Geoff Norcott's Working Men's Club
Comedy of the Week
BBC
3.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
This week, Geoff looks at the “angry middle-aged white men” that Gary Neville identified as the source of all division within the UK. Is that fair? If so, why are they angry? And could there be both a deeper reason for their anger and also a better outlet for it?
As ever, these serious points are intercut with “manly hypotheticals”, the sort of question men ask each other to avoid talking about stuff that matters, like - if you’re drinking non-alcoholic beer, are you still obliged to buy a round?
This is episode 2 of Series 2 of Geoff Norcott's Working Men's Club. To hear more from this series, search "Stand-Up Specials" on BBC Sounds.
Written and presented by Geoff Norcott
Recorded by Sean Kerwin Production manager: Dawn Williams Executive producer: Caroline Raphael
Producer: Ed Morrish
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4
Transcript
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| 0:29.4 | Race across the world, the detour. |
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| 0:54.2 | Welcome to Jeff Norcott's Working Men's Club. If this is the first time you're listening and you're worried it all sounds a bit mannosphere, don't worry, it won't go all Andrew Tate, but it might go a bit Andrew Flint off. However, for the men in the room who aren't always the easy talking about feelings, if you do need a timeout, there's a listening booth at the back, with the chant from the darts on a constant loop. |
| 1:01.6 | Ten men in the room who knew what I was on about. |
| 1:06.7 | Just a quick reminder, however, that this show is not exclusionary, and I mean the subject |
| 1:10.6 | about absolutely is exclusionary. |
| 1:12.8 | But anybody is welcome to listen. |
| 1:14.8 | There are actual women in the audience tonight. |
| 1:17.2 | Give us a cheer. |
| 1:19.0 | But just like American immigration under Donald Trump, |
| 1:22.1 | we've checked their last five years of social media |
| 1:24.1 | to see if they've ever said anything derogatory |
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