My Mate Bought A Toaster

Hello Toasters and welcome back!

This week on the show we're finding some home truths about the comedian, actor, writer and Fast Show LEGEND Charlie Higson.

What starts with a gardening book quickly leads to a crumbling 14th-century Italian ruin, a brief flirtation with writing anonymous pornography, an obsession with James Bond, and a passionate defence of properly synchronised TV sound which frankly needs to form the basis of a new political party.

Along the way Charlie reveals:
• How he accidentally became the Young James Bond author
• Why Ian Fleming’s family made him remove a dog from Bond’s life
• The truth about restoring a house in southern Italy
• Why writing fight scenes is harder than writing sex scenes
• His love of westerns, Bernard Cornwell and Michael Connelly
• The Fast Show live tour, audience participation, and the strangest thing to happen at an Only Fools and Horses performance
• Why every writer should spend more time in the bath

There’s also discussion of failed greenhouses, cowboy school projects, pub quizzes, ergonomic keyboards, zombie apocalypses and one particularly memorable book called Stacey’s Gang Bang Wedding.

A genuinely fascinating conversation with one of Britain’s most successful comedy writers and bestselling authors.

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This week on Toasted, Tom and Beth dive back into the wonderfully eccentric purchase history of broadcaster, drummer and vintage enthusiast Owain Wyn Evans.

Among the topics up for discussion:
✨ The disco ball on a winch (possibly the greatest item ever featured on the podcast)
🪩 Why second-hand shopping might be better than buying new
📺 The strangest complaints TV presenters receive
🐈 Giant Maine Coon cats
🔧 Tiny purchases that solve enormous problems
🚶‍♂️ Why some people need to be “aired out” after work
🎭 The surprisingly serious artistic legacy of Mr Blobby
📻 Noel Edmonds, live television genius, and controlled chaos

Plus listener emails, pointless household objects, and an unexpectedly deep conversation about the psychology of Amazon purchases.
📧 We’d love to hear from you!
What’s the smallest, cheapest thing you’ve ever bought that brought you the most joy? Or what’s the weirdest complaint you’ve ever heard?

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Next week: Charlie Higson joins Tom to discuss Fast Show fame, Bond novels, and the day he discovered there was £1 million in his bank account… 👀
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We're BACK!

This week on the show, Tom is joined by broadcaster, drummer, weather presenter and all-round national treasure, Owain Wyn Evans.

With no Amazon account to speak of, we're diving into Owain's eBay history instead - and WHAT a journey it turns out to be.

From vintage stage lighting that once toured with rock royalty, to a £300 Britney Spears microphone purchased after a few drinks, Owain reveals the gloriously nerdy purchases that have followed him throughout his life.

Along the way we discover how drumming helped him survive a difficult school life, the extraordinary story behind becoming "The Drumming Weatherman", raising millions for Children in Need with his Drumathon, and why a glitter ball on a winch is apparently an absolutely essential household item.

There's also vintage furniture, weather presenter fashion tips, life in Wales, life on national radio, and a purchase so utterly ridiculous that it could only bring this episode to a close...

An adult costume. A VERY adult costume.

WHAT a guest he is - funny, warm and surprisingly revealing about all sorts. As ever we're heading into the things we buy and coming out with ALL SORTS.

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My Mate Bought A Toaster is the podcast where your favourite people relive their lives through their online shopping history.
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This week on Toasted, Tom and Beth dive back into the wonderful world of Abi Clarke's shopping history.

Among the topics under the toaster grill this week:

Why Beth read all three Fifty Shades of Grey books (and the very specific reason she kept turning the pages…)
The increasingly disturbing idea of making cakes in the shape of people
The listener whose secret Fifty Shades collection was accidentally discovered by her daughter
Hidden rubber ducks, party games and why every gathering should involve a ridiculous challenge
The brilliance of Ransom Notes and the world’s easiest literary party game
The great gilet vs gilet pronunciation debate that's possibly not even a debate
Eurovision super-fans and their elaborate voting conspiracies
And finally… the delicate question of How To Poo On A Date

Products Mentioned This Week

50 Shades of Grey
Rubber Ducks!
Cake Moulds in the Shape of Human Hearts & Brains
How To Poo On A Date
Ransom Notes Party Game
Anthony Horowitz – A Deadly Episode

Got a story, confession, disaster, pronunciation argument or terrible cake creation of your own?

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Coming up next week: broadcaster, drummer and all-round delight Owain Wyn Evans joins Tom for a brilliant trip through his online shopping history. Patreon supporters will get early access very soon, so make sure you’re subscribed.

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Toasters we are BACK with another romp through someone's online shopping history. It's really the only way to tell a life story, you know.

🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨

This week on My Mate Bought a Toaster, we dive deep into the Amazon purchase history of comedian and internet superstar Abi Clarke… and discover baking obsessions, hidden erotica, catastrophic boyfriend pillows and a deeply competitive attitude towards board games. Like DEEPLY competitive. Which we LOVE.

Among the discoveries:
🎂 Abi once made a fondant CAKE version of her sociology teacher
📚 She panic-bought the entire Fifty Shades trilogy… then hid it from her parents in shame
🛏️ A “boyfriend pillow” purchase that ended in emotional devastation
🎭 Multiple balaclavas bought for sketch characters… all played by Abi herself
🐈 Why her cat is potentially a bigger star than she is

PLUS: dating anxiety, disastrous ACL injuries from wrestling comedians, wedding cake pressure, cat litter adverts, and one of the greatest New Year’s Eve party ideas we’ve ever heard.
⏱️ BEST BITS:
00:04:00 — Abi’s teenage baking obsession
00:05:40 — The cake version of her teacher
00:12:00 — The full Fifty Shades confession
00:16:20 — The tragic boyfriend pillow story
00:18:00 — Abi’s all-time favourite board game
00:22:00 — The multiple balaclava mystery
00:25:00 — The cat that earns more than actors
00:29:00 — ACL recovery horror stories

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And keep an eye out for the next episode with broadcaster and drumming meteorologist Owain Wyn Evans — coming soon, with early access landing first on Patreon…

Toast xx
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