Episode 5
Springleaf
Mighty Bunny Ltd
4.5 • 703 Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Lawrence and Janet jostle for position in the newly formed SW11 gang, whilst things look increasingly dicey for Clarke after he's outed as an undercover cop. Desperately in search of a rescue plan, Pat is struck by inspiration whilst filming a TV prank show.
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:
Domhnall Gleeson - Lawrence
Evelyn Mok - herself
Freya Parker - Audience member
Kath Hughes - Detective Adams
Kemah Bob - Donna
Natalie Cassidy - Janet
Nathaniel Metcalfe - Huey
Nish Kumar - himself
Pat Cahill - Reg
Patrick Hamer - Pizza Delivery Guy
Phil Dunning - Declan
Phil Wang - Detective Clarke Burbridge
Sharon D Clarke - Police Chief Angela
Sindhu Vee - Sita
with studio guest Lolly Adefope
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 | Hello and welcome to Springleaf, the first of me, the only podcast where an undercover copse with the public, |
| 0:06.5 | the only podcast gang of joint of joint forces with the SW5 shares his wire recordings with the public. |
| 0:21.7 | The SW6 gang have joined forces with the SW5 gang, but my best buddy Clark has been |
| 0:26.7 | rumbled as an undercover cop. |
| 0:29.0 | What is old Springleaf to do? |
| 0:31.1 | He can start by paying his producer for the first four episodes. |
| 0:34.1 | Mortified those payments haven't gone through, Adams. |
| 0:36.2 | Savory excuses. I'm trying to start my own business here. |
| 0:39.1 | I'll gladly erase every while recording we've got and flush your precious podcast down the bog. |
| 0:43.4 | No, fuck's given. Simple as. |
| 0:45.5 | Do you need me to step out for a sec? |
| 0:47.8 | I can come back when you're not talking with ages and threatening each other. |
| 0:51.8 | Aha! The voice of today's guest, Loli Adaphope. |
| 0:55.3 | I'm hoping Lolly can offer her professional opinion on some character work coming up later in the show. |
| 1:01.0 | Aisha Koko. I love a bit of character work. |
| 1:03.5 | And that's on full display in my new TV series, The Chocolatier. |
| 1:08.5 | Ah, nuts. I forgot. You want to do promo, don't you? |
| 1:11.0 | Why else would anyone do this? |
| 1:13.2 | Bit early in the episode to go corporate, Lolly. |
| 1:16.1 | How about we hold off until later? |
| 1:18.1 | Put an awful lot today, aren't we? |
| 1:19.9 | Paying your employees promoting the chocolates. |
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