Podcasto Catflappo

Michael Redfern (1943-2022) worked with our beloved Catflap favourites on many shows including Dangerous Brothers, The Young Ones, Bottom, and 4 of 6 episodes of Filthy Rich & Catflap.

In this pod ep, author Mark Searby shares the audio of his chat with Mr Redfern, recorded while researching his book 'Rik Mayall: Comedy Genius'.

Mark also chats with Jeffers about plenty of Rik stuff, the process of writing the book, and it all becomes suitably Catflappian! 

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In this ep Dona Di Stefano, the Assistant Floor Manager on Filthy Rich & Catflap, chats with Jeffers about the show to share nifty anecdotes, reveal production processes and patiently respond to his increasingly obscure questions.  Dona enjoyed a 48-year career in TV and Theatre, becoming part of the Paul Jackson teams that worked on Happy Families, Catflap and Red Dwarf. In the 1990s she joined the BBC newsroom in Manchester, working for many years on North West Tonight. Tune in to find out which items on the set of Catflap came from Dona's house, what props she kept, and was it her that made all the door-buzzer farty sounds? Plus there really is SO MUCH MORE. Enjoy!

Jon Auty from Behind the Stunts chats with Jeffers about Filthy Rich & Catflap's stunt pieces and stunt performers, including Nick Gillard, Denise Ryan, Peter Diamond, Gareth Milne, Paul Heasman and Spencer Collins. Here's Jon's LINKTREE to check out more Behind The Stunts!

The cover image of Nigel Planer in rehearsal is thanks to Dona Di Stefano (Assistant Floor Manager for Catflap) who allowed us to use the photo. It's great!

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Cheers ;)

Jeffers chats to Goon Pod's Tyler Adams about 16 guest stars of Filthy Rich & Catflap, as they re-enact the 'Best Catflap Guest Role' tournament of January 2024.

Performers discussed include: Helen Lederer, Chris Barrie, Mel Smith, Lee Cornes, Polly Highton , Hugh Laurie, Cheryl Taylor, Arthur Smith, Stephen Fry, John Bird, Ken Parry, Harry Enfield, Lynda Bellingham, Norman Pace, Gareth Hale, Michael Redfern and Barbara Windsor.

Tyler's fabulous Goon Pod can be found HERE and it's a treat for fans of UK comedy, Goon Show aficinados and just about everyone else.

Enjoy!

A chat with Diana Mather, who played Dingo Wucka's secretary in ep 6 of Filthy Rich & Catflap and also had plenty of TV experience as a presenter & newsreader for the BBC, ATV and more, including a few continuity links just like Richie Rich! 

Diana shares nifty anecdotes about her television career and becoming a prolific author and etiquette expert.

Diana's website: www.dianamather.com

Here's a link to Diana's Song for the World on YouTube.

A long lost Rik Mayall live gig audio recording surfaced in Western Australia in January 2024, taken from a Rik & Ben Elton gig on 17 May 1986 in Perth. Podcasto Catflappo got the scoop and is making Dingo Wucker proud by breaking the story and giving you exclusive access to this 45-minute audio treat before it gets released to the world at  RikMayallScrapbook.com

You'll also be able to find it at their YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@rikmayallscrapbook  Presented with sincere thanks to our anonymous source, plus Lucy at Rik Mayall Scrapbook and the wonderful Mayall family. Enjoy.

Richie Rich is the star around whom Filthy Rich & Catflap revolves, so Jeffers & Dave talk about Richie for 3 hours, plus segments with guests!

We ask the question: What do we actually KNOW about Gertrude Richard Rich? As it turns out, we know loads but plenty of it is contradictory!

We document all the Richie-related evidence from on-screen events, count the Richie stats, find out what the creators said about him, and use that Richie knowledge to speculate on answers to all the questions that remain.

Our co-host for the special is Dave Robinson from 60MW Podcast

...and our guests include:

• FRC's Costume Designer Inez Nordell Vard
• Scott Weaver
• Shaun Gibson
• Dayna TG!

The exclusive cover image is a recently unearthed continuity polaroid taken in 1986 by Dona Di Stefano (Catflap's Assistant Floor Manager) which she kindly supplied!

Check out our deep-dive into Rik Mayall's best character ;)

Well-known upholsterer and TV identity Craig Hughes joins us for a chat about seeing the recording of Filthy Rich & Catflap in 1986, and then Red Dwarf, while living in Manchester. Craig was also a sound engineer and promoter in the Madchester music scene, balancing that with his restoration work which later saw him become a specialist regular on TV's 'Salvage Hunters' and 'Salvage Hunters: The Restorers'.

You can follow Craig on Twitter-X, Instagram, Youtube and at his website.

Paul Jackson, producer and director of Filthy Rich & Catflap, is our special guest for the Xmas 2023 edition of the podcast.  

Paul chats about the show's genesis, gives his take on the series nearly 40 years later, and recalls some of the great folks who worked on the series but are no longer with us.

It's a very special interview so dive on in!

Thanks to 'Red Dwarf Quarantine' for the screencap used in this episode's cover image. Check 'em out on YouTube.

A big thank you to Paul Jackson for being part of the show!

A chat with autograph collector John Heffernan who just completed the 'holy grail' of Filthy Rich & Catflap signature pieces. John tells the story of meeting Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Ben Elton and (almost) Ade Edmondson in a two-decade sig pursuit! Jeffers and John also chat about the lack of Catflap collectables and whether that could be a good thing.