Jonathan Sayer

13/08/2023 30 min
Jonathan Sayer

Listen "Jonathan Sayer"

Episode Synopsis

Jonathan Sayer discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.
Jonathan Sayer is an award-winning comedy playwright and screenwriter; he is the co-author of The Play That Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, The Comedy About A Bank Robbery, and many more. He is a writer, performer and Creative Director of Mischief Comedy. His work has been performed internationally in forty-six territories including The West End and Broadway. His new book is Nowhere to Run: The ridiculous life of a semi-professional football club chairman. More information is at https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/455269/nowhere-to-run-by-sayer-jonathan/9781787636897


Ashton United and non-league football https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/10/non-league-football-season-ticket-sales-ashton-united-jonathan-sayer


The virtues of growing your own veg https://urbanrootsgardenmarket.ca/the-top-5-benefits-of-growing-your-own-vegetables/


JG Farrell https://www.bookforum.com/print/1203/at-his-death-1979-j-g-farrell-was-called-his-generation-s-greatest-historical-novelist-does-the-claim-hold-up-2017


Dunning Kruger effect https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/dunning-kruger-effect


Twisted Wheel https://www.fredperry.com/subculture/articles/twisted-wheel-pl


Al Lubel https://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/a/34098/al_lubel/review



This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

More episodes of the podcast Better Known

Dean Koontz 11/01/2026
Ryan Gingeras 04/01/2026
Pete Brown 14/12/2025
Sandy Pentland 07/12/2025
Jaime Davila 30/11/2025
400th episode 23/11/2025
Sasha Butler 02/11/2025