Behind The Billboard

Behind The Billboard episodes:

• 06.28.2024

  Episode 74 - Kate Congreve

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-74-kate-congreve We love firsts on the podcast. So episode #74 is a treat for Dan and Huge who hosted Kate Congreve our first ever producer. And not just any producer, but a producer at Mother, Campaign’s current agency of...

  
• 05.31.2024

  Episode 73 - Nicola Wood

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-73-nicola-wood Podcast episode #73 features Nicola Wood, Executive Creative Director at Ogilvy London, winner of many shiny prizes and someone with a liking for a farty Valentine’s Day card. Strap in folks. This is an absolute belter of an...

  
• 04.26.2024

  Episode 72 - Rachel Miles

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-72-rachel-miles Episode #72 features Rachel Miles, BAFTA award-winning creative and Creative Director at Meanwhile Campaign Start-up Agency of the Year 2024. Rachel not only brought stories from behind her billboards but also some sensational pies from Great North Pie...

  
• 04.05.2024

  Episode 71 - Steve Hudson

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-71-steve-hudson Podcast episode #71 features the super talented Steve Hudson. Not only is Steve one of the industry’s most awarded creatives, he’s a brilliant director and also the founder of The Power of Advertising (TPOA) platform. We covered a...

  
• 03.22.2024

  Episode 70 - Paul Banham

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-70-paul-banham Can you project the two moons from Mars into the night sky? Can you sell over 1,000,000 lights in the world’s tallest building? Can you build an underwater mobile phone store to sell a waterproof phone? These are...

  
• 03.01.2024

  Episode 69 - Paul Brazier

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-69-paul-brazier Episode #69 features Paul Brazier and his brilliant billboards. The Economist, Guinness, Think!, Aer Lingus, Wrangler, Museum of Childhood, Walkers, Cancer Research…every one of them a banger. Paul has created and presided over some of the greatest work...

  
• 02.16.2024

  Episode 68 - Dan & Hugh

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-68-dan-and-hugh Episode #68 features two titans of the industry, huge characters with oodles of charm, awards and humility. Yep, we’re talking to ourselves, finding out what’s going on in each of our worlds.   We covered the following:  ...

  
• 02.02.2024

  Episode 67 - Matt Lever

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-67-matt-lever We’re back folks. Dry BtB Jan is over. And we’re starting the year with a belter in Matt Lever. Multi talented.Multi awarded.Funny.Charming.Loves a big idea.Loves a gag.And loves the in-house BtB flapjacks. We spent a leisurely hour with...

  
• 12.15.2023

  Episode 66 - Best of 2023

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-best-of-2023 Best of 2023 We’re nearly there folks. 2023 just about done. How was it for you? For us it was a year of amazing guests, incredible stories, home-made cake, some lovely beards (esp our Dan’s) and best of...

  
• 12.01.2023

  Episode 65 - Dan Fisher

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-65-dan-fisher Podcast episode #65 features Dan Fisher, Global ECD at Ogilvy and WPP, the man behind a vast portfolio of award-winning billboards and the owner of a classy beard. With Christmas nearly upon us, it was most apt we...

  
• 11.17.2023

  Episode 64 - Neil Dawson

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-64-neil-dawson Episode #64 features Neil A Dawson. We spent a lovely couple of hours discussing his career which has featured many iconic billboards, notably the VW surprisingly ordinary prices campaign. Classic VW. Classic DDB. Every one of them a...

  
• 11.03.2023

  Episode 63 - Guy Murphy

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-63-guy-murphy Episode #63 features our first ever planner, which seems a bit overdue considering the best planners are often the best creatives and vice versa. And we’ve haven’t got just any old planner, but one who’s been round the...

  
• 10.20.2023

  Episode 62 - Peter Souter

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-62-peter-souter Rarely have we had such a talented, humble and unanimously respected guest as Peter Souter. Our teaser earlier this week had an amazing response with many waxing lyrical about his creative talent and what a great person he...

  
• 08.04.2023

  Episode 61 - Shish Patel

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-61-shish-patel Podcast episode #61 features one of the industry’s good guys, Shish Patel. Talented, funny, charming, thoughtful and extremely humble, it was a great hour with Shish, who regaled us with brilliant stories behind brilliant billboards. The baby in...

  
• 07.28.2023

  Episode 60 - Specsavers [Part 1]

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-60-specsavers-part-1 Podcast #60 is part 1 of our Specsavers Special, featuring the brilliant outdoor campaign from creative team Jon Morgan & Bertie Rapkin. We explore the background to the work, how the craft played a huge part in making...

  
• 07.07.2023

  Episode 59 - Lee Bofkin

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-59-lee-bofkin/ Murals special with Lee Bofkin If you’ve seen an amazing mural lately, there’s a pretty good chance Lee Bofkin was involved. Lee is Co Founder and CEO at Global Street Art who are the go-to agency for creating...

  
• 06.16.2023

  Episode 58 - Nils Leonard

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-58-nils-leonard AI / Elderflower cordial  / B&Q; / Inflatable cushions / Cannes / Air conditioning / Awards It went pretty much in that order on a warm day earlier this week, where the air con and Hugh’s home brew...

  
• 06.09.2023

  Episode 57 - Alex Abrantes

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-57-alex-abrantes/ Ever seen a billboard used as a music stage? Or a vodka ad invade a beer ad? Or John McEnroe of today play John McEnroe of 1979? Podcast #57 features Alex Abrantes, who epitomises the belief that if...

  
• 04.06.2023

  Episode 56 - James Day

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-56-james-day/ Podcast episode #56 features one of the sharpest snappers in the business. And one of the nicest and most charming guests we’ve had on the show. It’s James Day on Good Friday folks. Settle down with a cuppa...

  
• 03.23.2023

  Episode 55 - Jo Moore

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-55-jo-moore Episode #55 has a bit of everything. Mostly it has the charming, humble and uber talented Jo Moore, ECD at House 337, discussing her OOH work. In particular we chatted about the domestic violence campaign for Women’s Aid...

  
• 03.10.2023

  Episode 54 - Emma Brooke

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-54-emma-brooke For episode #54 we spoke to Emma Brooke, Writer and Creative Director at Leo Burnett and originator of some of the very best OOH work in recent years for the BBC. We started with her campaign for Peaky...

  
• 02.24.2023

  Episode 53 - David Masterman

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-53-david-masterman/ Episode #53 of the podcast features the super talented ever ebullient Dave Masterman.   It was a great session that encompassed Dave’s incredible collection of OOH work both as creative and CD. Many highlights: VW, Marmite, Kit Kat,...

  
• 02.09.2023

  Episode 52 - Mark Tutssel [Part 2]

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-52-mark-tutssel-part-2/ Part 2 of our conversation with Tuts took us to the very heart the world’s most famous fast food brand. We spoke at length about McDonald’s and Tuts incredible time at the helm of the account, first in...

  
• 01.27.2023

  Episode 51 - Mark Tutssel [Part 1]

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-51-mark-tutssel-part-1/ Mark Tutssel aka ’Tuts’ Part 1 To say we’re excited about our latest guest on the podcast is somewhat of an understatement. Mark Tutssel aka ’Tuts’, is one of the biggest names in the business. And when it...

  
• 01.13.2023

  Episode 50 - David Kolbusz

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-50-david-kolbusz/ BtB in 2023. And who better to kick off the year and podcast #50 than David Kolbusz, CCO of Orchard New York. A man of many talents and looks. And a blast of fresh air to blow away...

  
• 12.16.2022

  Episode 49 - Best of 2022

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/2022/12/31/episode-49-best-of-2022/ Of all the end of year lists, this is obv the one you’ve been waiting for. Yes, it’s Behind the Billboard’s Best of 2022. And what a year it’s been. So much great work to choose from. Digital...

  
• 12.09.2022

  Episode 48 - Scott Silvey

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-48-scott-silvey/ You wait for a D&AD; black pencil winner for nearly 50 episodes…then two come along at once. Shelley Smoler for The Zimbabwean last time and now Scott Silvey for Hopeline 19. We talked about the work in depth...

  
• 12.02.2022

  Episode 47 – Shelley Smoler

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-47-shelley-smoler/ Our first South African. Our first D&AD; black pencil winner. Our first guest with a sparkly (possibility pitch winning) top. Shelly Smoler, thank you so much for taking the Behind the Billboard podcast to new heights. The Zimbabwean...

  
• 11.18.2022

  Episode 46 - Russell Ramsey

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-46-russell-ramsey We’re back! Series 4 is here and first up is Russell Ramsey, ECD of Pulse Creative and the brains behind some of the most famous OOH from the past 30 years. Audi, Paddy Power, Toohey’s, Levi’s, Polo, Kit...

  
• 07.08.2022

  Episode 45 - Guy Moore

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-45-guy-moore/ We’re back. And most appropriately we’re back with a Cannes man. None other than Guy Moore, who amidst many career highlights, won the Cannes OOH Grand Prix in 2018 with McDonalds ‘Signs’ campaign, which has a brilliant back...

  
• 06.22.2022

  Episode 44 - Cannes 2022

  See pictures and watch a video of the panel here: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-44-behind-the-billboard-cannes/ C’est ici! Yes, podcast #44 is here and it’s unlike anything we’ve ever done before. It was live in the South of France and despite a few technical glitches,...

  
• 05.20.2022

  Episode 43 - #CopySafari

  Beady eyed followers will know we’ve already posted about our #CopySafari with Vikki Ross. But today we’re pleased to say the podcast episode is available. During the trek through the wilds of Shoreditch, there were a few technical problems which...

  
• 04.29.2022

  Episode 42 - Ewan Paterson

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-42-ewan-paterson/ ‘How about Carl Lewis in his running gear, but instead of wearing spikes that normally propel him to 100m in 9.86 seconds, we put him in a pair of size 12 red stilettos with the headline ’Power is...

  
• 04.01.2022

  Episode 41 - Ed Morris

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-41-ed-morris/ Podcast 41 features one of the industry’s greatest talents - Ed Morris. Ed has flexed his creative muscles across just about every discipline you can think of. Art direction, writing, typography, creative direction, photography, commercials direction and most recently...

  
• 03.18.2022

  Episode 40 - Graham Fink Pt 2

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/episode-40-graham-fink-pt2/ Is the sequel ever as good as the original? For Graham Fink Part 2, think Godfather Part 2 (but without all the killing). More brilliant cigarette billboards. This time for Silk Cut and the iconic Shower Curtain and...

  
• 03.04.2022

  Episode 39 - Graham Fink Pt 1

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/2022/03/04/episode-39-graham-fink-pt1/ Episode 39 features an icon of the industry, Graham Fink. It feels a bit strange to think we got this far without talking to Graham who was D&AD;’s youngest ever president and winner of China’s first ever Cannes...

  
• 02.18.2022

  Episode 38 - Jo Arscott

  Ep38 features Jo Arscott - a true creative pioneer, who mastered the art of the ’Integrated’ campaign long before everyone else jumped on the bandwagon and called it ‘360’. Her billboard for the National Asthma Campaign in 1996 was a...

  
• 02.04.2022

  Episode 37 - Vikki Ross

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/2022/02/04/episode-37-vikki-ross/ Writing copy about Vikki Ross - the Queen of Copy - is a daunting task. Was that really a proper sentence? Could it have been a bit pithier? How about the grammar? Were those dashes really necessary? And...

  
• 01.21.2022

  Episode 36 - Justin Tindall

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/2022/01/21/episode-36-justin-tindall/ Dead cats, sharing a flat with Damien Hirst, painting your toenails purple in Cannes…just when you thought’d you’d heard it all, along comes podcast number 36 with Justin Tindall. Amazing stories…some of which were actually about billboards ;-)...

  
• 01.07.2022

  Episode 35 - Malcolm Venville

  Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/2022/01/07/episode-35-malcolm-venville Podcast episode #35 features one of adland’s most brilliant and loved photographers, Malcolm Venville, who’s portfolio is bulging with great billboards.NikeWranglerSilk CutLevi’sLynxVWGuinnessEvery one of them shot through with wit and style and every one shot by the same...

  
• 12.17.2021

  Best of 2021 - Pt 2

  So the question on everybody’s lips this Friday…what will be the number 1 billboard of 2021?   Last week the pod counted down from 21 to 11. Now we’re in with the big guns. Who’s your money on?   Marmite?...

  
• 12.10.2021

  Best of 2021 - Pt 1

  2021 - VISUALS: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/2021/12/10/episode-33-bestof21pt1/ How was it for you?   At Behind the Billboard we were genuinely surprised at the quality of this year’s output. And ended up conveniently

  
• 11.25.2021

  Episode 32 - Mike Nicholson

  FOLLOW WITH VISUALS: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/2021/11/26/episode-32-mike-nicholson We’d heard so many good things about Mike over the years and seen his work at all the award shows, but our paths had never crossed.   Until now.   The pod was the perfect opportunity...

  
• 11.12.2021

  Episode 31 - Tiger Savage - Part 2

  We’re back. Behind the Billboard is back.   Amazing guests are back Hugh’s heavy breathing Dan’s crap jokes Jon’s off-mic eye rolls. Overly long social posts.…they’re all back. And we’re starting Series 3 where we left off…with Tiger Savage, talking...

  
• 04.29.2021

  Episode 30 - Tiger Savage - Part 1

  Dan and Hugh finally sit down with Tiger Savage, having talked about much of her work on previous shows with her peers. It was so good to talk through her incredible body of work for some of the best agencies...

  
• 04.01.2021

  Episode 29 - Michael Lee from Oatly

  Dan and Hugh talk with Michael [or Mike] Lee, Creative Director at Oatly who has presided over some of the most iconic outdoor ads our industry has seen in the last few years. Polarising the creative community and prompting complaints...

  
• 03.26.2021

  Episode 28 - Sue Higgs

  Dan and Hugh talk with Copywriter extraordinaire Sue Higgs, going through her amazing body of billboards and posters for Vauxhall, Smirnoff, Regal and BA... among many others. Visuals: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/2021/03/26/episode-28-sue-higgs/

  
• 03.04.2021

  Episode 27 - Dave Buonaguidi

  Hugh and Dan talk with Dave Buonaguidi AKA @RealHackneyDave about his time in Adland and about what he's up to now... still making posters for walls... but in galleries and homes around the world!  Visuals here: https://getbehindthebillboard.com/?p=942

  
• 02.11.2021

  Episode 26 - Sir John Hegarty

  Dan and Hugh virtually meet up with the legend that is Sir John Hegarty. I'm not sure what else to add in this intro as... well.... its John Hegarty. He's a frikkin' legend. Just listen in..... it's a proper belter...

  
• 02.04.2021

  Episode 25 - Nils Leonard

  Dan and Hugh meet with founder of Uncommon London Nils Leonard, covering Outdoor work for Volvo, Tate, Habito, Brewdog and the 2020 Outdoor hall of fame campaign for B&Q.;  Follow the visuals here:  https://getbehindthebillboard.com/?p=820