Tony Slattery's Rambling Club

Would you believe it? This week’s guest President is the wonderful Karen Ford — actor, writer and director, perhaps best remembered by millions as art teacher Miss Booth in Grange Hill, but with a career that has embraced theatre, television and film in equal measure. As ever, Tony’s enchanted bingo machine has no idea who our guest is… and somehow knows exactly where to take us. So pull on your w...

Would you believe it? This week's guest President is the marvellously inquisitive Robin Ince — comedian, broadcaster, author and co-host of the hugely successful The Infinite Monkey Cage . Robin returns to the Presidential shed armed with an insatiable curiosity and the sort of mind that delights in asking impossible questions before wandering happily off in search of even stranger answers. So pul...

Would you believe it? This week's guest President is the incomparable Don Warrington, one of Britain's finest actors, whose remarkable career has spanned more than half a century. Beloved by millions as the effortlessly cool Philip Smith in the classic sitcom Rising Damp , Don has graced stage, screen and radio with equal distinction, from Shakespeare to sitcom, bringing intelligence, warmth and u...

This week, in a feat of engineering that absolutely nobody signed off on, we've attached wheels to the Presidential shed and towed it all the way to the Leicester Comedy Festival . There, amidst the laughter and general confusion, we encounter actor, comedian, broadcaster and all-round raconteur Rowland Rivron . As ever, Tony's enchanted bingo machine is waiting for us. Our first destination is 74...

This week's guest President is none other than the legendary Peter Purves, actor, broadcaster, presenter, teacher, explorer of television history, and one of the most familiar and beloved faces in British broadcasting. From travelling through time and space with the First Doctor Who to surviving the organised chaos of Blue Peter , Peter has accumulated enough stories to keep the Rambling Club supp...

This week's guest President is the wonderful Jenny Seagrove, acclaimed stage and screen actor, passionate animal welfare advocate! So pull on your walking boots and join us for another ramble as President Seagrove guides us through three destinations selected entirely at random by Tony's enchanted bingo machine, a device that continues to demonstrate a remarkable ability to connect the seemingly u...

Welcome, one and all, to Series 2, Episode 1 of Tony Slattery's Rambling Club ! The shed has survived another winter, the kettle is cautiously optimistic, and Tony's enchanted bingo machine has spent the break quietly plotting new ways to confuse everybody. With Sir Stephen Fry once again watching over proceedings from his omniscient vantage point, a brand-new series of rambling adventures begins....

Stand by for a whole host of stars who will be joining us in the Rambling Club shed. Series 2 begins this Friday at 5 to 5! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a very special meeting of  Tony Slattery’s Rambling Club . It’s Christmas Day, and we find ourselves once again in the company of our much-loved and much-missed President, Tony Slattery. His absence is felt, of course — how could it not be? — but so is his presence: in the laughter, the mischief, the curious turns of thought, and the unmistakable warmth that shaped this club from the...

This Christmas, we are honoured to share a very special recording:  Tony Slattery’s reading of  The Tell-Tale Heart . Recorded in December 2024, this was the final performance Tony ever gave. It stands as a profound testament to his extraordinary gifts as an actor — his musicality with language, his emotional precision, and his instinctive understanding of character and rhythm. In this r...

Would you believe it? Our Presidential shed door barely has time to creak before it bursts open, and in strides  Stewart Pearson , uninvited, overconfident, and radiating an alarming quantity of managerial nonsense. There is bafflement. There is bullshit. There are hand gestures. And then — mercifully — the penny drops. It’s not Stewart  Pearson  at all, but  Stewart Franklin &...

Would you credit it? Our guest President this week is the ever-excellent  Daniel Hill  — actor, sitcom stalwart from  Waiting For God , and a man forever entwined with one of  Doctor Who ’s most tantalising “what might have been” stories:  Shada . Pull on something warm and set off with us on another leisurely ramble as President Hill takes the helm, steering us through th...

Would you believe it? Our guest President this week is none other than the marvellously versatile actor — and EastEnders legend — Ian Reddington ! Grab your gloves and join us for another invigorating wander as President Reddington guides us through three destinations selected entirely at random by Tony’s enchanted bingo machine, which continues to function despite no confirmed evidence of a maint...

Would you believe it? Our guest {resident this week is the legendary Jo Caulfield! Grab your gloves and come for a ramble with us as guest President Caulfield leads us through three special destinations chosen entirely at random with the use of Tony’s enchanted bingo machine. As ever, the omniscient voice of Sir Stephen Fry is an eye on the proceedings!    First stop is destination numbe...

Look out! It's The Bill! Well...one of them anyway, because our guest President this week is none other than Mark Wingett! Grab your Parker and come for a ramble with us as guest President Wingett leads us through three special destinations chosen entirely at random with the use of Tony’s enchanted bingo machine. As ever, the omniscient voice of Sir Stephen Fry is an eye on the proceedings!  ...

Time to open the door to a very special guest President this week, the fascinating and fabulous Phil Davis! Grab your Thermos and come for a ramble with us as guest President Davis leads us through three special destinations chosen entirely at random with the use of Tony’s enchanted bingo machine. As ever, the omniscient voice of Sir Stephen Fry is an eye on the proceedings!    First sto...

The Rambling Club have towed the shed to the Wirral Peninsula and the town of West Kirby! Grab your thermos and join Paul and Allan along with their guest, the lovely Mark Hutchinson, and their live audience, as they lead you through four special destinations chosen entirely at random with the use of Tony’s enchanted bingo machine. As ever, the omniscient voice of Sir Stephen Fry is an eye on the...

Tony's cat, Molloy, can be a bit of a handful. This could explain why local farmer, David Archer, has turned up on the warpath! Our guest President this week is the legendary Tim Bentinck, star of the world's longest running soap opera, The Archers! But there is so much more to him than that! Grab your wellies and ramble with us to the sheep dip as guest President Bentinck leads us through three s...

Stand by to teleport, because our guest President this week is the star of Emmerdale and the legendary Blakes' 7, Sally Knyvette! Grab your wellies and join us as guest President Knyvette leads us through two special destinations chosen entirely at random with the use of Tony’s enchanted bingo machine. As ever, the omniscient voice of Sir Stephen Fry is an eye on the proceedings!    Firs...

The legendary Brookside is making its return to our screens. Who better to ramble with this week than Billy Corkhill himself, John McArdle! Grab your thermos and join us as guest President McArdle leads us through three special destinations chosen entirely at random with the use of Tony’s enchanted bingo machine. As ever, the omniscient voice of Sir Stephen Fry is an eye on the proceedings!  ...

Before we even get a chance to give the machine a whirl we've behind the scenes secrets from Beadle's About! That's because our guest President this week is star of The Archers and Doctor Who, Terry Molloy! Grab your flask and join us for a ramble as guest President Molloy leads us through three special destinations chosen entirely at random with the use of Tony’s enchanted bingo machine. As ever,...

Get ready for a whistlestop tour through the Crystal Maze to the Punk movement of the 1970s because our guest President this week is Ed Tudor-Pole!   Grab your Duffell Coat and join us for a ramble as guest President Tudor-Pole leads us through three special destinations chosen entirely at random with the use of Tony’s enchanted bingo machine. As ever, the omniscient voice of Sir Stephen Fry...

DON'T HAVE NIGHTMARES! Well, why would you, because our Guest President this week is the wonderful Sue Cook!   Get your Wellies on and join us for a ramble as guest President Cook leads us through three special destinations chosen entirely at random with the use of Tony’s enchanted bingo machine. As ever, the omniscient voice of Sir Stephen Fry is an eye on the proceedings!    First...

It's our 50th show, and we have a very special Guest President to celebrate with us. It's none other than Paul Sinha, star of The Chase and comedian extraordinaire!   Why not pull your walking boots on and join us for a ramble as guest President Sinha leads us through four special destinations chosen entirely at random with the use of Tony’s enchanted bingo machine. As ever, the omniscient vo...

Our Guest President this week, leading the members Tony Slattery’s Rambling Club, is none other than the star of Radio Active and KYTV, Michael Fenton Stevens!   Why not pull your walking boots on and join us for a ramble as guest President Fenton Stevens leads us through three special destinations chosen entirely at random with the use of Tony’s enchanted bingo machine. As ever, the omniscie...