Lee and Adam are back for Episode 262, Season 10 Episode 5, and this week they're recording virtually for the first time this series. Lee checks in from a Premier Inn in Grimsby, there's a look back at the podcast's lockdown recording days, and the pair give an update on the upcoming Let That Be A Lesson live shows as the October run gets ever closer.
The nostalgia levels are high this week as Lee and Adam take a trip back to the glory days of the British nightclub. With the UK's nightlife scene changing dramatically, they reminisce about the sticky floors, cheap drinks, questionable venues and legendary local clubs that provided a rite of passage for anyone growing up in the 90s and early 2000s.

Adam then puts Lee through a slightly different challenge as they attempt to decide which everyday behaviours are the most annoying. Bad manners, a complete lack of self awareness, irritating public habits and those little things people do that instantly wind you up all go head to head as Lee tries to decide what really takes the biscuit.
The conversation inevitably leads to the types of people and behaviours that drive Lee and Adam mad, including those who always have to go one better, people who dominate every conversation and the importance of sometimes being able to simply admit that you don't know something. As always, a few personal grievances manage to find their way into the discussion too.
Finally, it's time for a brilliant collection of parents' evening stories from teachers and school staff. Lee and Adam work their way through the awkward conversations, unusual requests, unexpected encounters and completely surreal situations that prove parents' evening can be one of the most unpredictable nights in the school calendar.

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🎭 October 2026
25th October - Norwich, Epic Studios 🏰
26th October - London, Soho Walthamstow 🎤
27th October - Tunbridge Wells, Assembly Hall Theatre 🌳
28th October - Eastbourne, Devonshire Park 🌊
29th October - Colchester, Charter Hall 🏺
30th October - Southampton, O2 Guildhall ⚓
31st October - High Wycombe, Swan 🎶
🎭 February 2027
14th February - Blackpool, Grand Theatre 🎡
15th February - Carlisle, The Sands Centre 🏞️
16th February - Chester, Storyhouse 🐎
17th February - Crewe, Lyceum Theatre 🚂
18th February - Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall 🏹
19th February - Stoke, Victoria Hall 🏺
20th February - Stockton, Globe Theatre 🌐

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See you on the road again soon 👏🎤

Lee and Adam are back for Episode 261, Season 10 Episode 4, as the countdown to the October half term and the next run of live shows continues. After a quick tour update, they get straight into this week's blind ranking as Adam attempts to rank some of the nation's favourite crisp brands without knowing what's coming next.
The conversation then takes an unexpected turn into food, health and some of the habits Lee has been trying to change recently. There's also time for Lee and Adam to answer some listener questions, covering everything from football and teaching abroad to career choices, classroom superpowers and the advice they've been very happy to ignore.
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This week's big listener thread is all about those painfully embarrassing moments that never quite leave you. Lee and Adam work their way through a brilliant collection of awkward encounters, misunderstandings, public disasters and moments that still make people cringe years after they happened. Then it's back into the classroom for some of the funniest and most unexpected things teachers have witnessed while working in schools. As ever, the stories prove that children have an incredible ability to say or do something completely unexpected at exactly the right, or wrong, moment. The second half of the episode is dedicated to ultimate teaching fails, with listeners sharing those occasions when lessons, trips, observations and everyday school life have gone spectacularly off plan. Lee and Adam discuss the moments where teachers have had to think on their feet, recover from disaster and somehow carry on as though everything is completely under control.

Finally, the teaching fails continue with some truly unforgettable moments from across the profession. From the pressures of parents' evenings and inspections to classroom mishaps and unfortunate slips of the tongue, it's another reminder that however carefully you plan your day in school, there's always something waiting to completely derail it.

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🎭 October 2026
25th October - Norwich, Epic Studios 🏰
26th October - London, Soho Walthamstow 🎤
27th October - Tunbridge Wells, Assembly Hall Theatre 🌳
28th October - Eastbourne, Devonshire Park 🌊
29th October - Colchester, Charter Hall 🏺
30th October - Southampton, O2 Guildhall ⚓
31st October - High Wycombe, Swan 🎶
🎭 February 2027
14th February - Blackpool, Grand Theatre 🎡
15th February - Carlisle, The Sands Centre 🏞️
16th February - Chester, Storyhouse 🐎
17th February - Crewe, Lyceum Theatre 🚂
18th February - Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall 🏹
19th February - Stoke, Victoria Hall 🏺
20th February - Stockton, Globe Theatre 🌐

🎟️ Tickets at 2mrpspodcast.com/live
See you on the road again soon 👏🎤

Lee and Adam are back for Episode 260, Season 10 Episode 3, with another hour of teacher stories, questionable conversations and absolute chaos. They kick things off with a reminder about the next leg of the Let That Be A Lesson live tour before discussing why teenagers seem to find absolutely everything cringe and whether growing up in a world where every embarrassing moment can be filmed has made young people more afraid of putting themselves out there.
This week's blind ranking puts Adam through eight painfully awkward everyday situations. From waving back at someone who wasn't actually waving at you and going in for a hug when they offer a handshake, to accidentally liking a seven year old Instagram post and farting in a completely silent room, the pair decide which moments would make them want the ground to swallow them up. The relationship "icks" are back after last week's discussion went down a storm, and somehow they've got even more ridiculous. 
Things then turn to the strangest lunches people have ever witnessed their colleagues eating at work. Naturally, this also leads Lee and Adam into a detailed discussion about their own questionable eating habits and the unwritten rules about what foods are acceptable at different times of day. Teacher tired returns with yet more evidence that working in education can completely scramble your brain. That's before the episode moves into some brilliantly awkward school moments involving Ofsted, parents' evening, unfortunate typos and children saying exactly what they shouldn't at exactly the wrong moment.
Finally, Lee and Adam finish with another collection of stories that perfectly capture why working in schools is unlike any other job. 

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🎭 October 2026
25th October - Norwich, Epic Studios 🏰
26th October - London, Soho Walthamstow 🎤
27th October - Tunbridge Wells, Assembly Hall Theatre 🌳
28th October - Eastbourne, Devonshire Park 🌊
29th October - Colchester, Charter Hall 🏺
30th October - Southampton, O2 Guildhall ⚓
31st October - High Wycombe, Swan 🎶
🎭 February 2027
14th February - Blackpool, Grand Theatre 🎡
15th February - Carlisle, The Sands Centre 🏞️
16th February - Chester, Storyhouse 🐎
17th February - Crewe, Lyceum Theatre 🚂
18th February - Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall 🏹
19th February - Stoke, Victoria Hall 🏺
20th February - Stockton, Globe Theatre 🌐

🎟️ Tickets at 2mrpspodcast.com/live
See you on the road again soon 👏🎤

Lee and Adam are back for Episode 259, Season 10 Episode 2, as everyone settles into the first full week of the new academic year. They kick things off by reflecting on their special screening of Bad Apples in Manchester, where more than 70 teachers and school staff joined them for the film, popcorn and a post screening Q&A. Lee also shares his rather surreal trip to Twickenham, where he found himself putting Prem rugby players through their paces with some school themed questions.
The pair then dive into some of the worst INSET and staff training stories ever sent into the podcast. Lee and Adam ask what actually makes CPD useful and why so much wellbeing training completely misses the point. This week's blind ranking throws Lee and Adam straight back into the playgrounds of the 1990s. There are also some absolutely brutal pupil burns and one of the more questionable classroom Google searches we've ever heard. The conversation then turns to relationship "icks" and the best advice teachers have ever received, the pair share genuinely useful teacher tips around relationships, workload, work life balance, behaviour and some simple classroom hacks that might actually make the year a little easier.
Finally, the first full week back appears to have already taken its toll as listeners share their finest examples of "teacher tired". The episode finishes on a much more wholesome note with a brilliant story about a teacher helping a nervous pupil find her confidence, reminding us all why those special teacher moments make the chaos worthwhile.

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🎭 October 2026
25th October - Norwich, Epic Studios 🏰
26th October - London, Soho Walthamstow 🎤
27th October - Tunbridge Wells, Assembly Hall Theatre 🌳
28th October - Eastbourne, Devonshire Park 🌊
29th October - Colchester, Charter Hall 🏺
30th October - Southampton, O2 Guildhall ⚓
31st October - High Wycombe, Swan 🎶
🎭 February 2027
14th February - Blackpool, Grand Theatre 🎡
15th February - Carlisle, The Sands Centre 🏞️
16th February - Chester, Storyhouse 🐎
17th February - Crewe, Lyceum Theatre 🚂
18th February - Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall 🏹
19th February - Stoke, Victoria Hall 🏺
20th February - Stockton, Globe Theatre 🌐

🎟️ Tickets at 2mrpspodcast.com/live
See you on the road again soon 👏🎤

Season 10 is here! Lee and Adam are back for Episode 258 with a special back to school episode, recorded for the first time from Podcast Studios Manchester - podcaststudiomanchester.uk. After catching up on their summers, the pair are ready to help everyone face the start of another school year with plenty of laughs, questionable stories and the usual teacher chaos.
First up, Lee and Adam discover possibly the most ridiculous classroom idea yet: a designated farting area known as the "Gas Station". They debate whether any teacher would be brave enough to introduce one, how quickly pupils would turn it into a competition and whether it is only a matter of time before Ofsted starts inspecting schools' fart corners.
The first blind ranking of Season 10 is all about those little things that come with going back to school in September. From seeing your teacher bestie and catching up on the summer gossip to fresh whiteboard pens, new exercise books, meeting new staff and that all important free lunch on INSET day, Lee has to decide what really makes the return to school worthwhile.
There are plenty more back to school confessions and memories, including the niche things teachers love and hate about September, questionable INSET days and the playground rumours everyone somehow believed growing up. Lee and Adam also get onto teachers spending their own money on classroom supplies, the joy of getting back into a routine and all those strange little things that signal the start of another academic year.
Things then take a surprisingly wholesome turn as Lee and Adam share some incredible "full circle" moments sent in by teachers. From former pupils becoming teachers themselves to ex students returning years later to thank the person who believed in them, the stories are a brilliant reminder that teachers often have no idea just how much of an impact they are having at the time. Some of these genuinely hit Lee and Adam right in the feels.
And, of course, it wouldn't be Two Mr Ps in a Podcast without finishing with an absolute teaching disaster. One NQT feels so guilty about not marking a pupil's book that, rather than simply admitting it, she turns off the classroom lights and hides underneath her desk. Unfortunately, the pupil comes looking for her, discovers her hiding place and forces her to come up with one of the most ridiculous excuses imaginable. Welcome back to school, everyone!

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🎭 October 2026
25th October - Norwich, Epic Studios 🏰
26th October - London, Soho Walthamstow 🎤
27th October - Tunbridge Wells, Assembly Hall Theatre 🌳
28th October - Eastbourne, Devonshire Park 🌊
29th October - Colchester, Charter Hall 🏺
30th October - Southampton, O2 Guildhall ⚓
31st October - High Wycombe, Swan 🎶
🎭 February 2027
14th February - Blackpool, Grand Theatre 🎡
15th February - Carlisle, The Sands Centre 🏞️
16th February - Chester, Storyhouse 🐎
17th February - Crewe, Lyceum Theatre 🚂
18th February - Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall 🏹
19th February - Stoke, Victoria Hall 🏺
20th February - Stockton, Globe Theatre 🌐

🎟️ Tickets at 2mrpspodcast.com/live
See you on the road again soon 👏🎤

This week, the lads wrap up the final full episode of the school year by reflecting on another academic year in education, thanking listeners for their support and debating the annual calls to shorten the six week summer holidays. They discuss why children and staff desperately need the break, the pressures on working parents and why better holiday provision, rather than less time off, is the real answer.
There's a passionate discussion about Ofsted after schools are still being inspected during the final week of term. Lee shares his frustrations with the inspection system, why he believes it continues to drive teachers out of the profession and explains why meaningful reform will only happen if the culture around inspection changes completely.
The conversation also turns to politics following Bridget Phillipson's departure as Education Secretary. Lee reflects on interviewing her at the Department for Education, responds to criticism he received online and explains the balancing act between holding decision makers to account while still being able to keep teachers' voices in the room.
The lads can't avoid reliving England's heartbreaking World Cup exit either. They analyse where it all went wrong against Argentina, question Thomas Tuchel's tactics, reflect on the emotional rollercoaster of tournament football and discuss the darker side of the game, including the rise in domestic abuse following England defeats.
Away from football, Lee shares some proud family news after attending his children's end of year awards, including one of the triplets being appointed Head Girl. The blind ranking also returns for one last time this season, with the pair deciding the perfect ways for teachers to spend their summer holidays.
Finally, the listener stories provide the perfect end to another school year. There are hilarious tales of bizarre hospital visits, unforgettable end of year gifts, awkward staff celebrations and chaotic nights out featuring everything from giant bags of Hula Hoops and Yorkshire puddings to skinny dipping, karaoke disasters, nightclub encounters with parents and enough staff party confessions to remind everyone why schools are never short of unbelievable stories.
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🎭 October 2026
25th October - Norwich, Epic Studios 🏰
26th October - London, Soho Walthamstow 🎤
27th October - Tunbridge Wells, Assembly Hall Theatre 🌳
28th October - Eastbourne, Devonshire Park 🌊
29th October - Colchester, Charter Hall 🏺
30th October - Southampton, O2 Guildhall ⚓
31st October - High Wycombe, Swan 🎶
🎭 February 2027
14th February - Blackpool, Grand Theatre 🎡
15th February - Carlisle, The Sands Centre 🏞️
16th February - Chester, Storyhouse 🐎
17th February - Crewe, Lyceum Theatre 🚂
18th February - Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall 🏹
19th February - Stoke, Victoria Hall 🏺
20th February - Stockton, Globe Theatre 🌐

🎟️ Tickets at 2mrpspodcast.com/live
See you on the road again soon 👏🎤

This week, the lads are counting down the final days until the summer holidays, with another hot week in school and England's World Cup semi final dominating absolutely everything. Adam admits the tournament has been the perfect distraction from a difficult few months at home, while both share their hopes, nerves and excitement ahead of England's biggest match in years.
The conversation also turns to Jude Bellingham, with Lee sharing a message from one of Jude's former primary school teachers that perfectly sums up why he's become such a respected figure on and off the pitch. 
There's plenty of light hearted discussion too, including a thread celebrating the tiny everyday moments that somehow make life better. The blind ranking returns with a debate over the best ways to celebrate the end of the school year. From quiz nights and bottomless brunches to Jacob's Tables, themed evenings and simply heading to the pub after school, the lads reveal how they'd rank the perfect staff celebration.
As always, the listener stories don't disappoint. There are tales of disastrous staff parties, drunken mishaps, medieval tunnels, embarrassing job interviews, parents' evening confessions that leave teachers speechless, and enough awkward school moments to make every listener grateful they weren't involved.
Finally, the episode finishes with another collection of wonderfully ridiculous anonymous confessions. From Ofsted style bedroom performance reviews and bizarre acts of revenge over school attendance rewards, to fake DVDs being exposed by the police during a classroom visit, it's another reminder that teachers really do experience situations you simply couldn't make up.

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🎭 October 2026
25th October - Norwich, Epic Studios 🏰
26th October - London, Soho Walthamstow 🎤
27th October - Tunbridge Wells, Assembly Hall Theatre 🌳
28th October - Eastbourne, Devonshire Park 🌊
29th October - Colchester, Charter Hall 🏺
30th October - Southampton, O2 Guildhall ⚓
31st October - High Wycombe, Swan 🎶
🎭 February 2027
14th February - Blackpool, Grand Theatre 🎡
15th February - Carlisle, The Sands Centre 🏞️
16th February - Chester, Storyhouse 🐎
17th February - Crewe, Lyceum Theatre 🚂
18th February - Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall 🏹
19th February - Stoke, Victoria Hall 🏺
20th February - Stockton, Globe Theatre 🌐

🎟️ Tickets at 2mrpspodcast.com/live
See you on the road again soon 👏🎤

This week, the lads return still battling the heat as another sweltering week hits schools across the country.  The episode features a fascinating behind the scenes look at Lee's visit to the Department for Education, where he took four pupils to Westminster and the DfE for a day they'll never forget. From private tours of the Houses of Parliament to interviewing the Education Secretary and seeing the famous red ministerial box up close, it's a brilliant reminder of what young people can achieve when given incredible opportunities. Lee reflects on just how proud he was of the children and why experiences like these restore your faith in education.
There's also discussion around a new national survey highlighting how much the public values teachers, why appreciation means more than expensive gifts and how a simple thank you can make all the difference as another busy school year draws to a close.
Football fans are in for a treat too, as the lads relive England's dramatic victory and discuss why this squad feels different. They celebrate the resilience, passion and togetherness shown by the team before taking on a brand new blind ranking challenge, deciding which England legends would make the best pupils in the classroom.
Elsewhere, the thread of the week looks back at things that happened in schools years ago that simply wouldn't be allowed today. From blackboard dusters flying across classrooms and teachers publicly humiliating pupils, to smoking demonstrations, terrifying swimming lessons and some truly unbelievable stories from the 1980s and 1990s, it's equal parts hilarious and horrifying.
Finally, the Sports Day stories continue with another collection of wonderfully chaotic tales. Expect over competitive parents, broken bones, collapsing gazebos, wardrobe malfunctions, beer hidden in backpacks, bribery attempts, cocaine discoveries, parents arriving in full athletics gear and enough sporting disasters to make any PE coordinator question why they ever agreed to organise Sports Day in the first place.

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🎭 October 2026
25th October - Norwich, Epic Studios 🏰
26th October - London, Soho Walthamstow 🎤
27th October - Tunbridge Wells, Assembly Hall Theatre 🌳
28th October - Eastbourne, Devonshire Park 🌊
29th October - Colchester, Charter Hall 🏺
30th October - Southampton, O2 Guildhall ⚓
31st October - High Wycombe, Swan 🎶
🎭 February 2027
14th February - Blackpool, Grand Theatre 🎡
15th February - Carlisle, The Sands Centre 🏞️
16th February - Chester, Storyhouse 🐎
17th February - Crewe, Lyceum Theatre 🚂
18th February - Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall 🏹
19th February - Stoke, Victoria Hall 🏺
20th February - Stockton, Globe Theatre 🌐

🎟️ Tickets at 2mrpspodcast.com/live
See you on the road again soon 👏🎤

This week, the lads are recording in the middle of a sweltering heatwave and wondering how on earth anyone is expected to teach thirty children in classrooms that feel more like greenhouses. With temperatures soaring, an England World Cup campaign underway and the ever-present threat of an Ofsted call, it's a survival guide for teachers trying to make it to the end of term with their sanity intact.
The conversation then takes an unexpected turn into politics as Lee shares his frustrations about the current state of government, leadership and public discourse. It's a passionate discussion about patience, accountability, social media, the pressures facing modern politicians and why meaningful change often feels impossible in a world that demands instant results.
Elsewhere, Mr P reports back from seeing Take That live, prompting a nostalgic trip through the glory days of boy bands. Naturally, this leads to a blind ranking packed with questionable decisions, strong opinions and the sort of debate that could end friendships.
There's also a discussion about one school's decision to remove teachers' desks and chairs entirely, sparking a wider conversation about trust, workload, classroom expectations and some of the stranger leadership decisions schools make in the name of improving teaching.
As always, the listener stories steal the show. Expect tales of public embarrassment, disastrous train journeys, awkward encounters with strangers, unfortunate wardrobe malfunctions and enough second-hand cringe to make you hide behind a cushion. Back in school, there are plenty more classic pupil moments too, including accidental oversharing, spectacular misunderstandings, brutally honest children and the sort of comments that leave teachers desperately trying not to laugh.
The episode finishes with a look at the strange habits that instantly give away anyone over thirty, from keeping boxes for everything and printing photos, to making phone calls, using proper punctuation and committing the ultimate Gen Z crime: sitting quietly with your own thoughts. 

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🎭 October 2026
25th October - Norwich, Epic Studios 🏰
26th October - London, Soho Walthamstow 🎤
27th October - Tunbridge Wells, Assembly Hall Theatre 🌳
28th October - Eastbourne, Devonshire Park 🌊
29th October - Colchester, Charter Hall 🏺
30th October - Southampton, O2 Guildhall ⚓
31st October - High Wycombe, Swan 🎶
🎭 February 2027
14th February - Blackpool, Grand Theatre 🎡
15th February - Carlisle, The Sands Centre 🏞️
16th February - Chester, Storyhouse 🐎
17th February - Crewe, Lyceum Theatre 🚂
18th February - Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall 🏹
19th February - Stoke, Victoria Hall 🏺
20th February - Stockton, Globe Theatre 🌐

🎟️ Tickets at 2mrpspodcast.com/live
See you on the road again soon 👏🎤

This week, the lads are back with a big chat about the proposed under-16 social media ban and whether it actually solves the problem or just shifts it somewhere else. Lee and Adam talk through phones, attention spans, online safety, loneliness, youth clubs, boredom and why children need better alternatives than just being told to “go outside” like it’s 1998 and Snake on a Nokia is the height of entertainment.
There’s also a look at the wider impact of social media on schools, from behaviour and friendships to the way trends, language and online drama somehow always end up landing in classrooms by 9:05am. As always, it becomes less “education policy discussion” and more “how are schools expected to fix absolutely everything?”
The episode then takes a very strange turn with a bizarre education story involving hypnosis in a school, because apparently the job description wasn’t already weird enough. There’s also a blind ranking of end-of-year traditions, with the usual mix of strong opinions, questionable logic and Adam trying to keep some sort of order.
Finally, the listener stories bring the usual chaos. Expect tales of pupil madness, staff exhaustion, end-of-term survival mode and the sort of classroom moments that make you laugh, wince and immediately think: “That’s going straight on CPOMS.”

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🎭 October 2026
25th October - Norwich, Epic Studios 🏰
26th October - London, Soho Walthamstow 🎤
27th October - Tunbridge Wells, Assembly Hall Theatre 🌳
28th October - Eastbourne, Devonshire Park 🌊
29th October - Colchester, Charter Hall 🏺
30th October - Southampton, O2 Guildhall ⚓
31st October - High Wycombe, Swan 🎶
🎭 February 2027
14th February - Blackpool, Grand Theatre 🎡
15th February - Carlisle, The Sands Centre 🏞️
16th February - Chester, Storyhouse 🐎
17th February - Crewe, Lyceum Theatre 🚂
18th February - Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall 🏹
19th February - Stoke, Victoria Hall 🏺
20th February - Stockton, Globe Theatre 🌐

🎟️ Tickets at 2mrpspodcast.com/live
See you on the road again soon 👏🎤