The Ray Peacock Podcast

The Ray Peacock Podcast is a free conversational comedy podcast available on iTunes and the UK Comedy Guide Website, chortle.co.uk. It currently consists of the comedians, Ray Peacock and Ed Gamble, and actor, Raji James. There has been 31 episodes (including a Christmas special) since June 2007. Currently, the podcast is in its third series.
The Ray Peacock Podcast episodes are available through itunes, chortle.co.uk and pilkipedia.co.uk

Format
The show contains humorous discussion about their personal lives and contains a few pop culture current affair references with their opinion about it. Raji James is mostly the object of many jokes and running jokes throughout the series.

Production
The show is recorded in either, Ray's conservatory or at Raji's home. Raji James records the show on his laptop and afterwards Ray edits the recording to fit within an hour (or 40 minutes for series 3) for the show to be available to download on chortle's website. One of the show's charms is that it doesn't sound professionally studio-produced like other popular podcasts. The show has a "friends staying over" feel. On occasion, they have stopped recording to buy ice creams and make pizzas which Raji has burnt in the oven. The podcast has been seen to be 'post-modern' at times. In Episode Three when Raji and Ray were talking about Raji weirdly sniffing a stranger called Big Laura's hair. The podcast is halted for a moment in which we hear Ray (in his flat, from the day after the recording) interviewing Big Laura about what really happened that night. The show then returned back to the podcast.

In 2008, a series of shows were recorded in front of a live audience in London at the Arts Theatre, with the two-hour live shows edited to 45 minutes for the podcast episodes.

Episodes

In the first series, Ray and Raji discussed about many things in their lives and the show was more relaxed conversation between the both of them. Ed Gamble appeared on several episodes in this series, this became a foreshadow to what the show would become in the next series.

In the second series, The main feature of the show was Ray and Ed try to find Raji a job opportunity by sending begging speculative letters to several employers. For example; volunteering to be David Blunkett's Guidedog, to be his own waxwork at Madame Tussauds and wanting to join the Rap Band, So Solid Crew. Alongside this, the group have conversations about Raji's stalker, Urban Legends and Ghost Stories told by Raji and his club night.

The third series came with several changes to the format, the main being the time frame of each episode and the number of episodes. Old features have been dropped for brand new features like Raji James' Autobiography reading and Ray and Ed's new hero 'Richard The Wanker' update. The series will end with five episodes recorded in front of a live audience.

Vodcast
After Series 2, a Christmas special video version of The Ray Peacock Podcast was uploaded onto popular video website, YouTube, to say "thank you" towards the podcast's fanbase. The video consists of Ray and Ed kidnapping Raji, tying him to a chair, and making him watch the infamous viral shock video 2 Girls 1 Cup whilst eating a muffin. This vodcast is referenced in Episode One of Series Three when Raji urinates in three cups and talks about chocolate mousse.

Live shows
The last five episodes of series three of The Ray Peacock Podcast were recorded in front of a live studio audience at the Arts Theatre in London, once every Tuesday.

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