The Weirdos Book Club Podcast – Live
The Weirdos Book Club Podcast – Live
The Weirdos Book Club Podcast Live
with Sara Pascoe & Cariad Lloyd
With special guest Greg McHugh
Join comedians and authors Sara Pascoe (Out of Her Mind, Taskmaster, Last One Laughing, The Great British Sewing Bee, Comedians Giving Lectures, Guessable) and Cariad Lloyd (Griefcast, Austentatious, Alan Partridge, Peep Show, QI) for a very special live edition of their Weirdos Book Club podcast. Their podcast celebrates outsiders and the wonderfully weird, welcoming audiences to a lively discussion of a book that is special, stimulating and, well, weird. You don’t even have to have read it! Award-winning writer and actor Greg McHugh (Fresh Meat, Gary: Tank Commander) will join the conversation. Previous guests have included Naomi Klein, Graham Norton, David Nicholls, Nish Kumar, Maggie O’Farrell, Marian Keyes, Aisling Bea, Ian Rankin, Harriet Walter, Yomi Adegoke, Kae Tempest and Tim Key.
Greg McHugh is an award-winning writer and actor who is most recently known for Only Child (BBC1) where he stars alongside Gregor Fisher (Rab C Nesbitt, Love Actually) Greg is widely known for his portrayal as the dressing robed odd ball ‘Howard’ in channel 4’s hit comedy Fresh Meat. Greg’s other numerous TV credits include Shetland, Guilt, The A Word, A Discovery of Witches, Marvellous, and Gary: Tank Commander, the Scottish BAFTA-winning show that he also wrote and created.
Greg has also appeared in entertainment shows including Richard Osmand’s House of Games, Celebrity Mastermind and Ross Kemps Bridge of Lies.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Date: Friday 19 Feb 2027
Time: 7.30pm
Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Venue: The Main House
Part of Winter Words Festival
Curated by for the first time by award-winning poet, novelist, and current Edinburgh Makar Michael Pedersen, the beloved literary festival is back with an exciting line up of authors, poets, actors, broadcasters, comedians, chefs and politicians from around Scotland and further afield for a celebration of all things artistic and literary.
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The Weirdos Book Club Podcast – Live
with Sara Pascoe & Cariad Lloyd, with special guest Greg McHugh
Sara Pascoe
in conversation with Michael Pedersen
Cariad Lloyd
In conversation with Hollie McNish
Val McDermid & Jo Sharp
In conversation with Nicola Meighan
Kae Tempest
In conversation with Grace Quigley
Poetry Reading Showcase for Winners of The Corbenic Poetry Path Prize
with Taylor Strickland & Marjorie Lotfi
Matt Haig
In conversation with Donna Ashworth
Cal Flyn & Amy Liptrot
In conversation with Jenny Niven
Alison Steadman
In conversation with Fiona Lindsay
Literary Lunch with The Hebridean Baker
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