In our annual fright-fest episode! Actor, writer and magician NICK MOHAMMED (T ed Lasso, Intelligence, Mr Swallow ) unpacks his biggest fears, including Madame Tussauds’ Chamber of Horrors, the 1980s Crimestoppers ads, Jonathan Creek, Derek Acorah channelling Bruce Forsyth, a recurring anxiety dream and ‘big-bodied’ spiders. Plus! Is Se7en a horror or a thriller? What is the Troxler effect? What’s the most disappointing magic trick? And what’s like to play a baddie on the world’s kindest TV show...
Oct 24, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 1
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 Jane Asher and Michael Bryant that still has the power to chill your blood. We also unpack his childhood...
Oct 30, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 4Ep. 11
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 The Fear on Twitter and Facebook @thefearpodcast The Fear is a podcast where funny people talk about the t...
Dec 12, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 10
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 The Fear is a podcast where funny people talk about the things that scare us. In each episode, comedy writer Sarah Morg...
Dec 05, 2019•58 min•Season 4Ep. 9
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… Shannonigans on Insta: @shannonemurray Shannon’s blog: https://shannonmurray.word...
Nov 28, 2019•54 min•Season 4Ep. 8
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 on the brain, break ups, and much much more… The Fear is a podcast where fu...
Nov 21, 2019•57 min•Season 4Ep. 7
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… The Fear is a podcast where funny people talk about the things that scare us. In each episode, comedy writer Sarah Morgan asks her guests to bring in three fears - a scary moment from film ...
Nov 13, 2019•50 min•Season 4Ep. 6
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 werecrocodile? Plus: Jan Pienowski’s Haunted House, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein ('s monster), spont...
Nov 07, 2019•54 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Merry Goth Christmas! In a densely packed, cobweb-laden live show from York Theatre Royal, husband and wife team Danielle Ward (Do The Right Thing, The Half) and David Reed (Inside The Comedian, All Rather Mysterious) have a chat about all things halloweeny, including: sad nuns, Poundland's creepy peepers, an off-brand halloween costume quiz, the creepiness of CBeebies Bing, terrifying balloon shops, Richard Felix's podcast ghost tour of York, the upsetting ballad of Margaret Clitherow, Steve Gu...
Oct 31, 2019•1 hr 17 min•Season 4Ep. 5
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.co.uk/programmes/m00039vv The Fear is a podcast where funny people talk abo...
Oct 24, 2019•54 min•Season 4Ep. 4
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 Sarah Morgan asks her guests to bring in three fears - a scary moment from film ...
Oct 17, 2019•54 min•Season 4Ep. 3
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 YOUTUBE nightmare holes… Revenge of Billy The Kid trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Oct 10, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 2
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) Come and see the next THE FEAR:THE LIVE at York Theatre Royal on the 25th October 2019 wi...
Oct 03, 2019•38 min•Season 4Ep. 1
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.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk/show/the-fear-live/ More info @thefearpodcast on Faceboo...
Aug 29, 2019•2 min
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… LINKS: Ed’s tour dates: http://edbyrne.com/live-dates/ The Dracula Bu...
May 16, 2019•56 min•Season 3Ep. 8
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... Find Jordan online @jordan_morris The Fear is a podcast where funny people talk...
May 09, 2019•51 min•Season 3Ep. 7
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.... THE FEAR is a podcast where funny people talk about the things that scare us. In each episode, anxious comedy writer Sarah Morgan asks her guests to bring in three fears - a scary moment from...
May 03, 2019•42 min•Season 3Ep. 6
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. The Fear is a podcast where funny people talk about the things that scare us. In each episode c...
Apr 25, 2019•47 min•Season 3Ep. 5
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 wood! Funny Feet Fetishists! Blade! Plus – Stuart and Sarah revea...
Apr 18, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 4
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! Rubbish ghost trains! And more… Follow Bec @bechillcomedian The Fear is a podc...
Apr 12, 2019•54 min•Season 3Ep. 3
WooooooOOOooh!! It's stand-up, comedy writer and editor of satirical online women's magazine Succubus, Kat Sadler! (@sadkatler) In a packed show, we discuss; dying on stage while dressed as a ghost; Ted Bundy; Schitt's Creek as a solution to True Crime heebie-jeebies; Succubus live shows; Australian nightmare-fuel children's entertainers The Wiggles; A lobster incident on Queer Eye; Splash (the mermaid movie); The Jaws ride at Universal Studios Florida; Writing topical comedy when the news has b...
Apr 04, 2019•50 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Ahoy hoy you spooky babies! Canadian stand up Glenn Wool (8 Out of 10 Cats, John Oliver's 'New York Stand Up Show') joins Sarah to unpack his greatest fears. Scary first gigs! Anxiety symptoms! Steve-Guttenberg-starring nuclear-panic tv-movie The Day After! When Your Dad Is A Cop! Weird nightmares! Church giggles! It's a hoot. See Glenn at Soho Theatre 26th-30th march, or on tour across this great nation! Glennwool.com Rate and review on apple podcasts, come and say helloooooo at @thefearpodcast...
Mar 26, 2019•54 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Author and screenwriter John Niven ( Kill Your Friends, The Second Coming ) talks about the return of his antihero Stephen Stelfox in his visceral new novel Kill Em All . Plus, John’s favourite scary moments including; the cupboard scene from Halloween , Jaws , the 1985 Yellow Pages advert "Signal Box”, “The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water” PIF, Twitter bans, feuding with JK Rowling, internet sh*tbergs, pumpkin carving, and the seasonal ballad of Fat Bernie. Contains swears, and scares. WATCH AL...
Nov 07, 2018•49 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Happy Goth Christmas everybody! Join us for a grotesquely over-sized horror special with the hardest working man in showbiz, Robin Ince. From the (dis)comfort of the Great Big Owl studio (boo-dio) Robin and Sarah share some spooky Veggie Sushi and a pint of tea, and enjoy a mind-bending chat-cocktail of (amongst other things).... comedian’s brains, sleep deprivation, Robin Williams, Inside Number 9, pages from Ceefax, Dead Line, The Fly, The Dead Zone, The Walking Dead, The Mist, The Road, Holly...
Oct 31, 2018•58 min•Season 2Ep. 8
It's here! The Fear! Get used to it! Stand up Sophie Duker (News Quiz, Wacky Racists) joins us for a seasonal Cadbury's Scream Egg and a safe-space chat about... First gig nerves! Pregnancy rom coms! Pansexuality! Tree-hugging! Caving in Wales! Talking to adults on the phone! And much, much, muuuucchhh more... If you like it, why don't you just MARRY it? (or leave a pleasant iTunes review.) Follow the hashtags #actuallyautism and #bhmblacklist for fun and learning! Follow Sophie: @sophiedukebox....
Oct 26, 2018•56 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Comedian Matt Kirshen ( The Jim Jeffries Show, Probably Science, Bigipedia ) shares his fears of heights, the miniseries Stephen King's It , and a childhood trauma in a fairground funhouse; plus Holly Gabrielson (Matt's girlfriend and human person in her own right) joins us to chat about clown attacks, strip club Roombas and immersive horror experiences... Follow the show: @thefearpodcast Follow Matt: @mattkirshen Music by Tim Bazell. This podcast is a member of the Great Big Owl family (insert ...
Oct 17, 2018•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 6
In a spooktacularly special episode, the bloody (like blood) boo-rilliant (brilliant) Carrie Quinlan ( John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, Ask The Nincompoops podcast) decides this isn't the week for popping her horror cherry, because life. Meanwhile, Sarah loses her mind trying to find Halloween-themed comfort television. It's a LOT. Follow our guest @quinlan_carrie Follow the show @thefearpodcast Music by Tim Bazell. This podcast is a member of the Great Big Owl family (insert spooky owl nois...
Oct 10, 2018•31 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Toot toot! All aboard the wonky-brain train! It's a sensitively-handled anxiety special with journalist, podcaster and publican Jon Blyth, aka Log. The host of the Regular Features podcast talks about how to run a happy pub post-Brexit, teenage eroticism of the Fighting Fantasy books, creepy bits from Vic Reeves Big Night Out, The Orphanage, Five Nights At Freddys, and much much more... Follow Log: @disappointment Or visit his pub, The King William IV in Nottingham? Follow the show @thefearpodca...
Oct 03, 2018•54 min•Season 2Ep. 4
In this episode, Sarah sits down with Terri White ( Empire magazine's Editor-In-Chief) to talk about her very personal relationship with cinema and scary movies. Find out how coming-of-age horror films help us make sense of womanhood, plus 'me-dates', True Romance , Scum , Frozen , Watership Down , Dead Man's Shoes , 1980s nuclear panic, and so, so much more. Follow Terri on Twitter: @terri_white Follow the show: @thefearpodcast Rate and review on iTunes, if you dare! Music by Tim Bazell. This p...
Sep 26, 2018•41 min•Season 2Ep. 3
In this episode, Sarah talks to LA-based stand up comedian Riley Silverman about her biggest fears, including fear of being yourself on stage, Dr Who , panic attacks, Large Marge from Pee Wee's Big Adventure , catfish (the fish, not the online terror), Teenage Mutant Something Turtles, trans representation in cinema and so, so, SO much more. Follow Riley on Twitter @rileyjsilverman Mentioned in the show: https://www.thesociologicalcinema.com/blog/the-not-so-hidden-transphobia-in-silence-of-the-l...
Sep 19, 2018•47 min•Season 2Ep. 2
