Episodi

  • The Royle Family - 'Christmas with the Royle Family' with Philip Wright
    Sep 5 2024

    A Very Special Episode is a podcast where I get to curl up on the sofa and talk telly with some of my favourite people.


    My very special guest this week is writer Philip Wright who chose to talk to me about kids' TV with banger theme tunes, professional wrestling and the 1999 Christmas episode of The Royle Family.


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    1 ora e 45 min
  • Carnivale - 'Babylon'/'Pick a Number' with Emma Lennox
    May 22 2024

    A Very Special Episode is a podcast where I get to curl up on the sofa and talk telly with some of my favourite people.


    My very special guest this week is writer Emma Lennox who chose to talk to me about Banjo, Bluey and bleak binge watch, Carnivale.


    Subscribe to Emma's (excellent!) Substack, The Memory Hole, about the strange and unusual TV moments that scarred our psyches https://emmalennox.substack.com/


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    1 ora e 30 min
  • Smash - 'Opening Night' with Kevin Sherwin (Things Gay People Like)
    Jan 19 2024

    A Very Special Episode is a podcast where I get to curl up on the sofa and talk telly with some of my favourite people.


    My very special guest this week is podcaster Kevin Sherwin who chose to talk to me about TV musicals, reality TV and Broadway baby, Smash.


    Required reading - How "Smash" Became TV's Biggest Train Wreck: https://www.buzzfeed.com/kateaurthur/how-smash-became-tvs-biggest-train-wreck



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    1 ora e 32 min
  • Inside No. 9 - 'The Riddle of the Sphinx' with David O Gray
    Oct 31 2022
    In this second very SPOOKY special I spoke to writer and funnyman David O Gray abou this favourite ooky, spooky TV, Sex & the City and what happens inside number nine.

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    55 min
  • A Very SPOOKY Episode - Ghostwatch with Callum Sinclair
    Oct 24 2022
    In this very ooky and very SPOOKY special I talk to the most special of guests Callum Sinclair about some of our favourite spooky telly, the scariest TV moments and the greatest spooky show of all time, Ghostwatch.

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    1 ora e 51 min
  • Sliders - 'Luck of the Draw' with Crystal Dawn Gallagher
    Oct 20 2022

    A Very Special Episode is a brand new podcast where I get to curl up on the sofa and talk telly with some of my favourite people.


    My very special guest this week is writer Crystal Dawn Gallgher who chose to talk to me about having a parasocial relationship with Simon Amstell, the peak of Greek and slipping into a parallel world with the Sliders gang.


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    2 ore e 11 min
  • Leverage - 'The Tap-Out Job' with Debbie Moon
    Oct 12 2022

    A Very Special Episode is a brand new podcast where I get to curl up on the sofa and talk telly with some of my favourite people.


    My very special guest this week is writer Debbie Moon who chose to talk to me about flipping flops, 70s sci fi and tapping out with the Leverage gang.


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    48 min
  • Community - 'Documentary Filmmaking' with Chris Smyth
    Sep 1 2022

    A Very Special Episode is a brand new podcast where I get to curl up on the sofa and talk telly with some of my favourite people.


    My very special guest this week is writer Chris Smyth who chose to talk to me about Cilla Black, Frasier vs. Friends and documentary filmmaking.


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    48 min