Join Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Mat Ewins and Taskmaster star John Kearns – in the guise of different characters each week – as they attempt to explain the unexplainable and put some of the world’s biggest mysteries under the Microscope in this improvised comedy podcast.
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Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns with special guests.
Photography by Paul Gilbey.
Theme music by Nicky Green.
Produced by Plosive.
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.
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Join Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Mat Ewins and Taskmaster star John Kearns – in the guise of different characters each week – as they attempt to explain the unexplainable and put some of the world’s biggest mysteries under the Microscope in this improvised comedy podcast.
Support Microscope at supporter.acast.com/microscope
Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun
Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns with special guests.
Photography by Paul Gilbey.
Theme music by Nicky Green.
Produced by Plosive.
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Case Thirty Five. Someone call the cops, an escaped prisoner has somehow made it on to the podcasts.
Want to help us solve more mysteries? Support Microscope at supporter.acast.com/microscope
Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.
Edited by Mat Ewins. Researched by John Kearns.
Recorded live at The Bill Murray in London.
Theme music by Nicky Green.
Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.
Produced by Plosive.
Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.
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Case Thirty Four. Early in the morning, just as day is dawning Postman Patrick, Postman Patrick and his absolutely not black and white disco trousers chat to Mat Ewins about the decline of the postal service and his mysterious gift.
Want to help us solve more mysteries? Support Microscope at supporter.acast.com/microscope
Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.
Recorded by Ben Williams. Edited by Mat Ewins. Additional editing by Naomi Parnell. Researched by John Kearns.
Theme music by Nicky Green.
Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.
Produced by Plosive.
Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.
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Case Thirty Three. Mat Ewins talks to a modern day Geppetto whose creations have been coming to life…
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Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.
Recorded by Ben Williams. Edited by Mat Ewins. Researched by John Kearns.
Theme music by Nicky Green.
Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.
Produced by Plosive.
Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.
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Case Thirty Two. Can Mat Ewins sink the case of the presumably ill-fated Titanic 2? Ewins talks to Captain Eyebirds about his cheeky ship.
Want to help us solve more mysteries? Support Microscope at supporter.acast.com/microscope
Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.
Recorded by Ben Williams. Edited by Mat Ewins. Researched by John Kearns.
Recorded live at Monkey Barrel Comedy during the Edinburgh Fringe 2022.
Theme music by Nicky Green.
Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.
Produced by Plosive.
Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.
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Case Thirty One. This week Mat Ewins scores an interview with football manager of the occult, Peter Keys. Pull up your socks and shine your shin pads, there are demons in defence and Beelzebub on the bench. It's a scorcher.
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Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.
Recorded by Ben Williams. Edited by Mat Ewins. Additional editing by Naomi Parnell. Researched by John Kearns.
Theme music by Nicky Green.
Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.
Produced by Plosive.
Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.
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Case Thirty. Mat Ewins picks up a pitch fork and digs in down at the farm to interview Farmer Mutton on his son's very unusual condition. This is the remarkable story of Benjamin Mutton. Best listened to backwards.
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Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.
Recorded by Naomi Parnell. Edited by Mat Ewins. Additional editing by Naomi Parnell. Researched by John Kearns.
Theme music by Nicky Green.
Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.
Produced by Plosive.
Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.
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Case Twenty Nine. Constable Gladstone gets a grilling from Mat Ewins about his crime-solving car, Sally.
Want to help us solve more mysteries? Support Microscope at supporter.acast.com/microscope
Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.
Recorded by Naomi Parnell. Edited by Mat Ewins. Additional editing by Ben Williams. Researched by John Kearns.
Theme music by Nicky Green.
Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.
Produced by Plosive.
Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.
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After nearly two years away, Mat Ewins and John Kearns are back solving more of the world's biggest mysteries in Microscope. Series 3 starts this 28th October.
Want to help us solve more mysteries? Support Microscope at supporter.acast.com/microscope
Follow Microscope on Twitter: @microscopefun
Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.
Edited by Mat Ewins. Researched by John Kearns.
Theme music by Nicky Green.
Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.
Produced by Plosive Productions.
Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Case Twenty Eight. Centaur? Centaur! Mat Ewins dons his best silks and climbs into his stirrups as he launches into Hoof Hefner, convicted fraudster and horse trainer extraordinaire. A bizarre tale of lies, deceit and the charms a man with horse legs can hold over simple folk, one for the record books but for all the wrong reasons.
Want to help us solve more mysteries? Support Microscope at supporter.acast.com/microscope
Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.
Recorded by Naomi Parnell. Edited by Mat Ewins. Additional editing by Naomi Parnell. Researched by John Kearns.
Theme music by Nicky Green.
Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.
Produced by Plosive Productions.
Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.
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Case Twenty Seven. Poop! Poop! Mat Ewins dons his driving gloves and shows us his clutching feet as he joins traffic warden Geoffrey Pinto on a journey through time in, no less, a time travelling car. Think Back to the Future without the spectacle, plot, the charisma of the leads or Spielberg at the helm and you’ll be half way there! Play loud! Play fast!
Want to help us solve more mysteries? Support Microscope at supporter.acast.com/microscope
Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.
Recorded by Ben Williams. Edited by Mat Ewins. Additional editing by Naomi Parnell. Researched by John Kearns.
Theme music by Nicky Green.
Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.
Produced by Plosive Productions.
Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.
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Case Twenty Six. Mat Ewins pulls up his tights, pulls down his ruff and soliloquises with Bill Bulbs, a librarian (libearian) who discovered the unpublished sequels of William Shakespeare. A tale that could’ve been written by the Bard himself, best listened to whilst being pursued by a bear.
Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.
Recorded by Ben Williams. Edited by Mat Ewins. Additional editing by Ben Williams. Researched by John Kearns.
Theme music by Nicky Green.
Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.
Produced by Plosive Productions.
Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Case Twenty Five. Mat Ewins gives BT engineer Greg Gloves a call about the power of 5G, mind control and has his head spun 360 on the revelations regarding the revolving restaurant in London’s glittering middle. With government moles everywhere, play this one quietly on headphones wearing your favourite balaclava.
Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.
Recorded by Naomi Parnell. Edited by Mat Ewins. Additional editing by Ben Williams. Researched by John Kearns.
Theme music by Nicky Green.
Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.
Produced by Plosive Productions.
Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.
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Case Twenty Four. Mat Ewins swoops cloak and dagger to give head of Security at the Tower of London, Robert Cromwell, the heebie jeebies. What exactly happened when the Crown Jewels were victim to one of the most audacious heists in our countries history? With a cast of thousands, this is one to turn up loud in the shower or over a sizzling breakfast pan.
Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.
Recorded by Ben Williams. Edited by Mat Ewins. Additional editing by Ben Williams. Researched by John Kearns.
Theme music by Nicky Green.
Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.
Produced by Plosive Productions.
Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.
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Case Twenty Three. A Halloween Special. The Case of the Haunted Tappy Tap Machine. Mat Ewins spell checks Sam McCartney, a hammer horror writer, whose gruesome stories started to come to life owing to a damn haunted word processor. And you thought running out of ink was a problem? Turn this one up loud on your run or as you make dinner.
Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.
Recorded by Ben Williams. Edited by Mat Ewins. Additional editing by Ben Williams. Researched by John Kearns.
Theme music by Nicky Green.
Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.
Produced by Plosive Productions.
Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.
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Case Twenty Two. Mat Ewins fries Ted Saunders about how in 1998 he found a 10,000 year old man in his second hand freezer. For all ages, turn this one up loud on the school run.
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Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.
Recorded by Naomi Parnell. Edited by Mat Ewins. Additional editing by Ben Williams. Researched by John Kearns.
Theme music by Nicky Green.
Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.
Produced by Plosive Productions.
Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.
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Case Twenty One. Detective Murlock Bones is dragged over hot coals by Mat Ewins in this barn stormer of an opener to Microscope’s Second Series. A tale of cakes, ten dead bodies and rampant pooches, turn this one up loud on the school run.
Want to help us solve more mysteries? Support Microscope at supporter.acast.com/microscope
Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.
Recorded by Naomi Parnell. Edited by Mat Ewins. Additional editing by Ben Williams. Researched by John Kearns.
Theme music by Nicky Green.
Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.
Produced by Plosive Productions.
Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Microscope is back for series 2! Join Mat Ewins and John Kearns – and a fresh batch of weirdo characters – as they once more attempt to explain the unexplainable and put some of the world’s biggest mysteries under the Microscope. Starts Friday 16th October.
Want to help us solve more mysteries? Support Microscope at supporter.acast.com/microscope
Follow Microscope on Twitter: @microscopefun
Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.
Edited by Mat Ewins. Researched by John Kearns.
Theme music by Nicky Green.
Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.
Produced by Plosive Productions.
Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Case Twenty. Mat Ewins’ timbers are shivered as he learns how savant psychiatrist Dr Bertrand Wolf was taken hostage by pirates. How would being taken hostage by pirates effect your business? Usually recorded in front of a live audience this episode was taped down the line owing to a worldwide pandemic that has infected over 15.2 million people (officially). On behalf of everyone who works on Microscope we would like to officially apologise to Steve Wright. We were unaware that we were getting his emails and thus this series is still seeking a sponsor.
Want to help us solve more mysteries? Support Microscope at supporter.acast.com/microscope
Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.
Recorded by Naomi Parnell. Edited by Mat Ewins. Additional editing by Ben Williams. Researched by John Kearns.
Theme music by Nicky Green.
Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.
Produced by Plosive Productions.
Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Case Nineteen. Mat Ewins speaks with Francis Hamilton about life on the space station and what happened when it was overrun by “little green cherries”. How would being overrun by aliens effect your business? Usually recorded in front of a live audience this episode was taped down the line owing to a worldwide pandemic that has infected over 11.5 million people (officially). Plosive Productions and the team at Microscope would like to acknowledge that we are looking into wether we have been getting the dedications to Steve Wright’s Sunday Love Songs and mistaking them for sponsors. A statement will be made on this next week.
Want to help us solve more mysteries? Support Microscope at supporter.acast.com/microscope
Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.
Recorded by Ben Williams. Edited by Mat Ewins. Additional editing by Ben Williams. Researched by John Kearns.
Theme music by Nicky Green.
Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.
Produced by Plosive Productions.
Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Case Eighteen. Mat Ewins sits slack jawed as Peter Dumplings blows the lid on a disastrous attempt to create a fairground of cloned dinosaurs. How would cloning dinosaurs effect your business? Usually recorded in front of a live audience this episode was taped down the line owing to a worldwide pandemic that has infected over 10.8 million people (officially). This episode is sponsored by Steve Wright, Sunday Morning Love Songs and his lawyers at Schillings who have asked us to “cease and desist”.
Want to help us solve more mysteries? Support Microscope at supporter.acast.com/microscope
Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.
Recorded by Naomi Parnell. Edited by Mat Ewins. Additional editing by Ben Williams. Researched by John Kearns.
Theme music by Nicky Green.
Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.
Produced by Plosive Productions.
Follow Microscope on Twitter for details on future live shows: @microscopefun
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/microscope.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
