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Parenting... just not as you know it. Join Rob & Josh twice a week as they share their tales of parenting woe and chat to celebrity parents about how they're coping, or not coping. Parenting Hell is a Spotify Podcast, video episodes available on Tuesdays and Fridays every week.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe make family chaos funny while giving difficult parenting experiences room to remain complicated.
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe turn parenting mishaps into quick, companionable comedy, moving between their own family lives, listener emails and conversations with guests.
A child mangles 'Widdicombe', and you stay for a surprisingly thorough inquiry into missing cutlery.
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A child's naming game sends the duo from gym anxiety to a disputed F1 school-run theory.
Parenting Hell turns a child's attempt to say Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe into a neat reminder that family life can make even a name feel like usable material.
A teenage pregnancy story shaped by exam deadlines, family support and the determination to keep future options open.
A teenage pregnancy story gives this Parenting Hell episode its shape, placing a huge life change against the very ordinary pressure of final school exams.
A parenting podcast that finds solidarity in toilet training, lost keys, packed trains and everyday domestic chaos.
Parenting Hell treats useful parenting advice less as a tidy solution than as a shared argument about getting through the day. Rita's early struggle with Rob and Josh's names, amid biting, toilet trips, toilet training and domestic chaos, sets the tone: the comfort comes from…
Jamie Laing's camera habit opens the door to reality TV, Disney Plus, and a household dispute over who has all the beans.
Jamie Laing gives the episode its fizz, pulling camera footage, reality television, and loose household chat into a conversation that is already happy to chase a comic detour.
A school-snack argument rolls into an affectionate check on whether Rob and Josh actually like each other.
A move back to the UK from Australia gives the episode its neatest thread: the odd politics of what children eat after school. Madeleines, Pombears, mini Cheds, chocolate, and salt-and-vinegar crisps are treated like cultural evidence, with beige food becoming the joke that…
A brisk parenting chat that turns domestic chaos into steady comedy.
The episode keeps pulling listener emails, birthday logistics, whole-class parties, and a moving house cutlery disaster into the same lane, and that is where it clicks.
Live-show chaos, a magnesium alarm, and parenting jokes that stay messy.
This sits closer to a scrappy tour diary than a tidy parenting dispatch, with Rob Beckett and Josh Willicombe treating audience interruptions as fresh fuel.
Baby talk, a delayed listener note, and Chris McCausland bringing feeling and perspective.
The episode starts with a small family joke: a baby trying out Rob and Josh's names, a mum-dad turn, and a quick aside about who was really being applauded.
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Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe discuss parenting woes, including Josh's move from London to Exeter and the stresses of school life.
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe interview comedian Chris McCausland about his Strictly Come Dancing experience, parenting, and career.
Rob and Josh discuss the exhausting realities of parenting and touring, with Rob sharing emotional stories about leaving his family for Australia and Josh detailing hectic gig schedules and viral moments.
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe interview Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, discussing his journey from world-class sprinter to Gladiators star and Strictly contestant.
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe share humorous parenting stories and chat with celebrity parents about their experiences.
Emma Doran tells Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe how she became pregnant at 18 while still in school in Ireland.
["Parenting Hell S12 EP27, \"A Couple of Petrolheads,\" opens with a listener's daughter Rita trying to say \"Rob,\" \"Josh,\" and \"Michael,\" then pivots into the hosts' claim that parenting advice books, podcasts, and Instagram tips are \"bollocks.\"", "The strongest listener stories involve an elderly cat with kidney failure that later seemed to move after a final kiss, and a nine-year-old left alone at the Colosseum in Rome with a sprained ankle.", "Rob and Josh spend a long middle section on cars and commuting, including a BMW X1, the Car of the Year shortlist, a packed London train, and the old \"permit to travel\" system.", "The closing letters move into suspicion and surprise, with a neighbour repeatedly seen beside her CEO boss in Wales and a family in Barbados learning about a surprise third baby."]
Jamie Laing says his 12-week-old son Ziggy has made parenting feel like "the most intense thing I've ever experienced," while he and Sophie handle feeds, sleep loss, and a Disney+ reality series.
["Josh Widdicombe and Rob Beckett spend S12 EP25 of Parenting Hell reacting to a Reddit thread that says the show will be over by summer because they sound like they hate each other.", "Rob answers by saying the listeners are up and that the partnership is 'the best it's ever been,' while Michael is the one who found the thread.", "A 'no buffer week' sends Rob from two Celebs Go Dating recordings to Robin and Romesh, Parents' Evening, the RTS Awards, and a train sprint from Petts Wood after a closed bridge.", "The parenting stories cover a son with a returning temperature, a spring concert with Taylor Swift and 'A Whole New World,' and Rob's Plymouth Argyle rollercoaster trick built around Steve Cherry."]
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe share humorous parenting tales and interview celebrity parents about their coping strategies.
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe share humorous parenting stories and chat with celebrity parents about the challenges of raising children.
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe share humorous parenting stories and chat with celebrity parents about their coping struggles.
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe share humorous parenting stories and interview celebrity parents about their struggles.
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe share humorous parenting stories and interview celebrity parents about their struggles.