Category: Regular episode

  • Episode 27: Contrivance (with Pip Gladwin)

    Running time: 35:8 mins Intro McDurkins gets a dressing down from the Chief and thrown off the case and announces that it’s Crowley Time with his cool gravelly voice. Sketches Aesop and Demitrios discuss the latter’s urgent issue with the money lender leading to the fable of the river rat and the hawk. The moral:…

  • Episode 26: Intense Conflict

    Running time: 37:12 mins Intro Platform 1 announcement of delay to 10:22 to Bridlington: mattress on the line outside the station but only one employee who has to stay in the office, last day on job, looking forward to a can of M&S Prosecco with the vacuum robot. Keywords The year 202X at The News…

  • Episode 25: Swan Boat Ride to Hell

    Running time: 41:29 mins Intro Ghost train announcements Keywords Skellanora Profanicata Creeping the shite out of people for 10 years Most unsettlingly desirable witch, Glasgow HorrorCon 2012 Horror Channel’s Gold Pissy Drawers award 2018 Scariest/Spookiest Enterprise, Scottish Business Awards 2022 Shockline: 0600 666 666, hold music: Bauhaus, The Cure, ‘Interview with a Vampire’ soundtrack, 8pm…

  • Episode 24: Oof! (with Beth Eyre)

    Running time: 33:14 mins Intro Norman’s Hypermart staff announcements re Level 4 spillage in Aisle 9. Named Characters and References Drag Industrial Complex Boss, Ru Paul Fengar the Brave of the Winding Valley Queen Aolia of the Mountain Folk Lord Valar’s guard Batman Forever Bradley Miss Farouq Former Secretary-General Kofi Annan Meryl Streep Archbishop John…

  • Episode 23: The Old Rot

    Running time: 42:57 mins Intro HAL’s “Daisy Daisy” bit from 2001: A Space Odyssey but with rap metal, crypto and James Corden books signifying brain melt. Named Characters and References Walt Whitman Dr Burgerman (Bergemaann?) Larry Kwame Bart Simpson Bugs Bunny Columbo David Cronenberg’s “Scanners” Keywords Theme/runner: the real you, shopping centre metaphor, stupid tangled…

  • Episode 22: Twenty-Two (with Mike Wozniak)

    Running time: 37:35 mins Intro Person on street calling you over to look at what they’ve got in their vehicle. Named Characters and References Victoria Peoria Sliminy Jimminy (from Texas) Omaha Tex (from upstate New York) Maidstone-on-the-Wield Icebeam Rick, David Rockfist and Michelle Keywords Theme: Events, when things are happening / past events / finite…

  • Episode 21: Renew, Re-Old (with Lucy Farrett)

    Running time: 36:16 mins Intro Person on street calling you over to look at what they’ve got in their vehicle. Named Characters and References Will-o’-the-wispMr RobertsMiss Bitchface01Greg & CaitlinIdi AminSamantha from MarketingJohnny MnemonicBatmanDisney Keywords Theme: change Personal propulsion system / forward momentum device / electric scooter on Tube Caveman leg posts / Neanderthal meat stilts…

  • Episode 19: The Soul of Wit

    Running time: 25:32 mins Intro Man humming and flicking through pages. Presses intercom and asks, ‘Mrs Gilderdale, is it Crowley Time yet?’ Named Characters and References Connor (Vabimba seller) Hector and Lydia Mayor Megabyte in Crystal City Nervous Beyoncé Richard Beam/Dick Beam Keywords Vabimba Shampoo: cheap, biodegradeable, non-toxic, but incredibly cruel. Lab-boys do gratuitous acts…

  • Episode 18: The Last Crat (with Rufus Hound)

    Running time: 55:45 mins Guest Rufus Hound (Dr Norman Manifesto) Intro Knight wants to take a dozen men to the Crest of Stark – gets interrupted by TC because there is no time. Named Characters and References Walter Jeggings Crat, his father, Jasper Mania Crat, and mother, Millicent Jeggings Thaddeus Onion Crat; Godfrey Paul Crat;…

  • Episode 17: Wolf Party

    Running time: 28:01 mins Intro Bonzo’s Dreamtime Circus: deep-fried Twix in mechanism of Hell Scream Teacup Ride announcement Named Characters and References Idris Elba Milk duds Jacob Tyler Hinkley Spanks McCandle ‘Question of Sport’ with Muhammad Ali and George Best ‘Topic Today’ with Mariella Horsebox Amanda Gerard of the Better Representation Council British comedies: ‘Uncle…