Matt Edmondson and Mollie King are taking their long-running Radio 1 friendship into the podcast world with Matt and Mollie’s Novel Concept, a brand new comedy-meets-crime sequence that turns improvised storytelling right into a homicide thriller.
The longtime BBC Radio 1 co-hosts take turns writing every chapter of the identical whodunit – with no planning, no spoilers, and completely no vetoes – which means neither is aware of the place the story is headed subsequent. Narrated by Steffan Powell (Physician Who Unleashed, BBC Radio 2, 5 Stay), the weekly podcast blends chaotic creativity, off-the-cuff twists, and loads of behind-the-scenes banter as their fictional detective, Ian Chalk, makes an attempt to unravel a case that even its creators can’t management.
Within the opening chapter, listeners meet Detective Ian Chalk – a scruffy antihero adored by Matt and loathed by Mollie. The detective alludes to a mysterious incident inside a cave at Cheddar Gorge earlier than arriving at Willow Manor to analyze the weird demise of rich aristocrat Augustus Smythe. Smythe has been dragged to his demise after his tie turns into tangled in a paper shredder, resulting in what seems to be a freak strangulation. But it surely doesn’t take lengthy for doubts to floor: was it actually an accident – or homicide?
In a tongue-in-cheek nod to Margot Robbie’s iconic bubble bathtub cameo in The Large Brief, Mollie climbs into the bathtub to clarify the weird format behind Novel Concept. Simply as Robbie as soon as broke down complicated finance in a memorable cameo, King affords a playful, splashy information to how she and Matt’s comedy murder-mystery podcast works – making its anything-can-happen storytelling really feel immediately accessible.
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Commenting on the pod, Matt says by way of a press launch: “The phrase ‘two heads are higher than one’ wants a rethink. By no means earlier than within the historical past of literature has an creator written a whodunnit and never recognized whodidit. In my first chapter, Augustus Smythe, a rich businessman, will get tugged to his demise after his tie will get caught in a paper shredder, however who’s the assassin? Sadly, that’s as much as Mollie.”
With Mollie including: “Have you ever ever thought of writing a novel together with your finest pal? No, in fact you haven’t, you’re not that silly! I’ve cried with pleasure and ache all through this expertise up to now! I by no means knew two human beings might have such opposing visions of how against the law/romance could possibly be written! Matt’s gonna kill me for slipping in ‘romance’ there.”
With new episodes touchdown each Wednesday, Matt Edmondson and Mollie King’s pure on-air chemistry and quick-fire humour carry seamlessly into podcasting, turning the standard true-crime format on its head. Anticipate unpredictable twists, outrageous detours and loads of laughs because the duo attempt to out-write – and outwit – one another week by week. The ultimate chapter remains to be unwritten, and listeners are even invited to become involved by serving to dream up a title for his or her Novel Concept.
Novel Concept, a Matt & Mollie Manufacturing is obtainable on all main podcast platforms now – hear right here.
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