Danny Wallace's Important Broadcast

In any given module, you're always going to find a fair helping of the paranormal, but this week supercharges that offering. Get ready to meet Uncle JoJo! There's plenty else mind you; The Great Leader has a moment of forgetfulness that's in no way his own fault, a winner is FINALLY crowned in Dinner Winner and there are too many vending machines... FAR TOO MANY. Please send your listener comments to [email protected]

It's soundbites like that, which by now, you'll realise you only hear on The Important Broadcast: "Pop a sausage on a fish." But who says it? How does it come up and why?? There's only one way to find out. Immerse yourself for an hour or so in Module 157. How on Earth did we get here? Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

It's 2021 and The I.B.S are back to attack it with zeal. There's talk of rescue bikes, tandems bikes, power-bellies and RC planes. Did Steve have a hangover on New Years Day? YES. Welcome back everyone! Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

You might be a bit tired of people saying "blimey what a year" and "I won't be sorry to see the back of it" but here's a whole podcast with that sentiment. Keen to bid farewell to 2020, The I.B.S took a look back on the highlights of the year you may have missed, what with everything else going on. As the title suggests, dinosaurs are back, but there's also a new Adolf Hitler and even a couple of new world records. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

Whatever happens, The Important Broadcast is with you and will continue to be! In the light of the tough Christmas news, The Great Leader made merry with Steve and Producer Vin so that you might feel a bit better about everything. Hear the tale of the horrible spider Christmas tree, the brand new smell that Steve has made and have a guess at who might be the focus of this weeks Know-Biz! Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

You know the man on the Pringles tins, right??? Get ready to have that mystery solved by Steve. There's the annual "ready for Christmas?" small talk (slowly becoming a December tradition) and the Champion of Champions show down in Dinner Winner too. Plus, some strange goings on in Explain That and PRESENTS for everyone, but not FROM everyone. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

With the season of yule upon us all, the Important Broadcast Squad rocked up for the weekly knock about. Find out about The Great Leader's new job, Steve's unusual dietary habits and a Crime & Punishment submission that'll knock your Christmas socks off! Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

It's important that you're prepared before pressing play today, because there's an awful lot to take in. Are you ready? Good. This week, most of the IBS have been sent gifts, but not everyone is happy. There's also a fair bit of supernatural stuff to get your teeth into and an unashamedly Churchillian moment from the bloke at No. 10. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

Hi Important Broadcast listener! Radio X are releasing Season 2 of a podcast we think you’ll enjoy. That’s A First! is hosted by comedians Maisie Adam and Tom Lucy and in each episode they’re joined by a guest who reveals some interesting firsts from their life… and then gets ripped to shreds. In series 1 we heard about the first time Romesh Ranganathan soiled himself just before he was due to go in stage and series 2 promises to be just as revealing with guests such as Joel Dommett, Kiri Pritchard McLean and Chris Kamara! This is a quick taster from Maisie & Tom. If you like it, search ‘That’s a First!’ and subscribe on Global Player or wherever you get your podcasts.

150! That's got to be a milestone RIGHT?! Well... Not especially, no, because when you consider additional episodes i.e. Compulsory Podcasts, Bonus Modules etc. the team exceeded 150 a while ago, but STILL! Here's Module 150: A Module that will teach you how many bones a snake has (it's not one) and what "turncoat" means. There's a very one-sided Dinner Winner, some vintage Know-Biz and some vaccine news too. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

Everyone remembered everything for this week? Sure? You've definitely remembered all the things you needed to remember about this particular week? Cool. This time the squad talk about a big bird voting scandal, Steve's Dad shouts at fireworks and there's a mystery on a UFO and Robbie Williams is there. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

For all the time we've all spent wondering why pizza boxes are the shape that they are, you'd have thought someone would have explained it by now, wouldn't you? Luckily, Steve Ferdinando is on hand to make it all clear for us. That's not all though! Find out who's in The Great Leader's ever-expanding "crew" and enjoy a bit of poetry too. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

No matter what goes on elsewhere, The IBS will deliver. This week, a man taking pictures of paving slabs causes confusion, Steve gives you a run down of what's what when it comes to relations and there's an awful lot of explaining to do on the paranormal side of things. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

Another week to have a friend (digitally) round this week! Author of the fantastic "This Is Going To Hurt", Adam Kay joined the IBS to talk about his new book for kids. You can also expect a vintage Dinner Winner, tons of "Explain That" and a bit more sharp justice in "Crime & Punishment". Plus, is Steve's name even real? Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

It's a zinger this week. The IBS welcome the excellent Susie Dent, there's a glittering Dinner Winner, two blokes in Italy have Scouse accents and there's an interesting think piece entitled "What's Books???" There you go then; that should be everything you need, but do remember that there's an element of the work that is considered your responsibility. We're not messing about here. Get on with it. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

In Steve's absence this week, a special judge was required for Dinner Winner, but who could it be....? There's also a pair of geese in nappies, your crimes, the Leader's punishments and even some "football gossip". Is there anything the Important Broadcast can't do!? Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

The traditional Sunday programme brought a whole week of intense broadcasting to a close. Did the IBS show any signs of fatigue though? NOT A BIT OF IT. Find out about a part of Steve's life that NO ONE knew about, brace for the return of Dinner Winner and get the latest of The Great Leaders conspiracy stories. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

In this special, feature length episode, the team look back upon a week in the driving seat. The ups and downs, the falling out and the making up as well. Get ready for a no holds barred retrospective on what was undoubtedly a week on British radio. There's "Good News", "Mouthy Madeley", "£5 Flat Fee Fines" and so much more besides. Strap in and enjoy. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

Someone's got to say it haven't they? Luckily The Important Broadcast isn't scared to just SAY IT. This week, Steve has a go at some stand up he wrote a long time ago, The Great Leader asks you to "Explain That" in a new feature and the team discuss yogurts. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

There's an awful lot going on this week. The chance for deadlock to finally be broken in Dinner Winner, some hastily put together facts, a big old topic for a small-talk texter, a complete deconstruction of Rise of the Planet of The Apes and the small matter of Danny's work towards a vaccine. Settle in and enjoy. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

You can always rely on Steve Ferdinando to make you think. This week, it's no different, because just wait until you hear what he has to say about the SUN! Aside from this, The Great Leader was in excellent voice, finally retaking his place back in the studio after many months of basement-broadcasting from home. Expect another tight Dinner Winner and a few mind-boggling facts in Tell Me Something I Don't Know as well! Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

What on earth is a Dingwallace? You'll no doubt learn this and more in the latest Important Broadcast Podcast. Steve returned from his wet and windy camping trip this weekend, we hear some more of your crimes and The Leader's punishments, there's a classic Dinner Winner and an old friend from the past resurfaces. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

What a strange time eh? An odd gathering in Trafalgar Square, the absence of Steve and a radio programme that goes into detail about the host's dinners over the course of the week. You wouldn't have it any other way though, would you? Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

Who's excited about the return of The Know-Biz? It's back guys, and you'll NEVER guess who's featured!? Also, find out about the fact that Steve was council-issued and get ready for some more of your crimes, and The Great Leader's punishments. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

Did you come here for some light-hearted comedy relief? Well, be prepared for something a bit heavier. The Great Leader even began the broadcast with a disclaimer that it was "not going to be an easy listen this week". Luckily, the show turned out exactly as he'd predicted. There are a couple of chuckles, sure; but there are some truly harrowing moments too. Strap in for a few facts, a whole lot of dinners, a bit of Crime & Punishment and a man who began his conversation with a warning about how much he was planning on swearing. Here we go then..... Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

The team work an absolute scorcher this week, and the podcast isn't bad either.........! On this weeks Broadcast of immeasurable Importance, The Great Leader urges those against masks to do as the title of this episode suggests. Elsewhere, Steve is on the make with another project and everybody learns a little something when it comes to sticky tape and chickens. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

It's one heck of an episode this week. You've signed up for a very controlled Dinner Winner, the usual amount of research that Steve does for Tell Me Something I Don't Know, some more of your crimes and The Great Leader's punishments and a squirrel in a box, obviously. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

This week on The Important Broadcast, The Great Leader is reunited with his precious Steve but the "manager of expectations" is absent. Get ready for some more Crime & Punishment (it's death isn't it?) and a thoroughly engaging "Tell Me Something I Don't Know". Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

The Great Leader was proud to restore normal service this week, after last week's show was unexpectedly derailed. What wasn't normal however was the absence of Steve Ferdinando, who saw fit to stay at home because it was his birthday. What's he like eh? Jimmy from Jimmy's farm turned up though and presided over one of TWO helpings of Dinner Winner! Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

The Important Broadcast was cut a little short this week, as The Great Leader attended to a small emergency - but worry not, for all is well! Bask instead in this short but oh, so sweet podcast. Find out whether Steve has been to the pub (place your bets ) and why there is tension in the Leicester Square studio. Plus, it's the first ever edition of Steve's "Page Turners". Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

The IBS were pleased to welcome a trio of guests this week, as The Great Leader's dear friend Rhys Thomas popped up with Spandau Ballet chaps Martin & Gary Kemp to talk about their new TV show! There was also a classic clash in Dinner Winner, some technical gremlins and an abandonment by Mr Wallace. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

Have you ever heard such a thing? The PM says the Nation needs to go on a diet? It sounds like the kind of thing the TRUE Great Leader might say..... This week, we hear once again from dear friend to the show, Captain Beany; curator of The Baked Bean Museum of Excellence. Plus, get the latest Know-Biz and find out: Has Steve got his new bike yet? Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

The Important Broadcast marks another Fathers Day with a silly little game and this year, it's "My Dad's Bigger Than Your Dad". There's also ANOTHER coincidence in Tell Me Something I Don't Know and a very one-sided Dinner Winner. All that, plus Ant Middleton news and a complimentary bunch of flowers. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

The Important Broadcast strives every week, to answer questions. Maybe they're not always important questions, but the answers are often provided anyway. This week; "Why's Paul Hollywood back in the news?" "Why are old mattresses heavier?" "Would you like a new apron" and of course "What did Danny Wallace have for dinner on each night of the past week?" Please send your listener questions to [email protected] Thank you.

Who remembers back to Module 1 of The Important Broadcast in January 2018? Guest number 1, Ross Noble returns this week from his bunker in Australia! The Great Leader also has a surprise in store for Steve this week, to answer the question: Does he EVER listen? All that plus some facts about the moon and a dodgy bike purchase. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

The Great Leader was buoyed by the return of poorly Steve this week. Get ready for outrageous claims about what they call crumpets in Billericay, amazing facts about butterflies and a fantastic email about Paul Hollywood (54). Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

This week The IBS (minus poorly Steve) had the pleasure of chatting to Senior Listener, Jurgen - The Blind Foodie! In Steve's absence, Jurgen was also kind enough to judge this week's Dinner Winner. There was plenty of Showbiz news, obviously and The Great Leader has some hose pipe issues. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

Welcome to Module (it's as easy as) 1-2-3. This week, The Great Leader extended a greeting to the only-children of the nation and of course, it was once again time for the re-telling of THAT Eurovision story. Steve picked a beef with a soft drinks company and get ready to learn YET AGAIN that you must never trust a crow. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

The Important Broadcast Squad invite you to directly into the zeitgeist with the new lockdown hashtag #BinsOutTinsOut. It's nice to feel a part of something after all. This week, Steve brought news of his recent campaign launch and The Great Leader did a sensational job of judging a tense Dinner Winner. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

It's been nice chatting to old friends lately - so this week the IBS welcomed another! Comedian, actor, instructor and football manager Bilal Zafar was on the line to talk about impersonating right-wingers on Twitter and his appearance in what he described as "the biggest film of the year". As well as all that - there was a pummelling in Dinner Winner and the launch of a political campaign! Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

As The Great Leader once again beamed his words from an isolation basement in Suffolk, they were heard clearly and they were heard well. Many things were learned about Japan this week, thanks to Paul Hollywood (54). The IBS were also joined by an excellent guest in the shape of Ricky Gervais! Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

It's another elongated episode this week - because the IBS figures that you've probably got time for that. In this module, learn of the retirement party in a jet fighter, find out if Steve's been washing his hair and learn oh so many things about Paul Hollywood. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

It's a bumper pack, fun-sized, party-mode episode this week. No particular reason... Perhaps The Great Leader just had a lot to say. The IBS also check in with author John Niven to talk about his new book and a bin that he bought! Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

With the IBS fully adjusted to The Great Leader's physical absence - let us all thank goodness for his continued audio presence. This week, a fire in a bin caused upset in a community WhatsApp group, Steve has been out in "the exercise yard" and some oranges spoil the day for a young Wallace. There's also a cracking Dinner Winner and some passable facts in Tell Me Something I Don't Know! Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

The Important Broadcast has taken necessary measures to ensure that your listening experience is not hampered by world events. The Great Leader is broadcasting whilst safely enclosed in the comfort of his own home so everyone just CALM DOWN. On this technologically splendid edition, find out the latest Paul Hollywood update (it's a big one), compare notes on self-isolation and marvel at Steve's attempt to become the nation's Home Economics teacher. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

The Important Broadcast offers you a bit of silly fun at this uncertain and unusual time. Hit play, make a cup of tea and have a little sit whilst the IBS say daft things about each other. This week, expect an "owl" in the studio, a return to the Top 10 Mums chart and a bit of behind the back chat. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

The second helping of the weekend! Find out what happened when Danny took Steve to a hotel, catch up with "What've You Done This Time" and after all that, let's talk about burger names, ok? Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

It was a double dose of Danny this weekend. On this episode, expect a return of beloved features, Know-Biz and Angry Nerds! There's also a bit of small talk, Steve finds himself and a lot of blokes, in a lot of vans are trying to sell you stuff. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

This week, The Great Leader met (a statue of) a heroic figure of British cinema, Steve outlined his dream job and actor Anthony Head said "yes, and". There's also a fact about Kit-Kats. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.

This week, The IBS celebrate the 54th birthday of the one man who has contributed so much to the show, presumably without knowing: Paul John Hollywood. Aside from this gigantic occasion - there was a seismic Dinner Winner, some excellent facts in Tell Me Something I Don't Know and a bit of Nectar chat as well. Please send your listener comments to [email protected] Thank you.