About this podcast
Part nostalgia trip, part confessional, part masterclass in unconventional success—this is no ordinary interview podcast.
In Class Clown, Seann Walsh chats to the boldest rule-breakers in entertainment, uncovering the wild tales of childhood chaos, brushes with disaster, and the personal battles that shaped them. But beneath the mischief lies a powerful thread—how the very traits that caused trouble early on became the unexpected fuel for their biggest achievements.
Expect laugh-out-loud memories, raw moments of vulnerability, and the kind of hard-won wisdom you won't hear anywhere else.
EXEC PRODUCER: Seann Walsh & Adam Horton
PRODUCER/EDITOR: Adam Horton
Episodes
The newest 20 of 81 episodes
- MOST PLAYED: Joanne McNally · 1 h 0 minOver the next few weeks we'll be uploading some of our most played older episodes of Class Clown. This week it is Joanne McNally fresh off her appearance on Traitors! This…
- MOST PLAYED: Romesh Ranganathan · 1 h 12 minOver the next few weeks we'll be uploading some of our most played older episodes of Class Clown and what better place to start than with our very first episode with Romesh…
- ALEXEI SAYLE: Getting Excluded, What Art School Taught Me & The Founding Of Modern Comedy · 53 minAlexei Sayle, talks about getting excluded from school, how his time at art school taught him to be a fully free thinking creative and how all that lead to becoming a figurehead…
- ALEXEI SAYLE: Growing up in Liverpool, Having Communist Parents & Being A Difficult Student · 46 minAlexei Sayle, one of the key figures of the alternative comedy scene and star of The Young ones joins Seann Walsh to talk about life in Liverpool, growing up as a member of the…
- How YouTube Changed Comedy: Breaking Down Max Fosh’s Class Clown Interview · 25 minThis week on Class Clown Seann Walsh looks back over an earlier interview with YouTube creator and comedian Max Fosh, alongside Dr Natalia Cawley. The pair talk about how YouTube…
- JACOB HAWLEY: Why I Started Screen Rot, Playing in a Band in Greece, Studying Drama At Uni · 43 minJacob discusses his two wayward summers front a band in Greece, having his heartbroken by a Slovakian waitress, how his dogged determination landing him a spot on a drama course…
- JACOB HAWLEY: Being Naughty, Class Dynamics & Ricky Gervais Inspiration · 53 minJacob Hawley best known for his hugely popular podcast Screen Rot joins `Seann Walsh to talk about his desire to hang out with the funniest and naughtiest kids at school, the…
- ANDREW MENSAH: From Preaching & Playing Football To Comedy Stardom · 46 minAndrew Mensah returns and this time he's talking about how close he got to being a pro footballer and why being a teenage preacher gave him the skills to write comedy. He also…
- ANDREW MENSAH: I Had 3 options: Be Good At Football, Be Tough Or Be Funny · 51 minAndrew Mensah is one of the UK's fastest rising comedy stars. In this Class clown interview he talks about growing up in London, his ambitions to be a preacher before going into…
- MARK STEEL: From Being Expelled & Working As A Milkman to Comedy Fame · 40 minMark Steel is back for part 2 in which he talks corporal punishment, hating school, being expelled and bring us a couple of very funny stories about how he frequently got in…
- MARK STEEL: Mistrusting Authority, Working Class Activist Roots · 48 minMark Steel has had an incredible career from his beloved radio series to decades of acclaimed tours and numerous books to his name. For Part 1 of his Class Clown interview he…
- MILES JUPP: Comedy Influences, Academic Stress & Finding His Tribe · 28 minMiles Jupp is back and shares with Seann Walsh how he struggled and felt under pressure academically, reveals his biggest comedy inspirations and talks about how finding a tribe…
- MILES JUPP: From Boarding School to Comedy Fame · 55 minThe brilliant Miles Jupp (The Thick Of It, Rev, Balamory) joins Seann to talk what it was like growing up with a Reverend for a father, going to boarding school and he discovered…
- JOSH PUGH: How Playing Sports Helped Me With Comedy & Inspiration for New Sitcom · 54 minJosh Pugh is back and this time the comedian and ex-England partially-sighted football player reveals how his enthusiasm taught him valuable lessons that helped him with his life…
- JOSH PUGH: Mad Benidorm Comedians, Embarrassing Childhood Fantasies, Being Sent to A “Special” School · 50 minThe brilliant Josh Pugh joins Seann walsh for this week's Class Clown where he talks growing up in the Midlands, the hilarious teenage fantasies he had about finding musical…
- PHIL ELLIS: Arrested by Armed Police, Disastrous Red Dwarf Audition, Airbag Factory Beginnings · 48 minPhil Ellis is back and this time he talks his early film making ambitions which leads to a hilarious tale of him being arrested by armed police, he also shares what's the exact…
- PHIL ELLIS: Fighting at School, Rik Mayall and Growing Up in Preston · 49 minTaskmaster contestant and Edinburgh comedy legend Phil Ellis joins Seann Walsh to talk all things boyhood, including the influence of his comedy hero Rik Mayall (and a lovely…
- NATALIE CASSIDY: Comedy Dreams, Rough Tabloid Treatment, Being Desperate To Leave School · 34 minNatalie Cassidy is back! This time talking the what it's like being scrutinised by the tabloid press while going through your teens and young adulthood and the knock on effect…
- NATALIE CASSIDY: Being An Eastenders Icon at 10, Clubbing at 15 and Her Love of Art · 52 minNatalie Cassidy joins Seann Walsh to discuss what it's like coming from a working class background and achieving incredible fame at just 10 years old. We get into what it's like…
- PETER SERAFINOWICZ: Buddhism, Therapy and How I Broke Into Showbiz · 38 minComedian and Genius Impressionist Peter Serafinowicz talks about his relationship with AA, the influence of Philosopher Alan Watts, coming from a working class family that turned…
