Planet Porky

Life on Planet Porky is back with a vengeance, a little later than planned! Mike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones however are on sparkling form. Today they discuss: A 'Mike' confusion, death behind the wheel, Tubular Bells, Virgin Records, Porky's train station trauma, wearing expensive watches in public, Dickie Davies, a shortage of tomatoes, the fashion Police, Hillary Clinton, Raquel Welch, Porky's first guitar lesson, cardiomyopathy in the young, Diddy David Hamilton, the notion of a four day working week, and Jilly Cooper's sexy stories. It's the podcast which loves to take you for a ride, it's Life on Planet Porky. Follow the show on Twitter: @PlanetPorky or Mike is: @MikeParry8 while you can find Lesley-Ann: @LAJwriter. Or you can email us questions or comments to: planetporkypod@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!

It's about for another rip-roaring episode of Life on Planet Porky with Mike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones. Topics today include: summer concerns, Harry Styles, award ceremonies, Robbie Williams, the origins of Take That, book serialisations, Wayne Rooney's England anniversary, autograph hunting, Jodie Comer, the legend of Burt Bacharach, song writing partnerships, expensive handbags, Oxford Street, Leo Sayer, the disappearance of Nicola Bulley and an update on Porky's current projects. It's the podcast that shines the brightest, it's Life on Planet Porky. Follow the show on Twitter: @PlanetPorky or Mike is: @MikeParry8 while you can find Lesley-Ann: @LAJwriter. Or you can email us questions or comments to: planetporkypod@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!

It's time for another star-studded Planet Porky podcast with Mike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones. On today's episode they discuss: Porky's age, Mike Batt, guitar lessons, The Crying Game, a new Rick Astley album, bullying in the workplace and whether it's acceptable, getting your facts right, Barrett Strong, renaming schools for historical reasons, King Henry VIII, Alan Cumming, John Lennon's solo career, Happy Valley, theology courses, distinguishing between actors and their real selves, novel writing, life experience, Pamela Anderson, and why Irish pubs outside Ireland are rubbish. It's the podcast that's only ever authentic, it's Life on Planet Porky. Follow the show on Twitter: @PlanetPorky or Mike is: @MikeParry8 while you can find Lesley-Ann: @LAJwriter. Or you can email us questions or comments to: planetporkypod@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!

Mike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones return to bring you the latest set of adventures from Planet Porky! Topics today include: using death to appreciate life, not knowing your own mortality, looking after the elderly, the trials and tribulations of Donald Trelford, Charlie Wilson, boring Buzz Aldrin, refusing to talk about the thing you're known for, the Columbo technique, The Beatles' rooftop anniversary, middle-aged Love Island, Rod Stewart's generosity, Ghislaine Maxwell, Gen Z's drinking habits, The Way We Were, pop music videos, scrapping the ultra low emissions zones and Sadiq Khan's uselessness. It's the podcast that doesn't charge you to enter, it's Life on Planet Porky. Follow the show on Twitter: @PlanetPorky or Mike is: @MikeParry8 while you can find Lesley-Ann: @LAJwriter. Or you can email us questions or comments to: planetporkypod@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!

Mike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones return for another packed edition of Life on Planet Porky. Topics today include: big coats, regulating your body temperature, the Everton situation, what might be next for Frank Lampard, having a purpose in life, Ken Bruce, Mr Murdoch's new love, choosing to live by yourself or with someone else, Breakfast TV, coffee in the morning, Frank Bough, the off-screen antics of Val Doonican, Nadhim Zahawi's tax case, Tony King, the legacy of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Neil Diamond, Adam and the Ants, Marc Overmars' heart condition, a possible revival for the high street, ordering clothes online, a pay row between the Britain's Got Talent judges, and LAJ's family surprise! It's all here in the podcast that knows how to always get four yesses, it's Life on Planet Porky! Follow the show on Twitter: @PlanetPorky or Mike is: @MikeParry8 while you can find Lesley-Ann: @LAJwriter. Or you can email us questions or comments to: planetporkypod@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!

It's an icy cold edition of Life on Planet Porky, but never fear - Mike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones are here to keep you warm! Topics on today's episode include: freezing temperatures, ABBA, marrying your stalker, Jill Dando, disgusting behaviour in the Met, policing in Britain, George Cohen, fearing death, a new love for a media tycoon, Lisa Marie Presley's sad passing, Jeff Beck, overpriced electric cars, Mick Taylor, Kathmandu, safety standards on aircraft, the origins of the Beatles' Abbey Road, Gina Lollobrigida, and the increasingly volatile situation in the boardroom at Everton. It's the podcast that's supercharged by its own means, it's Life on Planet Porky! Follow the show on Twitter: @PlanetPorky or Mike is: @MikeParry8 while you can find Lesley-Ann: @LAJwriter. Or you can email us questions or comments to: planetporkypod@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!

Let the latest episode of Life on Planet Porky keep you dry in the company of Mike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones. Topics include: ponchos, Gareth Bale retiring, famous Welsh people, thoughts on Prince Harry's TV interview, the Stonehouse series, selling stories to the papers, ADHD, forgetting names, Dry January, Mariella Frostrup, looking forwards in life, Amanda Owen, Jimmy Page, baby brain, the sad demise of Lindisfarne, body clock arrangements, wasting time on social media, and Paul McCartney's ironic near miss outside Abbey Road. It's the podcast which should never be crossed, it's Life on Planet Porky. Follow the show on Twitter: @PlanetPorky or Mike is: @MikeParry8 while you can find Lesley-Ann: @LAJwriter. Or you can email us questions or comments to: planetporkypod@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!

It's the first Planet Porky podcast of 2023 as Mike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones welcome you to the new year! Topics include: New Year greetings, Porky learning to play the guitar, Great British rock musicians, a knighthood for Brian May, ABBA, the passing of a Pope, Catholicism, an unexpected career change for a former nun, serialisation rights, Pele's friendship with LAJ's dad, burst pipes, John Paul Jones, the real reason John and Yoko went to New York, session musicians featuring on legendary albums, and Victoria Principal. It's the podcast that loves to do Dallas like Debbie, it's Life on Planet Porky! Follow the show on Twitter: @PlanetPorky or Mike is: @MikeParry8 while you can find Lesley-Ann: @LAJwriter. Or you can email us questions or comments to: planetporkypod@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!

Mike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones are back with a festive edition of Life on Planet Porky. Topics include: The festive season, Christmas cards, workers on strike, the sad passing of Shirley Watts, parental struggles, inter-family squabbling, Gary Glitter's life, the Beatles' Eight Days a Week movie, Shane McGowan, Boy George, and urban foxes. It's the podcast that's covered in tinsel, it's Life on Planet Porky. Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year - see you in 2023! Follow the show on Twitter: @PlanetPorky or Mike is: @MikeParry8 while you can find Lesley-Ann: @LAJwriter. Or you can email us questions or comments to: planetporkypod@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!

It's another blockbusting edition of Life on Planet Porky with Mike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones. Today they discuss: the snow and ice, skiing holidays, ABBA's hologram show, The Beatles teaming up with Frank Ifield, LAJ's night at the jazz, why the north is friendlier than the south, how there's a story in everything if you look hard enough, Canterbury cathedral, young people apparently not wanting to work, insomnia, whether alcoholism is in your genes, Harry and Meghan's new documentary, The Stranglers, and tributes to the last Dambuster. It's the podcast that flies above them all, it's Life on Planet Porky. Follow the show on Twitter: @PlanetPorky or Mike is: @MikeParry8 while you can find Lesley-Ann: @LAJwriter. Or you can email us questions or comments to: planetporkypod@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!

It's another rip-roaring edition of Life on Planet Porky the podcast with Mike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones! On today's show they discuss: Fleetwood Mac, Irene Cara, the World Cup, politics v sport, favourite types of shoe, Led Zeppelin, rock star ashes locations being kept a mystery, Christmas Number Ones, Kirsty MacColl, Ulrika and Sven, celebrating wealth, whether you can really tell a liar, Tom Jones' enduring brilliance, and Las Vegas. It's the podcast that you can hear warbling in the valleys, it's Life on Planet Porky. Follow the show on Twitter: @PlanetPorky or Mike is: @MikeParry8 while you can find Lesley-Ann: @LAJwriter. Or you can email us questions or comments to: planetporkypod@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!

It's another explosive edition of Life on Planet Porky with Porky and LAJ. Topics today include: The Mull of Kintyre, life after the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix' genius, recording sessions late into the night, The Cumberland Hotel, turning to the Hare Krishna movement, religious foundations, karma, Disney films and the Disney Cruise, The Clash, classical music, whether having a purpose in life is good for you, motorists being continuously penalised, Nottingham Castle being shut down, and Sir Winston Churchill. It's the podcast that knows a Great Briton when it sees one, it's Life on Planet Porky. Follow the show on Twitter: @PlanetPorky or Mike is: @MikeParry8 while you can find Lesley-Ann: @LAJwriter. Or you can email us questions or comments to: planetporkypod@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!

Another episode of Life on Planet Porky with Mike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones has been fired into orbit! Topics today include: The Qatar World Cup, Iranian protests, England's good start, Cliff Jones, tournament boycott threats, Sven-Goran Eriksson and his various conquests, egg whites, Noddy Holder, ageing prematurely, the profligacy of the NHS, perms, sports stars singing, whether you can replace the company of a human with a life-size bear, Dennis Nilsen, Princess Anne's brilliance, gaslights, Smith & Jones, dull Royals, and hippy crack. It's the podcast that would never put anything it shouldn't up its nose, it's Life on Planet Porky. Follow the show on Twitter: @PlanetPorky or Mike is: @MikeParry8 while you can find Lesley-Ann: @LAJwriter. Or you can email us questions or comments to: planetporkypod@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!

It's another sparkling edition of Life on Planet Porky with the Porkmeister Mike Parry and the rock-chick writer extraordinaire, Lesley-Ann Jones! Topics today include: enjoying the autumnal weather, the price of lunch in London, love for Wetherspoons, enthusiasm or otherwise for the Qatar World Cup, Rod Stewart's son and his expensive shoes, cohabiting couples deciding not to marry, why Porky never got hitched, the inimitable Don Mackay, Carly Simon's talent, interpretations of songs, Paul McCartney's sheepdog, LAJ's new book, Mull of Kintyre, NHS staff and their working patterns, Paul and Julian's airport selfie, tributes to Rab Noakes, and Porky using a hammer to try and fix his toothache. It's the podcast that is at one with nature, it's Life on Planet Porky. This podcast is brought to you in association with Harry's. Follow the show on Twitter: @PlanetPorky or Mike is: @MikeParry8 while you can find Lesley-Ann: @LAJwriter. Or you can email us questions or comments to: planetporkypod@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!

It's another exciting podcast from Mike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones as Life on Planet Porky returns. Today's topics include: LAJs night at the Sheraton, Arts Council money distribution, a new book on Abbey Road, Ringo's influence on the Beatles, Imran Khan's assassination attempt, Porky's friendship with Benazir Bhutto, Louis Tomlinson and One Direction, getting run over by your own car, Ronnie Radford, Cup final memories, Katy Perry's love of newspapers, the future of the press, Jeremy Clarkson slamming James Corden, Carpool Karaoke, and Andy Taylor's terminal cancer. It's the podcast which doesn't eat eggs, it's Life on Planet Porky. This podcast is brought to you in association with Harry's. Follow the show on Twitter: @PlanetPorky or Mike is: @MikeParry8 while you can find Lesley-Ann: @LAJwriter. Or you can email us questions or comments to: planetporkypod@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!

It's another salacious episode of Life on Planet Porky the podcast with Mike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones. Today's topics include: the clocks going back, breakfast TV news, Lew and Michael Grade, local radio services being slimmed down, Revolver's remastering, Ravi Shankar, Prince Harry, The White Lotus, ordering an extra pillow, keeping it in the family, Prince Jackson and his challenging dad, FADs, James Hunt's sexcapades, the racing driver reputation, feeling undervalued at work, Bono taking his mates to the pub, and Red Bull. It's the podcast that enables you to flap your arms and float in the sky, it's Life on Planet Porky. This podcast is brought to you in association with Harry's. Follow the show on Twitter: @PlanetPorky or Mike is: @MikeParry8 while you can find Lesley-Ann: @LAJwriter. Or you can email us questions or comments to: planetporkypod@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!

It's time for an autumnal edition of Life on Planet Porky with Mike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones. Topics include: wading out in the leaves, You magazine turning 40, Nick Lloyd and Eve Pollard, momentous moments of the last 60 years, bully bosses, pubs setting aside areas for work, great bars of New York, Bill Wyman, how millions have never seen the countryside, grandparents, Karen Millen, tax bills, Blind Date, possible new safety laws on the subway, Adrian Chiles, Stellenbosch, vitamin supplements, and the Three Degrees. It's the podcast that knows exactly when it will see you again - it's Life on Planet Porky. This podcast is brought to you in association with Harry's. Follow the show on Twitter: @PlanetPorky or Mike is: @MikeParry8 while you can find Lesley-Ann: @LAJwriter. Or you can email us questions or comments to: planetporkypod@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!

It's another razor sharp episode of Life on Planet Porky with Mike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones. Topics today include: the Harvest Festival, depressing news bulletins, power struggles in Fleet Street, unceremonious sackings, working with the Clintons, Cynthia and Julian Lennon, Being the real man behind the Benefit of Mr Kite poster, pressure cookers and air fryers, Chris De Burgh, artists who only appear at Christmas, WAGs, the controversy around the Qatar World Cup, England v Iran, the Dartford Crossing protests, Britain's tolerance as a nation, the climate emergency, a new album by the Rolling Stones, why it's best to play the hits, IKEA furniture, The Crown, and why fiction is always behind on-screen 'fact'. It's the podcast that does real drama, it's Life on Planet Porky. This podcast is brought to you in association with Harry's. Follow the show on Twitter: @PlanetPorky or Mike is: @MikeParry8 while you can find Lesley-Ann: @LAJwriter. Or you can email us questions or comments to: planetporkypod@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!

It's time for the latest series of adventures from Life on Planet Porky with Mike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones. Topics today include: newspaper delivery times, a pair of important birthdays, why the class of 66 haven't been bestowed with greater honours, Porky's Heysel experience, Shay Given's expensive break up, Liverpool being awarded Eurovision, the Adelphi hotel, Matthew Engel's new book on modern Britain, the dearth of Indian restaurants in Britain nowadays, Chinatown, women going to pubs by themselves, Daryl Hall, the popularity of Michael Jackson and Madonna in the 80s, Sex and the City, pigeon bags, and Ricky Hatton. It's the podcast that always lands the final blow, it's Life on Planet Porky. This podcast is brought to you in association with Harry's. Follow the show on Twitter: @PlanetPorky or Mike is: @MikeParry8 while you can find Lesley-Ann: @LAJwriter. Or you can email us questions or comments to: planetporkypod@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!

It's another barnstormer of an episode of Life on Planet Porky with your guides Mike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones. Topics today include: St Bride's church, Glasgow, teetotallers, Cestrians, renovating the (second) home, not having any friends, George Harrison's outlook on death, rainbows, the anniversary of the first Bond film, favourite 007 moments, how kids of celebrities can be directionless, Covid cancelling Ringo's tour, flu jabs, the convenience of department stores, searching for the remains of lost victims, and Marilyn Monroe. It's the show which is always forgiven for its sins, it's Life on Planet Porky. This podcast is brought to you in association with Harry's. Follow the show on Twitter: @PlanetPorky or Mike is: @MikeParry8 while you can find Lesley-Ann: @LAJwriter. Or you can email us questions or comments to: planetporkypod@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!