This Week’s Podcast Episode: A Nod to the Big Pete Crew

In this week’s podcast, we give a shout-out to the entire team behind Big Pete—past and present—who have all played a vital role in bringing Big Pete and the Grim Reaper to shows across the country for your entertainment.

For every team member, there’s a story. We briefly delve into memories of former crew member Peter, who over the years gave us pure comedy gold—like the time in Ireland, the journey back from near Inverness, or when he couldn’t get into his own bed.

We also talk about the early days of “slumming it” with no caravan or washing facilities, and how far we’ve come since—now a travelling circus of van conversions!

Plus, we catch up with Scott, a crew member from the early days of Swamp Thing, and CJ reveals thinks he is truly responsible for Swamp Thing…

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The usually quiet Paul Hannam is finally forced to share his story of how he got into the industry. As a young boy, seeing the famous Kangaroo Kid perform completely changed his outlook — from that moment, he knew he wanted a quad bike and to become a stuntman.

Paul got into quad racing relatively late in life, entering the Weston Beach Race alongside 500 other riders. He later struck up a friendship with the now-retired Kangaroo Kid, who was living back in Australia. This led to Paul flying out to spend time at Kanga HQ.

After returning home and getting back into racing, the Kangaroo Kid decided to come out of retirement and hit the UK show circuit once again — with Paul becoming part of his act.

Naturally, there are one or two classic Kanga stories thrown in along the way.

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Joining us this week on the Big Pete Podcast are Dan Whitby and Arran Powley from Bolddog FMX.

Dan shares how his over-competitiveness often gets the better of him — to the point he sometimes doesn’t even like himself! Starting out as a young lad working for Bolddog with no aspirations of becoming a freestyle motocross (FMX) rider, he was left with access to the FMX facility, over a weekend he taught himself several FMX tricks. When he told the team leader and owner, he wasn’t believed — until he demonstrated the tricks, and was thrown into performing FMX in a live show the following weekend.

Before long, Dan was gifted the FMX team and began developing new riders, while the team boss moved into stunt work for film and TV. This then opened doors for Dan and Arran to dress up and perform in major productions across the industry.

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