MORE BAD NEWS | Nigel Planer & Peter Richardson in Conversation with Robin Ince Live

In February 2023 at Slapstick Festival, Nigel Planer and Peter Richardson, AKA ‘Den’ and ‘Spider’ discussed their experiences filming the second BAD NEWS movie, MORE BAD NEWS (1988). This lively conversation with comedian, podcaster and author Robin Ince followed a live screening of the film. Don't miss this unique opportunity to hear their stories!

Filming credits: Jack Rawlinson, Dan Short, Jacob Burley.

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[TedCantu]

I loved Bad News.... Wow we are all so much older now 😮❤😊

[stewsretroreviews]

Bad news Bad news, for you and you and you you and you! 😂😂 fab memories

[test]

The Comic Strip team are legends. Mr Jolly Lives Next Door is up there with the Bad News episodes….

[Abuamina]

Nigel Planer & Peter Richardson are national treasures.

[padawansound]

Bad news are above Spinal tap for me !

[duffymoony]

"Shacked up with punks, dyed my hair all sorts of exotic colours. ALMOST had a drugs overdose. I was like a crazy man!"

[simonwilsoncreative]

Bad News was a massive part of my teenage years. I had t shirts, posters and all the albums but never saw them live, wish I had. Been listening a lot to the albums a lot recently and still know all of the words. Comedy gold.

[laurasynthesis]

This was ace. Please put up the second interview with the fellas as well

[WaterShowsProd]

I still quote from Bad News quite often. It's amazing how often an appropriate line comes up.

[SamLowryDZ-]

I was lucky enough to see Bad News at a secret gig at the Marquee, billed as 'The Mother F**ckers from Hell' - Introduced by Ben Elton with Brian May and Jeff Beck as surprise guests. And for the encores French and Saunders came on as the sexy backing singers.
And it got a write up in the Sun as 'Young One Neil glassed by stage lager lout' because Nigel got a small nick on the bridge of his nose and had massive comedy plaster stuck on his face.
The Encores were Mamma Were all crazy now and Twist and Shout.

[controloz]

Oh wow! I wish Adrian had been there as well

[Fcutdlady]

Thank you .i couldn't get out from Dublin to see this . I was so looking forward to it . Thanks for giving me a chance to see it

[hedgehoguk]

I still have my Bad News CD and play Cashing in on Christmas every Xmas day morning (which is three days away, as I write this).

[mattking]

Love this. I was at the Bad News gig in Donington and the following year at Reading. Hilarious. Nice to see Robin, who was just trying to get into the business when I first saw him.

[namAlexander]

best Donnington ever 1986 had them all including bad news

[LeeRatbag]

I saw Bad News on the album tour. It was the funniest night of my life by some distance. What really struck me, though, was how good a drummer Peter Richardson actually was. The whole thing was, if not virtuosic, at least musically coherent, and some of the songs they never recorded were excellent...

[jannadearnley]

Thank you for the recording. Glad I got to see it

[brianorakpohit]

I got the first Bad News album on tape age 13 Christmas 1987....from my Nan! She had absolutely no idea bless er. Still got it.

[mummyd]

Bad news were a great talented band, vym fluago 😄😄😅😅 rip Rick.

[bpukok]

I was at that Donington festival.forever pleased i was there !😂