To The Regiment

To The Regiment

To The Regiment is a look back and celebration of one of the best British Sitcoms - Early Doors. Follow Phil 'Duffy' Mealey, star, writer, and creator of Early Door discuss all episodes with Ben Steel of the Anyone Can Play Guitar Podcast. And watch out, we will be having special guest interviews from time to time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Christmas Special Episode Four

Christmas Special Episode Four

We go again, day four, episode four, of Christmas Treats. This time Phil and Ben are talking to radio's very own Mark Radcliffe, and Manchester music scene's Paul Langley, also known as UNE. They are also know for creating our theme music. In this episode we hear about the beginnings of their friendship, their music UNE, and the Devilled the song you hear at the start of each episode of the podcast, as a well as a rambling chat about everything, including Peter Gabriel, what a treat. See you tomorrow for the last of our week of treats. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

19 déc. 2024 - 41 min 43 seg

 
Christmas Special Episode Three

Christmas Special Episode Three

Hello and welcome... you've read this part before. Anyway, here we are with part two of our chat about the Queen of Sheba. This time Phil and Ben get into the episode, a bit like the Early Doors episodes we do. There's a lot of love to the wonderful acting, great writing, and quick cameos. We hope you enjoy this episode and we will back, again, tomorrow for Special Guests Mark Radcliffe from that there radio and Paul Langley who knows everyone in the music business, A.K.A UNE. See you tomorrow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

18 déc. 2024 - 37 min 41 seg

 
Christmas Special Episode Two

Christmas Special Episode Two

Hello and welcome to day two of the To The Regiment run of Christmas Specials. In this episode Phil and Ben talk about Phil's time working on the Bafta winning Queen of Sheba for The Royle Family. This is just part one, so we only go through the background to Phil working on it and some stories from the set. We hope you enjoy this little change of pace from Early Doors episodes. To The Regiment... My Arse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

17 déc. 2024 - 37 min 51 seg

 
Christmas Special Episode One

Christmas Special Episode One

Hello and welcome to... To The Regiment - The Early Doors Podcast with Phil Mealey. This is the first episode in a short run of extra bonus Christmas treats, with very little if anything to do with Christmas. In this first episode Phil and Ben talk about some of the stories that Phil has from his time in the entertainment business, the people he's met, the places he's been, the stories you'd tell an a party. Maybe at the buffet. I hope you enjoy and well, we'll see you tomorrow. To The Regiment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

16 déc. 2024 - 34 min 59 seg

 
2024 Christmas Advent - Trailer

2024 Christmas Advent - Trailer

Surprise... We've been away but not for long. You can't keep a good podcast down. Here is a little trailer of what is to come next week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10 déc. 2024 - 01 min 48 seg

 
Time please (Just for Now)

Time please (Just for Now)

Hello and Welcome to... To The Regiment. This week we are saying goodbye to series one of the podcast and series one of Early Doors. Phil and Ben have a little round up but also just a general chat. Thank you to everyone who has listened, told everyone to listen, been a guest, got it touch, asked a question. We will have mini series around Christmas before we get into series two and the rest of the cast. And maybe a surprise run soon. To The Regiment... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

12 août 2024 - 16 min 23 seg

 
Special Guest - Peter Wight

Special Guest - Peter Wight

Hello and welcome to To The Regiment. The Early Doors Podcast with Phil Mealey. This week we have our last interview and last full episode of series one. But don't worry we will be back next week for a round and what's coming soon. But in this episode we are thrilled to have our other boy in blue Peter 'Nige' Wight. Phil and Ben caught up with Peter last week making this the quickest turn around of a record to release ever. They spoke about his time working on Early Doors, building a relationship with James Quinn, Early Doors stories and a bit of acting chat as well. Thank you to Peter for coming on to the podcast but also a very special thank you to Peter's daughter who helped with tech issues at Peter's end. Finally thank you for listening and we will see you in two weeks of the end of series one chat. To The Regiment... p.s - listen out for an easter egg at the end. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

15 juil. 2024 - 48 min 07 seg

 
Big Boys Beano

Big Boys Beano

Hello and welcome to... To The Regiment, the Early Doors Podcast with Phil Mealey. This week Ben and Phil talk about the last episode of series one. But don't worry it's not the last episode of this series of the podcast. So this is the episode, well the day out, we've been leading up to. All the talk of the Big Boys Beano and it's here. Breakfast in the pub, nice shirts, cigars, impressions, plenty of beer, loads of craic, and then the most... well I won't spoil the ending. At lot of hidden gems and behind in the scenes in this episode. So please enjoy. Thank you for listening and we will see you in two weeks for the last interview of the series. All being well with diaries that is. TO THE REGIMENT... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

24 juin 2024 - 53 min 59 seg

 
Fan Questions

Fan Questions

Hello and welcome to To The Regiment (apologies for the slight delay this week). In this episode we got some questions from you, the listeners, from Twitter/X, Facebook, and Instagram. Some we may have covered but we cover in more detail or some Ben had just missed. We will be doing this again soon because these questions came in before we even released the first episode (we think). And our fan base has certainly grown. Thank you again for all your support and I promise we will be going on the Big Boy's Beano next time. To The Regiment... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

12 juin 2024 - 38 min 32 seg

 
Number Two, Go on Treat Yourself

Number Two, Go on Treat Yourself

Hello and welcome to To The Regiment. The Early Doors Podcast with Phil Mealey. In this episode Ben and Phil have a daft laugh going through episode five of series one. Maybe the sun was out or it was a Friday when the episode was recorded but they seemed very 'ready for the pub'. They look at episode five of series one which has a lot of Ben's two favourite things, juxtaposition and Easter eggs. For the record Ben isn't clever enough to be throwing juxtaposition around lightly but must have seen it on a word a day toilet roll. Regardless, this episode does have a lot of contrast, heart, and lovely Easter eggs that develop the show, the series and the characters. They even speak about Minor Chords at one point as well. We hope you enjoy and apologies for Ben writing and continuing to write in the third person. See you in two weeks, were you will be interviewing Phil. To The Regiment... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

27 mai 2024 - 51 min 10 seg