Where There's A Will, There's A Wake

Where There's A Will, There's A Wake

Join Mel Giedroyc every week as she laughs in the face of death with all your favourite funny celebrities. Working on the assumption they’ve popped their clogs, they’ll be telling Mel all about how they’ve died, what they want for their funerals and why she should be unlocking the pearly gates for them. Want the episodes ad free AND extra content from Mel and her guest? 6 Feet Under steps away from fantasy and rifles through all your dead good emails. Head to wheretheresawilltheresawake.com to subscribe. AND If you've got a story for us, send it over to mel@deathpodcast.co.uk. A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcast To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com

Episodes

Here Lies Chloe Petts

August 12, 2025 • 46 mins
Want the episodes ad free AND extra content from Mel and the guests, PLUS everything from the Kathy Burke archive? 6 Feet Under gets knee deep in all your cracking correspondence. Head to wheretheresawilltheresawake.com to subscribe. AND If you've got a story for us, send it over to mel@deathpodcast.co.uk Mel's guest this week is stand up comedy extroadinaire, Chloe Petts! Dirty doodling, King Charles's brand and you're ...
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Here Lies Sophie Ellis Bextor

August 5, 2025 • 42 mins
Want the episodes ad free AND extra content from Mel and the guests, PLUS everything from the Kathy Burke archive? 6 Feet Under gets knee deep in all your cracking correspondence. Head to wheretheresawilltheresawake.com to subscribe. AND If you've got a story for us, send it over to mel@deathpodcast.co.uk Mel's guest this week is singer and Radio 2 DJ Sophie Ellis Bextor! Fly, dinky and was it murder on the dancefloor? ...
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Here Lies Glenn Moore

July 29, 2025 • 43 mins
Want the episodes ad free AND extra content from Mel and the guests, PLUS everything from the Kathy Burke archive? 6 Feet Under gets knee deep in all your cracking correspondence. Head to wheretheresawilltheresawake.com to subscribe. AND If you've got a story for us, send it over to mel@deathpodcast.co.uk A dog sh*t fart, glutton for punishment, and a deep hatred for soft play... Joining Mel this week is stand-up comedian...
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Here Lies Ivo Graham

July 22, 2025 • 40 mins
Want the episodes ad free AND extra content from Mel and the guests, PLUS everything from the Kathy Burke archive? 6 Feet Under gets knee deep in all your cracking correspondence. Head to wheretheresawilltheresawake.com to subscribe. AND If you've got a story for us, send it over to mel@deathpodcast.co.uk Joining Mel in Purgz this week is comedian and writer, Ivo Graham! Lime bikes, a deep lunge, and a memorial at Glaston...
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Here Lies Eric Idle

July 15, 2025 • 39 mins
Want the episodes ad free AND extra content from Mel and the guests, PLUS everything from the Kathy Burke archive? 6 Feet Under gets knee deep in all your cracking correspondence. Head to wheretheresawilltheresawake.com to subscribe. AND If you've got a story for us, send it over to mel@deathpodcast.co.uk Mel's guest this week is none other than comedy royalty and Monty Python legend, Eric Idle! Sit On My Face, head stone...
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Here Lies Vicki Peppedine

July 8, 2025 • 50 mins
Want the episodes ad free AND extra content from Mel and the guests, PLUS everything from the Kathy Burke archive? 6 Feet Under gets knee deep in all your cracking correspondence. Head to wheretheresawilltheresawake.com to subscribe. AND If you've got a story for us, send it over to mel@deathpodcast.co.uk Arriving at the Pearly Gates this week is a peppery one, it's actor and comedian Vicki Pepperdine! Parachutes, oily pe...
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Here Lies Rachel Parris

July 1, 2025 • 47 mins
Want the episodes ad free AND extra content from Mel and the guests, PLUS everything from the Kathy Burke archive? 6 Feet Under gets knee deep in all your cracking correspondence. Head to wheretheresawilltheresawake.com to subscribe. AND If you've got a story for us, send it over to mel@deathpodcast.co.uk Mel's dead guest this week is the tres magnifique comedian Rachel Parris! Jane Austen, tiramisu and an unusual item in...
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Here Lies Reverend Richard Coles

June 24, 2025 • 42 mins
Want the episodes ad free AND extra content from Mel and the guests, PLUS everything from the Kathy Burke archive? 6 Feet Under gets knee deep in all your cracking correspondence. Head to wheretheresawilltheresawake.com to subscribe. AND If you've got a story for us, send it over to mel@deathpodcast.co.uk Joining Mel this week is the HOLY Reverand Richard Coles - writer, radio presenter and Church of England priest. Rome...
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Here Lies Jesse Tyler Ferguson

June 17, 2025 • 45 mins
Want the episodes ad free AND extra content from Mel and the guests, PLUS everything from the Kathy Burke archive? 6 Feet Under gets knee deep in all your cracking correspondence. Head to wheretheresawilltheresawake.com to subscribe. AND If you've got a story for us, send it over to mel@deathpodcast.co.uk This week in the purgatory waiting room is Modern Family man Jesse Tyler Ferguson! Expect a good job, an anal report ...
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Here Lies Daniel Foxx

June 10, 2025 • 47 mins
A Fanny Cradock jacket, the Kings peach and some Gedroids.  But Wwhy is there no acai bowl on the menu?! Comedian, podcaster and close relation to Jamie Foxx, it's got to be Daniel Foxx in the purgatory waiting room this week!  Want the episodes ad free AND extra content from Mel and the guests, PLUS everything from the Kathy Burke archive? 6 Feet Under gets knee deep in all your cracking correspondence. Head to wherethere...
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Here Lies Bridget Christie

June 3, 2025 • 43 mins
Sh*t on a brick, Ian McShane's teeth, and being ejaculated out of a campervan. PLUS a cameo from Greg Davies!!! At last, no more chores! Comedian, actress and writer, Bridget Christie joins Mel at the hot and heavenly The Pearly Gates this week. Want the episodes ad free AND extra content from Mel and the guests, PLUS everything from the Kathy Burke archive? 6 Feet Under gets knee deep in all your cracking correspondenc...
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Here Lies Meera Syal

May 27, 2025 • 43 mins
A Ouija board, Fungi the dolphin, and David Cassidy with the Mumps. Wow, WOW, wow... Actress, writer & playwright Meera Syal visits Mel at the Pearly Gates reception area this week! Want the episodes ad free AND extra content from Mel and the guests, PLUS everything from the Kathy Burke archive? 6 Feet Under gets knee deep in all your cracking correspondence. Head to wheretheresawilltheresawake.com to subscribe.  AND If...
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Here Lies Suzi Ruffell

May 20, 2025 • 48 mins
A suitcase, a dart and a splash zone.  Sit here, relax, and miss your next meeting.  Mel Giedroyc's first guest is sensational stand up comedian and author Suzi Ruffell! Want the episodes ad free AND extra content from Mel and the guests, PLUS everything from the Kathy Burke archive? 6 Feet Under gets knee deep in all your cracking correspondence. Head to wheretheresawilltheresawake.com to subscribe.  AND If you've got ...
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Deborah Frances - White & Jen Brister - Purgatory Season

May 13, 2025 • 41 mins
A banquet, a living wage and bring on the dancing girls. Woah oah oh BRI-sterious girl.  Author and comedian Deborah Frances-White finds herself in the coffin throne as this week's host, accompanied by good chum and comedian Jen Brister.    Want the episodes ad free AND extra content from Deborah Frances-White and Jen Brister, PLUS everything from the Kathy Burke archive? 6 Feet Under steps away from fantasy and rifles thr...
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NEW HOST ANNOUNCEMENT!

May 6, 2025 • 2 mins
Where There’s a Will There's a Wake is being reborn with your brand new host Mel Giedroyc.  It’s still the show you know and love but she’s shaking things up just a little bit from her reception desk at the pearly gates.  You’ll laugh, you probably won’t cry, but bloody hell you’ll be entertained. BRAND NEW EPISODE drops on Tuesday May 20th and every week after that Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.co...
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Mark Steel & Andy Zaltzman - Purgatory Season

May 6, 2025 • 40 mins
A naked Nikita Khrushchev, 20,000 sonnets and Pterodactyl fodder. Great innings... Author and comedian Mark Steel has reincarnated as HOST this time around, and welcomes statistician and co-host of The Bugle podcast, Andy Zaltzman on to die for our Purgatory Season... Want the episodes ad free AND extra content from Mark Steel and Andy Zaltzman, PLUS everything from the Kathy Burke archive? 6 Feet Under steps away from fan...
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Pearl Mackie & Kiell Smith-Bynoe - Purgatory Season

April 29, 2025 • 41 mins
An Evel Knievel stunt death, wasabi hell, and NO body poppin'.  Life is sweet, enjoy it. Deathlings, you're in for a treat! Comedian and Taskmaster runner up Kiell Smith-Bynoe, and actress Pearl Mackie have come to linger in Purgatory from their own podcast 'Theatre of Crimes'. Want the episodes ad free AND extra content from Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Pearl Mackie, PLUS everything from the Kathy Burke archive? 6 Feet Under ste...
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Phil Wang & Pierre Novellie - Purgatory Season

April 22, 2025 • 41 mins
The King, the Colonel, and the Crown.  Please bring your glasses back to the bar. You'll never guess who the Grim Reaper dragged in... Only the stand-up starlets that are Phil Wang and Pierre Novellie! They join us from their dead good podcast, 'BudPod'. Want the episodes ad free AND extra content from Phil Wang and Pierre Novellie, PLUS everything from the Kathy Burke archive? 6 Feet Under steps away from fantasy and ri...
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David Tennant & Georgia Tennant - Purgatory Season

April 15, 2025 • 49 mins
Defying Gravity, a Michael Sheen eulogy and putting it gently inside yourself... Were those mini eggs off?  This week on The Purgatory Season are spectacular husband and wife combo Georgia and David Tennant. And they have been purged from 'David Tennant Does A Podcast With'... for your pleasure.   And you can get more from this dynamic duo over on David Tennant Does a Podcast With...https://listen.sonymusic-podcasts.link/x...
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Sara Cox & Clare Hamilton - Purgatory Season

April 8, 2025 • 40 mins
A half-salted rim, bare-back & a bum-lift safari. This looks like a job for me, so everybody just follow me... Oh yes, it pu-pu-pu-Purgatory Season week 3! And we're joined by BBC Radio 2 presenter Sara Cox, and her BFF Clare Hamilton. They join us from their brand new podcast 'The Teen Commandments'. Want the episodes ad free AND extra content from Sara Cox and Clare Hamilton, PLUS everything from the Kathy Burke archive?...
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