The love of cinema, Peter’s sonorous baritone, Sarah’s hatred of hot weather, the case for changing the way we adopt in the UK and does Peter ever go to watch Millwall and throw lager about? He does not. And those are just the topics and questions posed by listeners.

Peter and Sarah also ask why we now embrace organisations that were once proscribed as terrorists? And in light of Coldplay being the most boring band on earth (scientific fact), why can’t we make decent rock stars anymore. 

On our reading and watch list this week: 

·      The Greening of the White House – Conor O’Clery

·      Never Look Away – Dir: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

·      The Cruel Sea – Dir: Charles Frend

·      Bicycle Thieves – Dir: Vittorio De Sica

·      Ida – Dir: Paweł Pawlikowski

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Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

Producer: Philip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

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Executive Producer: Jamie East

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