A podcast where teachers share their hilarious tales of the classroom. 100% anonymous. If this tickles your pickle and you've got your own teacher's tale that you'd like to share, drop us an email: staffroompod@gmail.com and it just might become an episode! Just remember - what happens in the staff room stays in the staff room. No one likes a grass.
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An encyclopaedia of heroic failure Join Ben Van der Velde, Barry McStay and their guests as they brandish their wooden spoons of destiny and celebrate the losers, heroic failures and spectacular mis-steps that pockmark human endeavour. If you ever want to feel better about your progress in life, take a listen and enjoy a lovely schadenfreude bubble bath. Music by Max Perryment (www.maxperryment.co.uk) Donate to us via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward
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Radio presenter and Film Critic Amanny Mo presents this new weekly arts and entertainment podcast with interviews, reviews and news - all wrapped up in one place! Art to Art is all about the shared experiences and creating a community - so WHAT is on your WATCH LIST of things to watch, listen to or read? Have you ever been bursting to share your thoughts and opinions on a brand new TV series, movie, album, podcast? Well, here’s the safe space to do just that - who doesn’t love a healthy deba ...
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Art to Art with Amanny Mo - Ep 18 Ed Fringe (Part 2 of 2) - Comedy special with Kate-Lois Elliott + Harry Stachini plus preview from Mark Thomas
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Get your arts and entertainment fix right here, on Art to Art with Amanny Mo podcast This episode is two of our special coverage of comedians at this year's Edinburgh Fringe festival. In this episode, we'll hear from two brilliant comedians - Kate-Lois Elliott with her show HOW TO BELONG WITHOUT JOINING A CULT, and dropping some serious but funny t…
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Ep 302: Harry Stachini - World's Worst Dinosaur
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This podcast finds a way...to ruin your favourite prehistoric lizards for you! Barry and Ben are going fossil-hunting in the company of comedian and podcaster Harry Stachini to pick over the bones of the World's Worst Dinosaur. There are brains in bums, T-Rex's called Sue and dinosaur erotica. Yep. You heard us. You won't want to miss this one. Fol…
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Art to Art with Amanny Mo - Ep 17: Ed Fringe (part 1 of 2) - Comedy Special with 'Superstore's' Chris Grace + Amy Mason
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Get your arts and entertainment fix right here, on Art to Art with Amanny Mo podcast This episode is one of two special episodes dedicated to the comedians bringing the laughs, to Edinburgh Fringe festival throughout the month of August. In this episode, we'll hear from two brilliant comedians - Amy Mason with her FREE MASON show, and 'Superstore' …
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Ep 303: Amy Mason - World's Worst Charity
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It's time to flush out the worst do-gooders in the world. Joining Ben and Barry is current stand-up comic and former Oxfam charity shop employee Amy Mason. Together they discover how Justin Bieber, height, a hedgehog, a kindly old man and erotica have been used to raise money for good causes. And also a health spa. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot …
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Art to Art with Amanny Mo - Ep 16 with Judith Owen, jazz singer who brings the sass, and is unapologetic!
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Get your arts and entertainment fix right here, on Art to Art with Amanny Mo podcast This episode is dedicated to one powerhouse performer - jazz singer JUDITH OWEN who not only brings the sass, but the class with her New Orleans flavour, and the callers (her band) who join her on stage! Your host Amanny Mo has an absolute hoot with this passionate…
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Third Foot Redux: The Olimpick Games (2024 version)
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Inspired by the timeless glory of the sporting jamboree going on in Paris right now, have another lesson to this classic episode where Ben and Barry dive head first (with a triple twist and a confused pike) into the more leftfield history of the Olympic Games. They take a short look at the international alternatives to the great games before turnin…
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Ep 301: Victoria Melody - World's Worst Bird
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Join our two regular birdbrains as they talk to comedian, writer and wondrous performance artist Victoria Melody as they scan history - both human and natural - for the world's worst bird. We meet Charles Dickens' aggressive pet, some heroic and haphazard pigeons, Ben invents a new meal and relays the horrors of an infamous French delicacy. Follow …
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The Third Foot: The Battle of Thermopylae
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To celebrate our 300th episode, we're celebrating the most famous 300 men in history - the Spartan warriors who died valiently fighting the Persians. Except there werent' 300 of them. And not everyone they fought was strictly Persian. And they ended up in this pickle thanks to the weasely behaviour of a shepherd. For this and more historical tomfoo…
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Ep 300: Worst Foot Forward turns 300!
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Some said it couldn't be done. Some said it SHOULDN'T be done. But here we are - the podcast has reached 300 episodes! So the proud parents are taking out the photo album to show off some of their big strong pod-child's embarrassing snaps from its youth. In the time-honoured style of one of those TV retrospective shows, Barry and Ben each share 3 o…
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Art to Art with Amanny Mo - Ep 15: Singer Rachael Sage, Actress Georgia Lock + Film Director Kym Staton
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It's another great GUESTLIST on Art to Art with Amanny Mo! In this episode, Amanny talks movies and a controversial figure - Julian Assange with the filmmaker Kym Staton who was inspired to make a documentary called THE TRUST FALL: JULIAN ASSANGE Click here! For cinema showings and more info And from documentaries to debut dramas and STRICTLY CONFI…
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Ep 299: Tom Price - World's Worst Golfer
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Join us as we tee off across history to discover the definitive worst golfer in history. Accompanied by actor, comedian, radio host and golf obsessive Tom Price, Ben and Barry encounter Presidents, prison officers and the infamous Phantom of the Open. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot @thepr…
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Ep 298: Steve Best - World's Worst Photographer
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Join us in the WFF dark room as we search through the negatives of the worst ever photographs in the company of master comedian and photographer Steve Best. We talk mundanity, plagiarism and a very talented and opportunistic ape. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh @SteveBestComic Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot Join us on o…
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Art to Art with Amanny Mo - Ep 14: Actor Tony Curran, Comedian Eleanor Conway, Film Director Sean Durkin
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Well what a GUESTLIST on Art to Art with Amanny Mo! Check out this episode whether you like films, comedy or telly, it's got it ALL! In today's episode, Amanny talks telly with a King, well actually, the brilliant actor Tony Curran who plays King James I in explosive new series on Sky (UK) and Starz (US) 'Mary and George'. Feminist funny woman Elea…
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Ep 297: Radu Isac - World's Worst Chess Grandmaster
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Check out this episode, mate! This week's gambit involves Romanian stand-up comedian and chess enthusiast Radu Isac joining us to discuss the world's worst chess grandmaster. We blitz our way through various aspects of the game's history, from its multiple weird adaptations to those players who cheated using everything from phones to sleight-of-han…
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Art to Art with Amanny Mo - Ep 13: BGT Finalist & Comedian Daliso Chaponda
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Welcome to another edition of your arts and entertainment podcast where Amanny Mo aims to delve into the back stories of her showbiz guests and have a good laugh along the way too! In today's episode, we have hilarious comedy from Britain's Got Talent 2017 finalist, Daliso Chaponda! He talks about his current UK tour Feed This Black Man, Again! How…
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Art to Art with Amanny Mo - Ep 12 Erica James, Author of 'An Ideal Husband'
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Get your arts and entertainment fix right here, on Art to Art with Amanny Mo podcast --------------------------------------------------------** NOTE: BOOK GIVEAWAY NOW EXTENDED **ENTRIES BY 5PM ON FRI 17 MAY (see below)--------------------------------------------------------This episode is rather special as Sunday Times Top 10 best selling author, …
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Art to Art with Amanny Mo - Ep11 Theatre Special: 222 A Ghost Story (UK tour)
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This is a theatre special for stage play 222 A GHOST STORY with the UK touring cast - Vera Chok, Jay McGuiness, Fiona Wade, and George Rainsford, giving us insight into the play and their roles, as well as some fun stuff! Vera and Jay give us their WATCH LIST and it's very interesting! The play is skillfully written by Danny Robins - and Amanny int…
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Ep 296: Sharon Wanjohi - World's Worst Teacher
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Read Ben's new Substack here, including articles about Obsession and The Beatles, prehistoric shananigans and a short story about a very sinister bookmakers: https://vanderlaugh.substack.com/ Sit up straight, eyes front, pens at the ready and don't even think of aiming your peashooter at the back of our heads. It's time for your detention project: …
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With the Snooker World Championship in full swing, Ben takes us for a break around the table with a potted history of snoooker, with some billiards and pool thrown in. There are tales of deathly dull games, the day inclement weather halted a match and the story of one snooker referee's brush with musical superstardom. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfo…
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Art to Art with Amanny Mo - Ep10 RED EYE Thriller with Richard Armitage + Jing Lusi
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Do you enjoy your crime thrillers? Well, look no further than brand new UK TV series RED EYE that takes off and lands on ITV1 and ITVX from Sunday 21 April, 9pm (BST) The two stars of this crime thriller - Richard Armitage (The Hobbit movies) and Jing Lusi (Crazy Rich Asians) join Amanny for an art to art about this brand new six part show. It's wo…
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Ep 295: Angus Dunican - World's Worst Ventriloquist
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DONATE TO THE HARDEST GEEZER! Try and see our lips move on this week's episode as Angus Dunican returns to talk to us about the World's Worst Ventriloquist. From puppets on the beat to those who faced down the Nazis and lived to tell the tale, there's something for everyone in here. Assuming everyone has at least one type of creepy puppet they're k…
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Ep 294: David Eagle - World's Worst Folk Song
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Barry's play BREEDING runs from March 21st to April 14th 2024 at the King's Head Theatre in London - get tickets here! https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/breeding With a hey nonny no, a slap of the thigh and some deeply questionable lyrics we're joined this week by accordionist, folk singer and comedian David Eagle to root out the world's worst …
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Art to Art with Amanny Mo - Ep 9 with 'Calendar Girls' The Musical actress Helen Pearson
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For this episode of Art to Art with Amanny Mo we head to the theatre! Former 'Hollyoaks' + 'Emmerdale' actress Helen Pearson who's been gracing UK TV screens for years, is now treading the boards for this re-working of 'Calendar Girls' - an original film (2003) and stage play by Tim Firth and the musical is co-written alongside 'Take That's' Gary B…
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Barry's play BREEDING runs from March 21st to April 14th 2024 at the King's Head Theatre in London - get tickets here! https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/breeding In no way connected to the opening of his new play, Barry leads us on a quick whip through some of the most infamous theatrical superstitions and myths, including broken legs, Scottish…
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Art to Art with Amanny Mo Ep 8 - COMEDY SPECIAL: Jessica Fostekew, Tom Houghton, Emmanuel Sonubi + Yogie Belle
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LOVE YOUR COMEDY? Art to Art presents a COMEDY special featuring some of the UK's talented and eclectic comedians all in one podcast! The stage is lit.... the comedians are about to step up to the mic... so let the laughter and funny stories commence!IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE: Jessica Fostekew has done way too many things to list here, but you will kn…
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ART TO ART with Amanny Mo - Ep 7: Joanne Froggatt + Craig Viveiros for 'Breathtaking' + Actor Colin McFarlane
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Amanny Mo is joined by Golden Globe award-winning actress Joanne Froggatt and director Craig Viveiros for new pandemic-set-hospital drama BREATHTAKING - All episodes available to stream on ITVX - https://www.itv.com/ 'Outlander' Actor and Campaigner Colin McFarlane shares a subject close to his heart and is actively rolling out a campaign for Windr…
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Art to Art with Amanny Mo - Ep 4 FILM SPECIAL: The Color Purple, The Holdovers & All of Us Strangers
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LOVE YOUR FILMS? How about Oscar and Bafta nominated films? Amanny Mo is joined by two-time Oscar winner Writer/Director Alexander Payne for 'The Holdovers' starring Golden Globe winner Paul Giamatti. The film's up for 5 Oscars and 7 BAFTAS 'The Color Purple' actor Corey Hawkins shares some fun stories about singing and playing 'Harpo' alongside hi…
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Ep 293b: Best of the Worst of the Best 23
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*Barry's play BREEDING runs from March 21st to April 14th 2024 at the King's Head Theatre in London - get tickets here! https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/breeding * It's one of our occasional trips down memory lane, and we are revisiting episodes 111 to 115 to discuss not the worst but the World's Best Smell, Algorithm, Manager, Design Flaw and…
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Ep 293: Mara Joy - World's Worst Improvisation
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We're saying "Yes And..." to everything this week as we're joined by tremendous Scottish improviser Mara Joy to discover quite how bad things can get when you start making things up. John Cage goes on for centuries, B-movie mistakes get creepy and Ben finds an unlikely nadir from the jazz world. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLa…
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Art to Art with Amanny Mo - Ep 6 Oscar Nominee Jeffrey Wright talks about movie AMERICAN FICTION
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Welcome to your arts and entertainment podcast Art to Art with Amanny Mo Actor Jeffrey Wright is one of the most versatile actors in the industry! We've seen him take roles in every genre (almost) from 007 to The Hunger Games, Boardwalk Empire to The French Dispatch, and now he really comes into his own as the leading man of satirical drama AMERICA…
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We're jumping for joy as it's a leap year, and no better time to examine all things calendrical and February 29th-ical. Ben dips into a grab-bag of facts including famous people born on that most uncommon of days, the difficulty of switching from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, and why a positivist calendar from post-Revolutionary France coul…
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Art to Art with Amanny Mo - Ep5 with Róisín Murphy
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Welcome to your arts and entertainment podcast Art to Art with Amanny Mo! Whether you're a fan of Moloko's hits 'Sing it Back' and 'The Time is Now' or you're a fan of singer Róisín Murphy's solo songs, join us to hear this charming, really funny and uber-talented goddess talk all things music, early career and even what's in a name? We even find o…
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ART TO ART - GUEST COMING SOON:JOANNE FROGGATT & TV SERIES BREATHTAKING
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If you love your telly - DO NOT MISS this TV series - coming to ITV1 and ITVX from Monday 19th Feb. Here's a sneaky peak into the story and actress Joanne Froggatt's character from the series BREATHTAKING, set just shortly before the UK's Pandemic lockdown. Full interview with Joanne and director Craig Viveiros - coming soon to Art to Art with Aman…
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