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Unscripted, unrehearsed and often pointless. Three Men in a Boot bring you a whole evening's entertainment, crammed into one podcast. Series 1 provided rambling tales, hilarious misadventures and unearthed hidden facts. In Series 2, we aim to bring you the News, our own panel show 'Show & Tell', the famous chatshow ('The Barry Larry Show') and of course 'Three Men Have Talent... in a Boot'. Performed by Olly Jackson, Jack Sutton & Wesley Nelson
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In 1911, just three decades after the sport of football came to India, a group of Bengali men sent shockwaves across the entire British Empire. The Amor Ekadosh, or “Immortal Eleven,” competing in one of the oldest football tournaments in the world, did so without boots on their feet. Unafraid to go toe-to-toe with their colonisers, they showed a country what freedom felt like–long before its citizens were free. Konkona Sen Sharma brings the remarkable story, once erased from history, to life.
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Eleven men, playing without boots on their feet, showed a country what freedom felt like, long before its citizens were free. This is their story.By Konkona | Luminary
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Mohun Bagan is the toast of Calcutta. The city burns with nationalist fervour and the British shift the capital to Delhi—away from the “bomb-wielding nationalists and barefooted footballers of Bengal.”
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All of Calcutta is decked up, and thousands throng the maidan to watch Bagan play the East Yorkshire Regiment again.
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No longer content with winning tournaments like the Trades Cup, Mohun Bagan set their eyes on the real prize: the IFA Shield. Sailen Bose scours the gullies of North Calcutta to identify talent, and captain Shibdas Bhaduri proposes an audacious tactical overhaul.
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No longer content with winning tournaments like the Trades Cup, Mohun Bagan set their eyes on the real prize: the IFA Shield. Sailen Bose scours the gullies of North Calcutta to identify talent, and captain Shibdas Bhaduri proposes an audacious tactical overhaul.
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A revolutionary terrorist bomb attack on a British magistrate in Muzzafarpur goes horribly wrong. A fired-up Mohun Bagan wins their way into the IFA Shield; politics can’t help but spill onto the field.
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With the help of the Bhaduri Brothers, the Immortal Eleven ascend the ranks—all the way to the 1905 Gladstone Cup. Bengalis from all over travel to Chinsurah in the hopes of witnessing a victory against the British neatly packaged into a football tournament.
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Former army man Sailen Bose shakes things up at Mohun Bagan, kicking (literally) the players into shape. The British decide to partition Bengal, in furtherance of the strategy of ‘Divide and Rule,’ but Bengal rises in protest. For inspiration, people begin to look to indigenous scientific innovators, nationalist writers and…footballers.…
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Three royal families set out to find a proper setting for a football club, and find it in the Mohun Bagan marble palace. Bagan’s start is rocky, but the winds of change—sporting and political—start to gather speed.
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Nagendra marries into the Sovabazaar family, and starts a football club in its name. The British are baffled when the Indians show up…barefoot.
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We meet Nagendraprasad Sarbadhikari, founding father of Indian football. He showed Indians that they could not only express their masculinity, but also beat the British at their own sport.
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It’s 1857. British soldiers play football in the barracks of Bengal, but Bengalis—with their “delicate limbs”—aren’t welcome to play ball. How could India come to be known as “the Brazil of Asia”? In this episode, we meet the Immortal Eleven.By Konkona | Luminary
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Episode 4 is here! This week, a podcast about 'sound'; what could be more meta! Listen as Jack struggles to overcome South African singing bullies, Wes suggests the death of the entire human race (what's new there) and Olly describes the world's worst fancy dress competition.By Three Men in a Boot
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This week the boys find themselves out of their depth in the spa. Jack tells of the hilarious misadventures with his almost certainly fictional girlfriend, at their weekend spa-break, Wes insults everyone sporadically, and Olly attempts to inform, educate and entertain in a way that might attract the attention of a BBC producer. *Spoiler Alert* He …
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The Three Men are back in their Boot for a second week! As well as the news and The Adventures of Mr Sutton, this week features a special segment: Three Men Have Talent...in a Boot. In this episode: Olly gets frozen in ice, Jack gets replaced by a machine and Wesley suggests we kill everyone. All of that, in just 30 minutes.Bonus points: if you spo…
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Three Men in a Boot are back! The second series of 'Show & Tell' is here, but this series is bigger, better and... shorter, cos #millenials #attentionspan, amirite?Series 2 also brings you a brand new format as the boys cram a whole evening's entertainment into just 30 minutes; news, chat shows, panel shows, it's got the lot!This week, France! Will…
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