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The emissions of semi-entertainer and gong farmer Michael Livesley - from Vivian Stanshall's Sir Henry at Rawlinson End and The Bonzos - from his shed in deepest darkest Hampshire where he currently resides under the Widnes Protection Programme.
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A heated discussion about why national treasure Dame Thora Hird was not only dangerous but also rubbish leads us to a story of a common man and his pallet. Whilst this is going on #FawltyTowers is the subject of debate and there’s some actual breaking news about a much-loved British TV institution…
This week – Get Carter, Alton Towers, Dinsdale Landen, Paddy McGuinness, da footy, Fawlty Towers, Hitchhikers Guide, taking LSD, Countdown, Big Bang Theory, 3 Body Problem, Mark Strickson, and all the usual bollocks.
1For Good Friday #DoctorWho S15 box set, shelves, image rights, William Squire, Argo records, Tom Baker, porn mags and some very ‘forthright’ opinions on the ‘Bolton 3’ – Paddy McGuinness and the Kay twins Peter and Vernon.
The Duke of Edinburgh, drunken performance, Wheeltappers & Shunters, Whicker Man, Tolkien, Blackadder, Shakespeare, The Dogon Tribe, Sir M’s theories on ancient construction and worrying revelations of the misappropriation of Bring n Buy Sale funds by Lord Paul.
We’re back – Ken Loach, Wes Anderson, The Family Ness, Zen and the art of Decorating, Leo McKern’s tache, Simon Groom, the sheer terror of a poo-bag ripping, plus all the usual bollocks!
We battled thru the Guatemalan Death Flu to celebrate the 90th birthday of the majestic Tom Baker, and also discuss the ‘chish’ sound of widnes, One Man and His Dog, Freddie Truman, Give Us a Clue (again), The Traitors, Mansun, Stanley Kubrick, Survivors, The Avengers, ill pissing and Caribou cords.
Midst the swirling controv of when exactly Twelfth Night lands we talk Give Us a Clue, Supernatural, the moment Robert Hardy went mad, Ian Hendry, politics and have a lively exchange of views about cinema. Plus all our usual rambling nonsense. Join us!
Join us behind the curtain for a festive trawl thru the disjecta membra of our minds as we discuss recording vomiting for posterity, St Winifred’s School Choir, Ghost Stories for Christmas, All Creatures Great and Small, Jeremy Brett as Holmes and have a difference of opinion over peeling mushrooms and Only Fools and Horses.
Finally we managed to hammer it together. Our celebration of all things Who on this Special Anniversary, and we stick to the point…mostly…
Fashionably late, as always, with a refreshingly ‘Hallowe’en Free’ Hallowe’en Special, in which Lady Paul dares to venture beyond the confines of his ‘Upstairs’ village idyll to board the omnibus for a rain lashed evening of chat and chai latte at Sir Michael’s fireside, deep within the entrails of ‘Downstairs’ Widnes. The convivial and, at … Continue reading "Nice Things – Hallowe’en Special"
This week, we ramble over one of the major landmarks in British Television history. The opening episode of the seminal 1975 BBC post-apocalyptic drama ‘Survivors’. Watch along with us: https://youtu.be/zAyjkaFYnzE To find out more about the series, visit the excellent https://bit.ly/3mJ5HXG website. To buy the series https://amzn.to/3KMhEne
Lord Paul attempts to transfer his Crossroads obsession to Sir Michael with a special Christmas Day episode from 1979, but will it work? Watch along with us https://youtu.be/UFD6I-CxAUc Also available from Network ‘Crossroads: The Noele Gordon Years’ https://networkonair.com/popular-products/3493-crossroads-the-noele-gordon-collection
Yes, we are finally at the end of our journey! So watch along with us as we complete the seasonal extravaganza which is The Box of Delights. Here are the links to watch along; https://archive.org/details/s-01-e-04.-the-spider-in-the-web/S01E06.Leave+Us+Not+Little%2C+Nor+Yet+Dark.mkv BritBox are currently showing the Box of Delights and offering a free 7 day trial: https://www.britbox.co.uk/programme/The_Box_of_Delights_51242 You can buy the … Continue reading "The Nice Things Commentaries 06 – The Box of Delights E06"
Yes, it’s that time of year again! So watch along with us as we work our way thru the seasonal extravaganza which is The Box of Delights. Here are the links to watch along; https://archive.org/details/s-01-e-04.-the-spider-in-the-web/S01E05.Beware+of+Yesterday.mkv BritBox are currently showing the Box of Delights and offering a free 7 day trial: https://www.britbox.co.uk/programme/The_Box_of_Delights_51242 You can buy the … Continue reading "The Nice Things Commentaries 05 – The Box of Delights E05"
Yes, it’s that time of year again! So watch along with us as we work our way thru the seasonal extravaganza which is The Box of Delights. Here are the links to watch along; https://archive.org/details/s-01-e-04.-the-spider-in-the-web/S01E04.The+Spider+in+the+Web.mkv BritBox are currently showing the Box of Delights and offering a free 7 day trial: https://www.britbox.co.uk/programme/The_Box_of_Delights_51242 You can buy the … Continue reading "The Nice Things Commentaries 04 – The Box of Delights E04"
Yes, it’s that time of year again! So watch along with us as we work our way thru the seasonal extravaganza which is The Box of Delights. Here are the links to watch along; https://archive.org/details/s-01-e-04.-the-spider-in-the-web/S01E04.The+Spider+in+the+Web.mkv BritBox are currently showing the Box of Delights and offering a free 7 day trial: https://www.britbox.co.uk/programme/The_Box_of_Delights_51242 You can buy the … Continue reading "The Nice Things Commentaries 03 – The Box of Delights E03"
Yes, it’s that time of year again! So watch along with us as we work our way thru the seasonal extravaganza which is The Box of Delights. Here are the links to watch along; https://archive.org/details/s-01-e-04.-the-spider-in-the-web/S01E02.Where+Shall+The+’Nighted+Showman+Go.mkv BritBox are currently showing the Box of Delights and offering a free 7 day trial: https://www.britbox.co.uk/programme/The_Box_of_Delights_51242 You can buy the … Continue reading "The Nice Things Commentaries 02 – The Box of Delights E02"
Yes, it’s that time of year again! So watch along with us as we work our way thru the seasonal extravaganza which is The Box of Delights. Here are the links to watch along; https://archive.org/details/s-01-e-04.-the-spider-in-the-web/S01E01.When+the+Wolves+Were+Running.mkv# BritBox are currently showing the Box of Delights and offering a free 7 day trial: https://www.britbox.co.uk/programme/The_Box_of_Delights_51242 You can buy the … Continue reading "The Nice Things Commentaries 01 – The Box of Delights E01"
This week – Tony Stratton-Smith, Denholm Elliott, Kevin Ayers, the Mellotron, the current furore over the first Dr Who story, Henry’s Cat, birdbaths and LSD, Peter Bowles, Bernard Bresslaw, Sydney Tafler, a reappraisal of Supermarionation and a lively debate over 80s CBBC schedules!
Later than usual, here is the news – Finding lost treasures, Genesis, The Romance of Coal, Michael Gambon, Clarence, Gryphon, piss cellars, The Sopranos plus da curious tale of ‘Alpine Joe and Jonny da Wolf’. Join us!
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