Podcasts by The Anna Mann Podcast
Anna Mann. Actress, singer, welder (got to have a back up). Siren of the stage and screen. Hear her discuss the intensely brave, visceral and real art of Acting with some of the greatest practitioners of the greatest of all crafts.
The creation of acclaimed Character comedian Colin Hoult (Derek, Life's Too Short, Murder in Successville) Anna is joined by some of the best comics and actors in the guise of some truly bizarre guests.
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She's Back! from 2022-10-07T12:26:49
Anna Mann, greatest actress of the greatest generation (mid 70s probably) returns to the world of podcasts at last! rejoice my darlings, rejoice. buoyed and frankly bored on tour performing her ...
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Did a Mayor Ride an Elephant? from 2021-02-12T15:46:10
Anna Mann is back with another bloody podcast. Its very off the cuff and really quite stupid. At one point she remembers her mother's conviction that a mayor once rode a mechanical elephant arou...
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Why Orangutans Are Just Awful from 2021-02-05T12:29:29
Anna Mann goes back through the mists of time to her one woman mission to save the orangutans, where she suffered terribly and ultimately decide they're actually awful. I think she may have cros...
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Remembering the Parties from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Anna Mann, that Actress, recalls a time that seems so long ago now when we could dance and fart at each other's houses. She also talks for too long about Most Haunted and John Smell's unfortunate t...
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Coffee might kill you! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Anna has drunk something she shouldn't have and might actually die mid-podcast. In the short time she has left, she recalls Tony Sandwich and his sandwich shop Sandwiches Sandwiches, decrys Mother'...
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The Perfect Celebrity Marriage with Dan Tetsell (and Margaret) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Anna Mann - the actress to end all acting - returns with a new look podcast! The Anna Mann podcast will be a blend of all the best things from before: Anna Anecdote, her thought for the day, an u...
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S5 E01 Talking To Actors - Tom Walker (not the character Jonathan Pie) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Anna Mann is back in a the latest season of Talking to Actors where she discusses life, inspiration and that all important process. Essential for anyone thinking of entering or not entering the bus...
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Anna Mann’s Bedtime Anecdote Episode 16 - Dr Zhivago (she's not in it) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Anna is back after a self enforced 5 day nap. She talks about waking up with Sue on top, not being in Dr Zhivago and the difficulty of working with working class directors.
S4 E6 Talking To Actors - Pips, Bab's, Bibs and Chips With Sir Peter Caulfield from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Star of One Man Two Guvnors, Dr Who and Our House Peter 'Pete' Caulfield joins Anna to discuss his flight from Lincoln to the theatre and how to cheat to get a job. Margaret adds a cou...
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S4 E3 Say Your Prayers! With Nimesha Odedra from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Say Your Prayers! With Nimesha Odedra Next preview for Anna’s New Show 12th March at Museum of Comedy! Anna Mann is back and ready to kick ass / discuss acting process. Here she tal...
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S3 E8 A Million Tiny Dreams with Margaret Cabourn-Smith (again!) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Very much the Frost / Nixon of the series as world-famous actress Anna Mann attempts for a second time to crack the enigma that is Margaret Cabourn-Smith. Plus actual real person Dave Edwards ...
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S2 E6: Can you choose to be Irish? With Fergus Craig as Devon Cornwall from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
S2 E5: Girls on the Bus!! With Kerry Howard as Sam Stokes from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
S2 E4: A Better Macbeth? With Darts Legend Mike 'Dazzling' Daly from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
S2 E2: A Northern Wallaby with Sir David Reed from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
S2 E1: Independently Wealthy Bastards with Sadie Hasler from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
S1 E6: How we Stop the Fascists from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Absolutely shattered Star of Stage and Screen Anna Mann gets all activisty and launches into a full on assault on the rise of fascism in this country, despite quite possibly being a major factor...
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S1 E5: Where's the Jam? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Anna Mann, world renowned actress and stuff, tackles the thorny issue of depression, but its OK because she has actually had it herself actually. She talks about her own struggle ('crabs in ...
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S1 E3: I am Jane Mann? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week the tragically unforgettable actress and occasional cobbler, Anna Mann, goes deep into her family history. With sad and needy tales of her childhood, a cruel mother, an incredibly smal...
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Rattle, Fart from 2021-01-28T20:20:36
A very angry pod from Anna this week as she bewails having to homeschool her granddaughter AND Sue Clinch. She also explains her attitude towards farting and her brief appearance in Rocky. ...
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New Year - New Fear - Hello Dear! from 2021-01-07T14:57:04
Anna Mann, greatest actress of any bloody age is back to help you through the latest lockdown. We will beat this virus with the most powerful force known to man - Theatre. And anecdotes. And rud...
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On Free Speech from 2020-11-23T15:55:07
Anna Mann - you must know who she is by now - delivers her latest fine fine ramble all about her life, her memories and her slowly withering career in acting / Acton.
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Election Special! from 2020-11-10T21:15:59
World renowned actress (not necessarily this world) Anna Mann is back discussing the historic American Election. Sorry for the delay - blame those lazy yanks!
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Hedgetrimming from 2020-10-11T23:01
Anna Mann, awesome / awful actress is back talking about her recent desperate attempt to get cash as a topiarist (I had to google it too)
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Working at ASDA(S)! from 2020-09-24T23:01:46
Anna Mann has got a rotten cold but she struggles through to get this latest podcast out to you, her gorgeous fans, before you wither away due to a severe lack of joy.
Anna relat...
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Diagnosed at Last! from 2020-09-04T09:19:30
The Most Excellent Actress Anna Mann discusses her recent diagnosis after an enforced therapy session brought about by an accidental ram raid.
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Anna's Cinnamon Dilemma from 2020-08-18T20:56:50
Piss-poor actress (Oi, who said that?) Anna Mann tells of a recent incident at the Sunfish and Melon Cafe.
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Anna Mann: Stencilling from 2020-08-07T19:34:40
Award losing actress (lost in a bush! sad!) Anna Mann returns with more marvellous memories and shocking stories of her showbiz lifestyle.
This time she talks about Stenciling an...
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A President, A Prime Minister and some other prick from 2020-06-25T21:22:21
In a very special episode of the Anna Mann podcast, the world famous actress (Rogue Baker, Where's my Elephant?, Ich Habe Keiner Geshwister the musical) somehow gets to interview not only ...
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S5 E02 Talking To Actors - Ganashanu for Two with Anna Crilly from 2020-05-28T23:01
Anna Mann meet possibly the only Anna as good as acting as her and that is Anna Crilly, creator and star of Great Big Owl's wonderful Heavy Pencil. They talk about the good old days, th...
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Anna Mann’s Bedtime Anecdote Episode 19 - Sue Wants Out from 2020-05-18T20:29:41
Anna Mann relates a recent anecdote involving a parachute and ignorance.
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S4 E10 Talking To Actors - Rufus and the Death Melon with Rufus Wright from 2020-05-13T19:41:26
The Death Melon with Rufus Wright
Hello everyone! Anna here. I'm back with another wonderful episode of Talking to Actors. This time I chat to a real handsome bastard,...
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Anna Mann’s Bedtime Anecdote Episode 18 - Don't Worry! from 2020-05-10T18:36:32
Anna Mann, the best actress she knows, tells a true tale that explains why its best not to worry too much. Sue Clinch features heavily.
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Anna Mann’s Bedtime Anecdote Episode 17 - Clubbed! from 2020-05-05T19:43:42
Anna recalls the time she was asked to play celebrity golf. Fore!
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S4 E9 Talking To Actors - Is Hate Helpful? with Jonny Donahue from 2020-05-04T20:22:02
Anna chats to lovely father, comedian and actor Jonny Donahue of Jonny and the Baptists about his wonderful roles and its all very jolly.
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S4 E8 Talking To Actors - The Boogie Man with Stephen Evans from 2020-04-22T22:32:41
Our First Zoom Interview! Anna is back with Magaret Cabourn-Smith giving it both teeth!
This time, the veteran actor discusses the craft with her old pal and lover Stephen Evans....
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Anna Mann’s Bedtime Anecdote Episode 15 - Barbara and the Whelk from 2020-04-21T20:52:51
Anna returns to settle you in for the long night ahead.
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Anna Mann’s Bedtime Anecdote Episode 14 - Sweat! from 2020-04-20T18:00:54
Anna recounts some cosmetic surgery that went horribly wrong and provides a lesson for us all
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Anna Mann’s Bedtime Anecdote Episode 13 - Denny Go Lightly from 2020-04-19T20:26:38
Anna's had a few drinks tonight (although its recorded around lunch) as she recalls her scandalous romance to Denny Go Lightly &n...
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Anna Mann’s Bedtime Anecdote Episode 12 - North Korea from 2020-04-17T17:59:47
Anna is back for another anecdote recalling her remarkable trip to North Korea.
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Anna Mann’s Bedtime Anecdote Episode 11 - The Birds from 2020-04-16T22:14:57
Anna Mann is back for another Nightly Anecdote - this time she rambles on for ages and literally forgets to do the anecdote. But its great, honest!
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S4 E7 Talking To Actors - I Am A Chimp With Lucy Roselyn from 2020-04-14T23:01
Anna Mann returns from her Easter Sue Clinch Fest. Hope you're all well.
This time Anna has a lovely chat with her old friend Lucy Roselyn - a terrific actor and writer amongst h...
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Anna Mann’s Bedtime Anecdote Episode 10 - Fish Me Up Mother from 2020-04-07T18:19:45
In her latest nightly self isolation bedtime anecdote, Anna almost gets in trouble venturing out in the world and retells the story of producer Fred Fingers.
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Anna Mann’s Bedtime Anecdote Episode 9 - I Smell a Smellsy from 2020-04-06T19:00:54
Anna's memoirs continue with the introduction of her best husband John Smells (Smellsy)
Also she's started playing dungeons and dragons which leads to a horrific Sue Cl...
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Anna Mann’s Bedtime Anecdote Episode 8 - Sandwich Enters Stage Left from 2020-04-06T18:58:24
This night, Anna Mann continues her memoirs - recalling her first marriage to one Tony Sandwich and more importantly her accidental entrance into the world of Theatre.
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Anna Mann’s Bedtime Anecdote Episode 7 - Oh, Edinburgh! from 2020-04-04T09:14:55
Anna laments the passing of the Edinburgh Festival by reading a bit of what would have been her multi-award winning show.
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Anna Mann’s Bedtime Anecdote Episode 6 - Shame! Shame! from 2020-04-02T19:49:53
(Some) households name actress Anna Mann reads a story for bed time. This one features a guest appearance from Sir Ian McKellen.
Anna Mann’s Bedtime Anecdote Episode 4 - Open the Cafes! from 2020-03-30T18:00:41
Anna Mann, sort of famous actress, is being achingly brave by bringing you a nightly anecdote to help you through this tricky time. Honestly its better than Calpol. Tonight she bemoans the lack of ...
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Anna Mann's Bedtime Anecdote Episode 3 - Silly Billy Crilly from 2020-03-29T18:00
Tonight Anna returns to a classic as she retells the sad tale of her friend Silly Billy Crilly. Plus further developments as Sue and Anna finally storm the battlements and get into the actual ho...
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Anna Mann’s Bedtime Anecdote Episode 2 - Drunk Old Freddie Basden from 2020-03-28T19:00
Acclaimed actress Anna Mann is helping sooth your ills from her brightly dazzling isolation pod by bringing you a nightly bed time story.
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Anna Mann’s Bedtime Anecdote Episode 1 - A Life in Holby from 2020-03-27T19:01:17
During these troubled times actress Anna Mann is helping the nation survive and keeping her sanity with a short nightly podcast to hopefully put a little light in the worried world. Love to all....
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S4 E5 Cockles? with Hamza Jeetooa from 2020-03-19T00:05
Ugh! Anna is in lockdown. Sue Clinch did a massive cough and now they literally can't leave the flat for 14 days. One will eat the other, is all we can say on that. However luckily we have ...
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S4 E4 Anna Mann is LIVE! with Adam Gillen from 2020-03-12T00:05
Anna Mann enabled by her pal Margaret does her podcast LIVE for the first time at the Phoenix, chatting to the wonderful Adam Gillen (Benidorm, Fresh Meat, was literally Mozart). A lot of ground...
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S4 E2 Misty Over Moira with Tom Neenan from 2020-02-27T00:05
!! Next Preview for Anna's new Show is 12th March at Museum of Comedy!! https://mu...
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S4 E1 Tom Goodman-Hill from 2020-02-19T00:05
The perfect warm up with Tom Goodman-Hill
!! Come see Anna’s New Show at the Firebug Leicester on 23rd February!!!
Anna Mann is back Booby with a brand new series of th...
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Anna Mann LIVE at OWLCHELLA Saturday Feb 8th London from 2020-02-03T14:45
Anna will be TALKING to an ACTOR live at the first Great Big Owl Podcast Festival. Sat Feb 8th in London, at the Phoenix comedy pub, near Oxford Circus, at 1.45pm. Tickets for the show, and the who...
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SECRET SANTA - The All New Angelos & Barry Podcast from 2019-12-23T00:01
Ho ho ho! Secret Owl Santa has brought you something that you didn't ask for and might possibly object to! Just like all Secret Santas!
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S3 E9: Never The Twain with Nico Tatarowicz (have I spelt that right?) from 2019-12-18T00:05
Appallingly talented actress Anna Mann ends 2019 with an in-depth chat with her old pal Nico whose name she still pronounces incorrectly. Anna talks over him for a good 14 minutes about the man ...
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S3 E7 The Correct Email Response with Margaret Cabourn-Smith from 2019-12-04T00:05
Obsessively brilliant actress Anna Mann chats to Margaret Cabourn-Smith, not only one of the finest actors of her generation but also a very good friend. Margaret waffled on so much we neve...
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S3 E6 Jeremy Lion: Adventures of a Children's Entertainer from 2019-11-27T00:05
Renowned and well-liked actress Anna Mann meets the charming and ever-so-slightly ill children's entertainer Jeremy Lion! A fascinating look at an actually very respectable profession that none ...
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S3 E5 Ryan Early and Why a Geordie? from 2019-11-22T16:00
In this latest and sadly late episode of Talking to Actors with Anna Mann, the greatest actress of her generation TM will be chatting to a star of Almost Never and the Archers (neither of which ...
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S3 E4 Luke Featherstone and Pukey Depression from 2019-11-13T00:05
Anna interviews a wonderful up-and-coming star, Luke Featherstone, and they discuss the evolution of life on earth and how it relates to an Actor's process.
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S3 E3 Aston Merrygold and Ghostly Merry Halloween from 2019-11-06T10:00
Anna Mann, actress, singer and something of a clairvoyant chats to sexy-on-legs singer from legendary JLS Aston Merrygold. He's now getting into acting, the silly sausage - doesn't he know there...
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S3 E2 Spencer Jones and Stupid Old Bones from 2019-10-30T03:00
Entirely magnificent actress Anna Mann has wangled her way onto 'Harry Hill's Club Nite'. Backstage she chats to one of her favourite comedy actors, Spencer Jones. She also gives some incredibly in...
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S3 E1 Emily Atack and Anxiety Attacks from 2019-10-23T02:00
Achingly visceral and rarely employed actress Anna Mann returns for a brand new season of her podcast. Here she bangs on about having too much money, really lays into the Tories and interviews the ...
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TRAILER: New Series Coming 23rd October from 2019-10-16T11:00
The wait is OVER! Anna Mann's Talking To Actors returns to your chosen podcast venue (because it is a venue, in a sense, a space for performance, to explore, to be) on 23rd of October, with a probi...
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S2 E7: Is Sue a monster? with David Edwards as Himself from 2019-07-17T19:59:17
Anna Mann opens her doors to the delightful David Edwards, a young (ish) man desperate to get into acting, but is it too late? (yes), Also Anna explains the latest issues with Sue Clinch stickin...
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S2 E3: Keyboard Warriors with Madeline Huff / Hoof and Babs Rawson from 2019-06-20T20:12:49
Actress Anna Mann recounts her wayward life and talks to other Thespishes. This time I chat to my old pals Madeline Hoof / Huff and Babs Rawson who appeared with me a long time ago in the ground...
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S1 E9: Emergency 999!!! from 2018-09-07T17:17:20
In the red hot last episode of the first season, Anna recalls a long and very unproductive call to the emergency services. Phil and Anna then spontaneously review the Staircase and Phil giggles ...
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S1 E8: World Cup Special from 2018-07-11T09:56:24
Its coming home? or is it? Anna hopes so. Or does she?
The World Cup is here, everyone is very excited and England are (at time of writing this) in with a chance. Anna, desperate to ...
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S1 E7: Terry Towers from 2018-06-21T08:44
Anna Mann returns at last! She's been away for a while, she tries to remember why and gets somewhat confused.
Here the almost award losing actress talks about one of the tallest love...
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S1 E4: Easter Special from 2018-04-06T10:53:26
Anna Mann, legendary actress continues to air out her memory closet and get rid of some freaky stuff still hanging around in there. This week its an Easter Special where Anna talks a bit about her ...
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S1 E2: Tibetan Steve from 2018-03-05T09:00
This week jaded, faded and excommunicated actress, Anna Mann, remembers her time in Tibet with a very wise local man and her husband Denny Go Lightly, both of who she was occasionally bonking. Anna...
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S1 E1: Carry your Cow from 2018-02-19T13:18:25
In the premier episode of her tell all podcast, Beloved Actress Anna Mann relates her views on the environment, vegans, shell picking and in a special section entitled 'Them What We've Lost' Anna t...
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Trailer: Am I Anna Mann? from 2018-02-18T16:10
A cheeky trailer for the soon to be launched series I AM ANNA MANN. Here the famous Actress discusses why the world demands she do a podcast and what the hell she should call it. With input from so...
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