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No Pressure To Be Funny
No Pressure To Be Funny is a topical comedy podcast presented by LBC's James O'Brien, produced by Alex Grace and written and performed by comedians Alistair Barrie and Nick Revell. A guest panel drawn from the arts, media and politics discuss the week's news in front of a live audience alongside comedy songs, monologues and diatribes. To find out more visit www.nopressuretobefunny.com
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 someone in America with enough authority to close Guantanamo, and a tasteful exploration of media stars' sexual predations. Not something you'd get from the BBC - except in the dressing rooms of course. With old-school(tie) rapping straight outta Hampstead from Mr Dave Cohen. Soliloquent interludes courtesy of Messrs Alistair Barrie and Nick Revell.
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Previous Episodes
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Series 5, Episode 3 (7th April 2013)Date: 10th April Length: 53 mins Size: 49.08mb 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 puni...... Listen |
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Series 5, Episode 2 (3rd March 2013)Date: 4th March Length: 58 mins Size: 53.89mb 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 str...... Listen |
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Series 5, Episode 1 (3rd February 2013)Date: 5th February Length: 79 mins Size: 72.63mb With guests Phill Jupitus, Andrew Maxwell, Miranda Sawyer and Wayne Deakin. Plus music from Loretta Maine. This month's podcast covers, amongst o...... Listen |
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Series 4, Episode 3 (9th December 2012)Date: 11th December 2012 Length: 68 mins Size: 62.80mb 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 te...... Listen |
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Series 4, Episode 2 (11th November 2012)Date: 13th November 2012 Length: 47 mins Size: 43.7mb 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; Remembranc...... Listen |
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Series 4, Episode 1 (7th October 2012)Date: 8th October 2012 Length: 37 mins Size: 34.35mb 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! Th...... Listen |
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Edinburgh 2012Date: 20th August 2012 Length: 84 mins Size: 77.88mb 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 Th...... Listen |
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Series 3, Episode 4 (10th June 2012)Date: 12th June 2012 Length: 45 mins Size: 41.75mb 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 ...... Listen |
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Series 3, Episode 3 (13th May 2012)Date: 15th May 2012 Length: 42 mins Size: 39.23mb 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 fr...... Listen |
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Series 3, Episode 2 (15th April 2012)Date: 17th April 2012 Length: 41 mins Size: 37.94mb 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 ...... Listen |
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Series 3, Episode 1 (11th March 2012)Date: 15th March 2012 Length: 41 mins Size: 37.37mb 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,...... Listen |
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No Pressure To Be Festive 2011Date: 21st December 2011 Length: 48 mins Size: 44.23mb 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 contr...... Listen |
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Series 2, Episode 6 (16th November)Date: 18th November 2011 Length: 26 mins Size: 23.49mb James O'Brien, Alistair Barrie and Nick Revell are joined by Tiffany Stevenson, Henning Wehn, Paul Thorne and New Statesman journalist Mehdi Hasan.... Listen |
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Series 2, Episode 5 (9th November)Date: 10th November 2011 Length: 32 mins Size: 29.43mb 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 Of...... Listen |
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Series 2, Episode 4 (2nd November)Date: 3rd November 2011 Length: 31 mins Size: 28.63mb 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 contribution...... Listen |
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Series 2, Episode 3 (26th October)Date: 27th October 2011 Length: 30 mins Size: 27.79mb 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 creator...... Listen |
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Series 2, Episode 2 (19th October)Date: 20th October 2011 Length: 41 mins Size: 38.13mb 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 L...... Listen |
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Series 2, Episode 1 (12th October)Date: 13th October 2011 Length: 38 mins Size: 35.14mb 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 hum...... Listen |