The Peacock and Gamble Podcast
| Hosted by | Ray Peacock and Ed Gamble. |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Updates | inactive |
| Original release | 2007 (Ray Peacock Podcast - predecessor) 2009 (actual podcast) – present |
| Website | www.peacockandgamble.com |
The Peacock and Gamble Podcast was a weekly podcast, hosted by British comedians Ray Peacock and Ed Gamble. Hosted on Chortle.co.uk and accessible via iTunes, and RSS the show started in 2009 as a spiritual sequel to the Ray Peacock Podcast. A live show spawned from the podcast, the Peacock and Gamble Emergency Broadcast, which was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe as part of a tour. They also performed a live show in the winter of 2009, which has not been released for download. The podcast is well-acclaimed, having been nominated for numerous Chortle awards.
Ray Peacock (real name Ian Boldsworth) met Ed Gamble at a revue at Durham University. Their first podcast work together was the Ray Peacock Podcast, which was co-hosted with "Little Raji James who used to be in EastEnders but ruined it" - Peacock's actor friend, Raji James. Ed Gamble first joined the cast in episode 4 of the first series, and became a permanent host from series 2 onwards. Raji's role in the show was mainly as the butt of the jokes, with features such as "Raji's Autobiography" and "Letters for Raji" being written by Peacock and Gamble on his behalf, exaggerating traits such as his poor grammar and his floundering career. The Ray Peacock Podcast was successful, spawning live shows (attended by special guests such as Harry Hill and The Office actor Ewen MacIntosh), but ended after four series, as the presenters felt they were spending too much time making fun of Raji.
Only forty-nine episodes of the Ray Peacock Podcast were recorded, in its original run, and only forty-eight of them were released. However, a final fiftieth show was recorded in September 2010, and released in conjunction with the fiftieth episode of Peacock and Gamble.
The first episode of the Peacock and Gamble Podcast was released in the spring of 2009, a brand new show following in the wake of The Ray Peacock Podcast. No longer presented by Raji James, the show is slightly more freeform than the last podcast, with fewer recurring features - the humour being more autobiographical and anecdotal than its predecessor. The podcast is released weekly on Tuesdays, through Chortle.co.uk. The Peacock and Gamble Podcast features more fan interaction than the Ray Peacock Podcast before it, with many features - such as "Fan of the Week" - being based around the show's official Facebook group, or since the website went live the Peacock and Gamble Forum.
The show was devised in part by agent James Taylor, who suggested that Peacock and Gamble should establish an online presence in connection with a television show they are currently writing. The television programme is occasionally mentioned in the show, and it has now progressed to the pilot stage. The pilot is currently being shown to test audiences at the Peacock and Gamble Emergency Broadcast.
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