Comedians Fern Brady and Alison Spittle are to launch a new podcast, Ignore That Feeling, with new episodes released weekly from Tuesday 10 February 2026. The podcast will be available to listen to on all major podcast platforms, and is hosted by Acast. The podcast will also be available to watch as full visualised episodes on YouTube.
Hosted by Fern Brady (Taskmaster, Autistic Bikini Queen, 8 Out of 10 Cats, House of Games, The Last Leg, Wheel of Misfortune) and Alison Spittle (Nowhere Fast, The Tommy Tiernan Show, House of Games, Pointless Celebrities, Wheel of Misfortune, The Guilty Feminist), the podcast reunites the pair for a format that proudly rejects structure, themes, and emotional responsibility.
With no rules and no boundaries, Ignore That Feeling offers unfiltered conversations between two ex-Catholic women who were never taught how to process a single emotion - and have absolutely no intention of starting now. Loose-limbed, sharp-tongued conversations where nothing is off the table, it leans into the uncomfortable, the absurd, and the deeply repressed, delivering weekly episodes that are as cathartic as they are chaotic.
Topics range from class, AI, and German philosophers, to reality TV, noughties boybands and Lily Allen’sWest End Girl. Audiences can expect candid chaos from two comics who know each other well enough to push, prod and derail one another in real time.
Fern said: “It’s been 4 years since Alison and I podcasted together so this return is long overdue. No one makes me laugh like her. I’m so excited to see how it’ll be received by our audience, and look forward to hearing from them in our WhatsApps!”
Alison said: "Fern Brady is my favourite comedian and person, so to do a podcast with her is an absolute delight. I’m looking forward to the podcast we make together, but most of all, the friends we make along the way - i.e. her. My friend.”
Bestselling author and Taskmaster fan-favourite Fern Brady is renowned for her caustic wit, exceptional writing, and electric stagecraft.
Her debut memoir, Strong Female Character, released in 2023, delves into her Catholic upbringing, experiences with homelessness, and her late diagnosis of autism. The book achieved critical acclaim, becoming a Sunday Times Bestseller and winning the non-fiction category at the inaugural Nero Book Awards. Her debut novel High Energy Unpleasant is set to be published in Autumn 2026.
As seen on Live at the Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats, and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order. In 2022, she was a contestant on the 14th series of Taskmaster, where her unique comedic style garnered widespread appreciation.
In 2023, she released her stand-up special, Autistic Bikini Queen, on Netflix reaching the Top 10 shows in the UK the week of release. In 2024, she was the recipient of the Sky Arts Award for Comedy.
Alison Spittle is an award-winning screenwriter, actress and touring comedian. Currently touring her multiple award-winning show Big in the UK, Ireland and Australia, which sold out it’s run at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025. It was voted by comedians as the best show of the Edinburgh Fringe 2025 and received numerous five star reviews.
Her 2023 show Soup had a full sell out fringe run and toured the UK and Ireland. Her 2022 show Wet was one of British Comedy Guide’s best reviewed shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, and went on to tour around UK and Ireland including Soho Theatre in London.
She is co-creator and co-presenter of the BBC sounds podcast Wheel of Misfortune with Fern Brady and subsequently Kerry Katona, Magazine Party with Poppy Hilstead is a regular co-host of The Guilty Feminist and had her own hugely successful vehicle The Alison Spittle Show. Her BBC Radio 4 series Petty Please came out last year.
The podcast is produced by Plosive – the team behind award-winning podcasts including Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster, Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club, Single Ladies In Your Area with Amy Gledhill and Harriet Kemsley, Northern News, Nobody Panic, Lucy & Sam’s Perfect Brains and Cuddle Club with Lou Sanders.
