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Sam Williams is an award-winning comedian, writer, and actor who is known for his vivid confessional stand-up. His acclaim on the live circuit includes winning the Komedia New Comedy Award in 2023 and making his TV debut on BBC Three’s New Comedy Awards. He can also be seen on ITV2’s Standup Sketch Show and at the Pleasance Comedy Reserve at the Fringe. Sam’s social media presence is booming, with over 70,000 followers and over 100...

Paul Sinha is perhaps best known as the Sinnerman on the ITV quiz show 'The Chase’. Paul has also been a successful comedian for a number of years. As a club comedian, he has played every major comedy club in the UK, performed in eighteen other countries across the globe, and been three times nominated for Best Club Comedian at the Chortle Awards, winning in 2014. Paul has taken eight solo shows to the Edinburgh Fringe, his 2006 sh...

Matt Parker is a stand-up comedian, #1-best-selling maths author and a YouTuber with over 1.3 million subscribers and over 100 million views. He is a regular on Discovery’s Outrageous Acts of Science and BBC Radio 4’s More or Less and has been heard and see on BBC2’s QI, on BBC Radio 4’s Infinite Monkey Cage and The Museum of Curiosity and he created the BBC Radio 4 comedy show Domestic Science. His latest book Love Triangle was a ...

James Cosmo is an iconic Scottish actor who has starred in over 130 Hollywood movies as well as global classic TV productions. His films include Braveheart, Trainspotting, Troy, The Chronicles of Narnia, Ben Hur and The Last King of Scotland. On television, he’s known to millions as Jeor Mormont in Game of Thrones, and has appeared in hit series like Sons of Anarchy, His Dark Materials and Jack Ryan. He appeared as a contestant on ...

Steve Blacknell dated Kate Bush and flew on Concorde with Phil Collins from London to Philadelphia during Live Aid—just two highlights from a life lived at full volume. A former BBC presenter and MTV VJ, Steve introduced New Order on Riverside, hosted Breakfast Time and Radio1’s In Concert, and interviewed everyone from Lemmy to David Cassidy (in a hotel jacuzzi). He got his start in hospital radio thanks to advice from John Peel, ...

Lost Voice Guy, real name Lee Ridley, is the multi-award-winning comedian who shot to fame after winning Britain’s Got Talent in 2018—the first comic to do so using a communication device. He also won the BBC New Comedy Award in 2014 and the Tech4Good “Awesome Award” in 2019, and has featured multiple times in the Disability Power 100 list. Lee has appeared on Live at the Apollo, The Royal Variety Performance, The Last Leg, and The...

Comedian Scott Bennett can be seen on Live at the Apollo, BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz, The Now Show, The Likely Dads, Elephant in the Room with Sarah Millican, The Summer Festival with Daliso Chaponda and The Comedy Club with Arthur Smith. Scott is also a prolific writer for shows including The Chris Ramsey Show, First and Last with Jason Manford, and Little Mix – The Search hosted by Chris Ramsey. He is one of the UK’s most exciti...

Chris Tarrant is a British broadcaster and presenter best known as the original host of the hit quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, which he fronted from 1998 to 2014. With a career spanning over five decades, he began as a radio DJ and rose to fame in the 1970s on the anarchic children’s TV show Tiswas. Tarrant has also hosted numerous radio shows, most notably with Capital Radio, where he hosted the breakfast show for 17 ye...

Carl Donnelly is an award-winning stand-up comedian who has twice been nominated for the prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Awards. His TV appearances include shows like Mock the Week, Russell Howard’s Good News, Dave’s One Night Stand and Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. Carl launched his comedy career in 2005 and quickly rose through the ranks—winning Laughing Horse New Act of the Year (2006), Chortle Best Newcomer (2007), and Leicester M...

Sheli McCoy is better known as "Sabre" from Gladiators, the British TV endurance sports game show, which she first appeared on in 2024. She is recognised as one of the stand-out stars of the show, going on to be a guest speaker for the Dundee University giving their Annual Public Lecture in Entrepreneurship, appearing on the BBC One charity fundraising show Comic Relief, the television quiz shows The Weakest Link and on The Wheel a...

Kerry Ellis is one of the biggest stars of musicals from the West End to Broadway. She originated the role of Meat, in Queen’s We Will Rock You and was the first British Elphaba in the West End smash, Wicked, for which Kerry won the 2008 Whatsonstage.com Award for ‘Best Takeover in a Role’. She then immediately transferred to Broadway and played Elphaba at the Gershwin Theatre for 6 months, where she won the Broadway.com Audience A...

Steve Backshall is a BAFTA-winning wildlife presenter, explorer and author. His hit BBC series Deadly 60, where he tracks down the world’s most remarkable predators, is a huge hit amongst kids and adults. A seasoned adventurer, he has led expeditions to some of the planet’s most remote and dangerous environments, including uncharted jungle rivers and unexplored cave systems. Steve has presented numerous wildlife and adventure docum...

Olia Hercules is a Ukrainian-born, London-based chef, food writer, and culinary storyteller renowned for bringing the vibrant flavours and traditions of Eastern Europe to a global audience. Olia trained at Leiths School of Food and Wine and went on to work as a chef de partie at Ottolenghi, later becoming a sought-after recipe developer and stylist. Her debut cookbook, Mamushka (2015), won the Fortnum & Mason Debut Food Book Aw...

Our guest in EPISODE 500!! is the comedian Josh Widdicombe. Josh appears regularly on QI, The Last Leg, Fighting Talk, Mock the Week, 8 out of 10 Cats, Have I Got News For You and Hypothetical. He wrote and stared in his own sit com, Josh, won the first series of Taskmaster, has co-hosed Pointless with Alexander Armstrong, appeared on Strictly Come Dancing’s Christmas episode and filmed Who Do You Think You Are? where he discovered...

Very slight delay before our 500th episode so here's a look back at an unedited version of episode 100 with Ross Noble with around 30 minutes of unheard chat! Ross Noble came to prominence in the UK through his appearances on shows such as Have I Got News For You, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, QI, Top Gear and Just a Minute. He’s performed his Stan-up around the world and he was voted the 10th-greatest stand-up comic on Channel ...

Ute Lemper is an internationally celebrated German singer and actress. She first gained international acclaim playing Sally Bowles in Cabaret in Paris, a performance that earned her the Molière Award for Best Newcomer. She went on to star as Velma Kelly in Chicago in both the West End and on Broadway, winning the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical and a Theatre World Award. Her early career also included key roles in Cats ...

Petroc Trelawny is best known for being the host of BBC Radio 3’s Breakfast show for 14 years from 1998. In April 2025, he transitioned to co-host “In Tune” alongside Katie Derham, succeeding Sean Rafferty. In 1992, Petroc joined Classic FM as its inaugural afternoon show host, later moving to London News Radio and co-presenting BBC GMR’s Breakfast Show. Petroc has introduced numerous broadcasts for Radio 3, including the BBC Proms...

Miranda Raison is perhaps best known as Jo Portman in BBC’s Spooks. Miranda has most recently been seen leading Britbox’s hit show Sister Boniface Mysteries which she returns for series 4 in 2025. Next up she is leading David Hare’s new play Grace Pervades as Ellen opposite Ralph Fiennes at the Theatre Royal Bath in June 2025. Grace Pervades tells the extraordinary story of Henry Irving and Ellen Terry, the greatest stars of the Vi...

Joe Sutherland is a comedian who performs all over the UK and internationally, with a Sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Tour support for Ellie Taylor and UK tour support for stars of Rupaul's Drag Race. Joe’s recent appearances on TV include Dave’s Hypothetical and the BBC’s Eastenders. As he embarks on his first international tour, Joe is ready to share his story with his new show, MissWorld, in which he’ll bravely talk about ...