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Rob Beckett & Josh Widdicombe's Parenting Hell Live

• Date 21 Apr 2023
• Event Starts 8pm
• Venue The O2 arena
• Availability On sale now

Event Details

After an incredible 50 million downloads the smash hit, consistently chart-topping Parenting Hell podcast will be coming to The O2 on Friday 21 April 2023.

Twice weekly, since April 2020, comedy pals and Sunday Times best-selling authors, Josh Widdicombe and Rob Beckett have been bringing together fellow parents to share the highs and lows of being a parent in these times, providing a comedy lifeline.

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Parenting... just not as you know it. Join Rob & Josh twice a week as they share their tales of parenting woe and chat to celebrity parents about how they're coping, or not coping.  Parenting Hell is a Spotify Podcast, available everywhere - new episodes are available on Tuesdays and Fridays every week. 

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• 4.8 • 18.1K Ratings
• 17 MAY 2024

S8 EP38: Al Murray

Joining us this episode to discuss the highs and lows of parenting (and life) is the brilliant comedian, actor, musician and writer - Al Murray. You can find info and tickets for Al's 'We Have Our Ways' festival HERE Parenting Hell is a Spotify Podcast, available everywhere every Tuesday and Friday. Please leave a rating and review you filthy street dogs... xxx If you want to get in touch with the show here's how: EMAIL: [email protected] INSTAGRAM: @parentinghell MAILING LIST: parentinghellpodcast.mailchimpsites.com  A 'Keep It Light Media' Production  Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: [email protected] NEW ALBUM OF THE SAME NAME IS OUT MAY 10TH - PRE-ORDER HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• 13 MAY 2024

S8 EP37: The 24-hour play date

More misadventures in parenting, life, and beyond... with Rob and Josh. Please leave a rating and review you filthy street dogs... xx If you want to get in touch with the show with any correspondence, kids intro audio clips, small business shout outs, and more.... here's how: EMAIL: [email protected] INSTAGRAM: @parentinghell Parenting Hell is a Spotify Podcast, available free everywhere every Tuesday and Friday.  Join the mailing list to be first to hear about live show dates and tickets, Parenting Hell merch and any other exciting news... MAILING LIST: parentinghellpodcast.mailchimpsites.com  A 'Keep It Light Media' Production  Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S8 EP36: Gabrielle

Joining us this episode to discuss the highs and lows of parenting (and life) is the brilliant singer-songwriter, Gabrielle. Gabrielle's amazing new album 'A Place In Your Heart' is out now and available to buy HERE. And you can also find dates, tickets and info for her tour HERE Parenting Hell is a Spotify Podcast, available everywhere every Tuesday and Friday. Please leave a rating and review you filthy street dogs... xxx If you want to get in touch with the show here's how: EMAIL: [email protected] INSTAGRAM: @parentinghell MAILING LIST: parentinghellpodcast.mailchimpsites.com  A 'Keep It Light Media' Production  Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: [email protected] NEW ALBUM OF THE SAME NAME IS OUT MAY 10TH - PRE-ORDER HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S8 EP35: The Scariest Kids Movies

S8 ep34: alison hammond.

Joining us this episode to discuss the highs and lows of parenting (and life) is the brilliant presenter and broadcaster - Alison Hammond. 'For the Love of Dogs with Alison Hammond' is on Tuesdays at 8pm on ITV1 and available to stream on ITVX Parenting Hell is a Spotify Podcast, available everywhere every Tuesday and Friday. Please leave a rating and review you filthy street dogs... xxx If you want to get in touch with the show here's how: EMAIL: [email protected] INSTAGRAM: @parentinghell MAILING LIST: parentinghellpodcast.mailchimpsites.com  A 'Keep It Light Media' Production  Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• 29 APR 2024

S8 EP33: Britain's Best Chocolate Bar

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Customer Reviews

18.1K Ratings

It’s not just for the dads!

Guys, I love your show so much there isn’t enough space to tell you that in this review box!! To be honest, I avoided listening for a about a year as thought “yeah right, what do working men have to say about parenting that isn’t going to make me roll my eyes!” And within 6 minutes of the first episode I heard I was happily proved wrong!!! Your humour and take on your family life is so important for us mums to hear. You have taken the top spot on my daily podcast listen and I am so enjoying all the back catalogue of guests and rants. Keep up the good work. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thanks for making me look like an insane ginning idiot whilst driving, late to the party as just started listening this year and trying to catch up (currently mid season 3). Been very strange listening to talks of lockdown to the point where I’d get out of the car and someone would come in close proximity and I felt myself going - woah 2 metres mate! Just bought both your books guys too so now have to catch up on them too ha!

Love Love Love

You two are such a tonic. Love listening in on my dog walks. Don’t ever stop! 👏🏻 🫶🏼

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S8 EP38: Al Murray

S8 ep37: the 24-hour play date, s8 ep36: gabrielle, s8 ep35: the scariest kids movies, s8 ep34: alison hammond, s8 ep33: britain's best chocolate bar, s8 ep32: luanna, s8 ep31: why have you done that, s8 ep30: dan nightingale, s8 ep29: the craic vac, s8 ep28: lily allen, s8 ep27: chocolate starfish and the hotdog flavoured water, s8 ep26: andi & miquita oliver, s8 ep25: the shout-out special, s8 ep24: jonathan ross & honey ross, s8 ep23: would you touch black goo, s8 ep22: simon mayo, s8 ep21: show me your pants, s8 ep20: susie dent, s8 ep19: i don't sleep well after a curry, s8 ep18: ashley blaker, s8 ep17: a giraffe at the brit awards, s8 ep16: shaun keaveny, s8 ep15: "have you ever been maced", s8 ep14: tom aspinall, s8 ep13: so rose is away..., s8 ep12: sara barron, s8 ep11: any questions answered, s8 ep10: jason bell, s8 ep9: "would you prefer to make love to me or romesh", s8 ep8: laura smyth, s8 ep7: the january blues, s8 ep6: miles jupp, s8 ep5: worms in the house, s8 ep4: romesh ranganathan iii, s8 ep3: car passenger etiquette, s8 ep2: old school parenting, s8 ep1: viking boy, now that's what i call parenting hell... volume 10, now that's what i call parenting hell... volume 9, s7 ep46: the post christmas catch-up, s7 ep45: scott bennett (the return), s7 ep44: "pectus infectio", s7 ep43: rob's manic week (part 2), s7 ep42: rob's manic week (part 1), s7 ep41: oily dog poop, s7 ep40: angela scanlon, s7 ep39: tell the truth draw a tear, tell a lie draw a smile, s7 ep38: kimberley nixon, s7 ep37: the name's beckett, rob beckett..., s7 ep36: adam kay, s7 ep35: the face of shame, s7 ep34: scarlett moffatt, s7 ep33: milky bad boys, s7 ep32: kevin bridges, s7 ep31: the parenting hell mixtape, s7 ep30: "when i drink from lou's furry cup i vomit...", s7 ep29: "unlock your brain, man...", s7 ep28: tom skinner, s7 ep27: snuggle calls and wideboys, s7 ep26: james and clair buckley, s7 ep25: keep it negative, s7 ep24: dame jessica ennis-hill, s7 ep23: it's weird seeing you in person, s7 ep22: nick frost, s7 ep21: there's been a secret coup..., s7 ep20: carol vorderman, s7 ep19: how do you make your kids like each other, s7 ep18: ed balls, s7 ep17: "most people are awful, and most people are parents...", s7 ep16: richard osman, s7 ep15: the most chaotic episode ever, s7 ep14: jessica fostekew, s7 ep13: my calves never get cold, s7 ep12: jon richardson (the return), s7 ep11: no dot tuesday, s7 ep10: mike birbiglia, s7 ep9: "before you know it my d*ck is a game...", s7 ep8: joel dommett, s7 ep7: "i wake up and it all just starts again...", s7 ep6: annie mac, s7 ep5: normal or not normal, s7 ep4: seann walsh (the return), s7 ep3: price check on the condoms..., s7 ep2: big old porridge gobbler, s7 ep1: lou breaks her ankle on holiday, now that's what i call parenting hell - volume 8, s6 ep55: hook a suck, s6 ep54: alex james, s6 ep53: 69 - 69 - 69 - 24/7, s6 ep52: natalie cassidy, s6 ep51: children are bad at things, s6 ep50: david cross, s6 ep49: his hair has gone blue, s6 ep48: "i'd love to ride a pig...", s6 ep47: i love packing, s6 ep46: jack whitehall, s6 ep45: "i've got a greasy tea...", s6 ep44: scott bennett, s6 ep43: what is time (redux), s6 ep42: rick edwards, s6 ep41: josh loses his phone..., s6 ep40: peter andre, s6 ep39: hashbrowning, s6 ep38: omid djalili, s6 ep37: hand vs. kettle, s6 ep36: alastair campbell, s6 ep35: mike bubbins, s6 ep34: jim jefferies, s6 ep33: we need to talk about 'the pile', s6 ep32: george foreman, s6 ep31: paint me like one of your french girls..., s6 ep30: i accidentally weed in the bidet..., s6 ep29: the one where rob has several automobile disasters, s6 ep28: jb gill, s6 ep27: self-care, s6 ep26: samuel l. joshson, s6 ep25: the low performance podcast, s6 ep24: fin taylor, s6 ep23: never open a taped up fridge..., s6 ep22: rose hanson, s6 ep21: i had no idea where my children were..., s6 ep20: alex jones, s6 ep19: the one where josh isn't worried about turning 40...., s6 ep18: tom daley, s6 ep17: zen and the art of screaming into a pillow..., s6 ep16: sara cox, s6 ep15: stiff neck tales from the tour, s6 ep14: suzi ruffell, s6 ep13: playdate from hell, s6 ep12: poodles and noodles, s6 ep11: lou beckett (the valentine's day special), s6 ep10: cariad lloyd, s6 ep9: what's the worst smell you've ever smelt, s6 ep8: sam and billie faiers, s6 ep7: the day that goes badly wrong...., s6 ep6: david gandy, s6 ep5: "we want mummy back", s6 ep4: alesha dixon, s6 ep3: the one where lou goes to new york..., s6 ep2: tales of terror from tenerife, s6 ep1: my son hates his own home, now that's what i call parenting hell - volume 7, now that's what i call parenting hell - volume 6, s05 ep46: bum hole, bits, and willy..., s05 ep45: let the christmas (alarm) bells ring..., s05 ep44: seann walsh, s05 ep43: the sad dads disco, s05 ep42: jarred christmas (the return), s05 ep41: thanks to lou. apologies to rose., s05 ep40: adrian chiles, s05 ep39: how is this my job, s05 ep38:tom parry (the return), s05 ep37: my bowel movements are still jet-lagged, s05 ep36: joe wilkinson, s05 ep35: you've gone to another dimension, s05 ep34: dan schreiber, s05 ep33: adventures in babysitting, s05 ep32: giovanna fletcher, s05 ep31: sideways like a crab, s05 ep30: simon gregson, s05 ep29: welcome to the thunderdome..., s05 ep28: anton du beke, s05 ep27: gary neville, s05 ep26: rachel parris, s05 ep25: brown noise and temperature guns, s05 ep24: fearne cotton, s05 ep23: i don't want to be a diva...., s05 ep22: denise welch, s05 ep21: mind the darts, kids...., s05 ep20: stacey solomon, s05 ep19: you sound like you're dying.... (the hangover special), s05 ep18: myleene klass, s05 ep17: tears at drop-off, s05 ep16: guz khan, s05 ep15: the coolest nerd and the nerdiest lad, s05 ep14: kelly convey, s05 ep13: you can't send me to prison, s05 ep12: nihal arthanayake, s05 ep11: 'grant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change...', s05 ep10: brian conley, s05 ep9: take it easy, playa..., s05 ep8: martin lewis, s05 ep7: a helicopter ride with the bishop, s05 ep6: sara pascoe, s05 ep5: "this is no way for us to live, rob...", s05 ep4: romesh ranganathan (the return), s05 ep3: the one where lou has her appendix out, s05 ep2: julian deane, s05 ep1: the heatwave (and post holiday) breakdown special, now that's what i call parenting hell - volume 5, now that's what i call parenting hell - volume 4, s04 ep46: the fact monster has arrived, s04 ep45: the glastonbury and ibiza stag-do special, s04 ep44: josh pugh, s04 ep43: "we're the bad guys....", s04 ep42: david earl, s04 ep41: fee - fi - pho - mum, s04 ep40: katherine ryan (the return), s04 ep39: the one where josh loses the cat..., s04 ep38: rich wilson, s04 ep37: there's been a lot of chat about death..., s04 ep36: conor benn, s04 ep35: josh, i don't like the sound of your life..., s04 ep34: esther manito, s04 ep33: dr prepare will see you now..., s04 ep32: hanson, s04 ep31: the one where josh wakes the baby (whilst recording the podcast), s04 ep30: james bay, s04 ep29: "mummy went out for c*ck...", s04 ep28: tom craine, s04 ep27: the one where josh google's himself..., s04 ep26: mickey mouse (the disney world special), s04 ep25: florida flight disaster, now that's what i call parenting hell - volume 3, now that's what i call parenting hell - volume 2, s04 ep24: kate ferdinand, s04 ep23: why is my life so rubbish, s04 ep22: bill bailey, s04 ep21: the final nail in the coffin of my week..., s04 ep20: ben mee, s04 ep19: "how many whippets have you got out of a fence...", s04 ep18: kate lawler, s04 ep17: the most crazy episode ever, s04 ep16: joe wicks, s04 ep15: this is a sad episode, isn't it, s04 ep14: tom davis, s04 ep13: the one where rob helps out on a school trip, s04 ep12: jermaine jenas, s04 ep11: "rob, i only woke up five minutes before this...", s04 ep10: harriet kemsley, s04 ep9: a phantom blanking, s04 ep8: adam buxton, s04 ep7: new shoes vicar, s04 ep6: adam hills, s04 ep5: parental lock fail, s04 ep4: that's a step up from a bin..., s04 ep3: "what is time...", s04 ep2: no bath since brexit..., now that's what i call parenting hell - volume 1, s04 ep1: the boys are back in town..., s03 ep48: twas the night before christmas..., s03 ep47: the one where josh gets covid..., s03 ep46: martine mccutcheon, s03 ep45: i'm entering a new phase of parenting..., s03 ep44: ugo monye, s03 ep43: the laddy special, s03 ep42 - louis theroux, s03 ep41: do you want me to ring my mum, s03 ep40 - ian 'h from steps' watkins, s03 ep39: "can you ice a vagina...", s03 ep38: paris fury, s03 ep37: my back went holding the baby, s03 ep36: sophie ellis-bextor, s03 ep35: you can't put a nappy on a dog..., s03 ep34: harry hill, s03 ep33: can we start with the f**king clocks...., s03 ep32: jimmy carr, s03 ep31: have you taken magic mushrooms..., s03 ep30: jessie ware, s03 ep29: faking a hamster's death..., s03 ep28: michael mcintyre, s03 ep27: i hate my life..., s03 ep26: charlotte church, s03 ep25: we're getting a dog, josh, s03 ep24: lucy beaumont (the return), s03 ep23: viva la bath time revolution, s03 ep22: i think you need to go cold turkey from your life..., s03 ep21: my sweat has started to smell different..., s03 ep20: stephen mangan, s03 ep18: game recognises game..., s03 ep17: dreams do come true..., s03 ep16: geoff norcott, s03 ep15: the emotional breakdown special, s03 ep14: frankie bridge, s03 ep13: having two kids is an admin nightmare..., s03 ep12: chris mccausland, s03 ep11: "did you audition for the hobbit...", s03 ep10: pat sharp, s03 ep9: "she let a rottweiler lick her face....", s03 ep8: babatundé aléshé, s03 ep7: "sometimes you've got to engage the stiffy...", s03 ep6: isy suttie (the return), s03 ep5: she hates me..., s03 ep4: ellie taylor (the return), s03 ep3: "dad, have you got milk in those big nipples...", s03 ep2: mike wozniak, s03 ep1: the morning after the night before..., s02 ep42: you better tell your therapist about this..., s02 ep41: paul mccaffrey, s02 ep40: three words... rob beckett's mum..., s02 ep39: helen russell, s02 ep38: am i being a karen, s02 ep37: abbey clancy, s02 ep36: an apology..., s02 ep35: iain stirling, s02 ep34: the new baby is here, s02 ep33: sam quek, s02 ep32: the one where rob gets a snack station..., s02 ep31: tony bellew, s02 ep30: "i can't deal with the passing of time...", s02 ep29: elis james (the return), s02 ep28: "this is only going to get worse...", s02 ep27: charlie baker, s02 ep26: "who's rubbed banana on his roof....", s02 ep25: fay ripley, s02 ep24: "h from steps and the cockatoo...", s02 ep23: jessica knappett, s02 ep22: i'm a parent, get me out of here..., s02 ep21: jarred christmas, s02 ep20: a right kick in the jaffa's..., s02 ep19: tom parry, s02 ep18: 100% banter juice, s02 ep17: nadiya hussain, s02 ep16: the world cup of baby names, s02 ep15: gabby logan, s02 ep14: the harry and meghan spike, s02 ep13: joe swash, s02 ep12: two men and a(nother) baby..., s02 ep11: sean lock, s02 ep10: "feels like a practice divorce...", s02 ep9: jamelia, s02 ep8: wheelie bin-gate, s02 ep7: paloma faith, s02 ep6: misadventures in parenting..., s02 ep5: michael sheen, s02 ep4: "you can't click and collect a solero...", s02 ep3: paddy mcguinness, s02 ep2: "bezos, who does your boxes", s02 ep1: bobby b and stiffy mcgee are back, s01 ep71: "i'm bebop and rocksteady and lou is krang...", s01 ep70: the christmas day special, s01 ep69: andy day (cbeebies), s01 ep68: philippa perry, s01 ep67: "you can't ride a t-rex with wet hair...", s01 ep66: robbie williams & ayda field williams, s01 ep65: "i love putting a line through a seven...", s01 ep64: sindhu vee, s01 ep63: that's why i didn't get the voice job..., s01 ep62: david baddiel, s01 ep61: an ode to the side note, s01 ep60: tom allen, s01 ep59: live from the school gates, s01 ep58: walking up the burj khalifa, s01 ep57: konnie huq, s01 ep56: heaven or hell, s01 ep55: carl donnelly, s01 ep54: the old five knuckle shuffle, s01 ep53: mark watson, s01 ep52: "you could buy a lion from harrods in the 1970s...", s01 ep51: eddie hearn, s01 ep50: what's your favourite animal tongue, s01 ep49: gaby roslin, s01 ep48: the old nose stroke technique, s01 ep47: doc brown, s01 ep46: "it's not sticky till the first lick...", s01 ep45: dawn o' porter, s01 ep44: "i want a dog....", s01 ep43: peter crouch, s01 ep42: "what's this really about", s01 ep41: matthew crosby, s01 ep40: under the table floor picnic, s01 ep39: ivo graham, s01 ep38: "she can't read squirrel body language...", s01 ep37: jo brand, s01 ep36: jump starting a tent, s01 ep35: chris stark, s01 ep34: aled jones carried a watermelon, s01 ep33: elis james, s01 ep32: twice as long as a weasel, s01 ep31: jen brister, s01 ep30: "i carried a watermelon...", s01 ep29: romesh ranganathan, s01 ep28: snail-ma-geddon, s01 ep27: dara ó briain, s01 ep26: just put a beret on a chicken..., s01 ep25: judi love, s01 ep24: gavin and malcolm, s01 ep23: rosie ramsey, s01 ep22: windburn, man and boy..., s01 ep21: russell kane, s01 ep20: aircon vs. heat wave, s01 ep19: chris ramsey, s01 ep18: salty or not salty that is the question..., s01 ep17: lorraine kelly, s01 ep16: correspondence special, s01 ep15: alex brooker, s01 ep14: shappi khorsandi, s01 ep13: daisy may cooper, s01 ep12: alison hammond, s01 ep11: jack dee, s01 ep10: isy suttie, s01 ep9: alan davies, s01 ep8: alex horne, s01 ep7: ellie taylor, s01 ep6: jason manford, s01 ep5: kerry godliman, s01 ep4: jonathan ross, s01 ep3: lucy beaumont, s01 ep2: jon richardson.

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• Fri 28 Apr Utilita Arena Birmingham Parenting Hell - Live Rob Beckett, Josh Widdicombe
• Sun 23 Apr London, OVO Arena, Wembley Parenting Hell - Live Rob Beckett, Josh Widdicombe
• Fri 21 Apr London, The O2 Parenting Hell - Live Rob Beckett, Josh Widdicombe
• Thu 20 Apr Utilita Arena Cardiff Parenting Hell - Live Rob Beckett, Josh Widdicombe
• Wed 19 Apr Motorpoint Arena Nottingham Parenting Hell - Live Rob Beckett, Josh Widdicombe
• Fri 14 Apr Manchester, The AO Arena Parenting Hell - Live Rob Beckett, Josh Widdicombe
• Wed 12 Apr Brighton Dome Parenting Hell Live - Work In Progress Parenting Hell - Live
• Tue 11 Apr Ipswich, Regent Theatre Parenting Hell Live - Work In Progress Parenting Hell - Live

February 2023

• Sat 25 Feb Portsmouth, Kings Theatre Parenting Hell Live - Work In Progress Parenting Hell - Live
• Sat 18 Feb Edinburgh, The Queen's Hall Parenting Hell Live - Work In Progress Parenting Hell - Live
• Wed 15 Feb Norwich, Theatre Royal Parenting Hell Live - Work In Progress Parenting Hell - Live
• Tue 14 Feb Canterbury, Marlowe Theatre Parenting Hell Live - Work In Progress Parenting Hell - Live
• Wed 1 Feb Northallerton, The Forum Parenting Hell Live - Work In Progress Parenting Hell - Live

January 2023

• Tue 31 Jan Hexham, Queens Hall Arts Parenting Hell Live - Work In Progress Parenting Hell - Live
• Mon 30 Jan Barnard Castle, The Witham Funny Way To Be Comedy Parenting Hell - Live

January 2022

• Sun 30 Jan London, Up The Creek Comedy Club Parenting Hell Live - Work In Progress
• Sun 16 Jan London, Up The Creek Comedy Club Parenting Hell Live - Work In Progress

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Rob Beckett & Josh Widdicombe's Parenting Hell Live

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Please note there is also a stadium event taking place next door: The Emirates FA Cup Semi-Final 2 Brighton and Hove Albion vs Manchester United Start of main arrival period 12.30pm  Turnstiles Open 2.30pm Start 4.30pm Egress 6.25pm (approx) subject to extra time and penalties We therefore recommend you plan your journey in advance to allow plenty of time to arrive as early as possible as we expect heavy congestion in the Wembley area and on public transport.

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Rob Beckett & Josh Widdicombe's Parenting Hell Live

Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe will be bringing their hit podcast to London’s OVO Arena Wembley on Sunday 23 April 2023. With nearly 50 million downloads, the chart topping podcast has seen them discuss the highs and lows of parenting (and life). 

From the stresses of sleep deprivation to building a trampoline in the dark, they have kept us company through a pandemic but now they're booking a babysitter and making a night of it.

“An hilarious cry for help from two dads overwhelmed by their own young families. Fortunately, many of their guests – also the biggest names in podcasting – have been in the same boat… parents will never take for granted the patience of teachers ever again” (NME)

“...has taken the form of upbeat conversations responding to the madness of this year while sharing its harder moments, all giving an essential shot of human contact” (DAILY TELEGRAPH)

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Due to phenomenal demand, more Arena dates have been added to the Parenting Hell Live Tour: Nottingham Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff Motorpoint Arena and London’s OVO Arena Wembley.

After an incredible 100 million downloads the smash hit, consistently chart-topping Parenting Hell podcast will hit the road with live shows at arenas including: Manchester Arena and London The O2, in April 2023.  Rob and Josh’s podcast continues to be one one of the most popular in the UK, with millions downloading every week and their book Parenting Hell is a Sunday Times Best-seller.

Twice weekly, since April 2020, comedy pals and Sunday Times best-selling authors (individually and jointly), Josh Widdicombe and Rob Beckett have been bringing together fellow parents to share the highs and lows of being a parent in these times, providing a comedy lifeline for so many people all ages, including many that don’t even have kids.  Each week they’re joined by a well known parent to share their often hilarious, sometimes horrifying, stories about how they cope.

Previous guests include: Louis Theroux, Paloma Faith, Katherine Ryan, Peter Crouch, Fay Ripley, Michael McIntyre,  Judi Love, Jonathan Ross, Daisy May Cooper, Jack Dee, Robbie Williams and Alison Hammond. 

Rob said:  I am absolutely buzzing to go on tour with Josh. After two years of being locked up in my house with the kids all I can think of is that empty quiet hotel room after the show. As well as the shows themselves. The shows are going to be great but also waking up when I want and having breakfast in silence. But also the shows which are gonna be really great. We will be live and unedited. All the stuff we can’t say and do on the podcast will be happening on that stage and I cannot wait. 

Josh said: I have no idea how this has happened in my career, last time I checked me and Rob were cool young comics about town. Now we are two middle aged blokes complaining about our kids. Despite this I can promise this will be the best show that features two dads grumbling to ever play Britain’s arenas.

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‘For women, it’s behind enemy lines!’ Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe on their parenting podcast

It began as a way to moan about the pandemic – or avoid childcare. Now Lockdown Parenting Hell is downloaded 2m times a month. The comedians chat fatherhood, burnout – and dreaming of the pub

L ike many comedians, Josh Widdicombe and Rob Beckett found themselves without an outlet when the pandemic struck. And so, like many comedians, they decided to make a podcast. Theirs – Lockdown Parenting Hell – has become one of the most popular in the country, mining the stresses of everything from twins, tantrums and building a trampoline to the tune of more than 15m downloads.

Beckett has two young children with his wife, Louise Watts, while Widdicome and his wife, Rose Hanson, have one, with another on the way. Each week, the pair interview a celebrity (past guests have included Michael Sheen, Philippa Perry and Paddy McGuinness) while sharing stories about their upended domestic lives. It is fast, fun and, at times, genuinely touching. Here, they share their thoughts on their pandemic pastime.

Stuart Heritage: Shouldn’t you be looking after your kids instead of doing a podcast? Rob Beckett: I think the podcast gives us a good excuse to not look after them. That was the main reason we did it, really, wasn’t it? So that we can have a justifiable break from parenting.

Josh Widdicombe: It’s a way for us to go upstairs without feeling guilty about it. That was the whole elevator pitch for the podcast.

RB: The podcast started because we’d been texting each other, moaning about how hard lockdown was. It’s a WhatsApp group that’s got out of hand, essentially. It’s also self-therapy for us. I was having a wobble and I think Josh quite enjoyed the fact that I had it worse, with one more kid than him.

JW: Totally. It was the main thing getting me through. And I thought that other people would get some joy out of his pain.

RB: But now Josh is expecting a second child, so the tables will turn.

SH: Has Rob prepared you for the arrival of your second, Josh? JW: I’m genuinely excited about it. Particularly because I think I’ll be a lot more confident with the child. All that stuff about: ‘How do you hold them?’ ‘How do you swaddle?’ I’m all right with that now, so I can actually enjoy having the child. But, conversely, I’m heartbroken about how it’ll coincide with the pubs reopening and the European championship [Euro 2020]. It’s brutal.

RB: I’ll be constantly in the pub. The grandparents are desperate to see the kids and they’re so easy to look after now, so I can just leave them with them. It’s a completely guilt-free opportunity.

SH: What have you learned about parenting in the past year? JW: I think I’ve learned to chill out about it; that’s the main thing. Learning that the “big moments” – Christmas morning, the building of the snowman – are almost always not the big moment. But that’s OK. Sometimes, it’s enough to have a terrible time building a snowman.

RB: You think: “Oh, when we go on this holiday, that will be the magical family moment,” but instead you’re blindsided by something that happens at one o’clock on a Tuesday afternoon. I was away so much more before lockdown. I was working day and night. Classic poverty mindset: get all the money in before it goes away, work work work. My family life was dominated by grand gestures and big things. I’d be like: “I’ve got three days off, so let’s book somewhere.” But I think I’ve realised that the kids enjoy it just as much if you’re hanging around with them and placing more emphasis on being there, rather than working hard to save money for a big Disney thing. They don’t care, and just being with them is way more enjoyable for everyone. I’m going to try to work less and have fewer things.

JW: That’s good, because it means there’ll be more corporate gigs for other comics.

SH: Has lockdown changed your relationships with your partners? JW: I think it’s made it much better, in that there’s less pressure on our time together. I used to be working five nights a week, so it felt like a waste if, on that sixth night, we just watched The Repair Shop and looked at our phones. But you need that time together, that total write-off time. It’s much more difficult to continue a relationship positively if, whenever you see each other, it’s like: “This is date night.” Maybe I didn’t realise that until lockdown.

RB: I didn’t realise, and I don’t think Lou [Beckett’s wife since 2015] even realised, how much she was doing on her own. Before lockdown, I was working all day on TV shows and doing tour shows in the evening and I’d been to LA, South Africa and Paris before January. I was never home and Lou had to do everything, which wasn’t good for her or me. In my head, I’m providing for my kids, but I’m not providing as a husband or a dad. It can’t just be a monetary support thing.

SH: You’ve said that the podcast has a predominantly female listenership – why do you think that is? RB: I feel like a lot of the female audience enjoy listening to men chat about parenting, because not a lot of men do. It’s that whole thing of getting men to speak more, about mental health and stuff like that. Sometimes, the female audience quite likes trying to know what a bloke’s thinking about. It’s like spying behind enemy lines.

JW: In terms of mental health and speaking about stuff, this has unknowingly really helped me deal with the last year. It is so useful to talk about these things. It’s provided an outlet and, I think, for listeners it’s the same.

RB: And the listeners aren’t even all mums. We’ve got so many people that don’t have kids, but everyone is either a parent or had parents. I do think people listen to try to piece together how their parents parented them, or how they would parent. A lot of grandparents listen, too, to remind them of what it was like when they had younger kids. It shocked us that the audience wasn’t just parents of young kids.

SH: Have you struggled with any aspects of lockdown ? JW: I think I initially struggled with the idea that it was an opportunity. On the podcast, [the comedian] Ellie Taylor told us that her friend said “lockdown isn’t a writer’s retreat”. I spent 10 years going: “I would do that, but I’ve got a gig,” and then thought lockdown could have been my chance to write the great American novel. There was all that early pressure for lockdown to be a moment for everyone to find themselves, but actually it’s just about getting through it.

RB: I’ve found lockdown three tough. We’ve been locked down since November, then Lou had to shield for two or three months and that was really hard. It was cold and miserable and the kids got mad. I’m bored of Netflix, I want to do a gig, I don’t want my kids in my house. I want to get out and live my life.

SH: Do you think dads have more trouble making new friends than mums? JW: I have struggled. We didn’t make friends through NCT [a charity that provides support for expectant parents], because we did an extreme two-day course. The friends I’ve got at the nursery gates are all mums, actually. I haven’t made any new dad friends, beyond acquaintances.

RB: It’s a lucky dip. I think women are nicer and more empathic, so they will suffer a dickhead for longer, whereas I’d just sack him off and do something on my own. I don’t know if that’s me, or all men. What I’ve learned is to just let Lou make friends and I’ll pick the one with the bloke I get on best with, and that’s our new double date.

JW: So she does a shortlist and then you pick a winner?

SH: Do you listen to other parenting podcasts? JW: I’ve listened to Chris and Rosie Ramsey’s podcast [ Sh**ged Married Annoye‪d ] occasionally.

RB: I mainly listen to boxing and football ones.

JW: I listen to podcasts about unsolved murders and paranormal activity. I’ve just listened to two documentary series about Robert Maxwell. In many ways, they act as interesting parenting podcasts.

SH: Does your approach to parenting differ from how your dads parented you? JW: My dad was basically an old hippy. He grew up in the 60s, so I had a very laid-back childhood. There was no pressure to do well at school or do a certain job – I’d hope that would be the thing I take from that. But then I’m a more uptight person than my dad, so that probably comes through.

RB: I’m more hands-on than my dad was. He was a long-distance lorry driver and a cab driver, so he worked mad hours and we wouldn’t see him much. I don’t remember him picking me up from school that much, because that’s when he worked. But that was more due to money than, you know, him just really loving driving. He loves us to pieces, but he had to earn the money, so he wasn’t there. I have that same mentality, which nearly led me to burnout before Covid. But now I’ve realised that it’s more productive to work less and be there more. It’s a learning curve. You only act in the way you’ve seen, so it’s hard.

SH: How were your homes growing up? JW: I didn’t really get told off when I was a kid, but that’s a combination of my dad being laid-back and me being a dweeb. It was kind of a perfect storm, in that sense. There was also a lot of taking the piss; that was a big deal in our house. I would want my children to grow up in a house that was a laugh; I would hate for it to be a sterile atmosphere.

RB: Our house was brutal, to the point where it was too much. My brother had acne on his back, so his nickname was Dartboard Back. My brother Joe had smelly breath for about half an hour and got called Dogshit Breath for ever. I was called Jaffa Cake Nips because I had fat nipples through puberty. My mum used to call it The House of No Compassion. It shocked me when I went on Mock the Week and everyone said: “They’re all really intimidating.” What? My house is much worse than this.

SH: Where does Lockdown Parenting Hell go when lockdown ends? RB: I’ll shake off Josh and take all the earnings.

JW: But he says I can come on as an interview guest.

RB: We genuinely started it because we thought it would be fun to do, but last week it was the top podcast in the country. I feel like now we’ve built a little community, so I would love to carry it on. It’s a journey that we need to carry on as our kids grow up.

JW: I remember at one point panicking, wondering if my daughter would hate me for it, but then I realised that the whole thing is really positive. I love the idea of a document that she can go back and discover when she’s older, combined with interviews with people that she won’t have heard of.

RB: I feel like it’s made me a better parent, because we’re talking to Philippa Perry and all these people who have older children.

JW: I think it’s made me a way better comedian, too, because I’ve never given much of myself to comedy in terms of revealing my personal life. But the success of this has taught me that the more honest you are, the funnier you are. On Sunday, I was in my car, stuck at this red light for five minutes, and people were honking at me to jump the light. And, yeah, I was stressed, but I was also thinking: “This is going to be great for the podcast.”

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