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Inform, Educate, Entertain

Inform, Educate, Entertain

IEE

IEE is the hit comedy panel show podcast from award-losing comedian Sam Wilkinson. Each episode guarantees a wealth of British comedy talent handing out at least one fact, one lesson and mulitple moments of hilarity. It’s ideal for fans, and detractors, of the BBC in general and Radio 4 in particular. Imagine if Radio 4 commissioned any old nonsense and didn’t mind about the swears and you’re on the right track. Or NPR if you're American, I suppose.
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Inform, Educate, Entertain - Coming Soon! Chat Out of Hell

Coming Soon! Chat Out of Hell

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04/18/24 • 1 min

IEE is coming back, I promise.
But first: a new podcast from the Crossland & Wilkinson House of Nonsense. Subscribe now.

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Inform, Educate, Entertain - Episode 2.8 - Christmas Special 2021

Episode 2.8 - Christmas Special 2021

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12/20/21 • 69 min

And so this is Christmas.
Inform Educate Entertain welcomes you to the festive season with the most self-indulgent series finale since that bloke came out of the shower and declared it was all a dream.
Emma Crossland, Becky Heaviside and Helen Swallow pay a special in-person visit to IEE Towers to spread joy and love around the world and compete to plan the company Christmas party. But who has written Sam the cruelest part in their Christmas play? Who has no respect for the institution of Quality Street? And who is going to be in real trouble with their mum after this episode comes out?
Emma. The answer to all of them is Emma.
WARNING: contains The Swears and Adult Themes. Really, I mean it this time. Don't listen with your kids.
HELEN SWALLOW is a primary school teacher who dabbles in the medium of stand up comedy from time to time. She once ran a comedy night in the before times and will destroy everything you thought you knew about nursery rhymes. Her favourite things are hobnobs, box sets and laughing so hard that occasionally a little wee comes out. She doesn't have an internet presence but she is dead funny like.
EMMA CROSSLAND is a stand up comedian and sit down everything else. Enthusiasm enthusiast, arachnophobe and employee of the month June 2019. Find her on Twitter @CaptainTwitchy, probably in other places too.
BECKY HEAVISIDE is an absolute champ and long-term IEE veteran. She's a Leeds-based comedian, promoter and all-around good egg and can be found on Instagram @BeckyHeaviside. She runs comedy nights and such in Leeds, they're pretty good.
INFORM EDUCATE ENTERTAIN is a bloody brilliant podcast. Send praise to [email protected] or go to http://twitter.com/IEEPod or http://facebook.com/informeducateentertain

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Inform, Educate, Entertain - Episode 2.1 - Director

Episode 2.1 - Director

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09/06/21 • 46 min

Inform, Educate, Entertain is back for series two!
The whole place has long been lacking any kind of coherent direction, and that's why this week's episode is all about the search for a new director. But which guest can do the best shouty ACTION voice? How will Emma Crossland top off her hit Shakespeare trilogy? And what is Jack Vincent even learning on his English degree?
WARNING: Contains, as ever, The Swears.
JACK VINCENT has a bio but I can't remember what it is. He runs a great series of comedy clubs though - search Jack O'Clubs Comedy.
EMMA CROSSLAND is a stand up comedian and sit down everything else. Enthusiasm enthusiast, arachnophobe and employee of the month June 2019. Find her on Twitter @captaintwitchy, probably in other places too. She's also one quarter of Promising Middle Aged Women, appearing at the Manchester Women in Comedy festival on October 2nd. https://www.facebook.com/promisingmiddleagedwomen
REBEKKA TURNER is a high energy, eccentric stand-up comedian of 7 years who adds a surreal edge to the topics she explores. Also she includes celebrity impressions in her sets, the top one being Su Pollard from Hi-de-Hi and, more recently, Joe Lycett. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @BexTurnerComedy or https://www.facebook.com/RebekkaTurnerComedy/ where Clogg Comedy, her monthly surrealist comedy night, can be found.
INFORM EDUCATE ENTERTAIN is a bloody brilliant podcast. Send praise to [email protected] or go to http://twitter.com/IEEPod or http://facebook.com/informeducateentertain

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Inform, Educate, Entertain - Episode 1.7 - Natural History Presenter

Episode 1.7 - Natural History Presenter

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04/26/21 • 38 min

A broadcaster's not a broadcaster without a hushed voice going on about apes and stuff, so it's time for IEE to hire a natural history presenter. Who knows the most about the Attenborough family? What are the dangers of playing in abandoned work sites? And what riles Jack Shanik so much he's forced to interrupt to ask "are you ignorant or something?"
Warning: contains, as ever, The Swears.
JACK SHANIK is a comedian and pun machine. On Twitter he's @JackShanik or find his website at https://www.jackshanik.com/
HELEN SWALLOW is a primary school teacher who dabbles in the medium of stand up comedy from time to time. She once ran a comedy night in the before times and will destroy everything you thought you knew about nursery rhymes. Her favourite things are hobnobs, box sets and laughing so hard that occasionally a little wee comes out. She doesn't have an internet presence but if you'll allow me a bit of editorial soapboxing you should keep an eye out for her name on comedy bills near you.
REBEKKA TURNER is a high energy, eccentric stand-up comedian of 7 years who adds a surreal edge to the topics she explores. Also she includes celebrity impressions in her sets, the top one being Su Pollard from Hi-de-Hi and, more recently, Joe Lycett. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @BexTurnerComedy or https://www.facebook.com/RebekkaTurnerComedy/ where Clogg Comedy, her monthly surrealist comedy night, can be found.
I know nobody ever reads down this far, but I'm having a lovely time making this show. If you're having a lovely time listening to it please tell someone, even if it's just me. I love feedback at [email protected], @IEEPod on Twitter or https://www.facebook.com/InformEducateEntertain.

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Inform, Educate, Entertain - Episode 4.2 - Cool Young Pop Music DJ

Episode 4.2 - Cool Young Pop Music DJ

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02/05/24 • 45 min

IEE has always been at the cutting edge of cool music and cool people. That's why this month we've invited the three coolest comedians who were available on a Monday night to come apply for the role of Cool Young Pop Music DJ!
This month's cast are: EMMA CROSSLAND, SAUL HENRY and MAXINE WADE!
Find them all on the socials and that. Or in Maxine's case, on BBC New Comedian of the Year 2023 on BBC iPlayer!
WARNING: Continues to contain The Swears

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Inform, Educate, Entertain - Episode 4.1 - Christmas Special 2023

Episode 4.1 - Christmas Special 2023

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12/22/23 • 55 min

IEE is back for series 4!
We begin with a Christmas special to wrap up a very IEE-light year. Emma Crossland, Helen Swallow and Becky Heaviside compete to give this year's regal speech over dinner and ruin everyone's day.
WARNING: Continues to contain The Swears
HELEN SWALLOW is a primary school teacher who dabbles in the medium of stand up comedy from time to time. She once ran a comedy night in the before times and will destroy everything you thought you knew about nursery rhymes. Her favourite things are hobnobs, box sets and laughing so hard that occasionally a little wee comes out. She doesn't have an internet presence but she is dead funny like.
EMMA CROSSLAND is a stand up comedian and sit down everything else. Enthusiasm enthusiast, arachnophobe and employee of the month June 2019. Find her on Twitter @CaptainTwitchy, probably in other places too.
BECKY HEAVISIDE is an absolute champ and long-term IEE veteran. She's a Leeds-based comedian, promoter and all-around good egg and can be found on Instagram @BeckyHeaviside. She runs comedy nights and such in Leeds, they're pretty good.
INFORM EDUCATE ENTERTAIN is a bloody brilliant podcast. Send praise to [email protected] or go to http://twitter.com/IEEPod or http://facebook.com/informeducateentertain

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Inform, Educate, Entertain - Episode 3.8 - A Man

Episode 3.8 - A Man

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12/14/22 • 56 min

November 19th is International Men's Day!
And if this podcast had come out on time it would have been perfectly timed to mark this occasion with IEE's first and last ever ALL-MALE lineup.
IEE is in need of a man. A manly man! A manly man's man! Sadly, all we could find were Silky, Chris Booker and Saul Henry instead. But who got too giddy and needed editing out? Who adopted the role of a character we were all uncomfortable to share a room with? And who has no respect whatsoever for the idea of editing?
All of them.
SILKY is a comedian, singer, songwriter, spy and a fantastic teacher of comedy and guitar too. Find him at https://silkythecomedian.com/ or @paulsilkywhite on Twitter.
CHRIS BOOKER continues to be the worst. He has a website at https://www.chrisbooker.co.uk/ which you can use to send him irritating contact emails. In fact, if you do and send me a screengrab, I'll set you up with some merch.
SAUL HENRY first rose to prominence as a child, when his entry in a balloon race traversed the North Sea from Sunderland to the Netherlands. For this remarkable achievement he was rewarded with a weekend in Doncaster. Once described as looking like an atomic banana, he is usually seen dressed like an absolute bloody idiot on stage. He has a website at home-taping,com
INFORM EDUCATE ENTERTAIN is a bloody brilliant podcast. Send praise to [email protected] or go to http://twitter.com/IEEPod or http://facebook.com/informeducateentertain

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Inform, Educate, Entertain - Episode 3.7 - Science Correspondent

Episode 3.7 - Science Correspondent

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10/03/22 • 68 min

IEE is completely science-ignorant, and only one of the three finest minds of our generation will be able to fix that. Emma Crossland, Alex Beighton and John Morris between them have more degrees, test tubes and weird powders in jars than you can shake a stick at.
But whose father is heavily involved in the sea? Who manages to swing a very dubious definition of sandwich? And who was accidentally given a really rough deal in their play title, leading to this episode having a gentle, but real, content warning? (Sorry)
EMMA CROSSLAND is a stand up comedian and sit down everything else. Enthusiasm enthusiast, arachnophobe and employee of the month June 2019. Find her on Twitter @CaptainTwitchy, probably in other places too.
ALEX BEIGHTON was birthed out of the Soho Theatre Stand Up Comedy Labs kicking, screaming and covered in amniotic fluid. Published in Coroney Baloney, t'ART Online and a writer on CNT Productions' 'The Sex Scene', Alex is also regularly gay and gross in front of willing audiences across the UK.
JOHN MORRIS
INFORM EDUCATE ENTERTAIN is a bloody brilliant podcast. Send praise to [email protected] or go to http://twitter.com/IEEPod or http://facebook.com/informeducateentertain
IF you've read this far you're probably a proper fan, in which case you should buy a ticket for The Comedy Firm of Crossland and Wilkinson. Go to crosslandandwilkinson.com as soon as I've finished building the website.

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Inform, Educate, Entertain - Episode 3.6 - IT Helpdesk Agent

Episode 3.6 - IT Helpdesk Agent

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09/05/22 • 48 min

Oh no! Jingletron has broken down! Is there a comedian out there who's capable of taking on the toughest job interview on the internet to provide IT helpdesk support? Surely one of Annabelle Devey, Becky Heaviside or Adam Tumber has what it takes!
But whose only reference to their assigned homework is a spoof in the Simpsons? Who does a surprisingly good 1930s gangster reference? And who wrote a lot of questions for round three that just made everyone sad? Sam, it was Sam.
WARNING: Contains The Swears
ANNABELLE DEVEY "is certainly a very promising act, and definitely one to watch in the next few years. She’s at times rude, at times very down to earth, but her set is one that will keep you laughing the whole way through" - Mancunian
BECKY HEAVISIDE is an absolute champ and long-term IEE veteran. She's a Leeds-based comedian, promoter and all-around good egg and can be found on Instagram @BeckyHeaviside. She runs comedy nights and such in Leeds, they're pretty good.
ADAM TUMBER is a comedian, MC, quiz show veteran and the man behind Gabriel Jones, corporate Angel. He's on Twitter @AdamTComedy.
INFORM EDUCATE ENTERTAIN is a bloody brilliant podcast. Send praise to [email protected] or go to http://twitter.com/IEEPod or http://facebook.com/informeducateentertain
IF you've read this far you're probably a proper fan, in which case you should buy a ticket for The Comedy Firm of Crossland and Wilkinson. Go to crosslandandwilkinson.com as soon as I've finished building the website.

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Inform, Educate, Entertain - Episode 4.3 - Christmas Special 2024

Episode 4.3 - Christmas Special 2024

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12/23/24 • 52 min

For one day a year the shining star of IEE still twinkles and that day is two days before Christmas, normally. Depends how faffy the edit is.
This year to mark the occasion we've gathered up our festive favourites and poured them into the IEE studio once more, forcing EMMA CROSSLAND, HELEN SWALLOW and BECKY HEAVISIDE to compete for the role of Panto's most Principal Boy.
What a great bunch.
WARNING: Continues to contain The Swears
INFORM EDUCATE ENTERTAIN is a bloody brilliant podcast. Send praise to [email protected] or go to http://facebook.com/informeducateentertain

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How many episodes does Inform, Educate, Entertain have?

Inform, Educate, Entertain currently has 29 episodes available.

What topics does Inform, Educate, Entertain cover?

The podcast is about Show, Comedy and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Inform, Educate, Entertain?

The episode title 'Episode 4.2 - Cool Young Pop Music DJ' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Inform, Educate, Entertain?

The average episode length on Inform, Educate, Entertain is 51 minutes.

How often are episodes of Inform, Educate, Entertain released?

Episodes of Inform, Educate, Entertain are typically released every 27 days, 23 hours.

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The first episode of Inform, Educate, Entertain was released on Jan 29, 2021.

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