Slim's Guide to Life
Comedy of the Week
BBC
3.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
53 year old Slim looks back on his first proper decade of adulthood.
Driving the buses of London in this period leads Slim to reflect on why bus drivers don't get respect. He's also a father of two at this point, and recalls some of his favourite, and least favourite dad duties, and we also hear about his first time in front of an audience.
This is the third episode from the series Slim's Guide to Life. For more episodes, search "Stand-Up Specials" on BBC Sounds.
Written and performed by Slim Script Edited by David Ajao Production Coordinator: Caroline Barlow Executive Producer: Pete Strauss Recorded at Up The Creek comedy club by Chris Maclean. Sound design by Chris Maclean Music by Slim
Slim's Guide to Life is produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies, and is a BBC Studios production for Radio 4.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | An early start here. It's time to kick off. |
| 0:10.0 | Your day. Morning! |
| 0:11.9 | What a line-up. |
| 0:13.3 | Oh, thanks very much. We do get some great guests on the show. |
| 0:16.1 | The crowd is loving this. |
| 0:18.3 | Thanks, guys. Thank you. Too kind. |
| 0:20.2 | From morning chaos to match day commentary. |
| 0:23.6 | And everything in between. |
| 0:25.0 | BBC sounds packed with personality. |
| 0:31.6 | Hi, my name is Slim. |
| 0:42.7 | I'm 53. I'm a stand-up comedian and I've been thinking about my life of recent. My kids have bought me a book, a father's guided journal and memory keepsake book. |
| 0:49.7 | I thought it was something I was supposed to read but it turns out something I'm supposed |
| 0:54.0 | to actually fill out. I haven't got time for that nonsense, so I'll just ask them, what do you need to know about me, son? Well, I'm in my twenties now. I just wanted to know what you was like when you was my age. You can remember that far back? Give me the mic. Yeah, I can remember that far. Let explain when i hit my twenties i was already a father off two |
| 1:15.6 | so i had to get serious man and there was no better job to show that than becoming a bus driver |
| 1:22.0 | everybody knows bus drivers are serious and I drove the buses for 15 years. |
| 1:29.5 | Right, a long time. |
| 1:31.0 | I was actually driving the buses back in 93. |
| 1:35.1 | You remember cash fees? |
| 1:36.7 | Do you remember when you had to pay cash on the bus? |
| 1:39.3 | That's when I started, man. |
| 1:41.6 | And you get some really rude passengers. |
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