Episode 4
Springleaf
Mighty Bunny Ltd
4.5 • 703 Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
With SW5 member (and fellow undercover cop) Clarke tied up in the backroom of SW6 HQ, Pat needs to come up with a rescue plan, stat. But when he leaks Clarke's whereabouts to SW5 gang leader Janet (Natalie Cassidy), existing tensions between the two gangs begin to escalate. Meanwhile, on the comedy circuit, there's another terrible crime to deal with - a blatant case of material theft...
A true(ish) crime podcast, which sees undercover cop Pat Springleaf (James Acaster) share police wire recordings from the biggest case of his career: working to infiltrate and bring to justice the notorious SW6 gang.
Back in 2013, ex-conman-turned-undercover-cop Pat was in the middle of a career-defining undercover gig - but problems beset him on all sides: the gang are getting suspicious; his wife wants a divorce; the police are demanding results; and his ex partner in crime is blackmailing him. Not an ideal situation for someone with a burning need to please absolutely everybody. In 2023, meanwhile, Pat and his producer Adams play clips to studio guests as they unpack the criminal hijinks that launched the career of the man now reasonably widely-known as James Acaster.
Featuring:
Chloe Petts - Nance
Domhnall Gleeson - Lawrence
Evelyn Mok - herself
Finn Wolfhard - Serpico
Freya Parker - Audience member
Jack De'ath - Compere
Kath Hughes - Detective Adams
Kemah Bob - Donna
Natalie Cassidy - Janet
Nathaniel Metcalfe - Huey
Nish Kumar - himself
Pat Cahill - Reg
Phil Wang - Detective Clarke Burbridge
Sharon D Clarke - Police Chief Angela
Sindhu Vee - Sita
with studio guest Katherine Ryan
Extra jokes by Alison Spittle, Celya AB, Ken Cheng, Matthew Crosby, Rose Johnson and Toussaint Douglass
Original Music by NNAMDÏ
Sound design by Charlie Brandon King
Assistant Producers - Katie Sayer and Mikaela Carmichael
Produced by Lyndsay Fenner
A Mighty Bunny Production
www.springleafpodcast.com / www.mightybunny.co.uk
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the story of a person that he has to put me a real life where a |
| 0:18.1 | undercover cop shares his wire recordings with the public. |
| 0:22.0 | This episode sees me wrestling with some workplace and friendship issues. |
| 0:25.6 | So I've bought in the agony aunt of the comedy world, Catherine Ryan. |
| 0:29.9 | Thank you, Pat. |
| 0:30.9 | Can't wait to dive into all your juicy dilemmas and judge you for how you handled them. |
| 0:35.4 | Me neither. You're my favourite comedian, Catherine Ryan. |
| 0:38.7 | Oh, who do we have here, listeners? |
| 0:41.6 | That's right, is the voice of my producer, Adams. |
| 0:45.5 | Oh, didn't she quit at the end of the previous episode? |
| 0:49.2 | Oh, yeah, yeah. |
| 0:50.7 | But it turns out, Tom Allen's Tricia has run into some copyright issues, so here I am. |
| 0:55.7 | Want to thank me for taking you back? |
| 0:58.8 | Catherine, you're such an inspiration. You remind me a lot of myself. |
| 1:03.2 | So am I an inspiration or do I remind you of yourself? One can't be both. |
| 1:07.8 | Mm, great question. You're the inspiration to other people that I would be if I were famous. |
| 1:14.0 | No higher compliment. |
| 1:15.4 | Now, at the end of the previous episode, my best friend in all of undercover coppin, Clark, |
| 1:19.8 | had been kidnapped by my very own SW6 gang. |
| 1:23.6 | To make matters worse, the person who kidnapped him was Angela, my very own chief of police. |
| 1:29.5 | Well, sometimes if we truly want to help our friends, we have to make some tough calls and do some things that might appear cruel, like kidnapping. |
| 1:36.8 | I'm glad you agree with what I would have said, Catherine. We're so wise. |
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