Our very first milestone: it's episode ten! This week, we're continuing the Our Mutual Friend-related love with another series from Sandy Welch, 2001's Sweet Revenge, which features Paul as an enigmatic professor who has a side job helping people get revenge. Also returning from Our Mutual Friend are Pam Ferris, Stephen Mackintosh, and David Morrissey as director!

Listen on for discussions of whether revenge is emotionally viable, London as a character, and why Maggie would never, ever, ever take a history class from Patrick Vine. Here's to the first ten and many more!

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We're getting into the big guns now. This week, we're covering the 1998 miniseries Our Mutual Friend, based on the novel of the same name by Charles Dickens. It's full of love, betrayal, deceit, and gossip as it follows a group of wealthy (and not so wealthy) socialites in 1860s London and the trial and tribulations they experience in daily life. Paul stars as the workshy & lethargic Eugene Wrayburn, self-described by the man himself as one of the best roles he's ever played

Listen on for some in-depth discussion of Dickens' place in the literary canon, how Paul's character fares in the context of the rest of the (very complex) story, and why it's a bad idea to take hot girl walks when someone wants to kill you.

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This one's for all the girlies who were weirdly obsessed with the Titanic growing up: we're covering 2012's SOS: The Titanic Inquiry, which covers a fictionalized version of the inquiry into the sinking of the iconic ship, in which Paul stars as Sir Rufus Isaac, a British Trade member investigating whether the crew of the Californian could have saved more lives that fateful night.

Listen on for some real deep nerdery about the Titanic, as well as Paul's role in keeping the TV movie moving, and how much duty a story based on true events has to obeying that truth, rather than inventing circumstances.

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No, it's not the Cronenberg movie with an eerie similar name — it's our episode on Collision, the 2009 miniseries Paul stars in alongside Douglas Henshall, Phil Davis, Lenora Crichlow, and more. It's a bit of a gnarly one as we cover car crashes, infidelity, and what happens when there's too many cooks in the kitchen, narratively speaking.

Listen on for discussion about Paul's rom-com lead prospects, a new permanent feature on the Ashes to Ashes and Doctor Who connections in his work, and Maggie's opinion on why the Tate Modern is a bad date spot.

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Agatha Christie fans in the audience will be delighted with this week's episode, as we cover Poirot, Season 9 Episode 2, titled "Sad Cypress," the first of two times Paul starred in a Christie adaptation! Co-starring David Suchet, Kelly Reilly, and Elisabeth Dermot Walsh, this one's a real classic.

Listen on for discussions of the Poirot canon, our personal love for this particular title, and why both sandwich paste and absinthe are absolutely disgusting. And let us know what you'd like to see next!

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In what's certainly the first of many murder mystery shows we're going to be covering here on the podcast, today we're covering Jonathan Creek, Season 4, episode 8, titled "The Judas Tree." Co-starring Alan Davies, Natalie Walter, and Paul's Big Finish co-star Sheridan Smith, this one's equal parts scary and spooky. Listen on for discussions about Paul and Sheridan's past work together, the show's format, and what not to do in case you're the victim of a murder plot.

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The Girlies are taking a darker turn this week, as they discuss the 2006 crime drama If I Had You, in which Paul stars alongside Sarah Parish as a detective pulled into a hometown murder-mystery when she returns not only to a death, but to her married ex-lover.

Keep listening for talk about terrible love scenes, Paul's consistently great hair, and depictions of mental health in crime dramas. And if you want to skip our opening chat about Paul's latest Big Finish release (no spoilers, we promise), skip to 16:51!

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Hi besties, and welcome to The Nearby Hotel & Spa, how can we help you? This week, we're covering Hotel!, an Airplane style parody about a quaint English hotel overrun by baddies when the President of the United States comes to visit.

Keep listening for discussion on what makes a good parody, the many, many Girlies-relevant crossovers in this episode (including Paul's co-stars Peter Capaldi and Keeley Hawes, who we love on this show), and the first (but surely not the last) Paul McGann Is Hot discussion of the podcast.

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We know what you're thinking: where's the Paul McGann content this week? I thought the Girlies only posted twice a month? What's going on?

All very valid questions. This week, the Girlies are bringing you a special crossover episode from Maggie's other podcast, Does It Get the Pass: we spoke with director Richard Shepard, who made one of Maggie and Katie's favorite films, The Linguini Incident. We took a bit of a break from Paul to talk about our other love, David Bowie, and the film's special 4K rerelease, arriving on Blu-ray this summer from Diabolik DVD. We hope you enjoy!

Pre-order The Linguini Incident here: https://diabolikdvd.com/product/linguini-incident-directors-cut-mvd-blu-ray-preorder/

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Hey besties, and welcome back to Girlies for McGann, your favorite show all about Paul McGann! This week, we're covering the 2002 film The Biographer, based on real-life journalist Andrew Morton (played by Paul) and his work to write a biography of Princess Diana before it's shut down by the Royal family.

Keep listening for discussion on Diana's legacy, Paul's chemistry with his co-stars (including Brian Cox and Faye Dunaway), and whether biopics have a duty of care to those they're representing.

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