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In Young Howard's sci-fi adventure movie script, the world is running out of power. One company says they have a clean, renewable solution - but Penny, an investigative journalist who will stop at nothing to get the truth, suspects they are hiding something sinister...More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https:…

#25 Routines About Buttons - Richard is still hungover from his birthday - what a day that was! He is joined by Brett Goldstein, a man who once ran a strip club with his dad. They talk about looking dead eyed into a camera on Weekend Kitchen at Waitrose, working with the Hoff, what it's like on Halloween when you're the only single man on your stre…

Exciting news - today Sitcom Geeks launch our Sitcom Script Competition in association with the mighty Hat Trick and BCG Pro - with £1000 for the winning script. What we're looking for, what we're not looking for, why it's free to enter and what to do next, all discussed in breathless excited detail by James and Dave.Find out more about the competi…

#350 Docking - Richard had written an actual joke and been dreaming of tiny animal attacks, plus performing music in quite an unusual way. His guest it arguably a more accomplished musician - it’s the impossibly cool and talented Louise Wener. They discuss the similarities of their experiences of school and the 90s, what it’s like to appear on Top …

In Young Howard's sci-fi adventure movie script, the world is running out of power. One company says they have a clean, renewable solution - but Penny, an investigative journalist who will stop at nothing to get the truth, suspects they are hiding something sinister...More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https:…

Episode 47 - Dragon Boneman Versus Fluffy Rabbit - A surprise guest leads to an impromptu promo for Twitch of Fun and I think you will all be able to tell who the funny one is in the family. It's a very weary Twitch of Fun tonight, that nearly didn't happen, but Richard couldn't bear to think of all those excited grown adults celebrating their birt…

Chapter 109 - Path of Conkerf. It's just before 5pm on 14th October 2021 and it's a fine autumn night to visit a freshly ploughed field to clear easy stones that a child could clear. But what should you do when presented with such easy stony booty? You should take care my friends. For the FF are lulling you and Halloween is just around the corner.M…

#24 Sean Bean's Pound Shop Subterfuge - Richard proves he is down with the cool kids by chatting to his teenage fans about skateboards and exams before introducing a man who is at home driving a Bronto-crane as he is befriending a talking snowman as he is having a friend who travels through time and gets off with Samantha Mumba whilst he waits arou…

Frame 118 - 118 118 - It's back. After almost 11 months, the classic self-playing snooker contest picks up again - no stupid accents, no knock outs, no bullspit. But who will prove superior tonight Me 1 or Me 2. There's controversy from the off, but from then on just pure excitement and amazing break after amazing break. Sometimes there are snooker…

#349 timkey - Richard’s son is a chip off the old block, though Richard is upset that Lego has introduced things that are chips instead of blocks. His guest is University fraud Tim Key. The pair compare garments before Richard suggests a radical rebrand for the actor/comedian, teases out the story of how Tim got into the Cambridge Footlights, and h…

In Young Howard's sci-fi adventure movie script, the world is running out of power. One company says they have a clean, renewable solution - but Penny, an investigative journalist who will stop at nothing to get the truth, suspects they are hiding something sinister...More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https:…

Richard has discovered where he stands in the Twitch firmament of stars and it's not great news. Perhaps he is too tired to perform today, but Ally comes to the rescue with a song, a merry quip and a disgusting thing he'd like to do to your mum. What does Right Bollock have in common with Boris Johnson? Who endorses the malaria vaccine? Is a dog th…

#23 Suck Each Other Off A Bit - Richard reveals the hypocrisy of his parenting techniques and reminisces about the death of Lady Di. His first guest is Edinburgh Comedy Prize nominee Ahir Shah - they chat about Brexit, how looking into the sun proves your strength and wisdom and the older generations disregard for metaphorical ladders. His second g…

Stuart Goldsmith is a great stand-up and host of the superb long-running podcast examining what makes people funny. Great advice for freeing yourself up, going to Edinburgh "every show this year was a work in progress". And a searingly honest examination of his own favourite question "why aren't I more successful?"More episodes:https://www.comedy.c…

#348 Vice Versa - Richard has seen a middle aged man score a major triumph over two trainee baristas over the absence of a plate. His guest this week also expects crockery in coffee shops, it’s David Mitchell. They discuss the cruel and ever speeding passage of time, how to revolutionise body swap comedies, obituary photos, how David turned out to …

Chapter 108 Quick Fand - It's approaching 6pm on 2nd October and most of you are heading for a night out on the town, but Richard is heading for a night on the Stocean wave to clear some stones in the rain. He will be warning of how you can get sucked off out here on a night like tonight, plus how improper wiping can give you fingers like an ardent…

Episode 45- Technical Difficulties - This very special Twitch of Fun is recorded over two nights as the first one went a bit wrong, but it was worth the 24 hour wait to see the gold that the puppets would come up with. Richard is weak, as usual, but is pulled towards comedy by his pretend friends whilst debating the petrol crisis, men who say it's …

After last week's detailed analysis of Gremlins - Rufus set Howard a writing challenge: to write a scary but appropriate-for-children, disney-style story - similar, but not too similar, to Gremlins. This week, Howard reads that story... CONTENT WARNING: discussion of suicide.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang…

#22 The Main Thing Is Ricky Gervais Didn't Win - Rich is mortified about having accidentally crashed someone else's show and is thinking of becoming someone who pays to sit in a hairdressers. But the good news is that Colin is back to remind his guests of times that things have gone wrong for them. Rich's first guest personally knows many of the pe…

Shoot up the Table - It's finally here, the final day of frames and the two one million pound winners (or one two million pound winner). Some people thought it was all over before these last two frames, but those people might be in for a shock. I promise you that this tournament will keep you on the edge of your seat right down to the very last sho…

#347 A Bag of Sausage Rolls - Richard is concerned about a doppelgänger who is out there somewhere claiming to be him (and whether it might be him) and why the fraud has such a paucity of ambition and his son has some unexpected good news. His guests are Ian and Barry from the Parapod podcast and MOVIE! They chat about how to turn a podcast into a …

Rufus watched the 1984 movie, Gremlins. Now he's going to retell the plot to Howard, who has seen the film approximately a million times. We get deep into the loose ends, confusing rules, and mystifying structure of the movie, while still loving every single second of it.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:htt…

TOF #44 No Sweat! - There's technical difficulties aplenty tonight, but Richard Herring is, or at least once was, a professional and he soldiers on. The cast discuss Boris Johnson referencing the Muppets, a time traveller from 2027 and whether talking to puppets is a sign of midlife breakdown. Plus Prince Andrew comes up with a new catchphrase that…

#21 Three Nights in Peterborough - Richard is so close to becoming the Radio Times Comedy Champion that he can almost taste it, which will just make his ultimate failure all the more painful and thus amusing, but luckily he almost shat his pants on a children's roundabout. HIs guest went one step further than that, it's the wonderful comedy genius …

Dave and James go deep into smelling the flowers, keeping perspective and learning to love Bill Gates - all of which can help you to become better comedy writers. Also exciting news about the autumn's topical shows The Skewer and Breaking The News.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/Support Sitcom Geeks:https://www.patreon.…

Things Get Serious - In the penultimate week of frames there are some huge matches that could change the top, middle and bottom of the table. Will Durex cough up their Johnny money? Will the highest break be beaten? Will we find out what Sam Beckett's mission was? Isn't this just the same bloke playing himself at snooker quite badly? Will Referee 1…

#346 RETRACTO! - After four years Richard has noticed a hubristic plaque at his local cricket pitch and is gunning for North Herts District Council - they will regret crossing him. His guest is a return of the number 1 RHLSTP guest and number 2 human being (after Michael Palin) Bob Mortimer. There’s so much fun including the benefits of coiling lik…

Chapter 107: Moby'f Dick. It's 7.52am on 21st September 2021 and Rich just got some junk from the recycling bin on his fingers, but he doesn't mention it in the chapter as that would be unprofessional. Stone Chriftmaf has arrived and though that makes stone clearing easy, it also leads to psychological problems that every intermediate stone clearer…

Rufus watched the 1984 movie, Gremlins. Now he's going to retell the plot to Howard, who has seen the film approximately a million times. We get deep into the loose ends, confusing rules, and mystifying structure of the movie, while still loving every single second of it.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:htt…

#20 The Boy Who Cried Batman - The King has returned and he's at the spooky New Theatre Grand Hall where the Masons get up to all sorts of mysterious time-travelling. And Richard is very excited to be welcoming comedy legends The Doug Anthony All Stars, Paul, Tim and Paul. There's lots of chat about the Edinburgh Fringe of the eighties, the point w…

Mates - Some people think it's all over, but there are still a few of the Mes in a position to win the whole shebang and three of them are playing tonight. At least one of them won't be in a position to win by the end of it. But there's some amazing action and some tough choices to be made by the professionals and still no word from our sponsors Du…

#345 Bruce Forsyth’s Tobacconist - Richard is shedding body parts in his dreams, but making the most of the first class medical treatment that comes from having the Big C in your Big T. His guest is comedy legend and parrot joke expert Barry Cryer. Barry reminisces about the many stars he’s worked with over the 60+years of his incredible career inc…

Chapter One Hundred and Fix - Fix Geefe A Flying - It's approaching 7pm on the 12th September 2021 and Richard is finally forced to confront the allegations that are flying around the stone clearing world and which you've probably seen mention of on stone clearing message boards or rival stone clearing podcasts (mentioning no names, Brian Bramble).…

In Young Howard's Doctor Who script "Siege" - an evil race of space women attempt to invade earth by pretending to be a television broadcaster. Meanwhile, Tom Baker Doctor Who and Jamie are close by - sleeping at a policeman's house and going to the cinema.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreo…

Series 3, Episode 1 - Just How Much I Missed You. It's been away for the summer, but like a cold snap (did somebody say "cold snatch"?) it's back. With the same old jokes/characters/catchphrases and some new old ones. The team speculate on how the new Abba songs might sound and discuss the Chattanooga Choo Choo, bacon with nipples and pig faced sha…

#19 What's It Like Being the Unattractive One from Lee and Herring? - Richard is gifted a front row audience member who is not only wearing red glasses but is also called Aanth (that is not a typo) and vents as much as he can whilst in a position of strength, knowing his guest should be able to wipe the floor with him, it's record-breaking poker pl…

Top comedy writing teachers Chris Head and Kay Stonham join Dave and James with great tips for how to develop your career. A big shout out for the solo comedy writers in this age of the comedy-performer, understanding there's room for everyone - plus The Joy Of Sketch, and the excellent "Big hat little hat" theory of comedy writing.More episodes:ht…

Eraser - It's all hotting up now isn't it and tonight's frames could put the pretty kitty amongst the pigeons or basically crown the champion with 6 frames to play. Me1, Me2, Me 11 and Me 31 are the players in action and any of them could be walking home with at least one million pounds in a month's time, courtesy of Ian Durex. But what will the re…

#344 Send in the Clones - It’s season 22 melon-farmers and we’re back at the Leicester Square Theatre where we belong and Rich has had no sleep and may not be his son’s real (or at least only) father. His guests are the hosts of the fabulous Nobody Panic podcast (and soon to be a book) Tessa Coates and Stevie Martin. They talk about meeting someone…

Chapter 105: Field of Gold. It's before 8am on 6th September 2021 and Richard and Wolfie have an event strewn stone clear ahead of them. There have been changes on the Ftocean that just make things harder than before, but that's why you're here, for intermediate advice on how to cope with this and there's tonnes of this. Plus an intervention from a…

In Young Howard's Doctor Who script "Siege" - an evil race of space women attempt to invade earth by pretending to be a television broadcaster. Meanwhile, Tom Baker Doctor Who and Jamie are close by - sleeping at a policeman's house and going to the cinema.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreo…

#18 Two Men in a Field with Walkie Talkies and it's All Clear - Psychic Richard manages to divine the life of someone in his front row merely by looking at him, though what he finds out about this person's nipples will change your life forever. His guest this week is the Rod Hull faced comedian James Acaster. You will find out what it's like to sur…

Highest Break - It's the final matches of the fifth round and the tension if pretty much unbearable. But still just about bearable. There's discussion of the highest break so far in the tournament and then one of the players challenges for the highest break. But which one? And can she make it? There's a million pounds from our sponsor, Durex if who…

Chapter #104: Droopy Penif Earf - It's 8.42am on 1st September 2021 and it's been a while since we've been on the Ftocean. Rich is dizzy, with dizziness, not excitement, but stone clearing is the best medicine, even if the crop reminds you of your genitals. The fabric between alternate universes may be fracturing and some of the listeners may be tr…

#343 Sit Down Wees - Richard is back in Norwich and has an idea for a new Olympic discipline and gets paid big bucks to finally slag off someone’s uncle.. His guest is comedian and horror film maker, Matthew Holness. They discuss whether he is the lost boy of comedy, if growing up in the same town as a horror legend led to his obsession with darkne…

In Young Howard's Doctor Who script "Siege" - an evil race of space women attempt to invade earth by pretending to be a television broadcaster. Meanwhile, Tom Baker Doctor Who and Jamie are close by - sleeping at a policeman's house and going to the cinema.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreo…

#17 Biscuit - Rich meets some people who have never tried sushi before introducing Tourettes Superhero (though that's a secret) Jess Thom. It's a battle to see who will say the most inappropriate thing, but for once Richard is given a run for his money as the pair discuss the facts about Tourettes, the positive effects in terms of creativity, the g…

You've created a great character - congratulations! Now all you need to do is create another, and another, and build your stories around them. This episode Dave and James delve deep into creating relationships between characters.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/Support Sitcom Geeks:https://www.patreon.com/SitcomGeeks…

#342 Hand Carved Penis - Richard is finally in a Norwich for a gig rescheduled several times due to Covid and he has a story about his son’s attempts to build on his laughs before possibly going too far, the sky potato doesn’t fall far from the tree. His guest is food critic and musician, Jay Rayner. They talk about having a better beard than the A…

In Young Howard's Doctor Who script "Siege" - an evil race of space women attempt to invade earth by pretending to be a television broadcaster. Meanwhile, Tom Baker Doctor Who and Jamie are close by - sleeping at a policeman's house and going to the cinema.More episodes:https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/worst_writer/Join the gang:https://www.patreo…