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Hello there! It's me, Harry Hill! I've got a visualised podcast, or A VODSCARF. Nish Kumar said "You're self funding your own mental breakdown" which doesn't feel very fair.

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S3 · E2
Monday · 1 hr 1 min
Sara Pascoe: The Boadicea Chariot of Young Female Comics, The Wednesday Hospice Pickpocket Club, Getting Called Trevor, and a £185k Diamond
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.
S3 · E1
September 14 · 50 min
Matt Baker: A Triple Back Somersault, Nuremberg Pork Allergy Disaster, and Sunken Cities with Dr Peter Campbell
Matt Baker - TV royalty, now knee-deep in mud - turns up straight off the train from Durham and gets sniffed out and confesses to the Great Nuremberg Pork Allergy Incident. We're joined by underwater archaeologist Dr Peter Campbell for this week's themed deep-dive, Sunken Cities, and Matt is put through a bruising round of What Is the Velcro Singing? 1:20 Unfinished Business 3:29 Enter Matt Baker, Show Mascot 3:52 The Swiss Army Taser 5:02 Max the Cab Driver's Horse-and-Cart Trivia 8:22 Sarah the AI Bot Profiles Matt Baker 11:12 Gymnastics, Ballet 12:13 Attempting the Crab (Slipped Disc Warning) 14:08 Blue Peter, Meg the Sheepdog and the "Stolen" Dog 16:46 The Nuremberg Donkey and the Pork Allergy Origin Story 18:59 Every Blue Peter Presenter Ever 19:53 Countryfile, The One Show and "How Do You Sleep?" 20:45 Banned for Throwing Bread: One Show Memories 23:30 Casting Mary Berry as a Co-Host 25:01 Celebrity Showjumping for Sport Relief 26:03 Gary's Advert: The EPOK Pen for Pork Allergies 27:57 Theme of the Week: Sunken Cities with Dr Peter Campbell 29:11 What Actually Is a Sunken City? 33:01 Debunking Atlantis 34:38 Mapping the Nile, the Tiber and the Thames 36:17 Sonar Scanning the Riverbed 39:03 Where to Go: Baia, Italy 40:37 What Is the Velcro Singing? 43:34 Matt's New Caravan Pet Podcast 46:09 Gary's Joke Corner 48:46 Goodnight from The Harry Hill Show New episodes of The Harry Hill Show every Monday. #TheHarryHillShow #HarryHill #MattBaker "Matt Baker" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on Matt Baker. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E12
July 27 · 58 min
Paul Whitehouse: A Walk Down Comedies Memory Lane, Ted the Indifferent Dog, and a Vampire Bat Anatomy Lesson
In the final episode before our summer break, we're joined by Bob Mortimer's co-host, comedy royalty, Paul Whitehouse. Paul who gets sniffed, interrogated, and thoroughly background-checked by a passive-aggressive AI bot with opinions about Rick Stein—alongside Bat Conservation Trust director Joe Nuñez-Miño for an hour of sketch-show mega-nostalgia, dodgy fishing anecdotes, and enough vampire bat trivia to ruin Halloween forever. If you've ever wanted to hear a bat expert calmly explain that echolocation is actually a bat's expensive last resort behind perfectly good eyesight, or witness Harry's own AI son get tased with a homemade "Swiss Army taser" made from a nine-volt battery before the theme tune's even finished, listen up. 00:01 – Steve Bartlett's Diary of a CEO 02:47 – Licky Learns the Hard Way What a Taser Tastes Like 03:08 – Welcoming Paul Whitehouse 04:06 – Retirement Pods, Coffins, and the Case for Downsizing Into the Garden 06:04 – A Solemn Tribute to Ted, the Gone Fishing Dog Who Never Cared About Anyone 07:43 – A Heron Impression Decades in the Making, Featuring Isaac Walton 09:08 – Salmon Spearing, Feargal Sharkey, and a Rare Moment of Actual Politics 10:11 – Sarah the AI Bot 11:34 – Harry's Boyhood Fishing Career: Zero Fish, Infinite Trauma 12:22 – Sarah Reveals Paul's Dad Worked for the Coal Board and His Mum Sang Opera, Somehow Producing Paul 13:11 – Les Dennis Gets Decked by Bob Mortimer in a White-Collar Boxing Ring 14:22 – Paul's Mum Left School at Fourteen, Which Somehow Leads to a Welsh Choir Tangent 15:19 – Paul's Mum's Voice Turns Up on a Gone Fishing Recording and Everyone Loses It Slightly 16:33 – Harry Enfield Plays Harry Hill With a Bald Cap and Weaponised Tear Ducts 18:36 – Peter Fincham's Terrible Beatles-and-Stones Covers Band Staring Down Gary Barlow 20:19 – Sarah Digs Up a Punk Band Called The Right Hand Lovers 21:26 – Paul Firmly Denies Ever Squatting, Actually Worked for Enfield Council 22:34 – Five Years as a Plasterer, Which He Genuinely Enjoyed 23:44 – Paul Goes Mute for Five Weeks at School, Returns Speaking Full Mockney 24:59 – Sarah Wraps Up With The Fast Show, Gone Fishing, and Playing Argus Filch 28:39 – Turning Down a Twix on Account of Type 2 Diabetes 29:45 – Defending The Fast Show's Famously Rubbish Title 30:18 – A Clause 28 Joke Delivered Entirely in Character as Loadsamoney 31:19 – Pitching Cartoons to the BBC and Mourning the Death of Sketch Comedy 32:51 – Johnny Vegas Texts Paul About a Whiskey Galore Remake and a Sketch Called Heroin Galore 33:39 – Why Broadcasters Will Fund Any Drama But Basically No Sketch Show 34:44 – A Fake Telethon Called Charity Innovatathon Featuring Trevor McDonald and a Liz Truss Coin Collection 37:40 – Theme of the Week: Bats, With Actual Expert Joe Nunes-Mino 39:04 – What Is a Bat, Actually? 1,500 Species and Counting 39:43 – The UK Has 18 Bat Species, One of Which Is Just Three Individuals Who Might Not Even Live Here 40:32 – Dracula Jokes, and a Firm Reminder That Spiders Are Not Insects 42:18 – Bat Sex Explained: Stored Sperm All Winter, Then an October Decision 43:08 – Maternity Roosts Operate a Strict No-Males Policy 44:02 – Horseshoe Bats Give Birth Upside Down and Catch the Baby Themselves 44:40 – Bats Apparently Need Flying Lessons Too, Courtesy of the UK's Bat Carer Network 45:51 – Myth Busted: Bats Can See Perfectly Well and Echolocation Is Just Expensive Shouting 47:54 – No, Bats Do Not Make Good Pets, Cue the Inevitable Vampire Bat Questions 48:19 – Vampire Bats Snack on Cattle Hooves and, Apparently, Sea Lions 49:14 – Some Bats Live to 41, Which Is Longer Than Most Marriages on This Podcast 50:24 – All UK Bats Are Protected By Law, So Please Stop Trying to Eat Them 52:14 – The National Bat Helpline 54:48 – Gary's Joke Corner 57:00 – Butterfly in Blue Jeans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E11
July 20 · 57 min
Melvin Odoom: The Swiss Army Taser, The 1976 Scout Strike Trauma, and Harry's Focus Group Disaster
In this week’s episode of the Podscarf, we welcome legendary music producer Rick Rubin—who accidentally ruins our viewer retention stats before getting violently dragged off set—alongside Radio 1 DJ Melvin Odoom and Southwark Borough Fire Commander Daniel Capon for an hour of pure, unadulterated legacy media chat and safety protocols. If you've ever wanted to hear a group commander explain why you should never, under any circumstances, throw a bucket of water on a kitchen oil fire, or witness an adult man explain a legendary schoolyard Desmond’s impression that culminates in a smelly finger, listen up. -00:04 – Rick Rubin's Creative Process01:37 – Analyzing the Podscarf Stats: The Sudden Rick Rubin Retraction Dip02:27 – The Irish vs. Ghanaian Apostrophe Scandal with Melvin Odoom02:49 – Radio 1 Live Lounge Lore: Chilling out with an Enigmatic Harry Styles03:54 – Cantaloupe Melon Sugar: Harry Admits He Is Way Too Old for Current Music04:44 – Licky the Mascot Debuts an Elaborate Swiss Army Taser Dance05:58 – Selling Nine-Volt Batteries and Homemade Shock Equipment for £2006:31 – Misidentifying Greg Wallace and Stalking the Aisles of Home Bargains07:27 – Buying Eight-Foot Teddy Bears and Massive Boxes of Chewing Gum08:03 – CDJs vs. Vinyl: Embracing the Technical Demise of Creative Revenue09:29 – Sarah the AI Bot Offers a Fork Bump and Wants to Kiss Your FM10:10 – Biographies of North London: From Cricklewood to Seven Sisters11:06 – Minoring in Apple Trees: Learning How to Plan Content at Bedfordshire11:56 – A-Level Acting Failures, Clearing, and Stanning Trevor Nelson12:29 – Harry’s Trendy Habits as a Six Music Dad Who Secretly Listens to Gold13:15 – Student Radio Origin Stories and Trading Drama Classes for BBC Toast13:53 – Fired From Capital Radio: The Demise of the 2004 Playlist14:37 – Looking Out at the Aberdeen Museum of Steak while Evanescence Plays15:24 – Welcome to Funch: The 18-to-24 Female Focus Group Disaster16:49 – Chatting Rubbish vs. Real Work: Melvin’s Mum the Dementia Care Worker17:36 – Demanding Jollof Rice and Chicken 18:00 – Sarah Breaks Down the 2009 Kiss Breakfast Sony Radio Silver Award18:48 – Dick and Dom Bungalow Memories and Bleeding Love on a Miniature Guitar19:57 – The Nose-Flute Solo Experiment22:02 – Steve Wright’s The Slammer and Getting Your Foot on the Rung via Free Toast23:03 – Strictly Christmas Revenge and Scored Minuses on House of Games24:16 – Celebrity Take Me Out Lift Entrances and a Fake Date at a Holborn Bowling Alley25:27 – E4’s My Hotter Half: Using Mood Lighting to Make Over Ugly Couples26:12 – Naked Attraction Musings: Releasing Inhibitions and Boosting Ratings27:42 – SUV Entrances on Traitors and Marvin Humes’ Jungle Eating Warnings29:32 – GK Barry Pulls Out of the Show to Go to the Brit Awards30:18 – Gifting a Best Single Brit Award to an Incredibly Beautiful James Blunt31:12 – Rick Rubin's Hamburg Cutlery Shop Memory: Paul McCartney’s Missing Spoons32:00 – Making a Clack-Clack Sound on Cherry Bakewell with German Forks33:07 – Firefighting: Welcoming Daniel Capon (The D-Man) from Southwark33:38 – Surviving the 24-Hour Operational Officer Shift Patterns34:06 – Dispelling Misconceptions: 20,000 Fires vs. 56,000 Special Services34:38 – The Ultimate London Fire Brigade Statistic: Exactly Five Cats Rescued from Trees35:27 – Dripping Radiators and Calling 999 Because the Gardener Smashed a Window36:58 – Modern Prevention Safety: Utilizing Free Station Community Rooms38:39 – The Nature of Big Red Toolboxes and Fixing Things by Default39:22 – Cooking Left Unattended: The Demise of the 1970s Damp Tea Towel Protocol40:48 – Sixty-Second Station Mobilization and the Speed Efficiency of the Fire Pole41:08 – Harry’s 1976 Maidstone Scout Firefighter Badge Strike Trauma42:31 – Lithium-Ion Charge Safe Campaigns: The E-Bike Battery Threat43:22 – Containing Black Smoke Inhalation by Keeping Property Doors Firmly Closed44:39 – The Unsung Heroes of the LFB Control Room Network47:05 – Heartwarming and Heartbreaking Families: Working a 30-Year Career48:34 – Online Home Fire Safety Checkers for Vulnerable London Residents50:14 – GAME TIME: "What is the Velcro Singing?!"51:36 – Mistaking Leona Lewis for Little Mix Black Magic and Only Fools and Horses53:22 – Gary’s Joke Corner (Melvin’s Historic Desmond’s Impression)55:19 – Old African Sayings: Itchy Bums, Smelly Fingers, and Schoolyard Training55:34 – Butterfly In Blue Jeans"Melvin Odoom" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on Melvin Odoom. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E10
July 13 · 56 min
Angela Barnes: The Suitcase Nudey Mag Librarian, 11-Strike Axe Execution, and the £30 Corned Beef Spam Nut Kit
In this week’s episode of the Podscarf we welcome English stand-up comedian Angela Barnes and Tudor historian Adam Pennington to the studio for an hour of pure, unadulterated high-street nostalgia and medieval gore.Angela reveals how she used to operate as a suitcase-wielding, bootleg DVD library out of her dad's Great Yarmouth sex shop, and find out why the internal gases of King Henry VIII caused him to literally pop inside his own coffin.---00:00 – Gary's Basement Eggs and the Over-Tight Costume Crisis00:19 – Formulating a £30 "Corned Beef Spam Nut" Kit for Nostalgic Pensioners03:30 – Licky the Mascot Gives an Extravagant Face-Licking to a Married Woman05:11 – Turning 50: The 1970s Nuclear Survival Kit Tobacco Tin Lore06:39 – Waking Up to the Casualty Theme Tune 08:12 – Phoning in the "Angst" Tour and Saving a Life with The Archers09:51 – Podcasting for "Young" Pensioners and Failing to Sing Like Jeremy Hardy10:33 – Outsourcing Our Brains to Siri until We Become Sofa Blobs11:43 – Sarah the AI Bot Summons the Medway Posse and Bigs up Chatham13:20 – The Maidstone Anthem: Sex Shops, Golden Boots, and Prison Walls14:40 – High Street Slander15:22 – Checkers Model Shops and the Measurement Machines of the Golden Boot16:28 – The Stoned Anagram and Wes Anderson's Secret Mansion in Basted17:46 – The Caravan-Enthusiast, Naturist, Swinger Sex Shop Dad18:20 – Sharing the Pre-Streaming Suitcase Bootlegs Like the Original Pornhub19:22 – Amateur Dramatics as the Comic Fat Girl and Sudden Bereavement at 6020:21 – Emceeing Jack Skipper’s First Ever Jill Edwards Comedy Showcase21:13 – The Five-Day House of Games Sweep and Facing Social Media Trolls23:08– ADHD Hyperactivity and the Sussex University Synesthesia Study26:41 – The 19-Year-Old Brain Connection Realization and 10 Minutes of Stand-Up Material27:35 – Ad Break: Regency Foods Present Princess Anne Molds and complimentary Cremation29:19 – Adam Pennington Explains the Desperate Male Heir Mania of the Tudors30:39 – Holbein Portraits, Breaking the Papacy, and Banishing Catholics From Succession31:41 – A 400-Pound King Whose Gammy Leg Smelt From Three Rooms Away32:08 – Jude Law Spraying Feces, Pus, and Blood Perfume All Over the Firebrand Set32:48 – Illegitimate Lancastrians, Princes in the Tower, and the Game of Thrones War34:30 – Tenuous Bloodlines: How 78% of Britons Are Descended From William the Conqueror35:22 – Royal Imposter Syndrome and Beheading the Remaining Plantagenets36:19 – Whispering Chromosome Irony Into the Beheaded Ear of Anne Boleyn's Legacy38:00 – Fastidious Manners, Six-Foot-Three Strapping Youth, and Monastic Dissolution39:33 – Hiring a Sword Executioner Before Anne Boleyn Even Went to Trial40:27 – Heavy Petting in the Mid-50s: Catherine Howard and Jane Boleyn's Shared Fate41:25 – Knighting a Sirloin Steak and Hanging Out at Hever Castle42:26 – Ulcerated Leg Pain and Popping Open via Internal Coffin Gases44:08– Sarcophagus Re-Gifting and the 11-Strike Axe Horror of Margaret Pole45:10– QUIZZITY QUIZ: 53:08 – Gary’s Joke Corner54:57 – Butterfly In Blue Jeans"Angela Barnes" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on Angela Barnes. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E9
July 6 · 46 min
Joel Dommett: Zebra Crossing Keyboards, Red Panda Heart Palpitations and 'Attractive' Comedians
TAKE IT OFF! TAKE IF OFF! We're back. This week, Harry is joined by comedian, television presenter, and incredibly good-looking man Joel Dommett! Harry relives the claustrophobic nightmare of performing inside a giant furry suit on The Masked Singer (which he only did because Joel told him it would be "fun" ), and explains how he almost had a heart attack dressed as a Red Panda. Meanwhile, Joel reminisces about his teenage nu-metal band and the importance of a silent p.Friend of the Vodscarf, Professor Chris Lintott drops by to explain why Venus is an acidic holiday hellhole.00:09 - Giant Eggs in the Basement 01:15 - Behind the Scenes of The Masked Singer with Red Panda02:58 - Harry’s Secret Vocal Coaching & Professional Singing Defenses04:10 - The Ridiculous Secrecy: Hoodies, Visors, and Secret Cars05:06 - The Great Sloth Pronunciation Debate06:10 - Sixty-One and Dressed as a Red Panda: Harry’s Near-Death Experience07:50 - Human Chemistry vs. Thirsty AI Bots09:00 - Sarah the AI Bot Welcomes09:10 - The Last Days of Rome: Joel and Harry Dissect the National TV Awards10:04 - Trevor McDonald: The Comedy Killer12:37 - Angela Barnes Thinks Joel Is Too Good-Looking for Comedy13:58 - Joel's Nu-Metal Days14:48 - Crowd-Surfing at Your Own Funeral16:48 - The True Cost of Australia: Extra Camp Logistics17:28 - Joel’s Bristolian Acting Masterclass: Crashing Cars in Casualty18:36 - Former Doctor Harry Hill Wants a Guest Spot on Holby City19:34 - Tea, Biscuits, and Private Hospital Pillow Requests20:34 - Harry’s Mum Gets Knocked Down Dressed as a Keyboard22:36 - Regency Television Presents: Trevor McDonald Live From the Albert Hall24:33 - Theme of the Week: Venus (with Professor Chris Lintott)25:48 - Why Venus Is the Absolute Worst Vacation Spot in the Solar System27:19 - Lazy Astronomy: Stargazing From the Middle of London27:52 - Active Volcanoes and Being Bored on a Zoom Meeting28:48 - Sulfuric Acid, Flying Penguins, and the Runaway Greenhouse Effect31:14 - Venus: The Solar System's Monthly Service Station33:02 - The Planet of Love: Mythological Names and Diseases34:32 - The French Balloon Plan & Melted Russian Probes36:09 - Harry’s Dark Baby Joke That Never Lands37:35 - The Grand Finale: Celebrity Name the Seed!40:25 - The High-Stakes Guess: Britney Spears on a Chair vs. Joel’s Wife43:27 - Gary’s Joke Corner45:11 - Butterfly in Blue Jeans"Joel Dommett" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on Joel Dommett. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E8
June 29 · 56 min
Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Permaculture Farms, The Multi-Step Korean Skincare Cleansing Balm, and the Danbury Mint Shoe Collab
In this week’s episode of the Podscarf we welcome Welsh comedic force Kiri Pritchard-McLean (who was spotted on a train trying to ignore Harry by aggressively speaking Welsh ) and University of Kent Music Hall expert Oliver Double to the studio for an hour of pure, unadulterated historical bawdiness and skincare science.Things get incredibly weird, incredibly fast. Watch as Kiri tries to navigate an absolute safeguarding nightmare involving Harry's fictional heir, Gary, and his filthy collar , witness Harry deliver his highly detailed skincare routine and we see the return of the ANDY BURNHAM.---00:00 – The Danbury Mint x Christian Labuta Flamboyant Shoe Collab 01:09 – The Cardiff-Glasgow Train Stalking Incident 02:59 – Fostering, Permaculture, and the "Angle Grinder" Dating App 04:20 – Licky the Mascot gets way too close to Kiri’s hair 05:49 – Chilling Deep Relationships with Chat GPT Therapists 07:09 – The Andy Burnham Dance 08:39 – Sarah the AI Bot offends the entire nation of Wales 09:32 – Dark History: The English Academics and the Block of Wood 10:22 – Sarah’s Biographical Slander: "Gloucester Born?!" 11:28 – The Vagaries of Animal Welfare Charities and Indoor Toilets 13:55 – Fart-powered Permaculture and Burning Your Own Effluent 15:23 – Harry’s Hyper-Intense 12-Step Korean Skincare Regime 16:38 – The Musty Flannel Incident ("Stop it mum, I can't breathe!") 17:09 – A Plant-Based Crisis: Sarah hands a Vegan a Twix bar 18:20 – Caroline Aherne being naughty in a cab22:20 – Theme Of The Week: Music Hall 26:40 – Charles Morton’s Canterbury Trick and the Shape of the Hackney Empire 27:57 – The Dignitas Reunion Dinner Incident (A Dignitary falls off the stage) 31:23 – Little Titch: Six-fingered Mittens and Big Boot Dancing 33:10 – Royal Variety Scandal: Queen Mary hides from a woman in trousers 34:29 – Sweating on stage with the Spice Girls and Jim Davidson in 1997 35:54 – Fanning Dad with a Kipper: The DNA of Early Stand-up Comedy 38:20 – Mechanical Funnels and the Financial Collapse of Wet Money 41:04 – The Glasgow Empire: Graveyard of English Comics and Fake Fainting 44:22 – John Major's Dad and the Great Music Hall War of 1907 46:04 – Joan Rhodes: Bending Steel, Tearing Phone Books, and Dominating at Scrabble 47:11 – Celebrity Name the Seed!52:38 – Gary’s Joke Corner 55:20 – Butterfly In Blue Jeans "Kiri Pritchard McLean" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on Kiri Pritchard McLean. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E7
June 22 · 50 min
Jack Skipper: Shag Pile Debates, Chinese TikTok Data, and Nando’s Adele
In this week’s episode of the Vodscarf we welcome social media sensation Jack Skipper and Egyptian Egyptologist Dr. Arto Belekdanian to the studio for an hour of pure, unadulterated history and anti-comedy. Things get incredibly weird, incredibly fast. Watch as Harry’s mum calls from a warzone just because she wanted to buy him some birthday pants from Debenhams, Sarah the AI Bot experiences a severe existential crisis before being miraculously cured by Dr. Pimple Popper, and witness Jack Skipper risking his entire reputation in the elite biscuit community by guessing the contents of rusted metal tins. If you've ever wanted to hear an esteemed Egyptologist explain why Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony weren't just hooking up with Cleopatra for her looks, but rather her incredible conversational skills, listen up. 00:51 – Sarah's Lament 04:32 – The Croydon Crucible: Did Nando’s coatings and IKEA meatballs create Adele? 05:38 – The 21-pin SCART lead generation struggle 06:26 – Jack's masterclass in succeeding on social media (Hint: Don't make any effort) 09:03 – Spitting water into the bushes vs. the failure of the Top Boy title sequence 10:08 – Regretting the financial investment of buying wigs for TikTok 12:52 – AI Sarah returns! Cured by Dr. Pimple Popper 14:05 – The dark truth about Jack’s Australian tomato farm past 14:59 – Throwing bread at Germaine Jenas on The One Show 15:29 – Carpet Fitting 101: The knee-kicker stretcher and the landing runner dilemma 21:12 – Giving all your personal data to the Chinese government 22:01 – Hiding a Saturday comedy course in Brighton from your family 22:43 – Jack completely derails the interview by eating Harry’s Twix 25:30 – Lee Evans at the Fairfield Halls and missing the glory days of VHS 27:34 – The BBC weather forecast photo rejection 27:59 – Commercial Break: The Pub Carpet Pillow Collection 29:17 – Theme of the Week: Cleopatra 31:43 – Dr. Arto Belekdanian exposes the legalities of female Pharaohs 33:58 – Roman propaganda: Why history hates Cleopatra 38:31 – Coin portraits and taking the honourable way out 41:09 – Game Time: "Biscuits or Sewing Kit? How well do you know your tins?!" 45:07 – Jack completely embarrasses himself in front of the biscuit community 47:05 – Gary’s Joke Corner 49:32 – Butterfly In Blue Jeans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E6
June 15 · 46 min
Louis Theroux: Cardboard Owls, Incel Heirs, and Karate-Chopping Geese
In this week’s episode of the Vodscarf we welcome legendary documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux (after he accidentally walked onto set, why else would he be there?!) and Oxford astrophysicist Professor Chris Lintott to the studio for an hour of pure, unadulterated science and anti-comedy. Things get incredibly weird, incredibly fast. Watch as we attempt to save our nose-diving viewer retention graph by shouting random words at you, dive deep into the tragic family lore of Harry’s fictional heir, Gary, and witness Louis Theroux showing he is in fact Harry's number one fan. If you've ever wanted to hear an esteemed Oxford professor explain why aliens might just be a bunch of Venusian penguins standing around in their own poo, listen up. 00:00 – Fixing our terrible viewer retention graph (Kittens! Puppies! Sex!) 02:00 – Licky is a bit keen 03:25 – Gary reveals he is a 12-year-old incel 05:45 – Dark family secrets: Gary’s mum is in a secure institution 08:50 – Louis Theroux proves he is a Harry Hill superfan 13:15 – The Bald Cap Incident 15:40 – Sarah the AI Bot brings out the Twix bars 18:00 – An impromptu musical tribute to Catford 26:50 – The Theroux Bunch theme song 28:00 – Space Talk: Do aliens look like us? (The Theroux-Hill Theory) 36:10 – Professor Chris Lintott exposes Venusian poop penguins 38:25 – Louis met a man who chopped up 10 aliens 41:28 – Game Time: "What is the Velcro Singing?!" 43:28 – Gary’s Joke Corner (Louis tells a highly inappropriate joke) 45:15 – Butterfly In Blue Jeans "Louis Theroux" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on Louis Theroux. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E5
June 8 · 56 min
Alex Horne: Ham Ballads, Urban Foxes, and Wife-Swapping Over Dishwasher Ethics
Alex Horne - comedian, creator, and the middle of three boys from Chichester - joins Harry to talk about loving school, his hard-hitting Goldsmiths student documentary about urban foxes, and whether the word "meat" was meant as a pun in Harry's new ballad. We also hear about a 24 hour singing challenge that accidentally lasted 25 and three quarter hours, why Alex's wife Rachel is in charge of his private pension, and a highly questionable "life swap" idea based entirely on dishwasher ethics.Architectural historian and seaside culture expert Dr. Kathryn Ferry stops by to celebrate Scarborough’s 400th anniversary and answer the questions that matter - did King George III actually say "bugger Bognor"? Why do pleasure piers have a habit of burning down? And would you buy the Brighton Palace Pier with Harry?Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode!Timestamps00:00 – Welcome to the Hill Show!00:36 – A Love Song for Ham01:36 – Meet Alex Horne!02:28 – Licky the Mascot03:45 – The Cheshire United Pig Mascot04:50 – The 25-and-Three-Quarter-Hour Sing-a-thon Error06:15 – Granola Chaos Backstage at Battersea Power Station07:18 – Dishwashing Debates & The Wife Swap Idea10:45 – Sarah the AI Bot Claims She Felt Scammed12:44 – Is Alex a Musician? (And the Son of a GP)15:25 – Goldsmiths, Urban Foxes, and a Guaranteed Distinction16:45 – Seeing Vic and Bob at the Albany Empire18:45 – Sarah's Breakdown of Alex's Sky News Career22:20 – Trying to Force "Honk" and "Pratt Digger" into the Dictionary24:35 – Meeting Ken Dodd & Leaving the Show to Get a Coat26:34 – Wafer-Thin Ham Product Recall Emergency28:40 – Taskmaster in the Children's Ward29:45 – The Traumatic Five-Foot Badger Story31:04 – Wafer-Thin Ham Preventative Nose Cages32:34 – The British Seaside ft. Dr. Catherine Ferry35:05 – Scarborough's 400th Anniversary & The Mineral Spring37:32 – Steamers, Trains, and Jane Austen Styles38:45 – King George V and the Truth About "Bugger Bognor"39:15 – Victorians, Bank Holidays, and the Invention of the Holiday40:00 – The Very First Pleasure Pier on the Isle of Wight42:50 – Buying Brighton Pier & The Fire Overheads44:54 – Pebble Ridges, Mud, and Catherine's Postcard Book47:45 – Name the Celebrity Seed!52:30 – Gary's Joke Corner: Identity Politics54:55 – Animals in Clothes Outro Song"Alex Horne" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on Alex Horne. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E4
June 1 · 1 hr 2 min
Bridget Christie: Slow Bike Racing, Chris Tarrant's Boombox and Teaching Your Dog to Ignore Foxes
Bridget Christie — comedian, writer, and the youngest of nine siblings from Gloucester — joins Harry to talk about leaving school at 15 with basically no qualifications, getting a four-star review in The Times, and why she keeps forgetting the plots of books she's just read. We also hear about a deeply chaotic Celebrity Millionaire with Al Murray, Chris Tarrant marching down a corridor with a ghetto blaster playing "Alice Who The F**k Is Alice," and Bridget's decision to commemorate all of this by painting him in the nude.Plus: Battersea Dogs Home's canine behaviourist Beth Bushkid brings in Pancake the pug (brother: Dumpling) to answer the questions that matter — can you teach your dog to go to bed when a fox turns up? Are dogs psychic? And what is a dog? Bridget also becomes the first person in the show's history to do something correctly. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode! Bridget Christie" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on Bridget Christie. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E3
May 25 · 58 min
Adam Hills: Nick Cave, Evil Swans, and Training My Bladder for the Coronation
Adam Hills, the biggest comedian to come out of the home of the Sydney Tramway Museum joins Harry to talk about everything from surviving a five-hour bladder-testing royal ceremony to why AI comedy routines are getting a little *too* good for comfort.We also take a deep, chaotic dive into British history with archaeologist Dr. Erin Lloyd-Jones to uncover the truth about William Wallace. Did he actually wear a kilt? Did he paint his face blue like Mel Gibson? And what exactly is a "sticky end"? (Warning: it involves a lot of tar ). Plus, introducing yet ANOTHER new game, "What is the Velcro Singing?" and check in with Gary's Joke Corner. "Adam Hills" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on Adam Hills. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E2
May 18 · 53 min
Henning Wehn: In Germany people laugh once the work is done. Not instead of doing any work.
Henning Wehn, Deutschlands größter Lacher, ist diese Woche bei Harry zu Gast. Außerdem erfahren wir alles über Uhren von dem Denkmalpfleger Alex Jeffrey.Henning Wehn, Germany's biggest laugher joins Harry this week. We're learning all about Clocks with conservationist, Alex Jeffrey."Henning Wehn" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on Henning Wehn. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 · E1
May 11 · 52 min
Joe Lycett: There are a few AI slop accounts now that really grip me...
WE'RE BACK and Mummy Joe Lycett is in the studio for more of what you've come to know and love. Including a new AND exciting upgrade to Name The Seed. "Joe Lycett" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on Joe Lycett. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1 · E16
April 20 · 44 min
The Best of The Harry Hill Show Season 1!
To wrap up Season 1, we're taking a look at some of our favourite bits as well as introducing The Harry Hill Show Choir (prepare your ears).Panic not though dear audience, we'll be back elevating your Monday mornings in no time with the return of Season 2 from 11th May.Let us know who you'd like to see in future episodes in the comments! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1 · E15
April 13 · 1 hr 7 min
Tim Vine: I've Sniffed Up The Seeds
In the season 1 finale, Harry is joined by old friend, the king of puns and one liners, Tim Vine .Our expert Tom Nancollas is teaching us all about Lighthouses.Saily - Download from the app store and use code HARRYHILL at checkout for 15% off! For more details: ⁠https://saily.com/harryhill⁠ ⛵ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1 · E14
April 6 · 41 min
Tom Allen: I Have An Average Garden, Maybe Two or Three Farms.
Tom Allen is in the studio trying Harry's latest edible invention. This weeks theme is cucumbers with prickles, otherwise known as Cacti. "Tom Allen" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on Tom Allen. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1 · E13
March 30 · 52 min
Alex Brooker: It’s One of the Big Perks. That and the Queues at Disney.
Harry is joined by Channel 4's saviour Alex Brooker. This week, we're learning all about the bird that's dead, the Dodo."Alex Brooker" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on Alex Brooker. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1 · E12
March 23 · 48 min
Rebecca Lucy Taylor aka Self Esteem : Instructions for Assembling Flat Pack Furniture
Harry is joined by renaissance woman, Self Esteem aka Rebecca Lucy Taylor to discover why she's dressing like him. This week, we're learning all about MARY QUEEN OF SCOTTS with Anna Turnham. Saily - Download from the app store and use code HARRYHILL at checkout for 15% off! For more details: https://saily.com/harryhill ⛵ "Self Esteem (musician)" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on CMAT. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1 · E9
March 16 · 52 min
John Cooper Clarke: The Thousand Daily Punishments Visited Upon The Analogue Community
Harry is joined by legendary poet and fellow doctor, John Cooper Clarke for some more surreal low level disruption. This week, we're learning all about FLIES. "John Cooper Clarke" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on CMAT. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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