Joel Morris, comedy writer (Philomena Cunk, Black Mirror, Paddington).
My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin7 Apr 2025

Joel Morris, comedy writer (Philomena Cunk, Black Mirror, Paddington).

Joel Morris is a multi-award winning comedy writer, and a contributor to the widely beloved Paddington films. One of the best regarded comedic talents in Britain, during the past two decades he has written for everyone from David Mitchell to Miranda Hart to Ronnie Corbett. A long-time collaborator with Charlie Brooker, he was a key part of the BAFTA-winning Wipe shows, and co-creator of the comedy character Philomena Cunk, whose dim-witted documentaries are beloved around the world.


A busy author, he wrote The Framley Examiner, a spoof on local British newspapers, as well as the multi-million selling series of Ladybird Books for Grown-Ups. In 2024 he published, ‘Be Funny or Die: How Comedy Works and Why It Matters,’ analysing everything from stand-up to slapstick. He has also worked as a writer for video games, collaborating on projects for Microsoft and Ubisoft. Whatever he turns his hand to, comedy remains at the core. As Richard Curtis, the writer of ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’ once put it, my guest “gets to the heart of comedy.”

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Adanna Nedd, narrative designer (Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To).

Adanna Nedd, narrative designer (Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To).

Adanna Nedd is a narrative designer and writer for video games. Born in the Chesapeake Bay State of Maryland, she studied Information Technology & English at Penn State University as a Millennium Scho...

10 Feb 20251h 20min

Daniel Pemberton, composer (Slow Horses, Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Concord).

Daniel Pemberton, composer (Slow Horses, Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Concord).

Daniel Pemberton is an Academy Award-nominated English composer and songwriter. In 1994, at the age of 16, he recorded an album in his bedroom using a multitrack cassette recorder. It caught the atten...

3 Feb 20251h 20min

Best of 2024 (Part 2).

Best of 2024 (Part 2).

Part #2 of a collection of some of our favourite clips from My Perfect Console episodes released in 2024.Become a My Perfect Console supporter and receive a range of benefits at www.patreon.com/myperf...

14 Jan 20251h 5min

Best of 2024 (Part 1).

Best of 2024 (Part 1).

Enjoy this collection of some of our favourite clips from My Perfect Console episodes released in 2024.Become a My Perfect Console supporter and receive a range of benefits at www.patreon.com/myperfec...

7 Jan 20251h 11min

Console of the Year Award (2024).

Console of the Year Award (2024).

A special episode with the winner of the My Perfect Console of the Year award, as voted by the listeners to the show.Become a My Perfect Console supporter and receive a range of benefits at www.patreo...

31 Dec 202414min

Game of the Year 2024 (ft. Glenn Moore).

Game of the Year 2024 (ft. Glenn Moore).

Has 2024 been a good year for video games? Host Simon Parkin and comedian Glenn Moore each pick their five favourites of the year. Will any of their choices overlap? Will the game in the top spot star...

24 Dec 20241h 25min

G. T. Karber, crime writer, Murdle.

G. T. Karber, crime writer, Murdle.

My guest today is G. T. Karber, the innovative crime writer and creator of the Murdle series of puzzle books. The son of a judge and a civil rights attorney, he studied mathematics and English literat...

16 Dec 20241h 25min

Billy Basso, game-maker, Animal Well.

Billy Basso, game-maker, Animal Well.

Billy Basso is an American creator of video games. Born in Chicago, he studied film, then earned his masters in Computer Science at DePaul University. After a stint working as a video editor, he moved...

9 Dec 20241h 21min

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