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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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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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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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Enjoy Summer Safely Modern Media Review Robin Gibson Sean Gollogly

MMR #46: Enjoy summer safely – where possible

15 Jul 2020 Robin Gibson

Podcast: Could ‘Enjoy Summer Safely’ be as good as classics like ‘Control The Virus’ or ‘Build Build Build’? Robin and Sean road test the government’s latest campaign – plus interventions of the fortnight from Hancock & Dowden!

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MMR #43: American Zoombomb!

27 May 2020 Robin Gibson

Podcast: How’s the coronavirus going transatlantic? MMR’s Captain America, Ben Diamond, joins Robin and Sean to talk bleach cocktails, half-naked Zoombombers and ancient aliens. Contains fruit.

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Letter from America, part 14: Love and isolation

30 Mar 2020 Ben Diamond

Like you, I am holed up in my flat for the remainder of this pandemic. But unlike my thousands of Facebook friends, millions of followers and three loyal readers, I am thrilled by this situation!

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