Charlie Higson

Paul Chowdhry Don't Ask Me That!

Paul Chowdhry along with Spotify

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

This episode sees Paul joined by Charlie Higson. He looks back on his iconic work on The Fast Show, shares the story of how he once came out of Stephen Fry’s closet, and reflects on the backlash that he received for turning Bond woke.

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0:00.0	Coming up.
0:02.0	Do you have any tips now for Mountbatten Windsor?
0:06.0	I have been able to make a living doing what I enjoy.
0:10.0	You make pornos?
0:11.0	See, a lot of actors and characters, comedies, they get their inspirational from life itself.
0:17.0	You're a man of great experience with the opposite sex.
0:20.0	Most of the really filthy lines in Switzerland were written by Bob Mortimer.
0:23.7	Dirty bastard.
0:24.8	He is.
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0:45.3	Check out your local pickle aisle for Mrs. Ellswood.
0:48.3	I'm joined today by a man, a myth, a legend.
0:52.3	Some might know him as a former cast salesman
0:55.0	or a closeted landowner.
0:59.0	He's an iconic comedy actor, entrepreneur.
1:04.0	He's known for one of the biggest comedy creations
1:08.0	this country has ever produced, The Fast Show.
1:12.8	He now writes books about a young James Bond, Kings, Queens and Mountbatten's.
1:20.2	The legend himself, very rarely does this young man do interviews, but he's here today, Mr. Charlie Higson himself.
1:32.7	Well, thank you for that marvelous introduction.
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