Rain Stops Play
By Mark Crozer
Join your hosts as they banter about all manner of nonsense.
Hedge Backwards
45 minutes of very swear-y rubbish.
Memories Are Made of Cheese
The usual high-quality rubbish.
Bob Dylan Falling Off His Chair Backwards Onto His Guitar
A deep dive the minds of a couple of middle-aged weirdos.
The Food Show
WARNING: Contains thematic elements, pervasive vulgar language, crude sexual humor and nauseating food-related references. Listener discretion is advised.
Episode 58
Featuring... Mysophonia, OCD, What’s My Bush Quiz, Space, Job Update, Mask Glare, Sport and Much More!
Episode 57
It's an All New Sizzling Hot Summer Bumper Edition of EAR CORN! I mean... RAIN STOPS PLAY in which the lads pool their immense knowledge of football over the decades to dissect the England-Italy Euro 2020 Final! Also... Some Other Stuff!
Episode 55
TRIGGER WARNING! Today's episode contains references to concepts that might fry your brain if you have recently partaken in mind-altering substances. Also... DUST, WEATHER REPORT, ZOMBIES, WIMBLEDON, LOTR, WORST MOVIES EVER. Contains LOTS of swearing.
Episode 54
In today's show we talk about Channel 4 documentary 'The Anti-Vax Conspiracy,' new Army of the Dead revelations, softball anger, firing guns in celebration, the first thing we'll do when the pandemic is over and more!
Episode 53
The Axis of Idle presents RAIN STOPS PLAY: Episode 53 in which the chaps review some telly shows (Lupin and Shadow & Bone,) discuss NFTs, ponder sniffing Nike shoes and Simon Hook asks "Why does vegetarian bacon look like that?"
Episode 52
Inside today's Bumper Edition of Rain Stops Play... On The Hook with Simon Hook, Hester's Testers and heavy-spoiler reviews of Army of the Dead and Line of Duty.
Episode 51
More waffle from The Axis of Idle.
Episode 50
A Case of Sour Grapes brought to you by The Axis of Idle. In which the lads discuss Eurovision, Work (or the lack of,) Doomed Projects and reveal deep and dark secrets from their sordid pasts. With music from Abba, Prince, The Pretenders, Kate Bush and Marvin Gaye.
Episode 50 (No Music Edition)
A Case of Sour Grapes brought to you by The Axis of Idle. In which the lads discuss Eurovision, Work (or the lack of,) Doomed Projects and reveal deep and dark secrets from their sordid pasts.
Episode 49 (No Music)
Inside today's Rain Stops Play: Dissecting 'The Stowaway;' Re-making Classic Movies; Shielding Aliens; Ooh The Weather and More!
Episode 49
Inside today's Rain Stops Play: Dissecting 'The Stowaway;' Re-making Classic Movies; Shielding Aliens; Ooh The Weather and music from the Coral, The Staves, Dinosaur Jr, the Sundays and The Kinks!
WWE Special: An Interview With Mark Crozer
In a change from normal programming, Bruce Windwood interviews co-host Mark Crozer about his success with WWE hit song 'Live In Fear' aka 'Let Me In.'
Episode 48 (No Music)
Featuring: Social Media Ad Gripes, News From Space, Creative Chat, The Tease of Possibilities (Part 2,) Corn or Cock and and more!
Episode 48
Featuring: Social Media Ad Gripes, News From Space, Creative Chat, The Tease of Possibilities (Part 2,) Corn or Cock and music from Sir Paul McCartney, The Monkees, The Weather Station, Jane Weaver and more!
Episode 47
Featuring: Cancel Culture Chat, Twins, Car Wreck Stories, Morally Questionable Social Experiments and More!
Episode 46: Whinge-fest 2021
Want to listen to two middle-aged men (one of whom is especially disgruntled this week) carping and bitching about... well, pretty much everything? Then you've come to the right place. Topics covered this week include: Relationships, Doctor Who supporting actors, face mask pollution, birds of England, struggling to be creative, ooh the weather, being broke.
Episode 44
Featuring... Doctor Doolittle! What Makes You Tick? 18 Percent Prince Philip Content! The Pied Piper! This Vehicle Is Reversing! And some Great Tunes!
Episode 44 (No Music)
Featuring... Doctor Doolittle! What Makes You Tick? 18 Percent Prince Philip Content! The Pied Piper! This Vehicle Is Reversing!
Episode 43
The musical version of the show with the usual mix of current affairs and profane banter.
Episode 43 (No Music)
The non-musical version of the show with the usual mix of current affairs and profane banter.
Episode 42
It's another slab of Rain Stops Play featuring the usual mix of serious deliberation and profane guff. Now with added music!
Episode 42 (No Music)
It's another slab of Rain Stops Play featuring the usual mix of serious deliberation and profane guff.
Episode 41 (No Music)
This is the latest episode of RSP which - for licensing rights reasons - doesn't feature any of the tunes.
Episode 41
An all new Rain Stops Play with added music for your listening pleasure! Plus all the usual guff... Bible Shred (sorry, Study,) Hester's Testers, On The Hook and more.
Episode 40
Inside this week's sizzling hot issue of RAIN STOPS PLAY!* Hero Of The Week! On The Hook with Simon Hook! Bible Study! Jobs Jobs Jobs! PLUS A Massive Pair of Tits (namely Mark Crozer and Bruce Windwood!)
*Recently voted the world's 799,987th Favorite Podcast!
Episode 39
Following a protracted absence the lads are back with the usual tomfoolery.
Episode 38
The Axis of Idle is pleased to bring you your weekly hit of Rain Stops Play featuring another ruddy Bible Study and some not very good answers to some excellent questions.
Episode 37: Covid Stops Play
A shorter than normal (though no less potent) dose of Rain Stops Play for your ears only.
Episode 36
The Axis of Idle Presents... more tomfoolery, shenanigans, hijinks and analysis of another puzzling passage of The Good Book (TM.)
Episode 35
Mark and Bruce continue their merciless shredding of the Old Testament, answer the question "are men basically useless?" and more.
Episode 34
In which Mark and Bruce ponder life after 50; the pros and cons of wrestling angels; what it would be like to be Kate Bush or Jesus; and how they would cope in a world run by horses.
Episode 33: New Year 2021 AD!
Featuring... Blasphemous Bible Study, Hester's Testers, On The Hook with Simon Hook, the Rain Stops Play Tips for a Better Life and an exclusive preview of a new song from Mark called 'What You Mean To Me.'
Xmas Stops Play 2020
The Ghosts of Christmas Past are here once again to deliver a sack-load of swearing and all the festive cheer you'd expect from The Axis of Idle. Merry Bloody Christmas.
Episode 31
The fellas continue their merciless desecration of The Good Book and get hoodwinked by that Impish Instigator of Interrogation Simon Hook.
Episode 30
The Axis of Idle Presents.... Another bleeding episode of Rain Stops Play with Mark and Bruce.
Episode 29
All the usual gubbins from the Axis of Idle: On The Hook with Simon Hook, Hester's Testers, Blasphemous Bible Study, Getting To Know You and more!
Episode 28
Brought to you by the Axis of Idle and Jesus Christ Butter -"The Purest of All Butters" - it's another episode of Rain Stops Play. Inside this week's sizzling hot edition: On The Hook with Simon Hook, Getting To Know Your Host and another Blasphemous Bible Study. We're definitely going to Hell.
Episode 27
Featuring an in-depth look at the week's news, another irreverent Bible Study, Hester's Testers and On The Hook with Simon Hook.
Episode 26
More Hester's Testers, Getting To Know Your Host, On The Hook and the chaps continue to tear their way through the Good Book with gay abandon.
Episode 25
From the team who brought you The Knitting Circle of Doom, Scented Candle: The Movie and Accidental Death of a Hamster we proudly present EPISODE 25: The Podcast Episode! Filled with jammy goodness including (but not limited to) Hester's Testers! On The Hook with Simon Hook! Get To Know Your Host The Most By Drilling Into Their Head! Bible Study with Bruce and Mark, and Some Other Stuff!
Episode 24
Episode 23
The usual mix of serious discussion and inane banter. This week... Rethink. Reskill. Reboot. What's really going on here? Plus the Lockdown Lowdown, Mark's Shopping Addiction and On The Hook with Simon Hook.
Episode 22
Featuring the usual nincompoopery and a trifecta of You Don't Have To Be A Celebrity Questions.
Episode 21
More second class chit chat from The Axis of Idle, including You Don't Have To Be A Celebrity Question Time and more. Mark would like to apologize for mistakenly saying that the French word for 'crow' is 'carreau.' This is obviously utter nonsense and the correct word for 'crow' is 'corbeau.' Thank you for your patronage.
Episode 20
Featuring School Rant, What's Your Favourite Number? and a moment of pretty blooming serious chat about disgraced artists and their legacy. Sort of.
Episode 19
Featuring: Chipotle Rant, You Don't Have To Be A Celebrity Question Time and more!