Baines Plus One

Award-winning actress, Jessica Regan - aka Dr Niamh Donoghue on BBC's Doctors, was Samantha Baines' fabulous guest-host on Baines Plus One. Sam and Jess chatted everything from burning leotards at drama school to Jess winning at the British Soap Awards... Oh hiiiiii, Best Newcomer 2015! Halfway through the show, we heard the shocking announcement of Alan Rickman's death. Jess shared her memories of meeting Alan training at RADA and his wonderful support of the drama school. There's also the week's alternative news, Poem of the Week and The Guest Quest for you get your ears round! @SamanthaBaines @ItsJessRegan

In this packed episode of Baines Plus One we get to know London based comedian Tiernan Douieb. Have a listen to hear the pros and cons of writing topical material and how Tiernan got into stand up learning from Kent’s doctor of comedy. We also find out about Tiernan’s new podcast ‘Partly Political Podcast’ in which he interviews experts on current news stories and Baines took the chance to mull over a few of this week’s more unusual news stories with her guest, headlines include ‘Chimpanzees Turn To Religion’ and ‘Sex Toy Bomb Scare’. Hit play to hear the full interview in glorious podcast stereo... @SamanthaBaines @TiernanDouieb

This week Baines' was joined by comedian and film maker Joe Bor. Take a listen to the podcast to hear conversations on getting into comedy, cats in boxes and Joe's two bumholes. @josephbor @SamanthaBaines

Baines' plus one this week was comedian Dane Baptiste, writer and star of BBC3’s Comedy Feed Sunny D, as well as Live at the Apollo. Dane scored a whopping 9.5/10 in the new Guest Quest, and continued to impress in the studio, with his extensive knowledge of rats, rabies, and the fundamental difference between aqua and hydrophobia! He also gave a Baines Plus One exclusive when he revealed the name of his 2016 show: ‘GOD’, which stands for Gold, Drugs and Oil - everything that’s stopping humans from reaching a higher fundamental plane. You can catch Dane with his current tour, ‘Reasonable Doubts’, for full details: www.danebaptiste.co.uk @DaneBaptweets @samanthabaines

This week its a short version of Baines Plus One with the brilliant comedian Jena Friedman. Jena and Sam chat stand up comedy, Making a Murderer, directing and working for strange men. @SamanthaBaines @JenaFriedman