Rule Of Three

TASTER: The Best Of Comfort Blanket (series 1 and 2)

Thu, 09 Feb 2023 00:03:27 GMT

A taster of the NEW PODCAST from Rule Of Three's Joel Morris.

Many Rule of Three fans have been asking if there will be more episodes. The podcast has finished, though the archive will stay available for you to revisit favourite episodes.

But you may enjoy Comfort Blanket, taking the same deep-dive approach as RO3 and applying it to films, books, TV and records - including comedy topics and guests from the world of comedy. Guests pick the thing to which they return again and again for comfort, and explore why they love it, and why it never lets them down.

Here is a sample 'best of' episode, featuring highlights of the first two series.

https://pod.link/1614879928

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Comfort Blanket - new podcast - TRAILER

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 17:21:25 GMT

A new podcast by Joel Morris (from Rule of Three)

Talking about the films, shows, books and records that guests return to as their warm, safe place. No guilty pleasures, just the good stuff.

Launches Thursday April 7th. New episodes every Thursday.

Follow on Twitter @comfortblankpod

https://pod.link/1614879928

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Andrew Hunter-Murray on The Meaning Of Liff

Wed, 06 May 2020 23:05:00 GMT

Andrew Hunter-Murray (No Such Thing As A Fish, QI) chooses Douglas Adams and John Lloyd's little book of words for things there aren't words for yet, The Meaning of Liff, and talks about working with Lloyd on the latest edition.

(Recorded LIVE at the Great Big Owl Podcast Festival Owlchella '20, London, February 2020)

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Moose Allain on The Far Side

Thu, 30 Apr 2020 06:19:39 GMT

Cartoonist Moose Allain talks of his love for Gary Larson's era-defining Far Side cartoons.

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Izzy Mant on The Comic Strip: The Strike

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 23:05:00 GMT

Producer, writer and comedian Izzy Mant (Peep Show, Gameface, Harry & Paul) talks about her love for The Comic Strip's pin-sharp film industry satire The Strike.

(photo by Idil Sukan)

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Robin Ince on John Waters' Hairspray (1988)

Wed, 15 Apr 2020 23:05:00 GMT

Comedian Robin Ince talks about his love for John Waters' joyous 1960s dance comedy Hairspray.

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Joe Thomas on The Office: Quiz Night

Wed, 08 Apr 2020 23:05:00 GMT

Joe Thomas (The Inbetweeners, Fresh Meat) picks The Office's storming 'quiz night' episode (series one, episode three). That's the real quiz. That's the real quiz.

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Lucy Mangan on Steve Martin Live (1979)

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 23:05:00 GMT

Columnist, author and TV critic Lucy Mangan talks about the joy and comfort she finds in Steve Martin's 1979 stadium stand-up show.

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Eddie Izzard on John Lithgow PART TWO

Thu, 26 Mar 2020 00:05:00 GMT

PART TWO of our chat with Eddie Izzard about his career, his comedy, acting, stand-up, politics and his love for John Lithgow in 'Third Rock From The Sun'.

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SPECIAL: Remain Indoors (with David Mitchell & Jonathan Dryden-Taylor)

Sun, 22 Mar 2020 00:05:00 GMT

In a special REMAIN INDOORS edition, recorded remotely, we summon the writing team behind Mitchell & Webb's 'Remain Indoors' After The Event sketches, whilst all remaining indoors, and discuss the unprecedented situation that finds us all remaining indoors, and the story of the writing of this series of post-apocalyptic game show sketches.

The After The Event sketches are viewable here:

Series 3

https://youtu.be/0WsuaYh_hkg

https://youtu.be/zGa2L_Z1gC4

https://youtu.be/saaFuBasPZQ

Series 4

https://youtu.be/l28o6fJda1c

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Eddie Izzard on John Lithgow PART ONE

Thu, 19 Mar 2020 00:05:00 GMT

Eddie Izzard joins us in a special two part chat about his career, his thoughts on comedy and life, and his love for John Lithgow's multi-Emmy Award winning performance as Dick in 'Third Rock From The Sun'.

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Jim Field-Smith on Ghostbusters

Thu, 12 Mar 2020 00:05:00 GMT

Director Jim-Field Smith (The Wrong Mans, Stag) talks about directing comedy, and the lessons that can be learned from 1984's classic big screen spookfest Ghostbusters.

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Katy Wix on Knowing Me Knowing You With Alan Partridge

Thu, 05 Mar 2020 00:05:00 GMT

Katy Wix (Anna & Katy, Stath Lets Flats, Taskmaster) talks about her journey from teenage Alan Partridge fan to sharing a sofa with the chat icon, focusing on Steve Coogan's creation's first solo television outing, Knowing Me Knowing You.

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Paul Putner on the Not The Nine O'Clock News LP

Thu, 27 Feb 2020 00:05:00 GMT

Comedian, actor and writer Paul Putner picks the chart-topping first Not The Nine O'Clock News album, and talks about the influence of its punky new voice, and Mel Smith in particular.

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Helen Monks on Nicola Murray (The Thick Of It)

Thu, 20 Feb 2020 00:05:00 GMT

Actor and writer Helen Monks (Upstart Crow, Raised By Wolves) shares her love for the character of Nicola Murray (Rebecca Front) in The Thick Of It, in particular Series 4, Episode 4, in which she has a horrible time on a train.

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Lucy Prebble on When Harry Met Sally

Thu, 13 Feb 2020 00:05:00 GMT

Writer Lucy Prebble (Succession, Enron) celebrates Nora Ephron and Rob Reiner's deceptively effortless romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally and the lessons it teaches about writing, and life.

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Robert Webb on The Young Ones: 'Bambi'

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:05:00 GMT

Comedy writer and actor Robert Webb (Peep Show, That Mitchell & Webb Look, Back) shares his love for The Young Ones, series 2, episode 1: 'Bambi'.

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Tom Neenan on Shaun Of The Dead (LIVE)

Thu, 26 Sep 2019 02:00:00 GMT

Writer and comedian Tom Neenan joins us to discuss Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's zom-rom-com Shaun Of The Dead LIVE at the London Podcast Festival.

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Marcus Brigstocke on The Great Gonzo

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 02:00:00 GMT

Comedian Marcus Brigstocke celebrates The Great Gonzo, artist, daredevil, Muppet. Recorded LIVE at the Latitude Festival 2019.

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Simon Evans on P'Tang Yang Kipperbang by Jack Rosenthal

Thu, 12 Sep 2019 02:00:00 GMT

Comedian Simon Evans talks about his passion for writer Jack Rosenthal, and his TV play on the pangs of first love 'P'Tang Yang Kipperbang' in particular.

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Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Episode 1

Thu, 05 Sep 2019 02:00:00 GMT

Comedy writer and author Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch (News Quiz, Now Show, Darkwood) on the all-singing all-dancing mental-health-and-toxic-romance sitcom Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, looking at how brilliantly the pilot episode sets up the show's themes and gags.

RULE OF THREE is LIVE at the London Podcast Festival on Saturday Sept 14th at 2pm, with writer and comedian Tom Neenan taking an affectionate swing at 'Shaun Of The Dead' with a bloody cricket bat of chat. Get tickets here: https://kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/rule-of-three-2/

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Jack Docherty on Ivor Cutler's Velvet Donkey

Thu, 29 Aug 2019 02:00:00 GMT

Jack Docherty (Absolutely, Scot Squad) celebrates the unique and inspirational comic voice of Ivor Cutler, and in particular his 1974 album 'Velvet Donkey'.

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Rosie Jones on The Royle Family: The Queen of Sheba

Thu, 22 Aug 2019 02:00:00 GMT

Comedian and writer Rosie Jones (The Last Leg, Sex Education) brings a sofa-full of love for game-changing domestic sitcom The Royle Family and in particular its BAFTA winning special The Queen of Sheba.

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Sarah Morgan on Romy & Michele's High School Reunion

Thu, 15 Aug 2019 02:00:00 GMT

Writer Sarah Morgan (Not Going Out, Intelligence, Tracey Ullman) dances like a sugared-up nine-year-old in honour of the joyous female buddy comedy Romy & Michele's High School Reunion.

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Robert Popper on Fawlty Towers: The Hotel Inspectors

Thu, 08 Aug 2019 02:00:00 GMT

Writer Robert Popper (Friday Night Dinner, Look Around You) shares his love for a definitive slice of a definitive sitcom, the Hotel Inspectors episode of Fawlty Towers.

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Sarah Kendall on Tootsie

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 02:00:37 GMT

Writer and comedian Sarah Kendall (Australian Trilogy) celebrates Sydney Pollack's hit 1982 comedy where Dustin Hoffman learns to be a better man by being a woman.

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Andy Stanton on Bachelor Boys: The Young Ones Book

Thu, 25 Jul 2019 02:00:00 GMT

Award-winning children's writer Andy Stanton (The Mr Gum Books) talks about the book that taught him how to write funny stuff: the Young Ones tie-in Bachelor Boys.

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Laurence Rickard on Monty Python's Life Of Brian

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 02:00:00 GMT

Laurence Rickard (Ghosts, Horrible Histories, Yonderland) talks about Monty Python's Life Of Brian and the lessons it has for anyone else who might be trying to make historically textured silly comedy with a six-strong team of comedians.

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Phill Jupitus on Chuck Jones

Thu, 16 May 2019 02:00:00 GMT

Comedian Phill Jupitus drags in an Acme crate containing the animation director Chuck Jones, loads of dynamite, some hair restorer and an anvil, to celebrate the great man's work on Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Road Runner and many more.

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Anna Crilly on Human Remains

Thu, 09 May 2019 02:00:00 GMT

Comedian, writer and actor Anna Crilly (Anna & Katy, Lead Balloon, Sorry I've Got No Head) discusses her love for Julia Davis and Rob Brydon's often-overlooked masterpiece Human Remains.

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Lucy Porter on Ellen Degeneres: One Night Stand (1990)

Thu, 02 May 2019 02:00:00 GMT

Comedian Lucy Porter talks about Ellen Degeneres' first TV stand-up special, and how it inspired her.

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Nadia Shireen on Smash Hits

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 02:00:00 GMT

Illustrator and children's author Nadia Shireen celebrates the comic voice of Smash Hits magazine, and the influence it had on her, and the way we make jokes about pop.

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Miles Jupp on Frasier: 'Mixed Doubles'

Thu, 18 Apr 2019 02:00:00 GMT

Comedian, writer and actor Miles Jupp (The News Quiz, Rev, The Thick Of It) waxes lyrical about multi-award winning sitcom Frasier and in particular, the episode Mixed Doubles.

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Matt Lucas on Gerard Hoffnung

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 02:00:00 GMT

Comedian Matt Lucas talks about his love for the surreal improvised interviews of Gerard Hoffnung, the 1950s humorist, musician and artist.

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Charlie Brooker on Airplane!

Thu, 04 Apr 2019 02:00:00 GMT

Charlie Brooker, the human behind Black Mirror, Cunk On Britain, Wipe and A Touch Of Cloth, joins us to talk about the film Airplane! Surely, you can't be serious? Yes. Yes we are serious. Also includes frank Batman and Robocop chat. You have been warned.

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Beardyman on Kenny Everett's 'World's Worst Record Show'

Thu, 28 Mar 2019 03:00:00 GMT

Musician, DJ and comedian Darren Foreman, aka Beardyman, picks Kenny Everett's legendary radio rundown of the world's worst records, and its vinyl release, as a formative and unbearable influence.

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Sanjeev Singh Kohli on Blue Jam

Thu, 21 Mar 2019 03:00:00 GMT

Award-winning writer and performer Sanjeev Singh Kohli (Fags Mags & Bags, Look Around You, Still Game) bids us all "oo vuj welcome" in Blue Jam, Chris Morris' experimental flu-woozy small hours head-comedy.

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Katy Brand on Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers

Thu, 14 Mar 2019 03:00:00 GMT

Award winning writer and comedian Katy Brand talks about the mind-expanding effects of the first Red Dwarf novel by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, 'Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers'.

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Josh Weinstein on SCTV

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 03:00:00 GMT

Josh Weinstein, show-runner of The Simpsons, Futurama and Disenchantment, shares some Simpsons backstage stories, and talks about the influence of groundbreaking Canadian sketch show SCTV on a whole generation of comedy writers.

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Dara Ó Briain on Eddie Izzard: Definite Article

Thu, 28 Feb 2019 14:00:00 GMT

Award winning comedian Dara O'Briain joins us to talk about the effect Eddie Izzard's third big show had on him as a young stand-up, and shares some trade secrets about how to get an audience on side.

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XMAS SPECIAL 2: Sara Gibbs on A Charlie Brown Christmas

Tue, 25 Dec 2018 03:00:00 GMT

It's our second Christmas Special, as comedy writer Sara Gibbs (Succubus, Dead Ringers, Daily Mash) joins us round the fire to talk about the very first Peanuts TV special, 1965's A Charlie Brown Christmas, a cockle-warming mainstay of seasonal telly.

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XMAS SPECIAL 1: Neil Forsyth on Morecambe & Wise Xmas 1977

Sun, 23 Dec 2018 03:00:00 GMT

Neil Forsyth, the writer of Eric, Ernie & Me talks about Eddie Braben's writing for the 1977 Morecambe and Wise Christmas special, the ratings smasher that drew half the nation round the telly.

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Chris Addison on Victoria Wood As Seen On TV

Thu, 20 Dec 2018 03:00:00 GMT

Award winning comedy performer, writer and director Chris Addison (The Thick of It, Veep) talks about the life-changing effect of Victoria Wood's 1980s sketch series As Seen On TV.

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Caroline Norris on Trevor and Simon

Thu, 13 Dec 2018 03:00:00 GMT

Award winning producer Caroline Norris (Horrible Histories, Tracey Ullman, Armstrong & Miller) celebrates Saturday morning telly's pant-swinging double act Trevor and Simon, and talks about the art of making comedy for children that adults can enjoy too.

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Nish Kumar on Darkplace

Thu, 06 Dec 2018 03:00:00 GMT

Comedian Nish Kumar (The Mash Report, Newsjack) talks about his love for "the comedy nerd's Valhalla" Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, a single series of six perfectly formed horror spoofs from Matt Holness, Richard Ayoade, Alice Lowe and Matt Berry.

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John Luke Roberts on Tom Lehrer

Thu, 29 Nov 2018 03:00:00 GMT

Comedy writer, performer and absurdist John Luke Roberts talks about his lifelong love for the acerbic songs of Tom Lehrer.

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Margaret Cabourn-Smith on A Bit Of Fry & Laurie

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 03:00:00 GMT

Comedy actor Margaret Cabourn-Smith talks openly about her lifelong infatuation with Fry & Laurie, and comedy writers Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris join in. An unseemly scramble to quote the most sketches ensues.

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Mat Baynton on The Big Lebowski

Thu, 15 Nov 2018 03:00:00 GMT

Award Winning actor and writer Mat Baynton (The Wrong Mans, Horrible Histories) slouches in and pours himself a white Russian to celebrate the Coen Brothers' shambling masterpiece The Big Lebowski, with comedy writers Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris.

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Paul King on To Be Or Not To Be

Thu, 08 Nov 2018 03:00:00 GMT

Paddington's award-winning director Paul King joins us to talk about how he brought the bear to the screen, and to show us one of his favourite films, Ernst Lubitsch's hilarious 1942 Nazis vs Luvvies comedy 'To Be Or Not To Be'.

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Barunka O'Shaughnessy on Shaun Micallef

Thu, 01 Nov 2018 03:00:00 GMT

Writer, script editor and funny person Barunka O'Shaughnessy (co-writer with Julia Davis of the award-winning Hunderby) sits down with Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley to celebrate Australian sketch comedy The Micallef Program, and in particular the sketch Spiffington Manse, giving the period drama a further stupid kicking.

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Ed Morrish on The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy (radio series)

Thu, 25 Oct 2018 02:00:00 GMT

Radio comedy producer Ed Morrish (John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, The News Quiz, Welcome To Our Village) talks to Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris about the series that gave radio comedy production a good name: Douglas Adams' Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

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Kevin Eldon on The Rutles

Thu, 18 Oct 2018 02:00:00 GMT

Comedy performer and writer Kevin Eldon (Jam, It's Kevin, Big Train, Hot Fuzz, Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle) talks to Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley about his love for Neil Innes and Eric Idle's pitch-perfect Beatles pastiche, The Rutles.

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Aisling Bea on Father Ted

Thu, 11 Oct 2018 02:00:00 GMT

Comedian and writer Aisling Bea talks about how Father Ted changed her life, in conversation with comedy writers Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris.

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Tom Davis on The Wonder Years

Thu, 04 Oct 2018 02:00:00 GMT

The BAFTA award winning Tom Davis (Murder in Successville, Action Team) talks to comedy writers Jason Hazaley & Joel Morris about the heart-yanking final episode of pioneering family sitcom The Wonder Years. "And that was when it hit me..."

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Sue Perkins on This Is Spinal Tap - LIVE!

Thu, 27 Sep 2018 02:00:00 GMT

Recorded LIVE in front of an audience at the London Podcast Festival 2018. Writer, performer and national treasure Sue Perkins unleashes a triple-gatefold-album of praise for This Is Spinal Tap, joining comedy writers Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris in their respective onstage translucent pods.

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SERIES ONE: The Clip Show

Thu, 09 Aug 2018 02:00:00 GMT

While we're on holiday, a chance to revisit some of our favourite bits of series one. Thanks to all our fantastic guests, and thanks to you for listening. Back soon with a load more good stuff.

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Matthew Holness on Monty Python's Holy Grail LP

Thu, 19 Jul 2018 02:00:00 GMT

Writer, comedian and director Matthew Holness (Garth Merenghi's Darkplace, Back) joins Jason Hazeley & Joel Morris to discuss the LP album version of Monty Python And The Holy Grail and the influence it had on him and his work. That's not the film, but the record*. Because that's how we do things round Rule Of Three way.

(*The EXECUTIVE version of the record, naturally.)

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Katherine Jakeways on Ever Decreasing Circles

Thu, 12 Jul 2018 02:00:00 GMT

Comedy writer and actor Katherine Jakeways (North by Northamptonshire, Armstrong & Miller, Tracey Ullman) brings in the classic cricket match episode of Esmonde & Larbey's "Ever Decreasing Circles", to lay in front of Joel Morris (who genuflects politely) and Jason Hazeley (who commits frenzied sacrifice in its honour) for the hosts both know this sitcom's awesome suburban power.

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Cariad Lloyd on Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Thu, 05 Jul 2018 02:00:00 GMT

Comedy performer, writer, improviser and multi-award winning podcaster Cariad Lloyd (Griefcast, Austentatious, Murder In Successville, Comedy Store Players) talks to Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris about her love for TV's groundbreaking improvised comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway? as well as discussing how comedy can help cope with personal tragedy, and how the hell improvisation works.

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Tony Way on Trading Places

Thu, 28 Jun 2018 02:00:00 GMT

Comedy writer and actor Tony Way (Reeves & Mortimer, Fast Show, Brian Pern, Game of Thrones) brings in the classic 1980s Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis comedy Trading Places for discussion with comedy writers Jason Hazeley & Joel Morris, while dressed as Father Christmas with all salmon in his beard.

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"Stopping Stand Up" SPECIAL with Carrie Quinlan & Marc Haynes, on Bill Hicks

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 02:00:00 GMT

20 years ago, Carrie Quinlan and Marc Haynes were winning the biggest national prizes for new stand ups. But they walked away and would never do it again. Why would a stand-up give up the mic? Focusing on the early stand-up set of Bill Hicks - one of the comics who made Marc and Carrie take the stage in the first place - and sharing stories of life on the road, what makes a stand up tick, and just how badly a gig can go.

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David Quantick on Time Bandits

Thu, 14 Jun 2018 02:00:00 GMT

Emmy Award winning comedy writer David Quantick (The Day Today, Thick of It, Harry Hill, Brass Eye) talks to Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris about his love for "one of the best films ever made", Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits.

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Davey Jones on Leo Baxendale

Thu, 07 Jun 2018 02:00:00 GMT

Legendary Viz cartoonist Davey Jones (the man behind Gilbert Ratchet, Major Misunderstanding and The Vibrating Bum Faced Goats amongst hundreds of others) gives a rare interview about one of his comic heroes, Leo Baxendale, and his hugely influential Willy The Kid books, the natural development of the anarchic work he'd done creating The Bash Street Kids.

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Rufus Jones on Midnight Run

Thu, 31 May 2018 02:00:00 GMT

Comedy writer and actor Rufus Jones (W1A, Camping, Stag) talks about his love for seminal 1980s action comedy Midnight Run, with Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin as hassled bounty hunter and none-too-fussed quarry respectively.

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Jon Holmes on Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album

Thu, 24 May 2018 02:00:00 GMT

Multi-award winning writer and presenter Jon Holmes (Now Show, Dead Ringers, Listen Against, being thrown off various radio stations for breaches of broadcasting regulations) talks about Monty Python's controversial final LP, The Contractual Obligation Album with comedy writers Jason Hazeley & Joel Morris.

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Isy Suttie on Love Nina

Thu, 17 May 2018 02:00:00 GMT

Writer and performer Isy Suttie (Peep Show, The Actual One, Damned) chooses Nina Stibbe's book "Love Nina" as her funny thing that she loves, to discuss with comedy writers Jason Hazeley & Joel Morris.

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Danielle Ward on Bottom

Thu, 10 May 2018 02:00:00 GMT

Comedy writer and performer Danielle Ward (Dilemma, Do The Right Thing, Dangermouse) talks to Jason Hazeley & Joel Morris about something funny that she loves: Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson's "Bottom", the existential slapstick sitcom that she describes as "Beckett for kids". Just doing it, and doing it, and doing it.

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John Finnemore on On The Hour

Thu, 03 May 2018 02:00:46 GMT

Comedy writer and performer John Finnemore (Cabin Pressure, John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, Double Acts) talks to Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley about his love for Chris Morris, Armando Iannucci and co's groundbreaking radio news spoof On The Hour.

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RULE OF 3 - THE TRAILER

Tue, 20 Mar 2018 10:20:03 GMT

Trailer for Rule of Three. People who make comedy pick a piece of comedy that they love. A special guest brings their favourite glowing comic artefact each time for the delight and inspection of comedy writers Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris.

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