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CheapShow
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CheapShow is a comedy podcast all about getting the very best out of the worst! Be it Poundlands, Charity Shops, Car Boot Sales or Bargain Bins, hosts Paul Gannon & Eli Silverman poke around in the corners of the high streets and internet to find treasure in the trash. One week it could be a studio based show, the next, a live comedy event. It could even be a location report or a scripted adventure! A few things it is, however, is rude, crude, silly and drizzled in pop culture, nostalgia and plenty of verbal violence! It has guests, videos, songs, reviews, games and dares. We apologise in advance! www.thecheapshow.co.uk

Episodes
  • 2025 / 12 / 12
    Ep 466: Into The Woods (Stereo)

    Stereo Edition It’s Paul and Eli’s final walkabout episode of 2025 and they’ve decided to tackle the Hillingdon Trail which will take them into areas that they are very much not prepared for! In this two and...

  • 2025 / 12 / 12
    Ep 466: Into The Woods (Mono)

    Mono Edition It’s Paul and Eli’s final walkabout episode of 2025 and they’ve decided to tackle the Hillingdon Trail which will take them into areas that they are very much not prepared for! In this two and...

  • 2025 / 12 / 5
    Ep 465: The Best Thing

    Sometimes on CheapShow, things can get TOO exciting at times. This week is probably not one of those times as Paul and Eli put “thick white sliced bread” to the Off Brand/Brand Off test! Four loaves of...

  • 2025 / 11 / 28
    Ep 464: Quaffle

    Hey everyone! You’ll all be using the word “Quaffle” soon. All the cool kids will be spouting “Quaffle”, we guarantee it! What does it mean? Does it matter? The fact is that Paul has come up with it and he’s...

  • 2025 / 11 / 21
    Ep 463: Mess Express

    Although Paul & Eli have sworn off getting anything from Temu, Ali Express or Wish, that doesn’t stop our listeners! Whether that’s for good or for ill. This week, CheapShow HQ has been sent something via the...

  • 2025 / 11 / 14
    Ep 462: Munchos By Proxy

    Paul threatens to reduce his word count down to 25 words this week, but Eli is desperately having none of it. He just wants a nice, normal episode of CheapShow. But when as CheapShow ever been nice and...

  • 2025 / 11 / 7
    Ep 461: 50 Words

    Now that some BIG episodes of the podcast are behind them, Paul and Eli can now get back to “normal” and get stuck into some delicious “Cheap Eats” and maybe savour a musical oddity or two! They were both...

  • 2025 / 10 / 31
    Ep 460: Live At The Cheerful Earful Festival 2025

    With Special Guests: Ria Lina & Paul Putner It’s CheapShow Live at the Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival…. Again! Paul & Eli are back on stage at The Bedford Pub, Balham for another 90 minutes of chaotic,...

  • 2025 / 10 / 24
    Ep 459: Tat Hunt Destination Unknown (Mono)

    Mono Edition After the success of last week’s Tat Hunt in Teddington, South London, Paul and Eli are now in search of a place to sit down and review the stuff they’ve purchased! The Cheap Chaps had a budget...

  • 2025 / 10 / 24
    Ep 459: Tat Hunt Destination Unknown (Stereo)

    Stereo Edition After the success of last week’s Tat Hunt in Teddington, South London, Paul and Eli are now in search of a place to sit down and review the stuff they’ve purchased! The Cheap Chaps had a budget...

  • 2025 / 10 / 17
    Ep 458: Tat Hunt Teddington Broad Street (Stereo)

    (Stereo Edition) Once again, it’s time for Paul and Eli to take to the high streets and venture on another Tat Hunt! This week they’ve taken themselves to Broad Street to see what they can get for £10! It’s...

  • 2025 / 10 / 17
    Ep 458: Tat Hunt Teddington Broad Street (Mono)

    (Mono Edition) Once again, it’s time for Paul and Eli to take to the high streets and venture on another Tat Hunt! This week they’ve taken themselves to Broad Street to see what they can get for £10! It’s an...

  • 2025 / 10 / 10
    Ep 457: This Was Not The Plan

    This is not the episode we were expecting to put out! This week SHOULD’VE been a Tat Hunt episode but a technical disaster made it impossible for us to release until the audio was rescued. With a bit of luck,...

  • 2025 / 10 / 3
    Ep 456: Don't Call It A Comeback

    It’s an episode of extremes this week, as Eli and Paul battle through the usual segments whilst trying to deal with a whole host of new annoyances. Jimmy Biscuits and Richard Brandoff are back and trying to...

  • 2025 / 9 / 26
    Ep 455: Helm's Deep

    Special Guest: Nick Helm For some reason, Nick Helm was keen to come back on to the podcast and, well, who are Paul and Eli to deny him the experience of more economy comedy catastrophe? In a more than chunky...

  • 2025 / 9 / 19
    Ep 454: eBay Gum!

    It’s time to get our platters out on CheapShow this week! Paul & Eli have unearthed a few comedy albums from the once popular Grumbleweeds musical troupe! Who are these gentlemen? Where they any good? Has...

  • 2025 / 9 / 12
    Ep 453: A New River Runs Through It (Stereo)

    (Stereo Edition) Summer is nearly over and Paul and Eli do not want to waste a single sunny day, so it’s time for another walkabout episode! This route, as chosen by Eli, is one they’ve been keen to do for a...

  • 2025 / 9 / 12
    Ep 453: A New River Runs Through It (Mono)

    (Mono Edition) Summer is nearly over and Paul and Eli do not want to waste a single sunny day, so it’s time for another walkabout episode! This route, as chosen by Eli, is one they’ve been keen to do for a...

  • 2025 / 9 / 5
    Ep 452: A Box Of Plenty

    Once again, the PO Box delivers a cornucopia of crap to CheapShow HQ’s door, and it’s up to Paul and Eli to price it all up… Kinda! Eli is feeling a lot more cocky and confident then usual, and he thinks that...

  • 2025 / 8 / 29
    Ep 451: The Podcast After The Night Before

    Episode 450 was a big success and Eli and Paul celebrated accordingly. Until they didn’t. Following the live stream party, Paul went way too far with the drinking and is now suffering terribly. This means...

  • 2025 / 8 / 22
    Ep 450: Corrupted Data Legacy

    This is it! This is Episode 450! To celebrate, Paul & Eli are putting the final touches on their CheapShow Album. However, this will lead to an adventure like no other before in the podcast’s past. TrackBot...

  • 2025 / 8 / 16
    Ep 449: Mumchance

    After far too much time away, fair-weather co-host Ash Frith re-joins CheapShow just ahead of its 450th episode and what an episode! It’s a nice chunky one that throws Ash in at the deep end straight from the...

  • 2025 / 8 / 8
    Ep 448: Tech Talk Time

    There is a slight change to the content of CheapShow this week as Paul & Eli decide to wade into the unfamiliar waters of technology. It’s an episode that begins by enjoying the joys of the past and ends with...

  • 2025 / 8 / 1
    Ep 447: Ballads & Bargain Hunters

    It’s a nice and simple, back to basics episode this week. We can all relax knowing that at no point will Paul & Eli be singing or inventing new characters or retreating into waves of personal verbal abuse. No...

  • 2025 / 7 / 25
    Ep 446: Beware The Mad Monk

    The events of last week’s thrilling episode have taken their toll on Paul & Eli this week. They’re so tired out, they forgot to plan something to do and to make things worse, they are not in “the zone”!...

  • 2025 / 7 / 18
    Ep 445: Walk Hard With A Vengeance (Mono Edition)

    (Mono Edition) It was supposed to be a regular, fun “walkabout” episode whilst the summer sun still shined on London, but one phone call and shocking explosion later, Paul and Eli are running for the lives at...

  • 2025 / 7 / 18
    Ep 445: Walk Hard With A Vengeance (Stereo Edition)

    (Stereo Edition) It was supposed to be a regular, fun “walkabout” episode whilst the summer sun still shined on London, but one phone call and shocking explosion later, Paul and Eli are running for the lives...

  • 2025 / 7 / 11
    Ep 444: Beep Beep Me Phone Went

    Blimey, something amazing has come in the post! After weeks of waiting, Eli and Paul get their hands on a test pressing of the CheapShow album, which would be exciting if it wasn’t for the awkward threat of...

  • 2025 / 7 / 4
    Ep 443: Liquid Curios

    It was a mistake to record on one of the very hottest days of the year. However, the show must go on, even if involves sitting in a small room as the heat melts Paul & Eli’s brains. Paul does have a plan...

  • 2025 / 6 / 27
    Ep 442: Another Office Day Trip To Brighton (Mono Edition)

    Mono Edition Five years ago, Paul & Eli went for a day trip out to Brighton, to say it didn’t go well may be a bit of an understatement. To celebrate their 10th Birthday, CheapShow is going back again to do...

  • 2025 / 6 / 27
    Ep 442: Another Office Day Trip To Brighton (Stereo Edition)

    Stereo Edition Five years ago, Paul & Eli went for a day trip out to Brighton, to say it didn’t go well may be a bit of an understatement. To celebrate their 10th Birthday, CheapShow is going back again to do...

  • 2025 / 6 / 20
    Ep 441: Have I Got Spooge For You

    Special Guest: Ria Lina CheapShow is dabbling in a “little bit of politics” this week when Paul and Eli are joined by special guest, Ria Lina! In a new “Gannon’s Golden Games” segment, Paul pulls out a board...

  • 2025 / 6 / 13
    Ep 440: The 10th Birthday Office Party

    Somehow, someway, CheapShow has lasted a full decade. Ten whole years of tat and treasure, rants and raves, and adventure and abhorrent behaviour across 440 wonderfully mucky episodes! To celebrate the past...

  • 2025 / 6 / 6
    Ep 439: Boffalongo

    There is only ONE WEEK left until CheapShow turns 10 years old! A magnificent achievement considering Paul and Eli didn’t think the show was last 50 episodes. All they have to do this week is survive one very...

  • 2025 / 5 / 30
    Ep 438: A Box Of Delights

    Sometimes the CheapShow PO Box is full of all sorts of horrors and shocks, but this week on the economy comedy podcast, there is a refreshing change of pace. A MASSIVE PO Box delivery offers a wide range of...

  • 2025 / 5 / 23
    Ep 437: Eli's Contrition

    The award winning podcast returns for another episode packed with cheap thrills and cheap laughs! This week, Paul and Eli are dipping their toes into the murky waters of “Silverman’s Platters” to review three...

  • 2025 / 5 / 16
    Ep 436: The Award Winning Podcast

    Somehow, against all the odds, CheapShow has finally won something! Paul & Eli are in high spirits this week as they celebrate their recent “Golden Lobes” podcast awards win! It was a fantastic moment that...

  • 2025 / 5 / 9
    Ep 435: Chekhov's Gum

    It’s been a month of walkabout adventures, game shows and another character retrospective, so it’s about time that Eli and Paul got back into CheapShow HQ for another 75 minutes of cheap laughs! It’s a “back...

  • 2025 / 5 / 2
    Ep 434: Cemetery Men (Mono Edition)

    MONO EDITION When the sun is shining this brightly in the London sky, Paul and Eli refuse to stay cooped up inside CheapShow HQ… So, they are out and about (yes again!) to go on an aimless wander through...

  • 2025 / 5 / 2
    Ep 434: Cemetery Men (Stereo Edition)

    STEREO EDITION When the sun is shining this brightly in the London sky, Paul and Eli refuse to stay cooped up inside CheapShow HQ… So, they are out and about (yes again!) to go on an aimless wander through...

  • 2025 / 4 / 25
    Ep 433: CheapShow TV 2025 (Part Two)

    Coming Up, This Week on CheapShow TV Friday 24th April 1800 Food Musings with John Gunty In his first proper TV special episode, John takes us on a tour of his kitchen… Hopefully! 1830 CheapShow TV 2025...

  • 2025 / 4 / 18
    Ep 432: CheapShow TV 2025 (Part One)

    Coming Up, This Week on CheapShow TV Friday 17th April 1800 High & Low: With Wide Travelling Rob Rob is back, ready to tackle the most epic journey of his lifetime… attempting to leave his...

  • 2025 / 4 / 11
    Ep 431: The (Not Very) Geocaching Picnic (Mono Edition)

    MONO EDITION The sun’s out so Eli and Paul decide to escape CheapShow HQ and head back to Hampstead Heath for another barely acceptable picnic adventure. This time out, they have a reason for roaming around...

  • 2025 / 4 / 11
    Ep 431: The (Not Very) Geocaching Picnic (Stereo Edition)

    STEREO EDITION The sun’s out so Eli and Paul decide to escape CheapShow HQ and head back to Hampstead Heath for another barely acceptable picnic adventure. This time out, they have a reason for roaming around...

  • 2025 / 4 / 4
    Ep 430: The Cost Of Crud

    After two weeks away in America, Eli arrives back in one piece and ready to go with a grab bag of tat and tasty treats to foist upon his co-host. He’s brought with him a few snacks to wrap their tongues...

  • 2025 / 3 / 28
    Ep 429: Grumpy's Showreel

    It’s another week, it’s another familiar episode packed with tat, snacks and … Pardon? Who’s that at the door. Who? Grumpy Sessions you say? Why has he got a big box of VHS tapes with him? Fine. Let him...

  • 2025 / 3 / 21
    Ep 428: The Podcast Killaz

    Cor Blimey, it's another "real time" episode of the podcast as Paul & Eli try to cram a meaty Price of Shite game into 60 mins. Eli is off to America to celebrate his 50th birthday and so Paul has requested...

  • 2025 / 3 / 14
    Ep 427: Non Stop Noodles

    Oh Boy Howdy have we got noodles for you this week! Eli is frothing with anticipation because he’s got three cup noodles to blitz through AND he’s managed to get his little claws on two new noodle/pasta...

  • 2025 / 3 / 7
    Ep 426: Donna Egg & The Bad Boys

    After last week’s epic walkabout/Gannon’s Golden Games hybrid episode, it’s time to calm things down again. What this episode doesn’t need is violent meltdowns, stupid new characters, an appalling improvised...

  • 2025 / 2 / 28
    Ep 425: The Great Takeshi's Castle Caper

    With Special Guest: Stuart Ashen They didn’t mean this episode to be as long as it was. This wasn’t meant to be the epic episode it became, honest! They just thought they’d pop into Norwich, record a bit of a...