Pete Firman

Russell Howard’s Five Brilliant Things

Avalon

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.5 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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You know Pete Firman. He’s charming. He’s northern and he pops up on your Instagram or TikTok with fantastic magic tricks, illusions and comedy. Pete is one of Britain’s most accomplished comedy magicians and he’s here with his Five Brilliant Things which take him from Chip Sauces, through Old Theatres and the whole thing wraps up with a love-letter to the very particular British art of CONKERS! Lots of fun and he’s got (as Russell will shortly point out) a lovely voice. Pete Firman is also on tour! His latest tour show is called ‘Tricks and Giggles’ and it’s coming to a beautiful old theatre near you very soon. It’s a brilliant night out full of the best illusions delivered with Pete’s trademark comedy… to book tickets go to https://www.petefirman.co.uk/live/ You can also follow Pete on Instagram or TikTok where he’s @PeteFirman. Let’s not forget Russell! Russell is also touring in 2026 with his brand new show ‘Don’t Tell The Algorithm’. You can book tickets at https://www.russell-howard.co.uk And Pete stayed with us in the studio for a special extra show where he answered your questions about the inner workings of the magic world. It was a fascinating and revealing chat and it’s available as part of our Patreon offering. Honestly if you like the show it’s a super-good deal giving you ad-free shows, early access and a special extra show just for you every week - have a look! patreon.com/RussellHoward Thank you for all your attention, it was more than enough. Hope to see you here deep in the blurbs next week. X Producer: Dan Atkinson Line Producer: Daisy Knight Exec Producer: James Taylor Composer: Fat Lady Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:20.0	. Ends 27th of April app may be required. See macD rules.com.uk.ukukukukukukuk, U.K. Hello, my friends. Welcome to Five Brilliant Things,
0:30.0	where I meet fascinating people to talk about the stuff, people and moments they love.
0:34.7	My guest today is the comedian and magician Pete Furman. And it is a fun one.
0:40.9	We're going to be talking about the best sauce to have on chips, the majesty of a local theatre
0:47.3	with all this dust and heckles. And we will be talking, of course, about magic.
0:57.1	Here is Pete Furman with his five brilliant things.
1:03.4	Hello, Pete Furman. How are you?
1:04.3	I'm good, thanks, man.
1:05.8	You've got a lovely voice.
1:06.6	Really?
1:09.0	Yeah, it's so sing-song and pleasant. It feels like you're... Every time you said the word shallow just before we started. Right. Not of me, but of the glass that you have before you. Glass, yeah, this is... And I just thought, gosh, those words must really enjoy falling out of your mouth. I guess I should, maybe I could... I don't know who makes this particular glass, but I think, you know, if I was to advertise it and comment on its quality, shallow, you know, perhaps I could. Yes, it is, there's, yeah, but you're bringing something so different to the word shallow. Really? Yeah, don't you think, Dan? Yeah, yeah. A mystery. I do do a bit of voice over, not as much as I would like. Do you know you'd be very good as the voice of Alexa?
1:47.7	Right.
2:01.0	Or Siri or something like that. It would be just, it would make the digital realm a lot calmer. What about like a sat nav? Yes. Yeah. Would I trust it? Not necessarily. But would I be, would I enjoy the journey enjoy the journey absolutely brilliant you know it's
2:02.5	yeah it's
2:03.2	you can get weird there was sort of remember when there was a period was you remember the tomtoms when we were like they revolutionised kind of comedy in the sort of like naughtys yeah and then you can get like B.A. Baracus telling you how to get to like one of Jeff Whiting's gig
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