The Box Set Pod - The Boxset Podcast

Hywel and Jamie, with a cameo from work-experience boy Jack, are left alone to catch up on the latest Box Set News, and other of life's eventualities. Has Game Of Thrones been snubbed at the golden globes? Are celebrities monumental idiots for taking part in a TV series about skiing? Is LA LA Land amazing? (yes). These and many more questions are answered.

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Say what now? A girl was blind, went missing, jumped off a bridge, called herself 'The OA', came back, bit a dog, befriending a bully, and then what now happened eh? What? Welcome to the world of the OA. Never has a series been more questioned, criticised, and more in need of The Box Set Pod to help you decide whether to continue. Listen in, no spoilers beyond ep one. Or at least, half way through episode one...

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Lemony Snicker has been a well known film staring Jim Carey for many years, but now Netflix, in their infinite wisdom, have created a whole new serve from the books. You may have heard people saying it’s great, but should you spend your valuable time on it? No spoilers here, just the advice to either keep you watching or put you off.

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Billy Bob Thornton has taken on the role of David in the new Amazon Prime court-room (ish) drama. Episode one has been watched by our Guinea Pig Mat, should he and YOU watch more?

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Criticism runs high as the podcast is afoot. Sherlock has reached what seems to be a sort of end, with a new year set of three latest but fairly exhaustive episodes. This is a spoiler episode, we will talk about things which may spoil it for you.

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Just a little Christmas short story from Hywel, an unplanned episode due to the arrival of a card on Christmas Eve.

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Welcome to the final Box Set Pod of 2016, and Christmas special. Young idiot, work experience boy Jack, has never seen Muppets Christmas Carol. He has also never watched A Very Moody Christmas - available on Netflix via Australia comedy talents. Now he has watched both, and sparks may fly.

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Created by Charlie Brooker, Black Mirror has had a few series in the UK and now on Netflix is its 'series one' (actually its 2016 series). The team, reformed now Jamie is back, discuss the episode that seems very familiar to our lives, but also to an episode of another series we watched recently... In a future entirely controlled by how people evaluate others on social media, a girl is trying to keep her "score" high while preparing for her oldest childhood friend's wedding.

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Marsha lives in Canada. She is from England. She is many other things too. An ex radio presenter, the person who picked most of the music for The Inbetweeners TV show, an activist (though she claimed to be a lazy one), and a general all-round thinker. Hywel and Marsha chew the creative kale from their perspectives of life as media / creative types.

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The new Gilmore Girls has been released on Netflix and fans Hywel and Mel had to do a special podcast reacting to the four films - Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall.What's the transatlantic difference in reaction, and how do the fans reviews hold up to review?!

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