He’s a legend of stage and screen, and a true British theatre icon... Clive Rowe is our guest on this episode of The Final FronTia! An Olivier Award winner and much-loved panto dame, Clive has graced the West End in everything from Guys & Dolls to The Wiz and Sister Act. You’ll also recognise him from beloved TV shows - and TFF staples - like The Story of Tracy Beaker, So Awkward and Doctor Who. On this episode of The Final FronTia, Tia and Clive talk about the magic of pantomime and what it...
Jul 07, 2025•35 min•Season 1Ep. 65
She's a Valencian sensation who has performed everywhere from Newcastle to Los Angeles... no, she's not the former British Prime Minister, Choriza May is our guest on this episode of The Final FronTia! Tia's sister from Season 2 of RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs The World and Season 3 of Drag Race UK is spilling all of the tea... On this episode of The Final FronTia, Tia and Choriza talk about drag competitions and career beginnings, The Muppets, cultural comforts such as The Simpsons and political h...
Jun 30, 2025•36 min•Season 1Ep. 64
From the stage to the screen, our guest on this episode of The Final FronTia has done it all. Michael Marouli (AKA the Queen of Whitley Bay) was the runner-up on Series 5 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK and has performed everywhere from The X Factor to DragCon LA... and even Drag Idol Newcastle, because why not?! Michael currently stars in Pop Off, Michelangelo! in London until mid-July. On this episode of The Final FronTia, Tia and Michael talk about their favourite Drag Race franchises, musical theat...
Jun 23, 2025•40 min•Season 1Ep. 63
He’s an Olivier Award winning actor who has starred in everything from Titanique and Everybody’s Talking About Jamie and, as a child performer, he was even a Billy Elliot on the West End. The icon Layton Williams is our guest on this episode of The Final FronTia! On the telly, Layton broke through as one of the stars of the BBC’s Bad Education, and in 2023 he was a runner-up on Strictly Come Dancing. He’s also the narrator on the hit dating show I Kissed A Boy – the first British dating show to ...
Jun 16, 2025•38 min•Season 1Ep. 62
We have a hilarious episode of The Final FronTia lined up for you this week as comedian and TV star Sophie Duker is on the podcast! Sophie is perhaps best known for her appearances on the hit show Taskmaster (which she won the 13th season of!). She has also appeared on Live At The Apollo, Mock The Week and has won the Funny Women Best Comedy Writer Award and she was nominated for Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Fringe. On this episode of The Final FronTia, Tia and Sophie talk about the importance of ...
Jun 09, 2025•38 min•Season 1Ep. 61
We have our first return guest on The Final FronTia this week! Charlie Craggs is the headline-making author and content creator who also just so happens to be absolutely hilarious. She is the second transgender companion in Doctor Who’s history and has fronted the BBC documentary “Transitioning Teens” and was recognised in the Independent’s “Rainbow List” and the Observer’s “New Radicals” list. On this episode of The Final FronTia, Tia and Charlie are talking about navigating the dating world. I...
Jun 02, 2025•31 min•Season 1Ep. 60
We have a history-making guest (and one of our most requested guests ever!) on this week's episode of The Final FronTia... it's Lawrence Chaney! Lawrence won the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, becoming the first Scottish queen and the second plus size contestant to win across Drag Race. They won the 2021 BAFTA Scotland Audience Award and have since gone on to guest on Drag Race and travel the world... from Scotland to Hollywood! On this episode of The Final FronTia, Tia and Lawrence tal...
May 26, 2025•46 min•Season 1Ep. 59
We may all be a bit sad that Eurovision is now over, but we're just swinging back into things with a very special episode of The Final FronTia! On this episode, Tia is joined by a RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 4 queen who is also the UK's premier Geri Halliwell impersonators! Yes, we've got all the love for the Spice Girls on this episode. GQ have called her a "drag fixture" of London and she's worked with some of the biggest brands on the planet... it's Just May! Tia and Just May talk UK TV obse...
May 19, 2025•37 min•Season 1Ep. 58
We're saying goodbye to The Final FronTia: Eurovision Edition with a Bonus Episode featuring Steve Holden (AKA the host of the Official Eurovision Song Contest Podcast). Tia and Steve share behind the scene stories (including some embarrassing moments!), their favourite Eurovison contestants and what they expect from this years contest. PLUS we're predicting who will be this year's Eurovision winner using our own scoreboard and points system and an all-star jury including Choriza May, Tess Drive...
May 16, 2025•49 min•Season 1Ep. 57
We're counting down the days until Eurovision and as we near the end of The Final FronTia: Eurovision Edition - hosted by the UK's official Eurovision Social Media host Tia Kofi - we are joined by the ultimate Eurovision insider... Rylan! One of the UK's best known TV presenters, Rylan shot to fame on The X Factor and Celebrity Big Brother. Ever since then, he swapped contestant for host, hosting Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two, his own show on BBC Radio 2 and he has served as the co-comment...
May 12, 2025•38 min•Season 1Ep. 56
We are officially in Eurovision month! The Final FronTia: Eurovision Edition - hosted by the UK's official Eurovision Social Media host Tia Kofi - is continuing and this week we are joined by last year's Song Contest winner! Nemo won the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 representing Switzerland as the first openly non-binary act to win Eurovision. Nemo had been bubbling around the Swiss music scene for years beforehand - winning four Swiss Music Prizes in 2018 and even competing on The Masked Singer...
May 05, 2025•37 min•Season 1Ep. 55
With the Eurovision Song Contest a mere weeks away... we're joined by a true super fan and one-time UK Entry on this weeks episode of The Final FronTia: Eurovision Edition! Duncan James shot to superstardom in the early-2000s as a member of the boy band Blue. Duncan and the band achieved over 15 million record sales worldwide - including 3x UK #1 albums that went 10x Platinum! He has also participated in Dancing On Ice and Celebrity Hunted and has appeared on and presented numerous TV shows. Blu...
Apr 28, 2025•40 min•Season 1Ep. 54
We are less than one month away from Eurovision and The Final FronTia: Eurovision Edition continues! For the next few weeks, Tia will be joined by icons from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest. This week we're joined by a rising star from the Eurovision world - it's Miriana Conte! Miriana's Eurovision journey has been years in the making, having competed to represent Malta in 2017, 2018, 2022 and 2024, before finally being selected to represent her country in Switzerland in May 2025, with ...
Apr 21, 2025•33 min•Season 1Ep. 53
We are officially one month away from Eurovision so this is officially... The Final FronTia: Eurovision Edition! Over the next month, Tia will be joined by icons from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest. It's going to be the sort of wild ride you would expect from anything Eurovision! For our first episode, Tia is joined by the UK's entry for Eurovision this year... it's Remember Monday! Lauren, Holly-Anne and Charlotte are Remember Monday, the British country-pop girl group who first came ...
Apr 14, 2025•29 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Are we suddenly a musical theatre podcast? Fresh off of the Olivier Awards last night, we're joined by West End royalty Zoe Birkett this week! Zoe Birkett is a vocal powerhouse, currently starring as Tina Turner in TINA: The Musical in the West End. Before this show, she was in Moulin Rouge! The Musical, The Bodyguard (where she understudied icon Alexandra Burke!) and Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Before her turn on London's biggest stages, she was a competitor on the first series of Pop Idol a...
Apr 07, 2025•28 min•Season 1Ep. 51
We're joined by two Olivier Award nominated and Tony Award winning superstars of musical theatre who are behind the most exciting new musicals of the past few years! Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss are the creators of Six The Musical and, more recently, Why Am I So Single?. They have been included in Time Magazine's Time 100 Next list and their productions have been performed all over the world. On this week's episode of The Final FronTia, Tia, Toby and Lucy talk about their collective love of the the...
Mar 31, 2025•33 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Big Brother House... this is Tia Kofi and this week we have a two reality stars who have become the most unlikely friends! Lily and Ali both starred on the 2024 edition of Big Brother, with Ali winning the series. Despite their differences (Lily is 20 and works at a Chinese takeaway, Ali is 38 and is a forensic psychologist) they have grown a legion of fans who are obsessed with their friendship. Tia, Lily and Ali talk about their experiences on Big Brother, the intensity of reality TV (and life...
Mar 24, 2025•46 min•Season 1Ep. 49
We're joined by a history maker on this week's episode of The Final FronTia! Layyah is the first female winner of The Rap Game UK on BBC Three, having won the series in 2024 with the support of judges including DJ Target and rap duo Krept & Konan. Tia and Layyah talk about their experience on reality TV shows, empowerment in music, Love Is Blind, fan fiction and Layyah shares her admiration for the queens of RuPaul's Drag Race. Follow The Final FronTia Instagram: @thefinalfrontiapod TikTok: ...
Mar 17, 2025•30 min•Season 1Ep. 48
It was only a matter of time until this week's guest made their debut on The Final FronTia! She is a viral content creator who went from stacking the shelves in Tesco's during the COVID-19 lockdown to starring in the West End productions of Heathers, SpongeBob SquarePants and Six The Musical. Yes, Hannah Lowther is this week's guest on the podcast! Tia and Hannah talk about dealing with online hate, pivoting to more serious acting roles, Hannah's experience in Six and her brand new podcast How V...
Mar 10, 2025•40 min•Season 1Ep. 47
You know this week's guest from RuPaul's Drag Race UK, the United Kingdolls, music, DJing (and always being out!), all over the media and, of course, their own podcast The Pieces! This week's guest on The Final FronTia is the one and only Bimini. Tia and Bimini dive into their shared love for sci-fi and pop culture - including a very surprising secret about Bimini... Plus, they dive into the impact of shows like Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Eurovision and the Real Housewives. The duo also examine q...
Mar 03, 2025•36 min•Season 1Ep. 46
You're listening to the official One Year Anniversary party of The Final FronTia with your host... Tia Kofi! Tia is celebrating the podcast's first year by recapping some of her favourite moments from the past 44 episodes - including highlights from episodes with Juno Dawson, Pearl Mackie, Charlie Craggs, Heartstopper's Jenny Walser and just a few of our favourite Drag Race icons. Plus, because at this point it's basically a co-hosted podcast, we have an emotional tribute to Producer Poppy, feat...
Feb 24, 2025•39 min•Season 1Ep. 45
You might have spotted her on the streets... but now she's on The Final FronTia! Tiara Skye has gone mega-viral for her hilarious street interviews asking innocent members of the public to "name three famous lesbians" and other such questions! But, this drag icon is more than just a quick question. On this weeks episode of The Final FronTia, Tia and Tiara talk about rising to fame on social media, the evolution of UK drag, and personal aspirations. Tiara also shares her journey with the LGBTQ+ c...
Feb 17, 2025•39 min•Season 1Ep. 44
We have a RuPaul's Drag Race legend on The Final FronTia today! Rosé is best known for competing on the 13th season of the US series, placing third alongside Gottmik. They have also starred in the hugely successful off-Broadway musical Titanique, the New York off-Broadway all LGBTQ+ production of The Wizard of Oz (as Glinda!) as well as the reboot of iCarly on Paramount+. All of this alongside their own illustrious music career... what a peach! On this weeks episode of The Final FronTia, Tia and...
Feb 10, 2025•46 min•Season 1Ep. 43
She's a television presenter, pop star, classical pianist, theatre performer and she's even been awarded an MBE! Mylene Klass is one of the UK's most recognisable faces - having been a mainstay on British TV since the early-00's (first appearing on the reality show Popstars, which bred the chart-topping band Hear'Say), she has gone on to host iconic shows including The One Show (BBC), Loose Women (ITV) and she even won the all-stars series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2023. She's ...
Feb 03, 2025•45 min•Season 1Ep. 42
You might recognise Harriet Rose as a radio presenter on KISS FM or as the digital host of the MTV EMAs or The Masked Singer spin-off show "The After Mask". She has also been a contestant on Pointless and a panellist on the Big Brother spin-off show "Late & Live". On this weeks episode of The Final FronTia, Tia and Harriet talk about the rules for surviving a horror film, embracing lesbian identity in media, the all-time great female horror survivors and zombie apocalypse strategies. For thi...
Jan 27, 2025•44 min•Season 1Ep. 41
You might recognise her from Drag Race España, as one of the ambassadors for Madrid Pride... or as one of Tia's sisters on RuPaul's Drag Race: UK Versus The World (where she was crowned Miss Congeniality)... Arantxa Castilla-La Mancha is on this weeks episode of The Final FronTia! On this weeks episode, Tia and Arantxa talk about their shared Drag Race experiences and the fan comparisons made about them! They also talk all things Twilight (including a Mormon connection?), they cast Wicked with D...
Jan 20, 2025•36 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Ella Morgan made history Autumn 2023 when she became the first and only ever Transgender contestant to take part in the hit series Married At First Sight - and she's never looked back since! Having used her platform to become an award-winning trans advocate, she consistently uses her platform to educate and raise awareness on queer and trans issues. On this weeks episode of The Final FronTia, Tia and Ella talk about body positivity, Ella's journey through her transition, plans to climb Mount Kil...
Jan 13, 2025•41 min•Season 1Ep. 39
It's the moment we have all been waiting for... The Final FronTia Awards 2024 have landed and we're celebrating the stand-out episodes and moments from the podcast from this past year. Tia Kofi (aka Tina Cough Syrup) with sidekick Producer Poppy present the awards for everything from Best Scene Reenactment to Most Iconic Episode, Best Outfit, Fangirl Moment and more! Plus we have all of the behind the scenes gossip and heartfelt reflections on the years most memorable moments... and the friendsh...
Dec 30, 2024•24 min•Season 1Ep. 38
In classic British TV tradition... it's time for the Christmas Special of The Final FronTia! And this episode has all of the joy and festivity that you would hope and expect. Tia Kofi is joined by Producer Poppy as they dive into a quiz all about the Doctor Who Christmas episodes, featuring plenty of fun facts and trivia. Can you tell your The Time of The Doctor from your The Church on Ruby Road? Are you on a Voyage of the Damned... or more of a Christmas Invasion? There's no knowing where this ...
Dec 23, 2024•26 min•Season 1Ep. 37
When Jordan Sangha and Henry Southan first met on the 2023 reboot of Big Brother, nobody knew that these two strangers would become... lovers! Jordan went on to win the series, and now they have launched a new podcast "Club Sandwich". On this weeks episode of The Final FronTia, Tia, Jordan and Henry talk TV experiences, couple dynamics, the cultural impact of movies and TV shows like 'Wicked' and 'Doctor Who' and they spill about their new project... Follow The Final FronTia Instagram: @thefinal...
Dec 16, 2024•41 min•Season 1Ep. 36
