Stephen K Amos: Me? I Blame The Parents
Stephen K Amos’ Limited Podcast Series Me? I Blame The Parents, starring Stephen K Amos and his special guests including Ayesha Hazarika, Paul Foot, Jo Caulfield, Howard Read, Christine Rose and Terry Alderton. We all have a thing or two to say about our parents. In this series, each episode features one of our hand-picked guests from the world of comedy talking about their mums and dads. Those folks born between 1928 and 1964, otherwise known as the Silent Generation and the Baby Boomers. From honest childhood stories and genuinely hilarious anecdotes we look to acknowledge our parents including the good, the bad, and the ugly. Do they share common traits? Have they indelibly scarred us for life? Is it all their fault? Just a little delving into what makes some parents tick, exploring the impact they had on us and trying to get to know them a little bit better. Listen in. You might even recognise your own parents. That's Old Folks! Stephen K Amos is touring the UK, Australia and New Zealand throughout 2026, with his brand-new stand-up show Now We’re Talking. Tickets available here! https://www.stephenkamos.com/home/#live-dates
Episodes
Comedian, columnist, broadcaster and peer of the House of Lords, Baroness Ayesha Hazarika MBE, reminisces with Stephen about being the child of first-generation migrants. Ayesha talks about the pressure to succeed and the challenges of cultural integration while staying true to your roots. How to navigate Quran lessons, Scottish country dance classes and elocution training on very busy Saturday mornings in rural Lanarkshire. We hea...
Surrealist comedian, writer and self-proclaimed connoisseur Paul Foot has been called ‘a rare exotic bird’ by the press, but Stephen just calls him a bloody funny friend. Join Stephen and Paul as they wax lyrical about first memories, first words and how bickering is a pastime. However, they don’t want to become like their parents. Paul asks the ultimate curve-ball question: is the internet as big as a pipe organ?
Writer, broadcaster and comedian Jo Caulfield joins Stephen to talk about inheriting a steely backbone of strength from her Mum and a childlike playfulness from her Dad. Due to her father’s job in the Air Force, Jo constantly moved home as a child, meaning there were always new people to meet and dinner parties to throw. She chats about the delights of blackcurrant tea, Knickerbocker Glories and chewy American cookies. She revels i...
Award-winning comedian, writer and animator Howard Read discusses how he got the stand-up gene from his mum’s family of firebrand preachers, and how his dad’s way of showing him love was to invest in him like a start-up. Howard talks about struggling with undiagnosed dyslexia as a child which, in fact, inspired him to become a comedy writer. Plus, how his animated comedy creation, Little Howard, is based on himself growing up. Howa...
Emmy Award nominated, multi-award winning comedy writer Christine Rose tells us her father was a veterinary surgeon. She jokes about how, one day, inadvertently taking animal drugs cured her eye infection. Christine talks about making up funny stories when she was a child, how she could always make her dad laugh. Her father finally understood her job when she got writing credit on ‘Have I Got News For You’. Christine remembers her ...
Actor, comedian and TV Presenter Terry Alderton chats with Stephen about how you can be good mates with your parents, even if your Dad's half asleep. Terry reveals being a little rotter to his sister, but how she'd still give him her last cream egg. And Terry reveals how his childhood imaginary friend became a major part of his unique stand-up.
Terry Alderton is an award-winning comedian and former semi-profession footballer who ha...
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