Recorded as Part 2 of the Christmas Special, this episode is basically festive story time with no filler, just wall to wall chaos from schools and staff rooms.
It kicks off with a rapid fire run of Christmas related parent complaints, the sort that make you question how we’ve survived as a species. From nativity casting drama to utterly wild expectations of what schools should be doing in December, it’s the full “parents at Christmas” bingo card.
From there it moves into nativity mayhem: costume misunderstandings, rogue characters, ill timed one liners, performances held together with panic, Blu Tack and pure teacher instinct. Think classic primary school Christmas show energy… but dialled up.
Next comes a collection of bizarre and hilarious teacher gifts. Not the usual “we don’t expect anything” bit (which is said, because it’s true), but more the strange, accidental, overly personal or completely unhinged presents that only ever seem to happen in education.
Then it turns to staff do confessions and workplace Christmas party stories, ranging from awkward oversharing and cringe flirting to situations that are so chaotic they should come with a safeguarding flowchart. It’s a reminder that a school staff night out is basically a controlled experiment in poor decision making.
There’s also a run of Secret Santa stories, including the type of gift choices that leave an entire staff room silent, plus a few moments that prove Secret Santa is either the best bonding experience in the world or the quickest route to HR.
The episode wraps with a big thank you to listeners for sharing stories and supporting the pod and the live tour, plus the usual end of term message: rest up, survive the festive madness, and they’ll be back in January.

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Tour dates:
📍 Dates and Venues
🎭 February 2026
14th: Edinburgh, Queen’s Hall 🎻
15th: Newcastle, Tyne Theatre 🎭
17th: Birmingham, Town Hall 🏙️
18th: Sheffield, Memorial Hall 🧱
19th: Leicester, De Montfort Hall 🦊
20th: Bradford, St George’s Hall 🏰
22nd: Cardiff, New Theatre 🏉
28th: Liverpool, Philharmonic Hall 🎸 NEW DATE
🎭 May 2026
22nd: Salford, The Lowry 🎨
🎭 October 2026
26th: Dartford, Orchard Theatre 🌉
27th: Tunbridge Wells, Assembly Hall Theatre 🌳
29th: Colchester, Charter Hall 🏺
30th: Southampton, O2 Guildhall ⚓
🎭 February 2027
14th: Blackpool, Grand Theatre 🎡
15th: Carlisle, The Sands Centre 🏞️
16th: Chester, Storyhouse 🐎
17th: Crewe, Lyceum Theatre 🚂
18th: Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall 🏹
19th: Stoke, Victoria Hall 🏺
20th: Stockton, Globe Theatre 🌐
21st: York, Grand Opera House MATINEE 🏰

🎟️ Grab your tickets now at 2mrpspodcast.com/live 🎟️
👯‍♀️ Tag your teacher crew, bring your mates, and let’s make this tour UNFORGETTABLE! 💃🙌🔥

Part 1 of the Christmas Special kicks off exactly how most school staff feel by mid December: exhausted, slightly ill, and crawling towards the finish line like it’s Sports Day in a suit.
Adam’s running on fumes, Lee’s been properly hit by the lurgy, there’s a heartfelt bit about how crucial the Christmas break is, even if you’re not a “massive Christmas person”. If you’re sat there thinking you could happily work through it, the lads reckon that’s less festive spirit and more a genuine warning sign.
They give another big thank you for the tour love, with the slightly mind blowing update that over 15,000 tickets have sold, plus a reminder that the tour is extending into October 2026 and February 2027.

They also have a laugh at the annual “Christmas is being cancelled” crowd, sparked by Tesco calling Christmas trees “evergreen trees”, as if capitalism is suddenly going to stop selling Christmas.
The second half is a brilliant thread: “What’s a Christmas tradition your family does that you don’t think anyone else does?” There’s a genuinely lovely bit of reflection too on “presence over presents” and the pressure parents put on themselves to make Christmas perfect, plus how traditions and time together matter more than whatever plastic trend the kids wanted that year. Part 1 ends with the lads deciding to split the Christmas Special into two episodes, because there’s too much festive chaos for one. Part 2 is coming later in the break with even more stories.

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Tour dates:
📍 Dates and Venues
🎭 February 2026
14th: Edinburgh, Queen’s Hall 🎻
15th: Newcastle, Tyne Theatre 🎭
17th: Birmingham, Town Hall 🏙️
18th: Sheffield, Memorial Hall 🧱
19th: Leicester, De Montfort Hall 🦊
20th: Bradford, St George’s Hall 🏰
22nd: Cardiff, New Theatre 🏉
28th: Liverpool, Philharmonic Hall 🎸 NEW DATE
🎭 May 2026
22nd: Salford, The Lowry 🎨
🎭 October 2026
26th: Dartford, Orchard Theatre 🌉
27th: Tunbridge Wells, Assembly Hall Theatre 🌳
29th: Colchester, Charter Hall 🏺
30th: Southampton, O2 Guildhall ⚓
🎭 February 2027
14th: Blackpool, Grand Theatre 🎡
15th: Carlisle, The Sands Centre 🏞️
16th: Chester, Storyhouse 🐎
17th: Crewe, Lyceum Theatre 🚂
18th: Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall 🏹
19th: Stoke, Victoria Hall 🏺
20th: Stockton, Globe Theatre 🌐
21st: York, Grand Opera House MATINEE 🏰

🎟️ Grab your tickets now at 2mrpspodcast.com/live 🎟️
👯‍♀️ Tag your teacher crew, bring your mates, and let’s make this tour UNFORGETTABLE! 💃🙌🔥

Recorded right at the business end of term, this episode has full “teacher in December” energy: Lee’s full of lurgy, the voice is hanging on by a thread, and everyone listening will feel very seen. The lads chat about the run-in to Christmas, the looming Christmas special, and that strange mix of exhaustion and silliness that only happens in the last couple of weeks of term.
There’s a big chunk of nostalgia and comfort food chat as they get into the truly important question: what do you call the end bit of a loaf of bread? From there it spirals into proper British childhood memories – school-night teas, old-school puddings, and the kind of beige freezer food that probably shouldn’t have worked, but absolutely did. It’s all very “raised on turkey drummers and instant custard” energy.
The episode also digs into the chaos of adult life and parenting: how mums and dads handle tech (or don’t), the bizarre logic some parents live by, and the moment you realise the people who told you not to believe everything on the internet now believe everything on the internet. Mixed into that are some brilliant classroom and assessment moments: kids absolutely butchering test questions in the funniest ways, accidental gold in exercise books, and teacher fails that prove every member of staff is one tired brainwave away from unintentional carnage.
Things do, inevitably, descend into the kind of toilet and staffroom-story territory that only people who work in schools will fully appreciate. Without spoiling anything, there are enough tales of mystery smells, unfortunate discoveries and baffling bathroom behaviour to make you feel instantly better about your own week in school.
There’s also some big tour news woven through the episode. Off the back of over 15,000 tickets sold, the Let That Be A Lesson tour is being extended with new dates across October 2026 and February 2027, on top of the February and May 2026 shows already announced. It’s the perfect “teacher night out” slash “please save me from another candle set” gift. All dates and tickets are at twomrpspodcast.com.
On top of that, TeachMate has had a full glow up and the team are offering free January school trials so staff can hit 2026 with something that actually reduces workload. If you’re SLT, a subject lead, or just the mug who gets given all the jobs, you can get your whole staff set up to try it in the new year.
👉 Free school trial link: https://share-eu1.hsforms.com/1SN__V9WLT7-B4eILexLzQA2fcwrf
The episode rounds off with a reminder that next week is the Christmas Special: they want nativity disasters, staff do confessions, dodgy presents, festive fails and all the brilliantly chaotic Christmas stories from school and home. Head to twomrpspodcast.com to submit yours and it might make the cut for the final episode of 2025.

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Tour dates:
📍 Dates and Venues
🎭 February 2026
14th: Edinburgh, Queen’s Hall 🎻
15th: Newcastle, Tyne Theatre 🎭
17th: Birmingham, Town Hall 🏙️
18th: Sheffield, Memorial Hall 🧱
19th: Leicester, De Montfort Hall 🦊
20th: Bradford, St George’s Hall 🏰
22nd: Cardiff, New Theatre 🏉
28th: Liverpool, Philharmonic Hall 🎸 NEW DATE
🎭 May 2026
22nd: Salford, The Lowry 🎨
🎭 October 2026
26th: Dartford, Orchard Theatre 🌉
27th: Tunbridge Wells, Assembly Hall Theatre 🌳
29th: Colchester, Charter Hall 🏺
30th: Southampton, O2 Guildhall ⚓
🎭 February 2027
14th: Blackpool, Grand Theatre 🎡
15th: Carlisle, The Sands Centre 🏞️
16th: Chester, Storyhouse 🐎
17th: Crewe, Lyceum Theatre 🚂
18th: Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall 🏹
19th: Stoke, Victoria Hall 🏺
20th: Stockton, Globe Theatre 🌐
21st: York, Grand Opera House MATINEE 🏰

🎟️ Grab your tickets now at 2mrpspodcast.com/live 🎟️
👯‍♀️ Tag your teacher crew, bring your mates, and let’s make this tour UNFORGETTABLE! 💃🙌🔥

Recorded on the first of December, this episode kicks off with full on festive chat as the lads talk advent calendars, Centre Parcs prices, the joy and absolute faff of Christmas with kids, and the emotional shift from doing the full Father Christmas and elf on the shelf routine to having slightly older children who still love it but in a different way.
There is a proper bit of reflection on nostalgia and ageing, from childhood Christmas traditions and Blue Peter badges to the brutal moment you realise you are now older than the characters you grew up watching in classic Christmas films.
The big news this week is a huge announcement about the Let That Be A Lesson tour. After selling over fifteen thousand tickets for the current run, the boys reveal that the tour is being extended with brand new dates across the country in October 2026 and February 2027, giving more teachers and school staff the chance to come out, switch off and have a night of classroom chaos stories in real life.
This week’s thread looks at things in the UK that have quietly disappeared without anyone really noticing. 
There is also a run of teacher fails that will make every member of school staff feel instantly better about their own week. From classroom mishaps to unfortunate wording and tech disasters, it is a reminder that everyone in schools is permanently one tired moment away from unintentional chaos.
The episode rounds off with a call for Christmas stories for the upcoming festive special: nativity disasters, staff do confessions, dodgy presents, and anything brilliantly chaotic from the Christmas season.
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🎟️ It’s our BIGGEST and BEST one yet, coming to venues across the UK and we seriously can’t wait to see you all! 🗓️✨
📍 Dates & Venues
🎭 February 2026
14th: Edinburgh, Queen’s Hall 🎻
15th: Newcastle, Tyne Theatre 🎭
17th: Birmingham, Town Hall 🏙️
18th: Sheffield, Memorial Hall 🧱
19th: Leicester, De Montfort Hall 🦊
20th: Bradford, St George’s Hall 🏰
22nd: Cardiff, New Theatre 🏉
28th: Liverpool, Philharmonic Hall 🎸 NEW DATE
🎭 May 2026
22nd: Salford, The Lowry 🎨
🎭 October 2026
26th: Dartford, Orchard Theatre 🌉
27th: Tunbridge Wells, Assembly Hall Theatre 🌳
29th: Colchester, Charter Hall 🏺
30th: Southampton, O2 Guildhall ⚓
​🎭 February 2027
14th: Blackpool, Grand Theatre 🎡
15th: Carlisle, The Sands Centre 🏞️
16th: Chester, Storyhouse 🐎
17th: Crewe, Lyceum Theatre 🚂
18th: Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall 🏹
19th: Stoke, Victoria Hall 🏺
20th: Stockton, Globe Theatre 🌐
21st: York, Grand Opera House MATINEE 🏰

🎟️ Grab your tickets now at 2mrpspodcast.com/live 🎟️
👯‍♀️ Tag your teacher crew, bring your mates, and let’s make this tour UNFORGETTABLE! 💃🙌🔥