Watching Neighbours Twice a Day...: How ’90s TV (Almost) Prepared Me For Life

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The two socialise occasionally, getting together for children's parties and barbecues, but always argue about where they live. I’m most proud of what it’s done for the Paralympic movement,” says Hills. “It’s the Games which really change perceptions. This isn’t disability sport to be patronised, it’s elite competition between athletes who’ve spent years busting their arse to get here. The Last Leg is us shining a spotlight on them. They’re the stars here.”

Josh Widdicombe's XFM Show Live!". Edinburgh Festival. n.d. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022 . Retrieved 4 January 2022. Using a different television show of the time as its starting point for each chapter Watching Neighbours Twice a Day... is part-childhood memoir, part-comic history of '90s television and culture. It will discuss everything from the BBC convincing him that Michael Parkinson had been possessed by a ghost, to Josh's belief that Mr Blobby is one of the great comic characters, to what it's like being the only vegetarian child west of Bristol. Obviously Josh couldn't include everything, but one glaring omission for me was the Doctor Who TV movie on '96. Brown, Jeremy (3 October 2016). "Just Joshin' – An Interview with Josh Widdicombe". Expose. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021 . Retrieved 4 January 2022. Acaster, Helm and Widdicombe - Live at the Voodoo Bar". Edingburgh Festival. Archived from the original on 13 August 2009 . Retrieved 8 November 2015.But we are really good friends and we get on and we laugh about it. Basically, no one knows how to parent – we are all just doing our best. It's quite fun that two people who do it so differently get on, and can wind each other up about it." It tells the story of the end of an era, the last time when watching television was a shared experience for the family and the nation, before the internet meant everyone watched different things at different times on different devices, headphones on to make absolutely sure no one else could watch it with them. Yet, he adds: "We don't want any more children at the moment – but if the podcast is running dry we might bang out another couple."

Before becoming a comedian, Widdicombe worked as a sports journalist, writing for The Guardian. [48] [49] He supports Plymouth Argyle. [50] He is a vegetarian. [47] He is married to Rose Hanson, a television producer, with whom he has a daughter, Pearl, born in October 2017, and a son, Cassius, born in May 2021. [46] [17] [51] The couple lived for a considerable amount of time in Shoreditch, East London before moving to a "sleepier" area of East London to raise their children. [52]Series P, Episode 13 - Phenomena". British Comedy Guide. n.d. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022 . Retrieved 4 January 2022.