Phil Ellis

Russell Howard’s Five Brilliant Things

Avalon

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.5 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

He’s in Taskmaster, he’s had his own Radio series and for years he’s been one of the downright funniest stand-ups in Britain. Welcome to the Five Brilliant Things of Phil Ellis! Expect incredible stories about Rik Mayall, an awful kid’s game where you either get mauled by a dog or soaked in your friends urine. Expect the most harrowing ‘bad gig’ story you’ll ever hear in your life. Hedgehog NO! Watch Phil on Taskmaster on Channel 4 right now. Then go to watch him live on tour because he’s so great - he’s out all across 2026 so get your tush over to philelliscomedy.com and book tickets, alright? You’ll thank me. And if you enjoy this podcast, you can get it with the brakes off by joining our Patreon where you get the whole thing without adverts, you get an extra exclusive show every week and you get it all a day before everyone else. We recorded an extra show with Phil and it was dead funny! Click this link to join or just have a sniff around: patreon.com/RussellHoward Alright, so we have successfully navigated the choppy waters of another podcast blurb without hitting an iceb…hand me those binoculars…. Goddammit. TELL THE BAND TO KEEP PLAYING! 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

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Feel that? Yep, it's winter fading away and the warmth of spring making its way back.
0:06.0	Welcome the new season with Etsy and discover loads of fresh finds.
0:10.0	Like, a new pair of light-washed jeans that will become a staple piece,
0:14.0	or a pair of pastel trainers to add a little spring to your step.
0:17.0	From the personalised to the practical, we've got you covered with millions of
0:21.9	active listings to choose from. There's no better time to ring in spring. Shop at Etsy.com
0:26.7	and discover your perfect find today.
0:28.6	Project Hail Mary is an awe-inspiring masterpiece.
0:33.6	I'm not an astronaut. Critics are in in agreement It's utterly spellbinding
0:38.9	So I met an alien
0:41.3	Mesmerizing and profoundly moving
0:43.3	No, I never
0:44.0	Comes up, baby
0:45.8	Project Hail Mary
0:47.1	Amaze, amaze, amaze
0:48.0	In Cinemas Now
0:49.5	In Cinemas Now
0:49.6	In Hello, welcome to the show.
1:00.2	My guest today is a very funny stand-up comedian who is on the current series of Taskmaster.
1:05.3	It's Phil Ellis, and these are his five brilliant things.
1:28.8	Hey, mate, how are you? I'm good, thank you. How are you? Good, very well. Excellent shirt. Thank you, yeah. It's a cross between sort of bowie and darts. Yeah, it is, isn't it? Yeah, I give off a lot of dart energy, I think. Yes. I think often when I walk on stage, people think I'm looking for a board.
1:43.7	But not, do you play darts? No, I always think I'd be great because of my reach. Like, I could literally do that and just pop it in because I've got such long arms. But it feels like you belong to darts of a different era. Yeah, yeah. Do you know what I mean? it kind of like you'd be a real showman.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Avalon, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Avalon and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.