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Mono Edition Five years ago, Paul & Eli went for a day trip out to Brighton, to say it didn’t go well may be a bit of an understatement. To celebrate their 10th Birthday, CheapShow is going back again to do it properly… Whatever that means! Paul is determined to truly soak up all the fun of the seaside by being as sober as a judge and Eli has a few ideas in mind for things to do that are all truly awful. What begins as an aimless adventure soon turns into a glorious day out involving swarming seagulls, classic ghost trains, painful beach walking, mini electric train trips, elephant tunnels, “long eggs” and annoying tourists. Will Eli find his seafood snacks? Will Paul stay sober throughout the day? How long can Paul and Eli stay on good terms as the day drags on? Find out in this 3 hour epic walkabout romp! See pics/videos for this episode on our website: https://www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-442-another-day-trip-to-brighton SEE US LIVE: Oct 18th @ The Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival 2.30pm, London https://che

Special Guest: Ria Lina CheapShow is dabbling in a “little bit of politics” this week when Paul and Eli are joined by special guest, Ria Lina! In a new “Gannon’s Golden Games” segment, Paul pulls out a board game based on the topical comedy panel show “Have I Got News For You!”, so luckily the politics and news stories only go up to 2005. Who wins will be anyone’s guess! There is also the added bonus that Ria has appeared on HIGNFY herself, so will her experience help her in an off the cuff board game version of the 34 year old TV show? The answer is probably not. Elsewhere in the episode, Ria must take the rites of passage that all first time guests must endure… a classic Price of Shite with Gannon going all out on the tat. How will she fare? Will Eli go easy on the first timer? Can Paul ever be trusted ever again? It’s all revealed in this edition of CheapShow! www.rialina.com Watch Our 10th Birthday YouTube Live Stream! https://youtube.com/live/Z18i8M3Eqac?feature=share SEE US LIVE: Oct 18th @ The Chee

Somehow, someway, CheapShow has lasted a full decade. Ten whole years of tat and treasure, rants and raves, and adventure and abhorrent behaviour across 440 wonderfully mucky episodes! To celebrate the past 3652.5 days of economy comedy, Paul and Eli are doing exactly what you expect them to do… Drink an unnecessarily large amount of booze and bask in their own genius! Over the course of the next three hours, you’ll bear witness to the moral degradation of the hosts as the alcohol begins to corrode their ability to host the podcast. The plan had been to talk about the past ten years, reflect on their favourite episodes and read the kind thoughts and feelings of the CheapShow audience. This soon becomes a major problem, with each email and memory stamped on with drunken buffoonery. In fact, let’s be blunt, Paul has shamed himself this week and Eli has absolutely encouraged it. If you can stomach the ideas of your heroes falling apart over 179 minutes, well, you must be a glutton for punishment. All we can say

There is only ONE WEEK left until CheapShow turns 10 years old! A magnificent achievement considering Paul and Eli didn’t think the show was last 50 episodes. All they have to do this week is survive one very simple edition of The Price Of Shite without fighting, threats, verbal violence and underhanded behaviour. If they can do that, then maybe all will be OK. Sadly, it’s not looking good for the Cheap Chaps as the show starts very badly and ends in absolute shock and outrage. Paul is desperately trying to make a rock band name word mean something funny, Eli is trying to become a joke-smith by crafting an equally as desperate gag and The Tales From The Dancefloor rubs them both up the wrong way. The big question is whether Paul and Eli’s friendship will survive the next 70 minutes! PRE-ORDER The CheapShow Album, celebrating 10 years of the podcast! Get yours here: https://www.diggersfactory.com/vinyl/327144/cheapshow-cheapshow All purchases of the physical vinyl album come with a digital download and 3 bonu

Sometimes the CheapShow PO Box is full of all sorts of horrors and shocks, but this week on the economy comedy podcast, there is a refreshing change of pace. A MASSIVE PO Box delivery offers a wide range of charity shop surprises, ranging from super rare board games and fascinating books to delightful 7 Inch vinyl records! There is a LOT to get through, so there is no messing about as Paul and Eli dive deep in the box of treats… Well Okay, there is a LOT of messing about, and that’s why this episode is as long as it is. So hold tight we bounce from Cannon & Ball, Play School, and Disney hits to Chocolate Bar based board games and Keep Fit records… there is a lot to take in. The ultimate question is, who out of Paul and Eli get over-excited the most? PRE-ORDER The CheapShow Album, celebrating 10 years of the podcast! Get yours here: https://www.diggersfactory.com/vinyl/327144/cheapshow-cheapshow All purchases of the physical vinyl album come with a digital download and 3 bonus tracks! SEE US LIVE: Oct 18th @

The award winning podcast returns for another episode packed with cheap thrills and cheap laughs! This week, Paul and Eli are dipping their toes into the murky waters of “Silverman’s Platters” to review three strange musical charity shop discoveries. There is quite the variety ranging from cheesy Dutch Moog arrangements to soul sapping ballads sung by a soap opera loser! There is even time for a dash of post-punk novelty too. Which will be a “platter” and which will be a “splatter”? Only time will tell. There is also the opportunity to revisit an often neglected segment, “Tales From The Shop Floor” which promises the usual confounding stories with the usual dirty denouement. Whilst it’s the same economy comedy as usual, there is a lot of emotional manipulation at play. Eli is forced into making more than his fair share of apologies and Paul is in full on gaslighting b*stard mode, which can never end well. ALSO: We launch the pre-orders for the CheapShow Album, celebrating 10 years of the podcast! Get yours h

Somehow, against all the odds, CheapShow has finally won something! Paul & Eli are in high spirits this week as they celebrate their recent “Golden Lobes” podcast awards win! It was a fantastic moment that was only 10 years in the making. This success probably won’t go to their heads. At all. It’s a bit of a wordy episode this week, as Paul is supplying two books for his “Page Turners” segment. His charity shop discoveries involve one book based on the kids TV show “Bangers & Mash”, and the other is a story puzzle book from the legendary “Usbourne Publishing”. The Cheap Chaps dive into them both to learn more, and if you are lucky, you’ll get some story time action from Eli himself! Finally, Gannon pulls out another “Golden Game” to play. For this edition, he’s brought along an electronic game based on the popular 1980s ITV game show “Name That Tune”. Sadly, as in most episodes, Eli will find a way to ruin the fun. Whether that’s by pretending to be a Scouser or by simply opening his mouth and letting the mad

It’s been a month of walkabout adventures, game shows and another character retrospective, so it’s about time that Eli and Paul got back into CheapShow HQ for another 75 minutes of cheap laughs! It’s a “back to basics” episode where Eli gets to have his way with the content, forcing more sauces and snacks into the show than Paul can tolerate. CheapShow gets to sample a new and unusual flavour of Pringles that has a high bar to clear, there is a nice Price of Shite to amuse and bemuse and (because Eli demanded it) the episode closes out with a bumper Sauce Report. It’s taken us a little longer than expected, but we finally have our hands on the “Peperami” sausage brand of hot sauces that demand judgement! It’s a tat packed show with grotty toys, naff books and did someone mention something about gummies? See pics/videos for this episode on our website: https://www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-435-chekhov-s-gum And if you like us, why not support us: www.patreon.com/cheapshow If you want to get involved, email us at

STEREO EDITION When the sun is shining this brightly in the London sky, Paul and Eli refuse to stay cooped up inside CheapShow HQ… So, they are out and about (yes again!) to go on an aimless wander through another corner of London. This time they’ve decided, for no good reason, to explore Nunhead Cemetery, one of London’s “Magnificent 7” cemeteries. It’s a gothic, spooky, heavily wooded area packed with tombs, crypts, gravestones and unusually named deceased folk. As they stroll about, they’ll aim to be respectful but at some point, Eli will want to get the booze out and Paul will want to get the hell out of the place… And once they reach Peckham Rye Common, things will get a little bit more unhinged. In possibly one of CheapShow’s more directionless walkabout episodes, join the Cheap Chaps on one of the warmest and sunniest days of the year… in a ruddy graveyard! See pics/videos for this episode on our website: https://www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-434-cemetery-men And if you like us, why not support us: www.p

MONO EDITION When the sun is shining this brightly in the London sky, Paul and Eli refuse to stay cooped up inside CheapShow HQ… So, they are out and about (yes again!) to go on an aimless wander through another corner of London. This time they’ve decided, for no good reason, to explore Nunhead Cemetery, one of London’s “Magnificent 7” cemeteries. It’s a gothic, spooky, heavily wooded area packed with tombs, crypts, gravestones and unusually named deceased folk. As they stroll about, they’ll aim to be respectful but at some point, Eli will want to get the booze out and Paul will want to get the hell out of the place… And once they reach Peckham Rye Common, things will get a little bit more unhinged. In possibly one of CheapShow’s more directionless walkabout episodes, join the Cheap Chaps on one of the warmest and sunniest days of the year… in a ruddy graveyard! See pics/videos for this episode on our website: https://www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-434-cemetery-men And if you like us, why not support us: www.pat

Coming Up, This Week on CheapShow TV Friday 24th April 1800 Food Musings with John Gunty In his first proper TV special episode, John takes us on a tour of his kitchen… Hopefully! 1830 CheapShow TV 2025 (Part Two) It’s time for the thrilling conclusion to CheapShow TV with two more exciting board games based on popular TV game shows. Team “Shut Up & Answer The Question” face off against Team “The Variety Show” to see who takes the crown. It’s 1-1 and there is everything to play for! This week, the teams will battle over “Bob’s Full House” and “Blankety Blank”… which means you may hear from some familiar CheapShow “celebrities”. Who will win? Who will lose? Who will yell at Eli for not being very good at scorekeeping? Find out in Part Two of CheapShow TV 2025! 2000 Ghost Getters Gareth the Ghost Hunter is back with guest psychic Jack Crystal to complete their investigation of Wilbury Manor. Things look set to get terrifying when a demon finally makes itself known… 2030 OnlyFlans More utter filth for Pay-Per

Coming Up, This Week on CheapShow TV Friday 17th April 1800 High & Low: With Wide Travelling Rob Rob is back, ready to tackle the most epic journey of his lifetime… attempting to leave his house! 1830 CheapShow TV 2025 Paul & Eli are back to host the infamous “TV Game Show Board Game Special” edition of the economy comedy podcast! In this episode, two teams of podcasts are pitted against one another over a variety of board games on popular TV game shows. In Part One of this epic battle Team “Shut Up & Answer The Question” takes on Team “The Variety Show”! This week, the teams can expect to participate in a bit of “Play Your Cards Right” and “Every Second Counts” Who will win? Who will lose? Who will scream at Paul the loudest for being an unfair game show host? Find out in Part One of CheapShow TV 2025! 2000 Trackbot’s Fact Pack He’s the robot with all the music facts you could possibly allow. Join Trackbot has he shows off some of the best hot new hits, live performances and celebrity interviews. He’s done

MONO EDITION The sun’s out so Eli and Paul decide to escape CheapShow HQ and head back to Hampstead Heath for another barely acceptable picnic adventure. This time out, they have a reason for roaming around the heath on a wonderfully warm Spring day. Inspired by the accidental discovery of a Geocache box back in Ep 342 (Gannon's Golden Quest The Third), the Cheap Chaps are going to make a full day of it, using a free to use Geocaching phone app to hunt down as many boxes, tubs and bottles as they can before the sun sets. They may be hidden anywhere, so Paul and Eli are going to have to keep their wits about them to find them all. As ever, the lure of cheap picnic snacks, free booze and “extreme” flavoured drinks and candy may derail all their best efforts. In this 2 hour and 35 minute epic episode, join CheapShow has they, once again, find a way to be busy doing nothing! See pics/videos for this episode on our website: https://www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-431-not-very-geocaching-picnic And if you like us, why

STEREO EDITION The sun’s out so Eli and Paul decide to escape CheapShow HQ and head back to Hampstead Heath for another barely acceptable picnic adventure. This time out, they have a reason for roaming around the heath on a wonderfully warm Spring day. Inspired by the accidental discovery of a Geocache box back in Ep 342 (Gannon's Golden Quest The Third), the Cheap Chaps are going to make a full day of it, using a free to use Geocaching phone app to hunt down as many boxes, tubs and bottles as they can before the sun sets. They may be hidden anywhere, so Paul and Eli are going to have to keep their wits about them to find them all. As ever, the lure of cheap picnic snacks, free booze and “extreme” flavoured drinks and candy may derail all their best efforts. In this 2 hour and 35 minute epic episode, join CheapShow has they, once again, find a way to be busy doing nothing! See pics/videos for this episode on our website: https://www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-431-not-very-geocaching-picnic And if you like us, w

After two weeks away in America, Eli arrives back in one piece and ready to go with a grab bag of tat and tasty treats to foist upon his co-host. He’s brought with him a few snacks to wrap their tongues around and a special USA flavoured “Price of Shite” … Sorry, “The Cost of Crud”, as Eli would prefer to call it. To make matters more pointless, he decides that points are not “p’twings” this week and instead they are “p’twangs”. Whatever they are, Gannon wants them, and he’s going to try his very best. However, Paul may have gone a bit doolally whilst he had no co-host for a while, so please bear that in mind as he continuously threatens Eli with his “Chobber”. What is this “Chobber” of which he speaks? I mean, it’s obvious, right? But you better listen in just to check. See pics/videos for this episode on our website: https://www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-430-the-cost-of-crud And if you like us, why not support us: www.patreon.com/cheapshow If you want to get involved, email us at thecheapshow@gmail.com And i

It’s another week, it’s another familiar episode packed with tat, snacks and … Pardon? Who’s that at the door. Who? Grumpy Sessions you say? Why has he got a big box of VHS tapes with him? Fine. Let him in. Whatever he wants to show us, shouldn’t take too long. Paul and Eli are going to have to tolerate Grumpy’s return to the show this week. We apologise in advance. See pics/videos for this episode on our website: https://www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-429-grumpy-s-showreel And if you like us, why not support us: www.patreon.com/cheapshow If you want to get involved, email us at thecheapshow@gmail.com And if you want to, follow us on Twitter/X @thecheapshowpod or @paulgannonshow & @elisnoid www.thecheapshow.co.uk Now on Threads: @cheapshowpod Like, Review, Share, Comment... LOVE US! MERCH Official CheapShow Magazine Shop: www.cheapmag.shop Send Us Stuff: CheapShow PO BOX 1309 Harrow HA1 9QJ

Cor Blimey, it's another "real time" episode of the podcast as Paul & Eli try to cram a meaty Price of Shite game into 60 mins. Eli is off to America to celebrate his 50th birthday and so Paul has requested an easy edit, so it’s time for another uncut, rambling and ranting edition of the economy comedy podcast. Thanks to another PO Box delivery, they have plenty to wade though to score those delicious p’twings! There’s some kitchenware, more Chas N Dave music, some games and a hideous piece of houseware destined for the bin! Not only all that but Paul & Eli manage to squeeze in a quick game of 1980s TV trivia too. It’s a big, stuffed, typically manic episode of CheapShow that Eli better not ruin with his “podcast killing” behaviour! See pics/videos for this episode on our website: https://www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-428-the-podcast-killaz And if you like us, why not support us: www.patreon.com/cheapshow If you want to get involved, email us at thecheapshow@gmail.com And if you want to, follow us on Twitter/X

Oh Boy Howdy have we got noodles for you this week! Eli is frothing with anticipation because he’s got three cup noodles to blitz through AND he’s managed to get his little claws on two new noodle/pasta hybrid meals. Paul is going to just have to deal with the onslaught of instant noodle goodness that is coming his way. They’ll be sampling some vile Pickled Onion Super Noodles, guzzling down some spicy hot Kim Chi Jjigae broth and see what the Squid Game licenced Rice Cakes in Sweet and Spicy sauce is like. Once that’s been tasted and tested, the Cheap Chaps are moving on to a new line of food from Samyang called Tangle. It seems to be an instant noodle meets Italian pasta hybrid thing that can’t taste as weird as it sounds, right? However, if you fear its all noodle, all the time, then don’t worry as we have a brilliant new character making a debut. Even Eli approves! Who is Dicky Churdlington and what’s his top tip for the races this weekend? As ever, you have to listen to find out! See pics/videos for thi

After last week’s epic walkabout/Gannon’s Golden Games hybrid episode, it’s time to calm things down again. What this episode doesn’t need is violent meltdowns, stupid new characters, an appalling improvised song and useless conversational tangents… Sadly that’s exactly what you can expect in this week’s edition of the economy comedy podcast. It’s a simple enough set up with snacks, drinks and a Price of Shite from the PO Box. Over the course of the hour, Paul and Eli will drink milky booze, Minecraft Doritos, stare at arses, improvise songs over small electronic fidget toy music and muse over some new noodles. It’s good comfort food podcasting at CheapShow HQ and with the added bonus of introducing the world to Donna Eggs, who’ll solve ALL our problems! See pics/videos for this episode on our website: https://www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-426-donna-egg-the-bad-boys And if you like us, why not support us: www.patreon.com/cheapshow If you want to get involved, email us at thecheapshow@gmail.com And if you want

With Special Guest: Stuart Ashen They didn’t mean this episode to be as long as it was. This wasn’t meant to be the epic episode it became, honest! They just thought they’d pop into Norwich, record a bit of a walkabout and then meet with guest Stuart Ashen for a quick Gannon’s Golden Games. Instead, it became something much bigger than planned. Join Paul and Eli has they take a trip to Norwich, tackling national rail inconveniences, exploring charity shops and going for a wander in the Plantation Gardens. And, oh yes, they need to record with Stuart too! They’ve got to record a whole episode of CheapShow at Ashen’s grotto and tackle a very special Gannon’s Golden Games! The amazing Ivenne has sent the podcast a complete, vintage boardgame based on the infamous Japanese TV game show, Takeshi’s Castle! They’ll learn a little bit about the show’s colourful history before diving into the boardgame itself. Will it delight and amuse, or will it annoy and frustrate? How do you even make a game out of an incredibly e