SPRINGLEAF: JAMES ACASTER & NISH KUMAR

Undercover cop Pat Springleaf (more widely known by his covert name: James Acaster) talks to Nish Kumar about his upcoming true crime podcast.

James Acaster is the covert stand-up comedian persona of undercover cop Pat Springleaf. Everyone knows that. And as it’s obligatory for all comedians to have a podcast these days, Pat wants in. When Pat was undercover, he wore his wire 24-7-365. Or 366 if it was a leap year. In this one off event for Just For Laughs, Pat talks to Nish Kumar about the true-crime podcast he’s been working on, in which he uses the wire recordings he’s amassed over years of infiltrating criminal gangs to blow wide open the biggest case he ever worked on. A case, it transpires, in which Nish played an unwitting part...

James Acaster is an award-winning stand up comedian and podcaster. Described by the Evening Standard as 'One of comedy’s most original voices’, he's the co-host of thephenomenally successful Off Menu podcast as well as the BBC hit James Acaster's Perfect Sounds. His appearances on Taskmaster and panel shows like Would I Lie To You and Mock The Week have become viral sensations, with tens of millions of views across YouTube and other platforms.