A Very Special Episode

A Very Special Episode

By Michael Lee RichardsonTV & FilmTV ReviewsAfter Shows
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A Very Special Episode episodes

  • Smallville - 'Homecoming' with Raisah Ahmed

    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 screenwriter Raisah Ahmed who chose to talk to me about aliens, liminality and why Superman is an immigrant story.


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    2 hr 31 min
  • The Royle Family - 'Christmas with the Royle Family' with Philip Wright

    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.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1 hr 46 min
  • Carnivale - 'Babylon'/'Pick a Number' with Emma Lennox

    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/


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1 hr 31 min
  • Smash - 'Opening Night' with Kevin Sherwin (Things Gay People Like)

    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



    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1 hr 32 min
  • A Very SPOOKY Episode - Ghostwatch with Callum Sinclair
    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 hr 52 min
  • Sliders - 'Luck of the Draw' with Crystal Dawn Gallagher

    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.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    2 hr 12 min
  • Leverage - 'The Tap-Out Job' with Debbie Moon

    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.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    48 min
  • Community - 'Documentary Filmmaking' with Chris Smyth

    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.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    48 min
  • Scandal - 'It's Handled' with David Chipakupaku

    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 journalist David Chipakupaku who chose to talk to me about Olivia Pope, UK vs. US TV and the very unfortunate phrase 'TARDussy'.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1 hr 22 min

About A Very Special Episode

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A Very Special Episode is a podcast about television. Join me, Michael Lee Richardson, as I curl up on the sofa and talk telly with some of my favourite people.

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