The Fear with Sarah Morgan

Back from the dead! The Fear is back for a one off spooky special, recorded on socially distant Zoom in the strange time of October 2020.  

Writer WILL MACLEAN (The Cunning Woman, High Strangeness) discusses his debut novel The Apparition Phase, described by Alice Lowe as “horror for the connoisseur”.   

We do a (very) deep-dive on his love for 1972s THE STONE TAPE, a sonic ghost story starring J...

LAST EPISODE OF THE SERIES.... Writer and performer Vicki Pepperdine (Dear Joan and Jericha, Getting On, Sally4Ever) on her writing routine, finding your voice, a creepy poem from her childhood, Grimm’s fairy tales, going on Celebrity Pointless, teaching Ollie Murs to morris dance, the chest-burster scene from Alien, medical intervention and so much more…

Vicki on Twitter: @vickipepperdine

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Writer Ian Martin (Avenue 5, The Death of Stalin, Veep) on podcasts, his loathing of amateur compound swearing, the ‘death of satire’, The Skeletons from Jason And The Argonauts, a half-remembered PIF from the 60s, and nothing.

Ian on twitter: @ianmartin 

Ian’s Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/dec/05/diagnosed-cancer-dead-by-christmas-karmic-voodoo

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Actor, writer, disability activist and sweary legend SHANNON MURRAY (Silent Witness, Eastenders, Class) on nude scenes, growing up in a rock n’roll household, fancying Dracula, Tales Of The Unexpected, the fear of being trapped in a sauna, the existential ennui of 1980s Sunday evening television, London’s Burning, Poltergeist, the bubble baby, Tubular Bells, The NHS, cockroaches, and bad feminism. And SO much more…

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Comedian, TED-talker and Drag King KEMAH BOB (The Guilty Feminist, FOC It Up) has what a lazy comedy reviewer might call a ‘frank and fearless!’ chat about fear, including: 

Bipolar disorder and Kanye West, How to start a career in a new country, the Femmes of Colour comedy club, when people are a little bit too into your drag persona, the Leprechaun movies (sort of), death, insanity, the effects of hormonal birth control...

BLURB Comedy writer and performer Brona C. Titley (Tracey Ullman’s Show, 8 Out Of 10 Cats) reveals what it’s like to wake up and find you’re the focus of a furious internet pile-on; PLUS we unpack her worst fears including the Hell Money episode of X-files, roads, Stephen King’s Misery, gum-chewers, and FOMO… 

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Black Shuck! The melting monk! Highgate Vampires! A mystically powerful WH Smiths!  To celebrate USBORNE’S WORLD OF THE UNKNOWN: GHOSTS and WELCOME TO THE DARK SIDE: OCCULT LONDON, Sarah invited author KATE HODGES (@theekatehodges) to revisit the horror books that traumatised them into the women they are today.  Finally, an answer to the eternal question, who’s fitter, Gef the talking mongoose, or a werecrocodil...

Writer Michael Lee Richardson (Bafta winner- My Loneliness Is Killing Me) unpacks his biggest fears: THE WHEELERS FROM RETURN TO OZ, GHOSTS, and FACES AT THE WINDOW...

Plus! We Were Always Here: A Queer Anthology, listening to 911 calls on YouTube, Take A Break Fate and Fortune, Most Haunted, Houdini vs Margery Crandon, Orbs, The Usbourne Book of Ghosts, and much, much more...

My Loneliness Is Killing Me: https://www.bbc...

In a gorgeously sprawling chat, Andy Nyman (Ghost Stories, Derren Brown) talks about the latest incarnation and tour of GHOST STORIES; plus ghost trains, haunted theatres, Imposter syndrome, Fiddler On The Roof, The Fog, ITV’s Thriller, religion, the NHS, an American Werewolf in London and much, much more... 

The Fear is a podcast where funny people talk about the things that scare us. For each episode, comedy writer Sara...

Hey you big Halloweenies! Triple-threat Tom Neenan (Mash Report, It’s Always Infinity) joins Sarah for seasonally spooky chat about SIMPSONS TREEHOUSE OF HORROR, his radio show THE HAUNTENING and SIMON BATES VIDEO WARNINGS! And of course Tom unpacks his greatest fears, including: 

The poster for the bad 80s horror film the REVENGE OF BILLY THE KID; The Judge Doom dip scene from WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?; and YOUTUB...

We’re baaaack... live from the London Podcast Festival, HELEN ZALTZMAN (The Allusionist, Answer Me This) unpacks her greatest fears- including a festive fizzy beverage advert, a cruel childhood prank about the apocalypse, and enforced audience participation... 

We also dabble in the dark arts to bind a bully, discuss baggy jumpsuits, sexy Santas, and who is the real monster? (spoiler, it’s man.) (#notallmen) 

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The new series is so close you can smell it (sorry about that), but in the meantime here’s details of our forthcoming live shows featuring HELEN ZALTZMAN (London Podcast Festival, September 15th) and DANIELLE WARD AND DAVID REED (York Theatre Royal, October 25th 2019). Ticket links: 

LONDON (With Helen Zaltzman)

https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/the-fear/

YORK (With David Reed and Danielle Ward)

https://www.york...

In the last ep this series, (boooo) comedian ED BYRNE (Live At The Apollo, Mock The Week) talks about scary stuff including; hangover anxiety; toxoplasmosis; zombie ants; It Follows; A Quiet Place; the Vorvon “Space Vampire” from Buck Rogers In The 25th Century; a clip from an excellent 1970s documentary about Dracula fans; fears of demonic possession while Catholic; mad thoughts; and how fear helps you prepare for a tour…

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LA-based comedy writer Jordan Morris (@midnight, Bubble, Jordan Jesse Go!) on creating his monster-packed gig-economy sci-fi sitcom Bubble, plus! Schitt’s Creek, hipster neighbourhoods, The Theme From M*A*S*H, the You Must Remember This podcast and bad Karina Longworth impressions, 1930s horror movies, eyeball trauma in Demolition Man, a frank chat about FOMO, plus special guest Bug the cat, and much much more... 

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Emmy-winning writer David Quantick (Veep, The Thick Of It, Brass Eye) talks about his new horror novel ALL MY COLORS, plus! Meat Loaf's Bat Out Of Hell, Stephen King, Chris Morris, Coleridge's opium bully, The Sound of Music, the crap DC super-villain Supremo, the Twitter hellmouth, and much,much more....

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Pifs, plumbing and panic attacks.... 

Comedy writer Jason Hazeley (Philomena Cunk, Ladybird Books For Grown Ups, Framley Examiner) joins Sarah to unpack his greatest fears, including: The “Grain Drain” Public Information Film, The Young Ones, the closing credits of Camberwick Green, plumbing, and comas! Plus quite an intense and useful conversation about panic attacks. Take care of yourself out there.

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Stuart Goldsmith, stand-up, host of The Comedian’s Comedian podcast and ex-goth talks about his favourite spooky things including: Stu’s secret vampire past! Brandon Lee’s The Crow! Clive Barker! A sexy reboot of Bagpuss! Imposter syndrome! An unpleasant moment from the title sequence of The Equaliser! Noseybonk! A creepy-ass children’s rhyme about apples! Witches- bad, or victims of misogyny?! Xylophobia aka the fear of biting on ...

Stand-up Bec Hill (Comedy Club 4 Kids; Bec Hill’s Pun Run) joins Sarah for spine-chilling chat about: Polly Pocket and Sexy Hamburglars! “Monster Ball” week on RuPaul’s Drag Race! The importance of puns! Why fun is better than fear!  The ‘chicken bit’ from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory! Sexual awakenings in front of David Bowie’s Labyrinth! The Baby From Eraserhead! Pimple popping videos! Baby skulls on Snopes! Ru...