Almost Famous

Comedian Lou Sanders talks about the time she had a little tumble with Almost Famous host Barnaby Slater, and her plans for making a difference in the world.

Series 3 of Almost Famous is recorded remo…

Comedian Lou Sanders talks about the jobs she had leading to her comedy career and whether Barnaby was a psychopath or not when they used to work together.

Series 3 of Almost Famous is recorded remot…

Singer/songwriter Chesney Hawkes talks to Barnaby about getting to Number One in the charts with The One and Only, how he spent the money that came from it, and how he bounced back when his record co…

In part two of this episode of Almost Famous, comedian Angela Barnes tells Barnaby what her plans are for the rest of lockdown and answers his quickfire questions.

Series 3 of Almost Famous is recorde…

Comedian Angela Barnes joins Barnaby to discuss comedy courses, whether or not you're famous if you're a mainstay on Mock The Week and how to deal with merciless internet trolling.

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Series 3 of Almost Famous is recorded remotely during the Covid-19 Lockdown. Stay safe everyone!

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In part one of Barnaby's chat with actor Paul Danan, he discusses how fame led him towards addiction and self-harm.

Series 3 of Almost Famous is recorded remotely during the Covid-19 Lockdown. Stay sa…

Rebecca Lucy Taylor is a pop star in isolation. She discusses what it's been like as the lead singer of bands on the verge of becoming famous and what her plans are for keeping busy during lockdown.

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In Part Two of our episode with Emily Dean, she goes into more depth about writing her critically acclaimed book 'Everybody Died So I Got A Dog'.

Series 3 of Almost Famous is recorded remotely during …

Emily Dean talks about doing a life reset after tragedy struck, leading her to make a start on the To Do List that she'd always said she'd get round to, but had never started yet. As a result she is …

A trailer for series three of Almost Famous, the podcast where Barnaby Slater chats to guests about their experience of fame. This series will forever be known as The Isolation Episodes, as Barnaby c…

Barnaby introduces some of his favourite clips from the two series of Almost Famous so far. Listen to excerpts of interviews from guests including Nicola Wren, Rhodri Giggs, Phoebe Eclair-Powell, Dav…

James Redmond tells us what it was like to star in Hollyoaks in its heyday, how he moved on to present Saturday morning kids TV before going on to be in Casualty and tour the country as a stand up co…

Comedian and star of ITV quiz The Chase Paul Sinha tells Barnaby about his diagnosis with Parkinson's Disease, what it's like when fans of The Chase watch him do stand up comedy and why he's a mega s…

Sports presenter Max Rushden talks about punting in Cambridge, his Blue Peter screen test and getting, then losing, the presenter job on Sky Sports show Soccer AM.

In series two of Almost Famous, Barn…

Comedian Rhys James is a regular on BBC1's Mock The Week and tells us why he thinks he's a writer comedian rather than a performer comic, why he hasn't yet seen a therapist and gives us his thoughts …

Comedian Clive Anderson talks about becoming famous while still working as a barrister, his run in with The Bee Gees and how he felt when he was told that he was losing his BBC1 talk show.

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Former GMTV television presenter Penny Smith talks about the humiliation that comes with losing your job when you're famous, as well as her love of travelling, hiking and bumping into Dustin Hoffman …

Manchester City, Chelsea and England footballer Shaun Wright-Phillips discusses what it was like growing up with Arsenal striker Ian Wright for a father and how fame then affected his own life when h…

Comedian Matt Richardson discusses how he fell into a career as a TV presenter. He also talks in depth about how Caroline Flack became his mentor and close friend after they worked together on The Xt…