Episode 20: The Perfect Blend: The IVF Special with Peter Mattessi

The Scummy Mummies Podcast

Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn

Kids & Family, Self-improvement, Parenting, Education

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2014

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

On this episode we're joined by Peter Mattessi, scriptwriter for Neighbours and Eastenders. He tells us what goes on behind the scenes, reveals the storyline they won't let him write and explains how soaps have been forced to adapt to viewers' changing attitudes towards bums.

Peter also chats about his 15 month-old son, Artie, and his experiences of going through IVF. There's a lot of talk about cubicles and specialist magazines, basically.

Helen introduces her brand new game - Awight Guvnor, Put Another Shrimp on the Barbie. Yes, it's just another excuse for her to attempt some funny foreign accents. And we finish up with some spectacular Scummy Mummy Confessions.

Thanks for listening! And if you'd like to see the Scummy Mummies live, there are still some tickets left for our Brighton Fringe show. It's at Upstairs at Three and Ten on Sat 10, Sun 11 and Bank Hol Mon 26 May, at 1pm. Tickets are £8.50 / £7 from the Brighton Fringe website.

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0:22.3	Hello there this episode is brought to you by the Pokemon Trading Card game
0:26.1	and their brand new product My First Battle. That's right Helen. I love a bit of
0:30.3	Pokemon and My First Battle is a great way to get your family playing together for the first time.
0:35.0	Oh mate, anything that gets the kids off the screens for a bit, hey?
0:38.0	And it's very reasonably priced.
0:40.0	There are two boxed My First Battle sets and each includes two decks for one-on-one battling.
0:44.8	One deck comes with Bulbersaw and Pikachu and the other one comes with Charmander and Squirtle.
0:49.5	Ooh, I'll take the one with Pikachu, please. What a legend.
0:52.4	Serious voice, product is sold separately. I'll take the one with Pikachu please what a legend serious voice
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0:57.2	at pukamom.com forward slash my first battle
1:00.4	got to catch them all you talking about you talking about Pokemon or men on tender?
1:03.6	Shh!
1:04.6	Hmm.
1:05.6	This is the Scummy Mmy's podcast. It's me Helen Thorne again oh hello
1:24.0	it's I don't that no I like that I'm going oh hello it's me
1:27.8	Ellie Gibson lovely to be here yes and we are joined by a wonderful guest, Pete Matessie.
1:34.0	Okay, so Pete, he's here tonight because you're a dad, you're a soap writer, you write for both
1:39.4	East Enders and neighbors, and you're a tennis fanatic and champion.
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