Kathy Burke hangs up her cloak and hands over the reins of chart-topping Sony Music Entertainment podcast, Where There’s A Will, There’s A Wake

Today on Where There’s A Will, There’s A Wake, Kathy Burke announced her departure from the chart-topping podcast. After insisting “you’ll get 20 episodes out of me”, Kathy went on to host over 100 episodes, achieve millions of downloads and present a sell-out live show.

The podcast – which sees celebrity guests talk about their perfect funeral – will release its last new episode with her as host tomorrow, Tuesday 18th February. She will hand over the reins to a new host who will be announced soon.

In true Kathy-style, she shared a foul-mouthed farewell to her loyal listeners, saying:

“So, lovely listeners, my darling deathlings. You know, I’m an old fk now, we all know that. Anyway, the thing is, my darlings, I’ve decided I have to say goodbye to this fantastic podcast. And the reason is […] I’ve loved this job so much. But I said to [Exec Producer] Big God Ollie when he first asked me to do the gig, “Look, you’ll probably get about twenty episodes out of me, and I’ve ended up doing over 100. Now there is proof that I have really fking enjoyed myself.”

“I’ve loved meeting all the guests. I’ve loved having my friends in real life on the show. The live show was just fantastic – a great night with the marvellous Tom Davis. But I’ve been doing it for two years. I’m a gypsy, darling. I’m a gypsy at heart. I need to do other things. I need to be creative and stop reading other people’s f**king memoirs.

“So, if you don’t mind, I’m just gonna have a little break. Hopefully, I might be back. Who knows? One day in the future. But, thank you all very, very much for welcoming me with open arms into the podcast world.”

Kathy has sat down with the likes of Danny Dyer, Kim Cattrall, James Acaster, Dawn French and Stanley Tucci as they planned their final days on earth – from dawn to dusk and into the afterlife.

Fans should fear not, as Where There’s A Will, There’s A Wake will resurrect with a brand-new host to welcome even more incredible guests to take a seat on the coffin throne. Kathy explained:

“The show itself is going to continue because it is brilliant. You all love it. There’s going to be a brand-new presenter, which will be extremely exciting. So I’m just going to say goodbye for now […] And, most importantly, I’ve really loved working with this team […] They’ve really made this a very, very special job for me. We really, really loved it and listen, please carry on listening because it’s a fantastic idea.

It’s a really, really important talking point. Despite us having a laugh about it, it’s really helped people talk about death and it’s helped a lot of people come to terms with grief that they’re going through.”

From Tuesday 25th February, exclusive content from the podcast’s ‘Six Feet Under’ subscription channel will be widely available, starting with an episode with Rylan. Listeners will then be treated to a special “Purgatory Season” beginning in March. It will feature much-loved pairs from the podcasting world bringing their deaths to life on the Where There’s A Will, There’s A Wake feed.