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Here Comes Trouble

Part nostalgia trip, part confessional, part masterclass in unconventional success—this is no ordinary interview podcast. In Class Clown, Seann Walsh chats to the boldest rule-breakers in entertainment, uncovering the wild tales of childhood chaos, brushes with disaster, and the personal battles that shaped them. But beneath the mischief lies a powerful thread—how the very traits that caused trouble early on became the unexpected fuel for their biggest achievements. Expect laugh-out-loud memories, raw moments of vulnerability, and the kind of hard-won wisdom you won't hear anywhere else.


EXEC PRODUCER: Seann Walsh & Adam Horton

PRODUCER/EDITOR: Adam Horton


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  • Monday · 1 hr

    MOST PLAYED: Joanne McNally

    Over the next few weeks we'll be uploading some of our most played older episodes of Class Clown. This week it is Joanne McNally fresh off her appearance on Traitors! This episode is sponsored by Shopify - set up your shop and get started today AND Get Class Clown Merch below! https://classclownpodcast.myshopify.com/ Catch Seann Walsh On tour! https://www.seannwalsh.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • October 26 · 1 hr 12 min

    MOST PLAYED: Romesh Ranganathan

    Over the next few weeks we'll be uploading some of our most played older episodes of Class Clown and what better place to start than with our very first episode with Romesh Ranganathan. One of TV's most beloved stars, he's currently all over our screens with Traitors with his own hit Podcast... but let's throw it back to his childhood to see where it all began for Romesh. Get Class Clown Merch below! https://classclownpodcast.myshopify.com/ Catch Seann Walsh On tour! https://www.seannwalsh.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • October 18 · 52 min

    ALEXEI SAYLE: Getting Excluded, What Art School Taught Me & The Founding Of Modern Comedy

    Alexei Sayle, talks about getting excluded from school, how his time at art school taught him to be a fully free thinking creative and how all that lead to becoming a figurehead of the alternative comedy scene. Today's episode is sponsored by Shopify https://www.shopify.com/uk Check the Class Clown merch store! https://classclownpodcast.myshopify.com/ Get Alexei's ⁠brilliant new book here⁠ https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-ive-tried-to-change-the-world/alexei-sayle/9781399629140 See Seann Walsh ⁠Live On Tour⁠ https://www.seannwalsh.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • October 11 · 45 min

    ALEXEI SAYLE: Growing up in Liverpool, Having Communist Parents & Being A Difficult Student

    Alexei Sayle, one of the key figures of the alternative comedy scene and star of The Young ones joins Seann Walsh to talk about life in Liverpool, growing up as a member of the Communist Party and how he was a challenging student. Get Alexei's brilliant new book here See Seann Walsh Live On Tour Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • October 4 · 24 min

    How YouTube Changed Comedy: Breaking Down Max Fosh’s Class Clown Interview


    This week on Class Clown Seann Walsh looks back over an earlier interview with YouTube creator and comedian Max Fosh, alongside Dr Natalia Cawley. The pair talk about how YouTube has empowered comedians and creators as well as dig into some of the typical psychological effects going to boarding school can have on you. You can get more from Dr Natalie Cawley by checking out her amazing book, Just About Coping And you can see Seann Walsh live on tour! https://www.seannwalsh.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • September 27 · 43 min

    JACOB HAWLEY: Why I Started Screen Rot, Playing in a Band in Greece, Studying Drama At Uni

    Jacob discusses his two wayward summers front a band in Greece, having his heartbroken by a Slovakian waitress, how his dogged determination landing him a spot on a drama course and how going back to teach on that course lead to the launch of his smash hit podcast Screen Rot. Get exclusive extra content with Jacob on Patreon https://patreon.com/ClassClown See Seann Walsh Live On Tour! https://www.seannwalsh.com/ See Jacob on his Fighting Age Man Tour! https://www.jacobhawley.co.uk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • September 20 · 52 min

    JACOB HAWLEY: Being Naughty, Class Dynamics & Ricky Gervais Inspiration

    Jacob Hawley best known for his hugely popular podcast Screen Rot joins `Seann Walsh to talk about his desire to hang out with the funniest and naughtiest kids at school, the satisfaction of misbehaving despite being in the top set, whether or not he truly is working class, the hours of fun that can be had building dens in childhood and how he would play Ricky Gervais out loud while hanging out at a BMX track as a teen. Watch part 2 with Jacob straight away on Patreon AND access exclusive content you won't get anywhere else. https://www.patreon.com/c/ClassClown See Jacob live on his new tour: https://www.jacobhawley.co.uk/ See Seann Walsh live on tour https://www.seannwalsh.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • September 13 · 46 min

    ANDREW MENSAH: From Preaching & Playing Football To Comedy Stardom

    Andrew Mensah returns and this time he's talking about how close he got to being a pro footballer and why being a teenage preacher gave him the skills to write comedy. He also talks about the sin he committed that took preaching off the cards for him and why he has an unlikeley love for Loose Women. See Seann Walsh on his This Is Torture tour! Get exclusive content with Andrew on Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • September 6 · 51 min

    ANDREW MENSAH: I Had 3 options: Be Good At Football, Be Tough Or Be Funny

    Andrew Mensah is one of the UK's fastest rising comedy stars. In this Class clown interview he talks about growing up in London, his ambitions to be a preacher before going into comedy, the pressure he felt to exceptional in whatever career chose, how he watched as people who he knew went to prison and also how he lost a friend who was tragically murdered. To hear Part 2 with Andrew and get exclusive content go to the Class Clown Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/ClassClown See Seann Walsh on Live on Tour! https://www.seannwalsh.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • August 30 · 39 min

    MARK STEEL: From Being Expelled & Working As A Milkman to Comedy Fame

    Mark Steel is back for part 2 in which he talks corporal punishment, hating school, being expelled and bring us a couple of very funny stories about how he frequently got in trouble while working his first job as a milkman.Mark Steel is one of the most acclaimed comedians in the UK and host of the long running radio series Mark Steel is in Town. He recently released a book about his battle with cancer The Leopard In my House. Buy the book here and see him live on tour! https://marksteelinfo.com/ See Seann Walsh on Tour https://www.seannwalsh.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • August 23 · 47 min

    MARK STEEL: Mistrusting Authority, Working Class Activist Roots

    Mark Steel has had an incredible career from his beloved radio series to decades of acclaimed tours and numerous books to his name. For Part 1 of his Class Clown interview he talks about early scrapes that lead to fights, having a car stolen from under his nose, his Dad's embarrassing behaviour at a cricket match and how he comes from an era where working class people had confidence. Check Out Part 2 Straight Away on Patreon See Seann Walsh on Tour Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • August 16 · 28 min

    MILES JUPP: Comedy Influences, Academic Stress & Finding His Tribe

    Miles Jupp is back and shares with Seann Walsh how he struggled and felt under pressure academically, reveals his biggest comedy inspirations and talks about how finding a tribe on the London comedy scene with a group where everyone was completely different from each other. Get £10 off at TaskRabbit using the code classclown at checkout ⁠https://www.taskrabbit.co.uk/dashboard⁠ If you love Miles and want more head to our Patreon for exclusive content https://www.patreon.com/ClassClown Check out Miles podcast, ⁠The Moment With Miles Jupp⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/4RC6edo1CAP0MuHYNU238k See Seann Walsh live on his ⁠This Is Torture!⁠ tour https://www.seannwalsh.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • August 9 · 55 min

    MILES JUPP: From Boarding School to Comedy Fame

    The brilliant Miles Jupp (The Thick Of It, Rev, Balamory) joins Seann to talk what it was like growing up with a Reverend for a father, going to boarding school and he discovered his love for performance. Check out Miles podcast, The Moment With Miles Jupp See Seann Walsh live on his This Is Torture! tour Get £10 off at TaskRabbit using the code classclown at checkout https://www.taskrabbit.co.uk/dashboard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • August 2 · 54 min

    JOSH PUGH: How Playing Sports Helped Me With Comedy & Inspiration for New Sitcom

    Josh Pugh is back and this time the comedian and ex-England partially-sighted football player reveals how his enthusiasm taught him valuable lessons that helped him with his life and comedy career. He also talks about how he felt directionless at the early stages of his career and talks about how he came to find the inspiration for his forthcoming sit-com Stepping Up. Check out the new ⁠Class Clown merch store and grab yourself a hat, T-Shirt or a Mug⁠! https://classclownpodcast.myshopify.com/ See Seann Walsh on the next leg of his This Is Torture tour! https://www.seannwalsh.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • July 26 · 49 min

    JOSH PUGH: Mad Benidorm Comedians, Embarrassing Childhood Fantasies, Being Sent to A “Special” School

    The brilliant Josh Pugh joins Seann walsh for this week's Class Clown where he talks growing up in the Midlands, the hilarious teenage fantasies he had about finding musical success, his comedy influences including Stewart Lee, Lee Evans and a mad performer in Benidorm. Plus he reveals how being sent to a special school due to being partially sighted disrupted his school life. Check out the new ⁠Class Clown merch store and grab yourself a hat, T-Shirt or a Mug⁠! https://classclownpodcast.myshopify.com/ See Seann Walsh on the next leg of his This Is Torture tour! https://www.seannwalsh.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • July 19 · 48 min

    PHIL ELLIS: Arrested by Armed Police, Disastrous Red Dwarf Audition, Airbag Factory Beginnings

    Phil Ellis is back and this time he talks his early film making ambitions which leads to a hilarious tale of him being arrested by armed police, he also shares what's the exact thing you shouldn't do if you get the chance to audition for Red Dwarf and talks his early days working in an air bag factory. See Phil at Edinburgh and on his Bath Mat tour! https://www.philelliscomedy.com/ See Seann on the Autumn leg of his This Is Torture! Tour https://www.seannwalsh.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • July 12 · 49 min

    PHIL ELLIS: Fighting at School, Rik Mayall and Growing Up in Preston

    Taskmaster contestant and Edinburgh comedy legend Phil Ellis joins Seann Walsh to talk all things boyhood, including the influence of his comedy hero Rik Mayall (and a lovely story about when they met!), why he was constantly getting into fight as a young lad and what it was like living in Preston. See Phil at Edinburgh and on his Bath Mat tour! See Seann on the Autumn leg of his This Is Torture! Tour Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • July 5 · 33 min

    NATALIE CASSIDY: Comedy Dreams, Rough Tabloid Treatment, Being Desperate To Leave School

    Natalie Cassidy is back! This time talking the what it's like being scrutinised by the tabloid press while going through your teens and young adulthood and the knock on effect that had at school where she had a tough time balancing her natural inclination to be studious but also hang out with the naughtier kids. She also reveals her stand up comedy aspirations! Get £10 off at TaskRabbit using the code classclown at checkout Get Exclusive Content With Natalie on Patreon where she answers Your Questions Check Out Natalie's New Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • July 5 · 52 min

    NATALIE CASSIDY: Being An Eastenders Icon at 10, Clubbing at 15 and Her Love of Art

    Natalie Cassidy joins Seann Walsh to discuss what it's like coming from a working class background and achieving incredible fame at just 10 years old. We get into what it's like growing up in a world full of adults, getting access to high end night life when you are barely 15 and how she's developed a love of art and museums. Part 2 Available On Patreon With Exclusive Content!: https://www.patreon.com/ClassClown Seann ⁠Walsh on Tour This Autumn⁠! https://www.seannwalsh.com/ Check out Natalie's new Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/cw/LifewithNatPod Every self-made person started somewhere. Your journey starts for free at shopify.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • June 21 · 37 min

    PETER SERAFINOWICZ: Buddhism, Therapy and How I Broke Into Showbiz

    Comedian and Genius Impressionist Peter Serafinowicz talks about his relationship with AA, the influence of Philosopher Alan Watts, coming from a working class family that turned into a comedy dynasty. He also talks about having to have some kind of love for people you impersonate, revealing a dream he had about Andrew Tate that gave him some empathy for the man and shows off fantastic Elvis and Paul McCartney impersonations. Check out the new ⁠Class Clown merch store and grab yourself a hat, T-Shirt or a Mug⁠! https://classclownpodcast.myshopify.com/ If you enjoyed this get EVEN MORE WITH PETER, that you won't hear anywhere else, over on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/ClassClown See Seann ⁠Walsh on Tour This Autumn⁠!https://www.seannwalsh.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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