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Hellish
Michelle Farr Scott, producer
Season 1, Ep. 10
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Welcome to Hellish, where we ask our guests for the five tracks they will meet in Hell.
Episode ten, and to celebrate our epi-decade we've got comedy producer MICHELLE FARR SCOTT to give us the five tracks that will torment her for all eternity. Michelle's CV is packed full of British comedy goodness, including Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Life's Too Short, and Bluestone 42. She is currently Head of Scripted at RangaBee, which is Romesh Ranganathan and Benjamin Green's production company. We talk about football songs, the criminally cancelled Whites, and what it's like to be the person who has to stop actors messing about on set.
Find us on Spotify to hear most of the songs in Michelle's Infernal Playlist, as well as the Ultimate Infernal Playlist combining all our guests' choices.
Head to patreon.com/hellishpod to access episodes early and ad free, where you will find out which artists our guests will meet in Hell. You'll also get our two pilot episodes, and a bunch of other stuff depending which tier you pick - including the chance to come and work for Hell's H.R. department!
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