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You Bet! Pod

You Bet! Pod

By: Stewart Terry James Billington
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You Bet! Pod is a fortnightly deep dive into one of the most gloriously bonkers game shows of 90s British television: You Bet!

Each episode, we randomly select a show from the You Bet! archives and relive the madness — dissecting the challenges, marvelling at the challengers, and revisiting the celebrity guests brave (or foolish) enough to take part.

Along the way, we celebrate the ever-changing line-up of hosts — from the irrepressible Bruce Forsyth to Darren Day and Matthew Kelly — and explore what made the show such a Saturday-night staple. Packed with 90's nostalgia and plenty of laughs, You Bet! Pod is the ultimate throwback for anyone who grew up in the 1900's.

You Bet! Pod is the perfect podcast for those of you who still have a fondness for the 1990's and a love of Matthew Kelly's incredible hair.

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Episodes
  • Episode 13: Spike Milligan, Cheryl Baker, Kenny Sansom (27 February 1988)
    Mar 15 2026

    Unlucky for some, it's episode 13! We take our You Bet! time machine right back to the beginning almost with episode 2 of series 1! Join the maestro Sir Bruce Forsyth as he navigates us through a wonderful episode of You Bet! with celebrity guests Spike Milligan (how they they pull that off?!), Kenny Sansom (why did they pull that off?!) and Cheryl Baker.

    The challenges are as mad as ever, including two German men who say they can identify five different cars just by listening to the sound of the doors being shut! It's classic You Bet!

    The You Bet Pod Spotify Playlist to listen to the top 10 on this day is here - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4r4Pw24JMeDi1Y2mL8E6uY?si=wnJTuwBjTa-X9iJ7CRFG2Q

    Other highlights include:

    🌪️ Spike Milligan causing chaos

    🎹 The Bruce You Bet! rap being sent to Michael Jackson

    🎤 Should we have included James' joke?

    🤼 How much did they pay for the plastic surgery?

    👻 Stew puts the Three Men and a Baby ghost folklore to bed

    You can contact the show in the normal ways:

    Email: youbetpod@gmail.com

    Instagram: you_bet_pod

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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Episode 12 - Ellis Ward Interview!
    Mar 8 2026

    Welcome to a very special episode of You Bet Pod. This episode features an interview with the one and only, former You Bet! co-host for five season, Ellis Ward! We were honoured to speak to Ellis about her time in You Bet!, and other areas of her career as well. Ellis talks about being a dancer at the Moulin Rouge at 16 years of age, spending six months living in Japan, and much more.

    She then talks about her time on You Bet!, what it was like to work with Sir Bruce Forsyth and Sir Matthew Kelly (it's just a matter of time!), and all the challenges, celebrities and forfeits that were a part of the show.

    Thanks to Ellis for allowing us her time to take a trip down memory lane....

    You can interact with the show in the following ways:

    📷 Instagram: you_bet_pod

    📧 Email: youbetpod@gmail.com

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    51 mins
  • Episode 11: Louise Redknapp, Paul Ross, Lee Hurst (27 July 1996)
    Mar 1 2026

    You Bet Pod is back! Episode 11 is here, and we are deep in the world of Darren Day and Diane Youdale hosting You Bet! We have some crazy challenges (as always) including underwater hockey (it's better than it sounds) and caber tossing! The celebrities are an absolute hoot too - Lee Hurst, Louise Redknapp and Paul Ross.

    Other topics include:

    🎤 Stew does an excellent Darren Day impression

    🏊‍♀️ Diane Youdale is impressing all the boys

    ⚽ Stew has an anecdote about Millwall fans

    😜 James does a joke about Wispa bars

    🎭 We have a HUGE announcement

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    1 hr and 11 mins
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