The Groan Zone

Every Friday at 8:30pm (GMT/BST) your host Mr.E. Groaner talks about his groans of the week, some games are played, the audience gets to have their groan of the week read out and not forgetting we name our hero or zero of the week, Admin Nicole’s Creepy Corner and Ohhh Unlucky and Why Oh Why or What The? Episodes are uploaded late Saturday or on Sunday after recording. We’ll be bringing the podcast to YouTube soon so watch this space. Enjoy Groaners!

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Episodes

Sunday Aug 17, 2025

Greetings Groaners
 
Welcome along to Episode 147! 
I struggled with writing the episode this week but Admin Nicole came in clutch and helped out with links. Props to you Nicole.
 
Different groantent pops up throughout the episode as well as the games, so many games on the go now:
 
Don't Quote Me on That
 
Gimme Da Question 
 
Talking Nonsense 
 
And
 
Admin Nicole's Anagram Anxiety 
 
Kelly of High Heaton has groaned in from being abroad in Corfu. Hope you had a nice time Kelly.
 
To contact the show you can via:
 
Email - thegroanzonepod@gmail.com 
Discord - The Groan Zone
Facebook Messenger - Mistere Groaner or Nicole Amos 
Facebook Groups - The Groan Zone Podcast Group.
Lastly - leave a comment on the platform you listen to us on.
 
 
Admin Nicoles Anagram Anxiety 
 
 
 
 
This weeks word teaser is ready to go....its here where I struggle even more. She's done us up like kippers.
 
 
moon starer is your anagram this week.
 
Your Clue: involves the stars
 
 
 
Good Luck Groaners - Answer to come next week.
Keep us going with the groantent and have a groan-a-thon.
 
Take Care
 
Bye Bye

Sunday Aug 10, 2025

Greetings Groaners
 
Welcome along to Episode 146!
 
In this episode A new game rears its head this week.
We honour a fallen astronaut and tell off a bishop. 🚀 ✝️
We also have the usual groansanity for you along the way
 
Rest in Peace to 
 
Jim Lovell
🚀 👨‍🚀🌕
 
Your audience groan has been flung in from an anonymous friend of the show via email this week.
 
 
Got anything for us you can take part by doing any of the following:
 
 
Email Us: thegroanzonepod@gmail.com
 
Join Live/Drop a post on Discord: The Groan Zone where we record live usually at 8:30pm GMT, you can message us there too.
 
Facebook Messenger: Mistere Groaner or Nicole Amos
 
Facebook Groups: The Groan Zone Podcast 
 
Or 
 
You can shoot us a comment on any of the platforms you listen to us on.
 
 
Who The Hell Am I?
 
This week's picture game is ready to rumble.
 
In his movie biopic He was played by Jamie Foxx,he was a legendary piano player and he even had a Cameo appearance in the blues brothers.
He was also blind.
 
Good Luck Groaners - Answer to come next week.
 
Keep us going with the groantent and
have a groan-a-thon.
 
 
Take Care
 
 
Bye Bye 

Sunday Aug 03, 2025

Greetings Groaners
Welcome along to Episode 145! 
Not a special in sight but we do have to send our thoughts to those impacted by the tsunami and the 8.8 Richter scale earthquake 
Our episode this week sees the continued story of Lily Vine in Creepy corner and I bring you some groans.
Different groantent pops up through the episode as well as the games:
Don't Quote Me on That
Gimme Da Question 
Talking Nonsense 
And
Admin Nicole's Anagram Anxiety 
 
Kelly of High Heaton has both Groaned in and Sent in a why oh why.
 
To contact the show you can via:
Email - thegroanzonepod@gmail.com 
Discord - The Groan Zone
Facebook Messenger - Mistere Groaner or Nicole Amos 
Facebook Groups - The Groan Zone Podcast Group.
Lastly - leave a comment on the platform you listen to us on.
 
Admin Nicoles Anagram Anxiety 
 
This weeks word teaser is ready to go and try as I might I just don't know.
 
Aldo demonism is your anagram 
 
Clue: Unique to Hawaii 
 
Good Luck Groaners - Answer to come next week.
 
 
Keep us going with the groantent and have a groan-a-thon.
 
Take Care
 
Bye Bye

Monday Jul 28, 2025

Greetings Groaners
 
Welcome along to Episode 144
In this episode we pay tribute to two fallen heroes who were greats in their fields.
Rest in Peace to 
☠️ Ozzy Osbourne ☠️ 
And
🤼Terry 'Hulk' Hogan 🤼
We've also made this episode to raise awareness of Parkinson's Disease.
If you're suffering from Parkinson's or you care for someone with this dehabilitaing illness here is where you can find support:
UK:
https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/information-and-support
 
USA:
https://www.apdaparkinson.org/
https://www.parkinson.org/
 
Europe:
https://parkinsonseurope.org/
 
Ireland:
https://www.parkinsons.ie/
 
Canada: 
https://www.parkinson.ca/
We hope these links help.
 
Your audience groan has jetted its way in Again from Kelly.
 
Got anything for us you can take part by doing any of the following:
 
Email Us: thegroanzonepod@gmail.com
Join Live/Drop a post on Discord: The Groan Zone where we record live usually at 8:30pm GMT, you can message us there too.
Facebook Messenger: Mistere Groaner or Nicole Amos
Facebook Groups: The Groan Zone Podcast 
Or 
You can shoot us a comment on any of the platforms you listen to us on.
 
 
 
What The Hell Am I?
Thr picture is ready.....can you guess what it is??
Clue: I date back to 1905 but I was put out of action in 1957. I changed hands in my last reign after one wrestler was disqualified the other winning by default.
 
Good Luck Groaners - Answer to come next week.
 
Keep us going with the groantent and have a groan-a-thon.
 
Take Care
 
 
Bye Bye 

Sunday Jul 20, 2025

Greetings Groaners
 
Welcome along to Episode 143! 
Here come the Mormons ⛪🛐 for their pioneer day special.
We've tried to make everything as Mormony as possible 
 
Happy Pioneer Day.
 
Your audience groan wagonways its way in from Kelly.
 
Got anything for us you can take part by doing any of the following:
 
Email Us: thegroanzonepod@gmail.com
Join Live/Drop a post on Discord: The Groan Zone where we record live usually at 8:30pm GMT, you can message us there too.
Facebook Messenger: Mistere Groaner or Nicole Amos
Facebook Groups: The Groan Zone Podcast 
Or 
You can shoot us a comment on any of the platforms you listen to us on.
 
Admin Nicoles Anagram Anxiety 
 
This weeks word stretcher is ready to go. I cannot help you and don't know if its Mormon related.
common trickers is your Anagram 
 
Clue: They gained their name from a historical event.
Good Luck Groaners - Answer to come next week.
 
Keep us going with the groantent and have a groan-a-thon.
 
Take Care
 
Bye Bye ✝️⛪🙏🛐

Monday Jul 14, 2025

Greetings Groaners
🥖🥐🇫🇷🇫🇷🥐🥖🇫🇷🥐🥖🥖🥐🇫🇷
Welcome along to Episode 142! 
 
We bring you our French themed Bastille Day special.
Bonjour to any groaners listening in France.
 
Admin Nicole brings us a record 5 facts for the show as well as the closing story for Valencia and others in Creepy Corner
 
 
Your audience groan rolls in this week from Kye of Gateshead via verbal 3rd person
 
As stated during the show we are supporting Ben Askren over his recovery and medical journey after a double lung transplant.
To donate please go here: https://helphopelive.org/campaign/25865/
 
 
Got anything for us you can take part by doing any of the following:
 
Email Us: thegroanzonepod@gmail.com
Join Live/Drop a post on Discord: The Groan Zone where we record live usually at 8:30pm GMT, you can message us there too.
Facebook Messenger: Mistere Groaner or Nicole Amos
Facebook Groups: The Groan Zone Podcast 
 
Or 
You can shoot us a comment on any of the platforms you listen to us on.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Who The Hell Am I?
 
This weeks picture game is probably too easy but oh well.
 
Your clue is: 
He is a key part of French history and was once emperor of France.
Good Luck Groaners - Answer to come next week.
 
Keep us going with the groantent and have a groan-a-thon.
 
Take Care
 
Bye Bye
 
 
And now....all of that in French!!
 
Salutations, Grognons
 
Bienvenue dans l'épisode 142 !
 
Nous vous proposons notre émission spéciale 144 sur le thème de la France.
 
Bonjour à tous les Grognons qui nous écoutent en France.
 
L'administratrice Nicole nous livre un record de 5 faits pour l'émission, ainsi que l'histoire finale pour Valencia et les autres dans Creepy Corner.
 
Cette semaine, Kye de Gateshead vous fait entendre ses gémissements à la troisième personne.
 
Comme indiqué pendant l'émission, nous soutenons Ben Askren dans son rétablissement et son parcours médical après une double transplantation pulmonaire.
 
Pour faire un don, rendez-vous ici : https://helphopelive.org/campaign/25865/
 
Si vous avez quelque chose à nous offrir, vous pouvez participer en suivant l'une des méthodes suivantes :
 
Envoyez-nous un e-mail : thegroanzonepod@gmail.com
 
Rejoignez le direct/publiez un message sur Discord : The Groan Zone, où nous enregistrons en direct généralement à 20h30 GMT. Vous pouvez également nous contacter par message.
 
Facebook Messenger : Mistere Groaner ou Nicole Amos
 
Groupes Facebook : The Groan Zone Podcast
 
Ou
 
Vous pouvez nous laisser un commentaire sur n’importe quelle plateforme où vous nous écoutez.
 
Qui suis-je ?
 
Le jeu d’images de cette semaine est probablement trop facile, mais bon.
 
Votre indice est :
 
Il est un personnage clé de l’histoire de France et fut autrefois empereur de France.
 
Bonne chance, les Groaners ! Réponse la semaine prochaine.
 
Continuez à nous groantent et bon groan-a-thon !
 
Prenez soin de vous !
 
Au revoir

Sunday Jul 06, 2025

Greetings Groaners
Welcome along to Episode 141! Apologies for not uploading dead on 4th July but the thought was there.
🏈🇺🇸🇺🇲🏈🎉🎉🎶🎶🎂🎂🙌🙌🥞🥞🎊🎊
Happy Independence Day America from All of us here at GZ HQ.
 
The episode was rewritten at last minute too due to my mistake.... apology already in the episode.
Not everything in the episode can be ID4 themed but we did our best, Admin Nicole even pulled out some facts.
🎆 🎇 🎆 🚀 🎇 🦃 🥧🎆🎇🎊🎇🏈
 
Your audience groan rockets in from Sandra of Milton Keynes.
 
Got anything for us you can take part by doing any of the following:
 
Email Us: thegroanzonepod@gmail.com
Join Live/Drop a post on Discord: The Groan Zone where we record live usually at 8:30pm GMT, you can message us there too.
Facebook Messenger: Mistere Groaner or Nicole Amos
Facebook Groups: The Groan Zone Podcast 
Or 
You can shoot us a comment on any of the platforms you listen to us on.
 
Admin Nicoles Anagram Anxiety 
 
This weeks world baffling scrambler comes in hot for Independence Day.
 
Anagram:
Giant work in street, partly underneath
 
Clue:
An important part of american history
 
Good Luck Groaners - Answer to come next week.
 
Keep us going with the groantent and have a groan-a-thon.
 
Take Care
 
Bye Bye 🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇸

Sunday Jun 29, 2025

Greetings Groaners
 
Welcome along to Episode 140! Apologies for lateness of episode upload, issues with editing.
 
We have so much stuffed in one episode for you that we are gonna blab.... you'll need to listen to find out.
 
Your audience groan rolls in this week from Charlotte C of Consett.
 
Got anything for us you can take part by doing any of the following:
 
Email Us: thegroanzonepod@gmail.com
 
Join Live/Drop a post on Discord: The Groan Zone where we record live usually at 8:30pm GMT, you can message us there too.
 
Facebook Messenger: Mistere Groaner or Nicole Amos
 
Facebook Groups: The Groan Zone Podcast 
 
Or 
 
You can shoot us a comment on any of the platforms you listen to us on.
 
 
Who The Hell Are We?!??
This weeks picture game is one for the 80s kids.
Your clue is: 
We are one of Jim Hensons creations and huge in the 80s....there we some rude versions of our intro song too.
Good Luck Groaners - Answer to come next week.
 
 
Keep us going with the groantent and have a groan-a-thon.
 
 
Take Care
 
 
 
Bye Bye

Monday Jun 23, 2025

Greetings Groaners,
 
Welcome along to Episode 139 of The Groan Zone. The editing was a bit rough this we.ek, apologies if errors were left in. Late night edit too, unfortunately for round 3 of don't quote me I could not find the audio clip
 
Your audience groan this week rolls in this week from Julie again 
Want to take part or  send any content in?
 
You can by doing any of the following
 
 
Email us at thegroanzonepod@gmail.com 
Hit either of us up using Facebook Messenger - Mister E Groaner or Nicole Amos
Find us on discord at The Groan Zone where you can also listen live at 8:30pm GMT on Friday.
Join us on Facebook Groups at The Groan Zone Podcast 
You can also place a comment on any episode on the platform you use to listen to the show.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Admin Nicoles Anagram Anxiety 
Well 2 weeks ago we got an easy one..... unfortunately the difficulty has ramped up this week groaners.
 
Anagram: Private katana marines rajah vau
Clue: A railway station in India
Good luck Groaners,You are on your own.
 
We'll see you next week 
 
Take Care and Keep Groaning
 
 
Bye Bye

Monday Jun 16, 2025

Greetings Groaners
 
Here we go again we're back for another week. Welcome along to Episode 138! Apologies if the quality isn't great, had some issues before and after recording.
We touch on Juneteenth in this weeks episode which is a very important day in the history of the USA.
 
Your gaming 4 piece this week is:
 
Yes or BS
 
Talking Nonsense 
 
The Five Point Countdown 
 
And
 
What The Hell Is This?!?!
 
 
Your audience groan rolls in this week from Julie of Newcastle.
 
 
 
 
Got anything for us you can take part by doing any of the following:
 
Email Us: thegroanzonepod@gmail.com
 
Join Live/Drop a post on Discord: The Groan Zone where we record live usually at 8:30pm GMT, you can message us there too.
 
Facebook Messenger: Mistere Groaner or Nicole Amos
 
Facebook Groups: The Groan Zone Podcast 
 
Or 
 
You can shoot us a comment on any of the platforms you listen to us on.
 
 
 
 
What The Hell Is This!!!
 
This picture game this week should be easier than last week especially for film buffs.
 
 
Your clue is: Michael Jai White played him, the first African American to portray a superhero on the big screen in 1997. The hellish hero also had his own comic n hbo animated tv show.
The answer will come next week.
 
Good Luck Groaners 
 
 
 
 
Keep us going with the groa
ntent and have a groan-a-thon.
 
 
 
 
Take Care
 
 
 
 
Bye Bye
 
 

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