August 2, 2024Celebrity
Howzat? 5.5 / 6 Kathy Burke is a fucking legend, and I don’t use the word “fucking” lightly here. Even though the premise of this show is slightly contrived (panel of highly paid executives, take note – death, bit on-the-nose, isn’t it?), nothing can touch Kathy Burke at the moment. She is speedily turning into
July 26, 2024Celebrity
Howzat? 5.2 / 6 There is no rhyme or reason why this show is such a monster hit. As a format, celebs – mainly comedians – speak to Ed Gamble and James Acaster, about their “dream” meal and by rights, it should be OK at its very best. But somehow, it works very well. Derry
July 19, 2024Business
The weekend’s just around the corner and the ice cream man is making millions from insatiable kids who won’t stop pestering their parents for a taste of the sweet sweet frozen nectar. That means only one thing… it’s sliptime, baby… How I Built This – “KAYAK: Paul English (2021) Howzat? 4.9 / 6 How can
July 18, 2024Entertainment
Howzat? 4.0 / 6 Do you know what a questmonger is? What about the origin of the word ‘carpenter’? And why does ‘bemothered’ mean to be confused by something? If you’re into etymology, then you’re in for a real treat with ‘Words Unravelled’. The podcast, hosted by word-geek YouTuber ‘Rob Words’, and authour of all
July 17, 2024Celebrity
Howzat? 0.2 / 6 “Mums, we’ve all been there. Your kids are playing up and you need to send them to the naughty corner.” Have I accidentally stumbled into a time machine and now we find ourselves in the 1970s, surrounded by the unapologetic patriarchy? WTF! I’ve not even pressed play and already this new
July 12, 2024Celebrity
Howzat? 4.5 / 6 “Fake! fake! fake!”* It’s a very vague remit of a podcast but hey, it’s Julia Louis-Dreyfus, so it’s all good. And, it’s produced by Lemonada Media, which means we’re in safe hands. I haven’t got time to write a complete review but all I will say is that it’s worth a
July 10, 2024Chat show
Howzat? 4.2 / 6 There was a danger here that this podcast, in the hands of shiny-mega-commercial-radio-company Global, would be produced within an inch of its life, sucking all the glorious comedy freestyling from a trio of Scottish comedians so blasé, they make Snoop Dog (Snoop Lion?) look like accountants on the verge of a
July 9, 2024Entertainment
Howzat? 1.2 / 6 As any young content creator is told, it’s up to the audience to heap praise on whatever you decide to showcase to the world. It portrays class and humility, helping forge a stronger bond with an appreciative audience who want to keep coming back for more. ALT: there’s nothing worse than
July 8, 2024Chat show
Howzat? 5.1 / 6 Whatever a podcast is (nobody really knows, do they?), Sketchplanations – a show that explains things via the visual medium of cartoons – seems to offer it in bucketloads. The format? Well, it’s not rocket science, however, if it was, it would aptly be explained neatly in a lovely
July 5, 2024Chat show
Hey! You! What’s eeeuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrppppp? Here it is, this week’s Friday Slips. Take them or leave them but please don’t ignore them… Comfort Eating with Grace Dent – “Allan Mustafa, actor and comedian” Howzat? 3.2 / 6 Grace Dent is a personality and, boy, don’t we know it. She presents as she walks: quaint, dainty, breathy