Springleaf

By: James Acaster / Mighty Bunny
  • Summary

  • Pat Springleaf is in quite the bind. He’s an ex-conman turned undercover cop in the middle of the biggest case of his career - the gang are getting suspicious, his wife wants a divorce, the police are demanding results and his ex girlfriend/ex partner in crime is blackmailing him. Not an ideal situation for someone with a burning need to please absolutely everybody...


    A new sort-of-true-crime comedy series from James Acaster (Off Menu, Repertoire, Ghostbusters), featuring Bill Bailey, Chloe Petts, Domhnall Gleeson, Evelyn Mok, Finn Wolfhard, Freya Parker, Hugh Dennis, Jack De'ath, Jason Forbes, Jo Brand, Kath Hughes, Kemah Bob, Louis Theroux, Mark Silcox, Michael McKean, Mike Wozniak, Miles Jupp, Milton Jones, Natalie Cassidy, Nathaniel Metcalfe, Nish Kumar, Pat Cahill, Phil Dunning, Phil Wang, Sarah Millican, Sharon D Clarke and Sindhu Vee, with guests Ed Gamble, Romesh Ranganathan, Tom Allen, Katherine Ryan, Lolly Adefope, Josh Widdicombe, Joe Lycett, Sara Pascoe, Rosie Jones and Guz Khan.


    Original Music by NNAMDÏ


    Produced by Lyndsay Fenner

    A Mighty Bunny Production


    www.springleafpodcast.com / www.mightybunny.co.uk


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episodes
  • Episode 0 - Trailer
    Nov 13 2023

    SPRINGLEAF launches Tuesday 21st November 2023 - subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.


    Pat Springleaf is in quite the bind. He’s an ex con man turned undercover cop in the middle of the biggest case of his career - the gang are getting suspicious, his wife wants a divorce, the police are demanding results and his ex partner-in-crime is blackmailing him.

    Not an ideal situation for someone with a burning need to please absolutely everybody.


    A new sort-of-true crime comedy series from James Acaster (Off Menu, Repertoire, Ghostbusters), featuring Bill Bailey, Chloe Petts, Domhnall Gleeson, Evelyn Mok, Finn Wolfhard, Freya Parker, Hugh Dennis, Jack De'ath, Jason Forbes, Jo Brand, Kath Hughes, Kemah Bob, Louis Theroux, Mark Silcox, Michael McKean, Mike Wozniak, Miles Jupp, Milton Jones, Natalie Cassidy, Nathaniel Metcalfe, Nish Kumar, Pat Cahill, Phil Dunning, Phil Wang, Sarah Millican, Sharon D Clarke and Sindhu Vee, with guests Ed Gamble, Romesh Ranganathan, Tom Allen, Katherine Ryan, Lolly Adefope, Josh Widdicombe, Joe Lycett, Sara Pascoe, Rosie Jones and Guz Khan.


    Original Music by NNAMDÏ


    Produced by Lyndsay Fenner

    A Mighty Bunny Production


    www.springleafpodcast.com / www.mightybunny.co.uk


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    3 mins
  • Episode 1
    Nov 21 2023

    A true(ish) crime podcast, based on James Acaster's undercover cop alter-ego Pat Springleaf, which sees Pat share police wire recordings from the biggest case of his career: working undercover to infiltrate and bring to justice the notorious SW6 gang, led by the villainous Lawrence (Domhnall Gleeson).


    Back in 2013, ex-conman-turned-undercover-cop Pat was in the middle of a career-defining gig - but problems beset him on all sides: the gang are getting suspicious; his wife wants a divorce; the police are demanding results; and his ex partner in crime is blackmailing him. Not an ideal situation for someone with a burning need to please absolutely everybody.


    In 2023, meanwhile, Pat and his producer Adams (Kath Hughes) play excerpts from his wire recordings to studio guests as they unpack the criminal hijinks that launched the comedy career of the man now reasonably widely-known as James Acaster.


    In episode 1, Lawrence announces a side-step from drug dealing into a more glamorous branch of crime, Pat's wife Sita (Sindhu Vee) makes some life changing personal and career decisions and Pat takes the advice of fellow comic Evelyn Mok to find a better, more truthful, on-stage comic persona.


    Featuring:


    Chloe Petts - Nance

    Domhnall Gleeson - Lawrence

    Evelyn Mok - herself

    Finn Wolfhard - Serpico

    Freya Parker - Heckler

    Jack De'ath - Compere

    Jason Forbes - Police Officer

    Kath Hughes - Detective Adams

    Kemah Bob - Donna

    Louis Theroux - Detective Shane Nicely

    Nathaniel Metcalfe - Huey

    Nish Kumar - himself

    Pat Cahill - Reg

    Sharon D Clarke - Police Chief Angela

    Sindhu Vee - Sita


    with studio guest Ed Gamble


    Extra jokes by Alison Spittle, Celya AB, Ken Cheng, Matthew Crosby, Rose Johnson and Toussaint Douglass


    Original Music by NNAMDÏ


    Sound design by Charlie Brandon King


    Assistant Producers - Katie Sayer and Mikaela Carmichael


    Produced by Lyndsay Fenner


    A Mighty Bunny Production

    www.springleafpodcast.com / www.mightybunny.co.uk


    Merch? Merch! https://springleaf.teemill.com/


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    28 mins
  • Episode 2
    Nov 28 2023

    Studio guest Romesh Ranganathan attempts to get a grip on exactly what the podcast is, Sita bags Serpico his first acting role and Pat's crowd-work skills are tested to their limit when Donna encourages Lawrence and Huey to try out their new heist personas in public…


    A true(ish) crime podcast, which sees undercover cop Pat Springleaf (James Acaster) share police wire recordings from the biggest case of his career: working to infiltrate and bring to justice the notorious SW6 gang, led by the villainous Lawrence.


    Back in 2013, ex-conman-turned-undercover-cop Pat was in the middle of a career-defining undercover gig - but problems beset him on all sides: the gang are getting suspicious; his wife wants a divorce; the police are demanding results; and his ex partner in crime is blackmailing him. Not an ideal situation for someone with a burning need to please absolutely everybody.


    In 2023, meanwhile, Pat and his producer Adams play clips to studio guests as they unpack the criminal hijinks that launched the career of the man now reasonably widely-known as James Acaster.


    Featuring:


    Chloe Petts - Nance

    Domhnall Gleeson - Lawrence

    Evelyn Mok - herself

    Jack De'ath - Compere

    Jason Forbes - Comedy Fan

    Kath Hughes - Detective Adams

    Kemah Bob - Donna

    Mark Silcox - himself

    Nathaniel Metcalfe - Huey

    Nish Kumar - himself

    Pat Cahill - Reg

    Phil Wang - Detective Clarke Burbridge

    Sharon D Clarke - Police Chief Angela

    Sindhu Vee - Sita


    with studio guest Romesh Ranganathan


    Extra jokes by Alison Spittle, Celya AB, Ken Cheng, Matthew Crosby, Rose Johnson and Toussaint Douglass


    Original Music by NNAMDÏ


    Sound design by Charlie Brandon King


    Assistant Producers - Katie Sayer and Mikaela Carmichael


    Produced by Lyndsay Fenner


    A Mighty Bunny Production

    www.springleafpodcast.com / www.mightybunny.co.uk


    Merch? Merch! https://springleaf.teemill.com/


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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So entertaining

I loved the reptoire references! It was so much fun to listen to and me and my friends love to listen to it!

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Fantastic

I’ve left a review already but it’s not showing up?? I loved it can’t wait for ep2 so funny x

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