Great Escapes with Isy and Dan

GWR is delighted to sponsor Great Escapes, the podcast that sets off in search of fascinating stories, delicious food, and the quirkiest customs the UK has to offer.

Join Isy Suttie and Dan Skinner – two intrepid (and not always willing) travellers – as they explore towns and cities, meet unforgettable characters, try regional delicacies, and get roped into activities no one properly agreed to. Camping under the stars? Wild swimming? Cornish wrestling? One of them’s keen. The other’s calling their agent.

It’s part travelogue, part comedy, and 100% fuelled by snacks, bickering, and unexpected detours.

Great Escapes – the only podcast where “trying new things” comes with a disclaimer. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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Isy Suttie grimacing behind bars as part of her trip to Shepton Mallet prison on the Great Escapes podcast

Frights and Fizz: A Very Halloween Lock-In

In this Halloween special, Isy spends time behind bars at Britain's most haunted prison, while Dan takes on a different kind of spirt at Showerings Cider Mill, the birthplace of Babycham.

Dan Skinner ready to take a bracing dip in the Irish Sea, with the Bluetits Chill Swimmers.

Wild Swims & Gentle Giants: Adventures in Pembrokeshire

Dan takes the plunge with a bracing dip in the Irish Sea, while Isy travels to Folly Farm, where she meets the keepers who care for lions, rhinos, and Wales' only giraffes.

Isy Suttie at the vibrant home and studio of ceramic artist Mary Rose Young.

The Freeminer and the Pottery Queen

Isy visits the vibrant home and studio of a ceramic artist, surrounded by rainbow-coloured teapots and chandeliers, while Dan ventures underground at Clearwell Caves to experience the life of the freeminers.

Dan Skinner at Arty Boat, painting a wooden duck in the likeness of his comedy alter ego, Angelos Epithemiou.

Isy in the Chippie as Dan goes Quackers

Dan visits a creative café and finds himself painting a wooden duck in the likeness of his comedy alter ego, while Isy gets behind the counter at The Proper Fish & Chop Co. in Exmouth.

Isy Suttie entering Castle Drogo, the last castle ever built in England.

Haunted South West: Jamaica Inn Tales & Castle Drogo Secrets

Isy gets stuck in at Castle Drogo, the last castle ever built in England, while Dan heads out onto the windswept hills of Bodmin Moor to visit the legendary Jamaica Inn.

Dan Skinner inside a giant snow globe, as he ventures on a trip to meet Santa Claus.

Christmas Special: Meeting Santa & Life in Panto

In this special Christmas episode, Dan meets a real-life Santa Claus at Cotswold Farm Park, and Isy heads backstage at Cheltenham's Everyman Theatre to meet the cast of this year's pantomime, Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

Check out the latest episode – Meeting Santa & Life in Panto

In this special Christmas episode, Isy Suttie and Dan Skinner explore Cheltenham at its most festive, from glowing Regency streets to countryside grottoes and backstage theatre bustle.

Just outside town at Cotswold Farm Park, Dan meets a real-life Santa Claus – and when we say real, we mean it. Their conversation dives deep into the details of the role: how elves operate, the rules of the job and the practicalities of delivering presents to the entire world in one night.

Meanwhile, Isy heads backstage at Cheltenham’s Everyman Theatre to meet the cast of this year’s pantomime, Robin Hood and his Merry Men. She discovers the graft behind the glitter, the stamina required to keep the energy up night after night, and why panto remains one of Christmas’s great shared traditions. There’s even time for her to attempt a musical number, with some very interesting percussion.

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