Today, Matt Goldich joins Clive for what is Matt’s first ever on-stage show in the UK. The comedian tells Clive all about his career writing for some of America’s biggest talk shows and how his first day working with David Letterman didn’t quite go as he expected. Plus, he falls out with Clive about whether nectarines are better than peaches. Maybe it’s a generational thing… This episode was recorded live at the Edinburgh Fringe, August 2023. **If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s episode is one of many firsts. Clive is joined on stage by the comedian and radio presenter Glenn Moore who explains why the first dvd he watched and the first roller coaster he wanted to go on are wonders of the world. We also discover that Glenn is the first person to have almost auditioned to play Harry Potter to appear on the show. Spoiler alert: He didn’t get the part… This episode was recorded live at the Edinburgh Fringe, August 2023. **If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's guest has a degree in computer science. However, in their words "technology is the worst thing in the world". It's the comedian Olga Koch. With technology ruled out, Olga's wonders are instead a love letter to the Edinburgh Fringe. She joins Clive on stage to discuss her seven favourite things from Edinburgh, including... A toilet. This episode was recorded live at the Edinburgh Fringe, August 2023. **If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Would you ever undergo an experiment which temporarily prevents your ability to talk? Well, comedian, actor and The Infinite Monkey Cage presenter Robin Ince has, and he tells Clive all about it on today's show. Robin also makes a very passionate defence of the importance of libraries. However, despite a wide range of intellectual selections, Clive can't resist choosing a kids' TV show as Robin's wonder of wonders. Listen to find out why. This episode was recorded live at the Edinburgh Fringe, August 2023. **If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s guest is famous for two things: comedy and managing a fictional football team on a video game on the internet. It’s Bilal Zafar, of course! Bilal joins Clive on stage to tell him all about that and choose his seven wonders of the world. Unfortunately, he seems to have picked all the worst things in the world as wonders. We’ll let you decide if cats are included in that category… This episode was recorded live at the Edinburgh Fringe, August 2023. **If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Have you ever thought about the personalities of the days of the week? Well, today's guest has more than most it's fair to say. Today, Clive's joined on stage by the brilliant writer and comedian Lynn Ferguson. Surprisingly, Lynn is the first person to choose love as a wonder of the world. Less surprisingly, she is also the first person to pick a day of the week, and it's not the one you might think.... This episode was recorded live at the Edinburgh Fringe, August 2023. **If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Everyone loves a service station. But, according to today’s guest, there is one British service station that surpasses all the others, that proves what’s possible on the side of a Motorway. The comedian and radio presenter John Robins tells Clive all about that on today’s show. Plus, we hear about the extremely unique way John takes his tea and Clive tells a very personal story about finding his faith while on a train. It’s not to be missed… Find out more about John Robins' tour HERE. This episode was recorded live at the Edinburgh Fringe, August 2023. **If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s guest claims to be “Big in Scotland”. Despite this, they can’t help but relate basically all their wonders back to their home in Yorkshire. It’s the actor and comedian Kieran Hodgson. Kieran joins Clive on stage to tell him all about his passion for cycling and cathedrals. He also, rather surprisingly, chooses a British railway line as a wonder of the world and starts teaching Clive all about trees. It turns out Kieran didn’t know that Clive’s President of the Woodland Trust… This episode was recorded live at the Edinburgh Fringe, August 2023. **If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Have you ever thought one of your colleagues is a wonder of the world? Well today's guest does, it's the wonderful comedian, singer, writer and cabaret host, Reuben Kaye. Reuben tells the Edinburgh audience all about his natural-born desire to perform and his lifelong passion for sugar. It's yet to be determined if these two things are related. Clive also tries to comprehend how Reuben doesn't have a Wikipedia page. However, it's agreed that might not be the worst thing in the world. This episode was recorded live at the Edinburgh Fringe, August 2023. **If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today Clive is joined on stage by the most wonderful, polite and friendly guest, ignoring the football hooliganism and hatred for cyclists of course, it’s the brilliantly funny and critically acclaimed comedian Chloe Petts. Chloe’s come armed with a range of wonders, some thoughtful, and some less so. We’ll let you decide which category “having a beer before dinner” falls into. Either way, she does such a good job of convincing Clive of her wonders that the two of them are now going to karaoke together. That sounds wonderful. This episode was recorded live at the Edinburgh Fringe, August 2023. **If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Not many guests are most famous for throwing money at a FIFA president and handing a P45 to a British Prime Minister. Today, Clive’s joined on stage by the comedian Simon Brodkin who arrived armed with a thought-provoking set of wonders. Famous for playing the character Lee Nelson, Simon explains how it was easier to start in comedy when playing a character but he is now finding performing by himself a much more fulfilling experience. This episode was recorded live at the Edinburgh Fringe, August 2023. **If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s guest has a self-proclaimed “wonky mind” which is a wonder of their world. It’s easy to see how it’s a wonder given their 20-plus-year career in comedy, television and radio. They even had a short stint as a professional footballer. It’s Terry Alderton. Terry joins Clive on stage to tell him all about how he’s made such a successful career for himself despite the fact he left school without being able to read or write. We also hear all about Terry’s passion for double-decker buses and his fond memories of acting opposite Joe Pasquale while they worked together in a theatre in Jersey. This episode was recorded live at the Leicester Square Theatre, London. We would love it if you could join us for the recording of our live shows. We're back in Edinburgh this month. You can find tickets and more information HERE. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's guest is the first person to ever choose a wonder that they’re not actually allowed to have. On the latest live edition of the podcast, Clive is joined on stage by the satirist, writer, actor and comedian Rosie Holt who tells Clive all about her passion for horror movies. Particularly Evil Dead II, of course. We also hear about the quite out of character job Rosie had before getting into political comedy. Her haters weren’t impressed when they found out… This episode was recorded live at the Leicester Square Theatre, London. We would love it if you could join us for the recording of our live shows. We're back in Edinburgh this month. You can find tickets and more information HERE. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Imagine 50 Shades of Gray but with horses. That’s how today’s guest describes their favourite novel… Actor, singer and comedian Sooz Kempner tells Clive all about her love for the author Jilly Cooper and Sonic the Hedgehog – two things that aren’t usually paired together! She also has to explain why a football match where England drew 0-0 is a wonder of the world. This episode was recorded live at the Leicester Square Theatre, London. We would love it if you could join us for the recording of our live shows. You can find tickets and more information HERE. **If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My Seven Wonders Live is back with a new round of shows from London’s Leicester Square Theatre. From Dead Ringers to Spitting Image, in the world of impressions, today’s guest has certainly done it all. Jon Culshaw is so skilled that he managed to entertain the audience by doing impressions of his school teachers who they have never even met. When not doing impersonations Jon revealed that he has a range of interests from space to butterflies. Even that resulted in him impersonating the voice of a moth…. This episode was recorded live at the Leicester Square Theatre, London. We would love it if you could join us for the recording of our live shows. You can find tickets and more information HERE. **If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Clive Anderson’s here with a quick update regarding our next round of My Seven Wonders Live shows. One small change to update you on is that all future My Seven Wonders episodes will now be released on Thursday mornings, so you can expect the next episode to be in your podcast app, next Thursday March 30th. We would love it if you could join us for the recording of our live shows. You can find tickets and more information HERE. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Barrie Rutter admits that his greatest fear is to not be heard, but if his distinguished acting career is anything to go by, then he has no reason to worry. Today, the prolific actor and founder of the Northern Broadsides theatre company joins Clive to discuss his love of language and writing. In this beautifully honest interview, Barrie also opens up to Clive about his private life, including his battles with cancer, the pain of losing a child and the wondrous outcome that came from this mournful event. **If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the latest Edinburgh Fringe, Clive brought My Seven Wonders to the stage in front of a live audience! On this compilation episode, we look back at seven of the best wonders from the Edinburgh shows. Impressions are the order of the day. From Debra Stephenson singing Lulu to Matt Forde’s hilarious demonstration that every politician sounds like Tony Blair, the Fringe audience enjoyed nothing more than a good impersonation! We also hear Henning Wehn’s comical attempt to justify that windows should be considered a wonder. 1: Henning Wehn - Windows  2: Chris Gethard - A hot dog from Rutt’s Hut 3: Mark Watson - The Old Shay ground, Halifax 4: Kaye Adams - Good parents 5: Debra Stephenson - Her grandmother’s radiogram 6: Justin Moorhouse - Oat milk 7: Matt Forde - Whisky distillery tours **If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the latest Edinburgh Fringe, Clive brought My Seven Wonders onto the stage and to a live audience. On this compilation episode, we look back at some of the best wonders from the Edinburgh shows.  This includes Tiff Stephenson doing an impression of Stevie Nicks turning into Eric Cartman, Larry Dean's shocking reason for choosing tuna and rice as a wonder and John Bishop telling a joke in sign language which amazingly was also still funny via an audio medium. Wonder 1: Tiff Stephenson - Fleetwood Mac Wonder 2: Larry Dean - Tuna and rice Wonder 3: John Bishop - Music Wonder 4: Jimeoin - Jokes Wonder 5: Sara Barron - Magic Mike XXL Wonder 6: Fred MacAulay - Whisky  Wonder 7: Al Murray - Drums and drumming **If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we welcome on stage not one but TWO guests! Famous political interviewer Chester Missing and South African comedian Conrad Koch join Clive for a thought-provoking hour where they discuss colonialism, white privilege and the continued existence of racism in post-apartheid South Africa. Oh, and did we mention that Chester Missing is a puppet? We're not joking, jump in to find out more. This episode was recorded live at the Edinburgh Fringe, August 2022. **If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.