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Where There's A Will, There's A Wake

Sony Music Entertainment
Death
Comedy
Funerals
Humor
Kathy Burke
London
Funeral
Food
Mental Health
Grief
Mel Giedroyc
Podcasting
Eddie Marsan
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Family
Cremation
Parenting
Winston's Wish
Benjamin Franklin
Amy Winehouse

Join Mel Giedroyc every week as she laughs in the face of death with all your favourite funny celebrities. Working on the assumption they’ve popped their clogs, they’ll be telling Mel all about how they’ve died, what they want for their funerals and why she should be unlocking the pearly gates for them. Want the episodes ad free AND extra content from Mel and her guest? 6 Feet Under steps away fro... more

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Latest Episodes

WARM chocolate fudge cake, clown shoes, and is this a beauty podcast!?

It's actor and comedian as seen in Peep Show as Dobby, Isy Suttie!

Have a story for us? Send it over to mel@deathpodcast.co.uk

A Sony Music Entertainment production.

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Monkey, clown school and a peanut-induced werewolf...

It's ventriloquist, comedian, filmmaker, and long-time companion to the most opinionated monkey in showbusiness, Nina Conti!

Have a story for us? Send it over to mel@deathpodcast.co.uk

A Sony M... more

Liquidity, trebuchets and a eulogy from Guns N’ Roses' Duff Mckagan…

It's This Is History host, British historian and novelist Dan Jones!

Check out This is History here: lnk.to/thisishistory

Have a story for us? Send it over to mel@deathpodcast.co... more

Big God Ollie has booked the church. That's the good news.

The bad news? As Mel and Producer Goddess Charlie quickly discover, absolutely nothing else has been organised.

Where There's A Will There's A Wake is doing a LIVE funeral with Amazon Music... more

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Recent Guests

Isy Suttie
Actor, comedian and musical comedian known for playing Dobby in Peep Show
Episode: Here Lies Isy Suttie
Nina Conti
Ventriloquist, comedian, filmmaker and performer with the puppet Monkey
Episode: Here Lies Nina Conti
Dan Jones
British historian, novelist, broadcaster and host of This Is History
This Is History
Episode: Here Lies Dan Jones
Reece Shearsmith
Actor, writer, and co-creator of Inside Number 9; guest on this episode
Theatre/Television
Episode: Here Lies Reece Shearsmith
Sue Pollard
British television actress and comedian, guest on the episode
Episode: Here Lies Sue Perkins
Nish Kumar
Guest, comedian and writer
Comedian/Actor
Episode: Here Lies Nish Kumar
Reuben Kaye
Guest, cabaret performer, singer, comedian and drag act
Australia, cabaret scene
Episode: Here Lies Reuben Kaye
Craig Revel Horwood
Olivier-nominated choreographer, director, singer and author
Choreographer and author of The Book of Panto
Episode: Here Lies Craig Revel Horwood
Channing Tatum
Actor, guest on the episode
Self / Celebrity
Episode: The Frankenstein Cut

Host

Mel Giedroyc
Host of the show, lead interviewer guiding conversations; frequently engages guests with humor, empathy, and banter.

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 4.8k ratings
  • Beautiful stuff

    Sue Perks episode is beautiful. 2 lovely pals being bloody silly - love you pair x

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    florenceg111
    United Kingdoma month ago
  • Too many ads

    Used to be great but can’t listen with that extreme amount of adverts. Just constantly cutting in. Such a shame

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    laurajhenry
    United Kingdom2 months ago
  • Too many ads

    Used to love this but it’s become unlistenable because of the frequency of ad breaks

    Apple Podcasts
    2
    Dboof
    United Kingdom3 months ago
  • Which country ?

    Looking at the guest list, someone might think this is recorded in Bombay. Despite the virtue signalling of the producers. Kathy is still superb.

    Apple Podcasts
    2
    LotusBlueTwo
    United Kingdom3 months ago
  • Lost me

    Impossible to listen to way too many ads. Used to enjoy not anymore

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    Radditch
    United Kingdom3 months ago

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Guests and host chemistry often praised for warmth and humor.
Overall quality and entertainment value seem strong when ads are balanced.
Ads are too frequent, making episodes hard to enjoy.
Listeners miss earlier host era and some dynamics saw changes.

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Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

Here Lies Isy Suttie
Q: How did you die?
Suttie imagines having a heart attack while playing Guy Fawkes on a ghost tour, then shouting “warm cake” as a deliberately mysterious last utterance.
Here Lies Isy Suttie
Q: What would your Last Supper be?
Suttie chooses prawn cocktail with white bread and butter, her mother's spaghetti bolognese, and warm, inexpensive chocolate fudge cake with pouring cream.
Here Lies Nina Conti
Q: Would Monkey live on with somebody else, or would that feel like absolute betrayal?
Conti says her sons could perform as Monkey if they wished, though she expects they may not. She would want rules to preserve the character's identity and voice.
Here Lies Dan Jones
Q: Which castle would you live in now, and why?
Jones favors a castle that is still inhabited, mentioning Arundel and Alnwick, and says he particularly likes castles beside water, such as Leeds Castle.
Here Lies Nina Conti
Q: Had you had the idea for Sunlight knocking around in your head for a long time?
Conti says the idea had been developing for some time and grew from her longstanding monkey puppet, which she brought to life as a full-sized monkey character in the film.

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A humorous, interview-driven series where a charismatic host chats weekly with a rotating roster of celebrities, comedians, journalists, and cultural figures about death, funerals, and the afterlife. Episodes mix candid life stories, career anecdotes, and imaginative, lighthearted hypotheticals (last meals, wake fantasy, and imagined afterlife twists) with sharp banter and pop culture riffs. The format regularly features sponsor reads and promotional segments, giving a lively, late-night vibe that skews toward entertainment industry insiders and fans of witty, affectionate humor about mortality. A standout facet is the wide range of guest backgrounds—from actors and comedians to chefs and historians—paired with the host's warm, irreverent i... more

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Recent guests on Where There's A Will, There's A Wake include:

1. Isy Suttie
2. Nina Conti
3. Dan Jones
4. Reece Shearsmith
5. Sue Pollard
6. Nish Kumar
7. Reuben Kaye
8. Craig Revel Horwood

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