All Alan has is an amazing fact about each of them, after which... who knows where the conversation will lead? It's this intimacy and free-form nature that spawns the kind of anecdotes and improvisational humour you won't get anywhere else. And then, at the end of the show, Alan and his guests have to come up with a title for that episode. Easy. Right?
Cast:Alan Davies , Bill Bailey , Sara Pascoe , Joe Lycett , Bob Mortimer , Jason Byrne , Jessica Hynes , Patrick Kielty , Jo Brand , Stephen Mangan , Isy Suttie , John Robins , Jason Manford , Helen Bauer , Seann Walsh , Lee Mack , Ross Noble , Jamali Maddix
Alan is joined by guests Katherine Jakeways, Lee Mack, Nick Helm and Olivia Lee to discuss an incident involving the racehorse Red Rum and a car window, grandmother giving love advice and getting fingered by Captain Kirk.
Stuart Goldsmith, Sarah Kendall, Matt Lucas and John Thomson join Alan to talk about exploding spiders nests, upsetting rock legends and doing impressions.
Host Alan Davies is joined by Aisling Bea, Jo Enright, Jim Moir and Justin Moorhouse as they discuss befriending old men, living without central heating and stealing things.
Alan is joined by Russell Howard, John Robbins, Reece Shearsmith and Tiffany Stevenson to discuss being caught out by technology, Freddie Mercury's birthday cake and animal mishaps.
Bill Bailey, Diane Morgan, Steve Pemberton and Romesh Ranganathan join host Alan Davies to discuss latex disasters, dental wonders and mixing rap with Indian cuisine.
Alan is joined by Reverend Richard Coles, Jo Joyner, Joe Lycett and Jason Manford for a special Christmassy edition. As usual, discussions range from the seasonally surreal to festively fantastical, including northern curried alternatives to Christmas dinner, midnight meetings in knickers, nativity upgrades and advice on yuletide stains.
Guests Bob Mortimer, Russell Kane, Lucy Montgomery and Miles Jupp discuss with host Alan Davies subjects including sneaky cockroaches, Iranian fruits and why school milk tasted funny.
Jo Brand, Chris Martin, Tommy Tiernan and Alun Cochrane join host Alan Davies to chat about modern male grooming habits, dating unsuitable men and speaking to "the other side".
Alan is joined by guests Phill Jupitus, Stuart Maconie, Pippa Evans and Carl Donnelly to discuss gleeking, bizarre urban myths within music and being trapped in a lift with Nelly Furtado.
Alan Davies chairs a round-table comedic chat with guests Jason Byrne, Alice Levine, Denise Van Outen and Josh Widdicombe. Topics up for discussion include acts of charity, stealing from the Royal Family and shower hazards.
Alan Davies is joined by guests Charlie Higson, Sally Phillips, Johnny Vaughan and Ellie Taylor to discuss Josh Hartnett, emergency escapes from oil rigs, acts of charity and potential uses of men's Spanx.