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All British Comedy Explained

Abigoliah Schamaun and Tom Salinsky

Tom Salinsky explains all of British television comedy to Abigoliah Schamaun, one show at a time.

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  • April 9 · 1 hr 4 min

    David Tennant Explains The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

    All British Comedy Explained… to Abigoliah Schamaun, by Tom Salinsky David Tennant Explains The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. Released 9 April 2026. We normally try and sit down for a chat with someone who was involved in the making of the show we're watching, but very nearly everyone who worked on this show is long dead, and so we've made do with popular actor and comedy fan David Tennant. Hope that's okay. Next time we’ll go back to the source with Hancock’s Half Hour. We’ll watch series 5 episode 1, “The Economy Drive” and series 7 episode 5 “The Blood Donor”. Here’s a long list of social media systems where you can find the podcast and us. The podcast JOIN OUR PATREON https://patreon.com/BritishComedyPod https://substack.com/@allbritishcomedy Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/jnPC56 allbritishcomedy@gmail.com https://allbritishcomedy.com https://www.youtube.com/@AllBritishComedyExplained https://www.instagram.com/britishcomedypod https://www.tiktok.com/@britishcomedypod https://bsky.app/profile/allbritishcomedy.bsky.social https://www.threads.com/@britishcomedypod https://www.facebook.com/groups/allbritishcomedy Abigoliah Schamaun https://abigoliah.com https://www.youtube.com/Abigoliah https://www.instagram.com/abigoliah https://www.tiktok.com/@abigoliah Tom Salinsky https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/in-the-print-8y4s https://tomsalinsky.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/tomsalinsky https://www.instagram.com/tomsalinsky https://www.tiktok.com/@tomsalinsky1972 https://bsky.app/profile/tomsalinsky.bsky.social https://www.threads.com/@tomsalinsky All British Comedy Explained is produced by The Spontaneity Shop. If you enjoy this podcast, why not check out The Guilty Feminist with Deborah Frances-White, Tom’s other podcast Best Pick all about movies, or Abigoliah’s other podcast Neurodivergent Moments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • S2 · E4
    April 2 · 57 min

    2.4 The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin Explained

    All British Comedy Explained… to Abigoliah Schamaun, by Tom Salinsky 2.4: The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. Released 2 April 2026. The dark flipside to the sunny optimism of The Good Life, this is definitely one of the weirder offerings to go out on the BBC in the mid-1970s, but the prevalence of easily-remembered catchphrases would have no doubt helped it catch on. Next time we’ll go back to the source with Hancock’s Half Hour. We’ll watch series 5 episode 1, “The Economy Drive” and series 7 episode 5 “The Blood Donor”. Here’s a long list of social media systems where you can find the podcast and us. The podcast JOIN OUR PATREON https://patreon.com/BritishComedyPod https://substack.com/@allbritishcomedy Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/jnPC56 allbritishcomedy@gmail.com https://allbritishcomedy.com https://www.youtube.com/@AllBritishComedyExplained https://www.instagram.com/britishcomedypod https://www.tiktok.com/@britishcomedypod https://bsky.app/profile/allbritishcomedy.bsky.social https://www.threads.com/@britishcomedypod https://www.facebook.com/groups/allbritishcomedy Abigoliah Schamaun https://abigoliah.com https://www.youtube.com/Abigoliah https://www.instagram.com/abigoliah https://www.tiktok.com/@abigoliah Tom Salinsky https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/in-the-print-8y4s https://tomsalinsky.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/tomsalinsky https://www.instagram.com/tomsalinsky https://www.tiktok.com/@tomsalinsky1972 https://bsky.app/profile/tomsalinsky.bsky.social https://www.threads.com/@tomsalinsky All British Comedy Explained is produced by The Spontaneity Shop. If you enjoy this podcast, why not check out The Guilty Feminist with Deborah Frances-White, Tom’s other podcast Best Pick all about movies, or Abigoliah’s other podcast Neurodivergent Moments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • March 26 · 51 min

    James Lance Explains Absolutely Fabulous

    All British Comedy Explained… to Abigoliah Schamaun, by Tom Salinsky James Lance Explains Absolutely Fabulous. Released 26 March 2026. James Lance is one of British television’s most recognisable faces, not least for his scene-stealing appearance as Trent Crimm in the global hit Ted Lasso. But did you also know that 18-year-old James Lance made one of his first television appearances in the first series of Absolutely Fabulous. James tells us how to fall in love with Joanna Lumley, how to learn lines for a Chekhov play, and of course, how to say “Trent Crimm, The Independent” in this fascinating interview. Next time we’ll experience a rather different version of suburban angst than we saw in The Good Life with The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, series 1 episode 1, and series 2 episode 4. And if you want to relive the mid-1980s, Tom’s play In the Print opens the same day as this podcast is released. https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/in-the-print-8y4s Here’s a long list of social media systems where you can find the podcast and us. The podcast · JOIN OUR PATREON https://patreon.com/BritishComedyPod · https://substack.com/@allbritishcomedy · Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/jnPC56 · allbritishcomedy@gmail.com · https://allbritishcomedy.com · https://www.youtube.com/@AllBritishComedyExplained · https://www.instagram.com/britishcomedypod · https://www.tiktok.com/@britishcomedypod · https://bsky.app/profile/allbritishcomedy.bsky.social · https://www.threads.com/@britishcomedypod · https://www.facebook.com/groups/allbritishcomedy Abigoliah Schamaun · https://abigoliah.com · https://www.youtube.com/Abigoliah · https://www.instagram.com/abigoliah · https://www.tiktok.com/@abigoliah Tom Salinsky · https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/in-the-print-8y4s · https://tomsalinsky.co.uk · https://www.facebook.com/tomsalinsky · https://www.instagram.com/tomsalinsky · https://www.tiktok.com/@tomsalinsky1972 · https://bsky.app/profile/tomsalinsky.bsky.social · https://www.threads.com/@tomsalinsky All British Comedy Explained is produced by The Spontaneity Shop. If you enjoy this podcast, why not check out The Guilty Feminist with Deborah Frances-White, Tom’s other podcast Best Pick all about movies, or Abigoliah’s other podcast Neurodivergent Moments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • March 22 · 16 min

    SNL UK Explained (Patreon bonus extract)

    We’ve just released a Patreon bonus episode on the launch of SNL UK and this is a short extract from the start of that conversation. In this opening section, we go back to 1975 and the origins of Saturday Night Live, looking at how the show actually evolved (rather than being designed), and why it’s proved so hard to replicate, especially in the UK. If you want the full episode including our breakdown of the first SNL UK show you can find it here: https://patreon.com/BritishComedyPod Thanks for listening and for supporting the show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • S2 · E3
    March 19 · 51 min

    2.3 Absolutely Fabulous Explained

    All British Comedy Explained… to Abigoliah Schamaun, by Tom Salinsky 2.3: Absolutely Fabulous. Released 19 March 2026. Jennifer Saunders’s wild hedonistic comedy series hit television screens like a tidal wave and made instant stars of Jane Horrocks and Julia Sawalha while introducing legends Joanna Lumley and June Whitfield to whole new generations. We watched series 1 episode 4 “Iso Tank”, and series 5 episode 3 “Panickin’”. Next time we’ll experience a rather different version of suburban angst than Tom and Barbara’s goats and cabbages with The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, series 1 episode 1, and series 2 episode 4. Here’s a long list of social media systems where you can find the podcast and us. The podcast JOIN OUR PATREON https://patreon.com/BritishComedyPod https://substack.com/@allbritishcomedy Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/jnPC56 allbritishcomedy@gmail.com https://allbritishcomedy.com https://www.youtube.com/@AllBritishComedyExplained https://www.instagram.com/britishcomedypod https://www.tiktok.com/@britishcomedypod https://bsky.app/profile/allbritishcomedy.bsky.social https://www.threads.com/@britishcomedypod https://www.facebook.com/groups/allbritishcomedy Abigoliah Schamaun https://abigoliah.com https://www.youtube.com/Abigoliah https://www.instagram.com/abigoliah https://www.tiktok.com/@abigoliah Tom Salinsky https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/in-the-print-8y4s https://tomsalinsky.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/tomsalinsky https://www.instagram.com/tomsalinsky https://www.tiktok.com/@tomsalinsky1972 https://bsky.app/profile/tomsalinsky.bsky.social https://www.threads.com/@tomsalinsky All British Comedy Explained is produced by The Spontaneity Shop. If you enjoy this podcast, why not check out The Guilty Feminist with Deborah Frances-White, Tom’s other podcast Best Pick all about movies, or Abigoliah’s other podcast Neurodivergent Moments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • S2 · E2
    March 5 · 54 min

    2.2 The Good Life Explained

    All British Comedy Explained… to Abigoliah Schamaun, by Tom Salinsky 2.2: The Good Life. Released 5 March 2026. In many ways the quintessential domestic BBC sitcom from the 1970s, but there’s a richness to the characters and a snap to the performances which elevates this one. There’s a reason it keeps being repeated. We watched “Say Little Hen” from the first series and the classic “The Wind-Break War” from the third series. Next time we will be watching Jennifer Saunders’s extraordinary Absolutely Fabulous, series 1 episode 4 “Iso Tank”, and series 5 episode 3 “Panickin’”. Here’s a long list of social media systems where you can find the podcast and us. The podcast JOIN OUR PATREON https://patreon.com/BritishComedyPod https://substack.com/@allbritishcomedy Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/jnPC56 allbritishcomedy@gmail.com https://allbritishcomedy.com https://www.youtube.com/@AllBritishComedyExplained https://www.instagram.com/britishcomedypod https://www.tiktok.com/@britishcomedypod https://bsky.app/profile/allbritishcomedy.bsky.social https://www.threads.com/@britishcomedypod https://www.facebook.com/groups/allbritishcomedy Abigoliah Schamaun https://abigoliah.com https://www.youtube.com/Abigoliah https://www.instagram.com/abigoliah https://www.tiktok.com/@abigoliah Tom Salinsky https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/in-the-print-8y4s https://tomsalinsky.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/tomsalinsky https://www.instagram.com/tomsalinsky https://www.tiktok.com/@tomsalinsky1972 https://bsky.app/profile/tomsalinsky.bsky.social https://www.threads.com/@tomsalinsky All British Comedy Explained is produced by The Spontaneity Shop. If you enjoy this podcast, why not check out The Guilty Feminist with Deborah Frances-White, Tom’s other podcast Best Pick all about movies, or Abigoliah’s other podcast Neurodivergent Moments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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