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Tuesday 6th October 2026

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 11:59:00 +0100

8705/21624If present day examples are anything to go by, Jesus going all-in on Christianity in his 30s makes me wonder what the Hell he'd been getting up to in his 20s. There may be a reason that none of the Gospels talk about it.
Over to Hertford this evening to do a Q and A for Alistair Barrie's renowned stand-up comedy course. It must be a while since I was last at Hertford Theatre because it's now called BEAM and has had a major refit.

Monday 5th October 2026

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:21:00 +0100

8704/21623My crazy, funny, (usually) incredibly sweet boy turned 9 today. He was incredibly excited to receive a plastic flintlock pistol, a viking shield, some fossils and a couple of solid gold (maybe) necklaces. I don't know if he will grow up to be an archaeologist, a pirate or a pimp (or the job that combines all three- a comedian), but it was lovely to see him so thrilled. It is rare as an adult that you squeal with joy when opening a present. That's a shame.

Sunday 4th October 2026

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0100

8703/21622The semi-final of The Great Celebrity Pottery Throwdown tonight  and Twitch of Fun/Craven Newsround fans will enjoy this one as it features Richard Ison's Tiny Dick puppet and me building some garden gnomes based on Ally and me. Spoilers incoming so watch the show first.My main memory of this show is being frustrated and for the first time the show chose to highlight a tiny amount of that. Layton even calls me a misery guts, which made me laugh, but would be a lot more fair comment if you'd seen everything he had seen.

Saturday 3rd October 2026

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:55:00 +0100

8702/21621I am delighted that my kids have very good comedy taste - where did they get that from? Oh their mum.Because kids love to repeat view/listen to stuff, which means you have to ingest it too and so if something they like is bad then (I imagine) that makes your life Hell.Phoebe loves Flo and Joan, as you may recall and I think I may have heard some of those songs more than Flo and Joan have. But they stand repeated listens.

Friday 2nd October 2026

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 19:11:00 +0100

8701/21620Coming up with a joke about or a reimagining of old kids TV shows for every Newsround might become a bit of a chore, but so far I've managed to come up with over 100 of them. My favourites are the ones that unite two very obscure ideas meaning they are likely only to be understood by a handful of my fairly small audience.Today it struck me how weird that Noel Edmond's Saturday morning show as called The Multicoloured Swap Shop. It was hardly any of those things.

Thursday 1st October 2026

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:22:00 +0100

8700/21619Celebrity Traitor spoilers incoming.
Who would have thought Richard E Grant would have turned out to be a fucking idiot?To think he wouldn't let his RHLSTP go out, but he's happy for this to air on national TV. What's his problem?I guess we'll never know. But he seems set to become an even greater national treasure, so I'd better get on board the bus and say he's great (I did actually think he was great in the podcast- still one of my top 10 and he was hilarious, but as you may have noted I am confused by what happened afterwards).

Wednesday 30th September 2026

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:53:00 +0100

8699/21618My last day of filming on Zak The Ripper with a call time of 8am. I had fancied that I could make this if I had stayed in Htichin and got a very early train, but the production had wanted me there for sure, hence my night of haute cuisine in the Premier Inn.I was picked up and taken to a remote cottage. As I was being driven up the track to the location I wondered if this whole project had been an elaborate plan to kidnap me and maybe/hopefully turn me into some kind of sex slave.