Park Date

Location: St Mary's Church Yard Moseley, Birmingham Guest: David Baldwin MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY And Happy holidays wherever you are in the world David Baldwin and I experienced something of A Christmas Carol car crash moment when we both found ourselves killed in surreal circumstances in the run up to Christmas. TEARS PLEASE. A film projector fell on his head and a bucket of prickly pears fell...

Location: Beverly Hills Park LA, USA Guest: Raziq Rauf (and his son!) It's time for another new episode of Park Date Please welcome my friend and brilliant music journalist and now running writer Mr Raziq Rauf (and his son Alexander!) We messed about outside Beverly Hills Police HQ recreating shots from Beverly Hills Cop then hung out in Beverly Hills Park to talk about Raz's mission to save the b...

Location: Dorothea Neff Park Vienna, Austria Guest: Marvin Mangalino It's time for another new episode of Park Date Please welcome Marvin Mangalino. Marvin reminded me of 90s cartoon hero Rude Dog from Rude Dog And The Dweebs. He's a cool dude who runs a bike clothing brand called BBUC and opened one of Vienna's coolest hotels which is crammed with retro stylings and is called Brillantengrund . We...

Location: Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park London, UK Guest: Simon Calder Simon is one of the great travel journalists and he took time out of his busy travelling schedule to talk in the park outside the Imperial War Museum in London. We saw a Tibetan Peace Garden and a Soviet War Memorial and a section of Berlin Wall! And we talked about planes, trains, exotic destinations and a life on the road. T...

Location: Princes Street Gardens Edinburgh Guest: Dane Baptiste It's time for another new episode of Park Date I caught up with the legend that is Dane Baptiste at the Edinburgh Fringe in Aug 2023 right in the heart of the city in Princes Street Gardens And this is what we talked about. Enjoy! There are SOME SWEARWORDS IN THIS, be warned As always there was a cacophony in the background - drummers...

Location: Prospect Park Brooklyn, NY, USA Guest: Caitlin Cook It's time for another new episode of Park Date Please welcome Caitlin Cook. Caitlin is a brilliant comedian and song writer who is in Two Thirds of a Threesome and hosts nights at Park Slope's Union Hall, where she's worked with people like Broad City's Illana Glazer - her neighbour! She's produced and directed shows too. But the thing...

Location: Abney Park Cemetery London Guest: Philipp Kostelecky It's time for another new episode of Park Date Please welcome Herr Philipp Kostelecky. We talked about the afterlife, graves, comedy greats, comedy as therapy and random crap too. Philipp's show Daddy's Home is on throughout August at Edinburgh Fringe Check out his website here Oh and maaaaybe you'd like to check out my new COMEDY FEED...

Location: Soho Square Gardens London Guest: Luke Kempner It's time for another new episode of Park Date Please welcome Luke Kempner! Man of a million voices. Star of Spitting Image, Murder in Successville, Steph's Packed Lunch, and the very funny Love Island islander impressions on Aftersun (Love Island final is SOON fellow fans). Luke is taking his one man musical Gritty Police Drama to the Edinb...

Location: Woodberry Wetlands London Guest: Liz Guterbock It's time for another new episode of Park Date Oh this was so much fun. I love Liz Guterbock! We had the funniest chat at Woodberry Wetlands, by the East Reservoir in Stoke Newington, London. We saw robins, I learned about magpies and we argued about raccoons. You know Liz from the Armando Iannucci show Avenue 5 and you should see her stand...

Location: Paddington Gardens London Guest: Sheena Bhattessa It's time for another new episode of Park Date Please welcome my friend and a great actress and producer, Sheena Bhattessa. Sheena tells us about Casualty, motherhood, managing and editing a magazine, producing a short film and life in Marylebone. As always GRAZIE to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen to his brilliant podcast ...

Location: Hackney Downs London Guest: Ben Gomori It's time for another new episode of Park Date This time our wonderful guest is Ben Gomori. You can find out all about Ben's DJ dates, remixing and producing and music making, hosting and Pitch-black Playback events on his website https://www.bengomori.com And regarding the last one, you'll notice that I absolutely am incapable of saying it correctl...

Location: Streatham Cemetery London Guest: Mark Thomas It's time for some new episodes of Park Date. Hello PEOPLE Mark Thomas tells us which park he had his first snog in and then we talk about the history of Streatham Cemetery and other South London parks, plus Mark shares some anecdotes and tells us what he's up to next. And one thing you won't want to miss is his Gaffa Tapes show at Edinburgh F...

Location: Barangaroo Reserve Sydney, Australia Guest: Timothy Gray It's the final episode of Season 3! And what better way to go out than with this great dispatch from Sydney. I'm joined by Timothy Gray - poet, radio presenter, musician, guide, cultural ambassador, elder and all around good guy. Tim is a Gumbayngirr/Wiradjuri/Bidjigal man based in Redfern, Sydney. We strolled through Barangaroo Re...

Location: Columbus Park New York, NY Guest: Alex Proba Here's a lovely chat with Alex Proba - noted designer and fascinating creative. We were on the baseball field at Columbus Park in Lower Manhattan with some funky Chinese background music and guys around us playing cards and doing tai chi. Anna Delvey's name might have come up too... As always GRAZIE to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen...

Location: Central Park New York, NY Guest: Rolando Pujol Well this one was a joy. The wonderful Rolando Pujol from ABC 7 TV talks to me as we stroll through Central Park in New York City. We chat about the mom n pop shops, diners, drive-thru, dives, malls, motels and mid century design that inspired him to create his Retrologist newsletter and website. Oh and how the media and news landscape has c...

Location: Green Park London Guest: Alex Haddow After hanging out with Alex at Edinburgh, Shepherd's Bush Empire and the always glamorous Dulwich Hamlet FC Comedy Club ( Hamlet Comedy Club ) it was time to do a Park Date. So we did. At Green Park. Alex told us she missed Arctic Monkeys at Reading but she's got her Indie Amnesty night (7th April  @thealbionroomsmargate  / 14th April ...

Location: Brockwell Park London Guest: Harriet Kemsley Happy Valentine's Week, lovers and friends! Harriet Kemsley is super funny - check out her Honeysuckle Island live shows and some great porn-related jokes on Live at The Apollo, and she's great on House of Games and Question Team too. Thanks for chatting Harriet! And for pushing the recorder buttons! The S Club 7 DVD is still looking for a hom...

Location: Hyde Park London Guest: Shazia Mirza It's just me, Shazia Mirza and the bloody wind - as Shazia gets in a time machine to recall her brushes with fame on children's TV and then becoming a teacher and teaching Dizzee Rascal, plus we chat about her opening the Commonwealth Games and meeting The Queen. The Brummie comedian and writer joins me for a lovely Hyde Park stroll. As always GRAZIE...

Location: Bronte Reserve Bronte, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Guest: Therese Spruhan Welcome to Australia where I chat to Therese Spruhan about her book The Memory Pool, swimming, and her family history - including a vintage photo snapped right in the very park we'd been standing in at Bronte in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs. As always GRAZIE to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen to his bri...

Location: St James's Park London Guest: Gbenga Adelekan Metronomy's bassist, DJ, author, musician and nice guy Gbenga talks about his son's charity record ( ravisdream.com ) and more - while we endure a very loud 21 gun salute and some brass bands on horseback. As always GRAZIE to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen to his brilliant podcast  https://southgirlproductionmusic.com/category/...

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Location: City Centre Gardens Birmingham Guest: David Baldwin MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! It's Boxing Day and here's Part 2 of our 2022 Christmas Special and yes my nose was blocked when we recorded this. Don't forget Season 3 is coming very soon..... As always GRAZIE to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen to his brilliant podcast  https://southgirlproductionmusic.com/category/podcast-prod...

Location: City Centre Gardens Birmingham Guest: David Baldwin MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! Here's Part 1 of our 2022 Christmas Special and yes my nose was blocked when we recorded this. *PART 2 DROPS TOMORROW* As always GRAZIE to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen to his brilliant podcast  https://southgirlproductionmusic.com/category/podcast-production/ ), Rosie Wilby ( https://www.instag...

*There is a rude word in this episode that rhymes with kitties* Location: Well Street Common Hackney, London Guest: Christopher Biggins What else can I say? It's Biggins! As always GRAZIE to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen to his brilliant podcast  https://southgirlproductionmusic.com/category/podcast-production/ ), Rosie Wilby ( https://www.instagram.com/breakupmonologues/?hl=en ) a...

A SPOOKY SPECIAL EPISODE FOR HALLOWEEN...... Location: King Kong Park and St Paul's Square Birmingham Guest: David Baldwin My comedy companion David Baldwin re-animated himself, dragged his torpid body from the tomb in which he sleeps, and scampered out of his stately pile - Solihull Castle - to grace us with his presence in the less salubrious surroundings of Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter as we...