Simon Brodkin (Part One)

Walking The Dog with Emily Dean

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Comedy, Kids & Family, Pets & Animals, Comedy Interviews, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

This week on Walking The Dog, we’re taking a sunny North London stroll with Simon Brodkin! Simon is a brilliant stand up comedian, well known and loved for creating the characters Lee Nelson and Jason Bent, as well his hugely publicised stunts, which include throwing golf balls at Donald Trump and handing Theresa May a P45. In recent years, Simon has started performing stand up as himself, and he is currently touring his show Screwed Up.

Simon is a cat lover - he has two Lilac Burmese cats at home, but we think he and Ray really hit it off! Simon tells us about his childhood in Hampstead Garden Suburb, as part of a family where he felt like the black sheep - then how he went on to become a doctor and later made the switch to comedy. Simon had a later in life ADHD diagnosis and he explains how the diagnosis has helped illuminate parts of his earlier life.

Simon has added final extra dates to his stand up tour Screwed Up - including two extra shows at London's Hammersmith Apollo. Tickets are selling fast, so head to simonbrodkin.com for dates and more details.

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Walking The Dog is produced by Faye Lawrence

Music: Rich Jarman

Artwork: Alice Ludlam

Photography: Karla Gowlett

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0:00.0	I found it easier to get around the CIA and the FBI and the Secret Service and no problem
0:05.9	but you want me to make dinner for my kids at 630? No, no!
0:09.7	This week on Walking the Dog Raymond and I went for a North London stroll with
0:15.7	comedian Simon Brodkin. Simon was of course the man behind the hugely
0:20.3	popular character Lee Nelson as well as footballer Jason Ben and he's
0:24.7	also pulled off some legendary hoaxes he handed Theresa May her P45 at the Tory
0:29.8	Party conference he showered Donald Trump with golf balls. He's even performed as a foe
0:34.8	competitor on Britain's got talent, but more recently he started performing stand-up
0:40.0	purely as himself to enormous critical acclaim.
0:43.5	Simon is such a funny and fascinating person to go for a walk with.
0:47.4	We chatted about pretty much everything,
0:49.7	from the shift he made from medical school to comedy to his success as a performer and his adult
0:55.3	diagnosis of ADHD which you get the sense has really helped him make sense of a lot of his life
1:00.6	experiences. Ray and I just adored Simon and I really think you will too.
1:06.1	If you want to go see him live, you're in luck because he's now added some extra dates to his
1:10.6	sellout tour screwed up, including two nights at the London
1:14.1	Hammersmith Apollo so do get your tickets before they go at Simon Brodkin
1:18.9	dot com and you can obviously catch up with all his latest goings on via his Instagram and
1:23.8	Tik-Tock at Simon Brodkin. I'll stop talking now and hand over to the
1:28.1	brilliant man himself. Here's Simon and Ray Ray.
1:31.3	Raymond is just looking every inch,
1:35.2	the hamster teeth carried dog.
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