What's that bursting out of the (metaphorical) bushes? IT'S ONLY THE FIRST OF THREE ROALD DAHL BOOKS WE'LL BE COVERING: THE TWITS! Join us as we dive into one of Dahl's most famous stories and discuss the issues impacting all of us every single day. Whether it's theme park wasps, beards or pranks you can play with a simple kitchen staple, we examine the world with warped eyes worthy of the Twits themselves. Spoilers and foul language are encourage throughout the podcast.

Oh my, would you just look at the cobwebs in this place? And what is that growing in the corner over there? Urgh, what're Ryan and Callum playing at? This space is an absolute mess. But don't fret! The boys are having a clean up. It's still filthy by nature, but there's only so much they can do. And to make up for lost time, they're hitting you up with FOUR mini episodes, all focused on Britain's favourite storyteller and all round good chap, Roald Dahl. The first of four is all about the man himself. They're discussing his wartime credentials, his dodgy ancestry, and his professional relations, all whilst chatting their irreverent brand of nonsense along the way. Foul language and maybe spoilers throughout.

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Hello... Is it Ernest you're looking for? If you answered "YES" to that Lionel Richie-inspired question, then do we have the podcast for you. In the 19th episode of Thug Book Club, the boys cast their eyes over Oscar Wilde's play 'The Importance Of Being Earnest'. Grab your petticoats, bonnets and top hats, because we're discussing a whole range of issues. Whether that is who we'd cast in our own production of the play, which character is most likely to be a wizard or simply butlers, we chatted a whole load of breeze. As you'd expect, spoilers and swearing are to be found within.

There are 12 months in a year. 12 inches in a foot. 12 days of Christmas. Jesus had 12 disciples, The Beatles had 12 albums, and D12 had their purple pills, the sum of being (probably) 12. But all those 12s pale in comparison to this set of 12: Danny Dyer’s Dirty Dozen. A dozen so dirty, so dastardly, and so devious, that it takes the Roman Numerals by the scruff of the neck and screams to their faces: You can’t count this, Rome! You just can’t! But luckily Ryan and Callum are made of sturdier stuff than the Romans ever were. Using Dyer’s sort-of autobiography ‘Life Lessons from the East End’, they’re taking the dirty dozen on bit by filthy bit. It results in a head-on collision with the world of Danny Dyer: the lackadaisical attitude to acting, the bizarre credentials he deems fit for government, and the love he devotes to the local boozer. The boys have each chucked in their own ideal Danny Dyer movie synopses, which give you a tantalising glimpse at what might have been. And what might be. Make sure you hit up the social channels, and expect plenty of swearing. There isn’t really a story to tell here, so don’t worry too much about spoilers.

"Yo ho ho!" "Ahoy there matey!" "Shiver me timbers!" And that's just the start of all the pirate-y phrases Callum and Ryan drop in the 17th full episode of Thug Book Club. This time round, the two landlubbers look at Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island', a classic of literature high on plundering, one-legged sailors, but bizarrely low on eye-patches. Join them as they discuss The Muppets version of the story, the coolest way anyone can be killed by a crutch and so much more. As per usual, expect spoilers and bad language.

Gone to the shops? Gone fishing? How about you gon' listen to this podcast? It's episode 16 and Callum and Ryan might be looking for their missing podcast structure in time for their next instalment, because it's nowhere to be seen here. They're diving cranium first into the domestic noir (apparently) bestseller Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Say what you like about the flaws of this one, it's a roller coaster of thrills and spills which has left the boys mentally exhausted and wondering if they actually enjoyed it or not. They've even dropped in some more storied Sinpsons references and nods to the Rocky franchise for good measure. Swear words ahoy, and even more spoilers than usual this time. Enjoy.

Do you remember watching The Pagemaster? The movie where Macaulay Culkin is transported into classic books to learn some kind of lesson? Yes? Brilliant! Because this episode is nothing like that. In this instalment of Page Burners, a Thug Book Club companion series, the squad takes some inspiration from the Frankenstein podcast to create our own monsters. Literary monsters. Scouring some of the world' most famous books, the boys pick bodyparts from some of the scariest creatures ever to be put on a page to create their own terrifying critters. After this, they somehow even manage to combine their individual picks into something even more hideous. Beware, as although spoilers are sparse, the language is still explicit.

*lightning cracks and thunder rumbles as a camera pans to a house in Camden* *the view pans up the building to a room at the top where two dishevelled men crouch over a microphone and computer, sweating profusely* "It's... live!" "Oh my god... IT'S HIDEOUS" "Kill it, burn it, THROW IT IN THE SEA" And so begins Thug Book Club's first podcast of 2016, a monstrosity on Mary Shelley's terrifying Frankenstein. This episode, we take a journey to the dark side and discuss how bad a father Victor Frankenstein is, why Percy Shelley is a scumbag and so much more in between. As you'd expect, there's bad language and spoilers within.

2016 GONNA GET TURNT! If you could pick two authors and three literary characters to come to a New Year's party, we can guarantee it wouldn't be as cool as our jamboree. Join us in the second episode of Thug Book Club's Page Burners, in which Ryan and Callum discuss who they would invite to their private parties, before talking about the most hedonistic lit get-together imaginable. Oh, and happy new year. Spoilers & swearing etc.