Learning British

As the UK elects a new Prime Minister, Sam and Natalia look back on the last 14 years of British politics before reacting to the 2024 UK general election results.

Topics of conversation include Keir Starmer, the 2016 EU referendum, the Green Party, Kelly Osbourne, Monzo bank, Maggie Thatcher the Milk Snatcher, Private Eye, gay marriage, the worst Prime Minister in UK history, Sam’s “vibes-based” theory of politics, Jeremy Corbyn and Jeremy Hunt, David Tennant, the difference between British and Polish tourists, FAWLTY TOWERS, and the future of Britain.

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Learning British is a weekly show hosted by Sam Brown, a born-and-bred Brit, and Natalia Brammen, a Polish immigrant living in the UK. In each episode, Sam introduces Natalia to a new piece of British culture, media, or history, from badly aged sitcoms to cancelled celebrities.

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Rich white men, beware – Twitter is coming to get you!

DOUGLAS IS CANCELLED is a new four-part miniseries written by Steven Moffat for ITV. The show follows Douglas Bellows (Hugh Bonneville), a widely respected news anchor who is ‘cancelled’ after making an inappropriate joke at a wedding. Douglas attempts to reassemble the tattered remnants of his life with the help of co-anchor Madeline (Karen Gillian), his wife Shelia (Alex Kingston) and his producer Toby (Ben Miles).

Sam and Natalia watch and review DOUGLAS IS CANCELLED. Topics of conversation include cancel culture, ‘73 Yards’, disgraced celebrities, Eamonn Holmes, Donald Trump’s obsession with Kristen Stewart, “Old Man Yells at Cloud”, Jeremy Hunt, the definition of ‘woke’, and Steven Moffat’s writing career, from PRESS GANG to JEKYLL; SHERLOCK to DOCTOR WHO; COUPLING to THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE.

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Learning British is a weekly show hosted by Sam Brown, a born-and-bred Brit, and Natalia Brammen, a Polish immigrant living in the UK. In each episode, Sam introduces Natalia to a new piece of British culture, media, or history, from badly aged sitcoms to cancelled celebrities.

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The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) has lost, his ageless enemy, Sutekh (Gabriel Woolf), reigns supreme, and a shadow is falling over creation. Nothing can stop the devastation... except, perhaps, one woman. Unless that one woman turns out to be nobody in particular.

Sam and Natalia watch, review, and react to the series 14 finale: THE LEGEND OF RUBY SUNDAY and EMPIRE OF DEATH. Topics of conversation include Mississippi, Pandora’s Box, Dalek Sec in Manhattan, Rey Skywalker and THE LAST JEDI, Casper the Friendly Ghost, archival footage, the mystery of Ruby’s mother, Kate Stewart's death, David Tennant, RIVERDALE, and Andrew Garfield… again.

Learning British is a weekly show hosted by Sam Brown, a born-and-bred Brit, and Natalia Brammen, a Polish immigrant living in the UK. In each episode, Sam introduces Natalia to a new piece of British culture, media, or history, from badly aged sitcoms to cancelled celebrities.

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The Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) discovers the truth about Ruby Sunday’s (Millie Gibson) parents, with the help of Mel Bush (Bonnie Langford), Kate Stewart (Jemma Redgrave), and Rose Noble (Yasmin Finney). But as the Time Window reveals horrifying secrets from Christmas Eve, mysterious technologies unleash a great evil.

Who is Susan Triad (Susan Twist)? Who is Mrs Flood (Anita Dobson)? And, for God’s sake, Gabriel Woolf is back as Sutekh from ‘Pyramids of Mars’, right?

Topics include Andrew Garfield, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS, the guy who saw CAPTAIN MARVEL 140 times, The Trickster, budgets, weird FUTURAMA subplots, MEET THE ROBINSONS, Gwen Stefani, TORCHWOOD, The Doctor’s children, Ben Shapiro’s opinion on ‘Tomb of the Cybermen’, and why Ruby’s biological mother is definitely Rose Tyler.

Learning British is a weekly show hosted by Sam Brown, a born-and-bred Brit, and Natalia Brammen, a Polish immigrant living in the UK. In each episode, Sam introduces Natalia to a new piece of British culture, media, or history, from badly aged sitcoms to cancelled celebrities.

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There's always a twist at the end.

Inside No. 9 is a British black comedy anthology. The brainchild of Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, each 30-minute episode is a self-contained bottle episode, with new characters, a new location, and a new premise. Sam and Natalia look back at the show before reviewing the final episode, ‘Plodding On’.

Topics of conversation include Steve Coogan, theatre prices, HOT FUZZ, gallows humour, BLACK MIRROR, ‘The 12 Days of Christine’, Rory Kinnear, The Office, iambic pentameter, and, yes, I did list nine things.

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• ​In "Douglas is Cancelled", Sam and Natalia review Steven Moffat's new ITV series (On ⁠Spotify⁠ / On ⁠Apple⁠).

• ​In "It's a Sin", Sam and Natalia review Russell T Davies's Channel 4 drama (On ⁠Spotify⁠ / On ⁠Apple⁠).

Learning British is a weekly show hosted by Sam Brown, a born-and-bred Brit, and Natalia Brammen, a Polish immigrant living in the UK. In each episode, Sam introduces Natalia to a new piece of British culture, media, or history, from badly aged sitcoms to cancelled celebrities.

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The Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) land in 1813, where guests at the Duchess of Pemberton’s (Indira Varma) party are being murdered after the arrival of a mysterious bounty hunter called Rogue (Jonathan Groff).

Topics of conversation include MODERN FAMILY, the friend zone, ASMR, Pride Month, 'The Girl in the Fireplace', naked homophobia, stupid DOCTOR WHO fans, Greta Gerwig, GLEE, Alex Jones, Ben Shapiro, Captain Jack Harkness, LOKI, queer theory, a gay Doctor, and Sam and Natalia’s relationship with your mother.

Learning British is a weekly show hosted by Sam Brown, a born-and-bred Brit, and Natalia Brammen, a Polish immigrant living in the UK. In each episode, Sam introduces Natalia to a new piece of British culture, media, or history, from badly aged sitcoms to cancelled celebrities.

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As we approach the series fourteen finale with Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson, Sam and Natalia look back on Christopher Eccleston’s final story. The Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston), Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) and Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) are secretly brought on board Satellite Five to fight the Daleks, with the whole of creation at stake.

Topics of conversation include The Notebook, utilitarianism, the best Harry Potter film, regeneration, The Hobbit, William Hartnell, and whether Natalia is a DOCTOR WHO fan.

Learning British is a weekly show hosted by Sam Brown, a born-and-bred Brit, and Natalia Brammen, a Polish immigrant living in the UK. In each episode, Sam introduces Natalia to a new piece of British culture, media, or history, from badly aged sitcoms to cancelled celebrities.

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The world of Finetime seems happy and harmonious. But an awful terror is preying on the citizens. The Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) must make them see the truth before it's too late.

Topics of conversion include BACK TO THE FUTURE, burgers, Andrew Scott, cottage cheese, BLACK MIRROR, TikTok, David Tennant, and DOCTOR WHO pub quizzes.

Learning British is a weekly show hosted by Sam Brown, a born-and-bred Brit, and Natalia Brammen, a Polish immigrant living in the UK. In each episode, Sam introduces Natalia to a new piece of British culture, media, or history, from badly aged sitcoms to cancelled celebrities.

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Having escaped The Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) during a previous adventure, the Slitheen Margaret Blaine (Annette Badland) fights for her freedom, meeting Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) and Mickey Smith (Noel Clarke) along the way.

Originally broadcast in 2005 to mixed reviews, is BOOM TOWN better than people remember? Topics of conversation include new haircuts, Sam’s nan, Ncuti Gatwa, the famous “From the Doctor to My Son Thomas" viral video, Polish representation in British media, and Natalia’s crush on Peter Capaldi.

Learning British is a weekly show hosted by Sam Brown, a born-and-bred Brit, and Natalia Brammen, a Polish immigrant living in the UK. In each episode, Sam introduces Natalia to a new piece of British culture, media, or history, from badly aged sitcoms to cancelled celebrities.

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Landing on the Welsh coast, the Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) embark on the strangest journey of their lives. In a rain-lashed pub, the locals sit in fear of ancient legends coming to life.

Topics of conversation include Guillermo del Toro, ‘Love Actually’, feminism, Susan Twist, Wales, David Spade and the DOCTOR WHO fandom on Twitter.

Learning British is a weekly show hosted by Sam Brown, a born-and-bred Brit, and Natalia Brammen, a Polish immigrant living in the UK. In each episode, Sam introduces Natalia to a new piece of British culture, media, or history, from badly aged sitcoms to cancelled celebrities.

Don’t forget to follow, rate five stars and find us on Instagram.

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