Worst Foot Forward

Ep 114: Jonathan Shariat - World's Worst Design Flaw

15 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest this week is perfectly designed in every way to give us an insight into the World's Worst Design Flaw. A designer and author of the book Tra...

Ep 113: Kyle Ross & Joel Samuels - World's Worst Manager

08 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we don our sheepskin jacket (with a bribe sown in the lining), enjoy a cheeky post-match half (plus a wee nip from our hip flask) and stand ...

Ep 112: Andrew Somerville - World's Worst Algorithm

31 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We're in uncharted waters this week, as Ben and Barry are confronted with technology far beyond their understanding, otherwise known as our guest Andr...

Ep 111: Sarah Jones - World's Worst Smell

25 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Hold your noses and dive into the open sewer of the most olfactorily repulsive episode yet.  Joined by Sarah Jones, an expert on microbes, minerals a...

The Third Foot - Psychosurgery (Bonus Episode)

22 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As promised a couple of episodes ago, since we've hit our target on Patreon of 25 supporters, we'll be throwing out an extra show per month for all ou...

Ep 110: Cerys Bradley - World's Worst Scientific Experiment

18 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We're down in the lab tinkering with equipment, mixing dangerous substances and generally causing chaos. We're conducting the World's Worst Scientific...

Ep 109: Andrew Ellard - World's Worst Evil Genius

10 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

*swivels around in enormous winged chair* Ah, Mr.Podcast Listener, we've been expecting you.  The guest in our deadly lair this week is master script...

Ep 108: Dr Rob Cromarty - World's Worst Military Tactic

04 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Quick, march! Into battle we go under the leadership of our general, classicist and quiz-show boffin Dr Rob Cromarty. We're seeking out the world's wo...

Ep 107: Dean Rodgers - World's Worst Puzzle

24 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is an episode for anyone who has become so frustrated with their Rubik's Cube that they've ended up unpeeling the coloured squares and sticking t...

Ep 106a: Best of the Worst of the Best 4

18 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

With the first inklings of spring in the air, Ben and Barry are feeling positively positive about things and so once again are delving back into the a...

Ep 106: Dan Simpson - World's Worst Lullaby

11 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sleep well, dear listeners, and sweet nightmares to you all as Ben and Barry, in the company of poet Dan Simpson, hasten you to slumber with the World...

Ep 105: Dr Seth Thevoz - World's Worst Voiceover

05 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In a world where two trivia nerds are able to trap the honorary librarian of the Liberal Club in a posh shed out the back of a nice flat in Hampstead,...

Ep 104: Myq Kaplan - World's Worst Guest

28 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Be our guests, be our guests - in fact, the man doing just that (via Skype) is American stand-up Myq Kaplan, who is getting very meta as he chose the ...

Ep 103: Tom Hall & Andrew Gruen - World's Worst Escape

21 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Over the past five years the phenomenon of escape rooms has exploded all over the globe and this week our two guests are creators of several remarkabl...

Ep 102: Oliver Powell - World's Worst Advert

14 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We're indulging our consumerist instincts this week in the company of actor, host of the Average at Best Podcast and star of countless commercials, Ol...

Ep 101: Sooz Kempner - World's Worst Diva

07 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Pop on your diamante slippers, swish your feather boa around your neck and strut your way in 2019 with tales of the world's worst divas.  Accompanied...

Ep 100b: The World's Worst 'Best of 2018' Episode

30 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

New Year's Eve, the clocks tick towards midnight with the prospect of turning the page on 2018. BUT NO! We keep you firmly rooted in the past as we lo...

Ep 100a: Best of the Worst of the Best 3

24 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we head to the appendix of our encyclopaedia of heroic failure and talk about some stone cold heroes. Way back in early 2017 we talked about...

Ep 100: Ben and Barry - World's Worst Century

17 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Sweet holy mother of everything that's heroically awful: we made it to 100 episodes!  To celebrate Ben and Barry drill down into everything terrible ...

Ep 99: Anuvab Pal - World's Worst Empire

10 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We are boldly setting out to civilise you this week, as we talk about the World's Worst Empire. Our guest this week is regular contributor to satirica...

Ep 98: Lucy Johnston - World's Worst Vending Machine

03 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Inspired by the mot batshit crazy Patreon suggestions we've had so far, we plunged head first into the surprisingly fertile and unsurprisingly weird w...

Ep 97: Andrew O'Neill - World's Worst God

26 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Our listeners, who art in the internet, hallowed be this episode of Worst Foot Forward. We are getting blasphemous this week in every possible religio...

Ep 96: Anna Ploszajski - World's Worst Material

19 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined this week by the eminently qualified Dr Anna Ploszajski - Young Engineer of the Year, Channel Swimmer, science explainer and graphene-hat...

Ep 95: Schalk Bezuidenhout - World's Worst Gig

12 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Testing, one two one two, is this thing on…? We're met by a mix of cricket sounds, flying bottles and scathing reviews this week as we perform the W...

Ep 94: Mike Stuchberry - World's Worst Epidemic

05 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're donning our sterilised plastic gloves, three face masks and a full hazmat suit as we prepare to deal with the world's most peculiar, d...

Ep 93: Joel Morris - World's Worst Musical Film

29 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are jazz-handing, kicklining and tumbling sideways off a swirling staircase into a pile of soggy Busby Berkeley girls. It's time for us t...

Ep 92: Aidan Goatley - World's Worst Tattoo

21 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Bite down hard and prepare to feel some unusual pain as we inflict the world's worst tattoos on you. Joined by the charming stand-up comic Aidan Goatl...

Ep 91: Bex Lindsay - World's Worst Toy

15 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we enter one of the creepiest world's imaginable: the nightmarish dimension of terrible toys. With award-winning children's radio host Bex L...

Ep 90: Andrew Shaffer - World's Worst Fan Fiction

08 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Let your imaginations run wild - this week we are reading the World's Worst Fan Fiction. Our guest is Andrew Shaffer, New York Times best-selling auth...

Ep 89: Jack Bernhardt - World's Worst President

01 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Having already determined the worst monarch and emperors of all time we return to what can best be described as History's Marianna Trench of awful lea...

Ep 88: Helen McCarthy - World's Worst Cult

23 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The Church of the Holy Worst Foot holds the secret to eternal satisfaction you've been looking for all your life. Available for a low low lifetime sub...

Ep 87: Matt Highton - World's Worst Death Scene

17 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Slashed down in a shower, melted by a girl and her little dog too or just squashed by an ACME anvil - it's time for this podcast to die in the World's...

Ep 86: Molly Ker Hawn - World's Worst Fictional Child

09 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we line up some of the stickiest, naughtiest, most badly behaved and obnoxiously prodigious children ever created by authors and line ...

Ep 85: Taylor Glenn - World's Worst Detective

03 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Gumshoes on, private dicks at the ready, it's time to crack the case of the World's Worst Detective. With us is the multi-talented Taylor Glenn, host ...

Ep 84b: The Best Of The Worst of the Best 2

26 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Hop in the time machine! Ben and Barry are jumping back to episodes 6-10 as they revisit those subjects - but in a positive light! 76 episodes ago we ...

Ep 84: Lord Fear aka Tom Bell - World's Worst Emperor

20 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to the sound of those really long trumpets with carpets dangling off them - it can only mean one thing, it's time for our episode about the wor...

Ep 83 - Journey Around the Monopoly Board (Patreon Special with Paul Flannery)

18 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Pull up a chair and prepare for some world class arguments, trivia and brutal no-holds-barred capitalism as Ben and Barry present their first ever Pat...

Ep 82: Oscar Toeman - World's Worst Resignation

13 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are stepping down, shaking golden handshakes and leaving with our heads held high. Theatre director Oscar Toeman will guide Ben and Barry...

Ep 81: Francesco De Carlo - World's Worst Prank

06 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Come, shake us by the hand. BUZZZZZZ! Smell the flower in my lapel. SPLAAAASSSHHHH! Sit on this comfy cushion. FAAARRTTTT! Sorry guys, but this week w...

Ep 80: Abigail Burdess - World's Worst Dance

29 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

One two three, step two three, one two three, I'm so sorry, I've crushed your toes. Swing your partners round and round this week, it's time for us to...

Ep 79: Dani Charlton - World's Worst Band Name

22 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Many a good band has fallen by the wayside for want of a decent name. Then again, some have prospered despite really pisspoor monikers - take a bow, C...

Ep 78: Georgie Morrell - World's Worst Hangover

15 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Knock back a raw egg, fetch another pail of Bloody Mary and get ready to talk to Ralph on the big white telephone as we uncover the history of the wor...

Ep 77: John Robertson - World's Worst Housemate

09 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We're not saying you HAVE to listen to this week's episode all about the World's Worst Housemate with comedian John Robertson. We're just leaving you ...

Ep 76b - The Best of the Worst of the Best

01 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Holding patterns everyone! Ben and Barry are joined by no one but themselves in this special one-off episode. Together they go back through the first ...

Ep 76: Lily Sloane - World's Worst Therapist

25 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we invite you to tell us about your feelings. Yes, it's a proper therapy session as Barry and Ben lie on the couch with Lily Sloane, therap...

Ep 75: Tristan Bernays - World's Worst Sex Scene

18 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Warning guys. This week's episode is SERIOUSLY SEXY. Stick on some mood music, dim the lights, burn some incense and relax as we lather on the baby-oi...

Ep 74: Paul Duncan McGarrity - World's Worst Knight

11 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Arise, ye noble listeners of Worst Foot Forward - sorry about accidentally slicing your heads off. Never mind, be of good cheer as Squires McStay and ...

Ep 73: Lydia Mizon - World's Worst Quiz Contestant

04 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

A podcast featuring a champion of the BBC's hardest quiz talking to two idiots about the World's Worst Quiz Contestant. Buzz! What is Worst Foot Forwa...

Ep 72: Camilla Whitehill - World's Worst Tourist Attraction

27 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Pop on your camera, get in line and prepare your finest gawking faces as we show you around our episode about the worst tourist attractions in the wor...

Ep 71: Nat Tapley - World's Worst Elected Head Of Government

21 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Things are getting political at Worst Foot Forward as we all struggle to be Last Past The Post with our candidates for the World's Worst Elected Head ...

Ep 70: Glenn Moore - World's Worst Newscaster

13 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It's Worst Foot Forward here, on the hour, every hour, whatever the hour, with an episode all about the worst newscasters of all time. We're joined by...

Ep 69: Jonny Singer - World's Worst Sporting Rule

07 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We're all offside and committing fouls after a false-start to Worst Foot Forward this week, throwing every bit of dissent we possibly can at the umpir...

Ep 68: Gabriel Ebulue - World's Worst Music Video

29 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Video may not have killed the radio star, but it's certainly responsible for some incredibly poor creative choices since MTV was launched back in 1981...

Ep 67: Daniel Bye - World's Worst Political Theatre

23 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're endeavouring to look Very Serious Indeed as we grapple with thorny topic of political theatre. We're joined by director, actor and the...

Ep 66: Jamey Stegmaier - World's Worst Game

16 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It's all fun and games this week on Worst Foot Forward as Ben and Barry welcome Jamey Stegmaier to talk about the World's Worst Game. Jamey is the fou...

Ep 65: A Gay and A Nongay - World's Worst Friendship

09 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're joined by podcast royalty and bosom buddies James Barr and Dan Hudson, aka A Gay and a Nongay to discuss what happens when friendship ...

Ep 64: Tulip Siddiq MP - World's Worst Fashion Accessory

01 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Handbags and glad-rags time, as Ben and Barry record an episode in the Houses of Parliament in London, no less! And joining them is a dedicated follow...

Ep 63: Jon Dryden Taylor - World's Worst Opening Ceremony

25 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Tan-tan-tara-tara splutter splutter cough… This episode reaches you with a dribbly fanfare, a shambling parade and a few dubious musical acts, like ...

Ep 62: Tez Ilyas - World's Worst Centre Back

19 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It's back to one of our favourite Sunday afternoon pub conversations this week as we go searching for more terrible footballers for our all-time worst...

Ep 61: Stevyn Colgan - World's Worst Policeman

12 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Hullo hullo hullo...what have we got here then? Why officer, it's an episode all about the worst coppers of all time. We invited on QI elf, novelist, ...

Ep 60: Spring Day - World's Worst Family Tradition

05 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We've a spring in our steps and a Spring in the studio this week as Brooklyn's sharpest wit Spring Day is with us to talk about the World's Worst Fami...

Ep 59: Helen Arney - World's Worst Element

26 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It's time to get out our Bunsen Burners and boil everything down to its most basic constituent parts: if we can work out what the worst element in the...

Ep 58: Felix Trench - World's Worst Day

19 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It's a beautiful day! Our guest this week is the actor Felix Trench, star of the podcast sitcom 'Wooden Overcoats' (http://www.woodenovercoats.com) an...

Ep 57: Matt Stellingwerf - World's Worst Punishment

12 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined this week by award-winning Kiwi comic and former criminologist Matt Stellingwerf to cover a seriously grisly topic: the world's worst pun...

Episode 56b: The World's Worst 'Best Of 2017' Episode

05 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Worst Foot Forward we are celebrating joining Podnose, the UK's leading independent entertainment podcasting network. To mark this, we're...

Ep 56: Laura Lexx - World's Worst Tea

29 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Anyone for tea? Following on from speaking to the quintessential British rapper last week we cover the most classic of all British topics this week: t...

Ep 55: Professor Elemental - World's Worst Hip-Hop Album

22 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Pull up a turntable and join us as we cut through the hardy thickets of undergrowth that make up the choices of the world's worst hip-hop album. Joine...

Ep 54: Will Seaward - World's Worst Pirate

15 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of Cointreau, it's time for these salty seadogs to tell ye a tale! Gather ye round as Cap'n Will Seaward, comedian and storytell...

Ep 53: Andrew Doyle - World's Worst Sequel

08 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week's episode sees us paint with broad brushstrokes as we discuss the world's worst sequel, along with our guest - comedian, writer and Jonathan...

Ep 52: Iszi Lawrence - World's Worst Poet

01 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Merry new year to one and all! For our first episode of 2018 we've donned berets, waxed our beards and grabbed the nearest set of tom-toms to share st...

Ep 51: Allan Scott Douglas - World's Worst Santa

25 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Ho ho ho - but enough naming our garden implements, it's time for the Worst Foot Forward Christmas Special! Santa himself joins us on the show - or at...

Ep 50: Sam Lebens - World's Worst Messiah

18 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

It's our fiftieth episode, our golden anniversary and to celebrate, Ben and Barry have got a real rabbi to bless their union. Sam Lebens joins the boy...

Ep 49: Thom Tuck - World's Worst Greatest Hits Album

11 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for a rummage through the bargain basement with actor, sketch performer and 21st century PG Wodehouse character Thom Tuck as we cast our eyes ...

Ep 48: Masud Milas - World's Worst Blaxploitation Movie

04 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

*Cue outrageously funky wah-wah pedal and slick hi-hat action* Flick up the collars of your trenchcoat, coiffure your Afro to perfection and get ready...

Ep 47: Samantha Baines - World's Worst Space Invention

27 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

3 - 2 - 1 - LIFT OFF! Whoops, the rocket fell over. Yes, having previously discussed astronauts, we're blasting off to space again in search of the Wo...

Ep 46: Richard Maxted - World's Worst Cocktail

20 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Ben and Barry are often likened to cocktails - one is a high-baller with a twist and the other is a fruity virgin. So it was only natural that they wo...

Ep 45: Ethan Lawrence - World's Worst Monarch

14 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This is one of those episodes we've been looking forward to since the beginning of the podcast. Alongside actor, fellow history nerd and WFF fan Ethan...

Ep 44: Ria Lina - World's Worst Legal Defence

06 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Order in court for this week's episode as we tackle the thorny issues of terrible legal defences. With us is one of our most qualified and talented gu...

Ep 43: Archie Maddocks - World's Worst Playwright

30 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Curtain up! This week's guest is Archie Maddocks, a stand-up comedian as well as a multi-nominated playwright - his work has been shortlisted for both...

Ep 42: Lolo Brow - World's Worst Burlesque

22 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We laid out the green carpet and welcoming the Lizard Queen of British Burlesque Lolo Brow to dish the dirt on the worst burlesque of all time. She's ...

Ep 41: Morgan & West - World's Worst Magic Trick

16 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Izzy wizzy, let's get busy with a whole heap of magic and mystery. Ben and Barry are joined by Morgan & West, Time Travelling Magicians, who saw us in...

Ep 40: Amelia Womack - World's Worst Environmentalist

08 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

As the storm clouds of climate change begin to whirl around us we thought it was time we talked to an expert who could help us point the finger at the...

Ep 39: Ben Mepsted - World's Worst Striker

02 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Goooooooaaaaaalllllllll! For those of you expecting a podcast about the world's worst takers of industrial action - sorry, this one is about football ...

Ep 38: Richard Soames - World's Worst Word

24 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Get some ice cool ear muffs ready for this episode as your ears are going to be burning by the end of it! Barry and Ben interview sketch comedy's Mr.N...

Ep 37b: World's Worst Holding Episode

18 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We're taking a week off to enjoy a cheeky autumnal holiday. In the meantime, fill your ears with some of the best clips that didn't quite make the fin...

Ep 37: John Henry Falle - World's Worst Mythical Beast

11 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Grab your net, trident and extra-thick gloves and join us on a monster hunt! Ben and Barry are joined by Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee John Henry Fal...

Ep 36: Simon Feilder - World's Worst Gadget

04 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Go go gadget! X-Ray Spex on, hoverboards charged up and telescopic body-parts at full mast as we construct some of the world's worst gadgets! Comedian...

Ep 35: Tom Crowley - World's Worst Remake

28 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

What, this old guff again? Yes but not as you know it, because Worst Foot Forward gets a reboot as we talk about the World's Worst Remakes. Writer, pe...

Ep 34: Edd Kimber - World's Worst Baker

21 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Roll us out, cover us in flour and watch us rise, it's a very tasty episode this week all about the World's Worst Baker. And who better than AN ACTUAL...

Ep 33: Keir Shiels - World's Worst Doctor

14 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The doctor will see you now, but say 'AAAAAAAHHHHH' because he's accompanied by two idiots. Yes, actual real-life NHS registrar Doctor Keir Shiels is ...

Ep 32: Tobi Wilson - World's Worst TV Cartoon

06 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Well knock us down with a steamroller, drop an anvil on us and throw us off a cliff because this week we're getting very animated in the company of To...

Ep 31: Sindhu Vee - World's Worst Wife

31 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're joined by tremendous rising star of the comedy circuit Sindhu Vee. Together we delve into the world of ancient history, hillbilly Amer...

Ep 30: Bisha K Ali - World's Worst Horror Movie

24 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Woooooooo! WOOOOOOOOO! Look out behind you, because creeping up slowly in ghostly and macabre form is this week's episode about the worst horror movie...

Ep 29: Eric Lampaert - World's Worst Alien

16 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The truth is out there… Playing Mulder to Worst Foot Forward's Scully is comedian, actor and improviser Eric Lampaert. Eric is shortly appearing in ...

Ep 28: Jonny and the Baptists - World's Worst Musical Duo

10 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week we hit the high note harmonies that crack glass and friendship as we uncover the very worst musical duos of all time. We're joined by one of...

Ep 27: Dana Alexander - Worlds Worst Driver

04 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Rev your engine, pop the clutch and do your very best not to stall on the start line as you help us uncover the worst drivers of all time with ace Can...

Ep 26: Kiri Pritchard-McLean - World's Worst Serial Killer

25 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Blood! Guts! Carnage! Trivia! Worst Foot Forward is a veritable crime scene this week as we investigate the World's Worst Serial Killer. We've got a c...

Ep 25: Christian Talbot - World's Worst Screen Actor

19 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We settle a debate for the ages this week and line-up a selection of silver screen heavyweights (plus a few bantams) as we debate the worst screen act...

Ep 24: Nat Luurtsema - World's Worst Lodgings

11 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

They say there's no place like home - and in the case of the homes we discuss this week, THANK GOD! We delve into the World's Worst Lodgings with our ...

Ep 23: Fiona Sagar - World's Worst Cook

04 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We are serving up a real feast for the ears as this week's podcast is about the World's Worst Cook and it is brimful of recipes for disaster - and yes...