Ian Smith (Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show nominee, The News Quiz, The Now Show) and Amy Gledhill (2024 Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show winner, Would I Lie To You?, Late Night Mash, The Jonathan Ross Show) are releasing the third series of their critically-acclaimed comedy podcast Northern News.
The third series of the award nominated podcast (Chortle Best Podcast 2024), and as featured in The Guardian's Best Podcast’s of 2023, will launch on Thursday 19th September 2024 and will be available weekly thereafter on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and all major podcast platforms.
Guests for the series include Russell Kane, Stephen Bailey, Janice Connolly (Barbara Nice), David O’Doherty and many more.
Ian and Amy are two Northerners living in London, missing out on the juicy stories from their hometowns. Join them as 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.
Ian Smith said “We're very lucky that the North of England keeps generating bizarre news content for us to talk about - there's something in the water. There's something in the gravy. Whatever it is, it's making Northerners do daft stuff, and I can't wait to share it with everyone!”
Amy Gledhill said “Chatting about daft stuff from the North is what Ian and I would be doing anyway so I’m delighted someone is recording it and sharing it with the good folk of podcast land. I can’t wait for series 3, there’s just so much northern gold!”
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, Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club, The Rob Auton Daily Podcast and Lucy & Sam’s Perfect Brains.
Amy is an award-winning comedian, actor and writer. She won the prestigious 2024 Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show, following in the footsteps of Hannah Gadsby, Richard Gadd, Bridget Christie, Daniel Kitson and more. With a total of four nominations for the prize she is also the only act ever to be nominated twice in one year; both for Best Newcomer (for her solo show) and Best Show, as one half of the critically acclaimed sketch duo The Delightful Sausage. Amy’s authentic, comic voice also earned her a nomination at the National Comedy Awards in 2023 alongside the likes of Joe Lycett, Tim Key and Sam Campbell.
Ian Smith is an award-winning comedian, actor and writer. His smash-hit Edinburgh show Crushing was nominated for Best Show at the 2023 Edinburgh Comedy Awards, as well as being nominated for the (ISH) Comedy Award, Next Up's "Biggest Award in Comedy" and a Chortle Award (Best Show). He has appeared on The Stand Up Sketch Show, 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 two of his own Radio 4 comedy series, Ian Smith Is Stressed and Ian Smith: Girl Stuck in Basketball Hoop.
