Harry's elephant rescue mission takes an unexpected turn involving a clown, a dark web chat room and the police.

Comedian, quizzer and former GP Paul 'The Sinnerman' Sinha stops by to talk about following in Harry's footsteps at St George's Medical School, the brutal realities of the World Quizzing Championships and staying relevant enough for The Chase.

This weeks Theme of The Week is TAXIDERMY! Simon 'The Stuffa' Wilson tells us all about life stuffing animals for Hollywood.

00:22 – Sarah the baby elephant: the clown-rescue story

02:53 – Sarah comes on stage

04:10 – Gary announces the guest

04:24 – Paul Sinha says hello to Licky

05:01 – Harry and Paul's shared history: a brutal 1995 gig in South London

06:33 – Doctor by day, open-mic comic by night

08:53 – Sarah the AI Bot: St George's, the "slag mag," and the racist admissions computer

16:16 – Why quizzing? Paul's dad's "you're no son of mine" ultimatum

17:30 – Growing up on Sale of the Century and old-school TV quizzes

19:10 – Gary's phone call aside (the "never actually a doctor" gag)

20:07 – Sarah AI Bot: career highlights, The Weakest Link to The Chase's "Cinnamon"

20:52 – The Twix draw / Cinnamon vs. Sinner name mix-up

21:48 – How the World Quizzing Championships actually works

24:08 – Staying relevant for The Chase

26:56 – Paul's book, Once Sinner Lifetime, and getting a mention in it

29:10 – St George's memories and Dominic Holland, Spider-Man's dad

31:00 – Corporate gig disasters: Dave the badger and the Southampton guessing game

33:27 – Regency Innovations Home Cremation

34:36 – Theme of the week: Taxidermy with Simon "the Stuffa" Wilson

44:36 – Name the Celebrity Seed

49:35 – Gary's Joke Corner

52:40 – Butterfly In Blue Jeans

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In this week's episode of the Podscarf, we welcome prop comedy legend, Spencer Jones, alongside University of Manchester New Testament scholar Dr Andrew Boakye, for an hour of pure, unadulterated junk-shop invention and first-century Galilean prophecy. Licky's fame finally goes to his head, Spencer unveils a £160 pair of parcel-photo feet, Sarah the AI Bot grows a moustache, and Gary goes blonde.

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Sunil Patel turns up to be offered a Scotch Prize Ball (Regency Innovation TM), asked repeatedly about working for Natwest, and finds out from an AI bot that his dad ran a pub, prompting a full on-air correction.

Harry sits down with crime historian Dr Angela Buckley for this week's themed deep-dive, Victorian Crime, and somebody nearly wins a round of Name the Celebrity Seed.

0:17 The Mechanically Reclaimed Meat Society (MRSA)

1:03 Introducing Scotch Prize Balls

4:01 Offering Sunil a Scotch Prize Ball

4:52 "Have We Met Before?"

5:05 The Radio Show About Living Forever

5:26 The Man Who Freezes Bodies

6:01 £130k for Full-Body Cryonics

6:38 Who Makes This Set?

7:14 How Cryonic Freezing Actually Works

7:55 "I'm Going to Say Scam"

8:07 Paying for Your Own Cryonics with Life Insurance

9:20 Is There a Halfway House for Frozen Guys?

9:25 Middle-Aged Men Freezing Their Dead Mothers

10:11 How Sunil Feels About AI

11:26 Mistaken for a Fred West Advert

11:49 Nationwide or NatWest?

13:01 Sarah's AI Biography Begins

14:57 "Not Much Clear Information About Me Online"

15:04 The University of Kent Honorary Doctorate

16:02 How He Drifted Into Stand-Up

17:28 Sarah's Grudge Against Charles the Robot

19:13 "Best Actor in That Nationwide Advert"

20:51 The Crypto Podcast and the 12-Year-Old NFT Millionaire

21:37 Pitching HasBucks: A New Cryptocurrency

22:24 What's Next for Sunil Patel

22:49 Starting Out on Radio 4's Weekending

23:43 The Trousers-Falling-Down Pitch Meeting

24:19 The Beans-Down-the-Pants Comedian

25:39 Twix Drop

26:04 Ad Break: Scotch Prize Balls (Full Advert)

27:18 Theme of the Week: Victorian Crime with Dr Angela Buckley

28:22 What Actually Was Victorian Crime?

29:34 Buzzers, Snow Dippers and Victorian Thief Slang

30:16 Crimes Against Property vs Crimes Against People

30:56 Policing Before the Police: The Bow Street Runners

31:44 Punishments: Capital Crimes, Fines and Transportation

32:17 Detectives in Disguise

33:24 Modern Pickpocketing (and Phone Theft)

34:17 Jack the Ripper

35:16 Why the Press Made Him a Legend

37:03 The Royal Family Conspiracy Theory

38:00 The Victorian Crime Hotbeds

38:37 Murdered in Your Own Bed

39:51 The Victorian Version of a Phone Scam

40:06 Prison Treadmills

40:54 Why Transportation to Australia Ended

43:20 Where to Find Dr Angela Buckley's Work

44:16 How Victorian Detectives Actually Solved Crimes

47:22 "Criminals Always Return to the Scene"

47:54 Are Criminals Getting Better?

48:24 Name the Celebrity Seed

52:31 Gary's Joke Corner

54:15 Butterfly In Blue Jeans

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