We are back from our summer break and we have an absolute treat for you as we're joined by All Killa No Filla's Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean!AKNF is one of our very favourite podcasts so we were super-excited when Kiri and Rachel agreed to come on the show. We talk about B&M, serial killers, gaslighting,... more
Podcast boi, podcast boi, all about that podcast boi!We're talking about Atlanta in this week's edition. We're joined once again by the funny, interesting and talented Lauren Mitchell, and also by Nicola Chicken, who is also a person.We talk about representation of the black working class in US TV, the terrifying s... more
Episode ten is here, and it's an absolute corker!Steven and Sachin are joined by Steven's wife Nicky and their friend Lauren Mitchell to talk about the Royle Family.Is the show inherently northern? Would it work today? And has there ever been a worst attempt at a feature than Sachin's quiz?
On the much-awaited ninth episode of Chuckle Lovers, we don our rubber gloves and surgical masks to dissect the 2001 sitcom Scrubs.We talk about Zack Braff's diminishing reputation, the sometimes-irritating moral tone, the wonderful cast and acting, and whether the show suffers in the binge-watching era.
It's the landmark eighth episode of Chuckle Lovers. We're nominally talking about James Acaster's Netflix shows "Repertoire", but keep getting distracted talking about mandarin oranges, chip butties, wedding speeches, poisonings, and all other kinds of pointless wittering, including testing the limits of our kneeling a... more
This week on Chuckle Lovers we are joined by Guardian journalist and dubious Kiwi Elle Hunt to talk about New Zealand's greatest cultutral export, Flight of the Conchords.We go through the effect the show had on raising New Zealand's profile on the world stage, why it didn't get made in its home country, and whether ... more
Steven, Sachin and special guest Ash Rose talk about seminal late 80s/early 90s kids' sitcom Saved by the Bell!Does Ash remember all the words to the theme song? Which four members of the Bayside posse did you, the listeners, pick for the end of term party? And when all is said and done, is Zack Morris actually just ... more
For our milestone fifth episode, we are talking about BBC Three's This Country.Possibly the finest British sitcom of the last 20 years, Steven has turned Sachin into a new convert over the past week. We talk about the many merits of Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper's creation, including the bleakness, its accurate... more
BA-DAH-BAH BAH-DAAAAH! BA-DAH-BAH BAH-DAAAAH!Written versions of theme songs never work, but if they're going to work for anything it's Brooklyn Nine-Nine.After a much-truncated introduction (cut to the barest of minimums because it turns out Steven is such a terrible host with weak banter game), Sachin and Steven ... more
This week we are delighted to be joined by The Mash Report's Steve N Allen!Steve talks us through the creation of the show, from not being picked up as a pilot several years ago to becoming a social media smash hit.We also talk about Steve's stand-up career, the stupidest heckle he's ever received, and Steve's favo... more
On Episide Two of Chuckle Lovers, Sachin and Steven are joined by Irish Times writer and Steve Bruce expert Seamas O’Reilly to discuss Father Ted.The lads analyse what makes the show, which was written by Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews and ran for three series during the mid-1990s, endlessly watchable. The brillian... more
Chuckle Lovers is a new comedy podcast in which Sachin Nakrani and Steven Chicken discuss, debate and dissect their favourite sitcoms, stand-up comedians, comedy movies and shows. On Episode One, which is recorded at the Ivy House pub in south London - Chuckle Lovers base camp - Sachin and Steven dive into The King o... more