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Modern Media Review Lockdown Telly Robin Gibson Sean Gollogly

MMR #54: Lockdown telly therapy – Top 5

25 Feb 2021 Sean Gollogly

Podcast: We watch so you don’t have to! Sean and Robin struggle through the quiz shows, The Serpent, Dancing On Ice, Susan Calman In Wales and, best of all, Class Action Park. Contains laudanum.

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MMR #53: Our tiers go up to 11

1 Feb 2021 Robin Gibson

Podcast: Think yourself lucky, you could be quarantined with Julia Hartley-Brewer. Where will it end? Internment at Stamford Bridge? Not for Frank Lampard. Robin and Sean try to avoid the slippery slope from home yoga to human biohazard. Contains Buckfast.

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Hot Chocolate Bomb

Letter from America, part 17: Hot chocolate bombs

30 Dec 2020 Ben Diamond

Just as this dumb-ass year comes to a close, my Stateside brothers and sisters have thrown up one last reminder of American ingenuity and the great promise we represent to the world.

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Paris Gargoyle by Nick Stafford

Letter from America, part 16: Waiting for water to boil

22 Dec 2020 Ben Diamond

Food for thought from Ben Diamond at the end of an unsavory year. In verse.

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Modern Media Review Xmas TV ads Robin Gibson Sean Gollogly

MMR #52: Sad, mad, bad – the Xmas TV ads

21 Dec 2020 Robin Gibson

Podcast: Elephants on the court, Lego slippers, crying Matt Hancock Tiny Tiers dolls – time is running out for 2020 but we’ll always have the Xmas TV ads. Robin and Sean sit down for it.

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Modern Media Review Hibernate Robin Gibson Sean Gollogly

MMR #51: Keep warm this winter – make trouble! Or hibernate

27 Nov 2020 Sean Gollogly

Why settle for a partially festive season when you could be out for the count? We need a top tier with opiates and Nytol plus a quality mattress. Sean and Robin expose a missed opportunity for Sunak and Hancock.

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Modern Media Review Breaking The Law Robin Gibson Sean Gollogly

MMR #49: Breaking the law!

18 Sep 2020 Sean Gollogly

Podcast: Britain’s obsessed with crime and everyone’s at it – Boris Johnson, Dennis Nilsen, Judas Priest, you name it (some offences are historic). Sean and Robin jump on the bandwagon.

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Get back to work! Get back to school! Modern Media Review 48

MMR #48: Get back to work! Get back to school!

31 Aug 2020 Robin Gibson

Podcast: Now Johnson and his mob want citizens back in harness – it’s a moral obligation! Robin and Sean unpeel the latest edicts, despite danger of death.

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MMR #47: Check your change, wash and go! Brexit’s back

5 Aug 2020 Sean Gollogly

Podcast: You can #CoverYourFace, but you can’t hide from Brexit – even if you’re gov.uk. So it’s Check, Change, Go! Sean and Robin unpack the new public service announcements.

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Shoe cake

Letter from America, part 15: This shoe is a cake

22 Jul 2020 Ben Diamond

We are shuttered inside due to a worldwide pandemic and our response is … “What if that couch was really a cake?”

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Britain's Favourite Crisps: Ben Ofoedu, Vanessa Feltz, Basil Brush by Rowan Tallant
Britain’s Favourite Crisps by Rowan Tallant
Cheltenham Festival - Bet Now! by Rowan Tallant
ITV Racing: Francesca Cumani, Matt Chapman and Ed Chamberlin – Bet Now! by Rowan Tallant
Masterchef: John Torode and Gregg Wallace by Rowan Tallant
Masterchef: John Torode and Gregg Wallace by Rowan Tallant
Theresa May by Rowan Tallant
Theresa May by Rowan Tallant
BRIT Awards 2019: Jack Whitehall by Rowan Tallant
BRIT Awards 2019: Jack Whitehall by Rowan Tallant
Alan Turing by Rowan Tallant
Alan Turing by Rowan Tallant
Joe Swash by Rowan Tallant
Joe Swash, sweet Jesus by Rowan Tallant
Phil the Greek in the deep by Rowan Tallant
Phil the Greek in the deep by Rowan Tallant
Jacob Rees-Mogg by Rowan Tallant
Jacob Rees-Mogg by Rowan Tallant
Piers Morgan by Rowan Tallant
Piers Morgan by Rowan Tallant
David Dimbleby Fiona Bruce
DimbleBruce by Rowan Tallant
Theresa May UK by Rowan Tallant
Theresa May UK by Rowan Tallant
The Thing From Another World by Rowan Tallant
The Thing From Another World by Rowan Tallant
Nick Ferrari by Rowan Tallant
Nick Ferrari by Rowan Tallant
Michael Gove by Rowan Tallant
Michael Gove by Rowan Tallant

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