Desert Island Crisps

Look who washed up on the beach... last summerIt’s non-other than stand up comedian, writer, podcast overlord and thoroughly lovely chap Jim Campbell!This episode was recorded in the summer of 2019 when Jim was gearing up for his Edinburgh show Beef which received great reviews.Jim is arguably best known for hosting the disgustingly popular (and now daily!) podcast Football Ramble, which has been topping charts for over 10 years.The Football Ramble gang have toured the UK performing a live version of the podcast and even taken the show over-the-pond to the big old US of A.Happy Listening…Also, please check out the links bellow for Jim Campbell and Football Ramble News:www.mrjimcampbell.comTwitter:@JimCampbellTFRInstagram:@jimcampbellcomedyPodcast:play.acast.com/s/footballramble Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a bit of a wobble we’re back with another episode!Thanks to all the DIC’s for hanging in there. Producer Adam has finally resurfaced with the vault of recordings after moving to a neighbouring island.The castaway in this episode is award winning stand up comedian, compère extraordinaire and fellow podcaster Rich Wilson.Rich is beloved not just in Britain’s best comedy clubs but around the globe having toured the USA, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand where he won the best international artist award at the 2016 New Zealand comedy festival and was nominated again in 2017.But it is back home in Blighty where our castaway is most loved. He is a stalwart of the comedy circuit and widely regarded as on of the best compères in the game, as well as being a truly lovely human. Frank Skinner describes him as “really, really funny”. One could say that our castaway is a stand up, stand ups stand up, which is ironic because when he washed up on our beach he was sprawled out face-down, covered in crabs.Links:Twitter & Instagram @IamRichWilsonPodcast: https://play.acast.com/s/insaneinthemenbrainUpcoming Tour Dates: https://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/r/33608/rich_wilson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Good lord who’s this plodding up the beach covered in kelp?It’s only star of BBC2’s Live at The Apollo and host of Radio 4’s Comedy Club - comedian and writer Laura Lexx!Laura won best performer at the Comedians Choice Awards, best MC at the 2017 Comics Comic Awards. She was 3 time nominee at the Chortle Comedy Awards, and she was in the top ten in Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Edinburgh Fringe.Laura has gigged all over Europe and is currently starring in her new show Knee Jerk at the Edinburgh Fringe:https://gildedballoon.co.uk/programme/laura-lexx-knee-jerk/Our castaway is a member of the Comedians Cinema Club improv troupe as well as having articles published by Glamour and Standard Issue.She has also found time to write her first novel and has a comedy drama series optioned for the telebox.http://www.lauralexx.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Not another washed up comedian!Well actually Eric Lampaert is only washed up in the mythical eternity-snack desert island sense. In the real world he’s doing rather well. Eric is also an actor, a writer a director and a multi-linguist. If that’s not enough he also studied clown at Lecoq in Paris.Erics stand up exploits have taken him across the globe. He’s performed at the Montreal’s Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, the Johannesburg Comedy Festival, several solo shows at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival and he has supported Eddie Izzard (in English and French), performed a theatre run of his solo show in London & Paris, and won the ComediHa Best International Comedian Award in Quebec.Movie credits include Valerian & The City of a Thousand Planets, Moonwalkers and Stoner Express & two upcoming features in 2019; Anna directed by Luc Besson & The Show written by the Alan Moore.Alright Eric, give the rest of us a chance mate.Never mind all that, about these crisps... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This weeks castaway is an actor, writer, comedian and all-round legend Tim DownieTim has starred in multiple Oscar and BAFTA nominated films. He played the duke of Gloucester in The Kings Speech, Montgomery Clyde in Paddington as well as Brevet in Les Miserables. More recently he has appeared in Michael Bay’s Transformers 5 and alongside Brad Pitt in War Machine.Our castaway is also a small screen wonderlord. He is probably best known for playing Kit Marlowe in Ben Elton’s Upstart Crow and Danny Bear in the marvellous Toast of London with Matt Berry. Other TV credits include Plebs, Wolf Hall and Peep Show. Our castaway has also written and performed in a multitude of stage productions, He speaks Hebrew and he absolutely loves crisps. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Look who’s just flopped onto the beach gasping for air, it’s only bloody Rachel Stubbings!Rachel has dozens of film and tv credits to her name, recently starring alongside Karl Pilkington in Sick of it (Sky) and Julia Davis in Sally4ever for HBO as well as the highly acclaimed short Whenever you’re ready which is in development to become a sitcom. Other credits include the BAFTA nominated The Ghoul and Gameface for E4.Rachel’s dazzling list of acting credits can only be eclipsed by her writing accolades which include The Athena (Sky), 8 Out Of 10 Cats (C4), Mock The Week (BBC2), The Last Leg (C4), Trollied (Sky), Invasion Of The Book Readers (BBC) and various online/TV commercials.Rachel is also developing her own short Good Grief into a feature which she will be directing.Rachel is a lecturer and mentor on the comedy writing course at the National Film And Television School as well as running and curating the film night shooting the breeze at Kino cinema Bermondsey.Details of Rachel’s film night Shooting The Breeze are on her Website:https://rachelstubbings.com/Check out Rachels latest film Whenever You're Ready: https://vimeo.com/288578754 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a long break (sorry) the worlds best stranded on a desert island snack based podcast is back!We kick season 2 off with a musical treat featuring some of the hottest music producers of the moment, WiDE AWAKE.Production credits include stars like Stormzy, Wiley, Pitbull and Will Smith. Record labels such as Sony/Columbia, DIM MAK and Lowly Palace are taking notice and their raucous DJ sets have LAID WASTE to the likes of Creamfields, NASS, Boothaus, fabric and ADE .Across their catalogue they’ve amassed over 15 million streams and 10 million views gaining fans across the world.Mixing Trap with dashes of everything from grime to hardstyle, they have found support from a huge range of tastemakers including Skrillex, DJ Target, Annie Mac, DJ Fresh, MistaJam, Hardwell and Flux Pavilion. They’ve released a bunch of successful singles such as ‘Ready, ‘Love Me’ (feat. Jacob Banks), DownUp (feat. Wiley), ‘Savages’ (w/ Lady Bee) alongside many more. Their latest single ‘Holding On’ featuring Luke Burr and is available to listen to in all the usual places.https://open.spotify.com/artist/7bKJsFgjE6XoO5fDhTCCqXhttps://soundcloud.com/wewideawake@WorldWideAwake Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Actor, comedian, presenter and political activist Rufus Hound joins us for our very special and very crispy Crispmas Special!You will probably know him off that telly box as a team captain on Argumental or as a Celebrity Juice stalwart. He’s presented Top of the Pips and Glastonbury as well as shows on Talk Radio and Radio 4 to name a few.As an actor our castaway has starred in the West End in the acclaimed One Man Two Guvners, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Wind in The Willows.If he makes it off the island alive you may find him starring as Sancho Panza in Don Quixote @ The Garrick Theatre where he likes to steal David Walliams’ crisps. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The shores of our desert island have lay baron for a while and just as Tom and Sam were getting all lords of flysey the wonderful Will Andrews has washed up with his smiley face.Will is an award winning comic, actor, director, writer and all round good guy. After winning the Tap water award for character comedy at the ed fringe in 2003 it has been non stop for Will.He has starred in dozens of TV and Film projects collaborating with Steve Coogan, Jack Dee and Marcus Brigstock to name a few. Will also does “proper” acting. His credits include Broadchurch, Peaky Blinders and Humans.Will was back in his spiritual home of Edinburgh this summer with his solo show “Willy” which was absolutely cracking.Will is undoubtedly a lovely, talented creature but will he survive on our island? Or will he be devoured by Aisling Bea? Only time will tell... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Tom and Sam couldn’t believe their luck when comedy superstar RUSSELL BLOODY HOWARD washed up upon the shores!!!I mean, it’s a terrible tragedy for Russell and his loved ones but his endless charm and chirpy nature is just what the island needs.Russell is arguably best known for his TV shows Russell Howards Good News and The Russell Howard Hour as well as his regulars appearances on panel show Mock the week.Russell is one of the best loved stand ups in the UK. He has sold out huge tours year after year and his new Netflix stand up special is available to watch NOW. Oh, and he also has his very own Seagull to rival our Steven. RUSSELL BLOODY HOWARD!!! You lucky beggars! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Look who’s just crawled out of the sea - it’s only Michael bloody Malarkey, the British-American actor and singer probably best known for his role as Enzo in the television series The Vampire Diaries but also starring in loads of hit US TV shows when he’s not touring all over the world with his band.Malarkey was born in Beirut, Lebanon to an Irish American father and a British mother of Arab/Italian origin. Malarkey had his beginnings on the London stage appearing in theatre productions such as Spring Storm and Beyond the Horizon at The National Theatre and an adaptation of The Great Gatsby and in the musical Million Dollar Quartet in the role of Elvis Presley in the West End.He spent almost a decade living and working in the UK before landing his role in The Vampire Diaries which caused him to move back to the States to focus more on TV and Film work.Michael currently has just finished work on his second season of TV series The Oath and through a mouthful of crisps he talks to us here about his next role in the forthcoming series Project Blue Book where he stars alongside Aidan Gillen.Let’s hope they don’t need him back anytime soon…Image credit: Robby Klein - www.robbyklein.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The First Recording.In this bonus episode of the podcast we hear from Tom and Sam as they make their own eternity-crisp selections. The recording was made shortly after the tragic plane crash which saw the pair marooned on a small island in an endless sea.In 2004 a Ryanair plane carrying some of Britain’s brightest acting talents and Sam Pamphilon and Tom McCall crashed somewhere in the Caribbean Sea near Puerto Rico. Luckily most of the survivors were picked up by a Japanese herring trawler but Tom and Sam where never found. Washed up. Abandoned. Stranded…And now the unlikely pair find themselves on a desert Island with only their conversation to keep them from going insane - that and a couple of sex dolls made from coconuts.There are many burning questions that face humanity. Why are we here? Are we alone? What does it all mean? But none more pertinent than "What's your favourite crisp?". In fact "What are your 3 favourite crisps?"  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Look who’s washed up on our shores this episode, it’s none other than actor, stand-up comedian and writer extraordinaire Aisling Bea.If Aisling can’t find her way off this god-forsaken island the entertainment industry will grind to a complete standstill…The Ch4 commissioned series she’s writing with Emmy nominated Sharon Horgan won’t get written.8 Out Of 10 Cats will be looking for a new team captain. Show’s like Qi (BBC1), Taskmaster (Dave), 8 Out of Ten Cats Does Countdown (Ch4), James Corden’s A League of Their Own (Sky), The Big Fat Quiz of Everything (Ch4), @Midnight (Comedy Central) and The Last Leg (Ch4) will be sending out search parties for their missing regular guest.She’ll miss her first Netflix special which airs in August.Accolades like the the prestigious So You Think You’re Funny? award and the British Comedy Award for Best Female TV Comedian will just be gathering dust on her mantlepiece.The producers of Live At The Apollo (BBC1), The Stand Up To Cancer Great British Bakeoff (Ch4), The Jonathan Ross Show (ITV), Would I Lie To You? (BBC1), Insert Name Here (BBC), Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC), Sunday Brunch (Ch4), Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC3) and Ch4’s live 9 hour Alternative Live Election will be thanking their lucky stars that she appeared on their shows before she went AWOL.We could go on, but we won’t. Instead we’ll just talk about crisps for about an hour… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For several days the island has been battered by a powerful storm causing all manner of debris to wash up on the beach including British actor, writer and producer Nick Blood. Nick is well known for his roll of Lance Hunter in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Before he hit Hollywood, Nick had a string of roles on UK TV, including Trollied, Misfits, Him & Her and the police satire Babylon. Nick is no stranger to Theatre. He made his professional stage debut in The Priory as Adam, at the Royal Court Theatre. He went on to perform as Sordido in the modern adaptation of the Jacobean tragedy Women Beware Women at The National Theatre. In 2011, he appeared in Backbeat which told the story of the formation and early years of The Beatles. With a string of feature films in development and in production right now it’s clear Nick’s agent will be keen to rescue him from the Island as soon as possible (insert Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D joke here) Until then…. lets talk about crisps baby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we welcome comedians Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn AKA the Scummy Mummies to the island. The comedy duo are podcast legends hosting their own iTunes topping fortnightly chat show for less-than-perfect parents. Until the unfortunate circumstances that found them washed up on the shores of this cruel and unforgiving tropical sand slice the Scummy Mummies where touring the UK with a sellout stand-up show. If they ever make it off the island alive you might want to go to www.scummymummies.com for information about live dates and brilliant podcast episodes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This weeks episode welcomes modern day renaissance man Christian Stevenson AKA DJ BBQ to the island. Christian has his fingers in many proverbial pies. He is a a brilliant chef and is Jamie Olivers right hand man on the Foodtube channel. Christian also has his own weekly show on the DJBBQ channel. He is probably best known and respected as the presenter of his Channel 5 television series ‘RAD’ and ‘RAD The Groms Tour’ which ran for 10 years and won him and the channel their first BAFTA in the Best Entertainment category. Christian is also a highly respected DJ. He has amassed a huge fan base from his days at Kerrang and XFM as well as DJing and hosting major events all over the world. Christian is ALSO heavily involved in the world of Freesports and gaming. He has hosted Red Bull X Fighters and the Ski and Snow board show and was heavily instrumental in the scripting and soundtrack of the game "Dirt 2" and subsequently featured as a character in "Dirt 3”. Oh, and he also made his acting debut starring in the film “Chalet Girl” alongside Bill Nighy and Brooke Shields. Seems a shame that such a talented man is now destined to a life of solitude with just his three favourite crisps to keep him company. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we welcome stand-up comedian, writer, actor and generally lovely man Ed Gamble to the island. Ed’s list of credits is huge - Mock the Week, Man Down, The Russell Howard Hour, The Apprentice: You’re Fired, Drunk History, Insert Name Here, Dave’s One Night Stand the list goes on and on… Ed’s latest stage show Mammoth sold out the entire run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2017 and includes three nights at Leicester Square Theatre. Ed was co-writer and co-host of the iTunes-topping and Chortle Award-nominated Peacock and Gamble Podcast. But none of that matters anymore, because Ed has washed up on the shores of a strange island somewhere in the Caribbean Sea without his insulin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We kick off with a Jayde Adams who finds herself stranded on the island after an unfortunate accident. Jayde Adams is a British comedian, actress, writer and singer from Bristol. She's the winner of the 2014 Funny Women award and 2016 nominee for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Jayde won the The (Scottish) Sun’s Best Female Comedian and Best Show of Edinburgh Edinburgh Fringe in 2017. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.