Fin Taylor (Part One)
Walking The Dog with Emily Dean
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4.6 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
This week Emily and Ray head to Beckenham Place Park for a stroll with comedian and writer Fin Taylor, joined by his ridiculously cute Cavapoo, Winnie.
Fin chats to Emily about his journey into comedy, from growing up with teacher parents and attending an all-girls boarding school (with Emma Watson!), to performing his first stand-up gig at just 15. Since then, he’s built a hugely successful career, appearing on shows like Have I Got News For You, 8 Out of 10 Cats and The Last Leg, as well as creating his popular YouTube series Fin vs. The Internet, where he conducts brilliantly awkward interviews with content creators.
They also talk about his podcast Fin vs. History with Horatio Gould, and his upcoming live show The Fin Taylor Pre-emptive Comeback Special, which is touring later this year. Tickets are available now at https://www.livenation.co.uk.
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| 0:00.0 | A whole case of libel just waiting to be discovered behind a paywall. |
| 0:04.0 | Three pounds stopped you from going to the courts, isn't it? |
| 0:09.0 | This week on walking the dog, Ray and I headed over to South East London |
| 0:13.0 | to take a stroll in Beckenham Place Park with comedian Finn Taylor and his ridiculously cute Kabapoo Winnie. So I first met Finn in slightly old circumstances. |
| 0:25.2 | I was at a wedding a few months ago and I suddenly realised a button had fallen off my hideously expensive borrowed dress. |
| 0:33.7 | And everyone's saying, oh no, what a nightmare. Finn, meanwhile, just drops to the floor, |
| 0:39.2 | crawls, commando style under the tables, and then calmly presents it to me before disappearing |
| 0:45.0 | into the night like James Bond. So I thought it was only fair I got to thank my wardrobe hero in |
| 0:51.2 | person. Finn has won huge acclaim for his live comedy, as well as his memorable |
| 0:56.4 | appearances on shows like Have I Got News for You, 8 out of 10 cats and The Last Leg, but he's |
| 1:02.6 | also gone on to build an enormous following online with his incredibly popular YouTube series, Finn |
| 1:08.8 | versus the internet, where he conducts fabulously awkward |
| 1:13.0 | interviews with content creators. He also co-hosts the brilliantly funny podcast, Finn |
| 1:18.4 | versus History with Horatio Gould, which is aimed at people who like history but don't |
| 1:23.5 | care what actually happened. I think I found my demographic. Finns also had a really interesting life and we talked about all of it, from having teacher |
| 1:32.3 | parents to being the only boy in an all-girls boarding school and doing his first stand-up gig at the age of just 15. |
| 1:40.3 | We also chatted about his upcoming tour later this year, the Finn Taylor preemptive comeback special. |
| 1:46.3 | And this man is genuinely well worth seeing live. |
| 1:49.5 | So do book your tickets now via livenation.co.uk. |
| 1:54.1 | Ray and I had the loveliest walk with Finn. |
| 1:56.3 | Not only is he fabulously entertaining company, he's also got the most adorable dog in the world. |
| 2:02.6 | I'm sorry, Ray, pretend you didn't hear that. |
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