Will Sharpe

Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster

Plosive

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.8 • 20K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Bafta-award winning actor and writer Will Sharpe – star of ‘The White Lotus’, ‘A Real Pain’ and Lena Dunham’s new show ‘Too Much’ – is our guest diner this week. But Ed’s annoyed Will didn’t give him a warning…

Will Sharpe stars in ‘Too Much’ which is streaming on Netflix now. Watch it here.

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Off Menu is a comedy podcast hosted by Ed Gamble and James Acaster.

Produced, recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.

Video production by Megan McCarthy for Plosive.

Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design).

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Today's episode of Off Menu is brought to you by Audible, James. Oh, that's excited, Ed. There's more to imagine when you listen. That's very true, James. I use Audible. I'm an Audible customer. I love the audiobooks on offer, the podcasts, the originals. There's a lot to enjoy. A lot of comedy-based content on Audible, of course. Yes, Adam Buxton's, I love you. Bye! You know how about that? It's an audiobook. Yes, I cannot wait to listen to that. Mel and Sue should know by now. I mean, we love listening to Mel and Sue, have a chat. Who doesn't? I love Melan Sue. And, speaking of people having a chat, French and Saunders, and their podcast, Titting About, that is funny.
0:38.1	Yeah, they're funny.
0:40.1	I've listened to it, and I've listened to Titting About, and it makes me laugh out loud.
0:43.6	Yeah, look, it takes a lot for James to listen to something.
0:46.1	He won't listen to this podcast.
0:47.6	No way, never.
0:48.8	Of course, there's probably some other comedy content on Audible, James, maybe some comedians, books, etc.
0:53.7	Oh, you and me, maybe? Yes, that's what I'm driving at. You and me. I've got my book up there, Glutton, The Multicourse Life of a Very Greedy Boy is available on audiobook on Audible, and James. Classic scrapes, perfect sound, whatever. And I always get this one wrong. James Akeuss's guide to quitting social media,
1:11.1	being the best you you can be, and saving yourself from loneliness, volume one.
1:14.5	Listen on Audible now, subscription required. See audible.com.uker for terms.
1:18.7	There's more to imagine when you listen. Welcome to the off menu podcast, taking a can of passion fruit and raspberry kaffir water, opening it up and drinking it
1:44.3	and you're James Acaster and that's what he's got a can of
1:46.5	I'm literally sitting here drinking it now
1:48.3	yeah this is the point we've come to that is Ed Gamble
1:50.5	my name is James Acaster together we own a dream master
1:52.5	and every single week we invite in a guest
1:53.9	and ask him in favour ever start our main course dessert side dish
1:56.2	and drink not in that order and this week
1:58.1	our guest is Will Sharp.
2:05.7	Will Sharp, a wonderful actor, writer, director.
2:07.4	He's done so many things.
2:08.2	Amazing, man.
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