Who’s The Best is a celebration of all things pop culture. It pits Kirk against Picard, David Tennant against Jodie Whittaker, and Jasmine against Pocahontas. Each episode features a panel of experts, fans, and even the pop icons themselves as Sandro Monetti chairs the debate. Find out what goes on behind the scenes in Hollywood, and gain insider knowledge and interesting anecdotes from many of the TV stars we’ve grown to love over the years. Don’t let the humorous, tongue-in-cheek conversations fool you – when it comes to deciding Who’s The Best, there can be only one winner!
To close out our second series we have a debate that started a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away: Who’s The Best... Star Wars Character? Experts and insiders discuss droids, Darth Vader and many more before host Sandro Monetti reveals the result of the public vote. On the show are actress Raghad Chaar, who played a resistance officer in The Rise of Skywalker, and Henry Parizek who wrote and starred in a hit play about George Lucas. Joining them are Star Wars superfans Christopher Wyndha...
5 Jun 2020
S2E6: Who's The Best... Celebrity Chef?
What’s cooking this week on Who’s The Best? It’s a battle between the kings and queens of cuisine. Will it be Gordon Ramsay who wins the public vote for best celebrity chef, or one of the many other candidates, like Julia Child, Wolfgang Puck or Anthony Bordain? Joining host Sandro Monetti to debate the greats are veteran restauranteur Angelo Peloni and cooking show host Paige Murtaugh. They have the perfect recipe for entertainment on the latest episode of Who’s The Best, brought to you by B...
29 May 2020
S2E5: Who's The Best... Artist?
Van Gogh or Vermeer? Renoir or Rembrandt? Kahlo or Klimt? There are so many candidates for the title of best artist. Joining host Sandro Monetti to debate the great painters are Michele Murtaugh, named one of the top 20 artists to watch in 2020, and art collector, gallerist, agent and advisor Dana Yarger. But who will the public vote choose as history’s ultimate artist? Find out on the latest episode of Who’s the Best, brought to you by Big Screen Entertainment Group.
22 May 2020
S2E4: Who's The Best... Friends Character?
It’s the podcast which will make your day, your week, your month and even your year as Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Joey and Phoebe are discussed, debated and ranked. Joining host Sandro Monetti are Bonnie Somerville who played Ross’s girlfriend Mona, Harry Van Gorkum who guest starred as Monica’s soulmate the Cheese Guy, and two Friends superfans, actresses Joanne Thomson and Isabella Blake-Thomas. It all ends with the public vote for best Friend. Who will win? Find out on the latest epis...
15 May 2020
S2E3: Who's The Best... Genius?
Einstein or Tesla? Hawking or Curie? Jobs, Disney or da Vinci? There are so many candidates for the title of all-time best genius. Joining host Sandro Monetti to debate the contenders is one of the brainiest panels in podcast history. Mensa member Michael Carbajal, business leader James Langridge and biotech boffin Dr Jaspreet Dosanjh all have their opinions. But who will the public vote choose as history’s ultimate genius? Find out on the latest episode of Who’s The Best, brought to you by B...
20 Mar 2020
S2E2: Who's The Best... Girl Group?
Don’t go chasing waterfalls – spice up your life instead by listening to ‘Who’s The Best…Girl Group?’ Providing the girl power in the studio are Anita and Bonnie Pointer of The Pointer Sisters, whose 13 Top 20 hits make their group a leading candidate. They tell host Sandro Monetti about their journey to the top – and what it takes to stay there. Also joining the debate in the studio are top talent manager Stevi Meredith and Grammy-winning songwriter and producer Michael Jay. There are so man...
13 Mar 2020
S2E1: Who's The Best... Doctor Who Monster?
Sylvester McCoy – who so brilliantly played the Seventh Doctor – joins host and lifelong Whovian Sandro Monetti to discuss Daleks, Cybermen and so many more in ‘Who’s The Best…Doctor Who Monster?’ His choice may well surprise you! Also joining the debate is Jon Davey, who has played many of the most memorable monsters in nearly 50 episodes. And there’s a welcome return to the pop culture podcast by actor Harry Van Gorkum, the man originally cast as the Eighth Doctor, only for the ‘powers that...
31 Jan 2020
S1E10: Who’s The Best... Beatle?
There’s no dispute that The Beatles are the best pop group of all time, but there’s much debate over which of the Fab Four is the most fab. John, Paul, George and Ringo all have their advocates, and a panel of experts make the case for their favourites in this final episode of the first series of the top pop culture podcast. Paul McCartney’s stepmother and stepsister, Angie McCartney and Ruth McCartney, both guest on the show – and their votes don’t go to who you might expect. Also joining th...
24 Jan 2020
S1E9: Who’s The Best... 90s Boy Band?
The 1990s marked the height of popularity for boy bands. In that decade, the pop charts were dominated by the likes of Take That, New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys, Boyzone, Boyz II Men, Hanson, NSYNC, Five and Westlife. They paved the way for more recent chart-toppers like One Direction and BTS. But which of them was the best? On this poptastic podcast, we have an expert lineup debating that very question with host Sandro Monetti, himself a former columnist for much loved music magazine...
17 Jan 2020
S1E8: Who's The Best... Horror Villain?
You may well get nightmares after listening to this episode as we discuss some of the most terrifying and tenacious bad guys of all time, and ask who’s the best horror villain? The gruesome candidates include Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers, Jason Vorhees, Leatherface and Pennywise. The winner of the public vote is revealed at the end of the show. Debating the dastardly deviants is host Sandro Monetti and a quartet of scream queens. Dee Wallace Stone may be best known for her portrayal as the m...
10 Jan 2020
S1E7: Who’s The Best… Comedian?
Star of ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?’ Greg Proops is our guest this week and shares delightful anecdotes about life on the road with legends like Robin Williams and Joan Rivers. But will either of those icons win his, or the public's, vote in ‘Who’s the Best Comedian?’ With so many great contenders in the mix, will it be an American star such as Jerry Seinfeld, Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor or Chris Rock who takes the crown? Or perhaps a funny Brit like Eddie Izzard or Golden Globes host Ricky Ger...
20 Dec 2019
S1E6: Who’s The Best... James Bond?
It’s an argument which has divided 007 fans for decades…Who’s The Best James Bond? Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig all have their supporters. Getting shaken and stirred while trying to settle the argument once and for all are Sandro Monetti’s guests in our latest episode. Among the experts making a case are The World is Not Enough bad guy Daz Crawford, Karate Kid villain Martin Kove and an actor who auditioned to be Bond but narrowly ...
17 Dec 2019
S1E5: Who’s The Best... Star Trek Captain?
Klingon to your seat as the pod boldly goes in search of the best Star Trek Captain - the result could get some Trekkers in a twist. Dominic Keating, who appeared in all 98 episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise, as Lieutenant Malcolm Reed, shares stories from the bridge in between debating the merits of Kirk, Picard, Sisko, Janeway, Archer and co. In this episode, host Sandro Monetti reveals why meeting his childhood hero William Shatner wasn’t the out of this world experience he had hoped it wou...
13 Dec 2019
S1E4: Who’s The Best... Disney Princess?
Disney princesses aren’t what they used to be. Instead of waiting around for a prince to come and rescue them, modern heroines are kick-ass role models in charge of their own destiny. But will it be a feminist, a fighter or a traditional favourite who wins when we ask: “Who’s the Best Disney Princess?” Joining host Sandro Monetti in this episode are two people who know what it takes to be a movie princess: Diane Franklin and Kimberley Kates, best known as the “historical babes” in Bill and Te...
6 Dec 2019
S1E3: Who’s The Best… Batman?
Holy debates Batman! Who’s the Best Caped Crusader? That’s the question to be answered on this week’s episode as the panel discuss the merits of Adam West, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale and Ben Affleck before revealing the result of the public vote on which star most perfectly portrayed Gotham City’s greatest hero. Joining host Sandro Monetti in the studio is TV legend Burt Ward, who played Robin to Adam West’s Batman in the iconic 1960s series, and his collection...
29 Nov 2019
S1E2: Who's The Best... 80s Pop Star?
It was the musical era of big hair, big hits and big names – but between Madonna, Michael Jackson, Prince, George Michael and the rest, who was the best 80’s pop star? Host Sandro Monetti debates the question with a panel of experts in this latest lively episode of the top pop culture podcast with ‘The One and Only’ Chesney Hawkes, Grammy-winning songwriter Michael Jay, Carol Decker of T’Pau, Denise Pearson from Five Star and Graeme Clark of Wet Wet Wet. At the end of the show we reveal the r...
22 Nov 2019
S1E1: Who’s The Best... Dr Who?
It’s a debate which has raged across space and time for decades: Who’s the Best Doctor Who? This question will be discussed and decided in the opening episode of this star-studded pop culture podcast. Host Sandro Monetti is joined by guests David Tennant (The Tenth Doctor) Nicholas Briggs (voice of the Daleks), Michelle Collins (EastEnders and Doctor Who) and Amy Pemberton (Legends of Tomorrow). He also interviews actor Harry Van Gorkum, who was cast as the eighth Doctor – only to be replaced...
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