Episodes

  • S2 EP7: Angela Barnes

    S2 EP7: Angela Barnes
    Nov 21 2024
    Tim talks to comedian, and podcaster Angela Barnes about her journey from comedy club booker to winner of the BBC New Comedy Awards and becoming one of the country's most popular comedians, and a regular on TV panel shows like Mock The Week and Live At The Apollo. Angela and Tim chat about handling nerves as you get started in the world of comedy, how to think on your feet while performing, and how we all have different methods of organising our thoughts and building ideas. Email fistoffirsts@gmail.com with your answer to our 'listener’s first' question, or just let us know a story of what you've done for the first time this week. Tim will read the best out every episode. Follow him on X, Threads or Instagram - @timreid69' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • S2 EP6: Justin Moorhouse

    S2 EP6: Justin Moorhouse
    Nov 14 2024
    Tim talks to comedian, actor and podcaster Justin Moorhouse about how he went from homeless Peter Kay disciple to tiger-face-painted star of Phoenix Nights and award winning stand-up comedian. Tim and Justin discuss the power of saying "No", the creative fuel that comes from Imposter Syndrome and what a mate's mum vowed never to do for him again. Email fistoffirsts@gmail.com with your answer to our 'listener’s first' question, or just let us know a story of what you've done for the first time this week. Tim will read the best out every episode. Follow him on X, Threads or Instagram - @timreid69' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • S2 EP5: Michael Spicer

    S2 EP5: Michael Spicer
    Nov 7 2024
    Tim talks to the man behind the the man in the Room Next Door, Michael Spicer. They talk about his journey from Shipping Company marketing exec to becoming one of the pioneers of social media satire. Michael discusses how a last minute tweet caught the eye of Sharon Horgan and became the catalyst that kick-started his comedy career. Email fistoffirsts@gmail.com with your answer to our 'listener’s first' question, or just let us know a story of what you've done for the first time this week. Tim will read the best out every episode. Follow him on X, Threads or Instagram - @timreid69' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    57 mins
  • S2 EP4: Neil Mullarkey

    S2 EP4: Neil Mullarkey
    Oct 31 2024
    Tim talks to actor, writer, comedian, and improv legend Neil Mullarkey about how a chance meeting with Mike Myers in the 1980s changed his life forever, and how he became part of the gang that brought the art of improv into the mainstream of British comedy. Tim and Neil discuss how the tools and techniques of improv can help everybody up their own creative game. Email fistoffirsts@gmail.com with your answer to our 'listener’s first' question, or just let us know a story of what you've done for the first time this week. Tim will read the best out every episode. Follow him on X, Threads or Instagram - @timreid69' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • S2 EP3: Nina Gilligan

    S2 EP3: Nina Gilligan
    Oct 24 2024
    Tim talks to multi-award winning stand-up comedian, Nina Gilligan, up at the Edinburgh Fringe, about her life in comedy, her journey from running a comedy club in Manchester at just 16 to becoming one of the country's most highly decorated stand-up comedians in the 2020s. Nina tells Tim about her club running days in the early 90s, working with comedy legends like Email fistoffirsts@gmail.com with your answer to our 'listener’s first' question, or just let us know a story of what you've done for the first time this week. Tim will read the best out every episode. Follow him on X, Threads or Instagram - @timreid69 Steve Coogan and Caroline Aherne, and how ideas can come at you through the cosmos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • S2 EP2: Matt Forde

    S2 EP2: Matt Forde
    Oct 17 2024
    Tim talks to political comedian, satirist, broadcaster and Spitting Image impressionist, Matt Forde about his journey into politics and comedy, and how he's managed to combine his two passions to become one of the country's best known satirical comedians. Matt tells Tim how a man with eyes tattooed onto his buttocks sparked his own political awakening, and he explains how he could see that a young Jon Richardson was a brilliant comedian, even if his fellow students couldn't. Email fistoffirsts@gmail.com with your answer to our 'listener’s first' question, or just let us know a story of what you've done for the first time this week. Tim will read the best out every episode. Follow him on X, Threads or Instagram - @timreid69 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • S2 EP1: Russell Kane

    S2 EP1: Russell Kane
    Oct 10 2024
    Tim talks to multi-award winning comedian, actor, author and presenter, Russell Kane about his unusual journey into comedy, his voracious appetite for learning and how he challenges himself to create in the moment rather than overthink his constant stream of social media Kaneings. Russell discusses how a chance encounter with a girl "out of his world" at a rave changed his life forever, and how that turning point ultimately led him into the world of comedy. Email fistoffirsts@gmail.com with your answer to our 'listener’s first' question, or just let us know a story of what you've done for the first time this week. Tim will read the best out every episode. Follow him on X, Threads or Instagram - @timreid69' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr
  • Edinburgh Festival Special

    Edinburgh Festival Special
    Aug 23 2024
    Fist of First returns for a pre-Series 2 galavant to the Edinburgh Fringe. It’s Tim’s first time to the Festival and the law dictates that if you work in comedy, you MUST make a pilgrimage to the city. So join Tim as he takes in the festival for the first time and gives you his insights on what makes it so great. And if you’re headed there this weekend, there’s loads of recommendations for the best acts to see, the best venues to visit, and the best way to plan out your days so you can take in as much as possible. Expect comedy, expect bagpipes, and expect the inside scoop from the city’s taxi drivers, who have all the gossip on which comedians make the best and worst passengers. Fist of Firsts will return for Series 2 soon. In the meantime email fistoffirsts@gmail.com with your guest suggestions. Follow Tim on X, Threads or Instagram - @timreid69' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    21 mins