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Known for her sharp, witty and surreal view on everyday life, Lucy shares the unpredictable craziness of being a mum in this brilliant and laugh-out-loud 'mumoir'. Mums everywhere will recognise the madness of it all. Like when Lucy was hospitalised during her third trimester with chest pains but it turned out to be a burrito. Or when she was so tired at the park she forgot her own child's name. 

A control freak looks for love (women who leave wet teaspoons in sugar bowls need not apply). ‘I haven’t woken up with a cup of tea by the bed for seven years. It seems such a small thing but it’s one of a thousand things I miss about having someone around to take care of me. I have spent my entire adult life getting things the way I want them and all I want now is someone to give it all up for.’ Jon Richardson. Is your filing faultless? Your CDs, apostrophes, cutlery all in the right places?

Having stormed shows such as Have I Got News for You (BBC1), Live At The Apollo (BBC1), Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Road Show (BBC1) and now as the new host of Channel 4’s Stand Up for the Week and team captain on 8 out of 10 Cats, the brilliantly funny Jon Richardson is the UK’s rising comedy star to watch out for! Discussing the everyday items that have a profound effect on his outlook, Funny Magnet is Jon’s new hilarious sell-out show that will be touring the UK in 2012.

Recorded in front of a live audience at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, this fantastic anthology features a host of diverse short stories, composed and performed by a veritable Who's Who of stand-up comedians. By turns hilarious and irreverent, poignant and bittersweet, together they make up a superb selection box of tasty treats.

An elderly farmer learns the horrifying truth beyond the phrase “True love never dies”. Something sinister lurks behind the distant eyes of a mother’s traumatized son. And a gravedigger slowly descends into madness, as he grows obsessed with the corpse of a little girl.... Scare Street’s latest collection shines a flickering candle on the terrifying forces of darkness that haunt our dreams. Death, madness, obsession.... The darker side of the human psyche is revealed with each bone-chilling chapter of these 14 macabre tales.

Hardest Part Of The Ring is a podcast where four friends from the UK get together to celebrate the wonder of professional wrestling - the ultimate soap opera that mixes athletic ability, ridiculous storylines and fully grown men and women throwing each other, at each other. Our shows mostly involve reviewing WWE pay-per-views and compiling top 5 lists but we also compete in the occasional quiz, discuss the latest industry news and interview people from the world of wrestling. Caution: Contains occasional swearing and in depth discussion of grown men wearing lycra

"Got it!" is a fast paced word association game! Each player begins with a word. On the count of 3, say them! Try connecting both words. After the two players say "Got it", count down, and blurt. When players say the same word, Everybody wins! OK, "Got it!" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A chat with some of the most influential figures in the vegan world

Hosts Jon Richardson and Louise Gassman take you on a journey through a sea of their AMAZING ideas that they will likely never attempt to develop. But that's the point of this show - we all have GREAT ideas that we'll never make happen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brothers/cinephiles Dan and Jon explore Hollywood’s trend of reviving franchises with long-awaited sequels, prequels, spin-offs, remakes, and/or reboots. On each episode, they talk through a film or franchise and imagine how it could be revisited. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.