Podcast's live show to become a comedy special

Hit podcast My Dad Wrote A Porno is to be made into an HBO comedy special.

The live version of the show, in which Jamie Morton reads a sample of bad erotic fiction written by his real-life father, is to be filmed for broadcast on the premium US cable channel next year.

James Cooper and Alice Levine provide commentary on the Belinda Blinked books, which were written under the pen name Rocky Flintstone.

Launched in 2015, My Dad Wrote A Porno regularly tops the podcast charts and has become a live phenomenon, winning celebrity fans and selling out the Royal Albert Hall earlier this year. (Read our review here)

Yesterday. Hollywood website Deadline reported that a deal was imminent, and now it has been confirmed. 

‘My Dad Wrote a Porno shows the extent of just how embarrassing dads can be, in the best possible way,’ said HBO vice president Nina Rosenstein. ‘James, Jamie and Alice transformed a very awkward situation into an undeniably hilarious experience that we’re excited to share with our audience.’

In a statement, the team said: ‘We’re over the moon and honoured that HBO has decided to help bring Rocky Flintstone’s bad dad-rotica to the world – what are they thinking?! The response to the live show has been incredible so far, so we can’t wait for more people to see it.’

The news was announced today as the first episode of the fourth season of the podcast was released, almost a year after season three ended.

Published: 27 Aug 2018