Three Bean Salad (podcast)
| Three Bean Salad | |
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| Presentation | |
| Hosted by | |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Production | |
| No. of episodes | 174  |
| Publication | |
| Original release | 27 April 2021 |
| Ratings | 4.89/5, 5.0/5, 5/5 |
| Cited as | Best Comedy Podcast (Chortle, 2024) |
Three Bean Salad is a British comedy podcast launched in April 2021 by Benjamin Partridge, Mike Wozniak and Henry Paker. It was voted Best Comedy Podcast at the Chortle Awards in March 2024.
Format
[edit]The podcast was launched in 2021 as Three Bean Salad by comedians Benjamin Partridge, Mike Wozniak and Henry Paker.[1] The format of the show, described as a "conversational podcast",[2] has the three comedians "riff on a different theme" each episode that have been sent in by listeners.[3] Topics can vary, and have included biscuits,[4] urban myths, whales, pencils, and time travel.[5]
The podcast is interspersed with jingles created by Partridge, which mark recurring segments, such as listener emails or frequently used topics such as the United States and flightless birds. Many episodes end with a different listener-submitted cover version of the show's theme tune with the regular jingles occasionally replaced by listener cover versions.[6]
The podcast has branched out into occasional live performances, such as at the Machynlleth Comedy Festival,[7] and the London Podcast Festival.[8]
Critical response
[edit]The podcast has been described as "whimsical, cutting and downright hilarious" escapism, with "easy rapport between its likeable hosts" and a "variety of impressive jingles".[9] Writing in November 2022, Patricia Nicol in The Sunday Times described it as a "Pythonesque cult comedy show" and called it a "shaft of daft light amid the gloom."[10] India Rakusen in The List in July 2023, described it as "absolute nonsense; it’s utterly ridiculous and wonderful for it."[11] Praise has come from fellow comedians with Rufus Hound telling Pod Bible Mag in January 2024, that it has him "regularly laughing inappropriately on public transport",[12] and John Robins writing in The List magazine that "getting to hear their brains all working together on zeitgeist topics such as submarines or flightless birds always makes me howl".[13] Wozniak's appearance on Taskmaster led to an increase in people listening to the podcast.[14]
Awards
[edit]In March 2024, it won in the Best Podcast category at the Chortle Awards.[15]
Series overview
[edit]| Series | Episodes | Originally released | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | |||
| 1 | 10 + 2 | 27 April 2021 | 11 August 2021 | |
| 2 | 10 | 18 August 2021 | 20 October 2021 | |
| 3 | 8 + 2 | 1 December 2021 | 2 February 2022 | |
| 4 | 8 + 2 | 2 March 2022 | 3 May 2022 | |
| 5 | 8 + 2 | 1 June 2022 | 3 August 2022 | |
| 6 | 8 + 2 | 7 September 2022 | 2 November 2022 | |
| 7 | 8 + 2 | 7 December 2022 | 1 February 2023 | |
| 8 | 8 + 2 | 1 March 2023 | 3 May 2023 | |
| 9 | 8 + 1 | 7 June 2023 | 1 August 2023 | |
| 10 | 8 + 1 | 6 September 2023 | 1 November 2023 | |
| 11 | 8 + 2 | 6 December 2023 | 7 February 2024 | |
| 12 | 8 + 1 | 6 March 2024 | 1 May 2024 | |
| 13 | 8 + 2 | 5 June 2024 | 7 August 2024 | |
| 14 | 8 + 2 | 4 September 2024 | 6 November 2024 | |
| 15 | 8 + 2 | 4 December 2024 | 5 February 2025 | |
| 16 | 8 + 2 | 5 March 2025 | 7 May 2025 | |
The podcast is the subject of a dedicated fan wiki, which includes detailed summaries of each episode.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mike Wozniak launches a new podcast : News 2021 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". Chortle. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ Healey, Rachael (13 January 2023). "Mike Wozniak: Zusa, review: A charming storyteller with a splash of the surreal". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "The best podcasts of 2023". The Week. 7 December 2023. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ Nicol, Patricia (2 January 2022). "10 podcasts to bring cheer in January, from Bob Mortimer to Bill Nighy". Retrieved 5 March 2024 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ "Best Podcasts of 2023". RadioX. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Three Bean Salad". TV Tropes. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Powys: Machynlleth Comedy Festival's 'record' ticket sales". County Times. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ Nicol, Patricia (12 September 2021). "London Podcast Festival review — are live recordings as good as listening alone?". Retrieved 5 March 2024 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ "ECFR's summer entertainment list 2025". ecfr.eu. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ^ Nicol, Patricia (14 November 2022). "29 best feel-good podcasts to make you happy". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "MY PERFECT PODCAST: INDIA RAKUSEN". The List. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ Reed, Jason (10 January 2024). "11 of the funniest comedy podcasts – picked by comedians AND our writers!". Pod Bible Mag. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "MY PERFECT PODCAST: JOHN ROBINS". The List. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
- ^ Duggins, Alexi (1 November 2024). "'The kids didn't subject me to violence … largely speaking': inside the super-sassy world of Junior Taskmaster". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
- ^ "Who won at the 2024 Chortle Awards?". Chortle. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Welcome to the Three Bean Salad Wiki". threebeansalad.wiki. 4 December 2023. Archived from the original on 11 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
External links
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