Firecrotch & Normcore: THEY LIKE TO WATCH Sara Barron/Geoff Lloyd

Välkommen and bienvenue, welcome! We've been poring over this year's BAFTA TV award winners. Yay for Sarah Phelps and 'The Sixth Commandment'! But how did the UK television industry honour the swansong of 'Succession' - its finest export? NUL POINTS! We watched the show that usurped Business Throne.
PLUS: The Eurovision party isn't over. We talk to James Rogan, the man behind the new documentary, 'ABBA: Against The Odds'.
Lay All Your Love On Me: fuckoff@firecrotchandnormcore.com
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Chiquitita: Annabel Port

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It's Cineaste Week! We don't know how it happened (we DO know how it happened) but this week we're all films, all the time. All available on your TV screen, of course. We watched one light confection, one terror-scape, and maaaaaaybe the best thing we've seen since Succession?
Also, this week's guest is the wonderful Ashley Storrie, co-writer and star of the BBC hit Dinosaur. 
Write to us: fuckoff@firecrotchandnormcore.com
Help Sara see her dad: https://patreon.com/theyliketowatch
See Sara work it out in Brighton: https://www.brightonfringe.org/events/sara-barron-anything-for-you/
Edited by the woman whose parents - to cheer her up after a divorce as a 30-something - on a weekend away to Auschwitz

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We're baaaaaaaaack! Say this to yourself OR passers-by in the style of Poltergeist II.
We love all our guests equally, of course, but this week's is extra spesh because - HELLO - it's Succession writer and showrunner of The Regime, Will Tracy! We have an exciting connection, and the discovery of that connection, during the interview, was a major podcast highlight. 
Plus: Sara roleplays being a Deliverer of Hard Truths and Geoff confronts his fears about Unfrosted
Write to us: fuckoff@firecrotchandnormcore.com
Let Sara see her dad many times before he dies: https://www.patreon.com/theyliketowatch
See Sara working it all out in Machynlleth: https://machcomedyfest.co.uk/show/2024/sara-barron-anything-for-you-work-in-progress/
Or Brighton: https://www.brightonfringe.org/events/sara-barron-anything-for-you/
Edited by our friend, her son's mother, and her lover's lover, Annabel Emily Port

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Sara has tonsillitis - she's on antibiotics and complete vocal rest. She had a fever dream where she was drawn towards the light, but spotted her late grandmother on the other side and fled.
So, it's a truncated episode this week (a semisode?): An interview we'd already recorded before she was struck down. And what an interview! It's Andy Milligan, writer of The Sopranos of shiny-floor entertainment TV - Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.
Send Firecrotch a get-well-soon email: fuckoff@firecrotchandnormcore.com
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Edited by Annabel Port, who is in rude health.



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Happy birthday to our son, who's eight today. He'll never read this, although he was recently overheard saying, "Mom can't decide what she's doing for her quick watch". Kids these days! Etc.
This week it's our great pleasure to speak to Rockerdale Studios creative director, Stu Richards, and head of production, Michelle Singer, about their SMASH HIT The Assembly. You're not living life to the fullest if you haven't seen this show, and you know we don't say that lightly. 
Plus: a master-class in martial passive-aggression, Ripley (finally!), and boundaries, baby, BOUNDARIES. 
Hit us up with some dopamine via our inbox: fuckoff@firecrotchandnormcore.com
Help Sara with her eyes, nails and artisanal fertiliser: https://www.patreon.com/theyliketowatch
Edited by she of the raven-hair and golden-throat, Ms. Annabel Emily Port

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It's cold and rainy and we promised to take our child to a farm near Heathrow airport. What fabulous journey are you on today?
This week's guest - fresh off her rave review in the New York Times - is 'Manhunt' showrunner, Monica Beletsky! We discuss how to make old-timey feel new-timey, and how to manage a complex timeline. And Abe Lincoln's beard. 
Plus: We watch TV featuring (in no particular order) Michael Sheen, Steve Martin and Larry David.

Michael Sheen is 25 years older than his wifeSteve Martin is 26 years older than his wifeLarry David is 31 years older than his wife.
“The heart wants what it wants. There’s no logic to those things. You meet someone and you fall in love and that’s that.” ~ Woody Allen
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Digging the weeds: Annabel Port


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