Drewling Samantics

Season Sixteen – Best of Drew & Sam   Here it is, the episode filled with Drew and Sam’s personal best moments of chat and banter, discussion and debate, teasing and talking, from Season Sixteen of Drewling Samantics! And it is clear they are justifiably proud to have reached this milestone, as well as being delighted to have received a rather exciting and impressive accolade (check out the cl...

Season Sixteen – Best of Guests      It’s always disappointing when a season of Drewling Samantics approaches its end, but that inevitable climax does always bring with it a large dose of fun! As is tradition on the show, in this, the fourteenth release of the current season, Drew and Sam get to look back over all the wonderful visitors that have been kind enough to spare time and join them for a...

Letter by Letter      The Drewling Samantics chaps never shy away from a challenge, and this week Sam has come up with a little alphabetical task for the boys to attempt to complete, that requires them to take a journey through the industry letter by letter…    Yes, from A through to Z, our podcasting pair attempt to assign industry related things to each letter of the alphabet, something that may...

Horror-flic CollaboRATion     Drewling Samantics is fast approaching towards the end of its sixteenth season, and Drew and Sam bring us their final guest episode today, but it is no normal episode, as they have some very special visitors - yes that’s right - visitors, plural!    Rob Howgate and Stephen Roach are (among other things!) the writer/producer and director/editor of soon to be released h...

Two for the Price of One      There are some things in life that just work better when combined, and are rarely seen apart; fish and chips, your mouse and keyboard, holidays and sunshine (if you’re lucky anyway!) Then there are those famous duos that are so brilliant and familiar you simply can’t imagine them not being together - Woody and Buzz Lightyear, Delboy and Rodney, Wallace and Gromit, Pun...

Walk the Walk, Talk the Talk      Stepping it up this week with another superb guest, the Drewling Samantics chaps welcome fabulous performer and creative Maria Beadell to the show, to talk about taking to the streets of London! And, while that may sound a little strange, it is actually a pretty accurate description!    Maria has been on an interesting and varied journey to reach her unique sphere...

Iconic      Some people are remembered for the societal contributions they make - ground-breaking discoveries, sporting achievements, scientific breakthroughs, great works of art, revolutionary inventions, important political actions. Many famous figures remain in the limelight seemingly forever, then there those individuals who enjoy a short ‘fifteen minutes of fame’ and fade from memory. Being r...

Organically Minded      Isn’t it refreshing to sometimes to step back from the hectic pace of the world, and appreciate the gentler, simpler and more honest skills and pleasures of life and art? Well this week Drew and Sam have a guest who epitomises just that!    Alastair J Braidwood is the latest fantastic visitor dropping in to Drewling Samantics, and he is a gentleman of wide and varied skills...

On the Road Again      There’s no doubt that one of the greatest delights of working in the entertainment industry, is the chance to travel, meet and work with new people, and perform to new audiences. The willingness to tour and traverse cities, counties and sometimes even internationally in order to get shows and gigs (particularly the far away ‘one-nighters’) is one thing - but getting there is...

Pushing the Right Buttons      It is said that “two heads are better than one”, but are two Sam’s better than one?! Well we can find that out in this very episode, as Drewling Samantics welcome another fabulous guest, this week, in the shape of the brilliant Sam Webber.    Sam is a performer, writer, producer, and sound and lighting technician - having spent some time doing the latter whilst touri...

Fit for the Part      We’re back with Drew and Sam once again for this week’s fabulous Drewling Samantics episode, and it seems like we’re giving the chaps a little bit of a “check-up”!    Viewers, rather than listeners of Drewling Samantics, and if you haven’t given a YouTube version of an episode a go you really won’t regret giving it a try, may at some point have asked themselves: “Just what do...

Full Steam Ahead     Our podcasting pair certainly are having a busy summer, with numerous projects and productions, self-tapes, assignments and castings taking up their time (not forgetting cheering on England in the World Cup!) Someone else who is just as busy - and similarly revelling in the opportunities - is this week’s guest, Paul Andrew Goldsmith. An actor, writer, director, producer and vo...

Social Security      The times they are a changing, and in this rapidly moving world things have to adjust and evolve quickly, which often means substantial consequences in many areas of our lives. Today we’re treated to Episode Three of Drewling Samantics Season Sixteen, where Drew and Sam discuss the recent developments surrounding social media.    Social media is an enormous part of life that c...

Northern Powerhouse     Your favourite Sunday Podcast is steaming ahead, and today Drew and Sam bring us their second episode, and first guest, of Season Sixteen.   A recurring colleague of both our podcasting pair, and, despite even having worked with the two of them together on occasion, strangely still willing to appear on the show with them, the brilliant Ian Archdeacon leaps onto our screens...

Sweet Sixteen      Yes, no need to adjust your YouTube, and you can believe your ears, the boys are back! But it’s not difficult to admit that neither Drew nor Sam are anywhere near sixteen, and as for sweet... well, that’s definitely something not to comment on! So, what exactly is going on with the episode title? Well as everyone has worked out it’s pretty simple, Drewling Samantics has returned...

Season Fifteen – Best of Drew & Sam      So for the final time this season, we join the boys as they round off Drewling Samantics Season Fifteen by presenting us with their favourite moments from the past 3 and a half months.    As usual they have spread their net wide week after week, addressing, debating and considering an eclectic mix of opinions, events and subject matter. Among the numero...

Season Fifteen – Best of Guests      Regular listeners and viewers are well aware that during this season Drewling Samantics celebrated an impressive milestone - five years of podcasting. So that’s half a decade of chat and banter from the boys, but also five years of fantastic guests from all spheres of the industry.    Season Fifteen certainly sustained the high level of brilliance we have all c...

Certain Uncertainty      Drewling Samantics Season Fifteen is on the brink of completion, with only the always enjoyable “Best Of” episodes to come after this week, before Drew and Sam take a break from podcasting and run off for some performing adventures. They are sure they will both have a fabulous time on their upcoming projects, but, enjoyable as they no doubt will be, the chaps are also cert...

Write Place, Write Time      Drew and Sam host their final guest of Season Fifteen this week, and it’s safe to say they are rounding off in style with a visit from the delightful and enormously talented Liz Garland. Both boys have had the pleasure of working with Lizzie, and indeed she has crossed paths with quite a few of the podcast’s previous guests as well, but being the in-demand actor, write...

Hopes, Hosts and Hoorays      The Drewling Samantics boys are playing catch up this week, having got together with friend of the pod Phillip Lee a fortnight ago to record an episode in style, and actually getting the chance to work together in person on a immersive  job last week, as well as welcoming the brilliant Vittorio Verta to the show, this latest outing finally provides the opportunity for...

Lighting Up The World     Tuning in to Drewling Samantics this week provides a chance to shine a light (if you’ll excuse the pun!) on another facet and specialised area of the performance world - stage and show lighting. It is rather ironic that the experts and technicians in one of the most important focal points (forgive that one too!) in a production, and one without which performers would very...

You Scratch My Back      An episode about collaboration, brought to you by means of a collaboration! This week Drew and Sam are joined (albeit hiding behind all his fancy technical gear!) by past Drewling Samantics guest Phillip Lee, who, using his talents as a videographer and creator, helps record this latest podcast appearance of the boys at Sam’s flat - a rare but always welcomed in-person mee...

Tommy, To You    This season of Drewling Samantics may have passed the half way mark, but the boys are certainly not delivering any half measures with their latest guest - the enormously entertaining and fabulously funny, Tommy Murray.   He may spend a great deal of his time clowning around and playing for laughs, but when it comes to his work Tommy is nothing but serious. Taking inspiration from...

High Five      Whether you’re a regular listener, a sporadic viewer, a past guest, or a relative newcomer, you may not realise that this has been a rather momentous week for Drewling Samantics - the show is five years old! That’s right, for half a decade Drew and Sam have been delighting (or disappointing, depending on your point of view - although if you’ve come back for more, it certainly can’t...

Proud to Present      ‘Inspiring’ is a word that’s often overused, but in the case of this week’s Drewling Samantics guest, it is not only accurate, but well and truly deserved.    Christophe Philipps has taken a professional journey as a musician, actor and presenter that has been as much shaped and determined by powerful personal circumstances, as it has his talent. He speaks of his experiences...