100 episodes
Nice Things Nice Things
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5.0 • 22 Ratings
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Join Cultural Historians Livesley & Carmichael for Nice Things - the antidote to modern living.
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Nice Things 120 – Morrissey in Megadeth
Beltane, teenage bands, hints from the afterlife, Deliverance, sewing up jeans, Helen Mirren and Nicole Williamson, mixing pop (the drink), John Hurt, Flanagan & Allen, and a difference of opinion over ex-MPs on the telly.
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Nice Things 119 – The Baste Police
#PaddyMcGuiness for Give Us a Clue? Turkeys & Shakespeare – real? Jon Pertwee, Liz Truss, 90s post-rave japes, censorship, the influence of @ConfessionsPete on Sir M’s pocket and the REAL unknown of the afterlife – what if you die needing a piss?
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Nice Things 118 – The Pallet Sketch
A heated discussion about why national treasure Dame Thora Hird was not only dangerous but also rubbish leads us to a story of a common man and his pallet. Whilst this is going on #FawltyTowers is the subject of debate and there’s some actual breaking news about a much-loved British TV institution…
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Nice Things 117 – The Importance of Being Silly
This week – Get Carter, Alton Towers, Dinsdale Landen, Paddy McGuinness, da footy, Fawlty Towers, Hitchhikers Guide, taking LSD, Countdown, Big Bang Theory, 3 Body Problem, Mark Strickson, and all the usual bollocks.
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Nice Things 116 – Preaster Eggs
For Good Friday #DoctorWho S15 box set, shelves, image rights, William Squire, Argo records, Tom Baker, porn mags and some very ‘forthright’ opinions on the ‘Bolton 3’ – Paddy McGuinness and the Kay twins Peter and Vernon.
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Nice Things 115 – Mithering Sunday
The Duke of Edinburgh, drunken performance, Wheeltappers & Shunters, Whicker Man, Tolkien, Blackadder, Shakespeare, The Dogon Tribe, Sir M’s theories on ancient construction and worrying revelations of the misappropriation of Bring n Buy Sale funds by Lord Paul.
Customer Reviews
This is a great Podcast!
A brillaint Podcast away from the madness of the world, you find yourself transported with them as they talk about their nice things of the week, New DVD's or Blu Ray's of Old TV, Music, or just events, and on listening or watching on YouTube , you will throughly enjoy the time invested, with every show like a little time capsule of memories of yesteryear with a modern twist of a 2023 perspectic! Great stuff!
The best!
Only just discovered NT and currently binge-listening them all. They talk about all the nice stuff that I am into. Eloquent, funny, knowledgeable and all round nice chaps.
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A wonderful window into a golden age in the joyous company of two twinkle eyed thesps. Messrs Livesey and Carmichael celebrate a lost world of Crossroads, Play For Today, Yorkshire Television, Doctor Who and quality television drama. Prepare to be swept away on waves of joyous nostalgia.