The Wireless Podcast

Racing Minds
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Racing Minds' The Wireless Podcast is a smash hit series of entirely improvised comedy adventures from the critically acclaimed UK wits. Exotic locales, extraordinary characters, inexplicable plots - expect all this and more in a tongue-in-cheek homage to classic 50s radio serials. Broadcast live for your listening pleasure from sell-out runs at the Edinburgh and Perth Fringe Festivals. 'Never in my life have I witnessed a funnier live comedy show' ★★★★★ Three Weeks 'Stars in the making' ★★★★★ Festival Journal

  1. Series 5, Episode 10 – 'In The House'

    11/12/2019

    Series 5, Episode 10 – 'In The House'

    Richard and Judy's marriage gets off to a difficult start when they honeymoon separately on different continents, while casino moguls Freshwave and Clyde want to take the phrase 'the House always wins' to its most all-consuming logical conclusion. Can love triumph over Richard's indecision, the villains' greed for victory and New Zealand's antiquated laws?

    39 min
  2. Series 5, Episode 9 – 'Please Help Me!'

    04/12/2019

    Series 5, Episode 9 – 'Please Help Me!'

    ⚠️ META EPISODE ALERT ⚠️ The entirely appropriately named Tess Tickle and loose-trousered Captain Cockburn rummage around a Hawaiian shipwreck; while audience member (and daughter of a figure-skating legend) Laurie revels in her newfound powers of suggestion.

    42 min
  3. Series 5, Episode 8 – 'Dutch Tits!'

    27/11/2019

    Series 5, Episode 8 – 'Dutch Tits!'

    Mediocre young remainiac remoaner Jason Tepid finds himself imprisoned in Western Australia back in 2017 under a new British-Australian treaty, whilst over in Europe Geert Wilders is gearing up for that year's Dutch election. Some now dated and some still surprisingly relevant references to Brexit and all that ensue as Jason's quest to escape punishment and Wilders' lust for power are on a collision course...

    42 min
  4. Series 5, Episode 7 – 'The Forgotten Unicorn'

    20/11/2019

    Series 5, Episode 7 – 'The Forgotten Unicorn'

    Dr Spotless Dirt has been sent to the Planet of the Buttocks by NASA to find a remedy to save mankind's own backsides from extinction. But it soon becomes clear that this is only one small part of a much bigger threat facing the world, with its roots in biblical times. Let's just say our abnormally puerile audience really outdid themselves with the suggestions this time around...

    38 min
  5. Series 5, Episode 6 – 'The Underground City'

    06/11/2019

    Series 5, Episode 6 – 'The Underground City'

    Ace Iberian archaeologist Nikita might have nabbed a priceless magic carpet from a cavern, but now that the population of London is turning subterranean in pursuit of cheaper property prices, she may be the only one who can save humanity from the darkness. A thrilling tale, replete with excavated guacamole, lukewarm samosas, and precioussss things in the deep.

    41 min
  6. Series 5, Episode 5 – 'The Gay Agenda'

    30/10/2019

    Series 5, Episode 5 – 'The Gay Agenda'

    Arnold is a bullish American envoy in the South China Sea, at odds with the audibly Japanese submarine crew, and generally cuckolded by his wife back home. He may well have to mutiny and take control of the ship, if there’s to be any hope of stopping Australian PM (at the time) Malcolm Turnbull from starting a reckless unchecked war. A thrilling tale replete with accent troubles, naked beds and a lot of dodgy territory just about skirted!

    43 min
  7. Series 5, Episode 4 – 'Tough Act To Follow'

    23/10/2019

    Series 5, Episode 4 – 'Tough Act To Follow'

    Our tale follows Derek van Beeken and Robert De Nrio, two men fighting for their jobs in very different ways, one oppressed by the draconian employment laws of his country, the other by echoes of the past and his own hubris. But which will make the better fist of it?

    43 min
  8. Series 5, Episode 3 – 'Don't Leave Your Umbrella On The Train'

    16/10/2019

    Series 5, Episode 3 – 'Don't Leave Your Umbrella On The Train'

    Something terrible lurks in the dark dark woods (although it isn't punctuation) but that won't stop Moggy fulfilling his promise to a mysterious young woman. However, the rest of the world just got a little darker when a certain pop princess forgot to check whether she had all her personal belongings with her before alighting from the train.

    36 min
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Racing Minds' The Wireless Podcast is a smash hit series of entirely improvised comedy adventures from the critically acclaimed UK wits. Exotic locales, extraordinary characters, inexplicable plots - expect all this and more in a tongue-in-cheek homage to classic 50s radio serials. Broadcast live for your listening pleasure from sell-out runs at the Edinburgh and Perth Fringe Festivals. 'Never in my life have I witnessed a funnier live comedy show' ★★★★★ Three Weeks 'Stars in the making' ★★★★★ Festival Journal

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  • Creator
    Racing Minds
  • Years Active
    2012 - 2019
  • Episodes
    55
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Racing Minds 2012-2020. All Rights Reserved.
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    The Wireless Podcast