Bring it to the Table

Bring It to the Table feels like a friendly mardle around a pub table, with lifelong friends Will Wilson and Maff Sharp chatting through a different topic each week. Expect warm conversation, plenty of laughs and a carefully curated jukebox of tunes that perfectly match the mood. It’s relaxed, local and full of personality – just pull up a chair and join in. Poppyland Radio is a community-led station serving North Norfolk and beyond, created by local people for local people. Broadcasting 24/7, it brings together great music, conversation, and stories that reflect life around the Poppyland coast.

Episodes

  1. APR 17

    Water

    This week on Bring It to the Table, Matt and Will pull up chairs, pour themselves a glass of council pop, and bring water to the table in all its forms – the sensible, the scientific, the seaside, and the very silly. Starting with foggy North Norfolk coastlines and drifting through cromer, Sheringham and beyond, the conversation ebbs and flows through sea frets, swimming memories, baths, taps, tea, hot tubs, estuaries, ice, clouds and the great mysteries of why water noises make everyone need the loo. Along the way there are surprising facts about how much of us is actually water, where the world’s fresh water really lives, and what happens when salt water meets fresh (answers may be slightly… improvised). As ever, the facts are only part of it. Expect gentle chaos, sideways thinking, listener messages, nostalgic tangents, accidental philosophy and the occasional detour into spies on Hampstead Heath, pirates by the seaside, French baths and the dangers of squeezing tea bags with your forethumb. The music selection stays firmly on theme, with water‑linked tracks spinning on seven‑inch vinyl from The Kinks, PJ Harvey, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Ice Cube, The Vapors, The Rolling Stones and more, each one opening another conversational tributary. Recorded live on Popyland Radio, this episode captures the rambling joy of two friends following a single word wherever it happens to flow. Whether you live by the sea, dream of a deeper bath, or are just here for the watery sounds and nonsense, there’s something to dip into. So pull on your wellies, mind the splash, and join Matt and Will as they talk water to within an inch of its life.

    1 hr

About

Bring It to the Table feels like a friendly mardle around a pub table, with lifelong friends Will Wilson and Maff Sharp chatting through a different topic each week. Expect warm conversation, plenty of laughs and a carefully curated jukebox of tunes that perfectly match the mood. It’s relaxed, local and full of personality – just pull up a chair and join in. Poppyland Radio is a community-led station serving North Norfolk and beyond, created by local people for local people. Broadcasting 24/7, it brings together great music, conversation, and stories that reflect life around the Poppyland coast.

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