Chat Hits The Fan

Episode 48 (24/12/24) - Not knowing when we would next get an opportunity to record, we decided to record an episode on Xmas eve after a couple of festive drinks and managed to wrangle Greg’s brother, Jacamo (visiting for Xmas) into the chat as well. On this episode - Imagining an evening with Shane Richie & Bradley Walsh, Jacamo talks about seeing Shane Richie at a party once, the new voice of Wallace in the latest Wallace & Gromit feature, Greg’s attempt at doing Wallace’s voice along with various other impressions that Barry and Jacamo challenge him to do, our weekly improvised soap opera ‘Aylesbury Market’ (with a special guest star), Greg discusses a cycle/foot path rage incident he was involved in and his regrets at the way he dealt with it, the best way to watch all the xmas TV without recording anything, octopuses or cockroaches?, Greg pretends to audition for Starlight Express, a small round up of some of our favourite horror/thriller films of the year, celebrity break ups, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole lot more! 

Episode 47 (19/12/24) - Barry and Greg take an even deeper dive into this year’s Xmas Radio Times to compare the big 4 channels (BBC1,BBC2,ITV & Channel 4) programming over the big 3 days (Xmas Eve,Xmas Day & Boxing Day), then there’s more “Christmas Aylesbury Market”, some more alternate storylines to some well known Xmas movies, recommendations and a whole lot more! 

Episode 46 (12/12/24) - Barry and Greg take a deep dive into this year’s Xmas Radio Times to discuss what’s on the box over the festive period. Then there’s Mariah Carey and Ryland Clark, Nigel Farage trying to get the young vote, the fall of Assad in Syria, the curse of Strictly Come Dancing? People who work at the tip, Barry reads out some alternate storylines to some well known Xmas movies/book, the first Xmas episode of our improvised soap opera ‘Aylesbury Market’, a dead celebrity seance, recommendations, future Greg and a whole lot more!

Episode 45 (05/12/24) - Greg talks about spending too much time arguing with Trump/Musk fans and religious people on social media app ‘Threads’, cheap housing in Blackpool, details of some celebrity spousal abuse (courtesy of the FBI), car park companies that take liberties, memories of Harold Bishop losing his memory, Band Aid at 40, radio stations in shops, a rubbish idea for a tattoo, the Welsh people that weren’t invaded by the Romans, a quiz about the different costumes Mr Ben used to wear, movies that were overlooked at the cinema but were popular on home release, Barry asks Greg what a “land of Weetabix” would be like, an improv of taking on old plastic kettle on The Antiques Roadshow, stupid YouTube auditors, Barry’s new idea for a Hallmark Xmas movie, a dead celebrity seance, recommendations, future Greg and a whole lot more!

Episode 43 (21/11/24) - The danger of potholes to Rod Stewart’s sports cars and Greg’s electric bike, Barry & Greg try out new Twitter/X rival apps ‘Blue Sky’ & ‘Threads’ respectively, Heston Blumenthal getting triggered by ‘The Bear’, a smooth Mars bar that went viral, the mystery of Chocolate Baileys, Greg tries an exciting new Liqueur from Asda, David Lynch smoking at the age of 8, a dating app update from Greg, a new idea for a TV reality/game show called ‘4 In a Shed’, Barry & Greg do a better version of a game that featured on one of their sister podcasts ‘The Rest Is Entertainment’, Barry reads out an agony aunt question for Greg to answer, Barry's fun time doing karaoke for Children In Need, Clarkson and the farmers, a look at a couple more of this year’s Xmas TV adverts, a woman who has visited every country in the world, our improvised soap opera ‘Aylesbury Market’, a dead celebrity seance, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole lot more!

Episode 42 (14/11/24) -  A first look at some Xmas TV ads, some amusing feedback for Greg’s new music video and the podcast in general, dodgy talent agents, working for Better Help, the cancellation of Ninja Warrior, Ninja Warrior vs Gladiators, murderous DJ/lorry drivers, private jets destroying the environment, Barry’s new idea for a screenplay for a Xmas Hallmark movie, remembering Tony Todd and the true story behind The Candyman, Barry reads out a loving tribute to his Nan (Inspired by Pete Best on Strictly), the little known about and expensive substance called Ambergris, young people doing bottomless brunches, a local nightclub turning into a comedy club, 22 kids and counting, the madness of new potatoes for xmas, our improvised soap opera ‘Aylesbury Market’, a dead celebrity seance, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole lot more!

Episode 41 (07/10/24) - First we address the Republican elephant in the room with the American election result and the new reign of Trump. Then there’s Somali TikTok battles and prisoners doing TikTok live from prison, the return of Bojo and Farage, the danger of fireworks in letterboxes, a couple who kept their wedding cake for 60 years, an alternative version of Walk Like An Egyptian, a “short celebrity height” quiz (that is also short), Lenny Henry’s old characters and shows, a potential grittier remake of The Krays movie, a look back at the movie ‘The Bodyguard’, dance partners touching each other on Strictly, the longest running TV ad campaigns, the lack of intelligent celebrities on House of Games, the sneakiness of cancer, a local nightclub closure, the dangers of abusing ketamine, our improvised soap opera ‘Aylesbury Market’, a dead celebrity seance, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole lot more!

Episode 40 (31/10/24) - Greg talks about making his new music video and the challenges of doing complicated green screen scenes, Barry’s “News story of the week”, juggling window cleaners, Tarantino’s dismissal of the new Dune movies, the connection between Helen Mirren and Kurt Cobain, Al Pacino’s new book, whether it’s better to work at one place for a long time or lots of different places for a short time, arguing with Tommy Robinson fans on TikTok, the purity of street cocaine throughout the years and the ubiquity of it’s use now, the ancient civilisation found with a Google search, the guilt of not using gadgets you’ve bought, the latest instalment of our improvised sitcom ‘Aylesbury Market’, a review of Terrifier 3, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole lot more!

Episode 39 (24/10/24) - This week is the Halloween Special and our friend Pru fills in for absent Johnny to talk about a quirky Polish news story, Pru’s recent climb of Ben Nevis, generation X cocaine fatalities, the joy of electric pushbikes, P Diddy “freak offs”, appropriate age gaps when dating, Johnny’s reaction to a Blade Runner inspired hip hop tune that Greg made, things with the same name that are very different, crossover branding of consumer products with movies, racists dying in prison, getting cancelled, some spooky Halloween ghost stories, our improvised soap opera “Aylesbury Market”, Barry shares a special technique to be good at spot the difference puzzles, celebrity seance, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole lot more!