Beyond The Title

From Smash Hits to Select Magazine, very few were so heavily entwined with nineties culture as the writer and broadcaster Miranda Sawyer. Following the release of her new book Uncommon People, it was a pleasure to welcome her to the podcast to celebrate the decade when pop culture came of age.

On Children In Need night, join me and a host of stars including Gaby Roslin, Fran Godfrey, Charles Nove and Ken Bruce as we remember arguably the most important figure in the development of British broadcasting: the much loved and much missed Sir Terry Wogan.

This week, something a little different to celebrate our 200th edition as the legendary writer, author and podcaster Colin Edmonds takes the reins and leads an all star celebration where he turns the tables on Josh for a fun filled episode with cameos from famous faces including Jo Whiley and Martin Clunes.

Is there a correlation between film and TV comedy? We ask the man who has straddled both genres in a career spanning three decades. Writer and comedian Joe Cornish is probably best known as one half of the successful comedy duo Adam and Joe but really that’s only half the story. A union with award winning director Edgar Wright offered another outlet for his creativity. As part of Beyond The Title’s comedy series, Joe reflects on a glittering career in the genre.

One of the most accomplished, influential and versatile comedy stars ever to grace the podcast, writer, actor, comedian and heavyweight podcaster Adam Buxton joins me to reflect upon his unprecedented career. We discuss heroes, audio, the notion of being in a successful double act and going solo.

Fresh from a sellout show at the Edinburgh Fringe, writer, comedian and podcaster David Eagle lifts the lid on the trials and tribulations of being a performer on the circuit in 2024. His comedy journey has been made all the more remarkable by the fact that he’s done this as a severely visually impaired man. The David Eagle Podcast which he runs with his wife Ellie charts their lives from newly married to general life.

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This week, in a feature length episode of Beyond The Title, we are treated to a British comedy masterclass from the legendary writer, actor and comedian Ted Robbins. Present at just about every entertainment landmark in modern popular culture, his career spans the entirety of TV entertainment from tales of Cilla Black, Victoria Wood and Peter Kay. Ted Robbins is the absolute embodiment of British Light Entertainment and his unprecedented career epitomises this.

An interview with the writer and producer Richard Marson; best known for his role replacing the legendary Biddy Baxter on the heavyweight BBC children’s entertainment programme Blue Peter. Beyond Blue Peter, he’s one of the corporation’s finest documentary producers, first producing Who Peter in 2007 and Tales of Television Centre in 2012.