Chat Hits The Fan

Episode 36 (03/10/24) - Semi benevolent burglars, assisted death, Greg discusses the creative process behind 2 of his new tunes, Barry describes one of his dreams and Greg tries to analyse it, a gripping new improvised soap opera called “Aylesbury Market”, the dated pastime of naming things after women’s breasts, movies & TV shows that are older than you think, waiting for lifts home from scho...

Episode 35 (26/09/24) - Philip Schofield’s return to TV, Barry attempts to fact check Future Greg, Mohammed Al Fayed ripping off Michael Jackson, the Anthony Joshua fight, waterproof trousers, cheap outdoor brands, slap fighting, impressions of Keir Starmer? Explorers’ ghost companions, dining and dashing, gift card fraud, funny dating app messages, celebrity SAS, the best choice of 3 super powers...

Episode 34 (19/09/24) - Exploding pagers in Lebanon, forgettable soap opera characters, P Diddy’s house of dildos, the dark side of Jay Blades, drugs that cause time dilation and DMT monsters, “Back Rooms” on YouTube, Greg talks about the new tune he’s made and Barry tries to compare one of his previous tunes to a Buddy Holly song, things that disappear from the internet “Link Rot”, Pete Wicks and...

Episode 33 (11/09/24) - The chaps kick off with a tiny bit of admin from last week’s show. Then there’s “Wrongun of the Week”, Barry’s new segment “You’d think they were older than they were… when they died”, the David Brent lookalike, songs to do a first dance to if getting married, nosy waiting staff on First Dates, Greg’s minor birthday Nando’s fail, the 2 different Dennis the Menaces’, Hollyoa...

Episode 32 (05/09/24) - Jeremy Kyle, Barry’s new podcast intro, Neil Gaiman, separating art from the artist, how to eat Madeira cake, the new sub genre of movie called “Halogencore”, Edgar Wright’s appearances on kid’s TV show ‘Gimme 5’, Greg’s new music video about Mr Beast and his lack of social media presence, the death of actor Robert Shaw, Barry “channels” another dead celeb in ‘Dead Celebrit...

Episode 31 (28/08/24) - Eastenders past and present, punk AI, Jermaine Jenas’s lame sexting, using dogs to deflect attention, a new idea for a celebrity challenge show, finding money in public, Johnny’s Facebook earnings, dum AI videos on TikTok, hawk tuah girl’s 15 min of fame, the return of Oasis, favourite Carry On films, the origins of the words sadism and masochism, reviews of the movies ‘Odd...

Episode 30 (21/08/24) - Chat hitting the fan this week - Paralympian tattoos, Johnny has a scary run in with a rabbit, pink cocaine, Donald Trump on podcasts, a special guest appearance, Bobby Davro’s new standup show, mother and daughter cosmetic surgery trips, adults that go to kids classes, an exclusive backstage recording from Strictly Come Dancing, another special guest appearance, Claire fro...

Episode 29 (15/08/24) - Johnny’s back and he’s had a rubbish birthday to tell everyone about. Then the chat includes; Joe Rogan’s new stand up, Barry and Johnny try to gang up on Greg to accuse him of taking over the podcast, Marvel villains being bad in real life, the “art” of Banksy, an update on a job interview that Greg had, Tommy Fury & Molly May, a YouTube show that decodes pretentious o...

Episode 28 (08/08/24) - Jobs that sound fancy but actually pay peanuts, Greg’s new music, the racist idiot riots, evil billionaire morons, bringing your own snacks to the cinema, new popcorn ideas, the Olympics in the old days, the only film to be shown in every territory in the world, Banksy’s new animal stencils, impressions of racist rioters, Barry tells a tragic Hollywood story, an impression...

Episode 27 (31/07/24) - Johnny does a deep dive into the history of the prophylactic in “Johnny on Johnnys”, Huw Edwards, another celebrity anecdote from Greg’s old neighbour, sex toys in supermarkets, blackcurrant Fishermans Friends, Steph McGovern’s hatred for the working class, Raphael from the Ninja Turtles personality switch, Dermot O’Leary, some impressions of Winston Churchill, improv of a...

Episode 26 (24/07/24) - Johnny’s back and Barry’s in charge of the proceedings again (kind of) after Greg sort of hijacked his show last week. The chat includes; outrageous news, some more hilariously earnest messages sent by Greg on the dating app ‘Hinge’ and strange messages  received on Facebook, the new democratic candidate in America, TV show ‘Make me a Dealer’, Jay Blade’s marital troubles,...

Episode 25 (17/07/24) - Barry’s in charge this week and the chat kicks off with the Trump assassination attempt. Then he takes a look back at Fanny Cradock (one of the first celebrity chefs) and Greg shares a first hand account of what she was really like, told to him by someone that used to work for her. After that, there’s Gareth Southgate’s wages and resignation, celebrities encouraging people...

Episode 24 (11/07/24) - It’s Greg’s week this week and he’s mostly talking about his attempts to be more proactive on Social Media (particularly TikTok) and his experiences of using the dating app ‘Hinge’. There’s also some election result stuff, some footie chat, Barry spotting former “IT Girl” Alicia Duval, some bits about Glastonbury 2024, past experiences of breaking into Glastos 1999 & 20...

Episode 23 (27/06/24) - Greg reads some more election campaign leaflets, the colour of the liquid used in pantyliner adverts, Wimbledon wild cards, an annoying noise competition, podcasts and commercial music copyright, trailers that ruin movies, Cannon (the production company) movies of 86, The book ‘Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli’ (the making of the Godfather), the TV show ‘Peacock’, Eastenders...

Episode 22 (19/06/23) - Barry builds a new fence, Greg finally takes his electric bike to be fixed, doing wheelies and riding no handed on a bike, politician’s parents’ jobs, what food to do on Come Dine With Me, being a bad sportsman on Four In a Bed, mixing up the different Josies on TV, old Glastonbury highlights TV shows, being drunk on the podcast, buying things from Temu, football fandom, Gr...

Episode 21 (10/06/24) On the show this week - We discuss recording in a studio for the first time, having bots as friends on social media, Greg investigates a too-good-to-be-true work from home job opportunity, D day, Vera Lynn, an interview with a veteran, Barry’s movie biz news, MF Doom, why Earth’s called Earth, the tragic story of Mal Evans, Soccer Aid, what dad’s like (according to British su...

Episode 20 (05/06/24) - This week it’s Greg’s Gourmet Slops. Instead of preparing some things to talk about like “those squares” Barry and Johnny, Greg decided that he would have a couple of drinks during the day and just freewheel his way through the show that he was meant to be in charge of. With a little help from Baz and John he just about gets away with it. Things on the show - Johnny meets s...

On this week’s episode - After Johnny’s takeover last week, it’s Barry’s turn this week with “Barry’s bits”. He’s got loads of stuff that he wants to discuss with the gang, but before that, Johnny does his Eastenders round up, then the bits include; Americans being paid to give in guns, why Jimmy Carr’s special was filmed twice, the band ‘3T’ and their signature dance move, a round up of future mo...

On this episode (18) - This week it’s Johnny’s turn to take control with a collection of hilarious observations, one liners and anecdotes that he’s been storing up over the past 3 weeks, that we like to call “Johnny’s Gems”. These include; working as a night watchman, Miss Me on BBC Sounds, Fortune Hotel, being one of the few people to have not watched Traitors, child poverty, Puff Daddy, talking...

A nice easy description this week. This episode is pretty much all about Greg and Mark's (G Dawg & Party Guy's) adventures in Cyprus and the accompanying YouTube video!

The chat hitting the fan on this episode (16) - More swimming pool changing tips, holiday plans, the origin of the phrase “it’s all Greek to me”, more of Barry’s exploits with famous movie Directors, drink fuelled creativity, improvised Bounty Bar adverts, Take That, Punch Burgers, amusing tradesmen injuries, eye patches, Gabrielle and other lazy eyed celebrities, a ‘guess the year of the Lynx deo...

The chat on this epiosode - Johnny gets an autograph from Duncan Goodhew, Greg tries a new technique for getting changed at the swimming pool, more film set stories from Barry, some exciting news about TOMIA (The Only Made in Aylesbury), Barry plays a new song he made with AI, we discuss the TOMIA Facebook page that claims David Bowie was born and bred in Aylesbury (amongst other things), a 's...

On this episode (14) - Barry's speaking part in a Christopher Nolan film, the eclipse, Rishi Sunak and Adidas Samba, more screenplay ideas, The Amy Winehouse biopic, AI YouTube videos, Greg has a look at what's happening on X (Twitter), the TV show May to December, impressions of Bradley Walsh introducing the chasers, made up online business profiles, Hot Chocolate songs, John Wayne being...

On this episode (13) - The 1% club, Barry meets Spielberg?, Greg reads some of his screenplay, some made up jokes, names for steakhouses or restaurants in general, the glut of BBC Sounds podcasts, the joy of physical media, Johnny rates Ghostbusters Afterlife, the entitlement of Millie Bobby Brown, impressions of racists calling in to Jeremy Vine, a tale of a heroic jump, a used car salesman impro...

The chat hitting the fan this week (ep.12) - More screenplay ideas, the fact that 80's movies are old movies to Gen Z in the same way movies from the 60's are kind of old to Gen X, the documentary 'Quiet On Set', Paedo Diddy, Prince Harry and Justin Bieber, TV show 'A Life in 10 Pictures', the new Roadhouse movie, the Bob Marley biopic 'One Love', Alan Titchmarsh in...