of the Bewick swans to the UK this weekend from their summer billets in Russia's Arctic north. The musician, Benny Andersson, formerly of the seventies group Abba reveals his Inheritance Tracks - Rattvikarnas Ganglat by Dalarnas Spelmansforbund Mon oeur S'ouvre A Ta Voix (Samson Et Dalila) by Maria Callas. If you are listening to this programme on demand, competitions may no longer be running. Unseen by Reggie Yates is published by BBC Books. Say Goodnight JV - John Virgo - My Autobiography is published by John Blake.

You will not BELIEVE what a John Virgo lookalike gets up to in this week’s episode. Actually, if you’ve listened to IRL UK before, you might have some idea… Please continue to review us on iTunes by searching for IRL UK Podcast in your podcasting app, clicking 'Reviews' and choosing 'Write a Review'. It really helps spread the word and support our 'special' little podcast. Follow us on social networks to see all the nutso stuff we talk about on the show. Search for us on Facebook and YouTube to find us. Plus, we're @IRL_UK_Podcast on Twitter and Instagram. LOVE YOU (in a creepy way) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cammy, Gav and Rory come up with tips for avoiding the Lions and wonder if there's anything the Lion King can teach us about the upcoming tour Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/scottishrugbyblog. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The song I have sent you this week is another from one of my local DVDs….Seasons…it is dubbed over film which matches the words…sunshine,snow..the lot.….it says it all…I write about the place I love which is why I live here…which brings me to my next point. .I watched Cilla Black and John Bishop on a chat programme in the week…I have to laugh at the way they both layer the accent on really thick and go on about how wonderful Liverpool is…says Cilla who lives in Surrey and J.B. who lives out in Cheshire….even The Beatles moved out as quick as they could and Ringo wont even talk about it. No matter what anyone says The Beatles put Liverpool on the map and the City certainly capitalises on it which seems to be the only reason people are so “proud” to apparently come from there so they can be indirectly linked to the fab four….lorra lorra laughs… I watched the Australian Open last Sunday….Andy was beaten by Novak who is the better player…full stop….WHY do we have to listen to commentators who think they are on the same level?..Andrew Castle…what’s he done?...…and John Virgo is another with the snooker…tells you what shot the player will play next and is never right….let’s just watch the game please… A poor little pensioner was mugged outside his house and received a broken collar bone….a young girl felt so sorry for him that she organised a charity collection and raised 250 grand!!...which shows how nice MOST people are…what should be done now is hunt down the dross who mugged the old guy and sling them in a cage for a month and feed them scraps…obviously the doogooders would be screaming human rights… After the film about the Enigma code with Benedict Cumberbach where the guy who solved the code and brought a quicker end to the war then was thrown in jail because he was homosexual…typical of the attitude of those in power at the time…well the upshot is there is a move afoot to pardon all those similar cases from back then….can’t see what the problem is JUST DO IT !!...

The song I have sent you this week is another from one of my local DVDs….Seasons…it is dubbed over film which matches the words…sunshine,snow..the lot.….it says it all…I write about the place I love which is why I live here…which brings me to my next point. .I watched Cilla Black and John Bishop on a chat programme in the week…I have to laugh at the way they both layer the accent on really thick and go on about how wonderful Liverpool is…says Cilla who lives in Surrey and J.B. who lives out in Cheshire….even The Beatles moved out as quick as they could and Ringo wont even talk about it. No matter what anyone says The Beatles put Liverpool on the map and the City certainly capitalises on it which seems to be the only reason people are so “proud” to apparently come from there so they can be indirectly linked to the fab four….lorra lorra laughs… I watched the Australian Open last Sunday….Andy was beaten by Novak who is the better player…full stop….WHY do we have to listen to commentators who think they are on the same level?..Andrew Castle…what’s he done?...…and John Virgo is another with the snooker…tells you what shot the player will play next and is never right….let’s just watch the game please… A poor little pensioner was mugged outside his house and received a broken collar bone….a young girl felt so sorry for him that she organised a charity collection and raised 250 grand!!...which shows how nice MOST people are…what should be done now is hunt down the dross who mugged the old guy and sling them in a cage for a month and feed them scraps…obviously the doogooders would be screaming human rights… After the film about the Enigma code with Benedict Cumberbach where the guy who solved the code and brought a quicker end to the war then was thrown in jail because he was homosexual…typical of the attitude of those in power at the time…well the upshot is there is a move afoot to pardon all those similar cases from back then….can’t see what the problem is JUST DO IT !!...

S1 Ep4 - Adam talks about sharing a car ride with Roy Keane while at Celtic. Possibly the scariest journey we can think of... Meanwhile Rob Beckett holds the fort when Jimmy Bullard turns up late and Ian Smith dials in from Newcastle only to get Adam mixed up with snooker trick-shot expert John Virgo.The Magic Sponge is a Pixiu production for Dave, produced by Joel Porter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Show 24: John Virgo going mental in a dustbin (20/03/2011)