Stevie Martin

Russell Howard’s Five Brilliant Things

Avalon

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.5 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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This is a cracking episode with a cracking comedian. The Taskmaster star Stevie Martin speaks with completely unguarded honesty about her favourite things which leads to not one but several introspective spirals! What is it about chonky penne, pyrex jugs and interior design that could lead to a live-on-air existential episode? Get your bobbles in your ears, press play and find out. It’s lots of fun. 🎭 You should go to see Stevie live! Stevie extended has her critically acclaimed and sold-out debut UK tour, Clout, for the second time to 100 dates with more shows added in Autumn 2026. Stevie kicks off her 2026 tour dates with an already sold-out performance at The Glee Birmingham on Tuesday 3rd March, with the tour now running till October. Full dates and tickets: https://steviemartin.com/🎭 🎟️ YOU WANT MORE LIVE COMEDY? Russell’s brand new tour show ‘Don’t Tell The Algorithm’ is well underway with rave reviews: Don’t miss this fantastic show of all brand-new material. Find out more at https://www.russell-howard.co.uk 🎟️ And here ends your weekly recommended dose of blurb reading. I know it feels hard-going but you’ll start to see the benefits someday soon. You’ll have a frontal-lobe that’s so large people will start to avoid you in the street and make babies cry. That’s what you wanted, right? RIGHT? 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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0:00.0	The weight is over. Last One Laughing is back and it's even more brutal than last time. Share your biggest regrets. I don't regret this haircut. What did you ask for? The Shaggy Slim Shady? Joining us this series we have... Romish Wengrenner Nathan, Diane Morgan, David Mitchell, Mel Gedroich, Amy Gledhill, Alan Carr, Bemi Sola, Ike Mello, Sam Campbell, Maisie Adam and Bob Mortimer. Anyone want a song?
0:23.3	No.
0:24.3	Last One Laughing, new series, watch now, only on Prime Video.
0:32.8	Hello, my friends, welcome to Five Brilliant Things, where I sit down with fascinating people to talk about what brings them joy.
0:43.7	My guest today is a fantastic stand-up and podcaster.
0:46.7	You might have seen it on Mitchell and Webb or on Taskmaster.
0:49.8	It's Stevie Martin, and here are a Five Brilliant Things.
1:01.8	Thank you. Stevie Martin, and here are our five brilliant things. Stephen, it's an absolute delight to have you here.
1:06.5	So the last, the first time we met, I've just found out I threw spaghetti in your face.
1:11.0	You did.
1:12.0	And you sort of also gently pushed a meatball into my cheek.
1:17.2	Not a euphemism.
1:18.5	It was your balls.
1:19.7	Yes, yes.
1:21.6	But it was all fine.
1:22.9	I was slightly worried because I think as far as first meetings,
1:29.5	where did we meet before? The comeback,
1:36.3	you threw spaghetti in my face. Really put you on the sort of, yeah, on edge. Was it Inabella Italian? No, exactly. Is it? No, it was it. I think it was Russell Howard's good news. Was that
1:41.7	the name of the show? It was. Yes. You came on. You did a sketch and you took the spaghetti to the face like a champ. Yes. I think my line was this. Really nice to meet you. Oh, is that right? And then you went, and started throwing spaghetti on yourself. And then you said very kind of if I find, is it okay if I, if I put some in your face?
2:01.6	And I was like, yes, that's fine.
2:02.6	And then you stood it in my hair and then you put a meatball in my eye or something. Well, that's nice. But I asked, they were sort of past the consent. Yeah, always. So it's all fine. Always. It's all fine. Fais coming on the show. You're in the middle of a tour.
2:15.4	I am.
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