Podcast appearances and mentions of Paul Merton

Send us a textIt's our half century! Yes, we've actually managed to record, edit and publish 50 full length episodes and it's been a fantastic few years doing so. Also, because 50 is such a big landmark, Ross decided to thoroughly mark the occasion by putting in even less effort into hosting this one than normal.So, join Ross, Simon and Channel 84 Buddy, Karen from the Lightly Used Podcast, as we talk about King Midas, Greek Mythology, Gold and whether Paul Merton is the spit of Joe Pasquale (He's not)With not one, but TWO games for your listening pleasure... yes... ok ... they may be similar... so what!? Anyway... two games to delight you, and lot's of educational content as well, our 50th episode slides in wearing nothing more than a shirt and a pair of tighty-whiteys, with a hairbrush in hand saying "love us, we're needy and we want to make you laugh!".Lightly Used PodcastPodcast - https://www.lightlyused.co.ukTwitter - https://twitter.com/_LightlyUsedWho Takes the Socks Off is now a part of the Channel 84 Podcast Network Family!Click here for more informationSupport the showHelp the Socks! Enjoying the episodes? You can help keep the mics on & the episodes flowing (if you can afford to). Head over to our Ko-Fi page & check out the options.Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/sockspodSocialsTwitter: https://twitter.com/whotakesocksoffBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/socks.channel84.co.ukFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/whotakesthesocksoffInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/whotakesthesocksoffReview our thread count (5 stars only please, we're sensitive socks)Goodpods: https://goodpods.com/podcasts/who-takes-the-socks-off-204195Podchaser / iTunes: https://ratethispodcast.com/socksEverything ElseLinktree: https://linktr.ee/whotakesthesocksoffWe're part of the Studio:Channel84 Support Network.Studio: Channel 84 Network: ht...

Welcome to the brand new season of STUDIOCANAL Presents, kicking off in style as Paul Merton joins regular host Simon Brew to talk about comedy legend Tony Hancock. In particular, two films that Hancock made at a pivotal point in his career: 1961's The Rebel and 1963's The Punch & Judy Man, both arriving on STUDIOCANAL's Vintage Classics DVD and Blu-ray label.  Wearing terrific socks, which might not come across in the audio, Paul Merton explains just what makes the two films special. Plus, a whole lot more in here too...

Richard Vranch is maybe best known for improvising the music in the Channel 4 series Whose Line Is It Anyway?, famously introduced as “Richard Vranch at the piano”. He's also a member of The Comedy Store Players and improvises comedy live on stage every Sunday at The Comedy Store in London, which he has done regularly for the past 39 years. He's also part of the Improv All-Stars and Paul Merton and Suki Webster's Improv Show. The Comedy Store Players have played the Olivier stage at the National Theatre and performed annually at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. They toured India in 2004 and in 2010 they achieved the Guinness World Record for the longest running comedy show with the same cast. They've also appeared at the Globe Theatre annually since the millennium and will be performing there again on the 17th of December 2024. He formed a comedy double-act with Tony Slattery in 1981. The duo hosted the Channel 4 quiz The Music Game and over 100 episodes of Cue The Music on ITV. Richard won the 2004 Sony Radio Award for Comedy for the BBC Radio 2 series Jammin .Richard Vranch is our guest in episode 452 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 .Tickets for The Comedy Store Players at The Globe are available here - https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on/the-comedy-store-players .Tickets for The Comedy Store Players at The Comedy Store are available here - https://comedystoreplayers.com .Follow Richard Vranch on Instagram .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.

The most petty and ill-informed show on radio is celebrating an incredible 30 years on air! Listen to hear part one of our two-part birthday specials live from the Edinburgh Festival. Hear all about Bruce Forsyth taking penalty kicks against Peter Shilton at Paul Merton's wedding, Connor Burns spare room and just what did happen after the Bee Gees stormed off Clive Anderson's show? Tam Cowan and Ray Bradshaw are joined by Paul Merton, Clive Anderson, Suki Webster and Connor Burns.

Seb White, James Bird and Tommy Stewart talk Goldie's Instagram, Super Hans, Wolverhampton, Björk, Beverley Knight, the NHS, West Ham United, black cabs, Dame Vera Lynn, the World Cup, Dolly the sheep, metal dragons, DIY fireworks, Hotel MUNDIAL, Steve Bunce, Independence Day, Guy Fawkes, Paul Merton, The Beatles, John Lennon presenting GB News again, Oleksandr Usyk, Robbie Keane, Santos, Steve Bull, Don Goodman, accessible acrobatics, BBC West Midlands, Tim Spiers, The Pink, Wayne Rooney, the Republic of Ireland, Inter Milan, Coventry, Mark Atkins, Jim White, service station toilets, Jackie Bird, the NEXT sale, the Oklahoma Kiss, Matt Jansen, Hampton & Richmond, Original Source Mint Shower Gel, shoes with shorts, Clarks Wallabees, Seb's pythons, pimping up drinks at home, traps for cats, train guys, dead leg, Jack Grealish, pre-season friendlies, Real Betis, Manuel Pellegrini and Michael Carrick in Chesterfield, Sporting Omicida, Village Books, hamstring twinge, Kevin De Bruyne, missing sitters, and somehow so much more.Get the latest issue of MUNDIAL Mag hereFollow MUNDIAL on Twitter - @mundialmagFollow MUNDIAL on Instagram - @mundialmag Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

25% off your motorhome insurance premium ➙ mhmp.info/ripe In this episode of the Motorhome Matt podcast, Keith and Matt take you on a live journey from the Southern Motorhome and Campervan Show 2024! Tune in as they delve into evolving industry trends, chat with show attendees like Moira, Jeremy, and Hazel about their fascinating adventures, and explore the allure of motorhome shows. Joining the discussion are Malish and Zoe from "Bonjour Motorhome," sharing captivating tales from their French travels and motorhome renovation experiences. In the news, recent findings from the AA have revealed alarming statistics on tyre-related incidents. Stay tuned for Matt's essential tips on tyre safety to ensure your upcoming travels are smooth and secure. Plus, Keith sits down with Paul Merton and Suki Webster, stars of the hit Channel Five show "Motorhoming with Merton and Webster," for an exclusive conversation about their motorhome escapades and invaluable insights. And don't miss out on our Q&A, where Matt addresses your questions about Crit'Air stickers and caravan hitch locks. ✅ MOTORHOME MATT APPROVED Services, products and educational resources used and approved by Motorhome Matt  mhmp.info/approved ❓ ASK MATT mhmp.info/askmatt

Paul Merton interviews a variety of guests from the world of comedy and entertainment to find out what they would send to Room 101, as well as the one item they cannot live without.In this episode, Hannah Fry tries to convince Paul to send complicated toilet flushes and exams to Room 101, and discusses her particular devotion to a daily ritual that she cannot live without.Additional Material: John Irwin and Suki Webster Produced by Richard Wilson A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4

Dave Cohen is a comedy writer who has written on shows including Not Going Out, Have I Got News For You, Spitting Image, My Family and Life of Riley. On Radio he's written for shows including, The News Quiz, Dead Ringers, Sunday Format and 50 episodes of the Radio 4 show 15 Minute Musical with Richie Webb and David Quantick, which won the Writers Guild Best Comedy 2009. Dave wrote the lyrics for around 100 songs for CBBC show Horrible Histories – winning eight BAFTAs and a Rose d'Or. Dave started his career performing stand up and was nominated for the Edinburgh Fringe Perrier Award in 1984. In 1985 he Started the Comedy Store Players with Mike Myers, Paul Merton, Neil Mullarkey & Kit Hollerbach and, he also started world's first Jewish heavy metal band “Guns'n'Moses” with Al Murray, Jim Tavare and Mike Cosgrave .Dave Cohen is guest number 341 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 .For everything Dave Cohen including his books, visit - davecohen.org.uk .Follow Dave Cohen on Twitter @DaveCohencomedy .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.

On this episode, The Plot Podcast sends a digital valentine to the original, British version of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, which just celebrated its 35th anniversary.  We look at the show's creation on BBC Radio 4. its move to television to Channel 4 and then discussing how the show evolved over the years.  And some clips featuring folks like Josie Lawrence, Paul Merton, Ryan, Stiles, Greg Propps and my favorite, Tony Slattery.

A murderers' row of Whose Line panelists: Josie Lawrence, Paul Merton, Tony Slattery, Mike McShane. First off, get well soon to When It Was Cool head honcho Karl Stern, after his medical incident, as we know say these days.Onto the show, a love letter to one of my all-time favorite shows, the original, British version of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, which just celebrated its 35th anniversary.We discuss the history of the show, first on BBC Radio 4 (of course) and then its debut on Channel 4. Who was in the original pilot along with host Clive Anderson and radio holdover John Sessions? Find out. And how did the show evolve over the years: which segments made the grade, which were forgotten and which were likely added to accommodate the influx of North American panelists over the years? Which now famous personalities appeared on the show when they were relatively unknown, at least here in the US, where the show aired on Comedy Central.Then, some clips featuring some of my favorite panelists: Josie Lawrence, Greg Proops, Paul Merton, Ryan Stiles, Mike McShane and my personal number one, Tony Slattery. It was wonderful to relive some episodes that I watched so many times that I can remember some of the bits 30 years later. Thanks for the memories, one and all.

Recorded live from the Grand Theatre 1 of SPACE at the historic Surgeon's Hall. Hosted by Copstick, our very special guests today are Mike McShane (yes, that one from Robin Hood) starring in Paul Merton's Improv Chums, Mike Blaha (Producer of 12 shows, and star of Shagadelic), and Simon David (Dead Dad Show). Links to the shows: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/paul-merton-s-impro-chums http://fringemanagement.co.uk/2023-shows/ https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/shagadelic-the-origins-of-slang-words-for-doing-it https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/simon-david-dead-dad-show

Clive Anderson and Andrew O' Neill are joined by Paul Merton, Gail Porter, Levi Roots and Anu Vaidyanathan for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Pictish Trail and Leila Navabi.

Not that anybody asked but this week we lined up our choices and called Paul Merton (or Frank Skinner, depending who is free) because for Episode 101 we're talking the movie tropes we would send to Room 101. What will make our final Top 3 list this week? Expect trope play, the opposite of the room of requirement and a complete lack of goblins.You can find the trailers for our choices, and other things referenced, on this youtube playlist.Follow us on Instagram thepodcastnobodyaskedforFollow us on Twitter: @nobodyasked4podFollow us on Facebook: /nobodyasked4podYou can become a friend of the podcast over at Patreon - all money will go towards making the podcast bigger and better. Leave us a review, including any ideas you have for future episodes on Apple Podcast or Podchaser

In its original one-to-one incarnation, Paul Merton interviews a variety of guests from the world of comedy and entertainment to find out what they would send to Room 101. In this final episode of the series, Julian Clary's choices include wild swimmers and Love Your Garden with Alan Titchmarsh. Additional material John Irwn and Suki Webster Produced by Richard Wilson A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4

Neil Mullarkey is a renowned comedian and an expert in communication. He began his career as President of Cambridge Footlights and then he teamed up with Mike Myers. Neil has also shared the stage with household names from Eddie Izzard, Dawn French, Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Eric Sykes and Christopher Biggins. He has participated in the Radio 4 shows I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Just A Minute and appeared in Whose Line Is It Anyway, QI and two Austin Powers movies. In 1985 he and Mike Myers founded the Comedy Store Players and Neil can often be found improvising at the venue on Sundays. He now teaches improv and other theatre skills, helping people to gain confidence and to work together more creatively and effectively. Above all, he encourages people to have fun in the workplace – teaching them to listen to one another more carefully and to laugh at themselves. Neil gives workshops and online coaching worldwide, has worked with leading companies and with prominent names in the world of sport. Andy and Neil discuss the power of being in the moment and the positive effect this can have on relationships in business. Creativity and innovation can result by being prepared to listen and move away from your agenda when that moment occurs. His forthcoming book, In The Moment: Build your Confidence, Communication and Creativity at Work, uses a range of case studies to illustrate his ideas and is a witty, engaging and inspiring guide to achieving success in the workplace.   Neil is talking about the new book on 7th June 2023 in London. You can attend in person or remotely.   https://www.eventbrite.com/e/phls-2023-neil-mullarkey-on-laughter-at-work-tickets-617662022737?aff=odcleoeventsincollection&keep_tld=1&fbclid=IwAR06WtpcBRDdktbLXxo0nUes1EPoCkYvS1FmPomN-HBb4hjrxFtKctPKxcM

Sue Perkins challenges Paul Merton, Felicity Ward, Ivo Graham and Josie Lawrence to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation. The long-running Radio 4 national treasure of a parlour game is back for a new series with subjects this week ranging from The Letter Q to Chaise Longue. Production co-ordinator: Caroline Barlow Sound editor: Marc Willcox Producer: Rajiv Karia A BBC Studios Production

Steve Steen is a comedian and actor best known for his appearances on Whose Line Is It Anyway and as a member of the world famous improvisational comedy group, The Comedy Store Players. He, for many years, worked with another of our guests, Jim Sweeney. They joined Oval House Theatre Club in 1972 where they first started doing improv together. By the 1980's they were performing on TV in the ITV children's show CBTV, in Little Armadillos, one of Channel 4's first comedies and played Byron and Coleridge in Blackadder the Third. Steve also worked on Ben Elton's comedy Happy Families and was the voice of the children's cartoon gerbil, El Nombre. In the theatre, Steve has done three one man tours with adaptations of the works of Bill Bryson, a one man show about the American comedian, John Belushi. He played Charles Dickens at the National Theatre in Theatre of Blood and regularly performs improvisation Paul Merton's Improv Chums and Stephen Frost's Improvisors All Stars.Steve Steen is guest number 265 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 Steve Steen on Twitter: @sirsteen .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.

Jim Sweeney is a member of the world famous improvisational group the Comedy Store Players, with other members including Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Neil Mullarkey, Richard Vranch, Sandi Toksvig and Jeremy Hardy with many celebrity guests such as Eddie Izzard, Caroline Quentin, Phil Jupitus, Greg Proops and Mike Myers. He's been in Who's Line Is It Anyway?, Blackadder, One Foot In the Grave, Kiss Me Kate, and on radio was in Just a Minute, All the Young Dudes and the improvised comedy, The Masterson Inheritance. In 1985, Jim was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a progressive disease which disrupts the ability of parts of the nervous system to transmit signals. He now lives in a home with 24 hour care, which is where Mike spoke to him.Jim Sweeney is guest number 254 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 Jim Sweeney on Twitter: @ajimsweeney .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.

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.

Sue Perkins challenges Paul Merton, Desiree Burch, Tony Hawks and Jan Ravens to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation. The long-running Radio 4 national treasure of a parlour game is back for a new series with subjects this week ranging from Alan Shearer to Westminster Abbey. Production co-ordinator: Caroline Barlow Sound editor: Marc Willcox Producer: Rajiv Karia A BBC Studios Production

In this episode, I talk to the great comic improviser, actor, comedian, and writer Andy Smart about his career in comedy.  Having performed as a permanent member of the infamous Comedy Store Players for many years, Smart is incredible at creating characters and improvising scenes based on audience suggestions.  Before the Comedy Store Players, he was one half of The Vicious Boys with Angelo Abela. I have seen Smart perform as part of Paul Merton's Impro Chums in 2005, and as a guest for Phill Jupitus Quartet: Made Up in 2011 both at the Edinburgh Fringe as well as The Comedy Store Players 30th Birthday Shows at The Comedy Store in London in 2015. Thank you so much for listening to my podcast, if you like what you hear, please subscribe and I hope you enjoy the interview. Please read Andy Smart's blog at: www.arichcomiclife.blog/2021/06/05/andy-smart/ Andy Smart's Links: Facebook: www.facebook.com/andy.smart1 Twitter: www.twitter.com/AndyCSP Website: www.comedystoreplayers.com  

Movies That Made Me… Episode 2: Creative Artists Luke Sorba wrote and directed his first movie on Super 8 when he was 18 years old. "The Mirror Within" won in the Novice Category at Streatham and Norwood Amateur Film Club's Annual Awards. He only made one more (apart from some YouTube sketches) but he has since watched 6000 movies made by other people and owns 1600 on DVD. He spent more teenage hours at the National Film Theatre and the Electric Cinema than anywhere else, and is currently on first name terms with staff at Peckhamplex. Over two hundred books on cinema fill his shelves and he has a complete collection of Monthly Film Bulletin magazines (incorporated in Sight and Sound since 1990) going back to 1964. As an actor and writer, as well as a teacher of story telling Luke brings professional experience to his observations but it his status as a super-fan that sets him apart. He is rare among enthusiasts in that there is no period nor genre nor country whose movies he is not curious about. From Intolerance to Inception, The St Valentine's Day Massacre to The Belles of St Trinian's, Do the Right Thing to Dr Dolittle, Zombieland to Nomadland, Superfly to Superman, Tod Browning to Todd Haynes, Federico Fellini to The Fast and Furious, Monika Treut to Monica Bellucci, there is a place for everyone in The Movies That Made Me. Luke Sorba and Andrew Paine previously collaborated on the online improvised comedy show "Unmute". Together they make up Picard Productions. Episode 2  features… Tai Campbell is a writer, director, comedian, celebrity impressionist and life long film fan. A founding member of the UK's first all Black improv team Do The Right Scene, he has credits include BBC One, BBC Three and Vice. He enjoys pretty much anything that can make him laugh and is a real sucker for a great story Suki Webster most recently starred in “Motorhoming with Merton and Webster” a six part travel show on Channel 5. Suki is a founder member of the critically acclaimed “Paul Merton's Impro Chums”. She is a regular guest with The Comedy Store Players and appeared in the West End run of One Word Improv co-starring with Eddie Izzard and ‘Whose Line is It Anyway Live'. She also has her own Improv show ‘Suki Webster's Guest Speaker.' In 2018/19 Suki wrote and starred in a Radio 4 sitcom ‘My Obsession.' Film & TV work includes: Comic Act (Gemini Films). The New Adventures of Robin Hood (Warner Brothers, US TV), Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes To Glastonbury (BBC2) and Baby Father (BBC2). Radio: Just A Minute (R4) The Impro Musical (R2). Theatre Work: Court In The Act and Passport to Danger (Watford Palace Theatre & Chichester) A Visit From Miss Prothero, Mon Droit and Making News. (Edinburgh Festival.) Our Creative Artists come from… MY FAVOURITE YEAR 1982 (Richard Benjamin) Set in the 1950's heyday of live television with a tour de force from Peter O'Toole and based on the memories of Mel Brooks and the shock he got when he met his screen idol, Errol Flynn in real life. Contrast: Last Action Hero (1993) THE JACKSONS – AN AMERICAN DREAM 1992 (Karen Arthur) Five hour epic biopic of one of the most talented and famous musical families in history and a look at the pain offstage as well as the genius on it. Contrast: The Sound of Music (1965) SUNSET BLVD 1950 (Billy Wilder) The most famous street in cinema houses a fallen silent movie star from a bygone era and a hack Hollywood screenwriter feeding off each other to survive in an industry that consumes everyone. Contrast: Singing in The Rain (1952) THE SHINING 1980 (Stanley Kubrick) Wannabe great American novelist Jack Nicholson gets writer's block holed up off season in creepy Overlook Hotel and his family suffer the consequences. Contrast: The Haunting (1963) A MIGHTY WIND 2003 (Christopher Guest) Affectionate parody of the 60's US Folk Revival scene in particular and Band Reunions in general. Featuring the late, legendary Fred Willard who once said to Luke “you are very funny” and he has treasured this ever since. Contrast: Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

Neil Brand discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Neil Brand has been a silent film accompanist for over 30 years, regularly in London at the Barbican and BFI National Film Theatres, throughout the UK and at film festivals and special events around the world, including Australia, New Zealand (three times), America, Israel, Sweden, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, and, in Italy, the Bologna, Aosta, Bergamo and Pordenone festivals where he has inaugurated the School of Music and Image to teach up-and-coming young pianists about silent film accompaniment. Neil now has a very fruitful relationship with the BBC Symphony Orchestra which has resulted in London performances of his acclaimed orchestral score for Hitchcock's silent Blackmail, the BBCSO / Barbican commission to score Asquith's silent Underground and Chaplin's Easy Street. He followed these successes with two through-scored radio adaptations, The Wind in the Willows (Audio Drama Award Nominated) and A Christmas Carol for Orchestra, Choir and Actors commissioned by Radios 3 and 4 – all of these works orchestrated and conducted by maestro Timothy Brock. Neil is also a prolific radio playwright including Sony- and Tinniswood- nominated dramas Stan (which he adapted for BBC TV) and Getting the Joke, as well as establishing the regular live-recorded musical series The Big Broadcast. He has twice toured nationally with Paul Merton as well as appearing in, and supplying music for, Paul's silent film-related TV documentaries. Neil is a TV presenter on BBC4 with his hugely successful series Sound of Cinema, The Music that Made the Movies and Sound of Song, is a regular presenter on Radio 4's Film Programme, a Fellow of Aberystwyth University and a Visiting Professor of the Royal College of Music and is considered one of the finest improvising piano accompanists in the world. Richard Rodney Bennett https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/dec/26/sir-richard-rodney-bennett Sheridan Le Fanu https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/aug/28/sheridan-le-fanu-two-centuries-birth-vampire-ghost-stories The musical of the Mystery of Edwin Drood https://www.broadwayworld.com/reviews/The-Mystery-of-Edwin-Drood Satie House https://en.normandie-tourisme.fr/museums-and-heritage-sites/maisons-satie/ Radio Drama https://bookriot.com/history-of-the-radio-drama/ Rango https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/rango-2011 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Sue Perkins challenges Lucy Porter, Shaparak Khorsandi, Julian Clary and Paul Merton to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation. The long running national treasure of a parlour game is back, with subjects this week ranging from My Drag Name to Bringing a Plus One. Production co-ordinator: Caroline Barlow Sound editor: Marc Willcox Producer: Hayley Sterling A BBC Studios Production

You may remember Samantha Boffin as she was my first guest on the show (https://thinkingmuseum.com/2021/09/22/how-to-use-your-voice-to-engage-your-audience/ (Episode 21)) and now she is the first guest to come back for a second episode. Besides being a voiceover artist, Sam is also an actor.  Sam also does an improv class every week and believes that we are all expert improvisers - we just don't realise we are. In this episode, Sam is sharing what improv is and how it can help us as educators in our own practice and when we're with our groups leading programmes about art.  We also talk about how improv makes you a better listener, how it makes you more confident and flexible and to not be afraid of failure.  We discuss how we might be able to use improv techniques and games with our groups - from Yes, and…, Narrative, Colour, Emotion and line-by-line stories via Humpty Dumpty and Brian the washing machine repair man. We discuss how you can make your audience feel safe and comfortable using improv techniques.  We had a really lovely chat and I hope you enjoy it. Here it is! LINKS Episode Web Page Masterclass 29 March 'https://thinkingmuseum.com/product/masterclass-improv-your-engagement/ (Improv your Engagement)' https://buymeacoffee.com/clairebown (Support the Show)  The Improv Handbook by Tom Salinsky & Deborah Frances White How to be the Greatest Improviser - Will Hines http://www.samanthaboffin.co.uk/ (www.samanthaboffin.co.uk) https://www.linkedin.com/in/samantha-boffin/ (LinkedIn) https://www.instagram.com/samanthaboffin/ (Instagram )   https://samanthaboffin.co.uk/talkingcreative/ (Taking Creative) podcast Paul Merton interview:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00159s7 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00159s7)  

Episode 10 of Series 2 swings into view with it's trousers hoisted high. This week, Alex and Emi are joined by the improv comedy legend from the original UK version of Whose Line Is It Anyway? and many films such as Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves, Office Space and A Bug's Life... It's Mike McShane!We discuss his week and theatrical whathaveyous... including his upcoming tour with Paul Merton's Impro Chums.FUN!Guest: Mike McShane (@thismikemcshane)Hosted by Alex Sievewright & Emi WebberAdditional Vocals by Hayley Pettitt@alexsievewright@krunchie_frog@pettitt_hayley https://www.patreon.com/twtwtwwi Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Richard Coles and Andrea Catherwood are joined by comedian Paul Merton: stalwart on Have I got News for You and Just a Minute, he's an impro pro. We hear one woman's story of how building a toilet - using a chainsaw - helped her find herself. Siri Heller joins us. Guest Patrick Foster estimates that he placed a total of £4million on bets over the course of 12 years. The former professional cricketer turned teacher hid his gambling addiction until everything unravelled in 2018. Adventurer Elise Wortley decided to recreate the journeys of forgotten female explorers, using only the means they used at the time. And photographer Rankin chooses his inheritance tracks: English Rose by The Jam and Sympathy for the Devil by The Rolling Stones and your thank you. Producer: Corinna Jones

Sue Perkins challenges Dane Baptiste, Stephen Fry, Sheila Hancock and Paul Merton to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation. The long running Radio 4 national treasure of a parlour game is back for a new series with subjects this week ranging from sausages to submarines. Production co-ordinator: Caroline Barlow Sound editor: Marc Willcox Producer: Richard Morris A BBC Studios Production

We're very happy to welcome back writer, comedian and podcaster Kevin Day (@kevinhunterday) back to the show to talk comedy, football and more. The reason we wanted to have Kevin back on the show was to discuss the British panel show on TV, following the death last year of Sean Lock. Kevin worked with Sean on a number of shows and has written for dozens of shows including Have I Got News for You, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Here Comes the Buzzcocks and many more. We talk about why they are so popular in the UK and haven't really worked as well in the US. But we do talk about one of the shows that has succeeded in both places and that's Whose Line Is It Anyway. We talk about improv comedy, the genius of Paul Merton and Tony Slattery, among others, the culture of improv in the US vs the UK and the challenge of doing improv vs stand up. We also talk about the problems of diversity in booking panel shows and the difficulties of avoiding tokenism. We also talk about podcasts as a means for young comedians to get exposure and segue that into chatting about comedians doing football podcasts, including Quickly Kevin, Comedians Playing Fantasy Premier League and, maybe the grand dame of the genre, The Tuesday Club. We also reminisce about Kevin doing the Chappers podcast more than a decade ago with Mark Chapman, Graham Poll and Roy Meredith. That leads into actual football chat. We recorded this on Transfer Deadline Day, but not much talk about that. We discuss the arrival of Patrick Viera at Crystal Palace and how much Kevin is enjoying the football at Selhurst Park this year, the rivalry (derby?) with Brighton and the challenges that brings with hosting The Price of Football with Seagulls supporter Kieran Macguire. We also talk about the proliferation of London football clubs, rivalries and tribalism and comparing that to American sports. (Disclaimer: I accidentally swapped Alabama and Auburn in my story and flip-flopped the fandom of the tree killer in that heated blood feud. My apologies to the fans of both teams.) Kevin is always a great guest and we hopefully to get back in the near future to continue the chat about British sportswriting vs American sportswriting and the other stuff we ran out of time to discuss.

Today I speak to writer, comedian, and television host Paul Merton. You will recognise Paul from the tv show Have I Got News For you. He has written books about silent comedy, and is a big fan of early cinema.We talk about everything from his favourite film "The Great Dictator" to Chaplin's relationship with Laurel & Hardy, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd. Do you agree that Chaplin's speech from the Great Dictator is the greatest of all speeches?

#26 Waiting For Crawford - It's back for an eleventh series - who keeps commissioning this - and Richard's new emergency questions are coming true as he's fresh from irking a postman. His guest is someone who used to only be able to speak to in drunken awe at early 1990s BBC Radio Light Entertainment parties, Paul Merton.They discuss their similarly comedy-nerdy teenage years, the early days of the alternative comedy circuit where Alexei Sayle's stream of swearing might be followed by flying fish or slowly melting ice. Can Paul remember the very first routine that helped him on the road to stardom (and partially define his persona) - you bet a fortnight's holiday in Benidorm he can and it's magical!Find out how close he came to death 30 years ago after breaking his leg and how anti-malarial drugs almost broke his brain. I heartily recommend his funny and moving autobiography https://www.amazon.co.uk/Only-When-Laugh-My-Autobiography/dp/0091949351SUPPORT THE SHOW!Watch our TWITCH CHANNELBecome a badger and see extra content at our WEBSITESee details of the RHLSTP TOUR DATESBuy DVDs and Books from GO FASTER STRIPE See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The FFFanatics are back with Paul Merton, Duncan, Matt and Ben getting excited about a new season of FPL and revealing their GW1 teams, dreams and a few errors. They talk budget players, Teams that look good, teams to target and the tactical approach to wildcard and chasing price rises. Want to take on the FFFanatics? Code to join @FPLFFFANATICS league is pd79yq Follow us on twitter @FPLFFFanatics If you like the show please rate and review us wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to us and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us.

Lee Simpson is a founder member of Improbable (theatre makers and improvisers), a long time Comedy Store Player (since the 1980s) and one of Paul Merton's Impro Chums. He's also been a croupier, cinema projectionist and breakfast show DJ. He's written plays, appeared in sit-coms and in some films, been on some Radio 4 panel shows and once did a very poor poodle act at the London Palladium. That vast range highlights two strong threads one in the world of improv and another in the world of theatre making. Transcript available here and video version available here. -I speak to Lee on his roots in theatre and improv and the importance of Keith Johnstone's work. -Lee outlines his thoughts on on his drama school experience, two schools of improv (US and UK) andhow improv and theatre misunderstand one another. -We discuss the infrastructure (or lack of) behind improv and theatre and techniques on listening to the audience and feedback loops in performing. -We sketch out ideas on structure and story form, on being human and Lee explains status structure as a technique. -We chat about how humans understand the world and how we view our lives as story that changes through time. -Lee reflects on being part of a comedy group for a long time and shares a stroy on Mo Mowlam. -We talk on how to “build back better” in the arts and what Open Space is and techniques for listening and genuine connections to art. -We end with advice Lee has for young people. Contents: 01:17 Lee on his roots in theat re and improv and Keith Johnstone. 04:07 Lee on his drama school experience and two schools of improv 09:43 How improv and theatre misunderstand one another. 13:32 Lee on the infrastructure (or lack of) behind improv and theatre. On listening to the audience and feedback loops in performing. 21:27 Lee on current UK Improv organisations 26:56 Money no issue… what the work of Improbable would do 29:01 Ben on language of improv and comedy, repetition and twist 32:29 Lee on structure and story form, on being human. Explains status structure. 36:44 Lee on how humans understand the world. Viewing our lives as story that changes through time. 42:47 On being part of a comedy group for a long time. 43:00 On Mo Mowlam being involved with the comedy store players 47:37 Mo Mowlam's final months and concerns on anti-democracy 53:33 Lee on “Build Back Better” 57:46 Lee on Open Space, techniques for listening and genuine connections to art 1:05:07 Improv teaching you to listen to yourself 1:07:46 More on OpenSpace 1:15:34 Advice for young people, Ben channeling phantom Lee 1:17:15 Lee's advice: step outside your path a little.

The podcast is broken, our guest this week doesn't remember the first time! Fortunately that guest is comedian Ben Kane, who takes us on an amazing journey through his first comedy show (Paul Merton at a Nursing home). As well as many other shows including a performance of the Rite Of Spring, a piece which sparked his musical obsession. He also talks us through is first festival, the absolutely BARN STORMING Marlborough Jazz Festival, hold on tight! Ben Kane is the king of TDFR and host of Glee Club's excellent gameshow podcast Class Clowns.

We all introduce ourselves and how we each got into Hancock's Half Hour. We discuss the video releases in the 1980's, and the exorbitant cost of videotape back in the day. We mention Paul Merton's 1990's recreations briefly along with Dad's Army and repeats of shows, borrowing tapes from the old THAS VHS library, our quarterly magazine, ‘The Missing Page'. We discuss an overview of our upcoming topics: The Blood Donor, The First Night Party, The Rebel, TV: The 1950's Revolution, Lost TV Soundtracks and There's an Airfield at the Bottom of My Garden. We also chat about Tony's relationship with Kenneth Williams and Ken's casting in HHH and Snide's catchphrase. Brief mentions include Fred's Pie Stall and the ‘Hancock Collectibles' and ‘Missing Hancocks' CD releases. James also explains how we came to meet up virtually via Zoom and embark upon creating the podcast. With kind thanks to Robin Sebastian of ‘The Missing Hancocks' for sportingly being our Announcer.

Paul Merton hosts the return of Radio 4’s longest running panel show. In the first episode back since the death of Nicholas Parsons, who hosted for 50 years, Paul challenges guests Sheila Hancock, Gyles Brandreth, Tony Hawks and Pippa Evans to talk without hesitation, deviation, or repetition. JAM trivia - Sheila Hancock also appeared in the very first episode back in 1967. Caroline Barlow blows the whistle. Devised by Ian Messiter Produced by Victoria Lloyd A BBC Studios Production

First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on February 7th 2021 PAUL CHANDLER, THE SHY YETI from THE SHY LIFE PODCAST returns to natter about TV comedy and, to a lesser extent, horror shows, in a conversation briefly covering his recent viewing including DEATH TO 2020, SWEET HOME, POSE, THE OFFICE (US), GHOSTS, PAUL MERTON, and HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR. Then HAYDEN GRIBBLE from the DIDDLY DUM PODCAST returns for his Earliest Memories chat which covers shows as diverse as I, CLAUDIUS, THE SIMPSONS, the BBC's early evening CULT TV strand, and US TV, as well as almost inevitably returning to DOCTOR WHO and the recent animated recreations of missing episodes, and the Blu-Ray releases. PLEASE NOTE - For Copyright reasons, musical content has to be removed for the podcast edition. All the spoken word content remains (mostly) as it was in the broadcast version. Hopefully this won't spoil your enjoyment of the show.

Clive Anderson and Scottee are joined by Paul Merton, Joanna Scanlan, Mawaan Rizwanan and Dawinder Bansal for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Richard Thompson and Sarathy Korwar.

As one half of the renowned Sitcom Geeks, Dave knows more than a little about what it takes to be a successful comedy writer. From his early association with Rik Mayall and co, through award-winning sitcoms and sketch shows, right through to his latest novel, Dave's offcuts cover the various trends of comedy from the past 40 years. Clips performed by: Chris Pavlo, Emma Clarke, Keith Wickham and Rachel Atkins. Dave Cohen was a stand-up comedian and founder member of the Comedy Store Players with Mike Myers and Paul Merton and now works as a writer, script editor and tutor (or as he describes himself on his Huffington Post page: "comedian, writer, typist". ) On TV his many writing credits include panel shows, sketch shows and sitcoms with programmes like multi-award-winning CBBC series Horrible Histories (for which he's written over 100 songs), Have I Got News For You, and Lee Mack's Not Going Out. On radio he co-created Radio 4's 15 Minute Musical, and performed in his own series Travels With My Anti Semitism as well as writing for many flagship comedy shows such as The News Quiz and The Treatment. He's published 2 books about how to write comedy: The Complete Comedy Writer and How To Be Averagely Succesful At Comedy, with a third book, a novel, out shortly. As well as teaching comedy and script editing for other writers Dave has also co-hosted the Sitcom Geeks podcast with James Cary for the past 5 years, which now has nearly 150 episodes and is still going strong. Episode show notes and more details:  https://offcutsdrawer.com/dave-cohen 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/

Ten general knowledge pub quiz questions broadcast to you daily. Today we have questions on - amongst others - William Jefferson Blythe III, Paul Merton and Ian Hislop and the Silver Linings Playbook.

Comedian and broadcaster Paul Merton joins Aggers for a rainy 'View from the Boundary' at the Oval in 2013.

In this episode of Encore Meets, we're at the launch of the new West End production of Hairspray - chatting to Paul Merton and Lizzie Bea. The pair will be joined in the cast by Michael Ball, Rita Simons and Marisha Wallace when the show plays at the London Coliseum from April. Paul tells us about making his musical theatre debut in the show, while Lizzie explains why the role of Tracy Turnblad has always been a character she's longed to play. Encore Meets is an Encore Radio podcast series. Go backstage in the West End, Broadway and beyond with Encore Radio’s exclusive theatre interviews. Subscribe to get the latest episodes.

This week on the show we welcomed friends from the world of film, television, food, sport, and music. Sir Chris Hoy chats his love of cars and his new Discovery Channel show 'Dream Jobs with Chris Hoy'.Fresh from starring in the award-winning '1917' George MacKay discusses his new film 'True History of the Kelly Gang'.Prue Leith shares recipes from her new cookbook 'The Vegetarian Kitchen'.And Sir Bob Geldof tells all about his new album 'Citizens of Boomtown' and accompanying book 'Tales of Boomtown Glory'.Plus Paul Merton, Giovanni Fletcher, Marina Keyes, and Jay Jayamohan.You can catch Chris and the team live weekdays 6:30am-10am on Virgin Radio UK and on Sundays from 10 am.Be sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear the highlights every week! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of Encore Meets, we're at the launch of the new West End production of Hairspray - chatting to Rita Simons and Marisha Wallace. The pair will be joined in the cast by Michael Ball, Paul Merton and Lizzie Bea when the show plays at the London Coliseum from April. Rita and Marisha tells us about their characters, lifelong dreams coming true and why Michael Ball made them join the show. Encore Meets is an Encore Radio podcast series. Go backstage in the West End, Broadway and beyond with Encore Radio’s exclusive theatre interviews. Subscribe to get the latest episodes.

Paul talks about 'Hairspray' and Allan from the Hollies chats about his solo album.

Pictured: Nicholas Parsons Matthew Bannister on The Just A Minute host, TV presenter and actor Nicholas Parsons. Sheila Hancock and Tony Hawks pay tribute - in just a minute! Mary Craig who wrote the best selling book "Blessings" after struggling to care for her severely disabled son. Lord Maclennan of Rogart, formerly the MP for Caithness and Sutherland, who negotiated the merger between the SDP and the Liberal Party. Kobe Bryant, the LA Lakers basketball star, who gave himself the nickname The Black Mamba. Interviewed guest: Sheila Hancock Interviewed guest: Matt Stronge Interviewed guest: Tony Hawkes Interviewed guest: Mark Craig Interviewed guest: Brain Taylor Interviewed guest: Michael Carlson Producer: Neil George Archive clips from: Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio 4, 04/11/2007; Don't Raise The Bridge, Lower The River, Columbia Pictures Industries,1967; The Arthur Haynes Show, ATV, 1957-65; Just a Minute Series 64 Ep. 2, BBC Radio 4, 13/08/2012; Just a Minute Series 64 Ep. 3, BBC Radio 4, 20/08/2012; Sale of The Century, Anglia TV, 08/01/1972; 50 years of Just a Minute: Nicholas Parsons in Conversation with Paul Merton, Radio 4, 01/01/2018; Woman’s Hour Radio 4, 1976; The World at One, BBC Radio 4, 31/01/1988; Dear Basketball, Believe Entertainment Group Kobe Inc, 2017; LA Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves, BBC 5 Live Extra, 04/10/2010; Toronto Raptors v LA Lakers, Kobe Bryant 81 Points Game Highlights, 2006; USA VS CHINA at the Beijing Olympics, X9Highlights, 2008; Newsbeat, BBC Radio 1, 06/08/2003; 10 o'clock news, BBC One, 05/08/2003;

Nicholas Parsons died in January 2020, aged 96. He'd been on air with his 'Just a Minute' programme on BBC Radio 4 since it began in 1967.  Here, enjoy clips from his final edition - with Stephen Fry, Jan Ravens, Pam Ayres and Paul Merton - aired in September 2019. My tribute here. (https://www.davidlloydradio.com/post/without-hesitation-repetition-or-deviation-a-tribute-to-nicholas-parsons)

We speak to Chief Diplomatic Correspondent for The New York Times Steven Erlanger about what Trump is getting up to at the NATO summit. Chef Marcus Wareing pops in to talk about his new book. Plus, actor Paul Merton goes through the best films we've ever seen. And what if feeding babies peanuts and eggs could slash the risk of allergies? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Clive Anderson and Scottee are joined by Paul Merton, Lucian Msmati, Cathie Pilkington and Samantha Baines for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Sharky and Odette Peters.

On the 50th anniversary of the iconic Abbey Road album, Zoe speaks to Sir Paul McCartney, Rick Astley, Giles Martin and Paul Merton about all things Beatles!

More highlights from another fabulous week of the Zoe Ball Breakfast Show!

Paul and Ian chat about the 57th series of Have I Got News for You.

Pictured: Montserrat Caballé Matthew Bannister on Ray Galton, who, with his writing partner Alan Simpson, created Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe and Son. Paul Merton pays tribute. Gerald Russell, the psychiatrist who was the first to describe the eating disorder bulimia nervosa. Evelyn Anthony, the novelist whose historical romances sold millions of copies. The financier Sir Roger Gibbs, who transformed the fortunes of the Wellcome Trust. And the Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caballé, who had a global hit with Barcelona - a duet with Freddie Mercury. Interviewed guest: Paul Merton Interviewed guest: Professor Janet Treasure Interviewed guest: Ewan Ward-Thomas Reader: Alexandra Constantinidi Interviewed guest: Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller Archive clips from: Read All About It, Radio 4 04/01/76; Woman's Hour, Radio 4 27/11/74; Woman's Hour, Radio 4 15/08/88; The Tamarind Seed, ITC/Jewel Productions/Pimlico Films/Lorimar Productions, directed by Blake Edwards 1974; The Wellcome Trust (https://wellcome.ac.uk/about-us); Aled Jones, Radio Wales 05/07/08; Laughed off the Page: Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, Radio Scotland 26/01/07; Hancock: The Radio Ham, BBC TV 1961; Steptoe and Son: The Offer, BBC Light Programme 03/07/66; The Wrong Arm of the Law (film trailer), Romulus Films/Robert Velaise Productions, directed by Cliff Owen 1963; Mark Lawson Talks To: Galton and Simpson, BBC TV 19/03/08; Eyes on Wales: Homeless, Radio Wales 04/06/95; Desert Island Discs, Radio 4 10/10/81.

Startling revelations about football thugs, the wrong use of a lit cigarette and dealing with anger.Anger issues crop up in Nick Revell’s insightful talk with Dr. Brian Kaplan. Nick also reveals how he nearly died from a burst appendix in the company of Paul Merton. Nick talks in depth about his practice of Tai Chi and how he uses it as a stand-up performer. There are striking stories of how he faced up to football thugs on a tube; and once wilfully stubbed out a lit cigarette on his own arm.Tweet us @FeelingFunnyPodAbout us snippernixon.comMore about Nick Revell here > @TheNickRevell See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we're joined by a true UK comedy legend. Richard Vranch chucked a budding career as a Physicist in favour of the stage and has never looked back. He joined the Footlights in Cambridge in 1981 as a contemporary of Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Tony Slattery and Emma Thompson. In 1986 he began performing improv with The Comedy Store Players together with the likes of Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence and Mike Myers. The stage show eventually morphed into the wildly successful Whose Line Is It Anyway? and many of the original cast continue to perform every Sunday and Wednesday at The Comedy Store, making it the world's longest running comedy show with the same cast. Richard is also a writer and standup comedian (and he occasionally likes to play the piano). Links: https://richardvranch.com/ Paul Merton's Impro Chums play Edinburgh this year: http://paulmerton.com/ Book to see The Comedy Store Players at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre for the 21st Year in a row: http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on-2018/comedy-store-players A Pint With Seaniebee Audible Feast's list of Best Podcast Series of 2017: https://tinyurl.com/ya5yj9vs Top 12 Best New Podcast Series of 2016: http://tinyurl.com/gps9tn5 50 Best Podcast Episodes list 2017: https://tinyurl.com/y7ryajat 50 Best Podcast Episodes list 2016: http://tinyurl.com/hp83rnw Release date: June 30th 2018 Runtime: 43m Recorded: A VW Campervan

Dave and James discuss the magic of Tony Hancock and Steptoe And Son with Paul Merton, who talks about his great friendship with the brilliant creators of both those shows, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Dave and James talk to Paul Merton - one of Britain's comedy superstars - about silent movies, class, and his phenomenal 30 years at the top of the profession.

At always possible, we help people make brilliant decisions - in business, culture, community and education. These podcasts let you eavesdrop in on informal conversations taking place on the phone or in the coffeeshop, In every chat, we are exploring the motivations and behaviours behind key decisions - with curious people who have trusted their instinct to make change in the world. In this podcast Richard Freeman has a conversation with Neil Mullarkey about improvisation, what stand-up comedy can teach us about human interaction and the performative elements of effective leadership. Richard asks Neil about his career as both a comedian and a business coach and trainer, and what qualities underpin the skills of being persuasive, in-tune with an audience and charismatic. What are the rules of improvisation - and how can using our imagination to create stories on the spot actually make us better listeners? Richard Freeman is Chief Executive of always possible. Neil Mullarkey has been a leading name in British comedy since his days as President of the Cambridge University Footlights and his double-act shows with Nick Hancock, Mike Myers and Tony Hawks. Neil's writing and acting credits include children's TV show The Wide-Awake Club and the Austin Powers films as well as appearances on many popular panel shows such as Whose Line Is It Anyway, QI and Have I Got News For You. In 1985, Neil co-founded The Comedy Store Players, now one of the world's longest running and most successful improvised comedy troupes. His fellow players for over 30 years include Paul Merton and Josie Lawrence, with the likes of Eddie Izzard, Jeremy Hardy and Sandi Toksvig having been past members or guest performers. To many, Neil is also known as a successful business coach and keynote speaker, working with organisations all over the world on communication and leadership behaviours. Neil's most recent book, published in September 2017, is called ‘Seven Steps To Improve Your People Skills'. Useful links: www.neilmullarkey.com www.allthatmullarkey.com www.amazon.co.uk/Seven-Steps-Improve-People-Skills/dp/0993501125 www.emmanuelgobillot.com/ https://herminiaibarra.com/ --- If you enjoyed the conversation, please like, subscribe and review - and share with colleagues. always possible supports business, community, cultural and education leaders to make better decisions, test ideas, improve strategy and engage with customers on a new level. To join in, visit alwayspossible.co.uk

PREVIEW! With Tim Vine, Mark Watson, Susan Calman, Tim Key, Angela Barnes, Josh Widdicombe, Suzi Ruffell, John Robins, David O’Doherty, Tom Allen, Phil Wang, Kiri Pritchard Mclean, Katherine Ryan, Paul Merton, Isy Suttie, Deborah Francis White and Phil Jupitus.   Welcome to the Live at the Pleasance Comedy Podcast! Formerly known as the Pleasance Comedy Podcast, we’re back for 2017 to bring you loads of fresh new live stand up and exclusive interviews with comedians. Expect to be shocked, surprised, charmed, moved and most importantly bloomin’ well entertained by a whole month of daily podcasts from the heart of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe - The Pleasance.    Live at the Pleasance Podcast is brought to you in association with Audible.co.uk. You can start a free 30 day trial where you can choose from the world’s largest selection of audiobooks just by going to Audible.co.uk/laughs. 

RHLSTP #135: Paul Merton - Waiting For Crawford. It's back for an eleventh series - who keeps commissioning this? - and Richard's new emergency questions are coming true as he's fresh from irking a postman. His guest is someone who he used to only be able to speak to in drunken awe at early 1990s BBC Radio Light Entertainment parties, Paul Merton. They discuss their similarly comedy-nerdy teenage years, the early days of the alternative comedy circuit where Alexei Sayle's stream of swearing might be followed by flying fish or slowly melting ice. Can Paul remember the very first routine that helped him on the road to stardom (and partially define his persona)? - you bet a fortnight's holiday in Benidorm he can, and it's magical! Find out how close he came to death 30 years ago after breaking his leg and how anti-malarial drugs almost broke his brain. I heartily recommend his funny and moving autobiography https://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00D8HPBSI/comedyguide-21/ SUPPORT THE SHOW!Check out our website and become a badger and see extra content http://rhlstp.co.ukSee details of the RHLSTP tour dates http://richardherring.com/gigsBuy DVDs and Books at http://gofasterstripe.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We kick of part 2 of season 4 with Robin and Josie joined by writer and actor Ralf Little. Ralf controversially brings up his love of video games before taking aim at Tolkien all via discussions of the great work of Caroline Aherne, Terry Pratchett, Paul Merton and others. And remember Cosmic Shambles LIVE hits the road to Aus/NZ next year! cosmicshambleslive.com

In 2013 actor, comedian and TV aficionado Toby Hadoke was challenged to find and interview for a free podcast people involved with every one of TV Doctor Who's stories. Slowly he built up an amazing archive of conversations with some amazingly talented people: here's the latest...

Not Always Clowning Around One of the most intelligent and likeable comics in the land, Paul Merton has had his fair share of darkness and tragedy. The ‘sad clown’ might be verging on a journalistic cliché but with Merton, the death of his second wife and his own manic episode which resulted in him being hospitalised make it all too real. His memoir Only When I Laugh details those unforgettable highs and lows and in this event, recorded live at Edinburgh International Book Festival, he talks to journalist Ruth Wishart about it.

One of the most intelligent and likeable comics in the land, Paul Merton has had his fair share of darkness and tragedy. The ‘sad clown’ might be verging on a journalistic cliché but with Merton, the death of his second wife and his own manic episode which resulted in him being hospitalised make it all too real. His memoir Only When I Laugh details those unforgettable highs and lows and in this event, recorded live at Edinburgh International Book Festival, he talks to journalist Ruth Wishart about it.

February 15-21, 1969 (sort of) This week Ken welcomes comedian, actor, author and smartest man in the world Greg Proops to the show. Ken and Greg discuss Fantasy on Television, The Avengers, The Adams Family, The Wild Wild West, Kids television, exactly when England got black people, The Black and White Minstrel Show, Star Trek, The psychedelic 60s, San Francisco, Star Trek, Dad movies, War, Zulu, speaking German, learning that sometimes there are no good guys, Chuck Connors, Branded, breaking a sword over your knee, The Prisoner: the original mindfuck, James Bond, questioning your government, Who's Line is it Anyway?, Punk, The Double Deckers, dystopia, the song that goes with every neighborhood in London, The 60s dream of peace love and nonviolence, Night Flight, the golden age of FM radio, KSAN, The UK vs US Top 40, The Intruder, Charles Beaumont, The Twilight Zone, realizing the rest of the United States is terrifying and different, buying into the media lie, hatred of memes, having the sum total of human knowledge in your pocket, the DIY ethos of punk reflected in podcasts, The Outer Limits, learning a moral compass from television, Davey and Goliath, The Banana Splits, Rankin Bass, bad people as main characters, the best of times the worst of times, local television, when cameramen all became robots, Vietnam: the first TV war, the horrors of combat footage, real reporters, why Dick Chaney is the world's most evil heartless cyborg, never believing what you hear, why there is no news anymore, conspiracy theories, when Hidden Camera Prank shows became reporting, throwing your hat at the white flag, Hilary Clinton, why there is no truth or final word anymore, conservatives re-branding as the Party party, Laugh In, The Smothers Brothers, the legacy of Nixon, Pepsi vs. Coke, when everyone smokes, the sleaze of Maxim magazine, Family Ties, Full House as history's greatest representation of San Francisco, Occupy vs. real criminals, Good Day LA, Romney's evil bowels, why celebrities are not allowed to have opinions, Iran Contra, Ronald Reagan's journey from joke to Jesus, The Dead Kennedys, Midnight Caller, Greg's essaying the role of Cab Drive, Gary Cole, Nash Bridges, Vigilante Talk Radio DJs, American Gothic, Jim Thompson, The Killer Inside Me, Sam Fuller, The Model Cafe, The Brady Bunch Movie, "I don't if you remember me...", Charlton Heston, The Omega Man, Planet of the Apes, Soylent Green, I Am Legend, Richard Matheson, Zombie movies, why the current love of zombies gets it totally wrong,  Return of the Living Dead, millennials' obsession with magic and monsters, the rules driven horror trend, Forbidden Planet, The Tempest, Star Wars turning sci-fi into a genre for everyone, Minority Report, Phillip K. Dick, Hollywood's abandonment of character studies, comic book movies, Pacific Rim, Ultraman, Ken's dislike of Quentin Tarantino, The Skin Game, Jackie Brown, living in a Sci-Fi story, advertising ruining everything, 1984, Orwell, Greg's book, navel officers writing sci-fi, Robert Heinlein, "Room 101", Paul Merton, CCTV Cameras in London, Big Brother's journey from terrifying idea to hot tub sex, the evils of technology, the dehumanization of Uber, the cost of convenience, mini cabs, "The Knowledge", Africa, never having been to the center of London, Billy Ocean, navigating without technology,  pop culture advocates, Record Store clerks, teenage girls loving AM pop, Greg's wife's impeccable music taste, The Underground, Russ Meyer, Faster Pussycat Kill Kill, The Strand in San Francisco, The Stuff, communal experience, Mike Meyer's Tarantino-ing Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and Our Man Flint, money men financing the creative while being the enemy of art, Big Talent Agencies missing the point, The Army Show, The Jamie Foxx Show, fruit bags, schlub comedians, Louis CK,  getting out of the way of good art, the fraternity of comedians, pulp fiction vs Pulp Fiction, learning your craft, and panning for the Golden Age.

The comedian, writer and presenter Paul Merton joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles. A regular fixture on our radios and TVs - from Just a Minute to Have I Got News For You? But it's pure improvisation that he loves - starting with the Comedy Store Players back in 1985, a gig that he still does every Sunday. And he's about to start a UK tour improvising with a group of friends. Vanessa Mann on deltiology with a difference - why she buys sets of postcards, with the aim to trace living relatives of the people who wrote and received them. JP Devlin meets Pete Waterman to talk model railways. The sailor and broadcaster Paul Heiney on his voyage from Falmouth to Cape Horn and back, to rediscover his son's voice through the medium of sailing and the poem -'The Silence at the Song's End'. The i-magician Jamie Allan on how he who fuses sleight of hand with modern technology by bringing i-pads to his performance. And Anita Dobson shares her "Inheritance Tracks". She chooses: No One But You, by Billy Eckstine and Young at Heart by Frank Sinatra. Paul Merton's Impro Chums on a UK Tour from 24 April to 17 June 2015. One Wild Song: A Voyage in a lost son's wake' by Paul Heiney, published by Bloomsbury. Jamie Allan is currently on a UK tour until 31st May. On 28 April Anita Dobson will be appearing in a special production of Follies, at the Royal Albert Hall, to mark Stephen Sondheim's 85th birthday.

Alternate title: “We’re living in an Alan Bennett dystopia” The conceit in this episode is that we’re trying to make a trailer. And we kind of were, but it’s possible that we’re not that good at making trailers. We’re pretty good at talking though, so there’s that. Show notes: Paul Merton – Wikipedia Lenny Henry […]

Libby Purves meets trumpeter Alison Balsom; Louise Cordingly, daugther of a POW chaplain in Singapore; comedian Paul Merton and cartogragher Jethro Lennox. Alison Balsom is a solo trumpeter. Three-time Classical Brit award winner and Gramophone Artist of the Year, her big break came when she was a concerto finalist in the BBC Young Musician competition in 1998. Last year she appeared at the Globe Theatre, in Gabriel, showcasing the valveless trumpet and featuring the works of Purcell. She is embarking on a UK tour - The Trumpet Sings Tour - and releases a new album, Paris, on Warner Classics. Louise Cordingly is the daughter of Eric Cordingly MBE who as a young chaplain was held as a prisoner of war in the Far East during World War Two. During his years of captivity he wrote a diary which he kept hidden from his captors. When he returned from the Far East in 1945 he worked as rector of Stevenage and chaplain to the Queen. In 1963 he was consecrated Bishop of Thetford. He died in 1976 but it was not until his wife's death 35 years later that his children discovered his papers and published the book, Down to Bedrock, which features his writings and drawings by fellow prisoners. Down to Bedrock is published by Art Angels. Paul Merton is a comedian, actor and presenter. After making his stand-up debut at London's Comedy Store in 1982, he became a regular with the Comedy Store Players, an improvised comedy group, team captain on Have I Got News For You and a regular on BBC Radio 4's Just A Minute. He has also made several documentaries about early cinema, including Paul Merton's Birth of Hollywood. His autobiography, Only When I Laugh, is published by Ebury Press. Jethro Lennox is a cartographer and editor of the new edition of The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World. The atlas contains 320 pages of maps and illustrations and depicts how the world has changed since the previous 2011 edition with 5000 place name changes. The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World is published by HarperCollins. Producer: Paula McGinley.

This edition ot the programme recalled the old and new versions of the Radio Ham sketch made famous by British comedian Tony Hancock. Later re-recorded by Paul Merton and released in 1997. We also reviewed a new program called EuroDx from Jan Nieuwenhuis.  There's also the annual Media Quiz context with Jim Cutler. Don't try those numbers or email addresses today though. Lou Josephs has been looking at push content technology. Philips was putting a lot of money into Web TV. Love those descriptions of high-speed technology. 

Was last week's edition of Radio 4's Profile programme sexist? Some Feedback listeners have accused the programme of just that after a profile of the new Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders, featured numerous references to her cooking and baking abilities. In this week's Feedback, the Editor of Profile, Richard Knight, defends the programme. Roger Bolton also speaks to Ric Bailey, the BBC's Chief Political Advisor, about the challenges facing the Corporation in the lead up to the Scottish Referendum. How can it ensure impartiality in its coverage? The BBC Trust has launched a 12 week consultation seeking views on the BBC Executive's proposed additional guidelines for reporting on the referendum. Visit the BBC Trust website to find out how you can have your say. Also this week, meet the new generation of Just A Minute panellists who are giving Paul Merton, Sue Perkins, and Graham Norton a run for their money on Radio 4 Extra's Junior Just a Minute. And a radio fan digs out a rare edition of Feedback from almost exactly thirty years ago and finds an unexpectedly topical item about Radio 4 continuity announcer Susan Rae. Producer: Will Yates A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.

With John Wilson. Paul Merton reviews the new silent film The Artist, which with six Golden Globe nominations is already the surprise hit of this year's Hollywood awards season. Adele's producer Paul Epworth discusses his part in creating this year's biggest album, 21, for which he has received four Grammy nominations, and how he and Adele came up with the hit song Rolling in the Deep. It's almost a century since a Parisian barber's shop began the urban romance with neon when it put up the first commercial neon sign. Although neon has fallen out of commercial favour, artists are breathing new life into the medium. John went to the Neon Workshops in Wakefield, Yorkshire, to learn how to make his own neon artwork. The neon art is now installed at the BBC's building in Salford. The graphic designer Peter Saville, famed for his record sleeves for the likes of New Order, Joy Division, Roxy Music and Pulp - and a huge neon fan - joins John, along with the Junior Royal Northern College Brass Quintet and the BBC North Staff Choir, to switch on the first Front Row artwork. Producer Ekene Akalawu.

A feature on Paul Merton as we celebrate our first anniversary. Plus news about British TV, what's on TV this week in the UK, shows running in the USA, DVD releases, and listener feedback.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Paul Merton. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his enduring but secret ambition to be a comedian and the feeling he's had throughout his life that he would always make it somehow. He'll be describing his painful beginnings at London's Comedy Store, and his graduation from there to radio and television, where he now has his own series on Channel 4, as well as appearing on Radio Four's Just A Minute and I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue and being part of the regular team of BBC2's Have I Got News For You?[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Spreading by Kronos Quartet Book: Buster Keaton Biography by Rudi Blesh Luxury: Bed

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Paul Merton. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his enduring but secret ambition to be a comedian and the feeling he's had throughout his life that he would always make it somehow. He'll be describing his painful beginnings at London's Comedy Store, and his graduation from there to radio and television, where he now has his own series on Channel 4, as well as appearing on Radio Four's Just A Minute and I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue and being part of the regular team of BBC2's Have I Got News For You? [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Spreading by Kronos Quartet Book: Buster Keaton Biography by Rudi Blesh Luxury: Bed

Listen to great comedy historian Paul Merton introduce the Comedians display at the National Portrait Gallery in London and talk about the history of comedy.