Box of Delights

Cheese & Pickle
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All of television history is contained within the Box of Delights. TV journalist Julia Raeside invites her guests to choose a favourite TV memory and take another look at it, say what it meant to them, and what it means to them now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. BUMPER CHRISTMAS SPECIAL: A Castle for Christmas

    12/11/2025

    BUMPER CHRISTMAS SPECIAL: A Castle for Christmas

    Julia is joined by Scottish giant (often mistaken for hot Santa) Stephen Oswald who tells her all about filming the excessively festive Netflix movie, A Castle for Christmas. It was lockdown, 2020, and an obsession with knitting was about to take a hold of the plucky thespian as he travelled back to his native Scotland for 3 months to film with a bunch of similarly confused actors and Brook Shields! This one is quite a (sleigh) ride. If you're looking for a podcast episode to put you in a Christmas mood, step right up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    23 min
  2. The X Files, Eugene Tooms

    12/04/2025

    The X Files, Eugene Tooms

    The brilliant author, Hattie Williams, joins Julia to recount her early experiences watching The X Files on BBC Two. No 9-year-old should see the things she's seen, but she finds the show's serial killer - Eugene Tooms - more funny than frightening now. Remember the yellow-eyed lurker who lived in nests made of his own lick and slithered through sewage pipes in search of his next victim? Well, Hattie does in great, gratuitous detail. Her gripping debut novel - Bitter Sweet - is out now in hardback and is totally unputdownable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    12 min
  3. Short-lived BBC soap Eldorado

    11/28/2025

    Short-lived BBC soap Eldorado

    Journalist and author Michael Hogan reminisces with Julia about the blink-and-you'll-miss-it BBC soap opera Eldorado. A costly experiment for the BBC which built a small village in which to shoot the sun-soaked Spanish saga that only ran for a year in the early nineties. Julia's never really gotten over the cancellation of Wogan to make way for it and for what? Michael's brilliantly witty and twisty debut cosy crime novel - The Dog Walkers' Detective Agency - is out now and available in paperback. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    19 min
  4. The Mad Men lawnmower incident

    11/21/2025

    The Mad Men lawnmower incident

    The brilliant actor Liz Bower asks you to push away your dinner and join her in the offices of Sterling-Cooper advertising agency in New York as a feckless employee mounts a ride-on mower, after one too many wines, and causes bloody havoc. A truly memorable moment from one of the greatest TV shows of all time. Is Jon Hamm still hot? How did production design get the blood to spatter so perfectly on the shocked faces of those extras? And a short Dave Grohl correction. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    15 min
  5. Hammer House of Horror: The House That Bled to Death

    11/14/2025

    Hammer House of Horror: The House That Bled to Death

    The star of, among other things, Netflix's A Castle For Christmas, Stephen Oswald chats to Julia about being far too small to watch Hammer House of Horror in 1980 when it went out on ITV and the particular moment from his favourite episode which involved a children's birthday party and a lot of fake blood. If you have yet to watch A Castle For Christmas, go and check it out. An absolute delight of a festive film and it'll be good homework for our festive special closer to Christmas! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    18 min
  6. Jesus dies...in The Walking Dead.

    11/07/2025

    Jesus dies...in The Walking Dead.

    Actor and audio-book queen Liz Bower tells Julia (who is basically Zombie-phobic) about the time her favourite undead series killed off one of her favourite characters. Full disclosure, we recorded Liz's episodes ages ago and The Walking Dead universe may have thrown up several new iterations since we sat down to chat about it almost TWO YEARS ago. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    18 min
  7. Buffy The Vampire Slayer

    10/31/2025

    Buffy The Vampire Slayer

    Author Hattie Williams tells Julia about her formative love of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, and how it broke her heart when Angel died. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    14 min
  8. Gemma's death in Byker Grove

    10/24/2025

    Gemma's death in Byker Grove

    Join author Kate Weston as she remembers watching in horror the episode of Byker Grove (CBBC) where young Gemma touched a dodgy plug and died of electric to the horror of us all. Kate's latest novel - How to Make a Killing - is set in the sordid world of high-powered estate agency and has been described as "Selling Sunset with incident tape". And it's OUT NOW. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    13 min
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All of television history is contained within the Box of Delights. TV journalist Julia Raeside invites her guests to choose a favourite TV memory and take another look at it, say what it meant to them, and what it means to them now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Cheese & Pickle
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2025
  • Episodes
    86
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Julia Raeside
  • Show Website
    Box of Delights

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