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Park Date

Park Date

Christopher Beanland

Park Date is a brand new comedy podcast presented by Christopher Beanland.


Each episode features original comedy plus an interview with a special guest in a city park around the world.


Sometimes serious, mostly silly. Pack a picnic blanket.

Hello you! If you love Park Date why not join us and get even more from the podcast? We will release the family member of yours (or pet) we are currently holding hostage and you also get to experience a range of benefits. But mainly you get to support us and help make Park Date sound even funnier. https://plus.acast.com/s/park-date.



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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Park Date episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Park Date for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Park Date episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Location: Hampstead Heath

Hampstead, London

Guest: Michael Cumming


Michael Cumming talks about minds as bad as a bent hedge and working with Chris Morris, Stewart Lee, and many other comedy *stars*. Michael is a director and you'll find links to his various works below - like Brass Eye, Oxide Ghosts and King Rocker. Come and see me chat to Michael and Stew in Birmingham after the King Rocker screening on Jul 28. I might ask Michael if he'll direct my movie. Maybe.


Austen Tasseltine, Ted Maul and Moss Staples were sadly unavailable to contribute to this episode. Do enjoy with a pint of foaming nut brown ale.


Do review, subscribe and like. Namecheck as many trees as possible in your reviews and make them as surreal as possible because I WILL BE READING THEM OUT. I have a very nice prize to give out to the writer of the funniest review at the end of Season 1.


Please follow us on socials

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Twitter @parkdatepodcast


More about Christopher

Instagram @christopherbeanland

Twitter @chrisbeanland

christopherbeanland.com


Get in touch with ideas, comments, guest proposals if you're a PR, and sponsorship and advertising enquiries.


Please do get in contact

https://christopherbeanland.com/contact-me/


Website

parkdate.co.uk


Links


Oxide Ghosts Trail:

https://youtu.be/srZokccK0uQ


Oxide Ghosts tickets:

http://www.michaelcumming.co.uk/oxide%20ghosts/


King Rocker Trail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEUuvN9S9I4


Michael’s Comedy Reel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrk12BlxxbA&t=687s


Grange Baths Lido

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ63i03v81w&list=PL31651BAC906381EA&index=1


Michael’s short films & video art

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL31651BAC906381EA


Toast of London - Best Bits compilation

https://vimeo.com/263878916


Brass Eye - Best Bits compilation

https://vimeo.com/38423876


Across A Lake, Below The Hill (Film made by Michael about his school in the Windermere, Lake District)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx0qam4eO9s


Mark Thomas Product

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBksQsAZ2hQ&t=3s

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Fragments. Everything is fragmentary, everything is fleeting

The Wall In The Head, 2019, Christopher Beanland


We are the rubbish, outmoded and unrequired.

Hackney, That Rose Red Empire, 2009, Iain Sinclair


Location: Gallions Reach Park and the Thames Path, the Thamesmead fringes, Belmarsh and the Woolwich backstreets

Woolwich

Guest: Iain Sinclair


FRAGMENTS


Here are some fragments from a conversation between Christopher Beanland and Iain Sinclair.


FRAGMENTS


More fragments to follow....


FRAGMENTS


Iain is the writer of so many good books like London Overground and maker of many films like Swandown.


FRAGMENTS


We walked in Woolwich, following our noses and avoiding the breeze and the London City Airport planes, and seeing the new Elizabeth Line


FRAGMENTS


Iain and I will return bearing fruit of some kind, I just know it


FRGMNTS


As always GRAZIE to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen to his brilliant podcast https://southgirlproductionmusic.com/category/podcast-production/), Rosie Wilby (https://www.instagram.com/breakupmonologues/?hl=en) and Mae-Li Evans for encouragement, production support and advice. There would be no podcast without these people. THANKS GUYS.

Park Date is about mixing the silly with the serious so do listen out for the original comedy we're slotting in between and after the interviews (which are hopefully pretty funny themselves).


Do review, subscribe and like. Namecheck as many trees as possible in your reviews and make them as surreal as possible - I have a very nice prize to give out to the writer of the funniest review.


Please follow us on socials

Instagram @parkdatepodcast

Twitter @parkdatepodcast


More about Christopher

Instagram @christopherbeanland

Twitter @chrisbeanland

christopherbeanland.com


Music is by Joel Cummins and Andy Farrag. The track is called Cavemen of The Future.


Get in touch with ideas, comments, guest proposals if you're a PR, and sponsorship and advertising enquiries.


Please do get in contact


Website

parkdate.co.uk

Hello you! If you love Park Date why not join us and get even more from the podcast? We will release the family member of yours (or pet) we are currently holding hostage and you also get to experience a range of benefits. But mainly you get to support us and help make Park Date sound even funnier. https://plus.acast.com/s/park-date.



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Location: Kensington Gardens

Central London

Guest: William Hanson


It's time to speak to William Hanson about being more polite. You'll know him from Help I Sexted My Boss, which he presents with Radio 1's Jordan North. I know him from a wild week in New York a few years ago(!) And if you have the cash you can hire him as your own personal Henry Higgins.


We strolled round Kensington Gardens avoiding the wind (AGAIN) and dead birds being eaten (AGAIN) while we spied a royal helicopter and talked about using Monkeypox as an excuse to get out of a wedding. Hmmmm.


We recorded this episode back in summer before the sad death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.


As always GRAZIE to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen to his brilliant podcast https://southgirlproductionmusic.com/category/podcast-production/), Rosie Wilby (https://www.instagram.com/breakupmonologues/?hl=en) and Mae-Li Evans for encouragement, production support and advice. There would be no podcast without these people. THANKS GUYS.

Park Date is about mixing the silly with the serious so do listen out for the original comedy we're slotting in between and after the interviews (which are hopefully pretty funny themselves).


Do review, subscribe and like. Namecheck as many trees as possible in your reviews and make them as surreal as possible - I have a very nice prize to give out to the writer of the funniest review.


Please follow us on socials

Instagram @parkdatepodcast

Twitter @parkdatepodcast


More about Christopher

Instagram @christopherbeanland

Twitter @chrisbeanland

christopherbeanland.com


Music is by Joel Cummins and Andy Farrag. The track is called Cavemen of The Future.


Additional material by Rebecca Lane


Get in touch with ideas, comments, guest proposals if you're a PR, and sponsorship and advertising enquiries.


Please do get in contact


Website

parkdate.co.uk

Hello you! If you love Park Date why not join us and get even more from the podcast? We will release the family member of yours (or pet) we are currently holding hostage and you also get to experience a range of benefits. But mainly you get to support us and help make Park Date sound even funnier. https://plus.acast.com/s/park-date.



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Location: Hyde Park

London

Guest: Shazia Mirza


It's just me, Shazia Mirza and the bloody wind - as Shazia gets in a time machine to recall her brushes with fame on children's TV and then becoming a teacher and teaching Dizzee Rascal, plus we chat about her opening the Commonwealth Games and meeting The Queen. The Brummie comedian and writer joins me for a lovely Hyde Park stroll.


As always GRAZIE to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen to his brilliant podcast https://southgirlproductionmusic.com/category/podcast-production/), Rosie Wilby (https://www.instagram.com/breakupmonologues/?hl=en) and Mae-Li Evans for encouragement, production support and advice. There would be no podcast without these people. THANKS GUYS.

Park Date is about mixing the silly with the serious so do listen out for the original comedy we're slotting in between and after the interviews (which are hopefully pretty funny themselves).


Do review, subscribe and like. Namecheck as many trees as possible in your reviews and make them as surreal as possible - I have a very nice prize to give out to the writer of the funniest review.


Please follow us on socials

Instagram @parkdatepodcast

Twitter @parkdatepodcast


More about Christopher

Instagram @christopherbeanland

Twitter @chrisbeanland

christopherbeanland.com

Hello you! If you love Park Date why not join us and get even more from the podcast? We will release the family member of yours (or pet) we are currently holding hostage and you also get to experience a range of benefits. But mainly you get to support us and help make Park Date sound even funnier. https://plus.acast.com/s/park-date.



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Location: The Barbican Residents' Gardens and Water Gardens

City of London

Guest: Lucy Bright


Some more blah blah show notes here. Do you read these? Tweet me the word PALINDROME @parkdatepodcast or @chrisbeanland to say a big YES and I'll come round and gift you a punnet of strawberries and a can of squirty cream. Even better, I'll put the squirty cream ON the strawberries, climb a ladder, smash a window and fling the whole soggy lot into your bedroom.


Anyway Lucy Bright is the heroine of this episode. A music industry veteran who now works on films with people like Chris Morris and Shane Meadows, she knows everything about movies and music.


Here us walk on the very spots where HARRY STYLES HARRY STYLES HARRY STYLES FOR SEO PURPOSES LOL walked when he shot a video at the Barbican recently. And hear a cocky squirrel do a runner with our pastries. Furry b*stard.


As always GRAZIE to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen to his brilliant podcast https://southgirlproductionmusic.com/category/podcast-production/), Rosie Wilby (https://www.instagram.com/breakupmonologues/?hl=en) and Mae-Li Evans for encouragement, production support and advice. There would be no podcast without these people. THANKS GUYS.

Park Date is about mixing the silly with the serious so do listen out for the original comedy we're slotting in between and after the interviews (which are hopefully pretty funny themselves).


Do review, subscribe and like. Namecheck as many trees as possible in your reviews and make them as surreal as possible - I have a very nice prize to give out to the writer of the funniest review at the end of Season 1.


Please follow us on socials

Instagram @parkdatepodcast

Twitter @parkdatepodcast


More about Christopher

Instagram @christopherbeanland

Twitter @chrisbeanland

christopherbeanland.com


Music is by Joel Cummins and Andy Farrag. The track is called Cavemen of The Future.


Get in touch with ideas, comments, guest proposals if you're a PR, and sponsorship and advertising enquiries.


Please do get in contact


Website

parkdate.co.uk

Hello you! If you love Park Date why not join us and get even more from the podcast? We will release the family member of yours (or pet) we are currently holding hostage and you also get to experience a range of benefits. But mainly you get to support us and help make Park Date sound even funnier. https://plus.acast.com/s/park-date.



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Park Date - Christmas 2022 Special (Part 1)
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12/25/22 • 33 min

Location: City Centre Gardens

Birmingham

Guest: David Baldwin


MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

Here's Part 1 of our 2022 Christmas Special and yes my nose was blocked when we recorded this.

*PART 2 DROPS TOMORROW*


As always GRAZIE to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen to his brilliant podcast https://southgirlproductionmusic.com/category/podcast-production/), Rosie Wilby (https://www.instagram.com/breakupmonologues/?hl=en) and Mae-Li Evans for encouragement, production support and advice. There would be no podcast without these people. THANKS GUYS.

Park Date is about mixing the silly with the serious so do listen out for the original comedy we're slotting in between and after the interviews (which are hopefully pretty funny themselves).


Do review, subscribe and like. Namecheck as many trees as possible in your reviews and make them as surreal as possible - I have a very nice prize to give out to the writer of the funniest review.


Please follow us on socials

Instagram @parkdatepodcast

Twitter @parkdatepodcast


More about Christopher

Instagram @christopherbeanland

Twitter @chrisbeanland

christopherbeanland.com


Music is by Joel Cummins and Andy Farrag. The track is called Cavemen of The Future.


On this episode...

♫Extra Music By♫

●Ikson – Christmas

●Song – https://youtu.be/MkDUYTjSEVg


Get in touch with ideas, comments, guest proposals if you're a PR, and sponsorship and advertising enquiries.


Please do get in contact


Website

parkdate.co.uk

Hello you! If you love Park Date why not join us and get even more from the podcast? We will release the family member of yours (or pet) we are currently holding hostage and you also get to experience a range of benefits. But mainly you get to support us and help make Park Date sound even funnier. https://plus.acast.com/s/park-date.



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Park Date - Christmas 2023 Special with David Baldwin
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12/25/23 • 42 min

Location: St Mary's Church Yard

Moseley, Birmingham

Guest: David Baldwin


MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY


And Happy holidays wherever you are in the world


David Baldwin and I experienced something of A Christmas Carol car crash moment when we both found ourselves killed in surreal circumstances in the run up to Christmas. TEARS PLEASE. A film projector fell on his head and a bucket of prickly pears fell on mine.


But it's not all bad because we came back from the dead as two grumpy ghosts of Christmas past. We rose from our slumber in St Mary's Churchyard in Moseley on the eve of Christmas and decided to have a little haunted chat about this and that as we strolled betwixt trees and grave stones on a misty and frosty December night.


We reflected on Telly Savalas's incredible true life ghost story Then we went for a curry at Kebabish.


Enjoy the holidays and cuddle your loved ones. Hope you all had a great 2023. Park Date was very touched to be nominated twice for Best Comedy and Best Books podcast in the UK Independent Podcast Awards this year.


We'll be back with more cracking episodes in the New Year. Peace x


As always GRAZIE to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen to his brilliant podcast https://southgirlproductionmusic.com/category/podcast-production/), Rosie Wilby (https://www.instagram.com/breakupmonologues/?hl=en) and Mae-Li Evans for encouragement, production support and advice. There would be no podcast without these people. THANKS GUYS.

Park Date is about mixing the silly with the serious so do listen out for the original comedy we're slotting in between and after the interviews (which are hopefully pretty funny themselves).


Do review, subscribe and like. Namecheck as many trees as possible in your reviews and make them as surreal as possible - I have a very nice prize to give out to the writer of the funniest review.


Please follow us on socials

Instagram @parkdatepodcast

Twitter @parkdatepodcast


More about Christopher

Instagram @christopherbeanland

Twitter @chrisbeanland

christopherbeanland.com

Hello you! If you love Park Date why not join us and get even more from the podcast? We will release the family member of yours (or pet) we are currently holding hostage and you also get to experience a range of benefits. But mainly you get to support us and help make Park Date sound even funnier. https://plus.acast.com/s/park-date.



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Location: Kings Heath Park

Birmingham, UK

Guest: Andy Howlett


It's time for another new episode of Park Date


Please welcome Andy Howlett. Now this is something a little different... we recorded this chat for my When Harry Met Telly podcast series about the infamous film Telly Salavas Looks At Birmingham. We'll still do something with that... but I thought in the meantime you might like to hear the full chat between Me and Andy.


Well we recorded in a park so I think it counts! It was in Kings Heath Park, south Birmingham - famous as the location of the BBC Gardener's World garden and where I used to smoke ciggies with my girlfriend Anna (hi Anna!) a lot of years ago.


Andy tells me about his amazing film Paradise Lost, about the brutalist library in Birmingham and the Paradise Circus complex that obsessed me too and features in my novel The Wall in The Head. We talk about films, the city, skating and public space.


http://andyhowlett.co.uk


As always GRAZIE to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen to his brilliant podcast https://southgirlproductionmusic.com/category/podcast-production/), Rosie Wilby (https://www.instagram.com/breakupmonologues/?hl=en) and Mae-Li Evans for encouragement, production support and advice. There would be no podcast without these people. THANKS GUYS.

Park Date is about mixing the silly with the serious so do listen out for the original comedy we're slotting in between and after the interviews (which are hopefully pretty funny themselves).


Do review, subscribe and like. Namecheck as many trees as possible in your reviews and make them as surreal as possible - I have a very nice prize to give out to the writer of the funniest review.


Please follow us on socials

Instagram @parkdatepodcast

Twitter @parkdatepodcast


More about Christopher

Instagram @christopherbeanland

Twitter @chrisbeanland

Hello you! If you love Park Date why not join us and get even more from the podcast? We will release the family member of yours (or pet) we are currently holding hostage and you also get to experience a range of benefits. But mainly you get to support us and help make Park Date sound even funnier. https://plus.acast.com/s/park-date.



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Location: Hyde Park (aka Woodhouse Moor)

Leeds, UK

Guest: David Ellis


It's time for another new episode of Park Date


Please welcome David Ellis. David and I chatted about what makes a liveable city and how transport clicks together, from biking to trains. We talked before I did a book talk in Leeds, which I always love to do.


And some uni memories came flooding back - I lived here for 3 years while I was studying.


Thanks to David for being a great book talk host. And thanks Jack and the brilliant Hyde Park Book Club where I've done two talks now. I will have another book out next year and will be back at HPBC I'm sure :)


As always GRAZIE to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen to his brilliant podcast https://southgirlproductionmusic.com/category/podcast-production/), Rosie Wilby (https://www.instagram.com/breakupmonologues/?hl=en) and Mae-Li Evans for encouragement, production support and advice. There would be no podcast without these people. THANKS GUYS.

Park Date is about mixing the silly with the serious so do listen out for the original comedy we're slotting in between and after the interviews (which are hopefully pretty funny themselves).


Do review, subscribe and like. Namecheck as many trees as possible in your reviews and make them as surreal as possible - I have a very nice prize to give out to the writer of the funniest review.


Please follow us on socials

Instagram @parkdatepodcast

Twitter @parkdatepodcast


More about Christopher

Instagram @christopherbeanland

Twitter @chrisbeanland

christopherbeanland.com

Hello you! If you love Park Date why not join us and get even more from the podcast? We will release the family member of yours (or pet) we are currently holding hostage and you also get to experience a range of benefits. But mainly you get to support us and help make Park Date sound even funnier. https://plus.acast.com/s/park-date.



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Park Date - S1E3 Is love funny?  With Rosie Wilby
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07/12/22 • 50 min

Location: Norman Park

Bromley

Guest: Rosie Wilby


Welcome to Park Date!


On this episode of Park Date, Rosie Wilby and Rosie's dog Dolly chat with me about break-ups, monogamy, marriage, and model aeroplanes. Plus we spy horses and hear the sound of something like a village fete but which I later realised was actually the noise of the crowd at Bromley FC.


Rosie Wilby is an award-winning comedian, author and podcaster who has appeared many times on BBC Radio 4 programmes including Woman's Hour, Saturday Live and Four Thought. Her first book Is Monogamy Dead? was longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize and followed a trilogy of solo shows investigating the psychology of love and relationships. Her new book The Breakup Monologues is based on her acclaimed podcast of the same name and is published globally by Bloomsbury. She is on Twitter @rosiewilby and Instagram @breakupmonologues

Do listen to Rosie's podcast The Break Up Monologues and buy the book too.


As ever a huge thank you to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen to his brilliant podcast https://southgirlproductionmusic.com/category/podcast-production/), Rosie (https://www.instagram.com/breakupmonologues/?hl=en) and Mae-Li Evans for encouragement, production support and advice. There would be no podcast without these people. THANKS GUYS.


Special thanks to the ever wise and supportive Elena Ourani, who might enjoy this one too. Cheers Elena!


Park Date is about mixing the silly with the serious so do listen out for the original comedy we're slotting in between and after the interviews (which are hopefully pretty funny themselves).


Do review, subscribe and like. What is ur favourite tree? Is it the oak? The larch? The parch? Namecheck as many trees as possible in your reviews and make them as surreal as possible - I have a very nice prize to give out to the writer of the funniest review at the end of Season 1.


Please follow us on socials

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Twitter @parkdatepodcast


More about Christopher

Instagram @christopherbeanland

Twitter @chrisbeanland

christopherbeanland.com


Get in touch with ideas, comments, guest proposals if you're a PR, and sponsorship and advertising enquiries, and tell me your favourite ice cream flavour.


Please do get in contact

[email protected]

https://christopherbeanland.com/contact-me/


Website

parkdate.co.uk


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Hello you! If you love Park Date why not join us and get even more from the podcast? We will release the family member of yours (or pet) we are currently holding hostage and you also get to experience a range of benefits. But mainly you get to support us and help make Park Date sound even funnier. https://plus.acast.com/s/park-date.



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How many episodes does Park Date have?

Park Date currently has 53 episodes available.

What topics does Park Date cover?

The podcast is about Friends, Films, Love, Music, Bbq, Play, Therapy, Comedy, Podcasts, Talk, Arts, Interviews, Jokes and Food.

What is the most popular episode on Park Date?

The episode title 'S1E1 How did female travellers change the world? With Kate Wills' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Park Date?

The average episode length on Park Date is 44 minutes.

How often are episodes of Park Date released?

Episodes of Park Date are typically released every 13 days, 23 hours.

When was the first episode of Park Date?

The first episode of Park Date was released on Jun 28, 2022.

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