About this episode

Phil Ellis shares humorous stories about his early filmmaking ambitions, an arrest by armed police, a disastrous audition for Red Dwarf, and his beginnings in an airbag factory.

Phil Ellis is back and this time he talks his early film making ambitions which leads to a hilarious tale of him being arrested by armed police, he also shares what's the exact thing you shouldn't do if you get the chance to audition for Red Dwarf and talks his early days working in an air bag factory. See Phil at Edinburgh and on his Bath Mat tour! https://www.philelliscomedy.com/ See Seann on the Autumn leg of his This Is Torture! Tour https://www.seannwalsh.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Here Comes Trouble

Guest: Phil Ellis

Topics covered

• comedy
• filmmaking
• auditions
• police encounters
• factory work

Keywords

• Phil Ellis
• Red Dwarf
• armed police
• audition
• airbag factory

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Red Dwarf, philelliscomedy.com, seannwalsh.com

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