Almost Famous

A trailer for series three of Almost Famous, the podcast where Barnaby Slater chats to guests about their experience of fame. This series will forever be known as The Isolation Episodes, as Barnaby chats to guests remotely from home during the strange times of Covid-19.

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Barnaby introduces some of his favourite clips from the two series of Almost Famous so far. Listen to excerpts of interviews from guests including Nicola Wren, Rhodri Giggs, Phoebe Eclair-Powell, David Baddiel, Ralf Little, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Matt Richardson and Rhys James.

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Recorded in The Podcast Lounge at Factory Studios, London

Produced by Radioville (Radioville.co.uk)

Series One Produced by Emily James

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James Redmond tells us what it was like to star in Hollyoaks in its heyday, how he moved on to present Saturday morning kids TV before going on to be in Casualty and tour the country as a stand up comedian.

In series two of Almost Famous, Barnaby explores the subject of fame with guests who’ve experienced it themselves, and asks them how it has affected their own journey, as well as the lives of those around them.

If you like what you hear please click the subscribe button, send us any thoughts or questions you have in the comments section and rate the podcast out of 5 stars. Thanks so much for listening!

Follow Almost Famous on:

Twitter: @podalmostfamous

Instagram: almostfamousthepodcast

More info at www.almostfamousthepodcast.com

Enquiries: [email protected]

Recorded in The Podcast Lounge at Factory Studios, London

Produced by Radioville (Radioville.co.uk)

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comedian and star of ITV quiz The Chase Paul Sinha tells Barnaby about his diagnosis with Parkinson's Disease, what it's like when fans of The Chase watch him do stand up comedy and why he's a mega star in New Zealand.

In series two of Almost Famous, Barnaby explores the subject of fame with guests who’ve experienced it themselves, and asks them how it has affected their own journey, as well as the lives of those around them.

If you like what you hear please click the subscribe button, send us any thoughts or questions you have in the comments section and rate the podcast out of 5 stars. Thanks so much for listening!

Follow Almost Famous on:

Twitter: @podalmostfamous

Instagram: almostfamousthepodcast

More info at www.almostfamousthepodcast.com

Enquiries: [email protected]

Recorded in The Podcast Lounge at Factory Studios, London

Produced by Radioville (Radioville.co.uk)

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sports presenter Max Rushden talks about punting in Cambridge, his Blue Peter screen test and getting, then losing, the presenter job on Sky Sports show Soccer AM.

In series two of Almost Famous, Barnaby explores the subject of fame with guests who’ve experienced it themselves, and asks them how it has affected their own journey, as well as the lives of those around them.

If you like what you hear please click the subscribe button, send us any thoughts or questions you have in the comments section and rate the podcast out of 5 stars. Thanks so much for listening!

Follow Almost Famous on:

Twitter: @podalmostfamous

Instagram: almostfamousthepodcast

More info at www.almostfamousthepodcast.com

Enquiries: [email protected]

Recorded in The Podcast Lounge at Factory Studios, London

Produced by Radioville (Radioville.co.uk)

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comedian Rhys James is a regular on BBC1's Mock The Week and tells us why he thinks he's a writer comedian rather than a performer comic, why he hasn't yet seen a therapist and gives us his thoughts on fame.

In series two of Almost Famous, Barnaby explores the subject of fame with guests who’ve experienced it themselves, and asks them how it has affected their own journey, as well as the lives of those around them.

If you like what you hear please click the subscribe button, send us any thoughts or questions you have in the comments section and rate the podcast out of 5 stars. Thanks so much for listening!

Follow Almost Famous on:

Twitter: @podalmostfamous

Instagram: almostfamousthepodcast

More info at www.almostfamousthepodcast.com

Enquiries: [email protected]

Recorded in The Podcast Lounge at Factory Studios, London

Produced by Radioville (Radioville.co.uk)

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comedian Clive Anderson talks about becoming famous while still working as a barrister, his run in with The Bee Gees and how he felt when he was told that he was losing his BBC1 talk show.

In series two of Almost Famous, Barnaby explores the subject of fame with guests who’ve experienced it themselves, and asks them how it has affected their own journey, as well as the lives of those around them.

If you like what you hear please click the subscribe button, send us any thoughts or questions you have in the comments section and rate the podcast out of 5 stars. Thanks so much for listening!

Follow Almost Famous on:

Twitter: @podalmostfamous

Instagram: almostfamousthepodcast

More info at www.almostfamousthepodcast.com

Enquiries: [email protected]

Recorded in The Podcast Lounge at Factory Studios, London

Produced by Radioville (Radioville.co.uk)

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former GMTV television presenter Penny Smith talks about the humiliation that comes with losing your job when you're famous, as well as her love of travelling, hiking and bumping into Dustin Hoffman on purpose.

In series two of Almost Famous, Barnaby explores the subject of fame with guests who’ve experienced it themselves, and asks them how it has affected their own journey, as well as the lives of those around them.

If you like what you hear please click the subscribe button, send us any thoughts or questions you have in the comments section and rate the podcast out of 5 stars. Thanks so much for listening!

Follow Almost Famous on:

Twitter: @podalmostfamous

Instagram: almostfamousthepodcast

More info at www.almostfamousthepodcast.com

Enquiries: [email protected]

Recorded in The Podcast Lounge at Factory Studios, London

Produced by Radioville (Radioville.co.uk)

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Manchester City, Chelsea and England footballer Shaun Wright-Phillips discusses what it was like growing up with Arsenal striker Ian Wright for a father and how fame then affected his own life when he made it as a professional too.

In series two of Almost Famous, Barnaby explores the subject of fame with guests who’ve experienced it themselves, and asks them how it has affected their own journey, as well as the lives of those around them.

If you like what you hear please click the subscribe button, send us any thoughts or questions you have in the comments section and rate the podcast out of 5 stars. Thanks so much for listening!

Follow Almost Famous on:

Twitter: @podalmostfamous

Instagram: almostfamousthepodcast

More info at www.almostfamousthepodcast.com

Enquiries: [email protected]

Recorded in The Podcast Lounge at Factory Studios, London (factory.uk.com)

Produced by Radioville (Radioville.co.uk)

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comedian Matt Richardson discusses how he fell into a career as a TV presenter. He also talks in depth about how Caroline Flack became his mentor and close friend after they worked together on The Xtra Factor.

In series two of Almost Famous, Barnaby explores the subject of fame with guests who’ve experienced it themselves, and asks them how it has affected their own journey, as well as the lives of those around them.

If you like what you hear please click the subscribe button, send us any thoughts or questions you have in the comments section and rate the podcast out of 5 stars. Thanks so much for listening!

Follow Almost Famous on:

Twitter: @podalmostfamous

Instagram: almostfamousthepodcast

More info at www.almostfamousthepodcast.com

Enquiries: [email protected]

Recorded in The Podcast Lounge at Factory Studios, London (factory.uk.com)

Produced by Radioville (Radioville.co.uk)

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.