Comfort Blanket

By Cheese & Pickle

Talking about the films, TV shows, books or music which people go to again and again to feel safe, happy and welcome.

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How many episodes does Comfort Blanket have?

The podcast currently has 62 episodes available.

Comfort Blanket episodes:

October 30, 2024 Heart Of The Angel - with Neil Forsyth
Writer Neil Forsyth (The Gold, Guilt, Bob Servant) talks about the comforts of Molly Dineen's 1989 fly-on-the-wall documentary 'Heart Of The Angel', a surprisingly deep study of the people working in a failing London Underground station.

The documentary is available on the BBC iPlayer here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074tkn/40-minutes-heart-of-the-angel

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1h 3min
September 18, 2024 The Thing - with Will Maclean
Writer Will Maclean (The Apparition Phase) talks about John Carpenter's classic 1982 sci-fi horror film The Thing, and why its tale of gruff short-tempered men failing to deal with an impossible situation in a pitiless white landscape is a comforting place to return to again and again.
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1h 14min
September 04, 2024 The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole - with Beth Morrey
Sunday Times bestselling author Beth Morrey (Saving Missy, Lucky Day) talks about Sue Townsend's definitive comic coming-of-age novel The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4.
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1h 4min
May 15, 2024 30 Rock - with Sara Barron
Comedian and writer Sara Barron (Firecrotch & Normcore, They Like To Watch) celebrates the comforts of 30 Rock, Tina Fey's sitcom skewering of network TV, and the joy of seeing relatable character Liz Lemon surviving and thriving (even if she has lettuce in her hair).
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1h 3min
March 07, 2024 Ben Stokes' 2019 Ashes Innings - with Ed Morrish
Comedy producer Ed Morrish (Non-Censored, Soundheap, John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme) brings his personal comfort blanket, Ben Stokes' 2019 Ashes innings at Headingley against Australia (and more broadly "all sport") to try and persuade Comfort Blanket umpire Joel that it's allowed - and makes a case for sport as the perfect improvised long-form narrative. It's all about the story...
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1h 6min
February 22, 2024 Allo Allo - with Tom Price
Actor, comedian and broadcaster Tom Price (Torchwood, Magic FM, My Mate Brought A Toaster) talks about the lifelong comfort he draws from Allo Allo, Perry & Lloyd's broad and shameless French resistance farce. Listen very carefully, we will say this only once: it's actually brilliant.
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1h 10min
February 08, 2024 Kind Hearts And Coronets - with Naomi Alderman
Writer Naomi Alderman (The Power, The Future) chooses as her comfort blanket, the 1949 Ealing black comedy 'Kind Hearts And Coronets', with its mixture of revenge (served cold, of course), and vicious social satire, managing to possess, one might say, "all the exuberance of Chaucer, without, happily, any of the concomitant crudities of his period..."
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1h 11min
October 12, 2023 Friends - with Larry Rickard (PART TWO)
In the second part of our two part look at definitive 1990s sitcom Friends, Larry Rickard (Ghosts, Horrible Histories) talks about how comedy reflects its times, how audiences want (and don't want) things to change for their favourite comedy characters, and when it's time to say goodbye.

This is PART TWO of a two part episode. If you haven't heard PART ONE, please go back and start there...

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49min
October 11, 2023 Friends - with Larry Rickard (PART ONE)
Writer and actor Larry Rickard (Ghosts, Horrible Histories) talks about his love for the smash hit 1990s sitcom Friends, and the craft of making warm, gag-filled, ensemble television comedy with your... er... friends.

This is Part ONE of a two part episode.

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45min
September 20, 2023 Don't Look Now - with Danny Robins
Writer and broadcaster Danny Robins (Uncanny, 2:22 A Ghost Story) talks about the unexpected comforts of Nic Roeg's classic 1973 supernatural thriller Don't Look Now, a masterful study of how humans try and make sense of life, death and the unexplained.
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1h 13min

FAQs about Comfort Blanket:

How many episodes does Comfort Blanket have?

The podcast currently has 62 episodes available.

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