Genre | Discussion |
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Running time | 15 minutes |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
Hosted by | Peter Curran & Patrick Marber |
Original release | April 2, 2014 |
Bunk Bed is a comedy radio programme on BBC Radio 4 hosted by Peter Curran and Patrick Marber. The programme features the hosts lying in bunk beds, discussing various topics. [1] In some episodes, they are joined by a guest on the "pull-out mattress" - these have included Kathy Burke, Don Warrington, Cate Blanchett, Benjamin Zephaniah, Rhys Ifans, Jane Horrocks, Guy Garvey & Rachael Stirling. [2]
It was described as "slightly weird" by Kate Chisholm, [3] and was praised by Miranda Sawyer as being "strange, funny, silly, enchanting, beautifully put together". [4] The seventh series began its broadcast on 6 January 2021, on BBC Radio 4. [2] [5] The programme was a finalist in the New York Festivals in April 2020. [6] The ninth series began on 12 January 2022, with Harry Shearer a guest in episodes 2 and 3. [7]
There are over 30 podcasts (created from edited versions of the episodes originally broadcast) which are freely available to stream or download. In addition other episodes from Series 8 and 9 are available to listen again.
No. | Title | |
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1 | " Welcome to Bunk Bed" | |
• In bed with a friend, your mind can wander into brilliant and strange conversations. | ||
2 | " The death of friends and the comfort of Bowie" | |
• Peter Curran and Patrick Marber on the death of friends and the comfort of Bowie. | ||
3 | " Madonna elephants and snoring" | |
• Peter Curran and Patrick Marber on meeting Madonna, a tuneless elephant, and Mr. Spanky. | ||
4 | " Award winning actor and director Kathy Burke joins Peter and Patrick" | |
• Peter Curran and Patrick Marber are joined by award-winning actor/director Kathy Burke. | ||
5 | " Happiness, small birds and Spike Milligan" | |
• Peter and Patrick talk about the secret of happiness and small birds on anti-depressants. | ||
6 | " Famous older men and the voice of Aldous Huxley" | |
• Peter Curran and Patrick Marber talk leaving their female partners for famous older men. | ||
7 | " HG Wells and his life as a prostitute" | |
• Peter Curran and Patrick Marber on HG Wells and his life as a prostitute. | ||
8 | " The curse of short trousers" | |
• Peter Curran and Patrick Marber on the curse of short trousers and the blandness of Bond. | ||
9 | " JG Ballard and why the demons come out at night" | |
• Peter Curran and Patrick Marber are haunted by the voice of sci-fiction great JG Ballard | ||
10 | " Debbie Harry and Chas n Dave" | |
• Peter Curran and Patrick Marber on their times with Debbie Harry and Chas n Dave | ||
11 | " Award Winning actor Jane Horrocks on the spare mattress" | |
• Peter Curran and Patrick Marber are joined by the award-winning actor Jane Horrocks. | ||
12 | " Peter and Patrick imagine each other’s death" | |
• Peter Curran and Patrick Marber imagine each other’s deaths | ||
13 | " The dirty version of Crazy Golf" | |
• Peter Curran and Patrick Marber plan to create the dirty version of Crazy Golf | ||
14 | " Abuse in school and Ian Fleming v Raymond Chandler" | |
• Peter and Patrick talk about being abused in school and Raymond Chandler v Ian Fleming | ||
15 | " The first person to have a dream" | |
• Peter Curran and Patrick Marber wonder about the first person ever to have a dream. | ||
16 | " Terrible names for kids" | |
• Peter Curran and Patrick Marber on the terrible names for kids chosen by their friends. |
No. | Title | |
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17 | " The hand that shook the hand of Hitler" | |
• Peter and Patrick on the hand that shook the hand of Hitler and eating from a baby bib. | ||
18 | " How a sneaky million pounds was turned down" | |
• Peter and Patrick on how a sneaky million pounds Hollywood job was turned down | ||
19 | " The teeth of Kingsley Amis" | |
• Peter and Patrick on the teeth of Kingsley Amis and why you can’t cuddle a tortoise. | ||
20 | " Comic great Kathy Burke joins Peter and Patrick" | |
• Comic great Kathy Burke sleeps over to talk youth rebellion and reading porn aloud. | ||
21 | " Being a father and the voice of James Baldwin" | |
• Peter Curran and Patrick Marber on being a father and the voice of James Baldwin | ||
22 | " Giant hairballs and goats" | |
• Peter and Patrick talk about the giant hairballs formed on London’s Underground | ||
23 | " Citizen Kane and Virginia Woolf" | |
• The rude bits of Citizen Kane and the only recording of Virginia Woolf’s voice | ||
24 | " How to hurt yourself at the dentist" | |
• The need for a National Repression Day when everyone would just shut up about themselves. | ||
25 | " With guest Don Warrington from the classic Rising Damp" | |
• Peter and Patrick with guest Don Warrington from the legendary 1970’s sitcom Rising Damp. | ||
26 | " Baldness and Bambi" | |
• Peter Curran and Patrick Marber get down to the subject of wigs and how to help Bambi | ||
27 | " Their worst reviews ever" | |
• Peter Curran and Patrick Marber relish their worst ever reviews | ||
28 | " Explaining genitalia to Aliens" | |
• Peter Curran and Patrick Marber on explaining human genitalia to a curious alien | ||
29 | " The voice of Bette Davis and sedan chairs are Go!" | |
• Peter and Patrick marvel at the voice of Bette Davis destroying an interviewer | ||
30 | " Cate Blanchett" | |
• Patrick Marber and Peter Curran offer the pull-out mattress to a double Oscar winner. | ||
31 | " Benjamin Zephaniah" | |
• Patrick Marber and Peter Curran do Tai Chi in the dark with the poet Benjamin Zephaniah | ||
32 | " Rhys Ifans" | |
• Peter Curran, Patrick Marber and Rhys talk dark childhoods and the boots of David Bowie. | ||
33 | " Jane Horrocks" | |
• Jane Horrocks joins Patrick Marber and Peter Curran to reflect on fancying yourself. |