Comedians Ian Smith (The News Quiz, The Now Show, Popatron) and Amy Gledhill (Late Night Mash, Harry Hill’s Clubnite, The Jonathan Ross Show, Guessable) have joined forces to create a brand new comedy podcast, Northern News.
Ian and Amy – two Northerners living in London – are missing out on the juicy stories from their hometowns. So, each week, they scour the local rags of the North to find the stories you didn’t know you needed to know.
Who’s tipped to win big at the World Gravy Wrestling Championships? Is there a pig in Goole that needs coaxing off a mini-roundabout with crisps? Amy and Ian get the scoop on the hottest, creepiest, and downright peculiar news stories from the North. From underwear stealing ghosts in Hull to earthquakes in Grimsby.
Each episode features a special guest correspondent who shares a Northern-based story of their own. Guests on the inaugural series include Maisie Adam, Isy Suttie, Tim Key, Phil Wang, Rosie Jones and Nick Helm.
Ian Smith said: ‘The North is a bottomless well of completely ludicrous news stories and I consider it a national service to bring them to you.’
Amy Gledhill said: ‘Dip your Yorkshires in some gravy and get this podcast on!’
Northern News launches this Thursday 9 March and is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Northern News is produced by Plosive – the team behind award-winning podcasts including Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster, Cuddle Club with Lou Sanders, Nobody Panic, The Rob Auton Daily Podcast and Harry Hill’s Noise.
Amy Gledhill is an award-winning comedian and actor, nominated for Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer in 2022 and Best Show at the National Comedy Awards 2023. She’s starred in the BAFTA-winning Alma’s Not Normal, been a regular on ITV2’s The Emily Atack Show, appeared on ITV’s The Stand Up Sketch Show and Dave’s Hypothetical. She is also one half of ‘cult hit’ (The Guardian) favourites and two-time Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Show nominated duo The Delightful Sausage.
Ian Smith is an award-winning comedian, actor and writer. He has appeared on Comedy Central Live, BBC3’s Sweat the Small Stuff and is a regular on BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and The Now Show - as well as making his own Radio 4 comedy-documentary, Girl Stuck in Basketball Hoop. He was also one third of popular Dave podcast, The Magic Sponge, alongside Rob Beckett.
