Hello, I'm Craig Parkinson, and this is the two-shot podcast of The Catalan. Let's dive in.

How that ever lie here? If my voice is deeper and lower, the normal, it's because let me have a look

by the time I get my phone here. It's exactly 25 past the hour of midnight. I've just got back from work, but it's one of the reasons why, you know, I haven't been able to record regular episodes, but it's gonna get easier.

It's easier to do that in the coming weeks, which is good news, isn't it? It's good news, and the other big good news is we've gotten new episodes this week, and I was able to do two things.

I came back, I'm recording this from, that's my squeaky, you know, squeaky trainers. I'm in Brighton at the moment finishing off the last block of films.

We're gonna be here for another six weeks or so, but I was lucky enough to go and catch the stand up comedian, the brilliant stand up comedian Nick Helm.

On Sunday night, and we're gonna record this prior to me seeing the show, which is called, what have we become? It's on tour right now.

We should definitely go and catch it. It's brilliant. It's a good night out.

And I was coming back from Manchester on a Sunday and gave myself a lot of time. And, you know, there was a rail strike the day before, which I'm totally full, you know, give people what they need.

But it did mess things up the day after, and it basically didn't give myself a nick enough time prior to him.

I jumped it on stage in Brighton, so I said, you know what, let's leave it. And let's try and catch up this week, because I wanted to try and record on the back of me seeing the show as soon as possible,

because he's got a heavy tour in schedule. I'm busy filming, and I need to get back recording podcasts because, you know, I'm much a bully lover. And, yeah, it's, it was one of those. Anyway, we sorted it.

And I spoke to Nick this morning from his hotel room and for me here in Brighton, prior to my seaside walk along the beach.

I was just trying to do every morning. It's incredible. I do love it.

And, yeah, it's, it's a brilliant conversation. I'm so chuffed that he came on. I don't know if you know, if you know Nick, you'll know him.

I just stand up. I first came across Nick on, it wasn't, it wasn't live with the Apollo. It was something else. I don't remember what it was.

But he was on a polygetic when he came out on stage. And it was, I don't want to say it was aggressive, but it was certainly, um,

he wasn't back when you're coming forward. He started off the routine that I saw, which I'm sure you may have seen asking a certain member of the audience if they liked jokes.

And he kept on asking if they liked jokes again, and again, and again, and again, and again.

Um, but the on stage, Nick, come, and what you're about to hear the off stage, Nick, come, you know, they're two very different people.

And he also starred in three series of what I think is, can be, can we begin class it as I think a cult sitcom. Now, it's called Uncle.

It's with Nick, um, the brilliant Daisy Howard. And it's 10 years ago. Now, um,

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