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The Guilty Feminist

Ben Elton Explains British Comedy

The Guilty Feminist

The Spontaneity Shop

Comedy

4.912.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Ben Elton Explains British Comedy All British Comedy Explained is the new podcast from the producers of The Guilty Feminist (The Spontaneity Shop) and the producer of The Guilty Feminist (Tom Salinsky). In this special extract from their latest episode, Tom and his co-host Abigoliah Schamaun talk to comedy legend Ben Elton. If you enjoy this and want to hear more, the podcast can be found here: https://podfollow.com/all-british-comedy-explained For more information about The Guilty Feminist * visit https://www.guiltyfeminist.com * tweet us https://www.twitter.com/guiltfempod * like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/guiltyfeminist * check out our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theguiltyfeminist * or join our mailing list http://www.eepurl.com/bRfSPT More Big Speeches workshops now available https://guiltyfeminist.com/big-speeches/ Come to a live show * Russell T Davies at Soho Theatre https://sohotheatre.com/events/the-guilty-feminist-9/ Thank you to our amazing Patreon supporters. To support the podcast yourself, go to https://www.patreon.com/guiltyfeminist You can also get an ad-free version of the podcast via Apple Podcasts. The Guilty Feminist is part of The AudioPlus Network. If you d like to work with us, please get in touch at hello@weareaudioplus.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:21.2

out of it and there was no fee. Brilliant. That's straight on my to-do list. Find out more at

0:26.0

business.gov.com.ukuk. Eligibility criteria apply. I'm going to tell you exactly what you

0:31.7

need to do. Dominate your finances. Sunday morning, listening to questionable financial advice from the Fintock Bros on his social feed.

0:41.0

Drowning in green.

0:42.8

Scale, scale, scale, scale, scale.

0:44.8

This is the moment Isaac chose to search Barclay's life skills, get some better money intel,

0:50.3

and save up for that new skateboard.

0:52.5

We're helping young people become money confident.

0:55.5

Search Parkley's life skills.

0:57.6

Parkleys, make money work for you.

1:00.8

You know, Hello, Guilty Feminist, this is Deborah. I'm slipping an extract from a brand new podcast onto my feed because you will recognize Tom Zelensky from the

1:29.3

credits and also from him chipping in to say we're running over from time to time. He is my husband

1:34.9

and he is also the producer of the guilty feminist. He has a new pod wife, Abagulayas Shimon.

1:41.2

Many of you will know her from the guilty feminist. Look at this face. Look at this

1:44.5

face. Flawless. The podcast is called All British Comedy Explained. And you'll hear Tom Mansplain comedy

1:51.8

to comedian Abigail Shemone because it's British and she's American. This is classic British

1:57.4

comedy. Now, the two of them had an incredible opportunity to talk to Ben Elton,

2:03.3

co-creator of the Young Ones, Black Adar, creator of Upstart Crow. They had a fascinating

2:08.8

conversation about different approaches to stand-up comedy and about the working-class sitcom

2:13.1

writers he most admires. This is just a short extract from a longer conversation. If you enjoy it,

2:18.9

you want to hear the rest and other episodes. Just search for all British comedy explained wherever

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