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<description>No Pressure To Be Funny (NP2BF) is a topical comedy podcast presented by LBC radio host James O'Brien and created by comedians Nick Revell and Alistair Barrie.</description>

<atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/NoPressureToBeFunny" /><feedburner:info xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" uri="nopressuretobefunny" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><media:copyright>British Comedy Guide</media:copyright><media:thumbnail url="http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/assets/np2bf_itunes.jpg" /><media:keywords>No,Pressure,To,Be,Funny,Nick,Revell,Alistair,Barrie,James,OBrien,Topical,Comedy,Podcast,Satire</media:keywords><media:category scheme="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Comedy</media:category><itunes:author>Comedy.co.uk</itunes:author><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/assets/np2bf_itunes.jpg" /><itunes:keywords>No,Pressure,To,Be,Funny,Nick,Revell,Alistair,Barrie,James,OBrien,Topical,Comedy,Podcast,Satire</itunes:keywords><itunes:subtitle>Topical British comedy panel show podcast</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>No Pressure To Be Funny is a topical comedy podcast featuring former Perrier nominee Nick Revell, Comedy Store 'Cutting Edge' regular Alistair Barrie, and presented by inestimable LBC radio host James O'Brien.</itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Comedy" /><item><title>Series 5, Episode 5</title><description>In this month's show, Mitch Benn rocks the room with two pieces of satirical musical brilliance which contain more coherent and persuasive political arguments than we've heard from Her Majesty's Opposition since about 1945; Jessica Fostekew deflates Bilderberg conspiracy theories with the most elegant of rapier thrusts, Dan Smith gives profound and gripping summaries of the situation in Syria and Turkey; Hal Cruttenden offers a powerfully unconventional critique of 1984 and Liam Mullone reveals why he will always have a soft spot for Mexican transsexual prostitutes. Alistair Barrie argues entertainingly against gay marriage and Nick Revell reflects on the lighter side of mass shootings and constitutional abuse in the United States. All consummately held together by suave sophisticated and debonair former cannabis supplier Mr James O'Brien.</description><enclosure url="http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/96413881-britishcomedyguide-no-pressure-to-be-funny-05-05.mp3" length="50164104" type="audio/mpeg" /><guid>http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/no_pressure_to_be_funny/09_06_2013/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:20 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Comedy.co.uk</dc:creator><media:content url="http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/96413881-britishcomedyguide-no-pressure-to-be-funny-05-05.mp3" fileSize="50164104" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>In this month's show, Mitch Benn rocks the room with two pieces of satirical musical brilliance which contain more coherent and persuasive political arguments than we've heard from Her Majesty's Opposition since about 1945; Jessica Fostekew deflates Bilde</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Comedy.co.uk</itunes:author><itunes:summary>In this month's show, Mitch Benn rocks the room with two pieces of satirical musical brilliance which contain more coherent and persuasive political arguments than we've heard from Her Majesty's Opposition since about 1945; Jessica Fostekew deflates Bilderberg conspiracy theories with the most elegant of rapier thrusts, Dan Smith gives profound and gripping summaries of the situation in Syria and Turkey; Hal Cruttenden offers a powerfully unconventional critique of 1984 and Liam Mullone reveals why he will always have a soft spot for Mexican transsexual prostitutes. Alistair Barrie argues entertainingly against gay marriage and Nick Revell reflects on the lighter side of mass shootings and constitutional abuse in the United States. All consummately held together by suave sophisticated and debonair former cannabis supplier Mr James O'Brien.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>No,Pressure,To,Be,Funny,Nick,Revell,Alistair,Barrie,James,OBrien,Topical,Comedy,Podcast,Satire</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>Series 5, Episode 4</title><description>May 5th 2013 - James O'Brien talks to Alex Andreou, Lee Camp, Gary Delaney and Nat Luurtsema about the nutty fruitcakes of British politics, and UKIP as well; how Barack Obama wishes he could find someone in America with enough authority to close Guantanamo, and a tasteful exploration of media stars' sexual predations. Not something you'd get from the BBC - except in the dressing rooms of course. With old-school(tie) rapping straight outta Hampstead from Mr Dave Cohen. Soliloquent interludes courtesy of Messrs Alistair Barrie and Nick Revell.</description><enclosure url="http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/91039925-britishcomedyguide-no-pressure-to-be-funny-05-04.mp3" length="45696942" type="audio/mpeg" /><guid>http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/no_pressure_to_be_funny/05_05_2013/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 6 May 2013 23:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Comedy.co.uk</dc:creator><media:content url="http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/91039925-britishcomedyguide-no-pressure-to-be-funny-05-04.mp3" fileSize="45696942" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>May 5th 2013 - James O'Brien talks to Alex Andreou, Lee Camp, Gary Delaney and Nat Luurtsema about the nutty fruitcakes of British politics, and UKIP as well; how Barack Obama wishes he could find someone in America with enough authority to close Guantana</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Comedy.co.uk</itunes:author><itunes:summary>May 5th 2013 - James O'Brien talks to Alex Andreou, Lee Camp, Gary Delaney and Nat Luurtsema about the nutty fruitcakes of British politics, and UKIP as well; how Barack Obama wishes he could find someone in America with enough authority to close Guantanamo, and a tasteful exploration of media stars' sexual predations. Not something you'd get from the BBC - except in the dressing rooms of course. With old-school(tie) rapping straight outta Hampstead from Mr Dave Cohen. Soliloquent interludes courtesy of Messrs Alistair Barrie and Nick Revell.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>No,Pressure,To,Be,Funny,Nick,Revell,Alistair,Barrie,James,OBrien,Topical,Comedy,Podcast,Satire</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>Series 5, Episode 3</title><description>This month's No Pressure sees guest host Kevin Day come up with some interesting new programme ideas for BBC3 based on some thoroughly historical suggestions for punishing financial wrongdoing from The Keiser Report's Max Keiser. The Independent's Steve Richards lets rip his inner Rory Bremner, while Aisling Bea worries that Gangnam Style may have affected the Korean Peninsula in untold ways, and Paul Sinha has a novel solution to England's traditional difficulties in penalty shoot-outs. Jay Foreman presents some unfortunate musical truths about Sooty in the wake of the world's tiniest Twitter scandal, and there are the usual contributions from Nick Revell and Alistair Barrie. This month's show is dedicated to the memory of Margaret Thatcher, who, by dying between the recording and the editing of a topical podcast has managed to bugger things up all over again.</description><enclosure url="http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/87187053-britishcomedyguide-no-pressure-to-be-funny-05-03.mp3" length="51464110" type="audio/mpeg" /><guid>http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/no_pressure_to_be_funny/07_04_2013/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 02:48 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Comedy.co.uk</dc:creator><media:content url="http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/87187053-britishcomedyguide-no-pressure-to-be-funny-05-03.mp3" fileSize="51464110" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>This month's No Pressure sees guest host Kevin Day come up with some interesting new programme ideas for BBC3 based on some thoroughly historical suggestions for punishing financial wrongdoing from The Keiser Report's Max Keiser. The Independent's Steve R</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Comedy.co.uk</itunes:author><itunes:summary>This month's No Pressure sees guest host Kevin Day come up with some interesting new programme ideas for BBC3 based on some thoroughly historical suggestions for punishing financial wrongdoing from The Keiser Report's Max Keiser. The Independent's Steve Richards lets rip his inner Rory Bremner, while Aisling Bea worries that Gangnam Style may have affected the Korean Peninsula in untold ways, and Paul Sinha has a novel solution to England's traditional difficulties in penalty shoot-outs. Jay Foreman presents some unfortunate musical truths about Sooty in the wake of the world's tiniest Twitter scandal, and there are the usual contributions from Nick Revell and Alistair Barrie. This month's show is dedicated to the memory of Margaret Thatcher, who, by dying between the recording and the editing of a topical podcast has managed to bugger things up all over again.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>No,Pressure,To,Be,Funny,Nick,Revell,Alistair,Barrie,James,OBrien,Topical,Comedy,Podcast,Satire</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>Series 5, Episode 2</title><description>This month, firebrand of the left Owen Jones denies a love tryst with Tory donor and disgraced former party chairman Lord Ashcroft; Helen Lewis sets James O'Brien straight about the New Statesman's relationship with the Labour Party, Keith Farnan suggests a poetic yet viciously vengeful fate for Tony Blair, and Chris Neill is extremely rude about Pippa Middleton. Plus music from Jonny and the Baptists, and monologues from Nick Revell.</description><enclosure url="http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/81830242-britishcomedyguide-no-pressure-to-be-funny-05-02.mp3" length="56510176" type="audio/mpeg" /><guid>http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/no_pressure_to_be_funny/03_03_2013/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 23:30 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Comedy.co.uk</dc:creator><media:content url="http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/81830242-britishcomedyguide-no-pressure-to-be-funny-05-02.mp3" fileSize="56510176" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>This month, firebrand of the left Owen Jones denies a love tryst with Tory donor and disgraced former party chairman Lord Ashcroft; Helen Lewis sets James O'Brien straight about the New Statesman's relationship with the Labour Party, Keith Farnan suggests</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Comedy.co.uk</itunes:author><itunes:summary>This month, firebrand of the left Owen Jones denies a love tryst with Tory donor and disgraced former party chairman Lord Ashcroft; Helen Lewis sets James O'Brien straight about the New Statesman's relationship with the Labour Party, Keith Farnan suggests a poetic yet viciously vengeful fate for Tony Blair, and Chris Neill is extremely rude about Pippa Middleton. Plus music from Jonny and the Baptists, and monologues from Nick Revell.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>No,Pressure,To,Be,Funny,Nick,Revell,Alistair,Barrie,James,OBrien,Topical,Comedy,Podcast,Satire</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>Series 5, Episode 1</title><description>With guests Phill Jupitus, Andrew Maxwell, Miranda Sawyer and Wayne Deakin. Plus music from Loretta Maine. This month's podcast covers, amongst other things, the European Union, Antisemitism, Trans-Confessional Cannibalism, Toxic Vaginas, Ireland, Afghanistan, Royal Families and Abdication, and how Andrew Maxwell was enchanted by a red Squirrel. Mr Jupitus performs an uncanny impersonation of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and there is some really foul and seditious language all round. Also, please note that the first two times Mr Maxwell says 'roundabout' he actually means 'crossroads'.</description><enclosure url="http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/77864437-britishcomedyguide-no-pressure-to-be-funny-05-01.mp3" length="76159425" type="audio/mpeg" /><guid>http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/no_pressure_to_be_funny/03_02_2013/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2013 0:20 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Comedy.co.uk</dc:creator><media:content url="http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/77864437-britishcomedyguide-no-pressure-to-be-funny-05-01.mp3" fileSize="76159425" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>With guests Phill Jupitus, Andrew Maxwell, Miranda Sawyer and Wayne Deakin. Plus music from Loretta Maine. This month's podcast covers, amongst other things, the European Union, Antisemitism, Trans-Confessional Cannibalism, Toxic Vaginas, Ireland, Afghani</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Comedy.co.uk</itunes:author><itunes:summary>With guests Phill Jupitus, Andrew Maxwell, Miranda Sawyer and Wayne Deakin. Plus music from Loretta Maine. This month's podcast covers, amongst other things, the European Union, Antisemitism, Trans-Confessional Cannibalism, Toxic Vaginas, Ireland, Afghanistan, Royal Families and Abdication, and how Andrew Maxwell was enchanted by a red Squirrel. Mr Jupitus performs an uncanny impersonation of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and there is some really foul and seditious language all round. Also, please note that the first two times Mr Maxwell says 'roundabout' he actually means 'crossroads'.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>No,Pressure,To,Be,Funny,Nick,Revell,Alistair,Barrie,James,OBrien,Topical,Comedy,Podcast,Satire</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>Series 4, Episode 3</title><description>With guests Robin Ince, Matthew Norman, Sara Pascoe, Pete Johansson and James Sherwood. In this episode, the panel discuss prank phone calls, pregnancies, arguments in favour of terrorism, economic crises, education, why happiness (as the Four Tops always said) is just an illusion and whether the Viking invasion was conducted by over-zealous English teachers. A contribution from the night's takings will be donated to James O'Brien's favoured charity, The Chris Donovan Trust (http://chrisdonovantrust.org) which works for restorative justice.</description><enclosure url="http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/70828055-britishcomedyguide-no-pressure-to-be-funny-04-03.mp3" length="65851127" type="audio/mpeg" /><guid>http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/no_pressure_to_be_funny/09_12_2012/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:26 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Comedy.co.uk</dc:creator><media:content url="http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/70828055-britishcomedyguide-no-pressure-to-be-funny-04-03.mp3" fileSize="65851127" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>With guests Robin Ince, Matthew Norman, Sara Pascoe, Pete Johansson and James Sherwood. In this episode, the panel discuss prank phone calls, pregnancies, arguments in favour of terrorism, economic crises, education, why happiness (as the Four Tops always</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Comedy.co.uk</itunes:author><itunes:summary>With guests Robin Ince, Matthew Norman, Sara Pascoe, Pete Johansson and James Sherwood. In this episode, the panel discuss prank phone calls, pregnancies, arguments in favour of terrorism, economic crises, education, why happiness (as the Four Tops always said) is just an illusion and whether the Viking invasion was conducted by over-zealous English teachers. A contribution from the night's takings will be donated to James O'Brien's favoured charity, The Chris Donovan Trust (http://chrisdonovantrust.org) which works for restorative justice.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>No,Pressure,To,Be,Funny,Nick,Revell,Alistair,Barrie,James,OBrien,Topical,Comedy,Podcast,Satire</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>Series 4, Episode 2</title><description>Rob Grant, Simon Munnery, Kevin Day and Polly Toynbee join James O'Brien, Nick Revell and Alistair Barrie to tackle the crisis at the BBC; Jimmy Savile; the US Election; Remembrance Day and Afghanistan; the state of the Coalition halfway through its term; class-A drugs; and life in the jungle. With music from Steve Gribbin.</description><enclosure url="http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/67245063-britishcomedyguide-no-pressure-to-be-funny-04-02.mp3" length="45791081" type="audio/mpeg" /><guid>http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/no_pressure_to_be_funny/11_11_2012/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:15 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Comedy.co.uk</dc:creator><media:content url="http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/67245063-britishcomedyguide-no-pressure-to-be-funny-04-02.mp3" fileSize="45791081" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Rob Grant, Simon Munnery, Kevin Day and Polly Toynbee join James O'Brien, Nick Revell and Alistair Barrie to tackle the crisis at the BBC; Jimmy Savile; the US Election; Remembrance Day and Afghanistan; the state of the Coalition halfway through its term;</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Comedy.co.uk</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Rob Grant, Simon Munnery, Kevin Day and Polly Toynbee join James O'Brien, Nick Revell and Alistair Barrie to tackle the crisis at the BBC; Jimmy Savile; the US Election; Remembrance Day and Afghanistan; the state of the Coalition halfway through its term; class-A drugs; and life in the jungle. With music from Steve Gribbin.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>No,Pressure,To,Be,Funny,Nick,Revell,Alistair,Barrie,James,OBrien,Topical,Comedy,Podcast,Satire</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>Series 4, Episode 1</title><description>In this edition, topics include Julian Assange, the truth about Boris Johnson, and what to give Vladimir Putin for his birthday. Also, the first plans are revealed for Koran! The Musical. Joining James O'Brien and Nick Revell are comedians Andy Zaltzman and Mark Dolan, and journalists Helen Lewis and Padraig Reidy, with music from Paul Thorne.</description><enclosure url="http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/62704771-britishcomedyguide-no_pressure_to_be_funny_04_01.mp3" length="36015652" type="audio/mpeg" /><guid>http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/no_pressure_to_be_funny/08_10_2012/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 8 Oct 2012 22:35 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Comedy.co.uk</dc:creator><media:content url="http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/62704771-britishcomedyguide-no_pressure_to_be_funny_04_01.mp3" fileSize="36015652" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>In this edition, topics include Julian Assange, the truth about Boris Johnson, and what to give Vladimir Putin for his birthday. Also, the first plans are revealed for Koran! The Musical. Joining James O'Brien and Nick Revell are comedians Andy Zaltzman a</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Comedy.co.uk</itunes:author><itunes:summary>In this edition, topics include Julian Assange, the truth about Boris Johnson, and what to give Vladimir Putin for his birthday. Also, the first plans are revealed for Koran! The Musical. Joining James O'Brien and Nick Revell are comedians Andy Zaltzman and Mark Dolan, and journalists Helen Lewis and Padraig Reidy, with music from Paul Thorne.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>No,Pressure,To,Be,Funny,Nick,Revell,Alistair,Barrie,James,OBrien,Topical,Comedy,Podcast,Satire</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>Edinburgh 2012</title><description>No Pressure To Be Funny joins forces with Amnesty International UK for a podcast from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. James O'Brien is joined by activist and comedian Mark Thomas, Canadian stand-up Dana Alexander, America's Paul Provenza and award-winning crime author Ian Rankin. With contributions from NP2BF creators Alistair Barrie and Nick Revell, and music from Steve Gribbin, Loretta Maine (the alter ego of Pippa Evans) and Phil Nichol. Topics include Pussy Riot, Julian Assange and offensiveness in comedy.</description><enclosure url="http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/56895667-britishcomedyguide-no-pressure-to-be-funny-edinburgh-2012.mp3" length="81661014" type="audio/mpeg" /><guid>http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/no_pressure_to_be_funny/edinburgh_2012/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 04:30 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Comedy.co.uk</dc:creator><media:content url="http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/56895667-britishcomedyguide-no-pressure-to-be-funny-edinburgh-2012.mp3" fileSize="81661014" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>No Pressure To Be Funny joins forces with Amnesty International UK for a podcast from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. James O'Brien is joined by activist and comedian Mark Thomas, Canadian stand-up Dana Alexander, America's Paul Provenza and award-winning </itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Comedy.co.uk</itunes:author><itunes:summary>No Pressure To Be Funny joins forces with Amnesty International UK for a podcast from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. James O'Brien is joined by activist and comedian Mark Thomas, Canadian stand-up Dana Alexander, America's Paul Provenza and award-winning crime author Ian Rankin. With contributions from NP2BF creators Alistair Barrie and Nick Revell, and music from Steve Gribbin, Loretta Maine (the alter ego of Pippa Evans) and Phil Nichol. Topics include Pussy Riot, Julian Assange and offensiveness in comedy.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>No,Pressure,To,Be,Funny,Nick,Revell,Alistair,Barrie,James,OBrien,Topical,Comedy,Podcast,Satire</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>Series 3, Episode 4</title><description>James O'Brien is joined by stand-up Hal Cruttenden, musical comic Paul Thorne, New Statesman journalist Helen Lewis, and Burma's best known political comedian Zarganar, who was imprisoned in 2008 after criticising the ruling junta's response to cyclone Nargis. Following international protest at his treatment, he was freed in late 2011. Plus contributions from Nick Revell and Alistair Barrie.</description><enclosure url="http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/49439902-britishcomedyguide-no_pressure_to_be_funny_03_04.mp3" length="43778571" type="audio/mpeg" /><guid>http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/no_pressure_to_be_funny/10_06_2012/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:11 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Comedy.co.uk</dc:creator><media:content url="http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/49439902-britishcomedyguide-no_pressure_to_be_funny_03_04.mp3" fileSize="43778571" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>James O'Brien is joined by stand-up Hal Cruttenden, musical comic Paul Thorne, New Statesman journalist Helen Lewis, and Burma's best known political comedian Zarganar, who was imprisoned in 2008 after criticising the ruling junta's response to cyclone Na</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Comedy.co.uk</itunes:author><itunes:summary>James O'Brien is joined by stand-up Hal Cruttenden, musical comic Paul Thorne, New Statesman journalist Helen Lewis, and Burma's best known political comedian Zarganar, who was imprisoned in 2008 after criticising the ruling junta's response to cyclone Nargis. Following international protest at his treatment, he was freed in late 2011. Plus contributions from Nick Revell and Alistair Barrie.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>No,Pressure,To,Be,Funny,Nick,Revell,Alistair,Barrie,James,OBrien,Topical,Comedy,Podcast,Satire</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>Series 3, Episode 3</title><description>James O'Brien is joined by Nick Doody, Kevin Day and Lee Camp to talk about topics including democracy and underpants bombers. With some great topical songs from Steve Gribbin, and contributions from creators Nick Revell and Alistair Barrie too.</description><enclosure url="http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/46449401-britishcomedyguide-no_pressure_to_be_funny_03_03.mp3" length="41137608" type="audio/mpeg" /><guid>http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/no_pressure_to_be_funny/13_05_2012/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:45 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Comedy.co.uk</dc:creator><media:content url="http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/46449401-britishcomedyguide-no_pressure_to_be_funny_03_03.mp3" fileSize="41137608" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>James O'Brien is joined by Nick Doody, Kevin Day and Lee Camp to talk about topics including democracy and underpants bombers. With some great topical songs from Steve Gribbin, and contributions from creators Nick Revell and Alistair Barrie too.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Comedy.co.uk</itunes:author><itunes:summary>James O'Brien is joined by Nick Doody, Kevin Day and Lee Camp to talk about topics including democracy and underpants bombers. With some great topical songs from Steve Gribbin, and contributions from creators Nick Revell and Alistair Barrie too.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>No,Pressure,To,Be,Funny,Nick,Revell,Alistair,Barrie,James,OBrien,Topical,Comedy,Podcast,Satire</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>Series 3, Episode 2</title><description>Thanks to a ridiculous insistence on taking his family on holiday, regular host James O'Brien isn't on the show this month, but we have called on our first reserve, Talksport's Matt Forde. He's joined by Bridget Christie, Newsnight's Paul Mason and No Pressure regular Andy Hamilton, with music from James Sherwood. Topics include Mayors, Pandas, Defective Missles and Dodgy Euros.</description><enclosure url="http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/43415739-britishcomedyguide-no_pressure_to_be_funny_03_02.mp3" length="39783893" type="audio/mpeg" /><guid>http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/no_pressure_to_be_funny/15_04_2012/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:30 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Comedy.co.uk</dc:creator><media:content url="http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/43415739-britishcomedyguide-no_pressure_to_be_funny_03_02.mp3" fileSize="39783893" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Thanks to a ridiculous insistence on taking his family on holiday, regular host James O'Brien isn't on the show this month, but we have called on our first reserve, Talksport's Matt Forde. 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Covering all the week's news including the amazing Dr Fox and a genuine scoop on the USA's use of drones in Pakistan. 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