Tom Walker aka Jonathan Pie

Full Disclosure with James O'Brien

Global

Society & Culture

4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2022

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Jonathan Pie is a fictional broadcast reporter created and performed by comedian Tom Walker who is this week’s guest. Walker brought Pie to life in the aftermath of Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader and the character went viral, racking up millions of views almost overnight. His critically acclaimed sell out show, Jonathan Pie: FAKE NEWS is now available at jonathanpie.com

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0:00.0	Birmingham.
0:01.0	Being an actor, I find it easy to switch.
0:03.0	One minute, I am an impulsive detective.
0:06.0	Then...
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0:37.3	Hello and welcome to full disclosure, a podcast project, yada, yada, yada.
0:41.2	I've done the same introduction now about a hundred times, so I will spare you the small print,
0:45.7	except to say that this is potentially a unique episode, given that my guest will be
0:50.5	both immediately recognisable and almost entirely unknowable.
0:56.9	I speak of both Tom Walker and, of course, your famous character, Jonathan Pye.
1:02.3	And just by way of how hard my job's going to be for the next hour, I mean, it's normally life and times this, Tom.
1:07.6	Yeah.
1:08.0	But in Tom's case, I'll give you an extent of the success of my research,
1:12.7	is that I've got written down here, either 43 or 44 years old, probably 43.
1:18.1	Probably 43.
1:19.4	Actually, I'm now thinking, I'm at that age where you just don't...
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