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No Pressure To Be Funny: Series 9, Episode 1 (25th January 2015)

26th January 2015   93 minutes

In this edition we cover the elections in Greece and the UK, comedians who get involved in politics, the limits of causing offence, social injustice in the Middle East, Davos,...

No Pressure To Be Funny: Series 5, Episode 2 (3rd March 2013)

4th March 2013   58 minutes

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 straight about the...

No Pressure To Be Funny: Series 4, Episode 1 (7th October 2012)

8th October 2012   37 minutes

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! The...

No Pressure To Be Funny: Series 3, Episode 4 (10th June 2012)

12th June 2012   45 minutes

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 Zarganar, who was imprisoned in 2008 after...

No Pressure To Be Funny: Series 3, Episode 1 (11th March 2012)

15th March 2012   41 minutes

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, Alexei Sayle. Music is from...

No Pressure To Be Funny: Series 2, Episode 2 (19th October)

20th October 2011   41 minutes

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 Lewis-Hasteley.