Jun 18, 2026 · 1 hr 21 min · 13 segments
Once in every lifetime comes a guest like this - someone who created and wrote one of the most influential, revolutionary and most-loved sitcoms ever, alongside her co-creators and co-writers Rik…
Lise MayerGuest
Ange PearsonHost
Paul TanterHost
Matt BrooksHost
It was, I gave the reason I'm researching for a book and you book in and you got to pay a fee and you go in and you tell them in advance the stuff you want.
And my, my remit was I want everything related to the sitcom bottom and everything related to the sitcom, the young ones.
I didn't need the young ones, but it's because we're fans of it that I thought while I'm there, I'll have a look.
And they had scripts, but they also had things like production notes, like invoices and things.
They had letters of complaint from some people who were complaining that their glue had been used on screen.
If the writers were aware that the plot started on page 45 or something like that, which is the house is going to be demolished.
Because as far as I'm aware, no other show has ever been forced to sort of defend itself in such a way, especially one that's already shot and edited all of its first series.
mean, how do you feel reading all of that back, Lisa? Is it all come back to you?
Is that the bit that was the sort of polished bit? Because it hasn't got the bit about the comedy and the civilised snarl and that bit you sent me earlier.
It was, I gave the reason I'm researching for a book and you book in and you got to pay a fee and you go in and you tell them in advance the stuff you want.
And my, my remit was I want everything related to the sitcom bottom and everything related to the sitcom, the young ones.
I didn't need the young ones, but it's because we're fans of it that I thought while I'm there, I'll have a look.
And they had scripts, but they also had things like production notes, like invoices and things.
They had letters of complaint from some people who were complaining that their glue had been used on screen.
If the writers were aware that the plot started on page 45 or something like that, which is the house is going to be demolished.
Because as far as I'm aware, no other show has ever been forced to sort of defend itself in such a way, especially one that's already shot and edited all of its first series.
mean, how do you feel reading all of that back, Lisa? Is it all come back to you?
Is that the bit that was the sort of polished bit? Because it hasn't got the bit about the comedy and the civilised snarl and that bit you sent me earlier.
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