Worst Foot Forward

Ep 187: Eric - World's Worst Admiral

02 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

All aboard! Join us along with former submariner Eric (of Eric's Tales of the Sea fame) for a deep dive as we plumb the salty depths in search of the ...

The Third Foot: Bram Stoker (Bonus Episode)

30 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spooking time is upon us, with Hallowe'en looming over us, and it's   also time for our regular monthly bonus episode. For this time of year, Ben del...

Ep 186: Eleanor Morton - World's Worst Witch Hunt

26 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Boo! What's that hiding under the bed? Why, it's a Hallowe'eny episode from Worst Foot Forward as comedian, actor and writer Eleanor Morton joins us t...

Ep 185: Lee Kyle - World's Worst Offspring

19 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week's episode is a chip off the old block as, inspired by a Patreon supporter, we look for the worst offspring in the world. Joined by comedian,...

Ep 184: Terry Victor - World's Worst Dictionary

12 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

From Aardman Studios to ZZ Top, we are carousing through a wordy wonderland this week in the urbane company of actor, author and lexicographer Terry V...

Ep 183: James Shakeshaft - World's Worst Village Idiot

05 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We're clowning around this week, acting the giddy goat and generally just fooling as we are joined by one half of The Loremen podcast, James Shakeshaf...

The Third Foot: Napoleon Bonaparte (Bonus Episode)

30 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Another month brings another dose of bonus Worst Foot Forward content, as paid for by our kind supporters on Patreon. With Ben having taken on Columbu...

Ep 182: Rachel Creeger - World's Worst Old Testament Character

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

And Lo, Barry and Ben grew long sagacious beards and set themselves to the hubristic task of marking the most doleful characters from the Good Book. A...

Ep 181: Nick Pettigrew - World's Worst Inventor

21 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We've been tinkering and twatting about in the lab this week, and we've come up with all sorts of weird gadgets and gizmos aplenty in our pursuit of t...

Ep 180: Aaron Simmonds - World's Worst Weightlifter

14 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Lift, clean and jerk with us this week as we are joined by comedian and former weightlifter Aaron Simmonds to talk about the World's Worst Weightlifte...

Ep 179: Ignacio Lopez - World's Worst Sports Movie

07 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Get ready for the cinematic equivalent of a kick in the shins as we head to the cinema wearing three jockstraps, a backwards headguard and fetching la...

Ep 178: Rich Watkins - World's Worst Language

31 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hello, bonjour and willkommen to this linguistically laden episode of Worst Foot Forward. Actor and student of languages Rich Watkins brings his talen...

The Third Foot - Christopher Columbus (Bonus Episode)

28 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As the famous rhyme doesn't go, 'In Twenty Twenty, Van der Velde and McStay / discovered Columbus was really from Norway'. After we were contacted by ...

Ep 177: Ola The Comedian - World's Worst Nollywood Moment

24 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

No, there isn't a typo in this episode title and we aren't visiting the glitz and glam world of Hollywood. Instead, alongside the brilliant British-Ni...

Ep 176: Naomi Paxton - World's Worst Speech

17 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ladies and gentlemen, pray silence for this week's episode of Worst Foot Forward - or ideally, gales of laughter as we expound on the World's Worst Sp...

Ep 175: Seb Falk - World's Worst Map

10 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We are bang slap in the middle of nowhere, up a creek without a paddle and being urged violently to do a U-Turn where possible as we follow the World'...

Ep 174: Athena Kugblenu - World's Worst Monument

03 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week's episode has been painstakingly carved out of the finest audio marble available, erected on to a plinth only for us to discover that the he...

The Third Foot - Eugène François Vidocq (Bonus Episode)

29 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This month's bonus episode takes us back to our episode on the world's worst detective where we encountered a truly remarkable French icon: Eugène Fr...

Ep 173: Steve Cross - World's Worst Scientist

26 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In an age that is anything but rational, where pseuds, quacks and anti-vaxxers have way more voice than they should, it's time for a bit of perspectiv...

Ep 172: Jessica Law - World's Worst Horror Story

20 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Listener beware, you're in for a scare. Gather round the campfire and join Barry, Ben and guest Jessica Law as we tell the World's Worst Horror Story....

Ep 171: Ryan Dalton - World's Worst Pet

13 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Pop on your collar and leash and join us for some walkies as we talk to stand-up comic, professional dog walker and former zookeeper Ryan Dalton about...

Ep 170: Susan E. Connolly - World's Worst Ghost

06 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Listener beware, you're in for a scare as this week's podcast is crammed full of ghouls and ghastly apparitions. And that's just the hosts. Alongside ...

Ep 169: Ashraf Ejjbair - World's Worst Vacation

29 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Pack your bags, pop on a gaudy Hawaiian shirt and don't forget your toothbrush: we're off on holiday.  Joined by glamorous guest Ashraf Ejjbeir, star...

The Third Foot: Pliny The Elder (Bonus Episode)

28 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's about bloody time! Old friend of the podcast Pliny The Elder goes solo! We devote our bonus monthly episode to the man who gave us the myth about...

Ep 168: Mufseen Miah - World's Worst Pride

22 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

*During Pride Month, join the podcast in supporting Black Pride UK. by clicking the link and donating* This week is Pride Week in the UK! So on the ...

Ep 167: Marc Burrows - World's Worst Invasion

15 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

CHAAAAAAAARGE! Very much in keeping with the spirit of the times, this week we're charging headlong into battle with very little strategy or plan, joi...

Ep 166: Sif Boynton - World's Worst Law

08 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

**Please join the podcast in supporting organisations working for justice and equality for black people. Spurred by the death of George Floyd and too ...

Ep 165: Bethany Black - World's Worst Race

01 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On your marks...get set...GO! We're off to the races this week, along with brilliantly funny stand-up comedian, actor and writer Bethany Black as we d...

The Third Foot: Hermits (Bonus Episode)

29 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to this month's bonus glace cherry atop a teetering pile of horse manure.  Since we're all currently living a monastic lifestyle we thought i...

Ep 163: Dr Lucy Rogers - World's Worst Science Communicator

18 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

God, the episode titles really don't really treat our guests very well, do they!? Dr Lucy Rogers is an absolutely world class science communicator, an...

Ep 162: Madison Coby - World's Worst Poster

11 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Your podcast needs YOU! This week we're joined by the creative whirlwind Madison Coby: actor, graphic designer and illustrator to discuss all the thin...

Ep 161: Joseph Cullen - World's Worst Farmer

04 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We're reaping what we sow this week on WFF as actor, improviser, comedian and producer Joseph Cullen, whose family are of Cornish farming stock, is wi...

The Third Foot: Virtual Walking Tour Of London (Bonus Episode)

30 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We're not really meant to bring groups of tourists wandering around London in these locked-down times, so Ben and Barry lead a virtual walking tour of...

Ep 160: Sadie Clark - World's Worst Rom-Com

27 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Is this a podcast? I hadn't noticed. It's time, folks. It's a topic we've had on the radar for a while and finally we settle down on the sofa to watch...

Ep 159: John-Luke Roberts - World's Worst Joke

20 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week you find us brandishing our rubber chickens, whoopee cushions and banana skins in the company of one of the finest joke writers and most won...

Ep 158: Derps & Dragons - World's Worst Spell

13 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Roll for initiative! Grab your dice, your pencils, character sheets and assorted costume pieces as we gather around the gaming table for a Dungeons An...

Ep 157: Joe Wells - World's Worst Revolutionary

06 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Man the barricades and try not to fall over the edge as you're doing it.  Desperate times call for desperate measures and we've drafted in ace politi...

The Third Foot: Indoor Games (Bones Episode)

31 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's that time of the month again, your extra dose of Worst Foot Forward in our bonus episode paid for by our kind supporters on Patreon. This month, ...

Ep 156: Mikey Brett - World's Worst Puppet

30 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

There are some strings attached to this week's episode - our first recorded during full-blown lockdown - but we're keeping our spirits up with some he...

Ep 155c: Coronavirus Retrospective

23 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Well now...this has been quite the week, hasn't it.  Ben stubbed his toe on a bed frame late on Friday night and it all seems to have got even worse ...

Ep 155b: Best of the Worst of the Best 9

16 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We're back with more sunshine, history and daftness in a hostful episode where we look back at previous episodes about terrible magic tricks, monarchs...

Ep 155: Lucy Jane Atkinson - World's Worst Fashion Show

09 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Strike a pose, this week we are strutting our stuff on the catwalk of catastrophe that is the World's Worst Fashion Show. Theatre director extraordina...

Ep 154: LIVE SHOW - World's Worst Dinner Party

02 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Here we go! Our first ever live show, recorded on 29th February at the Network Theatre in Waterloo as part of London's VAULT Festival. We were joined ...

The Third Foot: Leap Years (Bonus Episode)

28 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

**For tickets to our first ever live show on February 29th 2020, with special guests Joel Morris, Dr Anna Ploszajski and one more to be announced... f...

Ep 153: David Atherton - World's Worst Restaurant

24 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

**For tickets to our first ever live show on February 29th 2020, with special guests Bec Hill, Dr Anna Ploszajski and Joel Morris follow this link: h...

Ep 152: Delea Shand - World's Worst Opera

17 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

**For tickets to our first ever live show on February 29th 2020, with special guests Bec Hill, Dr Anna Ploszajski and Joel Morris follow this link: h...

Ep 151: Katy Schutte - World's Worst Sea Creature

10 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

**For tickets to our first ever live show on February 29th 2020, with special guests Bec Hill, Dr Anna Ploszajski and Joel Morris follow this link: h...

Ep 150: This Is Your Worst Life

03 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

**For tickets to our first ever live show on February 29th 2020, with special guests Bec Hill, Dr Anna Ploszajski and one more to be announced... foll...

The Third Foot: Dancing Plagues (Bonus Episode)

31 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

**For tickets to our first ever live show on February 29th 2020, with special guests Bec Hill, Dr Anna Ploszajski and one more to be announced... foll...

Ep 149: Vicki Pipe - World's Worst Train

27 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

**For tickets to our first ever live show in London on February 29th 2020, follow this link: https://vaultfestival.com/whats-on/worst-foot-forward-li...

Ep 148b: Best of the Worst of the Best 8

20 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

For tickets to our first ever live show in London on February 29th 2020, follow this link: https://vaultfestival.com/whats-on/worst-foot-forward-live...

Ep 148: Dominic Nicholls - World's Worst Weapon

13 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

For tickets to our first ever live show in London on February 29th 2020, follow this link: https://vaultfestival.com/whats-on/worst-foot-forward-live...

Ep 147: Rahul Kohli - World's Worst Mob Boss

06 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

**For tickets to our first ever live show on February 29th 2020, follow this link: https://vaultfestival.com/whats-on/worst-foot-forward-live-recordi...

The World's Worst 'Best of 2019' Episode

30 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

**For tickets to our first ever live show on February 29th 2020, follow this link: https://vaultfestival.com/whats-on/worst-foot-forward-live-recordi...

The Third Foot: Christmas Traditions (Bonus Episode)

25 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

** Still need a last-minute Christmas gift...Well, why not buy some tickets to our first ever live show, which is in London on February 29th 2020! Fol...

Ep 146: Sara Pettit - World's Worst Tycoon

23 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

**For tickets to our first ever live show on February 29th 2020, follow this link: https://vaultfestival.com/whats-on/worst-foot-forward-live-recordi...

Ep 145: Chris Stokes - World's Worst Mystery

16 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Peer into your perpetually murky crystal ball and you might just be able to pick up this week's episode with comedian Chris Stokes, all about the worl...

Ep 144: Suzi Battersby - World's Worst Make-Up

09 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For tickets to our first ever live show on February 29th 2020, follow this link: https://vaultfestival.com/whats-on/worst-foot-forward-live-recording...

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! LIVE SHOW ALERT!

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT TIME! We are doing our first ever LIVE RECORDING of Worst Foot Forward! It's time to allow an audience to witness just how shambolic ...

Ep 143: Mike Shephard - World's Worst Pilgrimage

02 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Come brethren, follow us into the unknown in search of greater glory - or certainly greater glorious failure, as we set off on the World's Worst Pilgr...

The Third Foot: Warlocks (Bonus Episode)

29 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Check out 'Literally Everyone Else In The World', the Dungeons and Dragons-themed Christmas single from The Oxventurers Guild, who are DM-ed and inspi...

Ep 142: Alison Spittle - World's Worst Martial Arts Movie

25 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Say "konichiwa" to an hour of wayward ass-kicking (we were actually aiming for our elbows) in the company of brilliant Irish comedian Alison Spittle a...

Ep 141b: Best of the Worst of the Best 7

18 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We are sunny sides up this week, going back to past subjects and finding the very bests instead of absolute worsts. We revisit shows with Sindhu Vee, ...

Ep 141: Xand Van Tulleken - World's Worst Diet

11 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Open wide and prepare to swallow some truly terrible ideas as we uncover the wild and bizarre history of dieting this week.  We're joined by the glob...

Ep 140: Roann McCloskey - World's Worst Feminist

04 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ladies (and gents, but only if you're ready to play nice), let's march arm in arm towards a more equal, happier future. Along the way, we're likely to...

The Third Foot: The Oscars (Bonus Episode)

30 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Join us on the red carpet for our bonus episode as we pick over the bones of the weirdest, wildest and most ill-judged moments in the history of the g...

Ep 139: Dan Muggleton - World's Worst Prison

28 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We are rattling the cages and walking the yards of the World's Worst Prison this week in the company of convict-by-birth, Australian comedian Dan Mugg...

Ep 138: Jonny Sharples - World's Worst Sports Club Owner

20 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Peep! The whistle is being blown this week, not just on the pitch but off it too as we turn both barrels on the World's Worst Sports Club Owners. We a...

Ep 137: Ari Eldjarn - World's Worst Football Team

14 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Don your cardboard shinpads, make sure your studs are the right way round and prepare for some shoulder-high tackles as we present the worst football ...

Ep 136: Rob Mulholland - World's Worst Musical

08 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We're jazz-handing, grape-vining, box-stepping and kick-lining our way through this week's episode, alongside comedian Rob Mulholland in the cast of t...

Ep 135: Rachel Wheeley - World's Worst Gift

30 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Since you've been very good we've saved up and gift-wrapped you this episode.  Along with our guest - stand-up comic, producer and Douglas Adams acol...

The Third Foot - Eustace the Monk (Bonus Episode)

28 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's time to hit the high seas (via a woodland stronghold, a monastery and a burning pentagram) as we feature one of our favourite discoveries from ou...

Ep 134: Andy Bodfish - World's Worst Sportsmanship

23 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

With elbows raised high and a steeplechase full of horseshoes crammed into our boxing gloves we spit in the face of the spirit of the game and talk to...

Ep 133: Rob Taylor-Hastings - World's Worst Robot

16 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bleep blorp, does not compute! This week, we risk infuriating our future overlords by naming and shaming the World's Worst Robots. We are joined by th...

Ep 132: Steve Gribbin - World's Worst Railway

09 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

All aboard! Anyone who has ever used public transport in the UK knows that one of our favourite past times is complaining about our unbelievably sub-s...

Episode 131c - A Variety Pack of Schadenfreude

01 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ben's still decompressing from Edinburgh and Barry's away galivanting for his wedding anniversary, so we've thrown together a quick Worst Foot trifle ...

The Third Foot - Madame Tussauds (Bonus Episode)

30 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Come listeners! Join us in the snaking queue into the uncanny valley! Ben and Barry are a bit glassy-eyed in this month's bonus Patreon episode, as we...

Ep 131b: Best of the Worst of the Best 6

26 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's a Ben-and-Barry duo episode, another chance to delve back into the archives and revisit past shows. This week we flip the record on episodes 26 t...

Ep 131: The Ultimate Predator - World's Worst Disguise

19 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we don masks, fake moustaches and thick glasses and try to avoid detection as we seek out the World's Worst Disguise. We are joined by a rea...

Ep 130: Alexander Fox - World's Worst Drummer

12 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

And a one, and a two, and a one, two, four, three, five, seven, pi, ampersand, poop emoji...! Join us on the beat this week as we are joined by comed...

Ep 129: Will Duggan - World's Worst Commute

05 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Straighten your tie, pop on your bicycle clips and get ready to join the rat race this week as we head out on the journey to find the world's worst co...

Ep 128: Jacob Hawley - World's Worst Narcotic

29 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Open your doors of perception and take a long toke of this week's mind-bending episode. With guest Jacob Hawley - comedian and host of BBC podcast, J...

The Third Foot - The Futurist Cookbook (Bonus Episode)

27 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this month's bonus episode (paid for by our kind donors on Patreon), we revisit our episode about the World's Worst Cook with Fiona Sagar and speci...

Ep 127: Alex Kealy - World's Worst Musical Instrument

22 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we have our tuning forks and ear trumpets out as we play the world's worst musical instruments. We are joined by comedian, writer, tutor and...

Ep 126: Cally Beaton - World's Worst Parents

15 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Straighten your tie, sit up straight, eat up your greens and don't even think about listening to this podcast dressed in that short skirt as this week...

Ep 125: Juliette Burton - World's Worst Chat-Up Line

08 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Well hey there good looking, let's say you and me head back to my place, hop on the good foot and do the bad thing?  That's right, listen to a podcas...

Ep 124: Angus Dunican - World's Worst Apology

30 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For what you are about to hear, we are truly sorry. Which is appropriate, as we are all about the World's Worst Apology this week in the company of th...

The Third Foot - Emperor Norton I (Bonus Episode)

29 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's the hottest day of the year in the UK as this episode drops, so perfect weather to sprawl on a beach or under a tree and get a bit of extra knowl...

Ep 123: Eshaan Akbaar - World's Worst Banker

23 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As we still feel the ugly reverberations of the 2008 crash it's about time 2 1/2 decent minds got together and drilled to the bottom of it.  Barry an...

Ep 122: Javier Jarquin - World's Worst Assassin

17 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We've got the World's Worst Assassin firmly in our wavering crosshairs today, with comic and card-ninja Javier Jarquin as our killer guest. It's jam-p...

Ep 121 - World's Worst Host with guest judge Lydia Mizon

10 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

After 120 episodes we thought we'd finally dispense with a guest and go toe to toe.  Barry and Ben duke it out over who the worst host of all time is...

Ep 120: Johnny Chiodini - World's Worst D&D Class

03 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Spellcasting - AWFUL! We are led through the dark and dingy underworld of the legendary roleplaying game Dungeons and Dragons by writer, performer, vi...

The Third Foot - Fertility Treatments (Bonus Episode)

31 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's your May Bonus Episode, thanks to our supporters on Patreon.com, and this time we are revisiting the episode with Dr Keir Shiels about the World'...

Ep 119: Katie Pritchard - World's Worst Allergy

26 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATCHOOOOO! We bring you this week's episode with streaming eyes and ruby red nose as we dip or toes tentatively into the pretty grim...

Ep 118b: Best Of The Worst Of The Best 5

19 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Once more we go back into the past with some positive vibes this time. We revisit episode 21 to 25 in search of the World's BEST in the categories of ...

Ep 118: Chloe Petts - World's Worst Mascot

13 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we enter the surprisingly murky world of mascots with stand-up comic (and former Crystal Palace mascot) Chloe Petts for company.  There's a...

Ep 117: Alexander Bennett - World's Worst Scientific Fraud

06 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Pop on your lab coats and join us down in the Worst Foot Forward labs as we uncover a carnival of quackery, forgery and all sorts of morally dubious a...

Ep 116: Lauren Johnson - World's Worst Prince

29 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Behind every king or queen there always seems to be a witless eldest son, a dissipating and disappointing heir or some conniving offspring waiting nex...

The Third Foot - Theophilus Marzials (Bonus Episode)

26 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the second of our monthly bonus episodes, courtesy of our fantastic fans on Patreon, we revisit a former winner of an episode: Theophilus Marzials,...

Ep 115: Alasdair Beckett-King - World's Worst Saint

22 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week's episode has been thoroughly spot-checked by a crack team of cardinals preparing Barry, Ben and their guest, comedian and animator Alasdair...