Saturday, December 24, 2016

LA Podcast 198: A Jack Russell with A Gift for Escapology

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Stories this week include:
  • Saviour of poultry returns from the dead in Cornwall.
  • Man with vendetta launches campaign to rid Gloucester of all pet felines.
  • Factory worker engages in stand-off with armed police after mother revokes television privileges.
  • Offensive Christmas decoration is this year's must have for Yewtree.  
Also revealed: We wish all our listeners a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year...now, how about a badly sung Christmas carol?

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Monday, December 19, 2016

LA Podcast 197: Peppa Pig and Her Whole Smug Family

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Stories this week include:
  • 'West Country Disneyland' finally issued with a cease and desist for copyright infringement.
  • Overweight son still upset despite a million wishes to the contrary.
  • Police demand motorist pays for damage to mattress that caused A34 crash.
  • Car park bones not human.  
Also revealed: We address a formal compliant...

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Thursday, December 08, 2016

LA Podcast 196: A Duck with a Broken Leg, Incorrectly Priced Vodka and Problems with Toileting

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Stories this week include:
  • Deer on beach reported to police.
  • Lindsay Lohan dismisses Northamptonshire town.
  • Man captures picture of ghost/dog on Snapchat.
  • Smug b*stard awarded chocolate.  
Also revealed: Alex smells his jeans...

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Monday, November 28, 2016

LA Podcast 195: A Banker, A Company Director, A Member of an Australian Winemaking Family and A Lord

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Stories this week include:
  • Police launch investigation into 'special interest' club established by Tory peer.
  • Attention seeking roofer finds imaginative new way to embarrass himself.
  • Delays to train service caused by wrong kind of squirrel.
  • Aliens force man to go to bed.  
Also revealed: Rob gets angry...

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Sunday, November 20, 2016

LA Podcast 194: No Pirates, Just Druggies

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Stories this week include:
  • Shopper severs own toe in protest at store's woeful Christmas display.
  • Father admits concocting message in a bottle stunt to enliven mundane existence.
  • Conservation peer may or may not have murdered family pet.
  • Disagreement quickly slides into mass brawl. 
Also revealed: We celebrate the New World Order...

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Tuesday, November 08, 2016

LA Podcast 193: Ronald McDonald and the Magic of Saturated Fats

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Stories this week include:
  • Better class of racist thug convicted in Poole.
  • Off-roading pensioners incite cow stampede.
  • Panthers believed to have infiltrated several FTSE 100 CEO posts.
  • Harry Redknapp [REDACTED] [REDACTED] wife following [REDACTED] [REDACTED].  
Also revealed: We reluctantly discuss a certain election...

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Sunday, October 30, 2016

LA Podcast 192: Ghostly Smudge on Owner's Back Door

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Stories this week include:
  • 'World's Grumpiest Old Woman 2015' stages naked protest after becoming fed up with everything.
  • Bus driver finally admits abject hatred of passengers.
  • Bespoke private offices double as public toilet.
  • Sex act on nature trail sets evolution back by approximately 65 million years.  

Also revealed: Alex reveals his failed career as a magician...

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Friday, October 07, 2016

LA Podcast 191: Blatantly Obvious Doomed Attempt to Make Unphotogenic Son into Superstar

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Stories this week include:
  • Well-endowed fleas begin reign of terror across South East London.
  • Police finally crack Travel Cluedo theft.
  • Man finds Holland-on-Sea deserted with not a Pokemon in sight.
  • Eight-year-old fails to secure financial backs despite identifying emerging marketing opportunities. 
Also revealed: We go on pilgrimage...

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Friday, September 30, 2016

LA Podcast 190: Chocolate Labrador Galaxy Sex Toy

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Stories this week include:
  • Croydon cat killer film 'Operation Takehe' set for London-wide release.
  • Highly skilled regiment of weaponised monkeys manages to steal nuclear codes.
  • Footballer stands firm on proposed legal action.
  • Unlucky Russian scientist watches awkward situation get significantly worse. 
Also revealed: We launch the campaign for the 'Redistribution of Bank Holidays'...

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Tuesday, September 20, 2016

LA Podcast 189: The Dorchester and District Rabbit Fanciers

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Stories this week include:
  • Domino's attempt to liven up boring cheese and ham pizza.
  • Police track down flasher resembling infamous Bond villain.
  • Siblings head to Blackheath Common for a 'Pokemon Hunt'.
  • Teacher caught sneaking in to school to retrieve leftover fish fingers. 
Also revealed: We debate how clean a pufferfish actually is...

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

LA Podcast 188: A Charlton Bound Fleet of UFOs

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Stories this week include:
    • Former Chancellor believed to be amassing private militia to stage coup.
    • Beloved inflatable employee forced into early retirement for a crude piece of 'misguided marketing humour'.
    • Stables left facing bankruptcy after 15 tons of 'equine gold' goes up in flames.
    • Unusual sculptures become the toast of the town. 
    Also revealed: We consider employing the services of a local professor...

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    Tuesday, August 30, 2016

    LA Podcast 187: A Full Size Terracotta Garden Statue of Noel Edmunds (House Party Era)

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    Stories this week include:
      • Olympics in jeopardy after box of matches go missing.
      • Police appeal for witnesses after alleged 'milking' in local park.
      • Telephone box protest ends in stalemate.
      • Claimants to receive abusive voicemails from Job Centre staff until they re-enter employment says Work and Pensions Secretary. 
      Also revealed: Rob buys a birthday card...

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      Monday, August 08, 2016

      LA Podcast 186: A Flock of Seagulls Off Their Beaks on Acid

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      Stories this week include:
        • Jealous partner seizes on opportunity to release beloved family pet back into wild.
        • Delivery driver leaves helpful note for self-employed mother.
        • Village idiot finds herself in yet another hilarious scrape.
        • Ministry of Justice deny reports of pilot scheme where drones used to deliver meals to prisoners. 
        Also revealed: The YouTube push continues...

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        Thursday, July 28, 2016

        LA Podcast 185: An Undisclosed Curry Factory in Wales

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        Stories this week include:
        • Tinder tool gets the military coup he rightly deserves.
        • Victim of air rage allowed to fly plane for remainder of flight.
        • Man delighted at prospect of first 'banana' party.
        • Helicopter and leaf-blower fails to dry out cricket pitch in time for crucial game. 
        Also revealed: Anyone for YouTube?

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        Wednesday, July 20, 2016

        LA Podcast 184: Beautiful Red Permed Hair Reminiscent of the 80's (and a Collection of Chessboards from Colonel Gaddafi)

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        Stories this week include:
        • Woman shocked to see cock on roundabout.
        • Terrifying creature revealed to be some old yarn. 
        • Llamas stage protest against Tour de France.
        • Man bored of Brexit captures pilot of UFO on film.
        Also revealed: We consider filing for copyright infringement...

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        Monday, July 11, 2016

        LA Podcast 183: Excessive Flatulence as a Result of Chocolate Bars and Cheap Curries

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        Stories this week include:
        • Police smash illegal rubber duck racing ring.
        • Disgraced former Animal Hospital presenter causing stink in prison. 
        • Man that probably met Michael Jackson convicted of tax avoidance.
        • Mythical 10 man train believed to be active in Barnehurst.
        WARNING: High levels of Brexit contained within this podcast...

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        Tuesday, June 28, 2016

        LA Podcast 182: Conned into Buying a Lumpy, Useless Mattress

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        Stories this week include:
        • Electro Smog set to release comeback album produced by Noel Edmonds.
        • 31 years of karate experience failed to prevent savage attack on washing machine. 
        • Vicar invokes diplomatic immunity from the Almighty following drunken arrest.
        • Department of Work and Pensions refuses to apologise for placing all pensioners in 'non-working/technically deceased' group in order to re-calculate benefits.
        Also revealed: We explore the weird and wonderful submissions for 'the episode' competition...

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        Wednesday, June 15, 2016

        LA Podcast 181: Subjected to a Long Period of Restricted Liberty (and Unacceptably Trussed Up Like a Chicken)

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        Stories this week include:
        • Concerns for the mental well-being of 'Priscilla Prim' increase following unprovoked attack on ‘Auntie’.
        • Shitterton upstaged by Brown Willy and Scratchy Bottom. 
        • Woefully inadequate man exposed by partner with extensive sex aid collection.
        • Maid escapes ill-conceived amateur remake of comedy farce starring Michael Palin.
        Also revealed: We revisit a wildly unpopular and often forgotten soap opera...

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        Wednesday, June 08, 2016

        LA Podcast 180: A Half Man, Half Dog Creature and the Black-Eyed Ghost Children

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        Stories this week include:
        • Idyllic beauty spot left vacant following werewolf sightings.
        • Police refuse selfie with naked sleepwalker. 
        • Lonely man haunted by amorous pigeons.
        • Bouncing pervert captured on CCTV.
        Also revealed: Alex threatens to reveal 'old stinker'...

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        Thursday, June 02, 2016

        LA Podcast 179: Making Aboriginal Wind Instruments Out of Loo Rolls and Matchsticks

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        Stories this week include:

        • Band of Dickensian characters stage art heist hoax.
        • Cuts to defence budget starts to bite. 
        • Controversial politician provokes outrage by failing to mention Hitler during interview.
        • Skin flute 'not a real instrument' claims orchestra.
        Also revealed: Rob goes to a concert...

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        Monday, May 23, 2016

        LA Podcast 178: A Lovely Mixture of Toilet Paper, Raw Sewage and Sweetcorn, Always Sweetcorn

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        Stories this week include:


      • Ricky Gervais refuses to speak out against (or in favour of) the Croydon Cat Killer.
      • Family day out is ruined by sh*tty trampoline. 
      • Jammie dodgers make off with £10,000 worth of biscuits.
      • Couple has passports confiscated for their own safety.

        • Also revealed: We launch an ill-conceived and idiotic competition...

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          Tuesday, May 10, 2016

          LA Podcast 177: High Voltage Observations in a Light Shop

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          Stories this week include:
          • Epping Forest police constable finally begins to justify salary.
          • South Norwood Animal Rescue and Liberty (SNARL) continue push for global domination. 
          • McDonald's customer politely asked to leave after dining with axe.
          • 'Celebrity' fabricates invasion of privacy story to raise funds for second pair of Bermuda shorts.
          Also revealed: We discuss the upper age bracket to have your picture taken with a Shetland pony...

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          Friday, April 29, 2016

          LA Podcast 176: Desperate and Illiterate Local News Journalist

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          Stories this week include:
          • Militant group annexes Swanage and forms breakaway state.
          • Isolated farmer continues to lose grip on reality amongst her chickens. 
          • Bristol residential claims to have had vision of infamous 'Hand of God' goal.
          • Outgoing journalist decides to mock local dialect in final article.
          Also revealed: We make light of the impending collapse of capitalism.

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          Friday, April 15, 2016

          LA Podcast 175: The Man with the Makeshift Fleshy Tube

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          Stories this week include:
          • Intelligent parrot outwits captor.
          • Violence erupts at Easter fun day after the hot cross buns run out. 
          • Covert chip shop reviewer breaks cover. 
          • All the items to make your party go off with a bang found in local canal.
          Also revealed: We return to Derby, just around lunchtime...

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          Thursday, March 31, 2016

          LA Podcast 174: Krusty the Crown on Meth

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          Stories this week include:
          • Man resorts to violence after listening to the Archers.
          • The homeless to be given reconditioned laptops to aid property search. 
          • Gang of pensioners in the picture for suspicious swan murders. 
          • Incomprehensible man believed to have normal sized hands.
          Also revealed: We discuss the plays of Arthur Miller and something about Donald Trump...

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          Thursday, March 24, 2016

          LA Podcast 173: Emergency Stops for Pigeons and Eduardo the Overweight Cat

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          Stories this week include:
          • Supermarket forced to clarify that their 'Bag for Life' cannot resurrect the dead.
          • Woman outraged at 'vile' mannequin that can clearly be seen not wearing a watch. 
          • RSPCA investigate picture of smoking magpie just for something to do. 
          • Anonymous review of public toilet makes strange reference to 'sticky' facilities.
          Also revealed: The derogatory comments about the suspected career choices of our listeners continue...

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