Nice Things Nice Things

This week, a very sleepy show feat Shakespeare, buses, the death of broadcasting, organising bookshelves, lots of love for the wonderful @spuddemos @TheRSC @sherlockpod @WhoEvent plus all the usual nonsense!

Mad hair, violence on telly, Matchbox Models of Yesteryear, Play School, Eastenders, the ‘Johnny Byrne’ factor, the Richard Dreyfuss shitstorm, Drop the Dead Donkey live and why Hamish MacBeth was shit.

#solarstorms #bernardhill David Brunt’s magnificent #doctorwho book #Babyreindeer #Martha, the surprising George Formby/#elonmusk connection, #clarksonsfarm and the terrifying spectre-cals ghosts get up to when you’re out.

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.

#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?

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…