Home
TV
Radio
Film
Online
Live
People
Shop
Pro
More

Search

BCG
Radio
The Confessional
Episodes
Series 1

The Confessional

The Confessional

Radio chat show
BBC Radio 4
2021 - 2023
23 episodes (3 series)

Stephen Mangan presents a comedy chat show about shame and guilt.

F

X

R

W

E

Overview
Cast & Crew
Episodes
See Also

Series menu

Pilot
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3

Series 1

1. Cariad Lloyd

Sunday 18^th April 2021

In a warm and irreverent interview series, Stephen Mangan offers insights into a well known guest. He asks them to reveal three guilty secrets inside his virtual confessional box. This week's guest is Cariad Lloyd.

2. Dr. Phil Hammond

Sunday 25^th April 2021

This week, Phil Hammond, doctor, journalist and the medical correspondent for Private Eye, delivers some eye watering accounts of youthful mistakes, dubious diagnoses and Twitter storms.

3. Clarke Peters

Sunday 2^nd May 2021

This week, Clarke Peters, famous for his roles as Lester Freamon in The Wire and Albert Lambreaux in Treme, surprises with his stories of youthful indiscretions, hidden loot and embarrassing his brother on the Borscht Belt.

4. Suzi Ruffell

Sunday 9^th May 2021

This week, writer, podcaster and 'confessional' comedian, Suzi Ruffell recalls disruptive behaviour in class, a disastrous romantic break-up and the most embarrassing cab ride of her life.

5. Marian Kayes

Sunday 16^th May 2021

This week the prolific novelist and writer Marian Keyes confesses, from her home in Dublin, details of a disservice she did that still haunts her 20 years after the event. She also tells tales of a lost glove and of Joan of Arc at a fancy dress ball.

6. Phil Wang

Sunday 23^rd May 2021

This week, award-winning stand-up and sketch comedian, Phil Wang confesses about potty training, supermarket gossip and getting the wrong end of the stick.

7. Joan Bakewell

Sunday 30^th May 2021

Stephen Mangan asks Joan Bakewell to confess - expect stories from London, Paris and New York.

8. Lucy Porter

Sunday 6^th June 2021

Comic revelations abound in actress and comedian Lucy Porter's confession. Stephen Mangan talks to her about the party that went wrong, a 'hot' date and a family secret.

9. Nigel Planer

Sunday 13^th June 2021

Comedian, writer and actor Nigel Planer agonises over cool shoes, a disastrous voyage and events that still keep him awake after 30 years, under the guidance of Confessor Mangan.

10. Alastair Campbell

Sunday 20^th June 2021

Writer, strategist and broadcaster Alastair Campbell talks cheating at games, fear of electricity and sheer impracticality, with Stephen Mangan as his confessor.

Share this page

Overview
Cast & Crew
Episodes
See Also

See also

Live

Stomping through stand-up: Dan Tiernan interview

Online

Pitch It Good: Our top five episodes

Quiz

British Comedy Quiz #341

Live

Andy Zaltzman, Abby Wambaugh, Jack Skipper, Kate Cheka - Mark Muldoon's Comedy Diary

Subscribe to our newsletters

TV
Radio
Film
Online
Live
People
Shop
Pro
More

Facebook
Instagram
X
YouTube

Home
Forums
Search
About us
Contact us
Advertise with us
Privacy policy
Terms of use
Your account

Love comedy? Support BCG

© British Comedy Guide

×