Comedians Fern Brady and Alison Spittle returns with their podcast, Ignore That Feeling, which is back for Series 2. It launches on Tuesday 21 July 2026, with new episodes released weekly across all major podcast platforms. Hosted by Acast, the podcast will also be available as full visual episodes on YouTube.
Across its first series, Ignore That Feeling has attracted 395,000 downloads in just four months and has quickly developed a fiercely loyal following, with Apple naming it one of Apple UK's Best Podcasts of 2026 so far.
Hosted by Fern Brady (Taskmaster, Netflix, 8 Out of 10 Cats, House of Games, The Last Leg, Wheel of Misfortune) and Alison Spittle (Nowhere Fast, The Tommy Tiernan Show, House of Games, Pointless Celebrities, Wheel of Misfortune, The Guilty Feminist), the podcast reunites the pair for a format that proudly rejects structure, themes and emotional responsibility.
Ignore That Feeling offers Alison and Fern’s alternative and unfiltered take on the current zeitgeist, film and TV, society and more. It’s political, sometimes controversial and always hysterical. Last series saw topics range from the manosphere, sex work and Danish arthouse film, to America’s Next Top Model, noughties girlbands and Lily Allen's West End Girl. Audiences can expect candid chaos from two comics who know each other well enough to push, prod and derail one another in real time.
Alison said: "Delighted to make it to series two, the friendship is intact. I can't say the same for my organs. Come and pinpoint when the medication kicks in."
Fern said: "Series 2 – one less gallbladder, much more Ritalin!"
Bestselling author and Taskmaster fan-favourite Fern Brady is renowned for her caustic wit and writingt.
Her debut memoir, Strong Female Character, released in 2023, delves into her Catholic upbringing, experiences with homelessness, and her late diagnosis of autism. The book achieved critical acclaim, becoming a Sunday Times Bestseller and winning the non-fiction category at the inaugural Nero Book Awards. She has recently announced the upcoming publication of her second book and debut novel, High Energy Unpleasant.
As seen on Live at the Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats, and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order. In 2022, she was a contestant on the 14th series of Taskmaster where her unique comedic style garnered widespread appreciation.
In 2023, she released her stand-up special, Autistic Bikini Queen, on Netflix reaching the Top 10 shows in the UK the week of release.
Alison Spittle is an award-winning screenwriter, actress and touring comedian. She recently toured her award-nominated stand-up show Big in the UK, Ireland and Australia, which sold out it’s run at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025. It was voted by comedians as the best show of the Edinburgh Fringe 2025 and received numerous five star reviews.
Her 2023 show Soup had a full sell out fringe run and toured the UK and Ireland. Her 2022 show Wet was one of British Comedy Guide’s best reviewed shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, and went on to tour around UK and Ireland including Soho Theatre in London.
She is co-creator and co-presenter of the BBC sounds podcast Wheel of Misfortune with Fern Brady and subsequently Kerry Katona, Magazine Party with Poppy Hilstead is a regular co-host of The Guilty Feminist and had her own hugely successful vehicle The Alison Spittle Show. Her BBC Radio 4 series Petty Please came out last year.
She is the creator and star of the television series Nowhere Fast, which aired on RTÉ2, BBC America and Stan Australia to critical acclaim. She wrote and starred in Alison Spittle in Ireland, a short film produced by Baby Cow Productions for Sky. Her first play, Starlet picked up five stars from The Sunday Times and her second play Glacier ran at Old Fire Station Oxford with four stars from The Stage.
She has appeared on Celebrity Gogglebox, Richard Osman’s House of Games, Pointless Celebrities, Traitors Uncloaked Ireland and as a judge on the BBC New Comedy Awards.
The podcast is produced by Plosive – the team behind award-winning podcasts including Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster, Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club, Single Ladies In Your Area with Amy Gledhill and Harriet Kemsley, Northern News, Nobody Panic, Lucy & Sam’s Perfect Brains and Cuddle Club with Lou Sanders.
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