Hellish
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Podcast, from Hell. We ask our guests for the five tracks they will meet in Hell: the songs that will be used to torment them for all eternity. Hosted by @danielwhelan.com and Alex Gale.
Independent Podcast Awards finalist, as seen in the Sunday Times.
Independent Podcast Awards finalist, as seen in the Sunday Times.
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· Sep 11
Woo-hoo! Shortlisted for an Independent Podcast Award. Thanks to the judges, all our guests, and of course, our listeners!
It is time for the last Hellish picture quiz of the year! So how about one last roll in the hay with these pictorial clues to 4 of Laura Checkley’s 5 Hellish tracks. If you need a clue, take a listen to the pod! podfollow.com/hellish
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
It is time for the last Hellish picture quiz of the year! So how about one last roll in the hay with these pictorial clues to 4 of Laura Checkley’s 5 Hellish tracks. If you need a clue, take a listen to the pod! podfollow.com/hellish
It’s a great book! (And Gonzalo was a great guest, in case you haven’t heard our chat with him yet)
The first - splendid! - reviews of Telenovela by Gonzalo C Garcia have started arriving:
Telenovela by Gonzalo C. Garcia
Review by Victoria Best
The telenovela is a uniquely Latin American creation. It began as the radionovela, a drama told in episodes of 15 minutes that was broadcast during the daytime as enter
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November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It’s a great book! (And Gonzalo was a great guest, in case you haven’t heard our chat with him yet)
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All My Precious Madness by Mark Bowles JUST WON best audiobook fiction at The Speakies! This is delightful! So pleased for @markabowles.bsky.social , @spiracleaudiobooks.bsky.social , wonderful reader Paul Hilton. And for us! www.thebookseller.com/british-audi...
Best Audiobook: Fiction Shortlist | The British Audio Awards
The shortlist for the Best Audiobook: Fiction category at The British Audio Awards 2025
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November 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
👇🏻!!
For the last ep of season 3, actor and comedy star Laura Checkley gives us the 5 tracks she’ll meet in Hell!
Laura tells us about her comedy duo Checkley Bush; her move to drama; her interest in class AND Alex and Daniel get very confused about Laura’s worst ever job.
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Laura tells us about her comedy duo Checkley Bush; her move to drama; her interest in class AND Alex and Daniel get very confused about Laura’s worst ever job.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
For the last ep of season 3, actor and comedy star Laura Checkley gives us the 5 tracks she’ll meet in Hell!
Laura tells us about her comedy duo Checkley Bush; her move to drama; her interest in class AND Alex and Daniel get very confused about Laura’s worst ever job.
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Laura tells us about her comedy duo Checkley Bush; her move to drama; her interest in class AND Alex and Daniel get very confused about Laura’s worst ever job.
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Season three ends on Monday (though there is still the advent calendar to come). Here’s a tease…
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Season three ends on Monday (though there is still the advent calendar to come). Here’s a tease…
Is it picture quiz time already? It is! Can you guess 4 of Gonzalo C. Garcia‘s 5 Hellish playlist pics from these (increasingly exciting) images? If you’re having trouble and haven’t yet listened to this week’s pod then what are you waiting for? podfollow.com/hellish
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Is it picture quiz time already? It is! Can you guess 4 of Gonzalo C. Garcia‘s 5 Hellish playlist pics from these (increasingly exciting) images? If you’re having trouble and haven’t yet listened to this week’s pod then what are you waiting for? podfollow.com/hellish
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The perfect item to be enveloped in some Christmas wrapping. It's my book on the history of 1980s music, #IntoTheGroove.
OUT NOW, my month-by-month guide to 1980s pop, from ABC to XTC, and from Madonna to Neneh. #IntoTheGroove, published by @eandtbooks.bsky.social.
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The perfect item to be enveloped in some Christmas wrapping. It's my book on the history of 1980s music, #IntoTheGroove.
Today’s damned soul is author Gonzalo C. Garcia!
As well as the 5 tracks he will meet in Hell, Gonzalo told us about his @galleybeggars.bsky.social book ‘Telenovela’, set in Chile during the last days of dictatorship.
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As well as the 5 tracks he will meet in Hell, Gonzalo told us about his @galleybeggars.bsky.social book ‘Telenovela’, set in Chile during the last days of dictatorship.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Today’s damned soul is author Gonzalo C. Garcia!
As well as the 5 tracks he will meet in Hell, Gonzalo told us about his @galleybeggars.bsky.social book ‘Telenovela’, set in Chile during the last days of dictatorship.
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Pre-order Telenovela tinyurl.com/galleynovela
As well as the 5 tracks he will meet in Hell, Gonzalo told us about his @galleybeggars.bsky.social book ‘Telenovela’, set in Chile during the last days of dictatorship.
Listen podfollow.com/hellish
Pre-order Telenovela tinyurl.com/galleynovela
Here’s the earworm so strong that it kept Anthony Spargo awake as a child! It’s from Moonwalker on the Sea Mega Drive. Since we talked about its iffy nature on the show, here’s a clip.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Here’s the earworm so strong that it kept Anthony Spargo awake as a child! It’s from Moonwalker on the Sea Mega Drive. Since we talked about its iffy nature on the show, here’s a clip.
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I'm on my way to @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social, the most restorative and invigorating comics event there is! I'll be in the 2000ad Hall, at table B-52, so roam (if you want to) over for a chat at any stage!
Allow me to harangue you now with a thread about what I'm bringing along with me...!
Allow me to harangue you now with a thread about what I'm bringing along with me...!
November 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I'm on my way to @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social, the most restorative and invigorating comics event there is! I'll be in the 2000ad Hall, at table B-52, so roam (if you want to) over for a chat at any stage!
Allow me to harangue you now with a thread about what I'm bringing along with me...!
Allow me to harangue you now with a thread about what I'm bringing along with me...!
Hellish Picture Quiz! Name 4 of Anthony Spargo’s 5 Hellish tracks based on these visual clues. Go on! If you need help, all will become clear after you listen to the latest pod, at least twice, or maybe three times. podfollow.com/hellish
November 14, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Hellish Picture Quiz! Name 4 of Anthony Spargo’s 5 Hellish tracks based on these visual clues. Go on! If you need help, all will become clear after you listen to the latest pod, at least twice, or maybe three times. podfollow.com/hellish
Here’s our latest damned soul, Anthony Spargo, on Doctor Who Confidential in 2008, giving a tour of his dalek.
Anthony talks about his time behind the plunger in the latest episode of Hellish - listen podfollow.com/hellish
(You can see this episode of Doctor Who Confidential on iPlayer in the UK)
Anthony talks about his time behind the plunger in the latest episode of Hellish - listen podfollow.com/hellish
(You can see this episode of Doctor Who Confidential on iPlayer in the UK)
November 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Here’s our latest damned soul, Anthony Spargo, on Doctor Who Confidential in 2008, giving a tour of his dalek.
Anthony talks about his time behind the plunger in the latest episode of Hellish - listen podfollow.com/hellish
(You can see this episode of Doctor Who Confidential on iPlayer in the UK)
Anthony talks about his time behind the plunger in the latest episode of Hellish - listen podfollow.com/hellish
(You can see this episode of Doctor Who Confidential on iPlayer in the UK)
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Features glad tidings about this beauty:
Features glad tidings about this beauty:
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Our new newsletter is newsy: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/campaigns/vi...
Features glad tidings about this beauty:
Features glad tidings about this beauty:
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Fine, I will write the next James Bond.
INT: SEX CASINO, NIGHT
BOND: Hello I am Bond James Bond my car goes NYOOM
CUT TO: ten minutes of a chase in a sports car
BOND: Also my watch is a special watch that makes ladies blouses see through
EXPLOSION
BOND: This film is for grown ups
INT: SEX CASINO, NIGHT
BOND: Hello I am Bond James Bond my car goes NYOOM
CUT TO: ten minutes of a chase in a sports car
BOND: Also my watch is a special watch that makes ladies blouses see through
EXPLOSION
BOND: This film is for grown ups
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Fine, I will write the next James Bond.
INT: SEX CASINO, NIGHT
BOND: Hello I am Bond James Bond my car goes NYOOM
CUT TO: ten minutes of a chase in a sports car
BOND: Also my watch is a special watch that makes ladies blouses see through
EXPLOSION
BOND: This film is for grown ups
INT: SEX CASINO, NIGHT
BOND: Hello I am Bond James Bond my car goes NYOOM
CUT TO: ten minutes of a chase in a sports car
BOND: Also my watch is a special watch that makes ladies blouses see through
EXPLOSION
BOND: This film is for grown ups
Anthony Spargo put the 1997 BBC version of ‘Perfect Day’ into Hell this week. Here’s Boyzone in their communal binbag for your pleasure!
Listen to the episode - including the other four tracks Anthony will meet in Hell - via podfollow.com/hellish
Listen to the episode - including the other four tracks Anthony will meet in Hell - via podfollow.com/hellish
November 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Anthony Spargo put the 1997 BBC version of ‘Perfect Day’ into Hell this week. Here’s Boyzone in their communal binbag for your pleasure!
Listen to the episode - including the other four tracks Anthony will meet in Hell - via podfollow.com/hellish
Listen to the episode - including the other four tracks Anthony will meet in Hell - via podfollow.com/hellish
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Catching up on my Hellish backlog, this was a great episode! And a great workaround to playing Michael Jackson's actual music on the show too!
This week’s damned soul is actor, writer, and panto legend Anthony Spargo!
As well as giving us the 5 tracks he’ll meet in Hell, Anthony told us about how he got in to panto and how it works, as well as his time inside a #dalek for @bbcdoctorwhoecho.bsky.social
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As well as giving us the 5 tracks he’ll meet in Hell, Anthony told us about how he got in to panto and how it works, as well as his time inside a #dalek for @bbcdoctorwhoecho.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Catching up on my Hellish backlog, this was a great episode! And a great workaround to playing Michael Jackson's actual music on the show too!
This week’s damned soul is actor, writer, and panto legend Anthony Spargo!
As well as giving us the 5 tracks he’ll meet in Hell, Anthony told us about how he got in to panto and how it works, as well as his time inside a #dalek for @bbcdoctorwhoecho.bsky.social
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As well as giving us the 5 tracks he’ll meet in Hell, Anthony told us about how he got in to panto and how it works, as well as his time inside a #dalek for @bbcdoctorwhoecho.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This week’s damned soul is actor, writer, and panto legend Anthony Spargo!
As well as giving us the 5 tracks he’ll meet in Hell, Anthony told us about how he got in to panto and how it works, as well as his time inside a #dalek for @bbcdoctorwhoecho.bsky.social
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As well as giving us the 5 tracks he’ll meet in Hell, Anthony told us about how he got in to panto and how it works, as well as his time inside a #dalek for @bbcdoctorwhoecho.bsky.social
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Under Milk Wood new print drop!
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Under Milk Wood new print drop:
Hello, my lovely friends! I just wanted to tell you that I've turned some of my Under Milk Wood art into mini prints. Actually it was the ideal of The Golden Sheaf Gallery, Narbeth who are the only s...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Under Milk Wood new print drop!
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Great night at Chester’s Books on the Walls, watching former guest @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk kick off the tour for his book “Mistletoe and Vinyl”, about the Christmas number one.
Catch him on his bookshop tour if you can - it’s a stand up show surrounded by books! What more do you need?
Catch him on his bookshop tour if you can - it’s a stand up show surrounded by books! What more do you need?
November 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Great night at Chester’s Books on the Walls, watching former guest @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk kick off the tour for his book “Mistletoe and Vinyl”, about the Christmas number one.
Catch him on his bookshop tour if you can - it’s a stand up show surrounded by books! What more do you need?
Catch him on his bookshop tour if you can - it’s a stand up show surrounded by books! What more do you need?
Alex has outdone himself with the picture quiz this week. Can you guess 4 of Felix White’s 5 Hellish song pics from these visual teasers? If you can’t, that’s fine, just make sure to listen to the pod and all will be explained. podfollow.com/hellish
(At least two are gettable without hearing it)
(At least two are gettable without hearing it)
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Alex has outdone himself with the picture quiz this week. Can you guess 4 of Felix White’s 5 Hellish song pics from these visual teasers? If you can’t, that’s fine, just make sure to listen to the pod and all will be explained. podfollow.com/hellish
(At least two are gettable without hearing it)
(At least two are gettable without hearing it)
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Exterminate/Regenerate: The Story of Doctor Who is now 99p on Kindle, for a short time only, so fill your boots! www.amazon.co.uk/Exterminate-...
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Exterminate/Regenerate: The Story of Doctor Who is now 99p on Kindle, for a short time only, so fill your boots! www.amazon.co.uk/Exterminate-...
In this week’s episode with Felix White you heard Alex refer to the “he’s 28 until he’s 29” twitter spat. Here’s a few screenshots. You can even watch it rendered in Ace Attorney on YouTube. youtu.be/zbsTt7j40nI?...
He was definitely 28, by the way. Hell has spoken!
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He was definitely 28, by the way. Hell has spoken!
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November 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
In this week’s episode with Felix White you heard Alex refer to the “he’s 28 until he’s 29” twitter spat. Here’s a few screenshots. You can even watch it rendered in Ace Attorney on YouTube. youtu.be/zbsTt7j40nI?...
He was definitely 28, by the way. Hell has spoken!
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He was definitely 28, by the way. Hell has spoken!
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After chatting about @iamklootclub.bsky.social with Felix White on this week’s episode, Daniel went looking in his special Kloot box and found something undiscovered for TWENTY FIVE years!
Listen to us talk about the band - and the five tracks Felix will meet in Hell - at podfollow.com/hellish
Listen to us talk about the band - and the five tracks Felix will meet in Hell - at podfollow.com/hellish
November 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
After chatting about @iamklootclub.bsky.social with Felix White on this week’s episode, Daniel went looking in his special Kloot box and found something undiscovered for TWENTY FIVE years!
Listen to us talk about the band - and the five tracks Felix will meet in Hell - at podfollow.com/hellish
Listen to us talk about the band - and the five tracks Felix will meet in Hell - at podfollow.com/hellish
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Great episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way even if I do say so myself.
Loved talking to Clare about her book and I hope you enjoy listening to it.
Loved talking to Clare about her book and I hope you enjoy listening to it.
happy to be on this excellent podcast talking about Lives of the Female Poets @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social with @gregorykearns.bsky.social
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Episode 32: Clare Pollard - "The poem itself is a haunted house"
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November 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Great episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way even if I do say so myself.
Loved talking to Clare about her book and I hope you enjoy listening to it.
Loved talking to Clare about her book and I hope you enjoy listening to it.
Felix White of the Maccabees and Tailenders chooses the five tracks he will meet in Hell!
Felix told us about ‘Whatever Will Be, Will Be’, his smart, funny and fresh new memoir. And also about getting caught in a tabloid sting.
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#whateverwillbewillbe
Felix told us about ‘Whatever Will Be, Will Be’, his smart, funny and fresh new memoir. And also about getting caught in a tabloid sting.
Listen: podfollow.com/hellish
#whateverwillbewillbe
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Felix White of the Maccabees and Tailenders chooses the five tracks he will meet in Hell!
Felix told us about ‘Whatever Will Be, Will Be’, his smart, funny and fresh new memoir. And also about getting caught in a tabloid sting.
Listen: podfollow.com/hellish
#whateverwillbewillbe
Felix told us about ‘Whatever Will Be, Will Be’, his smart, funny and fresh new memoir. And also about getting caught in a tabloid sting.
Listen: podfollow.com/hellish
#whateverwillbewillbe