The Harry Hill Show

In this week's episode of the Podscarf, we welcome prop comedy legend, Spencer Jones, alongside University of Manchester New Testament scholar Dr Andrew Boakye, for an hour of pure, unadulterated junk-shop invention and first-century Galilean prophecy. Licky's fame finally goes to his head, Spencer unveils a £160 pair of parcel-photo feet, Sarah the AI Bot grows a moustache, and Gary goes blonde. New episodes of The Harry Hill Show every Monday. Subscribe so you don't miss Gary's Joke Corner.#TheHarryHillShow #HarryHill #SunilPatel #nationwidemigrationandeducation "Spencer Jones" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on Spencer Jones. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sara Pascoe turns up for old times' sake, gets grilled by not one but two Sarah's, pitches a Thursday Murder Club rival called The Wednesday Hospice Pickpocket Club, and has her own historic bankruptcy read out live on air by an AI bot with a long memory and no filter. We welcome Queensmith CEO Brett Afshar for this week's theme, Diamonds, and somebody ends up wearing a £185,000 ring.0:17 Going Through My Dead Nan's Handbag2:19 The Locket2:45 Enter Sarah Pascoe3:12 Licky3:36 Catching Up: "Long Time No See"3:50 The YFCs and the Boadicea Chariot Comedy Analogy7:03 The Weirdos Book Club7:13 Flight from Death Row and the Withered Twin Theory8:38 Comedians Training Their Dogs8:58 Amanda Lamb, Shepherd9:49 Sarah's Verdict on AI10:20 The U2 Album Everyone Hated11:49 The Houseboat on the Strait of Hormuz12:14 Turning Down Riyadh and Dubai13:16 Enter the Other Sarah (the AI Bot)16:02 You Must Be Joking and The Tomorrow People18:38 The Belt That Made His Trousers Fall Down19:16 Meeting Cariad Lloyd at University20:11 The Wisest Thing Anyone's Said About Podcasts24:19 The Participation Song25:11 Would I Lie to You and the Lee Mack Rule26:09 The QI Fee and the BBC Tartan26:57 Hosting Have I Got News for You (and the Glue Prank)28:31 Last One Laughing and the Case for Bob Mortimer30:24 Should Roisin Be Allowed in the Room?32:04 A Cigar and Her First-Ever Stand-Up Gig33:07 Interrupted by a Deliveroo (For Greg Wallace)41:44 Twix Drop (Possibly Poisoned)42:20 Why AI Should Run on Sewage44:16 Sacked from The Great British Sewing Bee46:14 The Thursday Murder Club and the Hospice Pickpocket Pitch50:50 Medievaloo52:48 Theme of the Week: Diamonds with Brett Afshar53:23 What Actually Is a Diamond?54:34 How Diamonds Reach the Surface55:36 The History of the Diamond Engagement Ring56:43 Where in the World Diamonds Are Mined58:47 How You Cut a Diamond With a Diamond59:26 The Largest Diamond Ever Found1:00:33 What Makes a Diamond Valuable1:01:37 Carats, Explained1:04:38 Trying On a £185,000 Ring1:06:53 Blood Diamonds and Diamond Ethics1:08:06 Lab-Grown Diamonds1:11:30 Harry's Joke CornerNew episodes of The Harry Hill Show every Monday. Subscribe so you don't miss Gary's Joke Corner.#TheHarryHillShow #HarryHill #SaraPascoe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the final episode before our summer break, we're joined by Bob Mortimer's co-host, comedy royalty, Paul Whitehouse.Paul who gets sniffed, interrogated, and thoroughly background-checked by a passive-aggressive AI bot with opinions about Rick Stein—alongside Bat Conservation Trust director Joe Nuñez-Miño for an hour of sketch-show mega-nostalgia, dodgy fishing anecdotes, and enough vampire bat trivia to ruin Halloween forever.If you've ever wanted to hear a bat expert calmly explain that echolocation is actually a bat's expensive last resort behind perfectly good eyesight, or witness Harry's own AI son get tased with a homemade "Swiss Army taser" made from a nine-volt battery before the theme tune's even finished, listen up.00:01 – Steve Bartlett's Diary of a CEO02:47 – Licky Learns the Hard Way What a Taser Tastes Like03:08 – Welcoming Paul Whitehouse04:06 – Retirement Pods, Coffins, and the Case for Downsizing Into the Garden06:04 – A Solemn Tribute to Ted, the Gone Fishing Dog Who Never Cared About Anyone07:43 – A Heron Impression Decades in the Making, Featuring Isaac Walton09:08 – Salmon Spearing, Feargal Sharkey, and a Rare Moment of Actual Politics10:11 – Sarah the AI Bot11:34 – Harry's Boyhood Fishing Career: Zero Fish, Infinite Trauma12:22 – Sarah Reveals Paul's Dad Worked for the Coal Board and His Mum Sang Opera, Somehow Producing Paul13:11 – Les Dennis Gets Decked by Bob Mortimer in a White-Collar Boxing Ring14:22 – Paul's Mum Left School at Fourteen, Which Somehow Leads to a Welsh Choir Tangent15:19 – Paul's Mum's Voice Turns Up on a Gone Fishing Recording and Everyone Loses It Slightly16:33 – Harry Enfield Plays Harry Hill With a Bald Cap and Weaponised Tear Ducts18:36 – Peter Fincham's Terrible Beatles-and-Stones Covers Band Staring Down Gary Barlow20:19 – Sarah Digs Up a Punk Band Called The Right Hand Lovers21:26 – Paul Firmly Denies Ever Squatting, Actually Worked for Enfield Council22:34 – Five Years as a Plasterer, Which He Genuinely Enjoyed23:44 – Paul Goes Mute for Five Weeks at School, Returns Speaking Full Mockney24:59 – Sarah Wraps Up With The Fast Show, Gone Fishing, and Playing Argus Filch28:39 – Turning Down a Twix on Account of Type 2 Diabetes29:45 – Defending The Fast Show's Famously Rubbish Title30:18 – A Clause 28 Joke Delivered Entirely in Character as Loadsamoney31:19 – Pitching Cartoons to the BBC and Mourning the Death of Sketch Comedy32:51 – Johnny Vegas Texts Paul About a Whiskey Galore Remake and a Sketch Called Heroin Galore33:39 – Why Broadcasters Will Fund Any Drama But Basically No Sketch Show34:44 – A Fake Telethon Called Charity Innovatathon Featuring Trevor McDonald and a Liz Truss Coin Collection37:40 – Theme of the Week: Bats, With Actual Expert Joe Nunes-Mino39:04 – What Is a Bat, Actually? 1,500 Species and Counting39:43 – The UK Has 18 Bat Species, One of Which Is Just Three Individuals Who Might Not Even Live Here40:32 – Dracula Jokes, and a Firm Reminder That Spiders Are Not Insects42:18 – Bat Sex Explained: Stored Sperm All Winter, Then an October Decision43:08 – Maternity Roosts Operate a Strict No-Males Policy44:02 – Horseshoe Bats Give Birth Upside Down and Catch the Baby Themselves44:40 – Bats Apparently Need Flying Lessons Too, Courtesy of the UK's Bat Carer Network45:51 – Myth Busted: Bats Can See Perfectly Well and Echolocation Is Just Expensive Shouting47:54 – No, Bats Do Not Make Good Pets, Cue the Inevitable Vampire Bat Questions48:19 – Vampire Bats Snack on Cattle Hooves and, Apparently, Sea Lions49:14 – Some Bats Live to 41, Which Is Longer Than Most Marriages on This Podcast50:24 – All UK Bats Are Protected By Law, So Please Stop Trying to Eat Them52:14 – The National Bat Helpline 54:48 – Gary's Joke Corner57:00 – Butterfly in Blue JeansLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amanda Lamb joins Harry in the studio. This week, we're learning all about the Day Of The Dead."Amanda Lamb" by Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Derived from the Wikipedia article on CMAT. / This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.