Shagged Married Annoyed
Shagged Married Annoyed (or Sh**ged Married Annoyed) is a British comedy podcast hosted by married couple Chris and Rosie Ramsey. In the podcast the couple discuss "life, relationships, arguments, annoyances, parenting, growing up and everything in between."[1] The first episode was released on iTunes and Spotify on 15 February 2019.[2] By May 2020, the podcast had reached 25 million downloads worldwide.[3] As of April 2022, it has had more than 100 million downloads.[4] The show was announced as one of the most popular podcasts in the UK in 2020 in Spotify's annual Wrapped feature.[5]
| Shagged Married Annoyed | |
|---|---|
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| Presentation | |
| Hosted by | Chris Ramsey Rosie Ramsey |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Language | English |
| Length | Approx. 60 minutes |
| Production | |
| Production | Avalon Acast |
| Opening theme | We Had a Fight About the Jingle |
| No. of episodes | 238 |
| Publication | |
| Original release | 15 February 2019 |
| Provider | Acast |
| Related | |
| Website | www |
Chris and Rosie Ramsey published the book Sh**ged. Married. Annoyed. in September 2020 following the success of the podcast. It became a Sunday Times Bestseller.[6] They announced that they would be going on tour with the podcast in 2020, but the initial run was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] A second leg of the tour has since been announced for autumn 2023.[8]
Format and production
The title of the podcast is a play on the BBC Three programme Snog Marry Avoid?. The format features free-flowing discussion between Chris and Rosie, along with regular segments including answering questions from the public and sharing 'beefs' they have with each other.[9] The episodes are recorded in the couple's home kitchen.[10] Each episode begins with a theme tune recorded by the couple called "We had a fight about the jingle".[11]
Recurring Segments
- What's Your Beef?
- Rosie's Mysteries
- Questions from the Public
- Celebrity Questions
Production Changes
On 26 March 2020, podcast company Acast announced that Shagged Married Annoyed had joined the Acast Creator Network, bringing it alongside other British comedy podcasts including Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster and My Dad Wrote a Porno.[12] Shagged Married Annoyed is produced by Avalon and is released weekly on Fridays.
Reception
Shagged Married Annoyed has regularly made it to the top of the Apple Podcasts charts.[13] As of November 2021, it has received over 39,000 ratings with an average of 4.9 out of 5 stars.[14]
Awards
Shagged Married Annoyed won Best Podcast at the 2020 Global Awards.[15] It won the Listeners' Choice Award at the British Podcast Awards 2020 with a record total of 229,000 public votes, along with a bronze award for Best New Podcast.[16] It also won a bronze award for Funniest Show at the 2020 ARIAS.[17] On 21 April 2021, Shagged Married Annoyed was announced as a nominee for Best Independent Podcast in the 2021 ARIAS.[18]
In March 2022, it won the Best Comedy Podcast in the National Comedy Awards 2021.[19] The podcast won the award again at the 2023 National Comedy Awards in February 2023.
Critical reception
Hannah J Davies of The Guardian described the podcast as a "comforting, craic-filled show" that "is not to be underestimated".[20] The Radio Times included Shagged Married Annoyed in their 'Best podcasts to listen to in 2021' describing it as "excellent light-hearted listening."[21] In a review for The Times, James Marriott gave the podcast two out of five stars, calling it "cringey with effortful banter".[13]
Book
In January 2020, Chris and Rosie Ramsey announced that they would be writing a book based on their podcast. Sh**ged. Married. Annoyed. was published by Penguin imprint Michael Joseph on 3 September 2020 who described it as "relatable guide that explores the highs and lows of dating, relationships, marriage and everything in between."[22] The book became a Sunday Times No.1 bestseller in the first week of its release.[23]
Tour
In February 2020, Chris and Rosie Ramsey announced that they would be taking the podcast on a live tour in eight venues across the UK during September that year. They also said that they would aim to break the record for the biggest live podcast audience at their show in the Utilita Arena, Newcastle. They broke the record within 60 minutes of tickets going on sale, including 9,028 tickets at Utilita Arena and over 19,000 sales for the tour in total.[24] Due to popular demand, new dates were added to the tour on 6 March 2020.[25]
In July 2020, it was announced that the tour would be postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] Due to increased demand, in April 2021 the couple announced that they were adding over 110,000 extra tickets to their tour across nine additional venues, including the O2 Arena, London.[23]
The live show features the regular podcast segment 'What's your beef?', a discussion with fictional characters Barry and Belinda Beef, and a segment where Chris and Rosie read stories from the audience.[26]
In a review for the Evening Standard, Bruce Dessau described the show as "an evening of crowdpleasing, undemanding, relatable laughs."[26] Brian Logan of The Guardian praised Chris and Rosie's charms as hosts and called the show a "mildly amusing night out".[27]
Episodes
| Episode | Title | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three's a crowd, four's a chore | 15 February 2019 |
| 2 | Hungry eyes and a first date surprise | 22 February 2019 |
| 3 | Episode three, take two. | 1 March 2019 |
| 4 | Don't touch my bum, I'm a celebrity Mum | 8 March 2019 |
| 5 | Widowed by a Seagull | 15 March 2019 |
| 6 | Let's see shall we | 22 March 2019 |
| 7 | Shredded Beef | 29 March 2019 |
| 8 | Diplomatic Immunity | 5 April 2019 |
| 9 | Wine and a FAB time | 12 April 2019 |
| 10 | Who let the cats in? | 19 April 2019 |
| 11 | Floss before you flirt | 26 April 2019 |
| 12 | Caravan of love | 3 May 2019 |
| 13 | Bed time stand off | 10 May 2019 |
| 14 | A pre-marriage thing? | 17 May 2019 |
| 15 | Our safe word is... | 24 May 2019 |
| 16 | Fanny by the gaslight | 31 May 2019 |
| 17 | The square root of sex | 7 June 2019 |
| 18 | Fetch the bang pillow! | 14 June 2019 |
| 19 | Out of Office Reply | 21 June 2019 |
| 20 | Worrying Crush | 28 June 2019 |
| 21 | Double dip with me all day long | 5 July 2019 |
| 22 | Push the button | 12 July 2019 |
| 23 | Did you hear about the Crab Girl? | 19 July 2019 |
| 24 | Viennetta Vinny | 26 July 2019 |
| 25 | Twinkle Toes | 2 August 2019 |
| 26 | Out of Office #2 | 9 August 2019 |
| 27 | Found a good a chew | 16 August 2019 |
| 28 | Oops! | 23 August 2019 |
| 29 | Use your face more! | 30 August 2019 |
| 30 | Swamp rings | 6 September 2019 |
| 31 | Sugar Lips | 13 September 2019 |
| 32 | Butt Rings | 20 September 2019 |
| 33 | Popcast | 27 September 2019 |
| 34 | Coughcast | 4 October 2019 |
| 35 | Bit of the moon | 11 October 2019 |
| 36 | Final Warning | 18 October 2019 |
| 37 | The Urine Episode | 25 October 2019 |
| 38 | Buttery Beef | 1 November 2019 |
| 39 | The Zodiac DJ | 8 November 2019 |
| 40 | Cheese table | 15 November 2019 |
| 41 | Batman lives next door | 22 November 2019 |
| 42 | Don't hate, hydrate. | 29 November 2019 |
| 43 | Raging semi | 6 December 2019 |
| 44 | Bad breath boyfriend | 13 December 2019 |
| 45 | Sweaty Veg: Christmas Special | 20 December 2019 |
| 46 | Wide Winifred | 10 January 2020 |
| 47 | Express yourself | 17 January 2020 |
| 48 | Drip Drip Drop. | 24 January 2020 |
| 49 | Brace yourself | 31 January 2020 |
| 50 | Billy's Egg Trick | 7 February 2020 |
| 51 | Sip Swallow Chug, Chug, Chug | 14 February 2020 |
| 52 | One in Thirty | 21 February 2020 |
| 53 | Auntie Panky | 28 February 2020 |
| 54 | Pointing the Finger | 6 March 2020 |
| 55 | Elastic Burdens | 13 March 2020 |
| 56 | The Depositor | 20 March 2020 |
| 57 | The Sniff test | 27 March 2020 |
| 58 | Fondling by the reservoir | 3 April 2020 |
| 59 | Tiger trap | 10 April 2020 |
| 60 | Zoom Pole | 17 April 2020 |
| 61 | My lover | 24 April 2020 |
| 62 | Yarden | 1 May 2020 |
| 63 | The Twits | 8 May 2020 |
| 64 | Bath Buddy | 15 May 2020 |
| 65 | Love Birds | 22 May 2020 |
| 66 | Fortune cookies | 29 May 2020 |
| 67 | Streets of Heferlon | 5 June 2020 |
| 68 | Dental dam | 12 June 2020 |
| 69 | Meal for Two | 19 June 2020 |
| 70 | Seventy several | 26 June 2020 |
| 71 | Dull as dishwater | 3 July 2020 |
| 72 | Guest in the nest | 10 July 2020 |
| 73 | 36 hours later | 17 July 2020 |
| 74 | Queen Bee in The Side Garden | 24 July 2020 |
| 75 | A breath of fresh air | 31 July 2020 |
| 76 | Sweet sixteen unicorn | 7 August 2020 |
| 77 | Eat Your Words | 14 August 2020 |
| 78 | Magnety | 21 August 2020 |
| 79 | Around the World | 28 August 2020 |
| 80 | Auntie Pat | 4 September 2020 |
| 81 | Spite Salmon | 11 September 2020 |
| 82 | Minty Fresh | 18 September 2020 |
| 83 | Give me an A | 25 September 2020 |
| 84 | Top Sheet | 2 October 2020 |
| 85 | Mark of Zorro | 9 October 2020 |
| 86 | The today after tomorrow | 16 October 2020 |
| 87 | Heels and shoulders | 23 October 2020 |
| 88 | Mr Saturday Night | 30 October 2020 |
| 89 | Where you bin my love? | 6 November 2020 |
| 90 | Bed Kegs | 13 November 2020 |
| 91 | See this finger, see this thumb | 20 November 2020 |
| 92 | Narrow Church | 27 November 2020 |
| 93 | Living with Meatloaf | 4 December 2020 |
| 94 | Gorgey Hun | 11 December 2020 |
| 95 | Turkey leg-over | 18 December 2020 |
| 96 | Christmas Bonus Special | 25 December 2020 |
| 97 | Docket or Not | 1 January 2021 |
| 98 | Maternity Leave #1 | 8 January 2021 |
| 99 | Maternity Leave #2 | 15 January 2021 |
| 100 | Best of #1 | 22 January 2021 |
| 101 | Maternity Leave #3 | 29 January 2021 |
| 102 | Cremetisserie | 5 February 2021 |
| 103 | Bones | 12 February 2021 |
| 104 | Flock of Lasagne | 19 February 2021 |
| 105 | Coffin Confessors | 26 February 2021 |
| 106 | Pay as you go go go | 5 March 2021 |
| 107 | Bucking Mad | 12 March 2021 |
| 108 | Carpet Squares | 19 March 2021 |
| 109 | Flannel Heavy | 26 March 2021 |
| 110 | 110 take 2 | 2 April 2021 |
| 111 | Total (lack of) Recall | 9 April 2021 |
| 112 | Coal-Slaw | 16 April 2021 |
| 113 | How deep do you sleep? | 23 April 2021 |
| 114 | A lady from the 90's | 30 April 2021 |
| 115 | Sidebored | 7 May 2021 |
| 116 | Instructed by tumblers | 14 May 2021 |
| 117 | Festering Bowl of Bolognese | 21 May 2021 |
| 118 | What a man wants | 28 May 2021 |
| 119 | Like father, like son | 4 June 2021 |
| 120 | Low hanging fruit | 11 June 2021 |
| 121 | One ring to rule them all | 18 June 2021 |
| 122 | Hack Guy | 25 June 2021 |
| 123 | Case closed | 2 July 2021 |
| 124 | The Midwife Always Knocks Twice | 9 July 2021 |
| 125 | Return of the toenails | 16 July 2021 |
| 126 | Good Grief | 23 July 2021 |
| 127 | Not a holiday | 30 July 2021 |
| 128 | Draw the minion! | 6 August 2021 |
| 129 | Rosie Harissa | 13 August 2021 |
| 130 | To whom it may concern | 20 August 2021 |
| 131 | A thumbnail of wine | 27 August 2021 |
| 132 | Fish Guy | 3 September 2021 |
| 133 | The Iron Curtain | 10 September 2021 |
| 134 | Bon bons in the knicker drawer | 17 September 2021 |
| 135 | Turbo time | 24 September 2021 |
| 136 | Elephant Dolphin | 1 October 2021 |
| 137 | Oh Crumbs | 8 October 2021 |
| 138 | Party at the drive thru | 15 October 2021 |
| 139 | Baby name betrayal | 22 October 2021 |
| 140 | NOT a Halloween Special | 29 October 2021 |
| 141 | That's a crow | 5 November 2021 |
| 142 | Classic Borisina | 12 November 2021 |
| 143 | How's Christine? | 19 November 2021 |
| 144 | Licence to snooze | 26 November 2021 |
| 145 | Sorry Dad | 3 December 2021 |
| 146 | Liquid Gold | 10 December 2021 |
| 147 | Find a happy place | 17 December 2021 |
| 148 | Christmas Special | 24 December 2021 |
| 149 | Dipped in fat | 7 January 2022 |
| 150 | Tony doesn't live here | 14 January 2022 |
| 151 | Timber | 21 January 2022 |
| 152 | Do Buy | 28 January 2022 |
| 153 | Record Breakers | 4 February 2022 |
| 154 | Stain of regret | 11 February 2022 |
| 155 | The Pitt's | 18 February 2022 |
| 156 | Bathroom Teaspoon | 26 February 2022 |
| 157 | Purple reigns | 4 March 2022 |
| 158 | These boots aren't made for walking | 11 March 2022 |
| 159 | Free Roam | 18 March 2022 |
| 160 | Round Robin | 25 March 2022 |
| 161 | How long you staying? | 1 April 2022 |
| 162 | Three words | 8 April 2022 |
| 163 | Good Friday plonkcast | 15 April 2022 |
| 164 | The Best Walker | 22 April 2022 |
| 165 | Rude Awakening | 29 April 2022 |
| 166 | Hip hip... | 6 May 2022 |
| 167 | Killer extensions | 13 May 2022 |
| 168 | The Worst Smell in The World | 20 May 2022 |
| 169 | Dacious | 27 May 2022 |
| 170 | The 80's door handle | 3 June 2022 |
| 171 | Meet you in my dreams | 10 June 2022 |
| 172 | But what about the pool table? | 17 June 2022 |
| 173 | Hot Potato | 24 June 2022 |
| 174 | Co-ords | 1 July 2022 |
| 175 | Double Muggins | 8 July 2022 |
| 176 | Out of Office | 15 July 2022 |
| 177 | Summer holiday special | 22 July 2022 |
| 178 | Oh wow | 29 July 2022 |
| 179 | Pokethon | 5 August 2022 |
| 180 | Sommelier summer camp | 12 August 2022 |
| 181 | The glove | 19 August 2022 |
| 182 | A little bit sexy | 26 August 2022 |
| 183 | Water is blue | 2 September 2022 |
| 184 | Beat the Letter | 9 September 2022 |
| 185 | Anchor pants | 16 September 2022 |
| 186 | Kegs full of Kaka | 23 September 2022 |
| 187 | Born to Fight | 30 September 2022 |
| 188 | Mars Cha Cha | 7 October 2022 |
| 189 | House Shoes | 14 October 2022 |
| 190 | Just be chill | 21 October 2022 |
| 191 | Gilet Incorporated | 28 October 2022 |
| 192 | Dirty knit witted yellow livered | 4 November 2022 |
| 193 | BeanFest | 11 November 2022 |
| 194 | Preekend | 18 November 2022 |
| 195 | Glib, Glab, Glob | 25 November 2022 |
| 196 | Centrifugal Force | 2 December 2022 |
| 197 | Magnum XL | 9 December 2022 |
| 198 | Strip Search | 16 December 2022 |
| 199 | Christmas Special: What would Jackie do? | 23 December 2022 |
| 200 | AD/BC | 13 January 2023 |
| 201 | Don't tug at your girdle | 20 January 2023 |
| 202 | Ding dong the crust is gone | 27 January 2023 |
| 203 | Nurse Damp | 3 February 2023 |
| 204 | Three Blind Wipes | 10 February 2023 |
| 205 | Pass the Shoe | 17 February 2023 |
| 206 | What film am I thinking of? | 24 February 2023 |
| 207 | Ham Dumpling | 3 March 2023 |
| 208 | Cowboy | 10 March 2023 |
| 209 | Biggest Loser | 17 March 2023 |
| 210 | Pear of Anguish | 24 March 2023 |
| 211 | FAGDA | 31 March 2023 |
| 212 | Five Fold Sunnies | 07 April 2023 |
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