The Worst Time Podcast

One of the hottest new bands around select some of their worst times on the podcast for episode 25 – Home Counties! Will & Bill from the band tell Chris about a rowdy gig early in their career, a long & anxious-inducing journey back from a show, their ability to leave their gear at various different music venues and also a misogynistic parrot. Plus, why does Chris love their song Dad Bod s...

Time for another Worst Time Podcast episode and what a delight this week – the brilliantly funny comedian Rob Copland! After an embarrassing start for Chris (mispronouncing Rob’s surname), the pair cover their late-night meet at Green Man Festival and why Rob once drank 20 cans of Boddingtons on Boxing Day. Plus, Rob provides three brand new categories for the podcast – worst hotdog, worst whitey...

DJ & producer duo extraordinaire Rackabeat & Moneyshot AKA The Allergies select some of the worst times for the podcast this week, and they manage to keep the energy high despite both of them still recovering from Rackabeat’s stag do! From generators blowing up mid-set at festivals, to recording music videos in northern underground bunkers, from rainy downpours to some of the worst DJ requ...

The brilliant comedian & musician Jordan Gray has got a bucket full of anecdotes for Chris on the Worst Time Podcast this week, it’s a wild ride this one! She tells Chris about life in grindcore band as a teenager and why you should be careful when using unwashed bedsheets as a backdrop on stage. Also, just how wrong can you get the stage name ‘Tall Dark Friend’? Plus moshpit stories, walls of...

The fantastic presenter & baker Briony May Williams steps up to the plate this week to recount some of her worst times on the Worst Time Podcast! She tells Chris about some of her wedding cake disasters, why you should take it easy when drinking with marines and the dangers of being overconfident when applying a clip-on microphone to a presenter. Plus, we hear all about Crayfish Bob! You can c...

Time for the final festival special of the summer and it’s a trip down terrible memory lane for Chris’s long-time friend & collaborator Jimmy May AKA DJ Jimmy The Gent! The pair chat from a tent surrounded by Bannau Brycheiniog drizzle and cover all things related to worst times at festivals. Jimmy reminisces on one of his first festival experiences as a performer and how he narrowly avoided o...

The wonderful comedian & podcaster Rich Wilson steps up this week in revealing his worst times to host Chris Arnold! Fresh from a 12 hour round trip for a gig, Rich recounts some delightful character-building tales including falling down the stairs at a nightclub in Bath, trying to get to North Wales in a blizzard and audience members in Leeds turning their back on him mid show. Also, why doin...

A titan of hip hop joins Chris on the podcast this week – Eggsy from Goldie Lookin Chain! With a 20 year career with GLC under his belt, Eggsy has plenty of worst time tales to share, including being stuck on bus in Germany when a terrible sickness struck, a mystery gifted cake resulting in the group being under the influence on live TV with Russell Brand & Carl Barrett and a recent bingo show...

It’s another festival special and this time Chris is kicking it at the lively Latitude Festival with the wonderful New York Brass Band! A chat with five members of the festival favourites and party starters which took place mere metres away from the backstage portaloos in the Trailer Park area of Latitude and includes some startling historical worst time nuggets; including feet being washed with l...

A very funny episode of the Worst Time Podcast in which Chris is joined by the brilliant comedians Sally-Anne Hayward & Lou Conran! Topics covered include jewellery making, being chatted up in Costco, gigs involving unruly audience members, nude performers in London pubs, a very unusual journey to Plymouth, a wild game involving 80s pop icons & a curtain and also a beard brush. This episod...

The supremely talented DJ Yoda takes time out of his busy summer season to chat to Chris Arnold for episode 15 of the Worst Time Podcast! His tales include a disastrous trip to Jersey, a late-night wig-related encounter, technological woes and a completely nude intergenerational Norwegian family. This episode is quite the journey! Watch out for DJ Yoda at the Edinburgh Fringe with his Tarantino AV...

Comedian Eva Bindeman is in the hot seat this week and adds three tremendous anecdotes to the Worst Time Podcast collection. She tells Chris Arnold about her fairly disastrous time on one of the nation’s most popular TV talent shows, how a lovely picnic with two infants turned into chaos and a Halloween in LA which resulted in her almost meeting Snoop Dogg dressed as a giant pumpkin. The word ‘alm...

The hilarious comedy double act Larry & Paul join Chris for a very funny episode of the Worst Time Podcast! The duo speak to Chris about how they bonded over their hatred of a magazine article, the story of their illustrious career in local radio and an anecdote about a night out in London which might just be the funniest story so far on the podcast. Plus, how they tried to keep it together wh...

A special episode completely recorded on site over the course of the 2023 Glastonbury Festival weekend! Chris is joined by his dear friend and co-performer Kev Tungatt as they recount some of their worst festival-themed times all whilst walking across the massive Worthy Farm site. Kev remembers the first festival Chris took him too, which included more nudity than he was expecting, as well as why...

The brilliant comedian & writer Dane Baptiste steps up to mic for this week’s episode of the Worst Time Podcast – what a treat! Dane tells Chris about not one, but two worst Christmases he's had over the years, plus he recounts an excellent story all about his worst gig, which took place early on in his career. The pair also discuss the current state of affairs at the Edinburgh Fringe and what...

This week on the podcast, singer & musician Millie Manders joins Chris to share some tales she’d perhaps rather forget! Millie reminisces on a hotel she’s in no rush to return to, what sort of behaviour will get you kicked out of a gig and how a monitor positioning resulted in a very painful stage injury. She also reveals why exactly she fronts a band called The Shutup and which member of Less...

Welsh legend and country/folk troubadour the Welsh Whisperer steps up to the mic for the ninth episode of the Worst Time Podcast. Him and host Chris Arnold go way back and they have plenty of reminiscing to do! WW has tales of firing accidental sound effects over news bulletins, panicking on live TV and the terrible drinking tradition of dunking a cow’s tooth in a pint of beer. Plus the duo look b...

A very funny episode of the Worst Time Podcast in which Chris is joined by the brilliant comedian Cerys Nelmes! Of course, you may also know her from such TV roles as ‘Lesbian Smoking Chef’ and ‘Chicken Lady’. Cerys has some hilarious stories to share, from drunken skiing in the Alps to driving home from Glastonbury Festival completely knackered. Plus some truly harrowing tales involving unruly au...

If ever there was someone who was destined to appear on the Worst Time Podcast, it’s Barry Ashworth from the mighty Dub Pistols. To put it simply, Barry has more tales of when times went wrong than the average person has had hot dinners. From being imprisoned in Barbados to disgracing himself in Croatia, from narrowly avoiding being a 9/11 casualty to doing a runner when a recording session with G...

Fresh from hanging out with Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, DJ & presenter Katie Owen shares some brilliant tales with Chris for episode 6 of the Worst Time Podcast! From creepy men in Greece to attempting to interview rock bands under the influence of illicit substances to multiple stories involving urine – Katie has a fair few cracking anecdotes! Plus there’s plenty of DJ related chatter,...

The backbone of the fantastic IDLES, bass player Dev & drummer Jon, join Chris for a jam packed special fifth episode of the Worst Time Podcast! Fresh from rehearsing for the first time in months, the duo recount some brilliant stories which include a disruptive crowd member in Detroit, memory loss in Exeter, questionable food in the US, gigging with a dog in Bristol and sleeping on an airport...

The brilliant folk & americana singer/songwriter Lady Nade steps up to share some of her memories where things didn’t quite go to plan for episode 4 of the Worst Time Podcast! She recounts how an out-of-date passport almost ruined her international gigging opportunities, how a Glastonbury Festival performance didn’t quite turn out the way she was hoping and tells Chris a hilarious anecdote whi...

It’s the turn of chap hop legend Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer to sit in the Worst Time Podcast guest seat, and he certainly didn’t disappoint! He tells Chris about the multiple shows which descended into confusing chaos, the meals he’d rather forget and the many other acts he’s been in which include Skank Thing, Junior Blancs, Sgt. Rock, Butternut and of course Collapsed Lung. Mr. B The Gentleman Rh...

Chris welcomes the fantastic Laura Lexx to the podcast! Laura is a stand up comedian as well as the author of two books - Klopp Actually and Pivot. In this episode Laura reminisces on a particularly bad racecourse comedy gig, a truly terrible motorway journey and a drunken episode which caused her to gag some weeks later. Laura is regularly on tour and she has her own podcast that she hosts with h...

For the first ever episode of the Worst Time Podcast, Chris chats to actor & comedian Alex Lowe AKA the man behind the brilliant comedy characters Barry From Watford & Clinton Baptiste. Alex talks about his time working on a children’s TV show, how an early performance with his brother might be the cause of his pre-show nerves and what lead up to his legendary (and slightly questionable) c...