What is Five Pound Munch?
Five Pound Munch is a shopping-based show hosted on The Grime Report YouTube channel. The show launched in April 2014 and ran until December 2020. The premise of the show is to allow the show’s guests to demonstrate how effectively they can budget to purchase snacks for under £5.
It has been described as “The best food show on the internet” by First We Feast, makers of Hot Ones.
Five Pound Munch generally features Grime and UK Rap music artists, as well as content creators and presenters in the sphere. Guests on the show include AJ Tracey, Big Narstie and Anthony Yarde.
Five Pound Munch Format
Standard Five Pound Munch Format
Five Pound Munch begins with Lordie presenting the guest with a £5 note before they enter a convenience shop (typically an off-licence corner shop) or a supermarket and are given the chance to shop.
Five Pound Munch is treated by its participants as both a budget challenge and an act of self-expression, as guests often want to highlight food or drink products that may be deemed quite under the radar.
Special Features
On occasions, there is an option to take a quiz for the chance to double their budget to £10.
Five Pound Munch Host
Lordie is the host of Five Pound Munch and creator of The Grime Report TV. He is known for his role as the voice and cameraman behind all the content on the channel, including Uncle Pain with Big Narstie. Despite attempting to stay off-camera, he has been interviewed for a number of other platforms over the years including GASWORKS.
Five Pound Munch Example Episode
The following is an example episode of Five Pound Munch featuring JayKae in 2014.
Five Pound Munch Guests
Five Pound Munch has featured a variety of Grime MCs, UK Rappers, personalities and content creators.
Find the complete list of MCs, rappers and content creators that have participated in Five Pound Munch below:
- Sox
- Stormin
- Big Narstie
- Lady Chann
- Grim Sickers
- Big Shizz
- I.K.
- Durrty Skanx
- Blizzard
- Lexman
- DJ Spooky
- Kozzie
- Big H
- Milli Major
- Scrufizzer
- Rage
- Manga
- Discarda
- D Power
- Funky Dee
- Clipson
- JayKae
- DJ Big Mikee
- Grimmy
- Joe Grind
- Rude Kid
- Mic Righteous
- Eyez
- Yellows
- Villain
- Marger (abandoned)
- Shizz McNaughty (abandoned)
- Dorris
- Blacks and Jendor
- Hitman
- Saskilla and Jamkay
- A.P. and Mic Righteous
- Pakin
- Sense
- Mr Blue Cheese
- So Large
- Madders Tiff
- AJ Tracey
- Big Zuu
- Hardy Caprio
- Yizzy
- Ets
- Uncle Bantzz
- Reeko Squeeze
- Sharky Major
- J Gang
- Mr Madukah
- Stacks C
- Tremz
- Izzie Gibbs
- Chicken Connoisseur
- P Money and Slickman Party
- Heavy D
- Capo Lee and Safone
- Beno Ldn
- Angry Shopkeeper
- RD
- Anthony Yarde
- Big Jimmy Jones
- DJ Argue
- Uncle Ed
- Lukwatsss
- Pete & Bas
- RIko Dan
- DJ Whitecoat
- PK
- Shay D
- Marcus Nasty
- Alhan Gencay
- sbk
- Faultsz
- DJ Oblig
- Tommy B
Five Pound Munch has also done a number of viewer versions with people that interact with the show and Lordie on either YouTube, Twitter or other means.
Five Pound Munch FAQs
What happened to Five Pound Munch?
Five Pound Munch ended along with all Grime Report TV content following the fallout between Lordie and Big Narstie. Lordie felt he was owed a stake in Big Narstie’s success following the pair’s partnership and content output over the years. This came to a head when The Big Narstie Show was commissioned for Channel 4.
The Grime Report TV had a number of strikes against its account and it was deemed too much of a risk to continue publishing content that may potentially put the whole channel in jeopardy.
Who did the first Five Pound Munch?
Birmingham-based Grime MC Sox was the first guest to do a Five Pound Munch. The video’s publication coincided with the release of Sox’s debut album Winning n’ Chilling.
Where is the Ghetts episode of Five Pound Munch?
Two videos were released on Grime Report TV to promote Ghetts recording a Five Pound Munch. However a video never materialised.
What happened to the first episodes of Five Pound Munch?
All of the oldest Five Pound Munch content – spanning 2010 to 2014 – was deleted. This included the first 16 episodes of Five Pound Munch, including instalments with Scrufizzer, Big H and Kozzie.
