Using a different television show of the time as its starting point for each chapter Watching Neighbours Twice a Day… is part-childhood memoir, part-comic history of 90s television and culture. It will discuss everything from the BBC convincing him that Michael Parkinson had been possessed by a ghost, to Josh’s belief that Mr Blobby is one of the great comic characters, to what it’s like being the only vegetarian child west of Bristol. Acaster, Helm and Widdicombe - Live at the Voodoo Bar". Edingburgh Festival. Archived from the original on 13 August 2009 . Retrieved 8 November 2015. a b c Jones, Alice (8 November 2015). "Josh Widdicombe interview: The Last Leg comedian on having his own BBC3 sitcom and making it to the top of UK stand-up". The Independent. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022 . Retrieved 4 January 2022.

According to Widdicombe, Rose’s mother was responsible for creating Zippy, the puppet from 80s children’s TV show Rainbow. Josh Widdicombe has a congenital chest deformity Episode 8". BBC One Programes. n.d. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022 . Retrieved 4 January 2022. Every parent or parent-to-be or parent-adjacent needs to read this! It's also surprisingly empowering for women - the way they include the wives perspectives is beautiful' a b Dessau, Bruce (20 December 2017). "News: Taskmaster Champion of Champions Result". Beyond the Joke. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022 . Retrieved 4 January 2022.It's the same with The Last Leg [the Channel 4 series he co-presents with Adam Hills and Alex Brooker]. You are with people who are noticeably different in their outlook and tastes in life, which makes it a much more interesting watch or listen – but at the end of the day, you've got to be able to make each other laugh. It's the easiest job I've ever had in my life." It tells the story of the end of an era, the last time when watching television was a shared experience for the family and the nation, before the internet meant everyone watched different things at different times on different devices, headphones on to make absolutely sure no one else could watch it with them.

Widdicombe says any disaster which befalls him in his parenting efforts leaves him with a positive – in that he'll have something to bring to the podcast the following week. Cunning stunts up for Edinburgh Fringe award". BBC News. 23 August 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2016 . Retrieved 8 November 2015. Widdicombe worked as a sports journalist, writing for The Guardian, before becoming a comedian. He began performing live in 2008 and made it to the final of So You Think You’re Funny at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe that year. Josh Widdicombe wrote and starred in a sitcomAdmittedly we only the one outing of Paul McGann's incarnation of the Time Lord that instantly made me a fan of the show, I felt that it could have been included in The X-Files chapter. RB: I feel like a lot of the female audience enjoy listening to men chat about parenting, because not a lot of men do. It’s that whole thing of getting men to speak more, about mental health and stuff like that. Sometimes, the female audience quite likes trying to know what a bloke’s thinking about. It’s like spying behind enemy lines.