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A topical, political panel show podcast recorded in front of a live audience once a month. NP2BF, which has been running since 2011, is presented by LBC radio host James O'Brien and created by comedians Nick Revell and Alistair Barrie.
Previous episodes
Series 5, Episode 5 (9th June 2013)
11th June 2013 51 minutes
In this month's show, Mitch Benn rocks the room with two pieces of satirical musical brilliance which contain more coherent and persuasive political arguments than we've heard from Her Majesty's...
Series 5, Episode 4 (5th May 2013)
6th May 2013 47 minutes
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...
Series 5, Episode 3 (7th April 2013)
10th April 2013 53 minutes
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 punishing financial wrongdoing from...
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...
Series 5, Episode 1 (3rd February 2013)
5th February 2013 79 minutes
With guests Phill Jupitus, Andrew Maxwell, Miranda Sawyer and Wayne Deakin. Plus music from Loretta Maine. This month's podcast covers, amongst other things, the European Union, Antisemitism, Trans-Confessional Cannibalism, Toxic...
Series 4, Episode 3 (9th December 2012)
11th December 2012 68 minutes
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 terrorism, economic crises,...
Series 4, Episode 2 (11th November 2012)
13th November 2012 47 minutes
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; Remembrance...
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 [i]Koran! The...
Edinburgh 2012
20th August 2012 84 minutes
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 Thomas, Canadian...
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...
Series 3, Episode 3 (13th May 2012)
15th May 2012 42 minutes
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 from Steve Gribbin, and...
Series 3, Episode 2 (15th April 2012)
17th April 2012 41 minutes
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...
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 Festive 2011
21st December 2011 48 minutes
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 contribution...
Series 2, Episode 6 (16th November)
18th November 2011 26 minutes
James O'Brien, Alistair Barrie and Nick Revell are joined by Tiffany Stevenson, Henning Wehn, Paul Thorne and New Statesman journalist Mehdi Hasan.
Series 2, Episode 5 (9th November)
11th November 2011 32 minutes
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 Office.
Series 2, Episode 4 (2nd November)
4th November 2011 31 minutes
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 contributions from Nick...
Series 2, Episode 3 (26th October)
27th October 2011 30 minutes
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 creators Nick Revell and Alistair...
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.
Series 2, Episode 1 (12th October)
14th October 2011 38 minutes
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 human-rights lawyer and founder...