The Americanisation of the UK, football’s greatest combovers, Heartbeat, Christmas decoration superstitions, the price of bags 4 life, Juliet Bravo, Bergerac, the final flourish of studio TV in 1988, InPhone adverts, Margaret Rutherford, Wincarnis PLUS - a gay couple in Carry On Abroad?

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It's a right old smorgasbord this week on NT. Basil Rathbone/Bathrobe, Monkey Magic, shit cartoons, ASMR, the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, Colditz v Secret Army, Moonbase 3, Anthony Valentine, Samuel Pepys, Alfie Bass, Jeremy Kemp, June Lockhart, Tony ‘Adam Chance’ Adams and Prunella Scales.

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Paul’s tasteless bol, Superman & Nick O’Teen, Shorts in October, Comic Strip Presents, Harry Secombe, Doctor in Love, The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins, John Inman, writing drama in a socmed world, Eve Myles, All Creatures, Miss Marple, Waiting for God, VHS dilemmas, Alexei Sayle’s Stuff, Douglas Camfield, the new Dr Who S13 bluray controversy plus the sad passing of Nabil Shaban.

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Tonight we discuss Robert Hardy's hair, Comrade Dad, anti-lady ageism in the media, the defection of Gordon Burns, Sir Donald Campbell, 80s news room drama, Stephanie Cole and the lovely Bill Turnbull.

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This week Lord Paul gives his verdict on ‘Rings of Power’ and we discuss Hedge Porn, Sir John Gieldgud’s Trouser Bar, The Mandela Effect and everyone’s favourite war criminal, Tony Blair.

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This week - Churchill's People, strikes and striking, the prospect of another winter of discontent, Secret Army and Colin Blakely amongst the usual cultural disjecta membra.

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This week we discuss news bias in general, and Emily Maitlis' comments in particular, the orthodoxy of modern satire, the vocabulary of Television, Spycatcher Peter Wright and the hitherto unknown politics of Ken Dodd.

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In a Summer Bank Hol spesh we chew over cheese, The Beverley Sisters, 'hilarious' scouse dubbed versions of film and TV, Dear John, the peril of school visits to the baths and explore the etymology of 'Oopizootics'.

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In full French mode, we discuss the recent furore regarding the The Globe's reimagining of Joan of Arc, Jerry Sadowitz and the unhinged toxicity of social media in general. Also the immutable star quality of Noel Coward, George Melly and take a trip to the Med with 'El Strongarm'.

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