Hellish

Season one of Hellish may be over, but we are not quite done with you yet. Every day of December we will be bringing back former damned souls to add one more song to their Infernal Playlists: a Christmas song they cannot stand. In this episode, we welcome back Capital Radio DJ and Cân y Gymru winning songwriter ALISTAIR JAMES, who originally joined us for episode three. Check that out here: ...

Season one of Hellish may be over, but we are not quite done with you yet. Every day of December we will be bringing back former damned souls to add one more song to their Infernal Playlists: a Christmas song they cannot stand. In this episode, we welcome back publisher SAM JORDISON of Galley Beggar Press , who originally joined us for episode twenty four. Check that out here:  https://shows....

Season one of Hellish may be over, but we are not quite done with you yet. Every day of December we will be bringing back former damned souls to add one more song to their Infernal Playlists: a Christmas song they cannot stand. In this episode, we welcome back screenwriter LUKE NEAL, who originally joined us for episode twenty-two. Check that out here:  https://shows.acast.com/hellish/episode...

Season one of Hellish may be over, but we are not quite done with you yet. Every day of December we will be bringing back former damned souls to add one more song to their Infernal Playlists: a Christmas song they cannot stand. In this episode, we welcome back comedian and broadcaster ROBIN INCE, who originally joined us for episode twenty-five. Check that out here:  https://shows.acast.com/h...

Season one of Hellish may be over, but we are not quite done with you yet. Every day of December we will be bringing back former damned souls to add one more song to their Infernal Playlists: a Christmas song they cannot stand. In this episode, we welcome back actor and writer KELLIE SHIRLEY, who originally joined us for episode nine. Check that out here:  https://shows.acast.com/hellish/epis...

Season one of Hellish may be over, but we are not quite done with you yet. Every day of December we will be bringing back former damned souls to add one more song to their Infernal Playlists: a Christmas song they cannot stand. In this episode, we welcome back comedy producer extraordinaire MICHELLE FARR SCOTT, who originally joined us for episode ten. Check that out here:  https://shows.acas...

Season one of Hellish may be over, but we are not quite done with you yet. Every day of December we will be bringing back former damned souls to add one more song to their Infernal Playlists: a Christmas song they cannot stand. In this episode, we welcome back archaeologist and TV presenter ERIN LLOYD JONES, who originally joined us for episode seven. Check that out here: https://shows.acast.com/h...

Season one of Hellish may be over, but we are not quite done with you yet. Every day of December we will be bringing back former damned souls to add one more song to their Infernal Playlists: a Christmas song they cannot stand. In this episode, we welcome back acting coach and director JAMES KEMP, who originally joined us for episode five. Check that out here: https://shows.acast.com/hellish/episo...

Season one of Hellish may be over, but we are not quite done with you yet. Every day of December we will be bringing back former damned souls to add one more song to their Infernal Playlists: a Christmas song they cannot stand. In this episode, we welcome back actor STEPHEN WIGHT, who originally joined us for episode two. Check that out here: https://shows.acast.com/hellish/episodes/stephen-wight-...

Season one of Hellish may be over, but we are not quite done with you yet. Every day of December we will be bringing back former damned souls to add one more song to their Infernal Playlists: a Christmas song they cannot stand. In this episode, we welcome back IAIN COOK of the bands CHVRCHES and Protection, who originally joined us for episode six. Check that out here: https://shows.acast.com/hell...

Season one of Hellish may be over, but we are not quite done with you yet. Every day of December we will be bringing back former damned souls to add one more song to their Infernal Playlists: a Christmas song they cannot stand. In this episode, we introduce the advent calendar, reveal the song that got picked more than any other, and then open door number one to reveal poet GLYN EDWARDS, who origi...

Andrea Parker and Paul Adams of indie legends MELYS give us the five tracks they will meet in Hell! Andrea and Paul chatted about making music as a couple, walking away from fame after their song  Chinese Whispers  won John Peel's Festive Fifty listener vote, and gathering moss. They also put the boot in to Hellish perennials Oasis. We're putting this out to celebrate the release of Mely...

Top poet and novelist CLARE POLLARD gives us chapter and verse of the five tracks she will meet in Hell! Clare is an accomplished novelist, editor and critic, as well as one of the UK's greatest living poets. (This does not stop Daniel from trying to argue in favour of some very ropey lyrics). She has published five collections of poetry, a biography-memoir-critical look at children's books, and t...

Writer MARK BOWLES gives us all his precious Infernal Playlist tracks... Mark is the author of the Goldsmiths Prize nominated novel All My Precious Madness , which was lauded by critics. It's an incredibly funny book - The Guardian compared it to American comedian Bill Hicks - and Mark did not disappoint with a full-on assault on the 1980s in this episode. He talked us through the process of writi...

A short announcement about Songs From A Padded Envelope - a podcast from Ben Clay and our former guest Steve Swindon, which we were honoured to be asked be on. CLICK HERE TO HEAR IT FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram:  www.instagram.com/hellish_pod BlueSky:  https://bsky.app/profile/hellishpod.com Threads:  https://www.threads.net/@hellish_pod Facebook:  www.facebook.com/helli...

Behold! Actor and director TOM BRITTNEY gives us the five tracks he will meet in Hell! Tom is an incredible actor with a CV to match: Outlander , Grantchester , Greyhound , UnReal ... He's now turned director, with two short films under his belt and a feature upcoming. We talked about that, as well as his secret dreadlocked past, tattoos, meeting Dolly Parton, tearing Henry Cavill's Superman suit,...

We did a spot of enchanting and got writer JOANNE HARRIS to give us the five tracks she will meet in Hell! Joanne is a prolific writer, having authored over twenty novels, several cookbooks, and a multitude of short stories. (Her latest collection, Maiden, Mother, Crone is out now in paperback, with art by our former damned soul Bonnie Hawkins ). Her third novel, Chocolat , is an international bes...

We grill comedian and all-round enthusiast ROBIN INCE for the five tracks he will meet in Hell! Robin has been a stand-up comedian since the early nineties. He is the author of several books, including I'm A Joke And So Are You and Bibliomaniac , and is the co-creator and co-presenter, with Professor Brian Cox, of BBC Radio 4's The Infinite Monkey Cage . That barely scratches the surface of what R...

We press publisher and writer SAM JORDISON for the five tracks he will meet in Hell! Sam is one half of Galley Beggar Press, the small independent publisher with a bunch of big hits to its name: Eimear McBride's Women's Prize winning A Girl is a Half Formed Thing , Lucy Ellman's Booker-shortlisted Ducks, Newburyport and Alex Pheby's Cities of the Weft trilogy to name but a few. Sam talked us throu...

Historian NATALIA MEHLMAN PETRZELA runs through the five tracks she will meet in Hell. Quite aside from being a Professor of History at the New School, Natalia is the author of two books: Classroom Wars , and Fit Nation, the latter of which takes a fascinating look at the history of exercise as leisure in the United States. She's also a qualified fitness instructor, and a seasoned podcaster: she c...

Screenwriter LUKE NEAL lists the five tracks he will meet in Hell. Luke wrote the screenplay for Des , the incredible drama series about the serial killer Dennis Nilsen. Luke told us all about how the project started, and how David Tennant got involved. Prior to writing, Luke was also an actor, and we touch on his acting career - including his starring role in Pudsey The Dog: The Movie - and why h...

Classical musician & yogina ELENA URIOSTE picks the five tracks she will meet in Hell. Elena is a world class violinist, having appeared as a featured soloist with orchestras around the world. She is also a yoga master, and has combined her two worlds to co-create Intermission - a yoga programme designed for musicians. Elena talked to us about life as a classical musician, dished the dirt on t...

Musician & co-founder of TAPE Community Music & Film STEVE SWINDON picks the five tracks he will meet in Hell. Steve started his career as bassist with the Britrock band A. He is now the drummer for the very fine Flotation Toy Warning. Steve is also co-founder of TAPE, a community based music and film charity which seeks to help people develop their creativity. They are doing some fine wor...

Artist and illustrator BONNIE HAWKINS picks the five tracks she will meet in Hell. Her latest exhibition, a series of illustrations based on Dylan Thomas's 1954 'play for voices' Under Milk Wood, is currently touring Wales, and is soon to be published alongside the play text. We talked about the feminist credentials of a certain pop group, found out about how a chance virtual encounter led Bonnie...

Welsh music expert NEIL COLLINS chooses the five tracks he will meet in Hell. No stranger to podcasting, Neil is the co-host of the Welsh Music Podcast . His new book, International Velvet: How Wales Conquered the 90s Charts , is an excellent look at the so-called 'Cool Cymru' era of 90s alternative music. You can get it here . We talked about the surprisingly dark inspiration for a noughties pop-...