Polly Highton - a chat with the Checkout Girl
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A chat with Polly Highton, known to fans of Filthy Rich & Catflap as 'the Checkout Girl' in episode three's amazing supermarket scene. Polly shares her memories of the role, plus her earlier appearance on Happy Families with Ade and Jennifer Saunders. We also chat about her career in the biz, starting from her 1970s uni days to her recent work in The Responder with Martin Freeman. Enjoy!
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The I to Q of Filthy Rich & Catflap
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Part 2 of the 'A to Z of Filthy Rich & Catflap' covers the letters I to Q. Listen in to discover why L is for Lavatory, and P is for Priz! Here's the full list: I is for Ivor Whopper J is for the Judge ... John Wells K is for Ketchup L is for Lavatory M is for Milkmen N is for the Noles! O is for Ooer Sounds a Bit Rude P is for Priz Q is for Queer
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Tim Reading from All Things Rik And Ade
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A chat with the meme-master from , Tim Reading. His posts are a hit with fans of Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson worldwide, but what are Tim's personal favourite moments from his comedy heroes? Jeffers decided to find out, and asked him the hard questions (and don't say oo-er).
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Dinner Party deep-dive
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A deep dive into ep 3 of Filthy Rich & Catflap (aka Dinner Party) with tons of new info! Cut scenes, missing sub-plots, heaps of triv, and answers to long-standing questions, like: How much meat was in Eddie's trousers? Who were those mysterious people in that hole in the wall after the oven exploded? Who threw the cabbage at Richie's head in the peepshow? Take a seat at Richie's table and tuck in, looby!
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Terence Blacker's books with Neil and The Young Ones
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Terence Blacker, the editor of 'Bachelor Boys: The Young Ones Book' and co-author of 'Neil's Book of the Dead' shares the story of how those books were created, plus his own experiences as an author and latterly a singer-songwriter! Here's a link to and a . It's a good old natter about how it was working with Nigel Planer and writing in Neil's voice, plus getting reams of wild stuff from a prolific Ben Elton (and advice on how to handle it from Rik and Lise). Oh, and have a link to !
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Bonus ep - Alexei Sayle Live in Perth 1991
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A bootleg Alexei Sayle gig tape recorded in 1991 at the Regal Theatre, Perth. Recorded by a then-17-year-old Jeffers and now released as a Podcasto Catflappo episode in November 2024. Be warned, it has industrial-strength swearing ;) Enjoy!
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Michael Redfern interview with Mark Searby
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Michael Redfern (1943-2022) worked with our beloved Catflap favourites on many shows including Dangerous Brothers, The Young Ones, Bottom, and 4 of 6 episodes of Filthy Rich & Catflap. In this pod ep, author shares the audio of his chat with Mr Redfern, recorded while researching his book ''. Mark also chats with Jeffers about plenty of Rik stuff, the process of writing the book, and it all becomes suitably Catflappian! Follow Mark on X
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Dona Di Stefano: Catflap's AFM!
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In this ep Dona Di Stefano, the Assistant Floor Manager on Filthy Rich & Catflap, chats with Jeffers about the show to share nifty anecdotes, reveal production processes and patiently respond to his increasingly obscure questions. Dona enjoyed a 48-year career in TV and Theatre, becoming part of the Paul Jackson teams that worked on Happy Families, Catflap and Red Dwarf. In the 1990s she joined the BBC newsroom in Manchester, working for many years on North West Tonight. Tune in to find out which items on the set of Catflap came from Dona's house, what props she kept, and was it...
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Catflap Stunts with Jon Auty
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from chats with Jeffers about Filthy Rich & Catflap's stunt pieces and stunt performers, including Nick Gillard, Denise Ryan, Peter Diamond, Gareth Milne, Paul Heasman and Spencer Collins. Here's Jon's to check out more Behind The Stunts! The cover image of Nigel Planer in rehearsal is thanks to Dona Di Stefano (Assistant Floor Manager for Catflap) who allowed us to use the photo. It's great! Follow Cheers ;)
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Jumbo's 16
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Jeffers chats to 's Tyler Adams about 16 guest stars of Filthy Rich & Catflap, as they re-enact the 'Best Catflap Guest Role' tournament of January 2024. Performers discussed include: Helen Lederer, Chris Barrie, Mel Smith, Lee Cornes, Polly Highton , Hugh Laurie, Cheryl Taylor, Arthur Smith, Stephen Fry, John Bird, Ken Parry, Harry Enfield, Lynda Bellingham, Norman Pace, Gareth Hale, Michael Redfern and Barbara Windsor. Tyler's fabulous Goon Pod can be found and it's a treat for fans of UK comedy, Goon Show aficinados and just about everyone else. Enjoy!
info_outlineNigel Planer narrates Filthy's Night Before Christmas, a tale of merry mischief featuring Ralph Filthy, Richie Rich and Eddie Catflap, with appearances from Huge Simon and Father Christmas.
Presented with great fondness and good cheer to all of Filthy Rich & Catflap's fans, creators, cast and crew.
Massive thanks to:
- Nigel Planer for narrating.
- Glenn Linke for the cover artwork.
- Dave Robinson of the @60MWpodcast for the idea of adapting Twas The Night Before Christmas (nice one Dave) and also for writing additional material.
- Alan Lawson for writing additional material.
- Tina Rogers for reading the credits.
The adaptation was written by Jeffers, with help from his elves Dave and Alan :)
The music is titled Happy Christmas Background Music For Videos, performed by Morning Light Music on YouTube
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