Ricky on The Paul O'Grady Show The Chubby Funster will be flogging more Flanimals and podcasts when he meets everyone's favourite former showbiz tranny at 5pm, Friday 10 Nov on Channel 4. (Mon 06 Nov 2006)
Stephen Merchant Interview All eyes are on our goggle-eyed freak in today's Observer magazine. An interesting interview, it captures 6'7" Steve at the height of his fame. Read it here (Sun 05 Nov 2006)
The Podfather, Part 1 - Out Now The first episode of The Podfather Trilogy is out today. Get it free from here. See what everyone thinks about it on the forums. (Tues 31 Oct 2006)
Three Free Podcasts! As a 'thank you' to everyone who's supported the first three series of podcasts, Ricky, Steve and Karl are doing three special podcasts; 31 October (Halloween), 23 November (Thanksgiving) and 25 December (Christmas). They'll be available from the Guardian website at this link nearer the time. (Mon 23 Oct 2006)
Stephen Merchant: Playa, respect. If you thought that after acting alongside Robert De Niro Smerch's week couldn't get any better, think again. Playboy model Carla Brown, 23 from Leamington Spa, says he's the star she would most like to have sex with. And all it took was for him to flash his batty on primetime BBC 2. Again, Playa, respect. Watch Carla talk about Steve here (Sun 22 Oct 2006)