Getting deep
This week's clips are from early 2020 when it looked like World War 3, there is a lot of rage around, just like today, and I go into what I think that is all about.
Jun 14, 2021•39 min•Season 2Ep. 131
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Jun 11, 2021•3 min
Getting whacky with the doc
This week we go behind the scenes (allegedly) of doctor wotsit off the telly, I get attacked by a fan of the kooky president of a kooky country and there's an incident in the Pound Shop.
Jun 07, 2021•29 min•Season 2Ep. 130
You've got what in your muesli?!
This week we are forced to pick a seat in the cinema, the EU take our windows away, a strange argument is used for eating on the bus and I get put right off my breakfast.
Jun 02, 2021•37 min•Season 2Ep. 129
The Belly Button Inspector
This week we cover everything in chocolate, find something awful on the bus, wash our shopping long before covid appeared and eat off a tree.
May 24, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 128
All you need is lion dung
This week: Kier Starmer's hair, what to do with a squirrel, getting a takeaway from the zoo and what not to eat on a train.
May 17, 2021•39 min•Season 2Ep. 127
Guess who was more popular than Boris
This week, some time traveling between when Boris Johnson was elected leader of the Tories and how we felt about him two months later, there's a certain Nigel getting hit with a tasty treat and something weird about baked beans.
May 10, 2021•40 min•Season 2Ep. 126
Going in the right direction
This week, in clips from two years ago, which proves that nothing much changes, Boris Johnson has a fight over furniture, I get schooled in the delights of Bon Jovi and we find out which country's people think they are going in the right direction (not who might think).
May 04, 2021•43 min•Season 2Ep. 125
Boris Johnson ruined my sofa
This week's is a hoot - there's a reminder of how unreliable summers can be and a tantrum on the tennis court but mostly there's a lot of shouting and crashing coming from Boris Johnson's girlfriend's flat.
Apr 26, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 124
The Spice Girls versus Metallica
This week, we were contemplating the Tory leadership contest horror show, there was a spy report from a certain woman-group concert and I pick a fight with a heavy metal band.
Apr 19, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 123
What colour is a blue egg?
This week a re-match with an old sparring partner, trying to see Madonna from the cheap seats, how to get a new bike and who to blame if thing's aren't going your way.
Apr 12, 2021•35 min•Season 2Ep. 122
Madonna costs how much?!
This week, there's a shocker about Madonna, I get interrogated about drugs, there's a disagreement about Genesis and Donito Mussolini picks a fight with one of ours.
Apr 06, 2021•33 min•Season 2Ep. 121
Fun with maths
This week, the comical demands of the Tangerine Tornado when he wanted to stay with the Queen but couldn't, an up-to-date shocker about the world's most expensive room and a young person calls and gets caught in a game show.
Mar 29, 2021•35 min•Season 2Ep. 120
Cheating at golf
This week, the return of the naked cyclists, Donny kicks balls and I explain magnets.
Mar 22, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 119
Fighting with a sinner
This week, magnets in space, naked cyclists and how to catch a social disease (not related).
Mar 15, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 118
The Conservative Drug Taking Competition
This week, in the race to become our next Prime Minister, the candidates have a spliff-off, Donald Trump titillates the Queen and what a San Francisco tram smells like.
Mar 08, 2021•39 min•Season 2Ep. 117
Impersonating a national treasure
This week, a news clip that will delight a certain section of the country who will never get tired of hearing it, having a laugh with the Marxist Brothers and how to spend £40 billion.
Mar 01, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 116
Friends without benefits
This week, how we avoided World War Three, which politician looks like a Lord of the Rings character, what 5G will make more difficult and who's fault is everything!
Feb 22, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 115
The blimp is back!
This weeks clips are from Spring 2019 when the country held its breath for the arrival of Cheeto Mussolini. The Baby Tornado was going to blow into town and some people had made special preparations.
Feb 15, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 114
What does a stoned cat look like?
This week, a cat goes cold turkey, we find a use for the spice jar at the back of your cupboard and a certain orange tornado was planning to visit.
Feb 08, 2021•25 min•Season 2Ep. 113
Alien sex alert!
This week a certain Baby Tornado was due to arrive at the Palace in April 2019, there's a mystifying call about drugs from a person who may be familiar with them and some alarming news of very personal outer-space visitors.
Feb 01, 2021•34 min•Season 2Ep. 112
Power surge!
This week, a man complains to an unlikely individual about his electricity, I conduct a very brief chat with an old "friend" and we talk pot a lot.
Jan 25, 2021•34 min•Season 2Ep. 108
Exit the Baby Tornado
This week I mix clips from April 2019 with one bang up to date from last weekend in honour of the departure from the Whitehouse of the Tangerine Scream. Plus there's some alarming news for people who like to...you know...do it.
Jan 19, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 107
A total eclipse of the Queen
This week, a certain tangerine nightmare was planning an invasion of this country. This week's clips are from two years ago, when everything that happened this month seemed entirely predictable.
Jan 11, 2021•33 min•Season 2Ep. 106
ET is your father
A bumper festive issue that has aliens, commandments and meat and is stuffed full of fruits and nuts.
Dec 21, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 105
A spooky premonition
This week, I see into our future, mix a cocktail for a tube train and fight a dwarf warrior in Middle-earth
Dec 14, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 104
Don't eat the "chocolate"
This week there are a LOT of facts thrown about and even I learn something. There's a very surprising piece of information about solar panels, we learn why cows are better than boats and there's a little hot fracking action.
Dec 07, 2020•37 min•Season 2Ep. 103
A car that goes whooosh
This week, a boat gets dismantled by law experts, how to shame Denmark and there's a hint of automotive trouble to come.
Nov 30, 2020•37 min•Season 2Ep. 102
This podcast is an education!
This week, we get educated about things that go boom, some eco-ists get threatened with bascules and an airborne menace that's not the virus.
Nov 23, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 101
The solution to all our problems
This week, there is nothing like a dame on a mission, the next best thing to having a car and the answer to our stressed out, frantic lives.
Nov 17, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 100
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