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Early Work with Rhys James

Early Work with Rhys James

By Rhys James

For many performers, their biggest fears is that people will find the creative writing they produced when they were younger. Early poetry, short stories, song lyrics, scripts and more shouldn't stay hidden in shoe boxes in our parents' house or in password protected folders on our laptops. It’s time we monetised that shame and gave those pieces the public outing our 15 year old selves would’ve wanted. Each week a guest brings something they wrote in their adolescence to be discussed and co-analysed with Rhys - who will be bringing something embarrassing of his own to level the playing field.

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Episodes

EP35: Steen Raskopolous

Australian jock and NOT Nepo-brother Steen Raskopolous pops by Early Work HQ to expose himself once again to the cruel world of sketch pitching, a la SNL style read-throughs. Timberlake, Kutcher, Goliath - the big three - all get their flowers, before Steen performs a Tupac/Biggie (couldn't say which) inspired rap. Rhys also reads a flimsy comedy sketch idea written in his teenage years and everyone goes home horny. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
03/03/23·1h 2m

EP34: Sophie Duker

Sophie Duker brings a teenage blend of filth to Early Work with, you guessed it, erotic Harry Potter fan fiction. What else would you expect from the life-online generation, experiencing fame first through internet comments describing you as a literary messiah. Rhys responds in kind with a disturbing semi-sexual rap about technology written when he was, erm, 18. ADULT CONTENT WARNING TBF!!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
24/02/23·58m 11s

EP33: Tom Odell

Music royalty Tom Odell heads into Early Work Mansions (sheds) to share some bona fide insight into the creative process, how your childhood affects your job and crucially, some ACTUAL SONGS. We are treated not just to the song lyrics of a future Ivor Novello and BRIT award winner's youth, but the melodies, as he plays his piano for us live on air. Impossible to match up to this greatness, Rhys panics and reads something from when he was 21, and already a working comedian. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
18/02/23·59m 44s

EP32: Lucy Beaumont

Lyrical Hull superstar Lucy Beaumont enters Early Work towers to share WILTY level anecdotes about short taxi drivers, school roof campouts and being picked up by a 'crow'. We dip a toe into collaborative poetry in response to being grounded, going solo and secret house parties, entirely for her mate Claire. Topped off with 'The Boy With Crystal Eyes', to this day one of the most beautiful poems ever written. In Lucy's words, it's all 'nationally normal behaviour'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/02/23·1h 2m

EP31: Hugh Dennis

For the first episode of the 'Lost Episodes', recorded in 2021 for a series that never came to be, Mock the Week, Outnumbered, The Now Show and general British comedy legend Hugh Dennis joins Rhys to share his childhood writings: military precision diary entries, ballads and odes for his classmates and the biggest cliffhanger in the history of the murder mystery genre. Surprisingly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
03/02/23·1h 8m

Early Work 'Lost Episodes' Coming Soon!

Early Work returns with 5 episodes recorded during the pandemic for a series that never was. Hugh Dennis, Sophie Duker, Tom Odell, Lucy Beaumont, Steen Raskopolous. All coming soon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
31/01/23·2m 55s

EP30: Nick Mohammed

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21/12/20·57m 3s

EP29: Catherine Bohart

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14/12/20·54m 48s

EP28: Katy Wix

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07/12/20·50m 50s

EP27: Sara Pascoe

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30/11/20·1h 1m

EP26: Jordan Brookes

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23/11/20·57m 34s

EP25: David Baddiel

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16/11/20·59m 39s

EP24:Amelia Dimoldenberg

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09/11/20·49m 32s

EP23: Ivo Graham

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02/11/20·1h 4m

EP22: O. T. Fagbenle

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26/10/20·52m 42s

EP21: Catherine Cohen

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18/10/20·53m 14s

Early Work with Rhys James - Series 2 is coming

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11/10/20·1m 9s

EP20: Emily Dean

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14/06/20·1h

EP19: Amy Hoggart

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24/05/20·1h 5m

EP18: Danny Wallace

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10/05/20·57m 9s

EP17: Charly Cox

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03/05/20·49m 46s

EP16: Isy Suttie

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26/04/20·53m 52s

EP15: Glenn Moore

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19/04/20·1h 3m

EP14: Doc Brown

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12/04/20·1h 2m

EP13: Dan Schreiber

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05/04/20·1h 4m

EP12: Mark Watson

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29/03/20·1h 5m

EP11: Kerry Godliman

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23/03/20·57m 59s

EP10: Mathew Horne

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16/03/20·43m 54s

EP9: Jayde Adams

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09/03/20·38m 51s

EP8: Joel Dommett

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02/03/20·50m 15s

EP7: Tom Rosenthal

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24/02/20·49m 1s

EP6: Nick Helm

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17/02/20·50m 44s

EP5: Tom Lucy

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10/02/20·51m 54s

EP4: John Kearns

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03/02/20·54m 7s

EP3: Maisie Adam

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27/01/20·39m 22s

EP2: Lolly Adefope

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20/01/20·49m 36s

EP1: Rose Matafeo

Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner and Taskmaster not-winner Rose Matafeo is the first to step up to the podium and deliver her incredibly versatile early work, before being quite forgiving of Rhys's tragic offering. Things start edgy and end up spooky, so consider this a trigger warning. Follow Rose on Twitter @rose_matafeo Follow Early Work on Twitter @EarlyWorkPodRhys is on tour - all dates on his website. Or you can follow him @rhysjamesy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
13/01/20·43m 35s

Early Work with Rhys James - Trailer

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11/12/19·1m 29s
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