Nice Things

Nice Things

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Nice Things episodes

  • NT Gold 28- "Cricket Not Whippet" 19th December 2021

    In a pre-Crimbo blether Sir Michael and Lady Paul discuss Ken Morse, Rostrum Camera, the execrable sitcom 'Bread' and we find out what minimum acceptable salary is for the lead protagonist in a TV drama.


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    1 hr 10 min
  • NT Gold 27- "The End Of Enough" 11th December 2021

    This week the boys present a whistle-stop tour of TV sitcom critique taking in the highs of Hylda Baker and offer their differing opinions on early 90s comedy.


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    1 hr 3 min
  • NT Gold 26- "Sondheim and Tomorrah" 27th November 2021

    After a week off, or a weak cough in Paul's case, the boys are back with a wind lashed show during which they extol the virtues of finding your own voice and the visceral pathos of Hi-De-Hi - yes really.


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    1 hr 8 min
  • 135- ITMARSED

    Ozzy Osborne, Detectorists, JAWS, Bill Cotton jr, more treasure from the chazza shops, Paul’s Grandad’s animus toward Tommy Handley PLUS why the success of Ricky Gervais has killed British comedy - except for Still Game. Join us!

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    1 hr 29 min
  • NT Gold 25- "Winter Drawers On!" 11th November 2021

    To celebrate their 25th show the chaps discuss their memories of 'The Five Faces of Doctor Who', the joy of Christmas 1981 including the pain of the Winter Hill transmitter failing, and answer the burning question on everybody's lips. Was William Rees-Mogg BBC Director General - or not?


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    1 hr 13 min
  • NT Gold 24- "Bonfire Night Spesh!" 5th November 2021

    In this smoke shrouded show, Sir Michael recalls getting his teeth glued together by treacle toffee, whilst Lady Paul regales us with tales of Protestant bonfire treats such as Parkin. Obvious which side came off best in 1605. Also, at what age does it become acceptable to enjoy the music of Phil Collins? Find out....


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    1 hr 24 min
  • NT Gold 23- "Hallowe'en Spesh 2021" 31st October 2021

    From Sir Michael kissing the mummified hand of an English Martyr to the terror wrought on Lady Carmichael by Juliet Bravo via lost civilisations, Ghostwatch, Armchair Thriller and, er, Paul's Nativity Play disappointment. The Nice Things Hallowe'en Spesh is all things to all men!


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    1 hr 16 min
  • NT Gold 22- "Wankety Wank!" 24th October 2021

    This week the boys take a voyage around Margaret Rutherford via Hawkwind and Dr Finlay's Casebook and Sir Michael pitches some show ideas he believes will save British TV from the insipid banality of Bradley Walsh.


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    1 hr 33 min
  • 134- Heavy Dettol

    Look Ma! We're on You Tube! https://youtu.be/ZA6Jn-_ffA0?si=BjUsyqKP8i-HFTUc


    In our new look NT2.0 show we present Black Sabbath, Lemmy, the Black & White Minstrel Show, AI bollocks, Arthur Lowe, Don Estelle, Arthur C Sharp, Feldman on Give Us A Clue, the art of displaying books, Sir Mortimer Wheeler and Jimmy Clitheroe plus all the usual bollocks.

     

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    1 hr 27 min
  • NT Gold 21- "Quid Game" 16th October 2021

    A post-hospital Livesley and a post-modern Carmichael take a voyage from Scandinavian Pop and Progg to South Korea TV and find the time to lay into James Corden along the way.


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    1 hr 16 min

About Nice Things

From the publisher's feed

Join Cultural Historians Michael Livesley and Paul Carmichael as they attempt to get to grips with modernity, safe in the knowledge that nothing decent has been created since 1992.


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