Television Times with Steve Otis Gunn

A 50-degree heatwave, a rusty shower in a converted Indian palace, a chilli that nearly took Tony's face off, and a moped chase through Vientiane — this is the unaired adventure stories collection, and it's about as un-PC as the podcast gets.

Television Times Presents: Adventure Stories Vol. 1, a full-length episode pulled together from unused travel story segments recorded during the show's brief run as All My Clothes Need Burning. Steve is joined by his friend Tony P for stories that didn't quite fit the regular format — and some that probably shouldn't fit any format.

Following the news of Keir Starmer's resignation, I wanted to jump on the mic and share a few thoughts on why these moments feel like television events in their own right, especially after seeing that bloody lectern again!

I also look back at my brief involvement in Labour politics during the 2010 leadership contest and recount my own encounter with Andy Burnham. Having met various political figures over the years, I explain why I think Burnham could make a compelling future Prime Minister.

This isn't a political podcast, and it certainly isn't a conventional bonus episode...

Cal was doing impressions in the playground before he knew it could be a job, appeared on Britain's Got Talent (twice), and is currently touring a show featuring 100 impressions in 60 minutes — and if you catch him at the Edinburgh Fringe, you'll get 101!

Cal is a comedian, impressionist, and pantomime regular from the North East, known for his appearances on Britain's Got Talent and a magnificent touring show that is exactly what it says on the tin.

Meka Mo grew up in Queens, worked on Wall Street, watched the Miracle on the Hudson happen from her office window, lost a South London church basement crowd the moment she swore in front of some Jamaican grandmas, and has never once been pickpocketed anywhere in the world. She's been navigating cultural minefields ever since — and making it look easy.

Meka Mo is a New York City-based comedian, host of the emotional wellness comedy podcast We're Done Here, and a regular on the international comedy circuit. Her new show, New York City Dreams, will be playing at th...

Steve returns to the microphone to explain why his brief podcast rebrand has already been abandoned, why Television Times is back, and what he learned from watching listener numbers dwindle.

In this short bonus episode, he talks honestly about burnout, second-guessing three years of work, and the surprisingly emotional experience of trying to rename something that people already know and trust.

Dewey Gaedcke was in Hawaii as a last-minute concierge favour when a friend told him about a volcano worth seeing at night. Five days later, he was rescued by a teenager in a tourist helicopter. The park service had already told his family he was probably dead.

Dewey Gaedcke is known for surviving one of the most extraordinary ordeals in recent memory — five days lost on a remote lava field in Hawaii without water, proper footwear, or any idea where he was.

John Scott has been doing stand-up since 1999, accidentally said "Brexit" at a Yorkshire corporate full of insurance folk, co-wrote a Japanese animated drama, and once did a gig in Budapest that he's fairly certain was arranged for the Russian mafia. He also wants to go back in time and hang out with Bowie in Berlin, but then again, who doesn't?

John Scott is a comedian, scriptwriter, and host of The Scottish Sweary News, known for his sharp, laid-back delivery and a career that has taken some genuinely unexpected turns.

Seymour Mace spent time as a clown in Japan, did a Fine Art degree during COVID, built a potter's wheel in his back garden, got a first, and somewhere in the middle of all that did some stand-up. He's fine.

Seymour Mace is a British comedian and actor known for his surreal, offbeat humour and cult status on the UK comedy circuit, best recognised for his role in the BBC series Ideal.

Howard J Ford has stared down a four-ton boulder held up by a single pebble, sat on funeral pots containing the dead while eating lunch, been lifted off his feet by hundreds of people in Burkina Faso, and walked out of a Mississippi murder house that nobody could bring themselves to buy. All in the name of independent filmmaking.

Howard J Ford is a British filmmaker, director, and cinematographer whose films include The Dead, Never Let Go, The Ledge, River of Blood, Dark Game, Escape, and Bonekeeper — out now on Prime Video & Apple TV. His new action th...

Something's changed — and it's bigger than just a name.

After four seasons as Television Times, the podcast has a new title: All My Clothes Need Burning. Steve explains why the change makes sense, where the title came from, and what Season 5 is going to look like.

Paul Critoph returns for the annual TV debrief

Paul Critoph is an actor and regular friend of the podcast, joining Steve for the third consecutive end-of-year television review — the one where they figure out which shows they've actually both watched.

Steve empties the whiteboard, clears his head, and has an honest conversation about what making this podcast actually feels like from the inside — the burnout, the uncertainty, the ads he hates, and why he's seriously considering living in the woods.

This is a bonus solo episode featuring no guest, one very good cup of coffee, and more honesty than most podcasts manage in a full series.

The co-creator of Red Dwarf wrote a number one single in five minutes, turned around a failing Spitting Image, and had his brand new Red Dwarf movie cancelled because it was the BBC's only successful comedy. You couldn't write it. Well, Doug could.

Doug Naylor is the co-creator and writer of Red Dwarf, which has run for 12 series and continues to find new audiences decades on. He co-wrote the Chicken Song (number one, 1986), was script editor on Spitting Image, and wrote for Jasper Carrott, Cannon and Ball, Ken Dodd, and numerous others. His children's book Sin Bin...

Two lads from the North East of England built props that ended up purchased by Disney for actual Mandalorian productions — and they're still not entirely sure how to feel about it.

Luke and Paul from Orbital FX are a North East-based practical effects and prop-making team whose work spans Star Wars replica props, Marvel productions, Disney theme parks and events, including a full-size Millennium Falcon build and components used in the Ant-Man quantum experience filmed at Pinewood.

Olaf Falafel gaslit his own mother into believing she had a serious wind problem using a remote-control fart machine with a subwoofer — and has somehow turned that energy into an award-winning career in children's books and stand-up.

Olaf Falafel is a comedian, illustrator, and author known for his Edinburgh Fringe shows, the Dave Funniest Joke at the Fringe 2019, and children's books including Old MacDonald Heard a Fart, Poo on a Pogo Stick, and the Trixie Pickle Art Avenger series. His new graphic novel The Far Out Five is out now, and his family show — Olaf Falafel's Stupidest Supe...

Henry Naylor spent years travelling the world making Barclaycard ads with Rowan Atkinson, gave Ben Miller his first comedy gig, wrote the first ever Tony Blair sketch on British television, and is now taking a play about Elton John's battle with the Sun newspaper to New York. And he can do a very good Scooby Doo.

Henry Naylor is a playwright, writer and comedian whose credits include Spitting Image, Dead Ringers, the 3D animated sketch show Head Cases, and multiple Fringe First-winning plays. His play Monstering The Rocketman — about Elton John and Britain's largest ever libel settlement — sold...

Stephen Mear CBE has choreographed for Broadway, the West End, the Royal Albert Hall, Rhys Ifans in an Oasis video, a dancing dog-head Goldfrapp video, and Victoria Wood's Christmas specials — and he only found out he was dyslexic somewhere in the middle of all of it.

Stephen Mear CBE is one of the UK's most celebrated choreographers and directors, with credits spanning five Broadway shows, multiple West End productions including Mary Poppins, Chess, Sunset Boulevard, and Shoes, television work with Victoria Wood, and a decades-long career that has taken him from Sheffield to LA to the Metropolitan Op...

Helen White started stand-up at 50, dropped the C-bomb early doors to dispel any assumptions, came second in a gong show in South Shields, and is now getting theatre gigs. Nobody saw any of this coming — least of all Helen.

Helen White is a Geordie comedian based in Middlesbrough, known for her sharp short-form material, a deadpan delivery that wrong-foots audiences from the first line, and a late start that has clearly not slowed her down.

Australia and New Zealand have been quietly producing some of the funniest people on the circuit for decades — and this episode rounds up the best of them in one place.

A compilation episode featuring Steve's favourite moments from his conversations with Sam Simmons, Daniel Muggleton, Robert Morgan, Mark Trevorrow (a.k.a. Bob Downe), Harry Jun, Stephen Curry, Dane Simpson, Jenny Tian, Ange Lavoipierre, Nick Schuller, Phil Hammond, Tom Ballard, John Robertson, Jarred Christmas and Nic Sampson.

Evelyn Hollow grew up in a country embedded in mythology, studies the paranormal for a living, and has seen the Night Night Man. She's also remarkably calm about all of it.

Evelyn Hollow is a Scottish writer and paranormal psychologist with a Master of Research in Paranormal Psychology. She appears as a paranormal expert on the BBC's The Battersea Poltergeist, The Witch Farm, and Uncanny, as well as Spooked Scotland and Spooked Ireland, and is the author of Atlas of Paranormal Places.

Robert Morgan has ridden horses through the Australian desert with Ray Winstone, filmed in the wilderness of New Zealand alongside Florence Pugh, navigated the culture shock of working in Beijing, and is about to play Burgess Meredith in a Sylvester Stallone biopic. He calls this a career.

Robert Morgan is a Welsh-Australian actor, writer, and former boxer known for The Proposition, The Accountant 2, Landman, High Country, and Hacksaw Ridge. He has worked alongside Brad Pitt, Jason Isaacs, and Guy Pearce, and continues to champion emerging talent.

Ian Smith filmed a sitcom in the middle of a desert, debuted on Have I Got News For You, and has strong feelings about dental mouth-guards. A career on the road will do that to you.

Ian Smith is an award-winning stand-up comedian, writer, and actor from Yorkshire, known for The News Quiz, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Popatron, and The Ark. His Edinburgh Fringe shows include Crushing and Foot Spa Half Empty, and he co-hosts the popular podcast Northern News with Amy Gledhill.

Steve interviews Steve — and gets more out of it than either of them expected.

In this solo episode, Steve Otis Gunn turns the microphone on himself, exploring the creative mind behind the podcast, the personal tenacity required to keep making things, and the gap between idea and execution that most people never cross.

Milo Edwards moved to Moscow to work in financial services, ended up performing stand-up on Russian television, and has been explaining that sequence of events ever since.

Milo Edwards is a stand-up comedian and podcaster from Essex, a former Cambridge Footlights member who moved to Moscow in 2015 and performed on Russian TV before making his mark on the UK comedy scene with his Edinburgh Fringe shows. He hosts the podcasts Trashfuture, Masters of Our Domain, and Glue Factory, and has written for Mock The Week, The News Quiz, Private Eye, and The New Statesman.

Laura Lexx went from optimising search engines to commanding the stage on Live at the Apollo — and has been unapologetically honest about everything in between.

Laura Lexx is a critically acclaimed comedian, writer and podcaster known for sell-out Edinburgh Fringe shows, Live at the Apollo and Celebrity Mastermind. She is the author of Klopp Actually and Pivot, and hosts the podcast Comedy Bureau.

John Robertson accidentally won awards for a kids' show that was never meant for children, has been pitching television ideas to networks that find him simultaneously fascinating and baffling, and does all of this on a voice that should probably be rested more than it is.

John Robertson is an Australian comedian, writer, and creator of the cult live-action video game comedy show The Dark Room. A veteran of the Edinburgh Fringe and international festivals, he is known for his booming voice, razor-sharp crowd work, and chaotic energy across stand-up, Twitch streaming, and multiple TV development runs.<...

Tom Ballard started doing stand-up at 14, burned out completely by his mid-twenties after yelling excessively every night across Europe, and came back with something much more interesting to say.

Tom Ballard is an award-winning Australian comedian, writer and broadcaster, known as co-host of Triple J Breakfast and host of the late-night ABC series Tonightly with Tom Ballard. He has also acted in Deadloch and Fisk, and has become one of Australia's most distinctive comedic voices through sharp political commentary and fearless humour.

Sharlene Hector has performed for festival crowds at Glastonbury and Mount Fuji, toured internationally with Muse and Alicia Keys, starred in a Coca-Cola advert seen around the world, and then discovered during a global pandemic that what she really wanted to do was act.

Sharlene Hector is a British singer, performer and actor with a career spanning over two decades. She has toured with Basement Jaxx, Gorillaz and Michael Bublé, sung backing vocals for Muse, Alicia Keys and Emeli Sandé, and in recent years has moved into musical theatre with acclaimed roles in Dreamgirls, A Strange Loop, St...

A Casio MT100 keyboard, a mate called Des, the streets of Peterborough, and a pop duo called Wolfgang that the world never heard — until now.

Wolfgang was an unknown pop duo formed in 1985 in Peterborough by Steve Otis Gunn and Desmond Pye. This bonus episode finds them back on the streets where it all started, working out what they actually remember and whether any of it matches up.

Charlie Parsons turned a real East London lock-keeper's cottage into a pop culture laboratory, invented a show watched by a billion people, and spent years watching imitators make money from it. Now he's doing it all again — in theatre.

Charlie Parsons is a British television producer and format innovator, co-founder of Planet 24, and the creator of The Word, The Big Breakfast, and Survivor. Today, he produces theatre, including Girl from the North Country and upcoming stage adaptations of The Hunger Games and A Knight's Tale.

Andrew O'Connor was a frustrated magician who went looking for "a mind-reading David Blaine" — and found a then-unknown Derren Brown instead. That decision alone reshaped British television.

Andrew O'Connor is a British actor, magician, impressionist, game show host, and award-winning producer. He co-founded Objective Productions and helped shape Peep Show, Derren Brown: Mind Control and Star Stories, with a career spanning light entertainment, theatre, and groundbreaking television.

Ignacio Lopez grew up in Mallorca, spent his British holidays on rainy Welsh caravans, and has been finding the comedy in the gap between those two worlds ever since.

Ignacio Lopez is a Welsh-Spanish comedian known for his clever, culturally layered humour and appearances on Live at the Apollo and Have I Got News For You. He performs in English, Spanish and Welsh, and is a familiar face on the UK comedy circuit and television.

Moe Singleton left New York, moved to Berlin, and discovered that Seinfeld had quietly prepared him for all of it.

Moe Singleton is an American comedian known for his smart, deeply relatable style across continents and cultures. He is the creator and host of the Thoughts For Your Thoughts podcast, where he interviews comedians about their origin stories, early bombs, and breakthrough moments.

Joe Kent-Walters trained at a clown school in Paris, created a cult character, won the Edinburgh Fringe Best Newcomer Award, and has been throwing himself around stages in dress shoes ever since.

Joe Kent-Walters is a British comedian best known for his larger-than-life alter ego Frankie Monroe, blending physical theatre, absurdism and punk cabaret in a way that earned him the Edinburgh Fringe Best Newcomer Award in 2024.

Darren Harriott describes himself as a "click-your-fingers celebrity" — famous enough to be recognised, not famous enough for anyone to be entirely sure why. He's made peace with that, moved back to the Black Country, and is now living near some greenery.

Darren Harriott is an acclaimed British stand-up comedian, writer, and presenter, and a two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee known for his smart, honest, high-energy comedy and sharp takes on class, race, and modern masculinity.

Carl Donnelly started the conversation with parenting chaos and sniffles, and ended up somewhere between veganism, biohacking, Irish summers, and the ethical implications of Star Wars.

Carl Donnelly is a comedian and writer known for his thoughtful, warm approach to stand-up, blending sharp observational humour with personal storytelling. A regular at the Melbourne Comedy Festival and Edinburgh Fringe, he's equally at home with identity, culture, and the philosophical implications of a galaxy far, far away.

Sikisa is an immigration lawyer who does stand-up about hustle culture, grew up between Stockwell and Barbados, and has strong feelings about Peggy Mitchell. She has approximately no patience for any of it, which is exactly what makes her so funny.

Sikisa is a comedian, writer, and immigration lawyer known for her laugh-out-loud sets, thoughtful storytelling, and social commentary. A regular on the UK comedy circuit, she is also a wrestling aficionado, pub veteran, and proud South Londoner.

Megan Lockhurst worked on Havoc with Tom Hardy and Forest Whitaker, has strong opinions about cinema, and grew up in a Canadian childhood that felt exactly like Stand By Me — from the inside. She also has thoughts on dill pickles that are difficult to argue with.

Megan Lockhurst is an actress and singer-songwriter whose work spans screen, stage, and microphone, known for her grounded presence, playful perspective, and a deeply held belief that physical media still matters.

Sam Nicoresti can move from the decline of Blockbuster to the philosophy of gendered spaces to the ethics of true crime podcasts in a single breath — and makes it all feel completely connected.

Sam Nicoresti is a British comedian, writer, and performer blending surrealism, satire, and political commentary in their stand-up and filmed work. Their recent filmed special, drawn from their Edinburgh Fringe show, has been hailed as a smart, subversive take on gender, media, and millennial weirdness.

Tom Fleischman has been shaping how films feel for over four decades — and most people have never heard his name, which is exactly how he knows he's doing it right.

Tom Fleischman is an Academy Award-winning re-recording mixer whose credits include Goodfellas, The Irishman, School of Rock, The Silence of the Lambs, and The Devil Wears Prada. He is known for decades-long collaborations with Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, and Robert Redford, and a craft that is equal parts science and intuition.