The Russell Brand Show (radio show)
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| Genre | Comedy, Talk |
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| Running time | 180 minutes (BBC Radio 6 Music, XFM) 120 minutes (BBC Radio 2, Radio X) 60 minutes (talkSPORT) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station |
BBC Radio 6 Music (2006) BBC Radio 2 (2006–2008) Talksport (2010) XFM (2013) Radio X (2017–) |
| Syndicates | 2006–2008, 2010, 2013, 2017– |
| Hosted by |
Russell Brand Matt Morgan Trevor Lock (2006–2007) Karl Pilkington (2006) |
| Produced by | Nic Philps Paul Sheehan |
| Air dates | since 9 April 2006 |
| No. of episodes | 126 |
| Audio format | Stereophonic sound |
The Russell Brand Show is a radio show first broadcast in 2006 on BBC Radio 6 Music. The show's host is English comedian Russell Brand, who is usually joined his by co-host and long-term friend, Matt Morgan, as well as the show's poet laureate, Greg "Mr Gee" Sekweyama. The show has also featured regular contributions from English musician Noel Gallagher, who has been described as an unofficial co-host.
The Russell Brand Show was originally broadcast in 2006 to 2007 on BBC Radio 6 Music on Sundays from 10 am til 1 pm. After gaining popularity, the show moved to BBC Radio 2 in 2007, broadcast on Saturdays from 9 pm til 11 pm. In October 2008, Brand resigned from the BBC, effectively sending the show into a hiatus. In October 2010, nearly 2 years since Brand's resignation from the BBC, The Russell Brand Show returned for a few weeks on talkSPORT, featuring Brand, Morgan and Mr. Gee.
In December 2005, Brand filled in for Nemone with co-presenter Karl Pilkington for three one-off radio shows for BBC Radio 6 Music. In April 2006, Brand was given a regular Sunday morning 10 til 1 slot on the station. Pilkington was advertised as being his co-host and appeared with him on the first show, but thereafter Brand's long-term contributor Matt Morgan and comedian Trevor Lock (who left in March 2007 to start his own radio show) filled the role. Brand's 6Music radio show was ranked as high as number 2 in the iTunes most-subscribed podcast chart.
The BBC Radio 6 Music shows would usually take on a different theme each week, for instance one week the theme was "What Have I Done To Deserve This?" Lock would tell stories of being caught accidentally drowning a rodent by a vicar, while on the "Lies" themed show Brand would talk about pouring Jif round his bathroom and telling his mother it had come out when trying to urinate. The trio would regularly tease one another about these absurd and hilarious anecdotes. There would be an almost weekly item where Brand would read out a made-up story from the tabloids about his private life. A constant source of fascination and frustration was "Trevor's Sonic Enigma", which was later renamed "Trevor Done A Noise" by Brand and Morgan. This was meant to be a short clip of sound effects and voices (all done by Lock) meant to suggest the title of a song. These enigmas were notable for being misleading and confusing as well as very long, winners were invited to join the presenters in the studio the next week. The other item was "Challenge Trevor" in which Lock was set a list of undesirable challenges by the listeners. These went from eating lemons to serenading Noel Gallagher with an Oasis song in Lock's Elvis Presley voice.
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