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!
Episodes
Aug 31, 2025
Aug 31, 2025
29 min
Greetings Groaners
Welcome along to Episode 149
I struggled with recording this week as my voice is shot to hell but I got through it.
Happy Birthday to a certain big fish this week 🦈 and Admin Nicole celebrates her 100th story for the podcast. Give them both a big cheer when you listen.
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Your audience groan has been emailed in this week from Babsy of Notting Hill.
Your games are:
Don't Quote Me On That
Talking Nonsense
Gimme da Question
And Admin Nicole's Anagram Anxiety
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 wordy wriggler is a doosey its here where Nicole beats out brains and I am no help.
Amenhotep feel peony
Your Clue:
Jaws gained inspiration from Moby Dick and this play.
🛥️🛥️🛥️🛥️🛥️🛥️🛥️🛥️🛥️🛥️🛥️🛥️🛥️🛥️🛥️
Good Luck Groaners - Answer to come next week.
🦈 🦈 🦈 🦈 🦈 🦈 🦈 🦈 🦈 🦈 🦈 🦈 🦈 🦈
Keep us going with the groantent and have a groan-a-thon.
🐟 🐟 🐟
Take Care
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Bye Bye
Aug 24, 2025
Aug 24, 2025
29 min
Greetings Groaners
There were so many outtakes during this episode it was unreal.
Also apologies if the fan noise was picked up.
We pain him tribute during the show but once again RIP Terence Stamp.
The loonacy is back in this episode where all sorts of groantent is on and the audience groan bounces in from Marina of Gosforth.
Well Groaners Kelly facebooked her groan in this week but we need your groans, feedback, suggestions or other possible groantent.
To take part in the show you can use any of the below.
Facebook groups: The Groan Zone Podcast Facebook group
Discord: every Friday night... usually...8:30pm GMT in the groan zone discord group if you want to tune in live and unedited or you can just drop your content ideas etc in.
Facebook messenger: contact me....mister.e groaner or our lovely admin, admin Nicole on Nicole amos
You can also email: thegroanzonepod@gmail.com
Lastly comment on any episode on Podbean, Spotify or YouTube or any other platforms you listen to us on and we'll pick it up for review.
Look forward to hearing from you
As well as 50/50, The 5 Point Countdown and Talking Nonsense we also have a cracking pictorial puzzle for you with:
What The Hell Am I?
Your clue is: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny Glove both fought this predator as well as others fighting it.
I want the name of this Predator species.
Good Luck Groaners.... answer will come next week.
Thanks for tuning in groaners
Take Care
Bye Bye
Aug 17, 2025
Aug 17, 2025
23 min
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
Aug 10, 2025
Aug 10, 2025
18 min
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
Aug 3, 2025
Aug 3, 2025
24 min
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
Jul 28, 2025
Jul 28, 2025
28 min
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
Jul 20, 2025
Jul 20, 2025
25 min
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 ✝️⛪🙏🛐
Jul 14, 2025
Jul 14, 2025
30 min
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
Jul 6, 2025
Jul 6, 2025
24 min
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
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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 🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇸
Jun 29, 2025
Jun 29, 2025
27 min
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
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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







