Name Droppers

Best known for his encyclopedic knowledge of the media and entertainment industry there's not much Paul can't tell us about his profession. Paul began his career at London Weekend Television in the 80s as a researcher and producer working on numerous programmes including The Six O'Clock Show. He became a regular face on British TV from the 90s onwards, appearing on many programmes including The Big Breakfast and Sky One's Jeopardy! game show. He also made regular appearances on This Morning as their showbiz correspondent. He's been involved in radio since the late 90s presenting numerous shows on stations such as GLR, Virgin Radio, LBC and BBC Radio London (where he presented the Breakfast show with the likes of Jo Good, Gaby Roslin and Penny Smith. He launched the new talkRADIO with his Full Set Breakfast programme in March 2016.He now presents the overnight show, Extra Time with Paul Ross, on talkSPORT during the week, a show that's also simulcast on their sister station Talk, In this episode Paul rummages through his illustrious career to pull out some really cool names, the chat also gets a little geeky about radio and we find out what makes a really good TV presenter.

Martin Kelner joins Watko to do a spot of name dropping and talks about his new life as an influencer, podcaster, content creator and cult leader.Martin is best known for his witty columns in numerous national newspapers, his humour filled radio programmes and his regular blockbuster appearances on BBC 5 Live’s award winning Fighting Talk.He’s worked as a broadcaster for almost half a century at numerous radio stations across the UK including the likes of BBC Radio 2, LBC, TalkSPORT, BBC Radio Leeds, JAZZ FM and Hallam FM (the latter being where his career as a presenter began).Martin has gained a reputation not only as a unique talent in his own right, but he’s also been a great supporter of others over the years and has given many household names their first opportunities in showbusiness. A talent-spotting guru!He has also written three best selling books, When Will I Be Famous?, Sit Down and Cheer and Wrestling in Honey.Martin has always been an innovator and got involved in podcasting in its infancy creating The Piss Poor Podcast with his ever present sidekick Edouard Lapaglia.He is now working on a number of new exciting projects that are based at martinkelner.substack.com and www.youtube.com/@MartinKelnerTVThey provide the platform for his two regular podcasts, Un Podcast De Martin Kelner and also Screen Break with journalist Will Buckley.The former covering a mix of topical commentary, humour, observations about current events, pop culture and an insight into his daily life in Wakefield. The latter being a reinvention of his old Guardian column focusing on everything you can watch on the small, medium sized and big screen.You can subscribe to get a peek into Martin's World via his substack and for the price of a cup of crap coffee a month you can also get lots of exclusive content.It's well worth taking the plunge!

Iain Lee joins Watko to talk about his top three name drops and explains why he's bringing back the 11 O'Clock Show.Best known for his bold, funny and often unpredictable appearances on TV and radio, Iain blurs the line between comedy, confession and chaos. A true broadcasting one off.He first became a household name in the late 90s as the host of Channel 4's 11 O'Clock Show, since then he has featured on many shows including RI:SE, Thumb Bandits and Cats Make You Laugh Out Loud.Alongside his extensive TV career he also forged an unforgettable career in UK radio, featuring on XFM, LBC, Absolute Radio and TalkRADIO.Iain is now a qualified counsellor and works with adults to help with all manner of issues from mental health to addiction, but also continues to create engaging content for his legion of fans and does a podcast with his partner Katherine Boyle called 'Too Many Cats'.Katherine and Iain met whilst working at BBC Three Counties Radio, they also host shows on Patreon.This podcast was recorded before Iain Lee's return to the stage with a show celebrating his 30 years in show business called Iain Lee: Imposter Syndrome.The show was a great success and he now has another show lined up in February 2026 at the Rondo Theatre in Bath with more dates expected to be announced soon.He has also announced a show with his former comedy partner MacKenzie Crook which is taking place on Sunday 9th November at the Mockingbird Cinema in Birmingham.You can listen to Iain and Katherine's podcast by following the link below, it's also available on all good podcasting platforms.Too Many Cats - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/too-many-cats/id1197873408To find out more about Iain's counselling, head to this website https://www.iainleecounselling.com/and if you are interested in hearing Iain and Watko's short lived podcast Important Target mentioned in the podcast you can find it here https://iainleevault.com/downloadimportanttarget/Plus a link to the Two Ia(i)n's Show on TalkRADIO is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90dWhC5vXpk&list=PLOf1nc1y4rmPzM4Sl5lSqNsjywfSP9Bvi&index=2