The Harry Hill Show

Harry’s ex Mandy crashes the cold open with a few home truths set to music, then Keith Lemon and Bo’ Selecta creator Lee Francis stops by to talk getting discovered by Davina McCall, “manifesting” Keith Lemon on his kitchen wall, following Richard and Judy in character, and testing Celebrity Juice games with Johnny Vegas. Dr Emily Patterson-Morgan joins us in Theme Of The Week to discuss the genuinely unhinged life of Lord Byron. 00:00 – Cold open: Mandy crashes the show 01:20 – Breakup song 03:53 – Leigh Francis arrives 04:40 – Leigh’s podcast with Jill, Emma Bunton and Jade 05:36 – How they really first met 07:49 – Alex Horne and “when’s Kevin Lygo gonna die” 08:18 – Gino D’Acampo’s “northern people” story 09:42 – Show and tell: Fancy Dress Friday 15:16 – Sarah the AI Bot: Lee’s facts and early career 22:14 – Keith Lemon and Avid Merrion origin story 25:20 – Sketch: the dating agency 28:25 – Celebrity Juice, Keith Lemon the Film, Rocketman cameo 32:19 – Ad break: Notorious Baddies Mini Pants 34:01 – Theme of the week: Lord Byron 48:27 – Name the Celebrity Seed 52:20 – Gary’s Joke Corner 54:50 – Butterfly In Blue Jeans New episodes of The Harry Hill Show every Monday. Subscribe so you don't miss Gary's Joke Corner. #TheHarryHillShow #HarryHill "Leigh Francis" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on Leigh Francis. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Harry's elephant rescue mission takes an unexpected turn involving a clown, a dark web chat room and the police. Comedian, quizzer and former GP Paul 'The Sinnerman' Sinha stops by to talk about following in Harry's footsteps at St George's Medical School, the brutal realities of the World Quizzing Championships and staying relevant enough for The Chase. This weeks Theme of The Week is TAXIDERMY! Simon 'The Stuffa' Wilson tells us all about life stuffing animals for Hollywood. 00:22 – Sarah the baby elephant: the clown-rescue story 02:53 – Sarah comes on stage 04:10 – Gary announces the guest 04:24 – Paul Sinha says hello to Licky 05:01 – Harry and Paul's shared history: a brutal 1995 gig in South London 06:33 – Doctor by day, open-mic comic by night 08:53 – Sarah the AI Bot: St George's, the "slag mag," and the racist admissions computer 16:16 – Why quizzing? Paul's dad's "you're no son of mine" ultimatum 17:30 – Growing up on Sale of the Century and old-school TV quizzes 19:10 – Gary's phone call aside (the "never actually a doctor" gag) 20:07 – Sarah AI Bot: career highlights, The Weakest Link to The Chase's "Cinnamon" 20:52 – The Twix draw / Cinnamon vs. Sinner name mix-up 21:48 – How the World Quizzing Championships actually works 24:08 – Staying relevant for The Chase 26:56 – Paul's book, Once Sinner Lifetime, and getting a mention in it 29:10 – St George's memories and Dominic Holland, Spider-Man's dad 31:00 – Corporate gig disasters: Dave the badger and the Southampton guessing game 33:27 – Regency Innovations Home Cremation 34:36 – Theme of the week: Taxidermy with Simon "the Stuffa" Wilson 44:36 – Name the Celebrity Seed 49:35 – Gary's Joke Corner 52:40 – Butterfly In Blue Jeans New episodes of The Harry Hill Show every Monday. Subscribe so you don't miss Gary's Joke Corner. #TheHarryHillShow #HarryHill #PaulSinha #nationwidemigrationandeducation "Paul Sinha" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on Paul Sinha. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode of the Podscarf, we welcome prop comedy legend, Spencer Jones, alongside University of Manchester New Testament scholar Dr Andrew Boakye, for an hour of pure, unadulterated junk-shop invention and first-century Galilean prophecy. Licky's fame finally goes to his head, Spencer unveils a £160 pair of parcel-photo feet, Sarah the AI Bot grows a moustache, and Gary goes blonde. New episodes of The Harry Hill Show every Monday. Subscribe so you don't miss Gary's Joke Corner. #TheHarryHillShow #HarryHill #SunilPatel #nationwidemigrationandeducation "Spencer Jones" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on Spencer Jones. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sunil Patel turns up to be offered a Scotch Prize Ball (Regency Innovation TM), asked repeatedly about working for Natwest, and finds out from an AI bot that his dad ran a pub, prompting a full on-air correction. Harry sits down with crime historian Dr Angela Buckley for this week's themed deep-dive, Victorian Crime, and somebody nearly wins a round of Name the Celebrity Seed. 0:17 The Mechanically Reclaimed Meat Society (MRSA) 1:03 Introducing Scotch Prize Balls 4:01 Offering Sunil a Scotch Prize Ball 4:52 "Have We Met Before?" 5:05 The Radio Show About Living Forever 5:26 The Man Who Freezes Bodies 6:01 £130k for Full-Body Cryonics 6:38 Who Makes This Set? 7:14 How Cryonic Freezing Actually Works 7:55 "I'm Going to Say Scam" 8:07 Paying for Your Own Cryonics with Life Insurance 9:20 Is There a Halfway House for Frozen Guys? 9:25 Middle-Aged Men Freezing Their Dead Mothers 10:11 How Sunil Feels About AI 11:26 Mistaken for a Fred West Advert 11:49 Nationwide or NatWest? 13:01 Sarah's AI Biography Begins 14:57 "Not Much Clear Information About Me Online" 15:04 The University of Kent Honorary Doctorate 16:02 How He Drifted Into Stand-Up 17:28 Sarah's Grudge Against Charles the Robot 19:13 "Best Actor in That Nationwide Advert" 20:51 The Crypto Podcast and the 12-Year-Old NFT Millionaire 21:37 Pitching HasBucks: A New Cryptocurrency 22:24 What's Next for Sunil Patel 22:49 Starting Out on Radio 4's Weekending 23:43 The Trousers-Falling-Down Pitch Meeting 24:19 The Beans-Down-the-Pants Comedian 25:39 Twix Drop 26:04 Ad Break: Scotch Prize Balls (Full Advert) 27:18 Theme of the Week: Victorian Crime with Dr Angela Buckley 28:22 What Actually Was Victorian Crime? 29:34 Buzzers, Snow Dippers and Victorian Thief Slang 30:16 Crimes Against Property vs Crimes Against People 30:56 Policing Before the Police: The Bow Street Runners 31:44 Punishments: Capital Crimes, Fines and Transportation 32:17 Detectives in Disguise 33:24 Modern Pickpocketing (and Phone Theft) 34:17 Jack the Ripper 35:16 Why the Press Made Him a Legend 37:03 The Royal Family Conspiracy Theory 38:00 The Victorian Crime Hotbeds 38:37 Murdered in Your Own Bed 39:51 The Victorian Version of a Phone Scam 40:06 Prison Treadmills 40:54 Why Transportation to Australia Ended 43:20 Where to Find Dr Angela Buckley's Work 44:16 How Victorian Detectives Actually Solved Crimes 47:22 "Criminals Always Return to the Scene" 47:54 Are Criminals Getting Better? 48:24 Name the Celebrity Seed 52:31 Gary's Joke Corner 54:15 Butterfly In Blue Jeans New episodes of The Harry Hill Show every Monday. Subscribe so you don't miss Gary's Joke Corner. #TheHarryHillShow #HarryHill #SunilPatel #Nationwide "Sunil Patel" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on Sunil Patel. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sara Pascoe turns up for old times' sake, gets grilled by not one but two Sarah's, pitches a Thursday Murder Club rival called The Wednesday Hospice Pickpocket Club, and has her own historic bankruptcy read out live on air by an AI bot with a long memory and no filter. We welcome Queensmith CEO Brett Afshar for this week's theme, Diamonds, and somebody ends up wearing a £185,000 ring. 0:17 Going Through My Dead Nan's Handbag 2:19 The Locket 2:45 Enter Sarah Pascoe 3:12 Licky 3:36 Catching Up: "Long Time No See" 3:50 The YFCs and the Boadicea Chariot Comedy Analogy 7:03 The Weirdos Book Club 7:13 Flight from Death Row and the Withered Twin Theory 8:38 Comedians Training Their Dogs 8:58 Amanda Lamb, Shepherd 9:49 Sarah's Verdict on AI 10:20 The U2 Album Everyone Hated 11:49 The Houseboat on the Strait of Hormuz 12:14 Turning Down Riyadh and Dubai 13:16 Enter the Other Sarah (the AI Bot) 16:02 You Must Be Joking and The Tomorrow People 18:38 The Belt That Made His Trousers Fall Down 19:16 Meeting Cariad Lloyd at University 20:11 The Wisest Thing Anyone's Said About Podcasts 24:19 The Participation Song 25:11 Would I Lie to You and the Lee Mack Rule 26:09 The QI Fee and the BBC Tartan 26:57 Hosting Have I Got News for You (and the Glue Prank) 28:31 Last One Laughing and the Case for Bob Mortimer 30:24 Should Roisin Be Allowed in the Room? 32:04 A Cigar and Her First-Ever Stand-Up Gig 33:07 Interrupted by a Deliveroo (For Greg Wallace) 41:44 Twix Drop (Possibly Poisoned) 42:20 Why AI Should Run on Sewage 44:16 Sacked from The Great British Sewing Bee 46:14 The Thursday Murder Club and the Hospice Pickpocket Pitch 50:50 Medievaloo 52:48 Theme of the Week: Diamonds with Brett Afshar 53:23 What Actually Is a Diamond? 54:34 How Diamonds Reach the Surface 55:36 The History of the Diamond Engagement Ring 56:43 Where in the World Diamonds Are Mined 58:47 How You Cut a Diamond With a Diamond 59:26 The Largest Diamond Ever Found 1:00:33 What Makes a Diamond Valuable 1:01:37 Carats, Explained 1:04:38 Trying On a £185,000 Ring 1:06:53 Blood Diamonds and Diamond Ethics 1:08:06 Lab-Grown Diamonds 1:11:30 Harry's Joke Corner New episodes of The Harry Hill Show every Monday. Subscribe so you don't miss Gary's Joke Corner. #TheHarryHillShow #HarryHill #SaraPascoe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.