Sunday Night Show

Infobox Radio Show
show_name = The Sunday Night Show with Iain Lee


caption =
runtime = 3 hours
country = flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom
language = English
home_station = Absolute Radio
presenter = Iain Lee
starring =Iain Lee
producer = Producer Dave AKA Davis
record_location = No. 1, Golden Square, London
first_aired = 6 January 2008
last_aired = date
audio_format = Stereophonic sound
website = [http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/djs_shows/shows/sunday_night_show/ Official Absolute Radio Page]
podcast = [http://network.absoluteradio.co.uk/core/podcasts/rss.xml?title=lee Official Absolute Radio Podcast Link]

The Sunday Night Show with Iain Lee is a weekly radio show broadcast on Absolute Radio, between 10pm on Sunday to 1am on Monday [http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/djs_shows/shows/sunday_night_show/index.html] , hosted by Iain Lee and produced by Dave (known to the show as "Davis"). The format of the show is primarily phone-in based, with callers discussing the pre-set topics of the evening, or to discuss topics that they themselves introduce. The show is notable for allowing calls to be aired unscreened for the last half hour of the show, in a segment called MMM (or Triple M), which is similar in format to The Human Zoo. As well as talk, records are sparsely played throughout the show (approximately 4 to 5 records per hour) due to Absolute Radios license as a music station. [http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/radiolicensing/formats/an002-1.doc]

Origins

The Sunday Night Show is similar in format to Iain Lee's Good Evening, which was broadcast on LBC up until November 2007. Unlike Iain's previous show, it is only broadcast one night a week as a niche show, as it is the only predominantly phone-in show broadcast on Absolute. The show features some continuity from the LBC days, with callers from the previous station contributing similar output on the new show, for instance Barry from Watford [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=J2aZLXI_mJw] [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gbbeBQzjFEc] .

Regular features

The Sunday Night Show has several regular features including "Answerphone Messages", where best bits of messages left during the week on the answerphone are played [http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/djs_shows/shows/sunday_night_show/show_hatred.html] and "Triple M", the part of the show (broadcast at approximately 12.30am) when calls go straight to air with no screening. However, as this may lead to inappropriate utterances from callers, the show is broadcast with a seven second delay.

"Win Win or Lose" is a feature where Iain gives away items he has received that week. Occasionally, he has given away other items as prizes, e.g. unwanted presents from relatives. The feature is not strictly speaking a competition but a game of chance - the only criteria needed to win is to be on hold on the right line(s) when the feature is played. The format has recently been changed to allow more than one person to play, however there is still no element of competition - if two callers partake, then the "winners" will split the items equally, and may be given the chance to swap prizes on air.

Regular callers

Barry from Watford An old man who phones up during most shows. He has a wife called Margaret and a mental son called Dave.

Varinder AKA Vinnie A caller who used to be obsessed with Iain's show but has now turned into Iain's personal friend.

G-Man A wannabe gangster.

Rob Burnett The most rebellious regular, calls in and makes fun of Iain and has created his own 'Top 50 List', which Lee's girlfriend and producer has joined.

Kitty Karen A woman who has five cats

Sifu A man from Birmingham who likes karate

GurjinderTheGreat Says jokes to Iain, and makes fun of Iain

Magoo Agent to Barry Paulie Rob and Velvet (iains cat) Still waiting for his tent.

Gary from Catford A man from Catford who calls in regularly

Gary from Luton. A man obsessed with "Typewriter, Tip, Tip, Tip" from The Darjeeling Limited (soundtrack) who uses every tedious link possible to justify calling in and playing it. On air he admitted to being "dull and boring" which lead to Nick from Braintree creating a mix and playing it to Iain, featuring Davis, Iain and Gary himself.

Paulie A man who rings in to let the world know that he has a dirty. Paulie is invariably cut off (or disconnects) before he is able to say which possession, or part of his anatomy, is unclean.

Psychic Sylvia the Swinger A lady from the West Midlands who claims to be psychic.

Alan Caddick A gentleman from the West Midlands who rings up. Has a semi-comprehensible accent and is often impersonated on air by other regular callers, especially during MMM.

The Merchant A boy from the South East who rings the show. He has a very gruff accent and often wants to buy various objects/items from other listeners and sometimes sings many classic songs.

After the transition from talk to music stations, the regulars were annoyed, however the show has been adapted to have more talk and less songs.

Long running jokes

I've got a dirty...This surreal joke started in March by caller Paulie where he calls up and says 'I've got a dirty...' with the intention of saying bumhole before Iain cuts him off. Usually he calls up on multiple lines so when Iain cuts him off he is on again immediately.

Ryan ReynoldsIain once commented that he thought that actor Ryan Reynolds had nice hair and he would like his hair cut like that. This prompted call Rob Burnett to phone up and say that Ryan Reynolds is Iain's boyfriend.

PradeepCallers often phone in to see how long they can say Pradeep for. This can range from 10 seconds to 1 minute.

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