by Hard Agree
Hard Agree is a pop culture podcast hosted by journalist/editor/presenter Andrew Sumner between April 2021 and December 2022 - with an annual December edition that continues to this day. Hard Agree features Sumner chatting with various artists, creators and media professionals about art, passion, popular culture and that moment of instinctive, connective agreement he calls a HARD AGREE. © 2021-2026 Andrew Sumner. All Rights Reserved.
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January 6, 2026
<p>In this annual festive charity edition of Hard Agree from Friday December 19th 2025, Andrew Sumner is joined by the egg-nog-sipping Hard Agree Yuletide Players, recruited from the worlds of comics, movies, TV and theatre: legendary fantasy author Michael Moorcock; BBC presenter & wine expert Olly Smith (BBC’s Saturday Kitchen, Olly Smith’s Home Cocktail Bible); author, actor & MCU star Evangeline Lilly (Lost, The Hobbit, Ant-Man and The Wasp); comic book legend Dave Gibbons (Watchmen, Kingsman, The Originals); West End theatre star Julie Stark (Chess, Les Misérables, We Will Rock You, Sister Act); comics editor & creator David Leach (Psycho Gran, David Leach Conquers the Universe); comics PR guru Will O’Mullane (Titan Comics, Establishing Shots) and designer, artist & comics creator Kelly Yates (Amber Atoms, MonstHer, Doctor Who - Kelly also donated our annual Hard Agree Yuletide Players illustration). </p><p>A Hard Agree Christmas Carol is the December 2025 edition of Hard Agree’s annual yuletide charity podcast and features Sumner and his guests performing Charles Dickens’ live version of his festive classic A Christmas Carol (in support of Comic Books for Kids).</p><p>As Sumner says: “ComicBooks for Kids is a wonderful charity founded by Mark Weiss that does amazing work getting comic books into the hands of children in long-term hospital care on both sides of the Atlantic. Myself and Kenric Regan & John Horsley have always admired Dickens’ timeless seasonal message of empathy & civic responsibility, and thought ‘what better way to underline & amplify ComicBooks for Kids’ mission than to return to the words of Charles Dickens himself, the great believer in human society pulling together?’ Please visit their website CB4K.org, please check them out and please do what you can to help.”</p><p>You can donate to Comic Books for Kids HERE:</p><p>https://www.comicbooksforkids.org/donatestart</p><p>You can check out everything Comic Books for Kids does at these links:</p><p>https://CB4K.org </p><p>https://www.comicbooksforkids.org/home</p><p>https://twitter.com/Comicbooks4kids</p><p>https://twitter.com/CB4KUK</p><p>https://www.facebook.com/comicbooksforkids https://www.instagram.com/cb4kuk/</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/comicbooks4kids/</p><p>Check out Andrew Sumer's interviews with the cast here at Hard Agree and at Forbidden Planet TV on YouTube:</p><p>https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLct3NgjqopMP45kVzdeb8cFsBC6G8UrPW&si=ygPvXZKTfW0bo4Qe</p><p>Follow Evangeline Lilly online:</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/evangelinelillyofficial/</p><p>Follow Michael Moorcock on Facebook:</p><p>https://www.facebook.com/buggerly.otherly</p><p>Follow Dave Gibbons on Instagram:</p><p>https://twitter.com/davegibbons90</p><p>Follow Olly Smith online:</p><p>https://ollysmith.com/</p><p>https://twitter.com/jollyolly</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/ollysmith/</p><p>Follow Julie Stark online:</p><p>https://www.juliestark.co.uk/</p><p>https://twitter.com/juliejuliestark</p><p>Follow David Leach online:</p><p>https://twitter.com/davidleach2000</p><p>Follow Will O’Mullane online:</p><p>https://twitter.com/willomullane</p><p>https://establishingshotcomic.wordpress.com/</p><p>Follow Kelly Yates online:</p><p>https://twitter.com/kellyyates_art</p><p>https://subscribe.kellyyatesart.com/</p><p>© 2021-2026 Andrew Sumner. All Rights Reserved.</p>
January 6, 2026
<p>In this annual festive charity edition of HARD AGREE from Wednesday December 18th 2024, Andrew Sumner is joined by the merry Hard Agree Yuletide Players, all hailing from the worlds of comics, movies, TV and theatre: legendary fantasy author Michael Moorcock; BBC presenter & wine expert Olly Smith (BBC’s Saturday Kitchen, Olly Smith’s Home Cocktail Bible); author, actor & MCU star Evangeline Lilly (Lost, The Hobbit, Ant-Man and The Wasp); comic book legend Dave Gibbons (Watchmen, Kingsman, The Originals); West End theatre star Julie Stark (Chess, Les Misérables, We Will Rock You, Sister Act); comics editor & creator David Leach (Psycho Gran, David Leach Conquers the Universe); comics PR guru Will O’Mullane (Titan Comics, Establishing Shots) and designer, artist & comics creator Kelly Yates (Amber Atoms, MonstHer, Doctor Who - Kelly also donated our annual Hard Agree Yuletide Players illustration). </p><p>A Hard Agree Christmas Carol is the December 2024 edition of Hard Agree’s annual yuletide charity podcast and features Sumner and his guests performing Charles Dickens’ live version of his festive classic A Christmas Carol (in support of Comic Books for Kids).</p><p>As Sumner says: “ComicBooks for Kids is a wonderful charity founded by Mark Weiss that does amazing work getting comic books into the hands of children in long-term hospital care on both sides of the Atlantic. Myself and Kenric Regan & John Horsley have always admired Dickens’ timeless seasonal message of empathy & civic responsibility, and thought ‘what better way to underline & amplify ComicBooks for Kids’ mission than to return to the words of Charles Dickens himself, the great believer in human society pulling together?’ Please visit their website CB4K.org, please check them out and please do what you can to help.”</p><p>You can donate to Comic Books for Kids HERE:</p><p>https://www.comicbooksforkids.org/donatestart</p><p>You can check out everything Comic Books for Kids does at these links:</p><p>https://CB4K.org </p><p>https://www.comicbooksforkids.org/home</p><p>https://twitter.com/Comicbooks4kids</p><p>https://twitter.com/CB4KUKhttps://www.facebook.com/comicbooksforkids </p><p>https://www.instagram.com/cb4kuk/</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/comicbooks4kids/</p><p>Follow Evangeline Lilly online:</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/evangelinelillyofficial/</p><p>Follow Michael Moorcock on Facebook:</p><p>https://www.facebook.com/buggerly.otherly</p><p>Follow Dave Gibbons on Instagram:</p><p>https://twitter.com/davegibbons90</p><p>Follow Olly Smith online:</p><p>https://ollysmith.com/</p><p>https://twitter.com/jollyollyhttps://</p><p>www.instagram.com/ollysmith/</p><p>Follow Julie Stark online:</p><p>https://www.juliestark.co.uk/</p><p>https://twitter.com/juliejuliestark</p><p>Follow David Leach online:</p><p>https://twitter.com/davidleach2000</p><p>Follow Will O’Mullane online:</p><p>https://twitter.com/willomullane</p><p>https://establishingshotcomic.wordpress.com/</p><p>Follow Kelly Yates online:</p><p>https://twitter.com/kellyyates_art</p><p>https://subscribe.kellyyatesart.com/</p><p>© 2021-2026 Andrew Sumner. All Rights Reserved.</p>
January 6, 2026
<p>In this Christmas charity edition of HARD AGREE from Tuesday December 19th 2023, Andrew Sumner is joined by eight special guests from the worlds of comics, movies, TV and theatre: legendary fantasy author Michael Moorcock; BBC presenter & wine expert Olly Smith (BBC’s Saturday Kitchen, Olly Smith’s Home Cocktail Bible); author, actor & MCU star Evangeline Lilly (Lost, The Hobbit, Ant-Man and The Wasp); comic book legend Dave Gibbons (Watchmen, Kingsman, The Originals); West End theatre star Julie Stark (Chess, Les Misérables, We Will Rock You, Sister Act); comics editor & creator David Leach (Psycho Gran, David Leach Conquers the Universe); marketing guru & ComicBooks for Kids UK director Will O’Mullane (Titan Comics) and designer, artist & comics creator Kelly Yates (Amber Atoms, MonstHer, Doctor Who - Kelly also donated our annual Hard Agree Yuletide Players cartoon). </p><p>A Hard Agree Christmas Carol is the December 2023 edition of Hard Agree’s annual yuletide charity podcast and features Sumner and his guests performing Charles Dickens’ live version of his festive classic A Christmas Carol (in support of Comic Books for Kids).</p><p>As Sumner says: “ComicBooks for Kids is a wonderful charity founded by Mark Weiss that does amazing work getting comic books into the hands of children in long-term hospital care on both sides of the Atlantic. Myself and Kenric Regan & John Horsley have always admired Dickens’ timeless seasonal message of empathy & civic responsibility, and thought ‘what better way to underline & amplify ComicBooks for Kids’ mission than to return to the words of Charles Dickens himself, the great believer in human society pulling together?’ Please visit their website CB4K.org, please check them out and please do what you can to help.”</p><p>You can donate to Comic Books for Kids HERE:</p><p>https://www.comicbooksforkids.org/donatestart</p><p>You can check out everything Comic Books for Kids does at these links:</p><p>https://CB4K.org </p><p>https://www.comicbooksforkids.org/home</p><p>https://twitter.com/Comicbooks4kids</p><p>https://twitter.com/CB4KUK</p><p>https://www.facebook.com/comicbooksforkids </p><p>https://www.instagram.com/cb4kuk/</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/comicbooks4kids/</p><p>Follow Evangeline Lilly online:</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/evangelinelillyofficial/</p><p>Follow Michael Moorcock on Facebook:</p><p>https://www.facebook.com/buggerly.otherly</p><p>Follow Dave Gibbons on Instagram:</p><p>https://twitter.com/davegibbons90</p><p>Follow Olly Smith online:https://ollysmith.com/</p><p>https://twitter.com/jollyolly</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/ollysmith/</p><p>Follow Julie Stark online:</p><p>https://www.juliestark.co.uk/</p><p>https://twitter.com/juliejuliestark</p><p>Follow David Leach online:</p><p>https://twitter.com/davidleach2000</p><p>Follow Will O’Mullane online:</p><p>https://twitter.com/willomullane</p><p>https://establishingshotcomic.wordpress.com/</p><p>Follow Kelly Yates online:</p><p>https://twitter.com/kellyyates_art</p><p>https://subscribe.kellyyatesart.com/</p><p>© 2021-2026 Andrew Sumner. All Rights Reserved.</p>
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Hard Agree is a pop culture podcast hosted by journalist/editor/presenter Andrew Sumner between April 2021 and December 2022 - with an annual December edition that continues to this day.
Hard Agree features Sumner chatting with various artists, creators and media professionals about art, passion, popular culture and that moment of instinctive, connective agreement he calls a HARD AGREE.
© 2021-2026 Andrew Sumner. All Rights Reserved.
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