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It’s the very first episode of The Big Pitch with Jimmy Carr and our first guest is Phil Wang! And Phil’s subgenre is…This Place is Evil. We’re talking psychological torture, we’re talking gory death scenes, we’re talking Lorraine Kelly?! The Big Pitch with Jimmy Carr is a brand new comedy podcast where each week a different celebrity guest pitches an idea for a film based on one of the SUPER niche sub-genres on Netflix. From ‘Steamy Crime Movies from the 1970s’ to ‘Australian Dysfunctional Family Comedies Starring A Strong Female Lead’, our celebrity guests will pitch their wacky plot, their dream cast, the marketing stunts, and everything in between. By the end of every episode, Jimmy Carr, Comedian by night / “Netflix Executive” by day, will decide whether the pitch is greenlit or condemned to development hell! Listen on all podcast platforms and watch on the Netflix Is A Joke YouTube Channel . The Big Pitch is a co-production by Netflix and BBC Studios Audio. Jimmy Carr is an award-winning stand-up comedian and writer, touring his brand-new show JIMMY CARR: LAUGHS FUNNY throughout the USA from May to November this year, as well as across the UK and Europe, before hitting Australia and New Zealand in early 2026. All info and tickets for the tour are available at JIMMYCARR.COM Production Coordinator: Becky Carewe-Jeffries Production Manager: Mabel Finnegan-Wright Editor: Stuart Reid Producer: Pete Strauss Executive Producer: Richard Morris Executive Producers for Netflix: Kathryn Huyghue, Erica Brady, and David Markowitz Set Design: Helen Coyston Studios: Tower Bridge Studios Make Up: Samantha Coughlan Cameras: Daniel Spencer Sound: Charlie Emery Branding: Tim Lane Photography: James Hole…
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Interviews with famous comic book creators about their favourite artists, writers and comics and a behind the scenes look at magazine creation from those in the industry.
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Interviews with famous comic book creators about their favourite artists, writers and comics and a behind the scenes look at magazine creation from those in the industry.
Host Alan Cowsill talks to artist Doug Braithwaite about Doug's amazing career while Doug selects his all time favourite books, comics and artwork – ones so good he would take them into space. Includes Doug talking about his time illustrating Loki, Universe X, the Punisher and working with the legendary Alex Ross.…
CUD's Will Potter selects the comics and artwork he'd take with him into space and chats to host Alan Cowsill about the early days of CUD, what's next for the band and his career as a writer, artist and editor.
Special edition of the Last Geek In Space bringing together some of Marvel UK's greatest artists, writers, editors and designers to share stories of their time working for the company and how they broke into the business. Guests include John Tomlinson, Kev Hopgood, Richard Starkings, Mike Collins, Nick Abadzis, Ciara Mulvany, Maria Keane, Jenny Wackett, Dan Rachel, Sven Wilson and David Leach.…
Richard Starkings talks to host Alan Cowsill about his career – including Richard's time at Marvel UK, becoming a pioneer of comic book lettering, the writer and publisher of Elephant Men, his move to Comixology. He also elects his all time favourite comics, artwork and books.
Alan Cowsill talks to comic creator, podcaster and comic con organizer Shane Chebsey about his career and the comics and books he'd take with him when he's launched into space!
Alan Cowsill talks to the Cartoon Museum's artist-in-residence Mark Stafford and Learning Officer Steve Marchant about the museum, their careers and what artwork and comics they'd take into space with them.
Alan Cowsill talks to artist/writer Lucy Sullivan about her debut graphic novel Barking and chats about her career, inspiration and selects the comics and artwork she'd take into space!
One-time Tharg and comic-book legend Steve MacManus about his time editing 2000AD, Starlord, Judge Dredd with host Alan Cowsill, while also selecting the comics and artwork he'd take with him when blasted off into space.
Writer and artist Monty Nero selects the comics and artwork he'd take into space with him, talks about his career and his latest project, Frenemies: The Lost Planet, now live on Kickstarter. Check it out at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/f02/frenemies-the-lost-planet-progressive-sci-fi-fantasy
Three of the best female creators who worked for Marvel UK and Panini select the comics, magazines and artwork they’d take with them on a trip into space. Before they go they share stories with ex-Marvel UK editor and writer Alan Cowsill about their time working for Marvel and Panini - including the infamous Doctor Who bomb incident, an exceptionally drunken Colombian house boat party and what it's like to be a woman working in the publishing business. Ever wondered what goes on behind the doors of a comic company – here's where you find out!!…
Artist and writer Grant Perkins talks to Alan Cowsill about his Doctor Who and WWE strips, Tooey the hamster and selects the comics and art he'd take with him as he becomes the last geek in space.
Writer Peter Hogan, co-creator of Resident Alien – soon to be a smash TV series starring Firefly's Alan Tudyk – talks to Alan Cowsill about his career and selects the comics and artwork he'd take with him when blasted into space.
John Tomlinson, ex 2000AD editor, ex-Marvel Editor, co-writer of Knights of Pendragon and The Lords of Misrule, talks to Alan Cowsill about his career and selects the comics and artwork he'd take with him when he's blasted into the unknown as the last geek in space.
Ex-Marvel comics and BBC Magazines designer Dan Rachael and Editor/writer Sven Wilson join host Alan Cowsill to talk about their careers and what comics and art they'd take with them when they're blasted off into space.
Mike Collins talks to Alan Cowsill about his career – including his work on Doctor Who, drawing Gambit's first appearance in the X-Men, Babylon 5, Star Trek and more as well as selecting the comics and artwork that's inspired him and those he'd take into space.
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