Hi, David, Max and Mars Bar. I love the pod and all that. My suggestion of a name for the Normal Cheeses Replacement Country Guessing Game, which is actually quite a good name,
Jun 4, 2025
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23:33 - 23:42
WDWDY #23: Room Temperature Yoghurt
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Midweek Mayhem
I don't think you've compromised enough there, Mary. Well, I also let him get out some cheese.
Aug 24, 2025
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49:50 - 49:55
S3 EP10: Dame Mary Beard
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Interview
Brie. Bing, bing, bing, bing, bing. Kefili. Bing. Wow. Edam. Ah-ah. Cashel Blue. Bing, bing, bing, bing.
Mar 11, 2026
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50:34 - 50:47
WDWDY #62: Dublin Show Post Mortem
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Midweek Mayhem
No, yes. Normal. The Yorkshire gold ones. I like Yorkshire gold milk, no sugar. Yeah.
Nov 30, 2025
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14:29 - 14:35
S3 EP24: Kelly Cates
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Interview
I said nothing there. That is almost as bad as your Vittorio spoiler. Continue with the cheese.
Jan 28, 2026
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53:32 - 53:38
WDWDY #56: All my troubles seemed so far away...
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Midweek Mayhem
Yeah, no, they are good. They're pretty pricey, aren't they? Yeah. And they're rich, deep orange yolk.
Jan 25, 2026
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33:57 - 34:04
S4 EP4: Vittorio Angelone
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Interview
Claire writes, Hello, Max David and the other producers. I'd like to submit a guess for Curdle based on a very disappointing lowbrow cheese that my kids insisted on buying as an exotic novelty when they saw it in a Spanish supermarket.
Apr 14, 2026
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22:59 - 23:09
WDWDY #67: I HATE NATURE
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Midweek Mayhem
I'm saving that. Okay. It's life in the old, dog. No cheese is discussed now.
Apr 14, 2026
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46:04 - 46:08
WDWDY #67: I HATE NATURE
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Midweek Mayhem
Do you need food? I think you need... Cheese. Do I need like... Crisps and dips.
Dec 17, 2025
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34:12 - 34:18
WDWDY #51: In Fairness To Lube
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Midweek Mayhem
So maybe. Okay. Maybe like one bing is like right play, right cheese, wrong place.
Jan 15, 2025
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21:12 - 21:19
WDWDY #3: Right Cheese, Wrong Place
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Midweek Mayhem
When they said, you know, have you forgotten this? Did you go a bit wild at that point, going, oh, fuck it, yeah, I'll have some creme fraiche?
Dec 22, 2024
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44:10 - 44:16
EP18: Kerry Godliman
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Interview
I love her, so she's giving straight feedback. Especially the cheese one. She thinks everybody skips it.
Jun 18, 2026
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40:50 - 40:56
WDWDY #75: New Listener Drive
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Midweek Mayhem
Bing. So what was the checking bit just then? Okay. Cause you know, there is, I don't believe this, but I think a cynic listening might be like, I don't think David actually likes two cheese quizzes.
Feb 25, 2026
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53:47 - 53:58
WDWDY #60: Yesterday waits for no man
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Midweek Mayhem
So someone else is doing it. Whereas the cheese game, someone could win it if they'd got all five.
Jun 4, 2025
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26:09 - 26:14
WDWDY #23: Room Temperature Yoghurt
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Midweek Mayhem
But I don't know. Is kefir dairy or is it not? But I got it.
Oct 19, 2025
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21:27 - 21:32
S3 EP18: Ian Smith
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Interview
There was talk of putting pancetta in it, but she said it was already so unhealthy by the amount of cheese she put in.
Sep 22, 2024
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34:24 - 34:29
EP5: Suzi Ruffell
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Interview
Perhaps Joe had a Christmas bonus, a bumper delivery of this cheese. He decided to send parcels to his comedy pals, including D.O.D.
Mar 31, 2026
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51:26 - 51:33
WDWDY #65: Max & David's Woke Daydream
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Midweek Mayhem
Oh, my God. Bing, bing, bing, bing, bing, bing, bing, bing. Wow. Yeah. Right cheese, right place.
Jan 15, 2025
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23:39 - 23:46
WDWDY #3: Right Cheese, Wrong Place
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Midweek Mayhem
He had a thing in a box, like one of these buy it at the shop food for babies. They were called like cheese maize sticks or something. And then I pulled them out and they were just wotsits.
May 30, 2026
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49:27 - 49:42
S4 EP22: Briony May Williams
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Interview
cheeses except the last cheese. Dear, I'm so sorry. Lindsay writes. Hi, Max and David. We're moving on. In the latest midweek mayhem, you joked about having listeners message David on Blue Sky to remind him to spritz his mushrooms. I took this
Apr 23, 2025
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7:48 - 8:02
WDWDY #17: A confession from David...
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Midweek Mayhem
Masterrind. Five. Four. Three. Two. One. Oh, no. Cheese. This is cheese. Oh, no.
Mar 19, 2025
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17:42 - 18:08
WDWDY #12: Not your average Monday...
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Midweek Mayhem
this bit will feature, maybe this little bit of a conversation we'll have will feature on his Yesterday, but we do need a guess for the cheese board.
Mar 11, 2026
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52:25 - 52:32
WDWDY #62: Dublin Show Post Mortem
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Midweek Mayhem
Hmm. Good. Normally scrambled eggs are the one thing that these places can't do. I don't know if it comes from a packet or...
Apr 26, 2025
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29:43 - 29:52
S2 EP17: Pierre Novellie
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Interview
And the article was bollocks. I mean, one of the big problems with it was that it said, can cheese be part of a healthy diet?
Dec 15, 2024
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21:39 - 21:49
EP17: Marcus Brigstocke
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Interview
Yeah, it is. I have a great plan for a thing for Christmas. Oh, is that a cheese board?
Nov 5, 2025
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42:18 - 42:25
WDWDY #45: Chainsaw Lube
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Midweek Mayhem
That's what you need. I don't think they will because I did notice that all the other cows, their tags were in the middle of the year, and my ones were sort of like- These are avant-garde cows.
Jan 4, 2026
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45:14 - 45:24
S4 EP1: Bret McKenzie
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Interview
They're just distributed to members of the family still in their packets. Question mark, hold the crackers, stop the chutney.
Dec 28, 2025
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19:09 - 19:14
WDWDY #52: Duelling Cheeseboards
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Midweek Mayhem
Have you like creme fraîche to out a bit? Nope. Okay. Sort of just a cabbage broth.
Nov 9, 2025
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1:00:37 - 1:00:43
S3 EP21: Ania Magliano
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Interview
It's coleslaw. And like, just having this kind of creamy dipping your pizza into coal.
Jun 4, 2025
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45:27 - 45:33
WDWDY #23: Room Temperature Yoghurt
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Midweek Mayhem
I feel the same. They don't go off. They're absolutely fine. Haribos are like when they find Egyptian honey and you can still eat it.
Jun 6, 2026
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37:51 - 38:00
S4 EP23: David Baddiel
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Interview
Can't wait. The fun thing about the cheese board, David, is the second one will be a real damp squib.
Dec 10, 2025
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50:03 - 50:08
WDWDY #50: The Dream Crusher Is Here
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Midweek Mayhem
Oh, there's feta all over it. Okay, so texturally, it's okay. That's what I'm concerned about here.
May 5, 2026
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42:33 - 42:38
WDWDY #70: In The Air Tonight
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Midweek Mayhem
Like savory curling stones. How can a game be based on a cheese board? If the items never achieved board status, David, the listeners deserve the truth.
Dec 28, 2025
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19:35 - 19:45
WDWDY #52: Duelling Cheeseboards
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Midweek Mayhem
Even if we run out of all the quizzes. Well, we won't because, you know, the cheese board's coming soon.
Dec 10, 2025
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49:59 - 50:03
WDWDY #50: The Dream Crusher Is Here
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Midweek Mayhem
We do. Okay. Lee can pee. No. Sort of cheese and tomato. Which was very nice.
Sep 22, 2024
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34:18 - 34:24
EP5: Suzi Ruffell
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Interview
Five. Mandarin Lewis says, hey Max, David and Mars Bar, those of us not from Ireland, how are we supposed to know which cheeses are or not available there?
Jan 21, 2026
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54:42 - 55:34
WDWDY #55: A Soapy Explosion
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Midweek Mayhem
Not all the way through, though. Okay. So, we've had our cheesy crumpets. Yeah. Okay.
Sep 20, 2025
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10:29 - 11:02
S3 EP14: Mike Bubbins
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Interview
I'm not going to say it's hot, but it's warm. Wow. Because it's, so the Venn diagrams we're working with here is man loves a toasted cheese sandwich.
Mar 4, 2026
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16:36 - 16:46
WDWDY #61: Exceptional Perineum
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Midweek Mayhem
Jun 27, 2026
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34:39 - 34:40
S5 EP2: Kyla Cobbler
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Interview
Jun 2, 2026
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14:51 - 14:52
WDWDY #74: Hoovered Under The Duvet
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Midweek Mayhem
They're just normal bags. I think if you're using a new bin bag, it's I think a bin juice old bin bag, then you should worry.
Dec 28, 2025
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50:34 - 50:41
WDWDY #52: Duelling Cheeseboards
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Midweek Mayhem
There are some brilliant nerds listening to this podcast. Yeah. Let's play. They're just normal countries.
Jul 16, 2025
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21:35 - 21:42
WDWDY #29: A Day Of Relentless Accomplishment
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Midweek Mayhem
These are thirdsies with the crusts removed. So cucumber, what flavors? Okay. Thank you for asking.
May 9, 2026
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32:28 - 32:35
S4 EP19: Amy Annette
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Interview
Great. So you've got four little rectangles, they've got avocado on. Okay. Don't worry about it.
Nov 17, 2024
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22:51 - 22:58
EP13: Amy Gledhill
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Interview
But normally I'd put in shitty lardons with it, but only had her very fancy guanciale, which is like the fatty stuff you use to make a carbonara, et cetera.
Apr 26, 2025
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54:53 - 55:04
S2 EP17: Pierre Novellie
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Interview
Don't know why. I'm not even dairy intolerant. It's just ludicrous. That's happened in the last couple of months. So the non-dairy. Yogurt. The almond milk. I'm not dairy intolerant. I'll say it again.
Apr 4, 2026
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12:34 - 12:46
S4 EP14: Mel Giedroyc
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Interview
Also, like, I'm not saying what I do is an athletic event, but it was an unconventional thing to finish the gig and by way of a recovery, just start eating cheese maybe 30 seconds after the gig ended.
Feb 19, 2025
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22:32 - 22:48
WDWDY #8: A nose like a sommelier on heat...
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Midweek Mayhem
So all I foresee then is someone just trips and goes face first into a giant wheel of brie.
Dec 17, 2025
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34:32 - 34:39
WDWDY #51: In Fairness To Lube
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Midweek Mayhem
It's the only thing that really is available. I get a coffee and I get one of those cheese and ham croissants.
Dec 29, 2024
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26:16 - 26:21
EP19: Nish Kumar
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Interview
I had marmite, some cheese, some piccoli, some gherkins, and some beetroot. Okay. I like one of those things.
Mar 16, 2025
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31:02 - 31:10
S2 EP11: Joe Wilkinson
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Interview