Tony Slattery's Rambling Club

Our Guest President this week, leading the members Tony Slattery’s Rambling Club, is none other than television icon and Doctor Who assistant extraordinaire Sophie Aldred! Come and join in as guest President Aldred leads us on a ramble through three special destinations chosen entirely at random with the use of Tony’s enchanted bingo machine. As ever, the omniscient voice of Sir Stephen Fry is on hand to keep a hand on the lead of the Alsatian of ignorance! First stop is destination number 779: Photographs. Sophie has seven garden sheds! Which is quite handy as she has a huge archive of photographs she’s working through. Time for a ramble through the magic of photographs as we seek an answer to the question: matt or gloss?After that we’re off to number 733 awaits- Greek, Etruscan and Roman Sculpture. No problems for our intrepid ramblers with this one, which encounters a work of art so depraved that it features trigger warnings in the British Museum!Number 376 is our final destination-The Education of Women. A rather pompous sounding subject, but a passionate ramble awaits, alongside a chat about the legendary Acton Hilton, the rehearsal rooms of BBC Television!After all that it’s time to head back down the garden path to Tony’s shed, to relax after rather a packed show.If nothing else it should offer some protection from the Nitro-9!Tony Slattery’s Rambling Club is a free-associating conversation, involving very special guests. It drops every Friday on every podcasting outlet known to man. We’d love it if you came along for the walk. If nothing else, it’ll help you get your steps in! Music composed and performed by Michael Livesley & Andy Frizell The voice of Pwfthhh- Michael Livesleywww.michaellivesley.comSeries Researcher- Soula Carmichael Series Producers- Erica Lear and Mark Hutchinson Producers- Alan Dyebing & Stuart Morris Executive Producer- Kris Castle  Series Executive Producer- Mark Strickson  Join the rambling club and receive your club membership card, badges, exclusive content and access to early release episodes and exclusive club-only perks!www.patreon.com/SlatteryLive Official Website- www.tonyslattery.comTwitter/X: @SlatteryLiveInstagram: tony_slattery_officialPaul's Twatter: @PaulCarmichaelVSophie’s Instagram: sophie_ace_aldredSophie’s Twitter: @sophie_aldredSophie’s Bluesky: @sophiealdred© Fanfaronade Productions 2025

They think it's all over...but it ruddy well isn;t because our very special guest President this week is none other than the legendary Nick Hancock!Join us as guest President Hancock leads us on a ramble through three special destinations chosen entirely at random with the use of Tony’s enchanted bingo machine. As ever, the omniscient voice of Sir Stephen Fry is on hand to keep a finger on the tiller of the good ship Toss!First stop is at number 392- Customs of Life Cycle and Domestic Life. And Marsupials (because the President wills it so.) The hangover of WW2 rationing into the 1980s, the ITV/BBC dichotomy, overdosing on sugar and how easy it is to get caught out abroad. A right old ramble through individual customs awaits, along with the important question- 'Who cooked breakfast in your house?' We then take a leap to 794- Indoor Games of Skill. The question here is what constitutes a "sport"? This turns out to be a trickier question than one might have assumed! Our third and final ramble takes us to number 113- Cosmology- The Philosophy of Nature. A story of an altercation in a car park with tales of Jeremy Clarkson and the legendary Peter Cook await us...not sure what it has to do with Cosmology though!After that it's back to the Presidential Shed where Nick remembers our lovely Tony and tells us who he was to him.Tony Slattery’s Rambling Club is a free-associating conversation, involving very special guests. It drops every Friday on every podcasting outlet known to man. We’d love it if you came along for the walk. If nothing else, it’ll help you get your steps in!Music composed and performed by Michael Livesley & Andy FrizellThe voice of Pwfthhh- Michael Livesleywww.michaellivesley.comSeries Researcher- Soula CarmichaelSeries Producers- Erica Lear and Mark HutchinsonEditor- Harry CarmichaelProducers- Alan Dyebing & Stuart Morris Executive Producer- Kris CastleSeries Executive Producer- Mark StricksonJoin the rambling club and receive your club membership card, badges, exclusive content and access to early release episodes and exclusive club-only perks!www.patreon.com/SlatteryLive Make sure you have a listen to Nick's podcast 'The Famous Sloping Pitch'! It's available everywhere, including wherever you find the Rambling Club!Official Website- www.tonyslattery.comTwitter/X: @SlatteryLiveInstagram: tony_slattery_official© Fanfaranade Productions 2025

Our very special guest President this week is none other than the star of the legendary Oliver! Mark Lester! Join us as guest President Lester leads us on a ramble through three special destinations chosen entirely at random with the use of Tony’s enchanted bingo machine. As ever, the omniscient voice of Sir Stephen Fry is on hand to keep a finger on the tiller of the good ship Toss!First stop is at number 634- Orchards, Fruits and Forestry. A broad subject to begin with. What impact did nature have on the young actor, Mark Lester, and what about now? Adventures from boyhood await!  Our second stopping point is number 304- Factors Affecting Social Change. Were things better back in the day, and what has happened to society of late? A deep dive into modernity awaits…Our third and final ramble takes us to number 813- Fiction. President Lester, a veteran of the world of film, is bound to have some stories for us here…but how did he and members of the Rambling Club get a glimpse of the legendary A Clockwork Orange back in the day? Tony Slattery’s Rambling Club is a free-associating conversation, involving very special guests. It drops every Friday on every podcasting outlet known to man. We’d love it if you came along for the walk. If nothing else, it’ll help you get your steps in!Music composed and performed by Michael Livesley & Andy FrizellThe voice of Pwfthhh- Michael Livesleywww.michaellivesley.comSeries Researcher- Soula CarmichaelSeries Producers- Erica Lear and Mark HutchinsonEditor- Harry CarmichaelProducers- Alan Dyebing & Stuart Morris Executive Producer- Kris CastleSeries Executive Producer- Mark StricksonJoin the rambling club and receive your club membership card, badges, exclusive content and access to early release episodes and exclusive club-only perks!www.patreon.com/SlatteryLive Official Website- www.tonyslattery.comTwitter/X: @SlatteryLiveInstagram: tony_slattery_official© Fanfaranade Productions 2025

"He never does podcasts". Apparently not true, because our very special guest President this week is none other than the star of Withnail & I and Doctor Who, Paul McGann!Join us as guest President McGann leads us on a ramble through three special destinations chosen entirely at random with the use of Tony’s enchanted bingo machine. As ever, the omniscient voice of Sir Stephen Fry is on hand to keep a finger on the tiller of the good ship Toss!First stop is at number 391- Costume & Personal Appearance. Who better to talk to than the dapper President McGann? Tales await of why Joe is a better dresser than Paul and we ask "do clothes maketh the man?"Our second stopping point is number 123- Determinism and Indeterminism. Is there such a thing as free will? We travel back to Liverpool in the 1960s to find our answer.Our third and final ramble takes us to number783- Music For Single Voices. President McGann is no stranger to singing. But is this ramble heading in a very different direction? Tony Slattery’s Rambling Club is a free-associating conversation, involving very special guests. It drops every Friday on every podcasting outlet known to man. We’d love it if you came along for the walk. If nothing else, it’ll help you get your steps in! Music composed and performed by Michael Livesley & Andy Frizell The voice of Pwfthhh- Michael Livesleywww.michaellivesley.com Series Researcher- Soula Carmichael Series Producers- Erica Lear and Mark HutchinsonEditor- Harry CarmichaelProducers- Alan Dyebing & Stuart Morris Executive Producer- Kris Castle Series Executive Producer- Mark StricksonJoin the rambling club and receive your club membership card, badges, exclusive content and access to early release episodes and exclusive club-only perks!www.patreon.com/SlatteryLive Official Website- www.tonyslattery.comTwitter/X: @SlatteryLiveInstagram: tony_slattery_official© Fanfaranade Productions 2025

They say you can have too much of a good thing. But they’re quite wrong!We see a return visit for a very popular guest President this week, as the members of Tony Slattery’s Rambling Club release TV News Anchor Extraordinaire Simon McCoy from the confines of Tony’s News Dungeon!Join us as guest President McCoy leads us on a ramble through three special destinations chosen entirely at random with the use of Tony’s enchanted bingo machine. As ever, the omniscient voice of Sir Stephen Fry is on hand to keep a finger on the tiller of the good ship Toss!First stop is at number 210- Natural Theology. Is there a God? Do we need there to be a God. Can we find our own theology through interacting with nature? Best get the easy stuff out of the way first today I suppose.Our second stopping point is number 387- Water, Air, Space Transportation. Nice and broad. Why Elon Musk is wrong, why the Earth is doomed, why things never really change on the news are on the agenda for this ramble.Our third and final ramble takes us to number 616- Diseases. The second time this one has come up! Last time was with Robin Askwith (https://shows.acast.com/tony-slatterys-rambling-club/episodes/robin-askwith-is-he-talking-about-dwarves) and that opened a whole can of worms! Covid, and Long Covid in particular, what Doctors don’t know, the Black Death, why Bramwell Bronte went mad, the hazards of drinking corpse water, James Bond, Lord of the Rings, Neighbours…yep. Another can of worms awaits.Tony Slattery’s Rambling Club is a free-associating conversation, involving very special guests. It drops every Friday on every podcasting outlet known to man. We’d love it if you came along for the walk. If nothing else, it’ll help you get your steps in! Music composed and performed by Michael Livesley & Andy Frizell The voice of Pwfthhh- Michael Livesleywww.michaellivesley.com Series Researcher- Soula Carmichael Series Producers- Erica Lear and Mark HutchinsonEditor- Harry CarmichaelProducers- Alan Dyebing & Stuart Morris Executive Producer- Kris Castle Series Executive Producer- Mark StricksonJoin the rambling club and receive your club membership card, badges, exclusive content and access to early release episodes and exclusive club-only perks!www.patreon.com/SlatteryLive Official Website- www.tonyslattery.comTwitter/X: @SlatteryLiveInstagram: tony_slattery_officialSimon's Twitter/X: @SimonMcCoyTVSimon's BlueSky: @simonmccoytv© Fanfaranade Productions 2025

They say two heads are better than one. Well, we have two Guest Presidents this week leading the members Tony Slattery’s Rambling Club. Not only do we have the legend that is Con O'Neill, but also his Blood Brothers co-star and the partner of our lovely President Tony Slattery, Mark Hutchinson!Join us as guest Presidents O'Neill and Hutchinson lead us on a ramble through three special destinations chosen entirely at random with the use of Tony’s enchanted bingo machine. As ever, the omniscient voice of Sir Stephen Fry is on hand to keep a finger on the button of bullshit! First stop is destination number 433: German Dictionaries. Well, one of the team speaks German, but despite this it doesn't take long before they're well off subject. Then we’re off to 112- No Longer Assigned (Philosophy & Psychology)- a chance for the team to reflect on what has gone wrong with the world of late, and also the question of individual philosophies.Finally we find ourselves at Number 822- English Drama. Familiar ground for everyone. Scurrilous tales of nights out in Hollywood, personal acting methodology, and a legitimate opportunity for Paul to bang on about Crossroads, thanks to the recent ITV drama 'Nolly', in which Con starred.After all that it’s time to head back down the garden path to Tony’s shed, and an opportunity for the team to decompress after a lively, and really rather sweary, ramble.. Tony Slattery’s Rambling Club is a free-associating conversation, involving very special guests. It drops every Friday on every podcasting outlet known to man. We’d love it if you came along for the walk. If nothing else, it’ll help you get your steps in! Music composed and performed by Michael Livesley & Andy Frizell The voice of Pwfthhh- Michael Livesleywww.michaellivesley.com Series Researcher- Soula Carmichael Series Producers- Erica Lear and Mark HutchinsonEditor- Harry CarmichaelProducers- Alan Dyebing & Stuart Morris Executive Producer- Kris Castle Series Executive Producer- Mark StricksonJoin the rambling club and receive your club membership card, badges, exclusive content and access to early release episodes and exclusive club-only perks!www.patreon.com/SlatteryLive Official Website- www.tonyslattery.comTwitter/X: @SlatteryLiveInstagram: tony_slattery_officialCon's Instagram: oneill.con© Fanfaranade Productions 2025

It can only be a delight to hear a knock at the shed door and discover that the legendary Ted Robbins is stood there, ready to ramble! Pull your boots on, get outside and come for a ramble with us as President Robbins leads us to a very special destination, chosen entirely at random with the use of Tony’s enchanted bingo machine. As ever, the omniscient voice of Sir Stephen Fry is on hand to keep a firm hand on the tiller of toss!Our only destination this week is 440: Romance Languages (French). Well it doesn’t take long for this to go off topic, and you can discover exactly how Terry Nutkins lost several fingers! Luckily Ted is not also a remarkable comedian, but he’s very knowledgeable as well. A fascinating ramble through Ted’s own story as well as both Rabbie Burns and Shakespeare is on the cards! Then before you know it, we’re back in the shed. However that’s not all as Ted worked with our lovely and much-missed Tony Slattery back in the day. That means it’s time to share some memories and stories of our fabulous guest President!If nothing else it’ll keep you from sticking your fingers in any otters.  Tony Slattery’s Rambling Club is a free-associating conversation, involving very special guests. It drops every Friday on every podcasting outlet known to man. We’d love it if you came along for the walk. If nothing else, it’ll help you get your steps in! Music composed and performed by Michael Livesley & Andy Frizell The voice of Pwfthhh- Michael Livesleywww.michaellivesley.comSeries Researcher- Soula Carmichael Series Producers- Erica Lear and Mark Hutchinson Editor- Harry CarmichaelProducers- Alan Dyebing & Stuart Morris Executive Producer- Kris Castle  Series Executive Producer- Mark Strickson  Join the rambling club and receive your club membership card, badges, exclusive content and access to early release episodes and exclusive club-only perks!www.patreon.com/SlatteryLive Official Website- www.tonyslattery.comTwitter/X: @SlatteryLiveInstagram: tony_slattery_officialAnd you can find Ted here:Twitter/X: @TedRobbins55And also why not head to Instagram and have a look at @mollymakescakes© Fanfaranade Productions 2025

From law graduate to presenter of the legendary Play School to running the remarkable charity Mama Biashara, working with Kenyan women who face extreme poverty, could there be a better person to ramble with other than this weeks Guest President…Kate Copstick!Join us for a ramble as guest President Manning leads us on a ramble through three special destinations (stopping briefly at the Top Of The Pops studio) chosen entirely at random with the use of Tony’s enchanted bingo machine. As ever, the omniscient voice of Sir Stephen Fry is on hand to keep a hand on the recliner of ridiculousness!First stop is destination number 372: Elementary Education. Well you would be right to assume that a former presenter of Play School has some strong views on this subject…though maybe not the ones you would expect! After that number 625 awaits- Engineering Of Railroads. Where will thoughts of trains lead our team? To Kenya, is the answer, as Kate tells all about her remarkable charity Mama Biashara. You can find out more by following the links below…Number 722 is our final destination- English Drama. A subject you would imagine would cause no consternation for our ramblers. Well…After all that it’s time to head back down the garden path to Tony’s shed, to relax after what is a very interesting ramble.Tony Slattery’s Rambling Club is a free-associating conversation, involving very special guests. It drops every Friday on every podcasting outlet known to man. We’d love it if you came along for the walk. If nothing else, it’ll help you get your steps in! Music composed and performed by Michael Livesley & Andy Frizell The voice of Pwfthhh- Michael Livesleywww.michaellivesley.comSeries Researcher- Soula Carmichael Series Producers- Erica Lear and Mark Hutchinson Producers- Alan Dyebing & Stuart Morris Executive Producer- Kris Castle  Series Executive Producer- Mark Strickson  Join the rambling club and receive your club membership card, badges, exclusive content and access to early release episodes and exclusive club-only perks!www.patreon.com/SlatteryLive Official Website- www.tonyslattery.comTwitter/X: @SlatteryLiveInstagram: tony_slattery_officialAnd you can find Kate through the remarkable Mama BiasharaTwitter/X: @MamaBiashara Instagram: Mama Biashara And do have a look at their website www.mamabiashara.com

Who’s that lurking outside the shed? Why it’s none other than Mitch Benn, joining us to ramble through two special destinations chosen entirely at random with the use of Tony’s enchanted bingo machine. As always, the omniscient voice of Sir Stephen Fry is on hand to keep an eye on the ripple of rubbish! First stop is destination number 216. Here’s a strange one: No Longer Used- Formerly Evil! Excellent. Confusing and terrifying all in one. Stand by for tales of gigs and a rather large amount of Columbian marching powder! Then we’re off to 776- Computer Art. A controversial subject with some controversial views, as you might expect! After all that it’s time to head back down the garden path to Tony’s shed…but it’s not all over yet. The chat never ends, as you’ll see here…  Tony Slattery’s Rambling Club is a free-associating conversation, involving very special guests. It drops every Friday on every podcasting outlet known to man. We’d love it if you came along for the walk. If nothing else, it’ll help you get your steps in! Music composed and performed by Michael Livesley & Andy Frizell The voice of Pwfthhh- Michael Livesleywww.michaellivesley.comSeries Researcher- Soula Carmichael Series Producers- Erica Lear and Mark Hutchinson Editor- Harry CarmichaelProducers- Alan Dyebing & Stuart Morris Executive Producer- Kris Castle  Series Executive Producer- Mark Strickson  Join the rambling club and receive your club membership card, badges, exclusive content and access to early release episodes and exclusive club-only perks!www.patreon.com/SlatteryLive Official Website- www.tonyslattery.comTwitter/X: @SlatteryLive and @PaulCarmichaelVBlueSky: @SlatteryLive and @paulcarmichaelukInstagram: tony_slattery_officialAnd you can find Mitch here:Instagram: @mitch_bennTwitter/X: @Mitch_BennBlueSky: @mitchbenn         Facebook: Mitch Benn