Hola! We presentemente a new episode of Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast where funny people discuss unrequited love.
 
Today I talk to the diamond that is <a href="https://www.instagram.com/matbaynton/">MATHEW BAYNTON</a>, one of the comedy dream team Them There, who are behind the phenomenal Ghosts – and their actual movie is in cinemas from Friday 23rd October 2026. I have booked my tickets already.
 
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLKGXt5JHKk">Ghosts: The Possession of Button House – The Trailer</a> 
 
This is a brilliant chat if I say so myself - we get right to the heart of crushes, loneliness, creativity and what it's like to be with the same person from the age of 19. You'll end up loving him as much as I do.
 
Do please email us on <a href="mailto:crushedbymcs@gmail.com">crushedbymcs@gmail.com</a>, where you can send us your most embarrassing/funniest/saddest crush stories. As well as your biggest celebrity crushes - so we can compile our league table where they battle it out; and the fox off of Disney's Robin Hood will win as ever.
 
Thanks for downloading and supporting us. You're my people. Give us <a href="https://podfollow.com/crushed-by-margaret-cabourn-smith">⁠five
stars⁠</a> if you can. I really fancy you.
 
Come and find crushedbymcs…
On <a href="https://crushedbymcs.substack.com/">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> where if you subscribe for a tiny number of £££ per month, you’ll have access to the podcast AD-FREE, exclusive content and a lot of gushy love from me. Supporting your favourite podcasts makes all the difference. I love making it, but financewise it's hard to make pod-ends meet sometimes. Every time you click through to give money, review, rate, subscribe etc, you are genuinely making a huge difference and keeping us going.
 
On <a href="https://www.instagram.com/crushedbymcs/">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> for a mish mash of stories, photos, videos and pod-based content. 
On <a href="http://crushedbymcs@gmail.com">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>, where you can send us anecdotes, adoration and arguments.
 
And if you want to do nothing but simply chuck me £4 to buy myself some sellotape and a copy of the Radio Times to make a collage, head for <a href="http://ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs">⁠⁠⁠⁠ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>
 
If you're of a certain persuasion, listen to my other podcast <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/40s-woman-and-beyond/id1716730187">⁠40s Woman
& Beyond⁠</a>! The clue's in the title...
 
As ever thank you to my producer Laura Grimshaw who is both fun and reliable which is an awesome combo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Hola! We presentemente a new episode of Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast where funny people discuss unrequited love. Today I talk to the diamond that is MATHEW BAYNTON, one of the comedy dream team Them There, who are behind the phenomenal Ghosts – and their actual movie is in cinemas from Friday 23rd October 2026. I have booked my tickets already. Ghosts: The Possession of Button House – The Trailer This is a brilliant chat if I say so myself - we get right to the heart of crushes, loneliness, creativity and what it's like to be with the same person from the age of 19. You'll end up loving him as much as I do. Do please email us on crushedbymcs@gmail.com, where you can send us your most embarrassing/funniest/saddest crush stories. As well as your biggest celebrity crushes - so we can compile our league table where they battle it out; and the fox off of Disney's Robin Hood will win as ever. Thanks for downloading and supporting us. You're my people. Give us ⁠five stars⁠ if you can. I really fancy you. Come and find crushedbymcs… On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ where if you subscribe for a tiny number of £££ per month, you’ll have access to the podcast AD-FREE, exclusive content and a lot of gushy love from me. Supporting your favourite podcasts makes all the difference. I love making it, but financewise it's hard to make pod-ends meet sometimes. Every time you click through to give money, review, rate, subscribe etc, you are genuinely making a huge difference and keeping us going. On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for a mish mash of stories, photos, videos and pod-based content. On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you can send us anecdotes, adoration and arguments. And if you want to do nothing but simply chuck me £4 to buy myself some sellotape and a copy of the Radio Times to make a collage, head for ⁠⁠⁠⁠ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you're of a certain persuasion, listen to my other podcast ⁠40s Woman & Beyond⁠! The clue's in the title... As ever thank you to my producer Laura Grimshaw who is both fun and reliable which is an awesome combo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hola! We presentemente a new episode of Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast where funny people discuss unrequited love.
&nbsp;
Today I talk to the diamond that is <a href="https://www.instagram.com/matbaynton/" rel="noopener noreferrer">MATHEW BAYNTON</a>, one of the comedy dream team Them There, who are behind the phenomenal Ghosts – and their actual movie is in cinemas from Friday 23rd October 2026. I have booked my tickets already.
 
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLKGXt5JHKk" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ghosts: The Possession of Button House – The Trailer</a> 
 
This is a brilliant chat if I say so myself - we get right to the heart of crushes, loneliness, creativity and what it's like to be with the same person from the age of 19. You'll end up loving him as much as I do.
 
Do please email us on&nbsp;<a href="mailto:crushedbymcs@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">crushedbymcs@gmail.com</a>, where you can send us your most embarrassing/funniest/saddest crush stories. As well as your biggest celebrity crushes - so we can compile our league table where they battle it out; and the fox off of Disney's Robin Hood will win as ever.
&nbsp;
Thanks for downloading and supporting us. You're my people. Give us <a href="https://podfollow.com/crushed-by-margaret-cabourn-smith" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠five
stars⁠</a> if you can. I really fancy you.
&nbsp;
Come and find crushedbymcs…
On <a href="https://crushedbymcs.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> where if you subscribe for a tiny number of £££ per month, you’ll have access to the podcast AD-FREE, exclusive content and a lot of gushy love from me. Supporting your favourite podcasts makes all the difference. I love making it, but financewise it's hard to make pod-ends meet sometimes. Every time you click through to give money, review, rate, subscribe etc, you are genuinely making a huge difference and keeping us going.
&nbsp;
On <a href="https://www.instagram.com/crushedbymcs/" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> for a mish mash of stories, photos, videos and pod-based content.&nbsp;
On <a href="http://crushedbymcs@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>, where you can send us&nbsp;anecdotes, adoration and arguments.
 
And if you want to do nothing but simply chuck me £4 to buy myself some sellotape and a copy of the Radio Times to make a collage, head for&nbsp;<a href="http://ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>
 
If you're of a certain persuasion, listen to my other podcast <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/40s-woman-and-beyond/id1716730187" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠40s Woman
&amp; Beyond⁠</a>! The clue's in the title...
 
As ever thank you to my producer Laura Grimshaw who is both fun and reliable which is an awesome combo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="noopener noreferrer">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

120. Mathew Baynton

Happy new podcast! It's another episode of Crushed by Margaret
Cabourn-Smith; the podcast where funny people spill all their stuff about
unrequited love. 
 
Today's episode is with the utterly hilarious actor and stand-up <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sammytinks/">SAMMY DOBSON</a>. I loved Sammy's attitude of playing Fantasy Men in the same way other people play Fantasy Football. This chat was a right old meeting of minds and I felt fired up listening back - funny and fun and only really a tiny bit mad. Reminded me why I started this whole project. What I'm saying is she's the bloody best and I want to make her my friend, so we can further discuss being retroactively drawn to Elton John's thighs.
 
Do please email us on <a href="mailto:crushedbymcs@gmail.com">crushedbymcs@gmail.com</a>, where you can send us your most embarrassing/funniest/saddest crush stories. As well as your biggest celebrity crushes - so we can compile our league table where they battle it out; and the fox off of Disney's Robin Hood will win as ever.
 
Thanks for downloading and supporting us. You're my people. Give us <a href="https://podfollow.com/crushed-by-margaret-cabourn-smith">⁠five stars⁠</a> if you can. I really fancy you.
 
Come and find crushedbymcs…
On <a href="https://crushedbymcs.substack.com/">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> where if you subscribe for a tiny number of £££ per month,
you’ll have access to the podcast AD-FREE, exclusive content and a lot of gushy love from me. Supporting your favourite podcasts makes all the difference. I love making it, but financewise it's hard to make pod-ends meet sometimes. Every time you click through to give money, review, rate, subscribe etc, you are genuinely making a huge difference and keeping us going.
 On <a href="https://www.instagram.com/crushedbymcs/">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> for a mish mash of stories, photos, videos and pod-based
content. 
On <a href="http://crushedbymcs@gmail.com">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>, where you can send us anecdotes, adoration and
arguments.
 
And if you want to do nothing but simply chuck me £4 to buy myself some sellotape and a copy of the Radio Times to make a collage, head for <a href="http://ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs">⁠⁠⁠⁠ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>
 
If you're of a certain persuasion, listen to my other podcast <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/40s-woman-and-beyond/id1716730187">⁠40s Woman & Beyond⁠</a>! The clue's in the title... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Happy new podcast! It's another episode of Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast where funny people spill all their stuff about unrequited love. Today's episode is with the utterly hilarious actor and stand-up SAMMY DOBSON. I loved Sammy's attitude of playing Fantasy Men in the same way other people play Fantasy Football. This chat was a right old meeting of minds and I felt fired up listening back - funny and fun and only really a tiny bit mad. Reminded me why I started this whole project. What I'm saying is she's the bloody best and I want to make her my friend, so we can further discuss being retroactively drawn to Elton John's thighs. Do please email us on crushedbymcs@gmail.com, where you can send us your most embarrassing/funniest/saddest crush stories. As well as your biggest celebrity crushes - so we can compile our league table where they battle it out; and the fox off of Disney's Robin Hood will win as ever. Thanks for downloading and supporting us. You're my people. Give us ⁠five stars⁠ if you can. I really fancy you. Come and find crushedbymcs… On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ where if you subscribe for a tiny number of £££ per month, you’ll have access to the podcast AD-FREE, exclusive content and a lot of gushy love from me. Supporting your favourite podcasts makes all the difference. I love making it, but financewise it's hard to make pod-ends meet sometimes. Every time you click through to give money, review, rate, subscribe etc, you are genuinely making a huge difference and keeping us going. On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for a mish mash of stories, photos, videos and pod-based content. On ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you can send us anecdotes, adoration and arguments. And if you want to do nothing but simply chuck me £4 to buy myself some sellotape and a copy of the Radio Times to make a collage, head for ⁠⁠⁠⁠ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you're of a certain persuasion, listen to my other podcast ⁠40s Woman & Beyond⁠! The clue's in the title... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy new podcast! It's another episode of Crushed by Margaret
Cabourn-Smith; the podcast where&nbsp;funny people spill all their stuff about
unrequited love.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Today's episode is with the utterly hilarious actor and stand-up <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sammytinks/" rel="noopener noreferrer">SAMMY DOBSON</a>. I loved Sammy's attitude of playing Fantasy Men in the same way other people play Fantasy Football. This chat was a right old meeting of minds and I felt fired up listening back - funny and fun and only really a tiny bit mad. Reminded me why I started this whole project. What I'm saying is she's the bloody best and I want to make her my friend, so we can further discuss being retroactively drawn to Elton John's thighs.
&nbsp;
Do please email us on&nbsp;<a href="mailto:crushedbymcs@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">crushedbymcs@gmail.com</a>, where you can send us your most embarrassing/funniest/saddest crush stories. As well as your biggest celebrity crushes - so we can compile our league table where they battle it out; and the fox off of Disney's Robin Hood will win as ever.
&nbsp;
Thanks for downloading and supporting us. You're my people. Give us <a href="https://podfollow.com/crushed-by-margaret-cabourn-smith" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠five stars⁠</a> if you can. I really fancy you.
&nbsp;
Come and find crushedbymcs…
On <a href="https://crushedbymcs.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> where if you subscribe for a tiny number of £££ per month,
you’ll have access to the podcast AD-FREE, exclusive content and a lot of gushy love from me. Supporting your favourite podcasts makes all the difference. I love making it, but financewise it's hard to make pod-ends meet sometimes. Every time you click through to give money, review, rate, subscribe etc, you are genuinely making a huge difference and keeping us going.
&nbsp;On <a href="https://www.instagram.com/crushedbymcs/" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> for a mish mash of stories, photos, videos and pod-based
content.&nbsp;
On <a href="http://crushedbymcs@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>, where you can send us&nbsp;anecdotes, adoration and
arguments.
&nbsp;
And if you want to do nothing but simply chuck me £4 to buy myself some sellotape and a copy of the Radio Times to make a collage, head for&nbsp;<a href="http://ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>
&nbsp;
If you're of a certain persuasion, listen to my other podcast <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/40s-woman-and-beyond/id1716730187" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠40s Woman &amp; Beyond⁠</a>! The clue's in the title... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="noopener noreferrer">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

119. Sammy Dobson

Comedian Jess Fostekew talks about her first uber crush, her English teacher Mr. Ray. She did what all right minded teenagers would do - write ‘I love him’ about 100 times on her hand and waft it in his face as she left the room. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Comedian Jess Fostekew talks about her first uber crush, her English teacher Mr. Ray. She did what all right minded teenagers would do - write ‘I love him’ about 100 times on her hand and waft it in his face as she left the room. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comedian Jess Fostekew talks about her first uber crush, her English teacher Mr. Ray. She did what all right minded teenagers would do - write ‘I love him’ about 100 times on her hand and waft it in his face as she left the room. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="noopener noreferrer">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

3: Jess Fostekew

Writer and podcaster Deborah Frances White talks to Margaret about how she ignored the hottest guy in her class to gaze at her music teacher Mr Gilmour espousing the merits of Bach's rules of harmony. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Writer and podcaster Deborah Frances White talks to Margaret about how she ignored the hottest guy in her class to gaze at her music teacher Mr Gilmour espousing the merits of Bach's rules of harmony. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Writer and podcaster Deborah Frances White talks to Margaret about how she ignored the hottest guy in her class to gaze at her music teacher Mr Gilmour espousing the merits of Bach's rules of harmony. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="noopener noreferrer">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

2: Deborah Frances White

Margaret talks to writer and podcaster Dolly Alderton who admits she would find it difficult to deny some of her most outrageous lovesick behaviour as Margaret has witnessed most of it. Dolly talks about DMing her favourite celebrity crushes and remembers falling for her dance partner in a school production of West Side Story  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Margaret talks to writer and podcaster Dolly Alderton who admits she would find it difficult to deny some of her most outrageous lovesick behaviour as Margaret has witnessed most of it. Dolly talks about DMing her favourite celebrity crushes and remembers falling for her dance partner in a school production of West Side Story Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Margaret talks to writer and podcaster Dolly Alderton who admits she would find it difficult to deny some of her most outrageous lovesick behaviour as Margaret has witnessed most of it. Dolly talks about DMing her favourite celebrity crushes and remembers falling for her dance partner in a school production of West Side Story&nbsp; Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="noopener noreferrer">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

1: Dolly Alderton

Celebrating crushes and unrequited loves in all their intense and embarrassing glory.&nbsp;Margaret Cabourn-Smith chats to funny people like Sindhu Vee, Sarah Millican and Sue Perkins about the crushes they can't forget.

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