No Pressure To Be Funny
No Pressure To Be Funny is a topical comedy podcast featuring former Perrier nominee Nick Revell, Comedy Store 'Cutting Edge' regular Alistair Barrie, and presented by inestimable LBC radio host James O'Brien.
- Update frequency
- every 27 days
- Average duration
- 45 minutes
- Episodes
- 40
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2015
Series 5, Episode 5 (9th June 2013)
In this month's show, Mitch Benn rocks the room with two pieces of satirical musical brilliance which contain more coherent and persuasive political arguments than we've heard from Her Majesty's Oppo…
00:51:00 |
Tue 11 Jun 2013
Series 5, Episode 4 (5th May 2013)
May 5th 2013 - James O'Brien talks to Alex Andreou, Lee Camp, Gary Delaney and Nat Luurtsema about the nutty fruitcakes of British politics, and UKIP as well; how Barack Obama wishes he could find so…
00:47:00 |
Mon 06 May 2013
Series 5, Episode 3 (7th April 2013)
This month's No Pressure sees guest host Kevin Day come up with some interesting new programme ideas for BBC3 based on some thoroughly historical suggestions for punishing financial wrongdoing from T…
00:53:00 |
Wed 10 Apr 2013
Series 5, Episode 2 (3rd March 2013)
This month, firebrand of the left Owen Jones denies a love tryst with Tory donor and disgraced former party chairman Lord Ashcroft; Helen Lewis sets James O'Brien straight about the New Statesman's r…
00:58:00 |
Mon 04 Mar 2013
Series 5, Episode 1 (3rd February 2013)
With guests Phill Jupitus, Andrew Maxwell, Miranda Sawyer and Wayne Deakin. Plus music from Loretta Maine. This month's podcast covers, amongst other things, the European Union, Antisemitism, Trans-C…
Tue 05 Feb 2013
Series 4, Episode 3 (9th December 2012)
With guests Robin Ince, Matthew Norman, Sara Pascoe, Pete Johansson and James Sherwood. In this episode, the panel discuss prank phone calls, pregnancies, arguments in favour of terrorism, economic c…
Tue 11 Dec 2012
Series 4, Episode 2 (11th November 2012)
Rob Grant, Simon Munnery, Kevin Day and Polly Toynbee join James O'Brien, Nick Revell and Alistair Barrie to tackle the crisis at the BBC; Jimmy Savile; the US Election; Remembrance Day and Afghanist…
00:47:00 |
Tue 13 Nov 2012
Series 4, Episode 1 (7th October 2012)
In this edition, topics include Julian Assange, the truth about Boris Johnson, and what to give Vladimir Putin for his birthday. Also, the first plans are revealed for Koran! The Musical. Joining Jam…
00:37:00 |
Mon 08 Oct 2012
Edinburgh 2012
No Pressure To Be Funny joins forces with Amnesty International UK for a podcast from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. James O'Brien is joined by activist and comedian Mark Thomas, Canadian stand-up Da…
Mon 20 Aug 2012
Series 3, Episode 4 (10th June 2012)
James O'Brien is joined by stand-up Hal Cruttenden, musical comic Paul Thorne, New Statesman journalist Helen Lewis, and Burma's best known political comedian Zarganar, who was imprisoned in 2008 aft…
00:45:00 |
Tue 12 Jun 2012
Series 3, Episode 3 (13th May 2012)
James O'Brien is joined by Nick Doody, Kevin Day and Lee Camp to talk about topics including democracy and underpants bombers. With some great topical songs from Steve Gribbin, and contributions from…
00:42:00 |
Tue 15 May 2012
Series 3, Episode 2 (15th April 2012)
Thanks to a ridiculous insistence on taking his family on holiday, regular host James O'Brien isn't on the show this month, but we have called on our first reserve, Talksport's Matt Forde. He's joine…
00:41:00 |
Tue 17 Apr 2012
Series 3, Episode 1 (11th March 2012)
James O'Brien is joined by stand-up Ian Stone; New Statesman journalist Helen Lewis; and unquestionably one of the most important and funniest British comedians ever, Alexei Sayle. Music is from risi…
00:41:00 |
Thu 15 Mar 2012
No Pressure To Be Festive 2011
A special edition of the topical panel show. Guests Ken Livingstone, Miranda Sawyer, Miles Jupp, George Monbiot and Rich Hall join host James O'Brien to review the year, with contribution from writer…
00:48:00 |
Wed 21 Dec 2011
Series 2, Episode 6 (16th November)
James O'Brien, Alistair Barrie and Nick Revell are joined by Tiffany Stevenson, Henning Wehn, Paul Thorne and New Statesman journalist Mehdi Hasan.
00:26:00 |
Fri 18 Nov 2011
Series 2, Episode 5 (9th November)
James O'Brien, Alistair Barrie and Nick Revell are joined by Mark Steel, Rob Deering, Holly Walsh and journalist Matthew Norman to talk about topics including issues at the Home Office.
00:32:00 |
Fri 11 Nov 2011
Series 2, Episode 4 (2nd November)
James O'Brien is joined by Mark Thomas, Tiffany Stevenson, Elis James and Alistair Barrie to discuss who or what Kim Kardashian is... plus other weightier topics. With contributions from Nick Revell …
00:31:00 |
Fri 04 Nov 2011
Series 2, Episode 3 (26th October)
James O'Brien is joined by TalkSport's Matt Forde, News Quiz regular Paul Sinha, award-winning comic Nat Luurtsema, and the fantastic (Time Out) James Sherwood, with creators Nick Revell and Alistair…
00:30:00 |
Thu 27 Oct 2011
Series 2, Episode 2 (19th October)
James O'Brien is joined by Australian comic Sarah Kendall, Cutting Edge regular Steve Gribbin, Just A Minute regular Chris Neill, and New Statesman journalist Helen Lewis-Hasteley.
00:41:00 |
Thu 20 Oct 2011
Series 2, Episode 1 (12th October)
James O'Brien is joined by Mitch Benn of The Now Show, writer of Drop the Dead Donkey and Outnumbered Andy Hamilton, Observer journalist Miranda Sawyer and human-rights lawyer and founder of Reprieve…
00:38:00 |
Fri 14 Oct 2011
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