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PantoSplaining: Pilot - Ashton Under Lyne 1990

Ben Baker and John Matthews are pretty obsessional men. First came the sitcom ALF and now another of our big shared loves - panto posters. Listen or watch along to the pilot of "Pantosplaining" where we pluck a poster from panto history and look at what we can find out about it for a real deep div…

Season Three Wrap-Up

Can that really be another full season of the Old ALFer's adventures done? What will Ben Baker and John Matthews do when its over? Well, the same old nonsense probably which is on full display in this special looking at the third run of both ALF and ALFsplaining which is only slightly in the shadow…

Episode 35: Spring 2026 Mix – Champions & Pride

This mix is a celebration of New York City during an unforgettable season!With the Knicks bringing an NBA Championship back to NYC and Pride Month filling the city with energy, color, and community, this mix captures the spirit of New York at its best.Featuring tracks from Cristoph, Sofi Tukker, BL…

PantoSplaining: Great Yarmouth 1982 (Part 3)

Can Summer be really over already? Well, no - patently not - but your hosts Ben Baker and John Matthews are at the final part of Pantosplaining's fond look back at the stars of "The Russ Abbot All Laughter Show" which packed in Great Yarmouth audiences back in 1982. So what happens when Russ need…

Surrounded by Yes People? Look in the Mirror

Ben and Syya dig into the mirror test this week, the idea that real leadership starts with honest self-reflection. They talk about the difference between a mirror that validates your ego and one that actually tells you the truth, and why so many leaders end up surrounded by yes people who are too a…

Harnessing Passion: A Leader's Real Job

Ben and Syya tackle what happens when passion alone can't carry you across the finish line. Ben opens up about getting weirdly invested in the World Cup and realizing that all that energy didn't actually move anything forward, which leads into a bigger conversation about turning passion into discip…

The Last Laugh Before TV-am (C4, 1985)

Broadcast on Channel 4 on 2nd December 1985, The Last Laugh Before TV-am was Spike Milligan’s attempt to bring his particular vein of humour to a new generation... although, in truth, very little about it suggested that Milligan had changed his approach since the early Q series. The show assembled…

Baby Come Back

"ALF earns the right to babysit Eric." You asked - so we did! Although please don't call us (your hosts Ben Baker and John Matthews) 'baby', that is a private name between us and our lord ALF. And would you believe it we're onto talking about the fourth and final series of the US sitcom about the …

Lies

"ALF is accidentally photographed by a tabloid photographer." Or is that a lie? Well, no but it does bring up a trope that has plagued us since episode one - how does nobody notice ALF sticking his hooter through the kitchen portal every single episode? Your hosts Ben Baker and John Matthews are …