Chat Hits The Fan

Episode 59 (20/03/25) On this episode - Barry and Greg kick off talking about their respective college courses and tutors having meltdowns. Then there’s Barry attempting to take a deep dive into the life and works of Jasper Carrot in Barry’s’ Masters of Comedy’ (interspersed with incredibly bad impressions of Jasper Carrot by Greg), Greg reads out a Hog Roast menu made by AI (and Barry) that’s been tailor made just for him, our agony aunt section ‘You Be The Judge’, when astronauts return to earth and how scary space is, Barry tests Greg on some physical training techniques, Barry’s new idea for a cop show, the greatest reggae song?, the new Black Mirror series, the budget food range ‘Jack’s’, Michael Portillo “on the packet”, our favourite ghosts, Sarah Green aging like a fine wine, our weekly improvised soap opera ‘Aylesbury Market’, a ‘Dead Celebrity Seance’, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole lot more! 

Episode 58 (13/03/25) On this episode - Barry and Greg kick off talking about having that nasty cold that’s going about, a new segment from Barry called ‘The Masters of Comedy’ where he discusses the lives and works of famous comedians from the past (this week Barry is looking at 70’s household name, Dick Emery), the shopping trolley scale trial at Tescos, Barry makes up some showbiz news, a new super hero called ‘Eggy Bubble Man’, another made up showbiz story, an impression of Alison Hammond in a David Lynch movie, the possibility of the new James Bond being American, imagining Natalie Cassidy playing The Witcher, the CGI monkey dogs in Gladiator 2, an impression of Neil Gaiman paying his babysitter, some more impressions (including a victorian man seeing donuts for the first time), watching films when you’ve forgotten you’ve already watched them, an improv of Barry being a Personal Trainer to Greg, our agony aunt section ‘You Be The Judge’, our weekly improvised soap opera ‘Aylesbury Market’, a ‘Dead Celebrity Seance’, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole lot more! 

Episode 56 (27/02/25) On this episode - Greg makes a bit of a joke about joining the SAS and does a shout out for a new listener to the podcast. Then we discuss the “spectrum of humour” and how some people (as with music) have more eclectic tastes than others, the suspicious deaths of Gene Hackman and his family, the cancellation of Neighbours, Greg’s attempt to play and sing ‘The Air That I Breathe” by the Hollies, Amazon taking over the Bond franchise, the original plot of Ian Fleming’s Moonraker, a new agony aunt problem to resolve, Gordon Ramsey’s new cooking show, 70’s folk rock group ‘Lindisfarne’ and their lead singer Alan Hull, Greg pretends to be a Tesco worker and Barry pretends to be his boss and give him an appraisal, the new ‘SNL at 50’ documentaries, our weekly improvised soap opera ‘Aylesbury Market’, a ‘Dead Celebrity Seance’, recommendations, Greg attempts to play and sing the podcast out with Radiohead’s Creep and a whole lot more! 

Episode 55 (20/02/25) On this episode - The continuing idiotic and evil behaviour of Trump and Musk and the impossibility of avoiding all the bad news, Greg attends a security guard training course so he can get paid to go to festivals and makes some new pals, some additional info about some stuff talked about last week, Phil’s flash back in Eastenders and the live episodes, reimagining a new ‘Mummy’ movie, the outrageous price of framing pictures, our favourite American sandwiches, Subway vs Quiznos and when Subway first came to the UK, the under appreciated acting efforts and credits of Ron Moody, 2 movies that time has forgot, new dating shows designed to cause arguments, a story about 2 tier policing, the Stormzy McDonalds meal and Greg’s recreation of the advert for it, our weekly improvised soap opera ‘Aylesbury Market’, recommendations and a whole lot more! 

Episode 54 (13/02/25) On this episode - A quick impression of Steven Bartlett interviewing Davina McCall, the Metropolitan Police Surron electric bike squad, the difference between jail and prison, Super Bowl LIX, an agony aunt letter about someone who washes infrequently but doesn’t smell, Barry asks Greg if he likes soup, sharing videos on your WhatsApp group that someone else has already shared, an impression of Gino D’Acampo working at Greggs, the smell of fear?, Peter Kay having someone forcibly removed from a gig, a couple who bought a moth infested house, Gordon Ramsey shunning Gino D’Acampo, a family holiday rental with a difference, a story about a man who survived an avalanche, a dead celebrity seance, our weekly improvised soap opera ‘Aylesbury Market’, more Jordan Petersen on Doctor Who, recommendations and a whole lot more! 

Episode 53 (06/01/25) On this episode - Greg apologises for interrupting the podcast to point out Barry’s mispronunciations, Gino Di Campo’s alleged behaviour, men sitting in chairs with their legs crossed, Greg reads out some messages from a girl that he’s very unlikely to go on a date with and then attempts to play some Beethoven on the keyboard, people that care too much about football, Barry talks about having multiple “false awakening” dreams, a man who died from not being able to sleep, trying to guess what happened in the new Martin Clunes drama ‘Out There’, Billy Butlin, Barry goes to Lidl for the first time, the new Bridget Jones movie and Greg’s attempt to recreate the trailer, a new local drama college that’s opening, a man who was ghosted by his best friend, an alternative ending to ‘The Shawshank Redemption’, Madonna doing stand up, Greg attempts to play With or Without You by U2 on the keyboard whilst singing along with Barry, a dead celebrity seance, our weekly improvised soap opera ‘Aylesbury Market’, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole lot more! 

Episode 52 (30/01/25) On this episode - Barry and Greg pay tribute to 20 years of The Great British Menu, Greg attempts to explain the end of Season 2 of Traitors to Barry (who’s never watched it) and then talks about some observations from the show that have amused him so far, Barry mispronounces a lot of words (quelle surprise) whilst talking about the latest (at time of recording) episode of Beast Games, showers or baths?, King Arthur or Merlin?, a news story about a lady with interchangeable noses, the Robbie William’s chimp movie, middle class mums taking mushroom oil, Ruby Franke (the crazy mormon mum) and her daughter’s book deal, a pretend tea tasting, the best way to escape Alcatraz, Greg and Barry recreate some trailers (word for word and sound for sound) for some classic movies, our weekly improvised soap opera ‘Aylesbury Market’, Wynn Evans possibly being the next Greg Wallace, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole lot more! 

Episode 51 (23/01/25) On this episode - Greg kicks off with an apology for talking for too long about his music and then talks about his music. He then does a huge back peddle on TV show ‘The Traitors’ having now watched a season and shares what he’s learned about it so far. Then there’s Trump’s inauguration, Nigel Farage vs Tommy Robinson, the fact that Indiana Jones doesn’t appear to wash his clothes, an abysmal sketch about a sandwich shop, a ‘behind the scenes’ skit with Rolf Harris and a young TV show runner, a look forward to anymore possible natural disasters that might happen this year (due to climate change), wearing Dr Martens boots with jogging bottoms? People who say they’re going to carry on working after winning the lottery, Barry challenges Greg to guess what was on TV on the 23/01/95 (exactly 30 years ago), favourite biscuits, Jay Blades’s absence from The Repair Shop, Bradley Walsh’s observational humour on The Chase, problematic lyrics in old songs, the lyrics to the song ’24 hrs from Tulsa’, Marina Hyde’s TV show ‘The Franchise’ getting axed, our weekly improvised soap opera ‘Aylesbury Market’, recommendations, Future Greg and a whole lot more! 

Episode 50 (16/01/25) On this episode - The Navy Seals on Beast Games, Greg feeling increasing pressure (as a telly addict) to get into the TV show Traitors, some more predictions for the year 2025 (this time from 30 years ago), Let’s Get Ready To Rumble by PJ & Duncan (as a ballad), a look forward at some feature length documentaries coming out in 2025, the smells of other people’s houses, a “guess the real channel 5 documentary” quiz, Barry’s new movie idea abut a freestyle rapper that has to save an orphanage, our weekly improvised soap opera ‘Aylesbury Market’, the inventor of the laughter track that’s used for TV shows, different nicknames for building trades, an impression of a man whose dog helped him get through lockdown, an impression of Brian Harvey getting a late food delivery, an alternative storyline for ‘The Wicker Man’, a ‘Dead Celebrity Seance’, more Jordan Peterson talking about Dr Who, recommendations, Future Greg (with a premiere of his new Grime tune) and a whole lot more!