Park Date

Location: Ilkley Lido Parklands, Yorkshire, UK

Guest: Carole Beanland

It's my birthday so I thought I'd do something fun....

Something a little different in this episode. I wanted to tell my beloved mum's story - or rather for her to tell it in her own words. From hanging with Paul and Linda McCartney and DJing in Manchester in the 1970s to IT, teaching and some family memories about parks, swimming and fish 'n' chips.

We recorded it on a lovely sunny day on the grassy parkland surrounding one of my favourite lidos at Ilkley in Yorkshire.

As always GRAZIE to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen to his brilliant podcast https://southgirlproductionmusic.com/category/podcast-production/), Rosie Wilby (https://www.instagram.com/breakupmonologues/?hl=en) and Mae-Li Evans for encouragement, production support and advice. There would be no podcast without these people. THANKS GUYS.

Park Date is about mixing the silly with the serious so do listen out for the original comedy we're slotting in between and after the interviews (which are hopefully pretty funny themselves). 

Do review, subscribe and like. Namecheck as many trees as possible in your reviews and make them as surreal as possible - I have a very nice prize to give out to the writer of the funniest review.

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Location: Soho Square Gardens, London

Guests: Nina Van Der Mark

London-based Dutch comedian and academic Nina tells us about health, oversharing and Dutch culture!

WARNING: some swearing in this one, sorry mum.

As always GRAZIE to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen to his brilliant podcast https://southgirlproductionmusic.com/category/podcast-production/), Rosie Wilby (https://www.instagram.com/breakupmonologues/?hl=en) and Mae-Li Evans for encouragement, production support and advice. There would be no podcast without these people. THANKS GUYS.

Park Date is about mixing the silly with the serious so do listen out for the original comedy we're slotting in between and after the interviews (which are hopefully pretty funny themselves). 

Do review, subscribe and like. Namecheck as many trees as possible in your reviews and make them as surreal as possible - I have a very nice prize to give out to the writer of the funniest review.

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Location: St James Square, Edinburgh

Guest: Steve McLean

Here's another episode I recorded at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe - with the brilliant and very Scottish Steve McLean. Steve does comedy shows about music, runs the excellent awards called West End New Act of The Year, and has a new book out called Stealing Deep Purple, which you should go and buy https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2025/07/16/stealing-deep-purple/

Steve is also involved with The Free Fringe, helping new performers get into the Edinburgh Fringe.

AND Steve is doing a show about this very story at Edinburgh this year o go and see it! Every day at 1600 https://www.instagram.com/withstevemclean/

As always GRAZIE to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen to his brilliant podcast https://southgirlproductionmusic.com/category/podcast-production/), Rosie Wilby (https://www.instagram.com/breakupmonologues/?hl=en) and Mae-Li Evans for encouragement, production support and advice. There would be no podcast without these people. THANKS GUYS.

Park Date is about mixing the silly with the serious so do listen out for the original comedy we're slotting in between and after the interviews (which are hopefully pretty funny themselves). 

Do review, subscribe and like. Namecheck as many trees as possible in your reviews and make them as surreal as possible - I have a very nice prize to give out to the writer of the funniest review.

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Location: Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh

Guests: Alfrun Rose

A special episode here for you all. I knew Alfrun Rose's dad Gis and her lovely mum Anna when I was doing music journalism a decade ago. Gis' death is one of the inspirations for Alfie's exquisite play Dead Air. I watched the play at the Edinburgh Fringe and then we chatted about it and life and death in general with the imposing Arthur's Seat and Hollywood Park looming us in the Pleasance Courtyard. Alfie and her sis very sweetly came to my final performance of my comedy show Chaos in The Avocado Aisle on Aug 9 too.

Enjoy this lovely episode and love to the whole clan! :)

As always GRAZIE to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen to his brilliant podcast https://southgirlproductionmusic.com/category/podcast-production/), Rosie Wilby (https://www.instagram.com/breakupmonologues/?hl=en) and Mae-Li Evans for encouragement, production support and advice. There would be no podcast without these people. THANKS GUYS.

Park Date is about mixing the silly with the serious so do listen out for the original comedy we're slotting in between and after the interviews (which are hopefully pretty funny themselves). 

Do review, subscribe and like. Namecheck as many trees as possible in your reviews and make them as surreal as possible - I have a very nice prize to give out to the writer of the funniest review.

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Location: Holland Park, London

Guests: Chris Romer-Lee and Kathryn Ferry

Okay a lovely special episode for you here with TWO guests for the price of one. The three of us were joined by Peigh Asante of the fab Swim Dem Crew for a talk I hosted on Jun 3 2025.

It was a spin off from the Design Museum's Splash! Exhibition and was organised by the amazing Imelda Dooley Hunter.

So me, Chris and Kathryn had this chat outside the Design Museum before we went in for the evening talk event. Everything was so fun and if you love lidos, are passionate about access to public space and the social make up of beaches, or if you love art deco pool architecture, then this is one for you.

Check out Kathryn's new book about the Seaside, Chris' books about Sea Pools and forthcoming Diving Boards deep dive and why not - my Lido book too! Enjoy :)

As always GRAZIE to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen to his brilliant podcast https://southgirlproductionmusic.com/category/podcast-production/), Rosie Wilby (https://www.instagram.com/breakupmonologues/?hl=en) and Mae-Li Evans for encouragement, production support and advice. There would be no podcast without these people. THANKS GUYS.

Park Date is about mixing the silly with the serious so do listen out for the original comedy we're slotting in between and after the interviews (which are hopefully pretty funny themselves). 

Do review, subscribe and like. Namecheck as many trees as possible in your reviews and make them as surreal as possible - I have a very nice prize to give out to the writer of the funniest review.

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Location: MAC, Birmingham, UK

Guests: Sam Nicoresti and Nathan Cassidy (and Nathan's dad)

Ok this is a special Park Date with not one, not two but THREE guests. We recorded a little chat backstage at the Midlands Arts Centre in Birmingham before I hosted the Brum on The Box show where we screened random archive titbits and had a laugh about the crazy telly that was made in Birmingham like Gangsters, Howard's Way, Crossroads, Bullseye, Tiswas, Midlands Today and Pebble Mill at One. Sam Nicoresti starts, Nathan Cassidy comes along and then Nathan's dad joins in too. Sam and Nathan joined onstage for the show and we'll be doing another soon! Watch this space. I also chatted about it on BBC Midlands Today.

BTW yes I said Shay Given when I meant Shaw Taylor haha. But I left it in!

Bostin'

Oh and the Cliff Richard film is called Take Me High.

As always GRAZIE to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen to his brilliant podcast https://southgirlproductionmusic.com/category/podcast-production/), Rosie Wilby (https://www.instagram.com/breakupmonologues/?hl=en) and Mae-Li Evans for encouragement, production support and advice. There would be no podcast without these people. THANKS GUYS.

Park Date is about mixing the silly with the serious so do listen out for the original comedy we're slotting in between and after the interviews (which are hopefully pretty funny themselves). 

Do review, subscribe and like. Namecheck as many trees as possible in your reviews and make them as surreal as possible - I have a very nice prize to give out to the writer of the funniest review.

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Location: Birmingham, UK

Guest: David Baldwin

It's Christmas 2025!

It's me and David Baldwin's annual Christmas catch-up. But what's this? Is David buying drugs? And why is there so much traffic as we try to get to the park next to the Mac arts centre? And where are we going to park? Ho ho ho homeless men ask us for money, Balders comes good with the driving and we chat about we've been up to! Merry Christmas! PS this was definitely NOT recorded in November before the gig with Sam Nicoresti and Nathan Cassidy as part of Square Eyes TV Festival. Oh no no no it's definitely Christmas Day. Enjoy!!!! Love from all of us in 2025 and glad tidings for 26! Cx

As always GRAZIE to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen to his brilliant podcast https://southgirlproductionmusic.com/category/podcast-production/), Rosie Wilby (https://www.instagram.com/breakupmonologues/?hl=en) and Mae-Li Evans for encouragement, production support and advice. There would be no podcast without these people. THANKS GUYS.

Park Date is about mixing the silly with the serious so do listen out for the original comedy we're slotting in between and after the interviews (which are hopefully pretty funny themselves). 

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Location: By some bins, behind the Melia Hotel (there were a few trees around), Gt Portland St, London, UK

Guest: Sophie Sconcia

I took Sophie for a quickie by some bins behind a hotel. It's a little podcast but a funny one! Sophie is amazing and it's no surprise she won the audience vote at the West End New Act Competition a few hours after we did this episode. Check out her Cat Soup night in Chesham :)

As always GRAZIE to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen to his brilliant podcast https://southgirlproductionmusic.com/category/podcast-production/), Rosie Wilby (https://www.instagram.com/breakupmonologues/?hl=en) and Mae-Li Evans for encouragement, production support and advice. There would be no podcast without these people. THANKS GUYS.

Park Date is about mixing the silly with the serious so do listen out for the original comedy we're slotting in between and after the interviews (which are hopefully pretty funny themselves). 

Do review, subscribe and like. Namecheck as many trees as possible in your reviews and make them as surreal as possible - I have a very nice prize to give out to the writer of the funniest review.

Please follow us on socials

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Stockwell, London, UK

Guest: George Watson

Actor and stand up George Watson joins me for this episode as we walk around the green spaces of some council estates in Stockwell, London, while George has a G&T in hand. George has been in Wedding Season, Masters Of The Air and many more and is now killing as a stand up. Maybe he'll be in the short film I'm making?

As always GRAZIE to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen to his brilliant podcast https://southgirlproductionmusic.com/category/podcast-production/), Rosie Wilby (https://www.instagram.com/breakupmonologues/?hl=en) and Mae-Li Evans for encouragement, production support and advice. There would be no podcast without these people. THANKS GUYS.

Park Date is about mixing the silly with the serious so do listen out for the original comedy we're slotting in between and after the interviews (which are hopefully pretty funny themselves). 

Do review, subscribe and like. Namecheck as many trees as possible in your reviews and make them as surreal as possible - I have a very nice prize to give out to the writer of the funniest review.

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Elephant Park, London, UK

Guest: Claire Cox

The always funny Claire Cox talks us through state school pony clubs, Waitrose, and other middle class problems.

Come and the see the show Claire is doing with yours truly at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on Aug 2-9 and 15.45 at PBH's Free Fringe Venue 102 - Brewdog Lothian Road, Edinburgh. It's called Chaos in The Avocado Aisle - 99 Middle Class Problems.

Yes OUR SHOW BEGINS THIS SATURDAY AUG 2 IN EDINBURGH

HUGE HUGE thanks to all the team at PBH Free Fringe for giving us a shot. Check out all their amazing stuff https://freefringe.org.uk/ and https://www.instagram.com/thefreefringe/

And catch Claire playing around the UK too.

As always GRAZIE to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen to his brilliant podcast https://southgirlproductionmusic.com/category/podcast-production/), Rosie Wilby (https://www.instagram.com/breakupmonologues/?hl=en) and Mae-Li Evans for encouragement, production support and advice. There would be no podcast without these people. THANKS GUYS.

Park Date is about mixing the silly with the serious so do listen out for the original comedy we're slotting in between and after the interviews (which are hopefully pretty funny themselves). 

Do review, subscribe and like. Namecheck as many trees as possible in your reviews and make them as surreal as possible - I have a very nice prize to give out to the writer of the funniest review.

Please follow us on socials

Instagram @parkdatepodcast

Twitter @parkdatepodcast

More about Christopher 

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Twitter @chrisbeanland

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