All British Comedy Explained… to Abigoliah Schamaun, by Tom Salinsky

James Lance Explains Absolutely Fabulous. Released 26 March 2026.

James Lance is one of British television’s most recognisable faces, not least for his scene-stealing appearance as Trent Crimm in the global hit Ted Lasso. But did you also know that 18-year-old James Lance made one of his first television appearances in the first series of Absolutely Fabulous. James tells us how to fall in love with Joanna Lumley, how to learn lines for a Chekhov play, and of course, how to say “Trent Crimm, The Independent” in this fascinating interview.

Next time we’ll experience a rather different version of suburban angst than we saw in The Good Life with The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, series 1 episode 1, and series 2 episode 4.

And if you want to relive the mid-1980s, Tom’s play In the Print opens the same day as this podcast is released. https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/in-the-print-8y4s

Here’s a long list of social media systems where you can find the podcast and us.

The podcast

· JOIN OUR PATREON https://patreon.com/BritishComedyPod

· https://substack.com/@allbritishcomedy

· Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/jnPC56

· allbritishcomedy@gmail.com

· https://allbritishcomedy.com

· https://www.youtube.com/@AllBritishComedyExplained

· https://www.instagram.com/britishcomedypod

· https://www.tiktok.com/@britishcomedypod

· https://bsky.app/profile/allbritishcomedy.bsky.social

· https://www.threads.com/@britishcomedypod

· https://www.facebook.com/groups/allbritishcomedy

Abigoliah Schamaun

· https://abigoliah.com

· https://www.youtube.com/Abigoliah

· https://www.instagram.com/abigoliah

· https://www.tiktok.com/@abigoliah

Tom Salinsky

· https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/in-the-print-8y4s

· https://tomsalinsky.co.uk

· https://www.facebook.com/tomsalinsky

· https://www.instagram.com/tomsalinsky

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· https://bsky.app/profile/tomsalinsky.bsky.social

· https://www.threads.com/@tomsalinsky

All British Comedy Explained is produced by The Spontaneity Shop. If you enjoy this podcast, why not check out The Guilty Feminist with Deborah Frances-White, Tom’s other podcast Best Pick all about movies, or Abigoliah’s other podcast Neurodivergent Moments.

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We’ve just released a Patreon bonus episode on the launch of SNL UK and this is a short extract from the start of that conversation.

In this opening section, we go back to 1975 and the origins of Saturday Night Live, looking at how the show actually evolved (rather than being designed), and why it’s proved so hard to replicate, especially in the UK.

If you want the full episode including our breakdown of the first SNL UK show—you can find it here:

https://www.patreon.com/allbritishcomedyexplained

Thanks for listening and for supporting the show.

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All British Comedy Explained… to Abigoliah Schamaun, by Tom Salinsky

2.3: Absolutely Fabulous. Released 19 March 2026.

Jennifer Saunders’s wild hedonistic comedy series hit television screens like a tidal wave and made instant stars of Jane Horrocks and Julia Sawalha while introducing legends Joanna Lumley and June Whitfield to whole new generations. We watched series 1 episode 4 “Iso Tank”, and series 5 episode 3 “Panickin’”.

Next time we’ll experience a rather different version of suburban angst than Tom and Barbara’s goats and cabbages with The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, series 1 episode 1, and series 2 episode 4.

Here’s a long list of social media systems where you can find the podcast and us.

The podcast

• JOIN OUR PATREON https://patreon.com/BritishComedyPod
• https://substack.com/@allbritishcomedy
• Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/jnPC56
• allbritishcomedy@gmail.com
• https://allbritishcomedy.com
• https://www.youtube.com/@AllBritishComedyExplained
• https://www.instagram.com/britishcomedypod
• https://www.tiktok.com/@britishcomedypod
• https://bsky.app/profile/allbritishcomedy.bsky.social
• https://www.threads.com/@britishcomedypod
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/allbritishcomedy

Abigoliah Schamaun

• https://abigoliah.com
• https://www.youtube.com/Abigoliah
• https://www.instagram.com/abigoliah
• https://www.tiktok.com/@abigoliah

Tom Salinsky

• https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/in-the-print-8y4s
• https://tomsalinsky.co.uk
• https://www.facebook.com/tomsalinsky
• https://www.instagram.com/tomsalinsky
• https://www.tiktok.com/@tomsalinsky1972
• https://bsky.app/profile/tomsalinsky.bsky.social
• https://www.threads.com/@tomsalinsky

All British Comedy Explained is produced by The Spontaneity Shop. If you enjoy this podcast, why not check out The Guilty Feminist with Deborah Frances-White, Tom’s other podcast Best Pick all about movies, or Abigoliah’s other podcast Neurodivergent Moments.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.