Welcome to a very special festive edition of the podcast as wee've only gone and secured a chat with Father Christmas and one of his helper elves! Quite the coup on the busiest day of the year for them.

Thank you for listening to the Worst Time Podcast in 2024 and Merry Christmas one and all!

A slightly different episode this week as we head back to 2019 to unearth a previously unheard chat with Olga & Nika from Russian punk band and art performance group Pussy Riot! 

Chris chatted to the pair in Bristol to find out more about their backstory, their history of protests and their infamous pitch invasion of the 2018 World Cup Final. 

Thanks so much to Pussy Riot for their time and also their patience in waiting 5 years before Chris managed to get his act together to get the interview out into the world. Back to the regular format next week with a very special Christmas Day guest!

The legends that are the DJ/producer duo Utah Saints sit down with Chris to share some of their worst times from their three decades in the music business! 

Tim & Jez go through the New Years Eves that didn't quite live up the hype, the technology that has let them down, the meals that didn't cut the mustard and the vehicles which were far from ideal. 

Plus - what's it like running your own festival and what do you do if U2 ask you to go on a stadium tour with them? 

Utah Saints have more music on the way and over 30 gigs in the diary for 2025 already - go follow them on the socials to find out more about what they're up to!

A rambling and somewhat chaotic chat with Ray & Sam from ska/punk/funk band Smiling Ivy recorded backstage at the Foundry music venue in Sheffield. They even brought their own handwritten 10 point list of worst times for this one! 
Going back over a decade - Chris, Ray & Sam have got a lot of ground to cover. They recount the time they toured the Alps, almost crashed the van in Paris and had to save the drummer from a Jimi Hendrix style ending. Plus the time that the band were due to play a festival just outside Bristol but ended up in Hebden Bridge due to an email error. 

Also, why have Smiling Ivy been banned from multiple places around the country, how did they end up playing a Snow Festival with no snow and does a drum kit have a volume knob? 

Smiling Ivy are releasing a new album soon and they have gigs coming up. Check out their socials for more details! And warning - this podcast features adult language and adult themes!

Comedian, presenter, actor and well known face of the radio & TV world - Lucy Porter joins Chris for episode 86 of the Worst Time Podcast! 

A perfect guest for the pod as she's in the middle of her No Regrets tour (spoiler - she has some mild regrets) and has plenty of experience to draw upon! This episode includes tales of interviewing authors, chaotic teenage birthday parties and attempting american accents for the big screen! 

Lucy is on tour at the moment and she has her own podcast - you can find all that on her website!

The multi talented comedian, writer, singer and social media heavyweight Sooz Kempner kicks back with Chris to share some of her worst times on the show this week. 

Sooz shares some great tales of masonic gigs in pubs, auditions where she didn't get the part as well the pair of jeans she simply cannot wear anymore. 

Plus - fresh from feeling disappointed from one recent election night, she recounts the time she spent another election night on a rolling live news channel, and why she's never been invited back! 

Sooz is on tour at the moment! Go check out her website for details of all shows!

A warm welcome to Krafty Kuts as he joins Chris for an inspirational episode 84 of The Worst Time Podcast! 

DJ, producer and so much more - Krafty shares a whole variety of some of the previous jobs he had before breaking into the music scene, including one of the greatest job titles ever - trifle taster! 


Plus - how Fatboy Slim helped him make his name, how he witnessed someone losing their fingers on a piece of machinery and how he got abused as a bingo caller! 

You can catch Krafty Kuts gigging all over the place, plus he has lots of new music on the way. Follow his socials to keep up to date with his work!

Writer, actor and social media legend Tomas Budin steps up to share his worst times with Chris on the podcast this week! 

Tom has a couple of frankly incredible worst times due to some baffling errors of judgment - one including a tennis match and one including a hike up a mountain in the Lake District. Plus - can Chris make it big as an actor? (Jury's out on this one but let's say "probably not") 

Tomas Budin regularly shares his hilarious videos on his Instagram and TikTok - go follow him and enjoy!

A bonafide musical legend joins Chris on the Worst Time Podcast this week, someone who has been releasing music and rocking it since the 1960s - the incredible PP Arnold! 

It's a double Arnold special as PP recounts some incredible stories including the time she toured with Roger Waters, appeared on German TV with Jimi Hendrix, worked with Mick Jagger, got told off by Ike Turner for missing the bus and performed on Top of the Pops back when it was broadcast in black & white! 

Huge thank you to PP for her time, she is busy touring her Soul Survivor show as well as promoting her latest release - Live in Liverpool. Check out her website for more details!

It's a deep dive into service stations with service station enthusiast The Services King this week in what is perhaps the most niche episode of the Worst Time Podcast so far! 

Rich Cross (AKA The Services King - a title bestowed upon him by BBC Radio 1's Scott Mills & Chris Stark) and Chris Arnold (AKA bloke who once had his honeymoon in a service station according to the fake news tabloids) chew the fat over some of the worst attributes of the humble motorway stop off. Plus the pair discuss the A1's legendary American diner & adult superstore stop offs, how to get free Greggs, Rich's fondness for Little Chef (RIP) and Chris's fondness for Gloucester Services. 

Rich can be found on the socials @theservicesking - go check him out if you love service stations!