6 episodes
Order in the Bedroom orderinthebedroom
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- True Crime
Order in the Bedroom is a podcast from comedian and TV presenter, Stephen Bailey and his partner & real life boyfriend Rich. Just like you, Stephen is a big fan of True Crime but he is emotionally led, whereas Rich looks at the facts (typical lawyer!) - so ultimately, they disagree on the outcome and it causes a row. To save the relationship, they've turned it into a podcast. Together, they're looking back and retrying cases of the past looking at them from a legal standpoint (Rich) versus common sense (Stephen)
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Ep 6 - Crown & Brown - When S&M becomes GBH
Stephen and Richard discuss the law of consent around actual bodily harm. Basically should you have the right to put a nail through your own scrotum?
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Ep 5 - Defame & Fortune - Jack Monroe V Katie Hopkins
In this week's episode, Stephen and Richard looking into a libel case as Jack Monroe takes on Katie Hopkins for defamation on Twitter. Should we all now be held accountable for what we put out on social media?
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Ep 4 - Carlill & The Carbolic Smokeball Company - More than a Mere Puff
This episode, Stephen and Richard look at Carlill versus The Carbolic Smokeball Company and how the law has developed because if you guarantee something, you better bloody deliver - especially at Christmas
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Ep 3 - From Big Brother to Big Bother (Celebrity Super-injunctions)
In this episode, Stephen and Rich explore Celebrity Super-injunctions, focussing on a case where a Premier League Footballer took one out to prevent his affair with a former Big Brother contestant being reported in a national newspaper. This leads to a debate - does the law only protect the wealthy?
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Ep 2 - R V Dudley & Stephens - Cannibalism on the High Seas
In this episode, Stephen and Rich are looking at the defence of necessity. Is it ever necessary to murder someone? And are you ever that hungry that you'd eat your colleague?
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Ep 1 - Donaghue V Stevenson - Ice Cream, Ginger Beer & Decomposing Snails
In the first episode of the series, Stephen and Rich look back at a case from the 1930s, which laid the foundations for the compensation culture when Mrs Donaghue found a snail in her ice-cream float! I don't know about you, but these days I'd ask for a refund!