Improviser Alex Holland (The Cartel, The Petting Zoo) joins joins co-hosts Ian T Day, Chris Gau & Shaun Lowthian to blow the whistle on the podcast's unethical practices on National Whistleblowing Day. Professional whistleblower Reg Reg Kerr ex

76 Festivals (With Naomi Petersen)

Aug 2nd, 2017 30m 16s

Improviser and actor Naomi Petersen (Sweet Fanny Adams, Drifters) joins co-hosts Ian T Day, Chris Gau & Shaun Lowthian to talk festivals! The great British summer is full to the brim with festive celebrations, none more exciting that the Region

74 Disease

Jul 19th, 2017 32m 14s

Celebrated chimp actor Mr Jinx (episode 47) returns to Fact Up! following his trip to Motaba, Zaire and Cedar Creek, California. Co-hosts Ian T Day, Chris Gau & Shaun Lowthian get the latest on his lovelife, his latest roles and the developmen

73 Police

Jul 12th, 2017 30m 25s

Fact Up!'s grizzly history threatens to catch up with co-hosts Ian T Day, Chris Gau & Shaun Lowthian thanks to an impromptu visit from DTI Rex Lamki. Can Rex keep his focus away from the podcast studio's cracking technical set-up for long enoug

72 Tennis (With Shamus Maxwell)

Jul 5th, 2017 33m 4s

72 - Tennis (with Shamus Maxwell)Improviser Shamus Maxwell (The Wilsons, The Infinite Fairytale Podcast) joins co-hosts Ian T Day, Chris Gau & Shaun Lowthian to enjoy the sights and sounds of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. The boys have s

71 Birthdays (With Clare Plested)

Jun 28th, 2017 32m 3s

Comedian Clare Plested (The 838), joins hosts Ian T Day, Chris Gau & Shaun Lowthian to celebrate their birthdays! We hear from girl-in-a-birthday-cake to the stars, Birthday Girl Cake Surprise, get to the bottom of Shaun's loneliness and get al

70 Fathers

Jun 21st, 2017 33m 32s

It's Father's Day and the Fact Up! co-hosts Ian T Day, Chris Gau & Shaun Lowthian are celebrated with a visit from Ian's father. Struggling to come to terms with his wife's affair with Merman Prince of Atlantis Giovanni Oceani (episode 22), fat

68 Democracy (With David Elms)

Jun 7th, 2017 34m 15s

Here in the UK it’s general election time, and a topic like DEMOCRACY needs a very special guest - David Elms...

67 Smoking

May 31st, 2017 32m 50s

Join co-hosts Ian T Day, Chris Gau & Shaun Lowthian as Fact Up! celebrates World No Tobacco Day, with special guest from Scottish American Tobacco, Fraser McKenzie. There’s

65 Bicycles (With Kat Bond

May 17th, 2017 30m 43s

Comic Kat Bond (That Pair, Call The Midwife) joins Fact Up! co-hosts Ian T Day, Chris Gau & Shau

64 Taxes (With Brian Jack)

May 10th, 2017 35m 53s

Brian Jack (The Reckoning, Mad Men, Cougar Town, iO West) joins Ian T Day, Chris Gau & Shaun Lowthia

63 Walls (With Charlie Kemp)

May 3rd, 2017 34m 28s

Actor Charlie Kemp (Emmerdale, Judge John Deed, The Cartel) joins Fact Up! to celebrate Cinco de May

62 Cartoons

Apr 26th, 2017 30m 19s

Celebrated comic book creator and cartoonist Mick Spitz joins Fact Up! to talk about his most be

61 Etiquette (with Gentlemen's Relish

Apr 19th, 2017 31m 5s

It's St George's Day this week, and Fact Up! is celebrating by taking a look at that most English of traditions - ETIQUETTE, with special guests Michael and Richard of the Gentlemen's Relish podcast. We learn how to start a conversation, ex

60 Eggs (with Alison Thea-Skot)

Apr 12th, 2017 30m 36s

Actor & comic Alison Thea-Skot joins hosts Ian T Day, Chris Gau & Shaun Lowthian to celebrate Easter! And we all know what that means: bank holidays, chocolate and specific

59.5 Fact Up! Taster (with Matt Jones, Matthew Stevens & Freya Slipper

Apr 5th, 2017 15m 44s

New to Fact Up! and wondering where to start? Check out these highlights of the best bits from o

59 Humour

Mar 29th, 2017 33m 23s

Just in time for April Fool’s Day this week finds our very own fools chatting with 1980’s stand

58 War

Mar 22nd, 2017 27m 15s

What is it good for? Find out in this week's Fact Up! Brigadier Charles Gorringe, celebrated veteran

57 Aliens

Mar 15th, 2017 39s

NASA astronaut Chase Danson (Episode 21) is back, alongside hosts Ian T Day, Chris Gau & Shaun Lowth

53 The Circus (with Max & Ivan)

Feb 15th, 2017 42m 29s

Sketch heroes Max Olesker & Ivan Gonzalez (aka Max & Ivan - W1A, The Casebook Of Max & Ivan) join ho

80 Classical Music (With Tessa Coates)

Aug 30th, 2017 33m 26s

Comedian Tessa Coates (The Debrief, Massive Dad, Elevenish) joins co-hosts Ian T Day, Chris Gau & Shaun Lowthian to celebrate the Last Night of The Proms. One of the ‘four most good’ conductors in Russia, Yelena Romanov Andreyevich takes Ian th

79 Gentrification

Aug 22nd, 2017 32m 33s

In celebration of Notting Hill Carnival, the Fact Up! co-hosts go on location Ian T Day, Chris Gau & Shaun Lowthian to Kentish Town High Street to learn all about gentrification. Taking in the sights, sounds and tastes of the local coffee shops

78 Photography

Aug 16th, 2017 30m 53s

Improviser and comedian Freddie Sandilands (The 838, The Petting Zoo) joins joins co-hosts Ian T Day, Chris Gau and Shaun Lowthian to take a critical eye at the photographic arts. Expert photographer to babies, animals and the elderly Jerry And

77 Athletics (With Tamar Broadbent)

Aug 9th, 2017 30m 32s

Comedian Tamar Broadbent (Get Ugly, My Brother José) joins joins co-hosts Ian T Day, Chris Gau & Shaun Lowthian to celebrate the World Athletics Championships coming to London. Miss Milly has a philosophy for winning, and now you can too. Tie u