That's What He Said Podcast


Greg JamesThat's What He Said is a podcast featuring the best bits from the BBC Radio 1 drive-time show hosted by Greg James, which is broadcast live between 4-7pm, Monday to Friday. It features Greg and Newsbeat presenter Chris Smith, known on the show as "Chris Smith With the News".

History

It was originally announced that Greg James was to get a podcast in 2009, whilst he was presenting the Early Breakfast Show. However, this never materialized. It was again announced on 11 September 2013 that the Greg James Drivetime Show was to get a podcast. This was discussed at length on air, and Greg invited listeners to text in suggestions for the name. Ultimately, "That's What He Said" was decided on. The first episode was then released on Friday 24 October 2013, almost two months later.

About

The first episode of the podcast was released on 24 October 2013 and since then episodes have been released once a week on Friday afternoons, excluding breaks over Christmas and/or when Greg has been away. Loyal listeners of the podcast are referred to as 'Podcastards' and are able to get in touch with Greg and Chris via the podcastard email address. The emails are then read out during the podcast.
Both Greg and Chris tweet from the That's What He Said Twitter account, with the first tweet being sent on 20 November 2013.
The podcast has received mostly positive reviews on iTunes.

Format

The podcast begins with an introduction from the two presenters, often referencing and parodying other radio shows or presenters including BBC London 94.9 and Brian Cox or, more recently, by playing generic Radio 1 warnings for explicit or offensive content. Greg and Chris then discuss what happened in the show over the past week, as well as reading listeners' emails. The podcast includes the features from the Greg James radio show including "The Mayor Of Where?", "Wrong Uns", "Rage Against The Answer Machine", "Pun Pong" and other sections of the weekday radio show including celebrity interviews and other general chat.
Each episode, lasting from 40 minutes to over an hour, contains mostly radio content with podcast exclusive chat between segments. This chat is often rambly and goes off on strange tangents, taking advantage of the relative freedom of a podcast as opposed to a live radio show, where there is a music quota.
Emails are read out every week by Chris Smith and follow a loose format. "Julia from Germany" acts as the show clerk and provides an itinerary and often reminds the presenters of discussion topics they may have mentioned in previous weeks. She keeps score for any games played, and from December 2016 has hosted the feature "Julia's Word of the Week" where she sends a clip of one German word. This has a theme tune, sung in German and English by Julia.
Listeners email in when it is their birthday and Greg then sings their names over the Jurassic Park theme tune - there is a running issue where Greg refuses to take the list from Chris Smith and insists on writing the names out for himself. The list is written in a different typeface every week which is also suggested by a listener. Finally, listeners look out for aubergine themed products and items and send in images for 'Aubergine Corner'.
The original catchphrase for the podcast was decided on 2 May 2014 to be "keep smiling", however later Greg began to sign off the podcast with the line "and that is the end of the podcast", which was unofficially adopted as the primary catchphrase. Recently, Greg's sign off has been 'Goodbye forever!'.
On occasion, producer Pippa has accompanied Greg while Chris was away and on one occasion, Chris co-hosted the podcast remotely, whilst away taking part in a video journalism course. On another occasion, another 'Chris Smith' from Peterborough took Chris Smith With The News's place on the podcast after standing in for Chris on the previous Wednesday.
Whilst Chris was on holiday in the summer of 2016, Ali Plumb sat in for Chris Smith for three weeks. After the first week, a Twitter poll was created on the Podcastard Twitter account to determine whether Plumb would be allowed to return the following week. In this poll, "Yes indeed he's brilliant" won with 81% of the votes on a turnout of 580, whilst "You're joking aren't you" got only 19%. The following week, when asked "One more week for Plumb?", "Oh go on then" won with 87%, to only 13% for "not a chance in hell" on a turnout of 663.

Games

Most of the games featured on the podcast are from the radio show, but in addition, there are some podcast exclusive games that Greg and Chris play.
The podcast features several recurring comedy characters, involving Greg and Chris speaking through the voice changer to make their voices very high or very low. These recurring characters include:
Both Greg and Chris have created songs for the podcast with varied levels of success.
Several features from other radio and TV shows have featured on the podcast.
Several Podcastards have contacted Greg and Chris using the podcasts very own email, some of whom have appeared multiple times on the podcast.
  1. Welcome Along
  2. The Hairy Bum Man
  3. Taylor Swift, JLS & would you date a man called Elvis
  4. Greg meets Miley Cyrus
  5. Greg gets a surprise bum wax... from Rylan Clark
  6. The Impressions
  7. Mulled Wines
  8. Karl Pilkington Has A Moan
  9. The Last Podcast...of the year
  10. The Happy Podcast
  11. The Yorkshire Podcast
  12. Simon Pegg, Marvin Humes & Emma Willis
  13. Example, Scott Mills & Nick Grimshaw
  14. Rudimental, Karl Pilkington & Clare Balding
  15. Sir David Attenborough, The Brits, Pharrell
  16. Liam Neeson, The 1975 and Rage
  17. Miranda Hart, Prof Brian Cox and Rage
  18. Keith Lemon, Tinie Tempah and Rage Against The Answer Machine
  19. Impressions and Nerd Alerts
  20. Ricky Gervais, Alan Carr & Attenborogh
  21. Miranda Hart and Michael Palin
  22. 5 Seconds of Summer, Mayor Of Where and Grab a Guest
  23. Martin Freeman, Keith Lemon and Kiesza
  24. Cameron Diaz, Kate Upton and Leslie Mann
  25. Kiefer Sutherland, The Vamps and Nerd Alerts
  26. Nelly, Death Star Caller and Nerd Alerts
  27. Olly Murs, Biffy Clyro and The Mayor Of Where
  28. Hulk Hogan, James McAvoy and Sam Smith
  29. Jonah Hill, Tiesto and Martin Garrix
  30. Brazilians, Example and Nerd Alerts
  31. Will.i.Am, Karl Pilkington and Geoffrey Boycott
  32. Nicole Scherzinger, James Corden and You Me At Six
  33. G In The Park, Mayor of Where and Nerd Alerts
  34. Cheryl Cole co-host, Will.I.Am Star Caller and Rage
  35. Nicole Scherzinger and a Tiny Celebrity Party with Cheryl
  36. Christina Hendricks, Nerd Alerts and Mayor of Where
  37. Ricky Gervais, The Script & Jackie Chan
  38. Professor Green, You Me At Six and Great British Bake Off
  39. Dermot O'Leary & Great British Cheese Off
  40. Jessie J, Labrinth and the Tiny GQ Awards
  41. Lethal Bizzle, Clare Balding and Hotel Worries
  42. Professor Green, Tiny Celebrity Quiz
  43. Sam Smith, Bond and World Records
  44. X Factor's Cheryl, Kevin Bridges and Noel Fielding
  45. Lord Sugar, Nerd Alerts and Mayor of Where
  46. Ricky Gervais, Russell Howard and Rage
  47. Keith Lemon, Dynamo & Spooky Things
  48. Ben Howard, Pete Wentz and Rhod Gilbert
  49. David Guetta, Children in Need and Russell Kane
  50. The Script, Lee Evans and Rage
  51. McBusted, Father Christmas and Mayor Of Where
  52. Ansel Elgort, Christopher Biggins and Santa
  53. Jamie Oliver, North Star Caller and One Direction
  54. Miranda, Tiny Celebrity Part and Mayor of Where
  55. Jack Whitehall, Olly Murs and James Corden
  56. The Brits and Joey Essex
  57. Big Tiny Quiz and Revamped Ten Green Bottles
  58. Tiny Kanye West, Ella Henderson and Rae Morris
  59. Ariana Grande, Stacey Solomon and Lord Sugar
  60. Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith at The Brits
  61. Danny Dyer, Phillip Schofield and Thanks Zane
  62. All Time Low, Jim Parsons and Tiny Kanye West
  63. Ed Sheeran, Jess Glynne and Fall Out Boy
  64. Charlotte Crosby, Ricky Wilson & Fearne Cotton Star Caller
  65. BBC News, Sia and Rachel Riley
  66. Kiesza, Jenson Button and Clare Balding
  67. All Time Low and Russell Howard
  68. Anna Kendrick and Tiny Kanye West
  69. Radio 1 Academy
  70. Greg and Chris Reunited
  71. David Guetta and the Big Weekend
  72. Chris Pratt from Jurassic World
  73. Emma Willis, Mayor Of Where and Nerd Alerts
  74. The cast of Entourage and Knock Your Socks Off
  75. Sandra Bullock, Minions and Aqualandia
  76. #FindAFamous, Suzi Perry and the leap second
  77. The Good Afternoon Game, The Wimbledon Game and some Pointless chat
  78. Joe Lycett, The Vamps Star Caller and Greg doesn't know what Curby is
  79. Dr.Greg James meets Richard Osman and Gabby Logan
  80. Mumford & Sons and David Guetta inspired Nursery Rhymes
  81. Tiny Celebrities in Ibiza & Jim Chapman Star Caller
  82. Carly Rae Jepsen Star Caller & Example
  83. Jack Whitehall & Marcus Butler
  84. Secret Podcast
  85. Lethal Bizzle's Bond theme - The Spectre Skank
  86. Tiny Kanye West Wing and Millie Mackintosh
  87. Get Lairy Volume Bun and Americans get their sing-dependence
  88. Kate Mara and Rage Against The Answer Machine with Scott and Chris
  89. Sam Smith hears Lethal Bizzle's Spectre Skank and life-size Jeremy Vine
  90. Greg and Lord Sugar's Unimpressed Book Titles
  91. Vin Diesel is Wrong Uns Champion
  92. Noel Fielding and Rage Against The Answer Machine with Danny Howard
  93. David Attenborough narrates Adele's 'Hello'
  94. One Direction and Kate Winslet
  95. Ricky Gervais is a surprise guest - we weren't expecting that
  96. Actual Jamie Lawson plays the Jamie Lawson Game LIVE, plus Karl Pilkington
  97. Disclosure play the Good Afternoon Game
  98. North Star Caller and backstage at the BBC Music Awards
  99. Tina Fey and North Star Caller
  100. Chris Hemsworth and North Star Caller
  101. The Tiny Celebrities celebrate the New Year and Greg meets Radio 1's new movie reviewer
  102. Danny Dyer and Alice on the BRITs Launch Red Carpet
  103. Greg's Gregathlon Announcement and Steve Carell
  104. Kevin Hart, Ice Cube and John Krasinski
  105. Jason Derulo, Douglas Booth and Lily James
  106. Backstage at the Brit Awards and a Podcast Game Special
  107. Find A Famous is back
  108. The Pun Pong Premier
  109. Rage Against The Answer Machine with Danny Howard in Miami
  110. Elmo, Ross Kemp and Jesse Eisenberg
  111. Pointless Remix
  112. Ricky Gervais and Rob Brydon
  113. Sia and Tiny Shakespeare
  114. Chris Jericho & Joe Lycett
  115. Ian McKellen sings Drake
  116. David Attenborough's best bits & the Going Home Song live
  117. Jennifer Lawrence and James McAvoy
  118. Johnny Depp & Jack Whitehall
  119. Chris Martin from Coldplay and Rage Against The Answer Machine with Alice Levine
  120. Julia From Germany is here!
  121. Pun Pong with Sian Welby and Greg has been spotted doing something dodgy at the cricket...
  122. The Rock, Kevin Hart and Jeff Goldblum
  123. Live from Wimbledon with Craig David
  124. Biffy Clyro, Professor Brian Cox and Ricky Gervais
  125. The 1975 & Rent A Greg
  126. Ali Plumb & Rage Against The Answer Machine
  127. Matt Damon & Ali Plumb
  128. Rage with Danny Howard
A full podcast archive can be found online.