Learning British

With gas-mask zombies roaming the streets of war-torn London, The Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) join forces with con man Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) to save the world.

Topics of conversation include Dr Who’s love life, the Cha-Cha Slide, Natalia being a massive nerd, and, of course, we’re still doing the Bruno Langley voice.

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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BOOM! On a routine trip through time and space, The Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) arrive on a mysterious battlefield. After stepping on a landmine, The Fifteenth Doctor must save himself and his companion – without moving an inch.

Billed as a return to form from previous writer and showrunner Steven Moffat, is BOOM an instant classic? Or will it go out with a whimper? Topics of conversation include Scooby Doo meeting John Cena, capitalism, Baby Reindeer, coffee, mochi, and Sam’s inability to do basic maths.

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 The Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) learn to love the bomb in BOOM, Sam and Natalia look back at another explosion in Steven Moffat’s first DOCTOR WHO story.

The Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) arrive in 1941 during the Blitz, encountering former time-agent Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) as a strange child in a gas mask repeatedly asks for his mother.

Join Sam and Natalia as they discuss the politics of World War II, Britain’s identity crisis and Steven Moffat’s writing career, from PRESS GANG to SHERLOCK to COUPLING to DOCTOR WHO.

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 prepare for Steven Moffat's BOOM, Sam and Natalia look back at THE DEVIL'S CHORD. The Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) meet The Beatles but discover that the all-powerful Maestro (Jinkx Monsoon) is changing history. London becomes a battleground with the future of humanity at stake.

Topics of conversation include the British Empire, Susan Foreman, our favourite Beatles song, Dr Pepper, Shoreditch, President Joe Biden, and, yes, we’re still talking about yoga and blueberry matcha.

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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Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) learns about The Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) after he takes her to a baby farm in the far future, with a new threat skulking the lower decks.

Sam and Natalia take a brief detour from The Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler to explore the show’s explosive reintroduction on Disney+. Topics of conversation include Prince Andrew, The Hex Girls, yoga, Barbie, Pete Davidson, COVID-19, and whether Ncuti Gatwa likes blueberry matcha.

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 The Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) make their Disney+ debut, Sam and Natalia look back at "Father's Day".

The Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) agrees to take Rose (Billie Piper) back to the day her father, Pete (Shaun Dingwall), died in 1987. After Rose intervenes to save her father, the fearsome Reapers attack, threatening the entire world.

Written by DOCTOR WHO alumni, Paul Cornell, "Father's Day" is highly regarded as an emotional and effective episode from the first series of the revived era. But does the episode still hold up? Will Sam finally stop doing his Bruno Langley voice? And will Natalia be able to get through this episode without crying?

Further topics of conversation include Sam and Natalia's philosophies on death, the purpose of religion, and the funniest pun ever made (timestamp 17:50, for anyone who cares).

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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After welcoming Adam Mitchell (Bruno Langley) aboard the TARDIS, The Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and Rose (Billie Piper) arrive on Satellite 5, a space station in the year 200,000, where news is broadcast across the universe by the nefarious Editor (Simon Pegg).

Is THE LONG GAME an underrated classic? And can Sam and Natalia get through an entire episode without insulting Bruno Langley?

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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Utah, 2012. The Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and Rose (Billie Piper) arrive in an underground bunker owned by American billionaire Henry van Statten (Corey Johnson), who uses his wealth to collect alien artefacts. Here, they encounter the bunker's only living exhibit: a Dalek, which breaks loose and attempts to exterminate everyone in the bunker.

Remembered as a classic episode from Christopher Eccleston’s run as the titular Time Lord, and one of the strongest stories in the entire show’s history, does DALEK hold up? Or will Bruno Langley ruin everything?

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 Slitheen have taken over 10 Downing Street, driving humanity closer towards World War III. With the help of Harriet Jones MP (Penelope Wilton), The Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and Rose (Billie Piper) put everything on the line to prevent the end of the world.

Does the second part of this two-part Slitheen story stand up? Will Natalia be able to think of a good fart joke? And, most importantly, was Idris Elba the most naked cat in CATS (2019)? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this week’s thrilling episode of the podcast.

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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After their adventure with Charles Dickens in 1869, The Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) return to present-day London, only to find an alien invasion afoot. Can they survive the Slitheen? And is Aliens of London a good episode?

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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