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he drew Lord Percy of Dingbat. The more I've really been ruminating on Lord Percy of Dingbat, David, I think it's a perfectly acceptable Jane Austen character.
Jun 10, 2025 • 4:33 - 4:42
WDWDY #24: A day by any other name... • Midweek Mayhem
Lord Percy of Dingbat. And I just don't think that would work. On stage in the West End.
Jun 10, 2025 • 5:22 - 5:30
WDWDY #24: A day by any other name... • Midweek Mayhem
You've effectively yes-anded control of Lord Percy of Dingbat, and I wonder where he took the character.
Aug 12, 2025 • 4:44 - 4:51
WDWDY #33: You can't do a live gig in shorts... • Midweek Mayhem
Lord Percy of Dingbat was absolutely brilliant at that. Yes. I'm sure he'd be a good Rumpkin player.
May 31, 2025 • 1:05:51 - 1:05:57
S2 EP22: Cariad Lloyd • Interview
is making the debut of Lord Percy of Dingbat. I must see it in action.
Aug 12, 2025 • 4:33 - 4:38
WDWDY #33: You can't do a live gig in shorts... • Midweek Mayhem
Listen, I don't think Lord Percy of Dingbat is a bad name for, I'm not a Jane Austen expert.
May 31, 2025 • 1:21:17 - 1:21:24
S2 EP22: Cariad Lloyd • Interview
Yeah. I presume Lord Percy of dingbat is a rogue. It's playing a rogue in this.
Jul 30, 2025 • 50:38 - 50:43
WDWDY #31: Lowering The Tone • Midweek Mayhem
Don Mateo. Y soy el bastando the Lord Percy of Dingbat. Wow. I wonder if at the live show, Lord Percy of Dingbat will make an appearance.
Sep 9, 2025 • 6:28 - 6:40
WDWDY #37: A differently but equally exciting yesterday... • Midweek Mayhem
David O'Doherty's over there. Welcome, David. Hello, Lord Percy of Dingbat. Already. Another one of his characters.
Jun 18, 2025 • 1:39 - 1:47
WDWDY #25: Why are you telling me off? • Midweek Mayhem
Thank you very much for listening to me waffle on. So Cariad Lloyd there. I think we, I don't think Lord Percy of Dingbat.
May 31, 2025 • 1:19:59 - 1:20:17
S2 EP22: Cariad Lloyd • Interview
I mean, I would just, even when you thought of Lord Percy of Dingbat, there was such a pause between each part.
May 31, 2025 • 1:20:17 - 1:20:25
S2 EP22: Cariad Lloyd • Interview
Hello, I am Lord Percy of Dingbat. Thank you forever, Max. Everything is showbiz from Brian.
Aug 12, 2025 • 4:06 - 4:15
WDWDY #33: You can't do a live gig in shorts... • Midweek Mayhem
You're thinking I may not win this. All dressed as Lord Percy of Dingbat going, I think this was the wrong choice.
Mar 4, 2026 • 18:33 - 18:38
WDWDY #61: Exceptional Perineum • Midweek Mayhem
How often Pret really comes up the mysterious origins of emerging pod character, Lord Percy of dingbat, or just browse the full episode list.
Jul 16, 2025 • 18:05 - 18:13
WDWDY #29: A Day Of Relentless Accomplishment • Midweek Mayhem
including plenty of callbacks that only us diehard fans picked up on the BOC, Max's coffee orders, Lululemon clothing, et cetera, and the icing on the cake of Lord Percy of Dingbat,
Oct 7, 2025 • 9:13 - 9:22
WDWDY #41: Five Finger Messages • Midweek Mayhem
And I haven't read any Austen since we did the podcast, but I think I was unfairly cast as a sort of ignoramus, whereas I think Lord Percy of Dingbat could quite easily have existed.
Jun 10, 2025 • 4:42 - 4:53
WDWDY #24: A day by any other name... • Midweek Mayhem
Yes. And Lord Percy of Dingbat says, we'll see you in the morning. I learned an incredible fact from one of our party that, I mean, we need someone.
Sep 9, 2025 • 39:44 - 39:55
WDWDY #37: A differently but equally exciting yesterday... • Midweek Mayhem
Did you see that? What did you do yesterday? Instagram account. It popped out, the Lord Percy of Dingbat, David Squires.
Jun 18, 2025 • 1:47 - 1:55
WDWDY #25: Why are you telling me off? • Midweek Mayhem
It's Cariad, Sarah and Lord Percy of Dingbat. Those three on that podcast. She has hosted Sewing Bee on TV.
Aug 30, 2025 • 1:42 - 1:51
S3 EP11: Sara Pascoe • Interview
but then you just go off and talk about football. Interestingly, recording it tomorrow and it is Barry Glendenning, Dan Bardell and Lord Percy of Dingbat, the panel.
May 31, 2025 • 1:23:13 - 1:23:24
S2 EP22: Cariad Lloyd • Interview
Because I, as we've established, the only improv i've ever done is in the cariad lloyd episode where i introduced lord percy of dingbat and i maintain it was a good bit of improv but yeah you know the experienced improvers
May 5, 2026 • 12:00 - 12:12
WDWDY #70: In The Air Tonight • Midweek Mayhem
Max delves into the genre and comes up with this character, Sir Percy of Dingbat.
Jun 10, 2025 • 5:09 - 5:14
WDWDY #24: A day by any other name... • Midweek Mayhem
Lord Percy of Digbat has begat truth. Two children, a three-year-old and a 12-week-old who rise considerably early.
Jul 2, 2025 • 19:50 - 20:06
WDWDY #27: Are you thinking of frogs? • Midweek Mayhem
oh, welcome Lord Percy Dingbat, the man who murdered my mother. And they sort of go.
May 31, 2025 • 1:02:51 - 1:02:57
S2 EP22: Cariad Lloyd • Interview
Suddenly, Lord Percy of a dingbat doesn't seem so bad. Anyway, Jamie takes Ian to the park.
Dec 10, 2025 • 19:11 - 19:20
WDWDY #50: The Dream Crusher Is Here • Midweek Mayhem
Lord Percy, not Sir Percy. Let's be real. Doesn't scare, doesn't work. It's just the fact that you come up with it.
Jun 10, 2025 • 5:14 - 5:22
WDWDY #24: A day by any other name... • Midweek Mayhem
Exciting. I've just listened to the Cariad Lloyd episode where Max introduced the newest character to the pod, Lord Percy of Digbat.
Jul 2, 2025 • 19:29 - 19:35
WDWDY #27: Are you thinking of frogs? • Midweek Mayhem
Lord Percy. This is, again, another reason why I would love to see you guesting on the show.
May 31, 2025 • 1:20:25 - 1:20:32
S2 EP22: Cariad Lloyd • Interview
Yeah, Lord Percy Digfoot. Digfoot, yeah. Yeah, it's a bit of a journey for me, but you know.
May 31, 2025 • 1:18:00 - 1:18:06
S2 EP22: Cariad Lloyd • Interview
Were you in last night? That's weird. Lord Percy Dingbat. Oh my God. Yeah. So do you remember the bit where I said we try and warm up and connect?
May 31, 2025 • 1:03:03 - 1:03:12
S2 EP22: Cariad Lloyd • Interview
Ah, I see. So if you are, Percy, if you're listening, what a wonderful moment that would be.
Jul 6, 2025 • 20:28 - 20:32
S3 EP3: Guy Montgomery • Interview
I'm alleging this is you, so your aliases are now Max Rushden, Lord Percy of Digbat, and Gavin Fitness.
Aug 30, 2025 • 1:14:43 - 1:14:51
S3 EP11: Sara Pascoe • Interview
I don't know what they are to try. Can I just say, I think Percy pigs are absolutely revolting.
Nov 30, 2025 • 40:06 - 40:12
S3 EP24: Kelly Cates • Interview
Also, of Dingbat does imply that Dingbat is a place as well. Yeah, of course it is.
May 31, 2025 • 1:21:34 - 1:21:38
S2 EP22: Cariad Lloyd • Interview
Yeah, sure. Caramel buttons. Oh, and some, we got a new kind of Percy pig that is like little snouts.
Nov 30, 2025 • 40:01 - 40:06
S3 EP24: Kelly Cates • Interview
I'd rather have the Colin caterpillars. I like them better than a Percy pig. I don't like foamy sweets.
Nov 30, 2025 • 40:24 - 40:29
S3 EP24: Kelly Cates • Interview
Guy Pearce is rapping. No, Harold. Harold Bishop is. And he's there, he's going, oh, yeah, births, marriages, lots of deaths.
Aug 9, 2025 • 27:56 - 28:05
S3 EP8: Ross Noble • Interview
We've got Egil Ostenstadt, that famous Dickensian character. In a snow pipe hat, he'd come in with a cane.
Feb 11, 2026 • 16:13 - 16:20
WDWDY #58: Y.E.S.T.E.R.D.A.Y. • Midweek Mayhem
And when one deals with shite, one does not use a teaspoon. And so dad had to go back and rewrite the string arrangements as like, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.
May 11, 2025 • 36:44 - 36:59
S2 EP19: Adam Buxton • Interview
It's a fictional village located somewhere in North Kent near Rochester. It's visited by Mr. Pickwick and his crew on more than one occasion. There's a bit with a cricket match and also a cozy Christmas scene and it is generally portrayed as a place of warmth and hospitality which
Feb 11, 2026 • 15:33 - 15:47
WDWDY #58: Y.E.S.T.E.R.D.A.Y. • Midweek Mayhem
What about Percy Montgomery, the former South African rugby fullback? Would be welcome. Can't get a hold of him.
Jul 6, 2025 • 20:21 - 20:28
S3 EP3: Guy Montgomery • Interview
Next message. Roddy had bagpipes. Next message. He may have used the cattle prod against, in capitals, the Mountie once on further research, but it was not his signature weapon.
Nov 19, 2025 • 6:53 - 7:03
WDWDY #47: Enya says hello • Midweek Mayhem
Oh, that's a good question. Dimbleby. Dimbleby would be good, eh? What about Dimbers? Is he still around?
Apr 29, 2025 • 4:15 - 4:21
WDWDY #18: C'est la fin du fromage • Midweek Mayhem
which I think is simultaneously ripped for some reason, and also like a Regency Prince.
Dec 1, 2024 • 32:53 - 32:59
EP15: Ed Gamble • Interview
And Arthur Lowe reads them. Who's that? Arthur Lowe from Dad's Army. No, that's Bane from Batman.
Jan 18, 2026 • 32:45 - 32:57
S4 EP3: Christopher Macarthur-Boyd • Interview
And then, okay, you're Mr. Hardwick, but your dad is Lord Hardwick. I was Lady Hardwick last night.
May 31, 2025 • 1:06:57 - 1:07:02
S2 EP22: Cariad Lloyd • Interview
Oh, wow. Sorry. I thought that was his surname. Of the Bristol Cockrings. Arthur Cockring.
Jul 13, 2025 • 13:59 - 14:04
S3 EP4: Charlie Baker • Interview
We don't know, do we? Tell us. I loved petticoat there and also just the family porridge.
Dec 22, 2024 • 7:41 - 7:51
EP18: Kerry Godliman • Interview
After hearing DOD's adventures while in Edinburgh, and after researching the city and also finding out Brunsfield-Lynx is not made up, but a real place I could do chip and putt at a moment's notice, possibly the most important finding.
Oct 1, 2025 • 12:46 - 12:58
WDWDY #40: The Day Before Yesterday • Midweek Mayhem
Did you feel the need to just occasionally lapse into songs from HMS Pinafore? I am the captain of the Pinafore.
Apr 4, 2026 • 43:35 - 43:43
S4 EP14: Mel Giedroyc • Interview

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