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Scarred For Life
by Lock It In Studio
Andy Bush and Dave Lawrence are joined each week by a special guest who brings with them three terrors from their childhoods that 'scarred' them for life. To join Scarred Club and get fortnightly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and access to the members forum - sign-up here - https://scarredforlife.supportingcast.fm/ For enquiries, email [email protected] Send us a voice note on WhatsApp - 07457 404 279 Follow us on socials: Scarred For Life - Facebook / Instagram Production Company - Lock It In Studio Andy Bush - <a href="https://x.com/bushontheradio?
Episodes
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Evelyn Hollow: The Terrifying Monsters You've Never Heard Of
Come and See Scarred For Life LIVE with special guest Rhys Thomas - Sunday 18th October at The Bedford - London - if you can't make it in person, buy tickets for the livestream! Get your live show tickets now at: https://www.cheerfulearful.co.uk/lineup This week on Scarred For Life, Andy Bush and...
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Ramsey Campbell
Come and See Scarred For Life LIVE with special guest Rhys Thomas - Sunday 18th October at The Bedford - London - if you can't make it in person, buy tickets for the livestream! Get your live show tickets now at: https://www.cheerfulearful.co.uk/lineup In another of our special Halloween mini...
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Deep Dive: Inside Channel 4’s Apocalypse: 28 Days of Hunger, Fear & Survival
Come and See Scarred For Life LIVE with special guest Rhys Thomas - Sunday 18th October at The Bedford - London - if you can't make it in person, buy tickets for the livestream! Get your live show tickets now at: https://www.cheerfulearful.co.uk/lineup What would happen if you took a group of...
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Leigh Francis
Leigh Francis — the man behind Keith Lemon, Avid Merrion and Bo’ Selecta! — joins Scarred for Life to talk about the things that genuinely scare him, the films that shaped him, and the strange experiences that have stayed with him for decades. Leigh reveals his three scars: The Exorcist, frogs…
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Deep Dive: How To Make Horror Movies - With Jed Shepherd The Writer Of HOST
Come and See Scarred For Life LIVE with special guest Rhys Thomas - Sunday 18th October at The Bedford - London - if you can't make it in person, buy tickets for the livestream! Get your live show tickets now at: https://www.cheerfulearful.co.uk/lineup Filmmaker Jed Shepherd joins Scarred for…
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Alasdair Beckett-King
Comedian, writer and podcaster Alasdair Beckett-King joins Andy Bush and Dave Lawrence on the Scarred for Life podcast to talk about the films, books and television that left a lasting impression on him as a child. Alasdair reveals three very different childhood scars, beginning with the…
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LIVE SHOW / LIVESTREAM GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT! Get your tickets NOW!
You love him and we do too, so much so that we asked him to join us LIVE on stage in London. It's the monstrously funny, devilishly handsome and soon to be de-possesed - Rhys Thomas! *CROWD GOES WILD* Come and join Dave, Andy, Producer Nikki & special guest Rhys Thomas for scars, scares and…
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Deep Dive: The TV Theme Tunes That Took Us Straight Back to Childhood Sick days with Lisa Bowerman
Come and See Scarred For Life LIVE with special guest Rhys Thomas - Sunday 18th October at The Bedford - London - if you can't make it in person, buy tickets for the livestream! Get your live show tickets now at: https://www.cheerfulearful.co.uk/lineup This week on Scarred for Life, Andy Bush and...
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Mark Kermode & Jenny Nelson
What makes a film soundtrack genuinely terrifying? And why can a few notes of music stay with us for decades? This week on Scarred for Life, we’re joined by legendary film critic Mark Kermode and writer Jenny Nelson, authors of Surround Sound: The Stories of Movie Music, to explore the strange,...
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Thursday Deep Dive: Scary Spaces
Why are some places more frightening than the monsters that live inside them? This week on Scarred for Life, Andy Bush, Dave Lawrence and Nikki Druce take a deep dive into the horror of liminal spaces, unsettling buildings and locations that are more creepy than comforting. From the eerie office...
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Jason Williamson - Sleaford Mods
This week Andy Bush and Dave Lawrence are joined by the Jobseeker himself - it's Jason Williamson from Sleaford Mods. Jason joins Scarred for Life to talk about the things that genuinely scared, disturbed and scarred him throughout his life. From growing up in Grantham and the terrifying stories...
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Deep Dive: The School Trips That Scarred Us for Life
School trips were supposed to be fun, weren’t they? A day away from the classroom, a packed lunch, a coach ride and the promise of something vaguely educational. But for many of us, they came with a healthy dose of fear, embarrassment, danger… and occasionally someone throwing up into a sandwich...
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Garth Ennis
Welcome to Series 6 of Scarred For Life! In this episode of Scarred for Life, we’re joined by legendary comic book writer Garth Ennis, creator of The Boys and one of the most influential writers to come out of 2000 AD. Garth reveals the three things that genuinely scarred him for life: God…
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EMERGENCY BROADCAST FROM SCARRED FOR LIFE!
You've been waiting, we've been hunkering in our bunker and cooking up some brand new episodes for you. Series 6 is shaping up to be a phenomenal series with some amazing new guests and some of your favourites coming back for round two. We'll be back on Monday the 7th of September with our first...
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Mailbag: Wrestling, Tongue Biting &, Fire Safety Horrors
Season five ends with a mailbag packed full of your messages! From terrifying wrestling entrances and warped kids TV to fire safety posters, spooky theme tunes, disaster movies, and the kind of schoolyard myths that spread like wildfire. We also have a few important announcements from the Scarred...
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Alex Lowe
In this episode of Scarred for Life, Bush and Dave are joined by actor and comedian Alex Lowe, best known for his turn on Peter Kay's - Phoenix Nights - as the not so talented pseudo Psychic - Clinton Baptiste - and cockney throwback -Barry from Watford. Alex talks child acting, comedy, lost...
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Introducing Nikki Druce
In this episode of Scarred for Life, Andy Bush and Dave Lawrence are joined by brand new producer Nikki Druce of Killers, Cults and Queens and Macabre London to hash out her three scars. From Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War of the Worlds listened to whilst hiding under a sleeping bag, and...
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David Quantick
In this episode of Scarred For Life, Andy Bush and Dave Lawrence are joined by writer, critic and screenwriter David Quantick, whose career has taken him from the NME and cult British comedy ( Blue Jam, The Day Today, The Thick Of It) to Emmy-winning success on Veep. David talks about the strange...
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Terrifying Creepy Crawlies in Film & TV - Deep Dive ft Lizzie Hopley
This week on Scarred for Life, friend of the podcast Lizzie Hopley returns for a deep dive into the creepiest creepy crawlies ever featured in film & TV. From gentle grasshoppers turned evil in A Bugs Life through to Eel Ear Larvae in The Wrath Of Khan, Lizzie joins Andy and Dave to delve into…
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Rob Auton
This week on Scarred For Life, Andy Bush and Dave Lawrence are joined by writer, performer and poet Rob Auton. Rob takes us inside his wonderfully imaginative way of seeing the world, from filling buckets with water for thirsty magpies in Peckham to finding poetry in everyday life. Along the way,...
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TV Theme Tunes Deep Dive with Lisa Bowerman Part II
This week on Scarred for Life, friend of the podcast Lisa Bowerman returns for Part Two of our deep dive into the greatest TV theme tunes ever written. From haunting children's dramas and tear-jerking classics to unforgettable soap themes and library music gems, Lisa joins Andy and Dave to...
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Jon Culshaw
This week on Scarred For Life, Andy Bush and Dave Lawrence are joined by impressionist, comedian, actor and lifelong Doctor Who fan Jon Culshaw. Jon takes us on a wonderfully nostalgic journey through the television, books and documentaries that shaped his imagination growing up. Along the way he...
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Mailbag - Red Dwarf, Biker Grove & Fraggle Rock
This week, Andy Bush and Dave Lawrence open the Scarred for Life mailbag to celebrate the brilliant memories, strange fears and wonderfully weird stories sent in by listeners. From The Tomorrow People, Biker Grove and Fraggle Rock to terrifying clowns, ghost trains, Stephen King and Red Dwarf…
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Hannah Byczkowski (Ghost Huns)
This week on Scarred For Life, Andy and Dave are joined by comedian, Traitors winner and Ghost Huns co-host Hannah Byczkowski. Hannah explains why she finds horror films comforting, why comedy is the genre she avoids most, and how Ghost Huns has become one of the UK's biggest paranormal podcasts....
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Scary Clown Deep Dive with John Thomson
This week, we're delighted to welcome back one of our favourite returning guests, comedian and actor John Thomson. John joins us to explore one of horror's most enduring—and unsettling—icons: the scary clown. Drawing on his own experiences of playing clowns on screen, his lifelong love of horror,...
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Johnny Vegas
This week on Scarred For Life, Andy Bush and Dave Lawrence are joined by comedian, actor, artist and collector Johnny Vegas. From giant gorillas at the bedroom window to terrifying children's television, Jonny takes us on a wonderfully funny, surprisingly moving trip through the fears that shaped...
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Mailbag - Rollercoasters, Dracula & The Mandela Effect
It's time for another Scarred for Life Mailbag! Andy Bush and David Lawrence dive into listeners' memories of terrifying roller coasters, creepy video game glitches, spiral staircases, unsettling TV moments, and childhood books that left lasting scars. Along the way, they discuss comedy's darker...
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Alexander J Newall
This week on Scarred For Life, Andy and Dave are joined by writer, director and producer Alexander J. Newall, the founder of Rusty Quill and the creative force behind the hugely successful horror podcast The Magnus Archives. Alex explains how a childhood obsession with unsettling cartoons…
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Scary Mums Deep Dive with Lizzie Hopley
In this special episode of Scarred for Life, Andy Bush, Dave Lawrence and returning guest Lizzie Hopley explore some of the most terrifying mothers in film and television. From Psycho and Carrie to The X-Files, The Sopranos and beyond, the trio discuss the mothers who scarred generations of...
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Sarah Douglas
This week on Scarred For Life, Andy and Dave are joined by actor and sci-fi icon Sarah Douglas. Best known as the fearsome Ursa in the classic Superman films, Sarah looks back on a remarkable career that has taken her from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre to Hollywood, via Superman II, Falcon Crest,...
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Deep Dive: Alternative Universes with Gary Russell
This week on Scarred For Life, Andy Bush and Dave Lawrence welcome back writer, producer, former child actor, and all-round opinion-holder Gary Russell for a deep dive into one of science fiction's most enduring fascinations: alternative universes. From evil doppelgängers and fascist Earths to...
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Patton Oswalt
This week on Scarred For Life, Andy Bush and Dave Lawrence are joined by comedian, actor, writer and genuine pop culture legend, Patton Oswalt. From Star Wars and Star Trek to horror movies, comic books and classic animation, Patton takes us on a journey through the strange and unsettling things...
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Mail Bag: Celeb Autographs, Time Lords & Points of View
In this listener mailbag episode of Scarred for Life, Andy Bush and Dave Lawrence share stories from the show's Facebook page, Instagram, and members forum. They revisit childhood TV traumas, creepy public-information posters, unsettling museum exhibits, and memorable celebrity autograph...
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Suzie Preece (Ghost Huns)
This week on Scarred For Life, Andy Bush and Dave Lawrence are joined by comedian, actor and Ghost Huns co-host Suzie Preece. Suzie has built a huge following exploring the paranormal with Ghost Huns, so it's no surprise that her scars are packed full of ghosts, witches and things that go bump in...
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Anthologies Deep Dive
This week, Andy, Dave and producer Dane take a trip into The Twilight Zone as they explore the lost art of the TV anthology series. Andy finally confronts the black-and-white original Twilight Zone and watches the legendary "Time Enough at Last" – discovering that maybe, just maybe, old…
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Olly Smith
This week on Scarred For Life, Andy Bush and Dave Lawrence are joined by wine expert, broadcaster, author and all-round enthusiast Olly Smith. Olly's scars take us from the shark-infested waters of Jaws, a film that left him terrified of swimming for decades, to the disastrous first hangover that...
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TV Theme Tunes Deep Dive
It's Deep Dive time and we're welcoming back previous guest Lisa Bowerman to take a trip down memory lane and listen to some classic TV theme tunes. Have you got a favourite? One that sparks a core memory for you? Let us know in the usual ways! To join Scarred Club and get fortnightly bonus...
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Nicholas Briggs
Our guest this week is the actor, writer, director, sound designer and composer, Nicholas Briggs. Nick is probably best known as the voice of the iconic Doctor Who villains The Daleks and The Cybermen, which he began voicing on TV at the start of the 2005 revival. Before that, he was writing and...
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Mail Bag #2
We're back with more of your messages! We were inundated after the last Mail Bag with messages, emails and voice notes, so thank you to everyone who got in touch. But, we still want more for the next one! Message us on Instagram @scarredpod or via our Facebook page. And of course if you're a...
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Geoff Lloyd
Our guest this week is broadcaster Geoff Lloyd. Geoff began his career in radio in 1996 at Key 103 before moving to Virgin/Absolute Radio for almost 20 years. Along the way he racked up 4 Radio Academy Awards and a European Radio Award. Geoff also presented Reasons To Be Cheerful with Ed Miliband...
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Watch Club #2 - Vincent Price Special
It's another Watch Club episode and this week we're delving into 3 Vincent Price classics! Witchfinder General (1968) The Abominable Dr Phibes (1971) and Theatre of Blood (1973) We'd love your recommendations for the next watch club, so if you have a perfect 3 film combo for us - or you just want...
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Catriona Ward
Our guest this week is the horror author Catriona Ward. Catriona has been writing in the world of horror fiction for the past decade, becoming the first woman to be a 3-time winner of the August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel, at the British Fantasy Awards. She also won the Shirley Jackson...
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Slasher Deep Dive - Part Two
The gang are joined this week by actor and regular guest Lizzie Hopley for part two of our deep dive into the world of slasher films! This time we get into the lesser known slashers and post-2000's entries. If any of the films we've talked about across this double bill have piqued your interest,...
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Dominic Brunt
Our guest this week is the actor and director, Dominic Brunt. Most of you will know Dominic from his iconic role as Paddy Kirk in the soap opera Emmerdale, who he’s played for almost 30 years! Along the way he’s been nominated for 11 British Soap Awards, 4 Inside Soap Awards (winning one) and a…
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Slasher Deep Dive - Part One
It's time for another Deep Dive episode and this week we're joined by regular guest and slasher fanatic, Lizzie Hopley. Jason, Michael, Freddy and Leatherface. No, they're not the members of a noughties boy band, they're the most iconic killers from the world of slasher films. In this first part…
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Simon Day
Our guest this week is actor and comedian, Simon Day. We talk ghost stories, his ‘chequered’ past and the connection between trauma and comedy. Simon is probably best known as a performer on the legendary sketch comedy series, The Fast Show. Which he’s been a part of since it’s inception in 1994....
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Mail Bag #1
It's the first of our new regular Mail Bag episodes! Thank you to everyone who sent messages and questions. If you want to be featured in the next Mail Bag, there's tons of ways to get involved, message us on Instagram @scarredpod or via our Facebook page. And of course if you're a Scarred Club...
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Rhys Thomas Returns!
Our guest this week is the returning fan favourite, the comedian,director, writer and actor - Rhys Thomas. His last appearance on the podcast was one of the highlights of last year and yet we’d barely scraped the surface. So we had to have him back! We talk rabies, piranhas, ghosts and more in…
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Watch Club #1
It's the second of our new Thursday episodes and this week we're doing our first watch club. Andy recently mentioned his distain for black and white films, so we thought we'd put it to the test. So this week we're watching ... Dracula (1931) The Thing From Another World (1951) and Dr Strangelove...
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Emily Dean
Our guest this week is writer and presenter Emily Dean. As a child actor Emily appeared in the classic British TV show Day Of The Triffids from 1981, for which previous Scarred For Life guest Mark Gatiss - deemed her “Sci Fi Royalty”. Emily was the co-host of The Frank Skinner Show on…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Andy Bush and Dave Lawrence are joined each week by a special guest who brings with them three terrors from their childhoods that 'scarred' them for life.
To join Scarred Club and get fortnightly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and access to the members forum - sign-up here - https://scarredforlife.supportingcast.fm/
For enquiries, email [email protected]
Send us a voice note on WhatsApp - 07457 404 279
Follow us on socials:
Scarred For Life - Facebook / Instagram
Production Company - Lock It In Studio
Andy Bush - <a href="https://x.com/bushontheradio?
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