One Footer in the Grave

12 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating

With one foot in the door of their retirement home for senior web designers, Paul Boag, Andy Clarke, Jon Hicks, and Marcus Lillington get together once a month to distract eachother from everyday life and work.
The show’s funny and frivolous and the chaps have a genuinely unique chemistry which will entertain you if you work on the web and even if you don’t.

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Episodes

Roasted Chestnuts with the Dreamtime Electric Blanket

December 12, 2023 13:53 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MB

The intention was that this would be our Festive episode. We get there eventually, but only once we've finished discussing: Andy's new Dreamtime Electric Blanket, the sponsor of the show The new Dr Who - What do think? Were they right to change Davros? Andy's shock DNA test results means he's not who he thought he was. Marcus's intense suffering at earning lots of money. Jon's Festive Sandwich Reviews Fact check footnote: Jon mistakenly pronounces 'Ncuti' as 'Chooty' rather than 'S...

A thing for Bouvier des Flandres

November 06, 2023 19:39 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MB

In this delayed-release episode (recorded in May 2023), the chaps talk about Paul and Andy's joint seven week adventure in Recreation Vehicles around the United States of America earlier in the year. Did they fight or fall out? Or did they get along just fine in a way that doesn't make very entertaining listening? Paul also gets to witness a 'Malarkey Regeneration' first hand!

AI talks to my wife

February 23, 2023 21:35 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MB

It’s a new year, the year of artificial things. In this episode, the four chaps talk about artificial intelligence and artificial hips. Andy has a (painful) bone to pick with Paul but all he got in response was an AI-written apology. Finally, the talk Mastodon and why it’s better than Twitter.

Tebbit was a monster

October 27, 2022 21:36 - 1 hour - 41.4 MB

After a fabulous summer of fun, the four fellas are back with an extra-long episode. Even though it’s only October, they talk about Christmas and Andy’s plan to escape to Costa Rica. The chaps discuss which celebrity we’d elect to parliament and which cabinet position we’d want most. Then, they talk about whether ghosts exist or Andy was just drunk. (This episode was recorded before Liz Catasussrophe was beaten by a lettuce.)

Norfolk an’ chance

July 10, 2022 21:09 - 51 minutes - 35 MB

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Soggy looking swamp

April 26, 2022 19:35 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MB

In this new episode, Andy, Jon, Paul, and Marcus discuss the first stage of Paul’s latest motorhome and midlife crisis. They talk about what they like to do when they’re not working and wrap things up by suggesting what Andy should do for his hobby.

Savoy cabbage and the kalettes

March 01, 2022 19:57 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MB

It’s a new year and a new episode where the chaps make excuses about why they haven’t recorded recently. They discuss Paul’s impetuous decision, which vegetables can go to hell and why plenty of people we know are leaving freelancing and taking proper jobs.

Mary’s gone blind. Again

November 16, 2021 12:48 - 49 minutes - 34.6 MB

In this new episode, Andy, Jon, Paul, and Marcus discuss their summers and how it felt to leave Brexit Island behind. They talk about how it feels when kids leave home and then (sometimes) move back. Then, they wrap things up by admitting to their TV watching guilty pleasures.