Do The Right Thing

Do The Right Thing

Award-winning comedy panel show hosted by Danielle Ward, with team captains Margaret Cabourn-Smith and Michael Legge and amazing special guests. In it, two teams work out the right thing to do in strange scenarios and scary situations which range from the everyday to the weird and extreme. Don't feel you have to start at the beginning - we'd suggest you start with the most recent series then work backwards! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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April 27, 2023 • 48 mins

Hello!


This isn't a new episode of Do The Right Thing (sob!) but we thought you might like to sample Margaret's new(ish) podcast Crushed! - and in particular the latest episode in which she chats to Danielle about her crushes and unrequited loves in all their intense and embarrassing glory. Within there is plenty of discussion of why stand ups make terrible boyfriends, which two qualities you'd have to have to date Danielle, and...

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...something that might be of interest.


DTRT's very own Michael Legge - the especially angry one - has a book coming out VERY SOON.


'Strawberries To Pigs' is a collection of his writing from 2008 to 2020, and is also his way of apologising for inventing online anger and wrecking all our lives. Stories of romance, success and bravery are not included. Instead of writing about how fun and exciting the life of a comedian is, he ...

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Chris Addison and Anna Mann are the gifts that keep on giving in the 2019 Christmas Special! It is a very traditional affair, with all the usual festive ingredients you'd expect, including squirrels, gimp masks, sword fighting, an abbatoir and Danke Jonathan. Expertise is provided by the overwhelmingly brilliant, lovely and Panto-tastic Joe Tracini.


We hope you've enjoyed the new episodes this year and that this Christmas Specia...

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October 21, 2019 • 55 mins

Aisling Bea and Miles Jupp are the guests for the final show of this mammoth series - and we go out with a bang in an episode that considers how to commit the perfect murder, how to behave on public transport, what to do if you sext your ex and then they start blackmailing you, how to deal with flatmates whose onanism is too noisy and a few new-life lessons from Expert Midwife Kerry.


If you enjoy Do The Right Thing there are two...

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Rufus Hound and Tawny Newsome guest at the London Podcast Festival in a show that considers calming down angry people, surviving a freefall without a parachute, how to cope with a dog who wants to join in when you're having sex, the whys and wherefores of getting a second date (featuring possibly the worst advice ever given in the course of an Agony round courtesy of Danielle) and a very fun Ask The Expert round with expert guest b...

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Bethany Black and David Reed join the gang in glorious York for the first ever recording outside London or Edinburgh (yes, we know you've already heard the Birmingham recording, but that was recorded three days after this one). Anyway, the subjects covered include jellyfish stings, interrogation techniques, whether honesty is the best policy when it comes to unexpected windfalls, two cracking audience Agony problems (how to own up ...

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September 30, 2019 • 51 mins

Rachel Fairburn and Neil Edmond are the perfect guests for a show that considers runaway horses, meeting strangers from the internet in real life, unwanted matchmaking, secret tattoos and aggressively smelly bosses. There then follows a frankly delightful chat with expert cruise ship entertainment and hospitality director Peter Gibbs.


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Vivienne Acheampong and Glenn Moore join Danielle, Margaret and Michael to discuss rioting, parents embarrassing you on social media, the rights and wrongs of weeing in the sink and dirty housemates. There's then a disconcerting amount of talk about fists with expert guest materials scientist Anna Ploszajski.


If you want to support the show, then let us tell you how... click here to donate some cash to the cause, or you can also...

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September 20, 2019 • 1 min

Do The Right Thing and support #PODSTRIKE on Friday September 20th 2019.


This week will be historic. In over 150 countries, people are stepping up to support young climate strikers and demand an end to the age of fossil fuels. The climate crisis won’t wait, so neither will we.


Young people have woken up much of the world with their powerful Fridays For Future school strikes for the climate. Now, millions of adults are joining...

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Bridget Christie and Sara Barron are the guests for a joyous romp through subjects including talking about the birds and the bees with your kids, sandstorms, disowning family for motorcycling reasons, a boyfriend who won't move out of a flat, an awful cow skin rug and an eye-popping discussion with expert Human Resources professional Colleen Cheetham-Gerrard.


Want to support the show? You're a hero! Click here to find out h...

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Lou Conran and Benjamin Partridge are on board for discussions about being indoors for an earthquake, shaking hands, sucking thumbs, dead rats (and badgers), kids eating food off the pavement plus an awful lot about worms with expert guest professor Dr Jonathan Pettitt.


If you'd like to support the show, do click here to find out how you can do so via the medium of cash (which would be much appreciated), or click on your own soc...

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Caroline Mabey and William Andrews are the very fun guests for this earliest recording of series 7 (back in February 2018). It covers vital subjects such as the correct way to deal with a snake bite, how to cure hiccups, what to do if you've told your partner you have a terminal disease when that isn't strictly true and the correct etiquette when sex parties and your day job collide. We also learn a lot about fire with an expert gu...

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Lucy Porter and Rick Edwards are on the guest list for our WEDDING SPECIAL, recorded earlier this year as the hen do for Danielle ahead of her then-impending nuptials. And what bride-to-be could want for more? With brilliant tips on how to impress your future parents-in-law, what to do if the caterers poison the Wedding Breakfast, how to deal with people who don't buy you gifts and some pertinent advice from our holiest ever expert...

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Heidi Regan and Darren Harriott are the guests for an eventually rather filthy show which which covers the genteel subjects of breaking down a door and getting on with people you dislike at work before taking a turn with a neighbour's dirty doggy, a quick detour via tall people at music gigs, a bizarre trip into Creme Eggs before a surprisingly bodily-function-heavy chat with brilliant - nay, WORLD RECORD-HOLDING - marathon running...

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Richard Herring and Deborah Frances-White are the guests for a very fun show which covers gas leaks, the art of persuasion, extreme ghosting, taking your mother out on a date, the etiquette of watching TV with your partner and the world of Dominatrix-ing with former Dominatrix Miranda Kane - which includes a truly brilliant and bizarre story about a spanking retreat.


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Sarah Millican and Joe Lycett join Danielle, Margaret and Michael for a show recorded at the 2019 PodFest at Birmingham's echoey but lovely Town Hall. Subjects covered include falling down, dealing with exam stress, coping with the fact your ex - who you ghosted 10 years ago - is now your new boss, what to do if your other half is addicted to social media and lamenting Bat Out Of Hell - The Musical - plus they get to talk parenting...

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July 9, 2019 • 57 mins

Ahead of the impending new series, we asked you what clips we should include in a 'Best Of' episode. You told us. We had a think. And the result is THIS - a 'Best of?' episode covering series 1 to 6. This is the PERFECT EPISODE to share with your friends, neighbours, putative in-laws, bosses and enemies - a serviceable introduction to the world of Do The Right Thing.


If you're a long-time listener, please consider supporting the...

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Jessica Fostekew and Nish Kumar come down our chimneys for this year's Christmas Special. And they bring with them a sack full of ice rescues, dodgy presents, evil families, wrapping paper, Santa Claus and Christmas Trees courtesy of expert guest Helen Cripps. Also within, discover which of our panel owns a lake... If you've ever wanted to bung us some money for all past episodes of Do The Right Thing, we've belatedly decided to ju...

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Sarah Kendall and Chris Addison join the gang for the second and last of our summer special episodes. The teams get a bit tipsy and discuss desert islands, jizz bridges, being friends with exes, nudism, shoe etiquette and eggs with kitchen gadget expert guest Rhik Samadder. Also, for any Producer Ben fans who missed him in the last episode... he's back! And if you enjoy Do The Right Thing, then please help get it into the ears of a...

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Cariad Lloyd and Phil Wang are the guests for the first of two summer special episodes. The teams discuss volcanic eruptions, noisy neighbours, evil twins, loud sex, battle re-enactors, violent cats, baldness and antiques with expert guest Mark Hill (surely the first DTRT guest who is also a regular on Antiques Roadshow?). The show also features the return of former guest and 'No Such Thing As A Fish' stalwart Dan Schreiber - this ...

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