Roast Chestnuts

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A podcast devoted to loving and exploring Christmas made-for-tv movies. Presented by Alan Maguire, Jeanne Sutton, a special guest every episode, and the spirit of Christmas.

  1. 01/11/2018

    Roast Chestnuts Is Back!

    Welcome back to Season Two of Roast Chestnuts! We've got ten more Made-For-TV Christmas movies to dissect between now and Christmas with special guests like Esther O'Moore Donohoe, Erin McGathy, Claire Beck, and loads more. This year we're getting interactive. Grab your Roast Chestnuts Bingo Card [here](https://www.headstuff.org/roast-chestnuts/roast-chestnuts-is-back/) and spot as many Xmas tropes as you can. Our first film is The Christmas Train (2017) so get watching and we'll be back with episode one on November 2nd! Find Jeanne and Alan on Twitter @jeannedesutun and @alan_maguire If you like Roast Chestnuts then please subscribe and consider rating and/or reviewing us on your local podcast app. And tell your friends, that’s the best thing. Original artwork by Dee McDonnell Theme Music by Daniel McAuley This episode was produced by Brian + Alan

    3 min
  2. 7: Fir Crazy (2005) with Eithne Shortall

    15/12/2017

    7: Fir Crazy (2005) with Eithne Shortall

    Eithne Shortall, Sunday Times chief arts writer and author of Love In Row 27, joins Alan and Jeanne to talk about 2013’s Fir Crazy. Fir Crazy is the heartwarming tale of a woman who takes over her family’s Christmas tree lot for one fateful Christmas, steals electricity from a department store, and finds love along the way. Fir Crazy was written by Elizabeth Hackett and Hilary Galanoy, directed by Craig Pryce, and stars Sarah Lancaster, Eric Johnson, and Colin Mochrie. Eithne Shortall‘s hugely popular novel Love In Row 27 is out NOW Find Jeanne and Alan on Twitter here: Jeanne Sutton (@jeannedesutun) Alan Maguire (@alan_maguire) and the podcast itself (@RoastChestnuts_)  If you like Roast Chestnuts and would like us to succeed in life then please subscribe and consider rating and/or reviewing us on your local podcast app. And tell your friends, that’s the best thing. Original artwork by Dee McDonnell Theme Music by Daniel McAuley This episode was produced by Brian and edited by Alan

    55 min
  3. 5: Christmas With Holly (2012) with Caroline Foran

    01/12/2017

    5: Christmas With Holly (2012) with Caroline Foran

    Writer and co-founder of GAFFInteriors.ie Caroline Foran joins Jeanne and Alan to watch Christmas With Holly (2012), the heartwarming story of a man who moves in with his brothers in a last-ditch attempt to get his deceased sister’s traumatised daughter to speak again. It’s also the heartwarming story of a jilted bride who opens a toy shop on an island in order to start over. Will they find love? With each other? Even though one of them has a long-term girlfriend? We’ll see.  Christmas With Holly was written by Pneneh Goldstein, adapted from the novel Christmas Eve At Friday Harbour by Lisa Kleypas, directed by Alan Arkush, and stars Sean Faris and Eloise Mumford. Christmas With Holly features not one but two Irish dancing scenes so look forward to that. Caroline’s book Owning It: Your Bullsh*t Free Guide To Living With Anxiety is available from all good bookshops now.  Find Jeanne and Alan on Twitter here: Jeanne Sutton (@jeannedesutun) Alan Maguire (@alan_maguire) and the podcast itself (@RoastChestnuts_)  If you like Roast Chestnuts and would like us to succeed in life then please subscribe and consider rating and/or reviewing us on your local podcast app. And tell your friends, that’s the best thing. Original artwork by Dee McDonnell Theme Music by Daniel McAuley This episode was produced by Brian and edited by Alan

    1hr 7min
  4. 4: A Heavenly Christmas (2016) with Emer McLysaght

    24/11/2017

    4: A Heavenly Christmas (2016) with Emer McLysaght

    Writer Emer McLysaght joins Jeanne and Alan to watch A Heavenly Christmas (2016), the heartwarming story of a woman who dies and goes to heaven but gets sent back to Earth to make a little girl’s wish come true and falls in love along the way. A Heavenly Christmas was written by Gregg McBride, directed by Paul Shapiro and stars Kristin Davis, Eric McCormack, and Shirley MacLaine. Near the end, Alan says that Albert Brooks starred in a 70s movie called Heaven Can Wait. It’s actually a 1991 film called Defending Your Life. Alan apologises. Emer co-wrote Oh My God What A Complete Aisling and it’s so good, everybody loves it. You can follow her on Twitter if you like Find Jeanne and Alan on Twitter here: Jeanne Sutton (@jeannedesutun) Alan Maguire (@alan_maguire) and the podcast itself (@RoastChestnuts_)  If you like Roast Chestnuts and would like us to succeed in life then please subscribe and consider rating and/or reviewing us on your local podcast app. And tell your friends, that’s the best thing. Original artwork by Dee McDonnell Theme Music by Daniel McAuley This episode was produced by Brian and edited by Alan

    54 min
  5. 3: A Wish For Christmas (2016) with Roisin Kiberd

    17/11/2017

    3: A Wish For Christmas (2016) with Roisin Kiberd

    Writer Roisin Kiberd joins Jeanne and Alan to watch A Wish For Christmas (2016), the heartwarming story of a woman who gets a wish granted by SANTA CLAUS and has 48 hours to use the wish to change her life for the better and maybe fall in love and help others along the way too. We talk about the film, Vancouver, serial killers, actors pretending to work in offices, sigils, The Secret, and more serial killers. A Wish For Christmas was written by Helen Frost & Don McLeod, directed by Christie Will Wolf and stars Lacey Chabert and Paul Greene You can find Roisin’s excellent writing in Vice and other places and follow her on Twitter Find Jeanne and Alan on Twitter here: Jeanne Sutton (@jeannedesutun) Alan Maguire (@alan_maguire) and the podcast itself (@RoastChestnuts_)  If you like Roast Chestnuts and would like us to succeed in life then please subscribe and consider rating and/or reviewing us on your local podcast app. And tell your friends, that’s the best thing. Original artwork by Dee McDonnell Theme Music by Daniel McAuley

    54 min
  6. 2: I’ll Be Home For Christmas (2016) with Esther O’Moore Donohoe

    10/11/2017

    2: I’ll Be Home For Christmas (2016) with Esther O’Moore Donohoe

    Esther O’Moore Donohoe of The 80% podcast joins Jeanne and Alan to watch I’ll Be Home For Christmas (2016), the heartwarming story of a single mother trying to accommodate her cranky ex-cop father’s behaviour even though she’s very busy with AN IMPORTANT CASE. Along the way, the Roast Chestnuts gang find out what honey pears are, decide that Sharon Horgan’s Divorce was underrated, and write a very excellent sequel to I’ll Be Home For Christmas. I’ll Be Home For Christmas was written by Robin Bernheim, directed by James Brolin and stars James Brolin, Mena Suvari, and Giselle Eisenberg. Esther O’Moore Donohoe hosts The 80% which can be found wherever good podcasts are available. You can also hear her telling you where the traffic’s at as part of the AA Roadwatch team on Today FM. Find Jeanne and Alan on Twitter here: Jeanne Sutton (@jeannedesutun) Alan Maguire (@alan_maguire)  If you like Roast Chestnuts and would like us to succeed in life then please subscribe and consider rating and/or reviewing us on your local podcast app. And tell your friends, that’s the best thing. Follow Roast Chestnuts on Twitter and join The HeadStuff Podcast Network on Facebook Original artwork by Dee McDonnell Theme Music by Daniel McAuley This episode was produced by Brian and edited by Alan

    55 min
  7. 1: A Princess For Christmas with Fuchsia MacAree

    03/11/2017

    1: A Princess For Christmas with Fuchsia MacAree

    Welcome to the first episode of Roast Chestnuts, a podcast about made for TV Christmas movies. This week, Jeanne, Alan, and special guest Fuchsia MacAree watch A Princess for Christmas (2011), a heartwarming tale about a woman who brings her orphaned niece and nephew to a fictional European country to spend Christmas with the family they never knew. Will she find love along the way? Yes, of course she will. A Princess For Christmas was written and directed by Michael Damian and stars Katie McGrath (who is Irish, v important), Sam Heughan AKA Jamie From Outlander, and Sir Roger Moore. Fuchsia McAree draws things. She’s one of the best at it. See for yourself by following her on Twitter or going to her website Find Jeanne and Alan on Twitter here: Jeanne Sutton (@jeannedesutun) Alan Maguire (@alan_maguire)  If you like Roast Chestnuts and would like us to succeed in life then please subscribe and consider rating and/or reviewing us on your local podcast app. And tell your friends, that’s the best thing. Follow Roast Chestnuts on Twitter and join The HeadStuff Podcast Network on Facebook Original artwork by Dee McDonnell Theme Music by Daniel McAuley This episode was produced by Alan Bennett

    54 min
  8. Roast Chestnuts | A Christmas Movies Podcast

    01/11/2017

    Roast Chestnuts | A Christmas Movies Podcast

    Jeanne Sutton and Alan Maguire believe that the true spirit of Christmas lives in Made For TV Christmas Rom-Coms. That’s why they’ve started Roast Chestnuts, a new, limited-run series on the HeadStuff Podcast Network. Every Friday from November 3rd until Christmas they, along with a special guest, will be introducing you to a new Christmas movie, some good, some not great, but all very much made for TV. The first movie is 2011’s A Princess For Christmas so get watching and we’ll see you back here on November 3rd. Find Jeanne and Alan on Twitter here: Jeanne Sutton (@jeannedesutun) Alan Maguire (@alan_maguire)  If you like Roast Chestnuts and would like us to succeed in life then please subscribe and consider rating and/or reviewing us on your local podcast app. And tell your friends, that’s the best thing. Follow Roast Chestnuts on Twitter and join The HeadStuff Podcast Network on Facebook Original artwork by Dee McDonnell Theme Music by Daniel McAuley This episode was produced by Alan Maguire

    3 min
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A podcast devoted to loving and exploring Christmas made-for-tv movies. Presented by Alan Maguire, Jeanne Sutton, a special guest every episode, and the spirit of Christmas.

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