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Behind The Billboard

Dan Dawson, Hugh Todd

A podcast series behind the people, posters, and preposterous ideas that have changed the landscape of Out-of-Home advertising.

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  • 115 episodes
  • Updated Friday
  • Explicit

Episodes115

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  • Sep 12, 2025 · 1 hr 9 min

    Episode 94 - Paul Pateman

    Episode #94 features Paul Pateman aka Pâté on Toast. Paul is a graphic artist, art director, writer, speaker and general good egg who we loved having on the show.

  • Aug 22, 2025 · 1 hr 11 min

    Episode 93 - BuildHollywood

    Episode #93 features Jayne Andrew & Isobel Deevy from out of home specialists BuildHollywood who very kindly came down from Manchester to chat about their incredible OOH projects.

  • Aug 1, 2025 · 1 hr 6 min

    Episode 92 - Rick Brim

    Episode #92 features Rick Brim, Co-Founder and CCO of adland’s newest agency, Ace of Hearts. Rick joined us with the agency just a few days old, so we discussed the big stuff such as if he knew how to work the photocopier, who locks up at night and how they came up with the name.

  • Jun 13, 2025 · 1 hr 12 min

    Episode 90 - Tim Jones

    Podcast episode #90 is the first of our Manchester special and features the charming and uber-talented Tim Jones. Tim has an incredible track record when it comes to OOH, both from his time at BBC Creative and more recently at Meanwhile, the agency he set up with long term creative partner James Cross and Al Marchant.

  • May 30, 2025 · 1 hr 14 min

    Episode 89 - Liam & Alison

    Episode #89 features Liam Bushby & Alison Steven, Global Creative Directors at Ogilvy London and two of the finest, most humble creatives you could ever meet.

  • Apr 11, 2025 · 55 min

    Episode 88 - Hermeti Balarin

    Episode #88 features the charming, uber-talented Hermeti Balarin, joint CCO at W+K London. Hermeti works with his wife Ana, who was Behind the Billboard guest no. 9, which means the Balarin’s are our first ever married couple on the show 🎉

  • Feb 28, 2025 · 55 min

    Episode 85 - Felipe Serradourada Guimaraes

    Episode #85 features Felipe Serradourada Guimaraes, the recently appointed ECD at BBH. It was a real pleasure talking with Felipe, who we think is the only creative ever to go from being on placement at BBH, to being the ECD at BBH. That is some achievement, but no surprise considering his portfolio of work. During his 14 years with the Black Sheep, Felipe has been behind some incredible campaigns and yet feels like he’s only getting started.

  • Feb 7, 2025 · 24 min

    Episode 84 - The Great Outdoors

    To (belatedly) welcome in the new year, we decided to go forth into The Great Outdoors and discuss plans for 2025. We covered all sorts of stuff: the need for a new sponsor, upcoming guests, a book of the show, masterclasses, talks, merchandise and more. Let us know if you have any feelings about any of this as we always want to hear what our listeners think. The hoody tops are amazing - high quality stitch and super warm - if there’s a desire we can deffo put in an order. More details on this

  • Jan 10, 2025 · 1 hr 35 min

    Episode 83 - Aidan McClure

    Episode #83 features the super-charming, super-talented Aidan McClure, CCO and co-founder of Wonderhood Studios. We caught up with Aidan just before Christmas and had a great natter.

  • Dec 18, 2024 · 1 hr 26 min

    Episode 82 - Best of 2024

    Yes folks it’s the biggie. The one you’ve been waiting for. Behind the Billboard’s ‘Best of 2024’ with some mince pies and festive cheer thrown in for good measure. Plus some big news from our Dan.

  • Dec 7, 2024 · 1 hr 32 min

    Episode 81 - Helen Rhodes

    Episode #81 features Helen Rhodes, ECD at BBH. We’ve been asking Helen to come on the show for ages, so we’re super chuffed she came on, not just for the stories behind her incredible portfolio of work, but also because we devoured her gift of cinnamon buns which were sensational.

  • Nov 8, 2024 · 1 hr 1 min

    Episode 79 - Dan Watts

    Episode #79 features the charming and super-talented Dan Watts, ECD at Pablo, London.

  • Oct 25, 2024 · 1 hr 11 min

    Episode 78 - Andy Jex

    After what seems like a lifetime away, we’re back. And who better than Andy Jex, the TBWA\London CCO to usher us into Autumn. ‘Jexy’ as he’s affectionately known, is the epitome of positivity and creativity, which is exactly what the world needs right now.

  • Aug 16, 2024 · 58 min

    Episode 77 - British Airways

    Sorry for the brief delay, but It’s finally landed ✈️ The story behind the Cannes Grand Prix winning British Airways work is here.

  • Jul 26, 2024 · 1 hr 4 min

    Episode 76 - Brian Connolly

    Episode #76 features Brian Connolly. Brian is brilliant on many levels. His billboards are amazing, some of them very close to art. The level of purity and craft is second to none.

  • Jul 12, 2024 · 1 hr 16 min

    Episode 75 - Phil & Graham

    Episode #75 features Phil Cockrell & Graham Storey. Humble, funny, gracious and massively talented, Phil & Graham have quietly created some of the most iconic billboards of the past 30 years.