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Special Guest: Ethan Lawrence CheapShow is back at Soho Radio Studios to record another episode with a lovely new guest. Although he's been a fan of the pod for a while, we can't help but feel he isn't ready for the "real thing" and he soon finds himself caught in a torrent of rants, arguments and impromptu new characters. The poor guy! Ethan Lawrence, from TV shows such as the award winning "Afte...

A few weeks ago, CheapShow received a mysterious package. Upon opening the box, Paul was surprised to find a black suitcase with the CheapShow logo cut into it. It came with a letter and a code breaking gadget and the secret sender challenged Paul and Eli to simply open the suitcase... It's now time to see what's inside! Recorded in "real time" with "barely" any editing, The Cheap Chaps are going...

Special Guests: Nick Helm & Nathaniel Metcalfe Every now and then there comes an episode of the podcast that we just don't know how to describe to you. Oh sure, Paul and Eli have a sauce report planned and a nice and nerdy Price of Shite, but that structure goes out the window very quickly. Joining the Cheap Chaps this week are comedians Nick Helm (Uncle, BBC 3) and Nathaniel Metcalfe (BBC R4 & Fu...

For a show known for its in-depth investigative reporting, even Paul and Eli decide to dig deeper this week to get to the bottom of one of life's biggest mysteries... Why are Cream Crackers called "Cream Crackers"? The answer may surprise you. Unless you know already. Obviously. It's another back to basics episode this week when the Eli reveals his latest "Tales from the Shop Floor", but he isn't...

It's been a while, but Paul & Eli have managed to trick... Sorry, convince a guest to join them for another edition of the economy comedy podcast! This week, comedian and actor Imran Yusuf visits CheapShow to wade into the sticky swamps of nostalgia. A strange charity shop discovery unearths an item that overindulges in the "good old days" of the 1970s. It's a bag of reproduced 70s ephemera that a...

"You're the Doctor" declared the advert for classic board game "Operation", but this week on CheapShow Paul and Eli are the Doctors instead, and it's not going to end well for poor old Cavity Sam! In a heart pounding "Gannon's Golden Games" segment, the Cheap Chap battle to become the very best at removing small plastic pieces from a toy with a tweezer! It's thrilling stuff. We promise! Meanwhile,...

Sometimes it's nice to have a nice and chilled episode of the podcast, isn't it? After the heat induced madness of last week, the Cheap Chaps are in a much more reflective and incisive mood. After a tat packed edition of Price of Shite, the boys also take a look at more strange and wonderful novelty pieces of music. It all sounds absolutely lovely. They reflect on Morecambe & Wise, the joys of Spa...

It's another HOT day in the House of Pickles and, predictably, Paul and Eli aren't coping with it very well. Even after deciding to keep this episode very simple, it soon careens into heat induced nonsense. This week, Paul brings along an intriguing Tales from the Shop that keeps them both guessing until the bitter end. The Cheap Chaps also return, finally, to the “Froth Shop” and find a few chang...

It's a time hopping edition of the economy comedy podcast this week as Paul and Eli take a trip back to the 1970s and the 1990s. One ends up being far more troubling than the other... In Paul's Page Turners, Paul brings along a book that is both a fascinating insight into "lad culture" of the 1990s and a depressing deep dive through a book designed to teach you "how to be a bloke". It's all a bit...

Finally. You asked for it, Eli begged for it and Paul eventually decided to let it happen. This week, we tackle... EGGS! A few months ago, Eli heard that no matter what the cost of the eggs you buy, there is literally no difference in taste. Apparently, a food expert said that, but the Cheap Chaps decide to test that claim for themselves in a vigorous and exciting "Off Brand Brand Off" egg special...

It's another epic CheapShow adventure, and this week, Paul & Eli are facing the unknown as they investigate the mysterious Rendlesham Forest in Suffolk, UK. In December 1980, two American soldiers based at an US Air Base saw a UFO land in the Forest and their story became one of the most fascinating tales of extra-terrestrial contact in history. in 2021, Paul and Eli join Digitiser's Mr Biffo, San...

When Paul & Eli receive a massive "Price of Shite" package in their PO Box, it becomes quickly apparent that it's way too large to use in just one segment of the show... So let's make it the whole show! There is so much to wade through that the pressure begins to show, especially when there is a chance to gamble to grab some BIG P'twings. Eli gets carried away, Paul almost rage quits and someone f...

It’s official, the recent heatwave in the UK has finally gotten to Paul and Eli. This week, it's going to be tough for the Cheap Chaps to make it through with their sanity intact, especially when they have to wade through one of the most disgusting "Tales from the Shop Floor" in recent memory. In fact it could be the last! Eli is on the rampage in this episode’s Price of Shite. He’s hungry for p't...

It's another rambling adventure on CheapShow this week as the Cheap Chaps head onto Hampstead Heath for a curious adventure. Paul's been dragged to the heath by Eli to help him make sense of a terrible dream he had. When Eli awoke, he scrawled down four riddles that Paul must make sense of and navigate the Heath to see where all this is leading to. Where does it lead to? It's something that could...

Are you brave enough for our newest CheapShow format? This week, Gannon presents a new idea to Eli and it's a rollercoaster of a premise. It's our new "Black Bin Bag" episode, where Paul stuffs all the PO Box overflow, odd charity shop trinkets and long forgotten snacks in to a black bin bag and Eli has to randomly pull out an item for review. Will it be edible? Something to listen to? Perhaps it...

It's CheapShow biggest show to date and it's packed with amazing/frightening music, littered with celebrity judges and full of disastrous calamities. Yes, it's Urinevision 2021, the best and only international podcast song contest in the world… As far as we know, we haven't checked. In this epic 3 hour adventure, you'll hear 13 weird and wonderful songs, sent in to Cheapshow by our global audience...

Urinevision is on the way! As Paul & Eli dot the i's and cross the t's, they decide to take some time to chill before the big show and chill. In this more "relaxed fit" episode, the Cheap Chaps take in some of the slightly more offbeat sides to the Disco craze of the 1970s. Over the next hour, prepare for some Europop goodness with some Eurovision madness. There is also time to take a look at some...

It's a white hot blast of thick, hard nostalgia this week when Paul & Eli receive a PO Box delivery that is overflowing with joyous tat! This week, there's a rather colourful edition of Silverman's Platter that pitches an 80s edgy kids comic book flexidisc against the warm, familiar sounds of vintage pirate radio jingles! Elsewhere in the pod, a retro Price of Shite packs in all shades of pop cult...

As Eeyore once said "“They’re funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you’re having them.” We think this best sums up this week's "epic" crossover episode with Mr Biffo's Digitiser. What begins as a gentle stroll through 100 Aker Wood, ends in poo play talk, retro gaming, arguments and a picnic jammed with weird and wonderful treats. Oh, and some gross stuff too! Join Paul, Eli, Mr Biffo...

It takes a brave person to even attempt to bring back the "Cut Price Life Hacks" segment, it's takes an imbecile to try and cram it into a Gannon's Golden Games, but that's what Paul has done this week, and he may live to regret it. Elsewhere in the podcast, Eli is on a sauce and noodle mission and he is sick and tired of Paul's constant harassment, so he is taking it to HR. Again. In retaliation,...

It's an episode of "firsts" this week. It's the first time you get to properly meet Margery Craddock and her "back alley machines", and it's the first time Paul tries to create a segment that directly competes with The Sauce Report. Both don't go very well. At all. Despite all this, there is still plenty of time for some CheapShow favourites. There is a sitcom flavoured Tales from the Shop Floor a...

Paul & Eli once again escape the House of Pickles to venture back on to the High Streets and investigate the newly opened Charity Shops. After months of endless, wistful window shopping, the Cheap Chaps can now go inside and see what treasures they can find amongst the trash. It's another simpler "out and about episode" (so soon?) where they challenge each other to find a strange vinyl record, a g...

We're back in the House of Pickles for more scatological, economical red hot podcast action! This week we are gifted with another bespoke Price of Shite from our PO Box, and in a twist to the normal routine, these offerings have been sourced from the infamous wish.com! As a result, each item is more perplexing than the last! It's also time again to dive into Eli's dusty old record box for a "Spotl...

Spring is in the air, there's more daylight and there are (hopefully) brighter days ahead! With all that said, it's up to Paul & Eli to ruin all that joyous potential with another of their occasional "walkabout" episodes! This week, CheapShow seeks renewal, rebirth or at the very least, a quiet picnic out of the way of other humans. Their journey, though short, will take them from a small park in...

How can Paul & Eli possibly continue looking for cheap treats when everything they know is destroyed? Luckily Jimmy Biscuits has one last trick on his sleeve and it returns the bargain boys to a very familiar location to carry on delivering economy comedy content! This week, there is a packed bag of cheap eats, some delightful and some utterly frightful and Eli gets to slather himself in Sauce Rep...