Barely Contained

Matt Withers is once again joined at a safe social distance of 57,936m by Chris Beckett to assess the latest dispatches from the virtual red carpet, including Kate Middleton’s bobble hat, Stacey Solomon’s bin-shaming and Elaine Paige’s ironic Twitter tragedy.

Matt Withers is once again joined at a safe social distance of 57,936m by Chris Beckett to assess the latest dispatches from the virtual red carpet, including Gordon Ramsay’s Beef Wellington tragedy, Kelly Rowland’s walking skills and Jamie Lynn Spears’ electric car cat massacre.

Matt Withers is once again joined at a safe social distance of 57,936m by Chris Beckett to assess the very lowest tier of celebrity reportage, including Mike Pence’s tight tip, Jim McDonald’s milk theft, a Buffy height query and why 2020 was the year we’ll all remember for falling for Princess Anne.

Matt Withers is once again joined at a safe social distance of 57,936m by Chris Beckett to assess the very lowest tier of celebrity reportage, including Jacqueline Jossa’s washing powder reaction, Jack Fincham’s bathtime dog guard and the return of Life of Riley.

Matt Withers is once again joined at a safe social distance of 57,936m by Chris Beckett to grade, using a complex algorithm, the latest crop of celebrity reportage, including Jennifer Lopez’s internet-crashing conduct, James May’s name game and gobsmacked Tipping Point fans.

Matt Withers is once again joined at a safe social distance of 57,936m by Chris Beckett to adjudge the pick of the litter of the UK’s on-stream superstar correspondence, including Lizzie Cundy’s whopper marrow, a shopping centre Hollyoaks reunion and Anne Hegerty’s fiery warning.

Matt Withers is once again joined at a safe social distance of 57,936m by Chris Beckett to appraise the cream of the crop of the UK’s World Wide Web-based celebrity journalism, including Olly Murs’ prolific bulge, Chris Taylor’s love confession, Katie Holmes’ literal head-turning and Gemma Collins’ lockdown phone audit.

Matt Withers is once again joined at a safe social distance of 57,936m by Chris Beckett to take stock of some of the most momentous dispatches from the showbusiness frontline, including Chris Tarrant’s cunning fishing confession, Katie Price’s treadmill war, Prince Harry’s hair op pressure and Carol Kirkwood’s major on-air blunder.

In another lockdown episode Matt Withers is joined at a safe social distance of 57,936m by Chris Beckett to dichotomise some of the biggest showbusiness stories out there, including Jake Gyllenhaal’s gloomy errand run, Sophie Reade’s sinful garment, Ben Shephard’s filthy penis innuendo and Olivia Culpo’s cello TLC.

In another lockdown episode Matt Withers is joined at a safe 40-mile social distance by Chris Beckett to cast their eyes over some of the biggest A-list stories out there, involving Alesha Dixon’s ribcage, Josie Gibson’s twig, Brody Jenner’s shaka hand sign and why Prince George may never be King.

Socially distancing 40 miles apart, Matt Withers is joined by Chris Beckett to cast their eyes over some of the more topical superstar stories out there, including Javier Hernández’s wife’s equine unadornment, Anthea Turner buying some bleach, a Love Island rona revelation and Loose Women lunacy.

Chris Beckett and Matt Withers eyeball another assortment of piping-hot online showbiz reportage. This week we finally get to the bottom of the mystery of how Kate Middleton became a royal, play a wholesome game of Catch The Egg with Peter Andre, witness Dan Walker's epic mistake and peruse Freddie Mercury's lost letters to Carol Vorderman.

Matt Withers and Chris Beckett decompound some of the crispest communiques from showbusiness’ fourth estate. This fortnight we learn of Princess Diana’s brutal question which stunned the Royal Family, hold our sides at Davina McCall’s hilarious early-morning fail, reveal Dan Walker’s shock Marmite hack and peek through Katie Price’s dog flap.

Chris Beckett and Matt Withers go fishing in some of the murkier rivers of online celebrity journalism, catching the news that Nicole Scherzinger has slammed one of Australia's most iconic spreads, Offset has laid Kulture's edges, David de Gea has had a hilarious response to a bikini snap and Carol Vorderman has experienced a micro-blogging shock.

Matt Withers and Chris Beckett pore over some dashing dispatches from the red carpet, including Gemma Collins living her best life in Spain, a pair of deep dives into the mysteries of Love Island and Coleen Rooney opening a bottle of £6 wine with her teeth.

Chris Beckett and Matt Withers comb the world wide web for more first-class showbusiness reportage, including another deep dive into the world of Gemma Collins and James 'Arg' Argent, a disturbing episode for Chanelle Hayes at a Doncaster zoo, Anthea Turner's big night out and the return of Life of Riley.

Matt Withers and Chris Beckett audit some more intrepid celebrity dispatches, including Carol Vorderman’s sideboob galore, Cardi B’s scandalous tease, North West Kardashian’s love riddle and Andrea McLean’s huge fart confession.

Chris Beckett and Matt Withers ring in 2019 with another trawl through the world of online celebrity journalism, including Lisa Appleton's New Year resolutions, Paddy McGuinness spilling milk all over himself and Megan Barton-Hanson and Wes Nelson conversing via vegetable emojis.

Matt Withers and Chris Beckett audit some audacious showbusiness reportage including Charlotte Crosby’s boob riddle, a very awkward bill stand-off, some classic Rio Ferdinand merking and Lucy Verasamy’s guilty secret.

Matt Withers and Chris Beckett probe some preeminent showbusiness reportage, including a delve into the world of multihyphenate Nick Cannon, Charlotte Crosby’s Pointless experience, Shauna Sexton’s McDonald’s diet and the dead barn owl in Nick Hewer’s freezer.

Chris Beckett and Matt Withers take another deep dive into the UK's sea of online celebrity journalism, emerging with tales of the Burton and Taylor of reality TV, how Sting filled his time waiting to meet the Pope, and Jeremy Kyle losing his shoes.

Matt Withers and Chris Beckett cast their eyes over some absolute jim-dandies of showbusiness reportage, including a thorough examination of Dakota Johnson’s dog-walking technique, a huge hosting shake-up at Good Morning Britain, big news for the star of 3-Headed Shark Attack and what the size of Meghan Markle’s philtrum says about her analytical side.

Matt Withers and Chris Beckett cast their eyes over some absolute humdingers of showbusiness reportage, including Scott Disick running errands, partying Wright round the world with Pat Sharp and the return of the much-missed Life of Riley. It’s all in what the critics are calling the year’s best podcast to feature two middle-aged men eating Fab lollies.

Chris Beckett and Matt Withers once again sift through the debris of the UK's online celebrity journalism. They examine Carrie Underwood's potato, question whether Gethin Jones' odd grievance was behind his split with Katherine Jenkins and learn about Demi Rose's day trip to the zoo.

Matt Withers and Chris Beckett return for the series two opener of Barely Contained, the podcast that sifts through the detritus of the very worst of the UK’s online celebrity journalism. They cast their eyes over some absolute pearls of showbiz reportage including Janet Street-Porter and the mystery of who licked Daniel Craig’s plate, Instababe Daphne Joy rocking the liquid metal look, why Meghan...