Ensuring a new generation is disturbed and amused seems to be par for the course when your surname is Lynch. British Comedy Guide is delighted to welcome Alex Lynch, the host of the Out of Character podcast and writer/producer behind Ramon Fear's Terror Tapes, to talk about his creative process and influences.

Hello Alex. How would you describe yourself? You wear a lot of hats! You're a writer, you're a producer, you're an editor...

I wouldn't call myself an editor! I can put bells and whistles on a drama, but as for 'my hat', I'm a writer. Producing audio and working in production has been really good because I've managed to network and meet other people in the industry and get my writing off the ground. You might be making the tea as a runner, but you'll be sitting right next to the producer, and that's how I've ended up wearing a few hats.

We're now in the era of podcasts and decimation of the traditional content services. We know that you work in both radio and podcasts. Can you tell us if there's a difference in your work and your approach for the different mediums?

With radio, you have to tailor it more to the channel and its audience, so you might be more limited in terms of guidelines and compliance. With podcasts, you have more free rein in terms of how long it is and the content you put into it. Radio is for a set time, a set schedule. Podcast - you put it online and it's on the internet forever, really, well until someone takes it down...

Collaboration is massively important for creative people, can you please talk about your process and how you get the best out of the people that you work with?

Just being open to ideas, not trying to rule the roost. In the last few years, I've found more of my kind of people who I feel I work really well with, so it's all work and it's a kind of trial and error. You do have to be a team player when you're working on any project. Especially if you're working on an audio project like Ramon's Fears Terror Tapes, the horror anthology that I co-write.

Horror and comedy is such a lovely line to play with. How do you toe the line between the two? What are the conscious choices to shape your work?

We're all horror fans so it's about being genuine in terms of the authenticity of what we're writing, showing homage and love for it and for comedy because that's both Sam's and my background. We always put comedy into what we're doing with Terror Tapes. We didn't want to make it so much a spoof but more just tongue-in-cheek, taking some of those horror tropes and turning them on their head a little bit.

Out of character! (British Comedy Guide loves a meta narrative)... You also run the Out of Character podcast where you talk with character comedians. Can you discuss the genesis of this and the future?

In lockdown, I taught myself how to record audio starting out on Audacity and then moved on to Reaper. There were so many podcasts of people talking to stand-up comedians and no one was talking to sketch and character, which is the world that I love. I spoke to a few friends where I said I want to interview you, and I had this idea of it as a career chat, but there's also this element where I get them to make up a character, solely based on a name given to them by the previous guest.

What have you learnt from talking with so many comics? Do you have any clear takeaways that have helped you with your own work?

It always really fascinates me how different everyone's background is and how they got into comedy. Everyone's take is unique in terms of why they did comedy, and how they approach it and their stance on comedy in the future. I take away a lot; in every interview when I'm editing, there is always some line where I am just like 'that's a brilliant quote' - it's something that makes the show special.

Is there something that you want people to watch or to read or to listen to as a view into your own tastes?

Frasier for me is possibly the perfect sitcom. I adore Frasier, Spaced, and Fawlty Towers. Perhaps for me they're the holy three. Also, the golden age of The Simpsons...

Alex, you are a busy boy! What's next and what can you talk about?

More Out of Character with some very exciting guests. More Ramon Fear's Terror Tapes. We've got a Patreon which we have just launched in order to try and build funds so that we're able to make our second series next year. We're going to use this year to try and build our 'brand' and our audience. We want people to keep listening to Ramon Fear and keep spreading the word and telling people about it. I'm also looking forward to other collaborations with people, including a short film I made recently with the super-talented trio of Sally Hodgkiss, Michelle Fahrenheim, and Zoë Morgan Chiswick, which is currently in the edit. Other than that, just the simple task of keeping things ticking over and surviving in London!