A Very Special Episode

By Michael Lee Richardson

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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The podcast currently has 20 episodes available.

A Very Special Episode episodes:

February 12, 2025 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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2h 31min
September 05, 2024 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.

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1h 46min
May 22, 2024 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/

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1h 31min
January 19, 2024 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

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1h 32min
October 31, 2022 Inside No. 9 - 'The Riddle of the Sphinx' with David O Gray
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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55min
October 24, 2022 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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1h 52min
October 20, 2022 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.

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2h 12min
October 12, 2022 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.

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48min
September 01, 2022 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.

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48min
August 25, 2022 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'.

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1h 22min

FAQs about A Very Special Episode:

How many episodes does A Very Special Episode have?

The podcast currently has 20 episodes available.