Surprise! Julia and Joel are jiving back into your feed for a special episode of COME STRICTLY DANCING . Hepped up on tinsel and at least two cocktails a piece, they discuss the whole Strictly 2024 shebang including the summer of scandal, what was going on with Wynn and Katya and how the nation and the show got the right winner in the end. Put another log on the fire and kick back for an hour and a bit of inconsequential dance chat. Happy Christmas! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...
Dec 15, 2024•1 hr 13 min
After the world's longest podcast hiatus (will verify with Norris McWhirter) Julia is back for a chat with regular guest (and, yes, he happens to be her husband), comedy writer Joel Morris. They reminisce about the TV of Christmases past and look forward to the new traditions they're making with their own family. But mostly it's just them bunking on about Blue Peter fire hazards, Victoria Wood, the big Christmas day film, Noel Edmonds, more Victoria Wood, dancing newsreaders and how excited they...
Dec 19, 2023•43 min•Season 4Ep. 1
TV producer Geri O'Donohoe remembers the utterly heart-wrenching finale to Six Feet Under and the personal resonance it particularly holds for her. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 23, 2023•17 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Comedian Mitch Benn talks to Julia about the time he saw the mighty Rik Mayall at the first ever Comic Relief live show in 1986. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 09, 2022•12 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Brilliant actor and star of Home (C4) Youssef Kerkour joins Julia to recount the thrilling, often excruciating episode of Succession in which Logan Roy (Brian Cox) returns to his home town in Scotland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 16, 2020•18 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Writer and podcaster Chris Thorpe-Tracey joins Julia to discuss his deep love for the 90s blood-sucker butt-kicker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 13, 2020•16 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Novelist Jenny Colgan remembers the pure teen lust generated by Nick Kamen stripping to his pants in a launderette. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 03, 2020•14 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Christmas is a time for ghost stories, so let's tenuously link to that by listening to the brilliant Tony Way reminisce about the bone-chilling terror induced by his viewing of Ghostwatch (BBC One) as a slightly tipsy teenager. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 02, 2020•22 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Julia helps comedian Mitch Benn to revisit the trauma of that day in 1982 when his innocence was swiftly taken by the death of Doctor Who companion, Adric. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 01, 2020•17 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Podcaster and man Jake Yapp barely controls his emotions as he returns to the Wales of his boyhood to weep over Small Films' delicate wonder, Ivor the Engine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 30, 2020•15 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Writer and broadcaster Sali Hughes remembers the furore around the Blind Date fake contestant scandal of 1998 and reveals some thrilling new behind-the-scenes details. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 05, 2020•20 min•Season 3Ep. 26
Comedian Tom Burgess buckles up to relive the THRILL ride that was Richard Hillman's gruesome tenure as the Coronation Street serial killer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 21, 2020•17 min•Season 3Ep. 25
The brilliant actor Youssef Kerkour tells Julia about getting the feels watching the Money Train episode of The Shield , just after experiencing 9/11 in New York. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 13, 2020•17 min•Season 3Ep. 24
Comedian and podcaster Jake Yapp (he's on Radio 4 every week with Now Wash Your Hands ) gets all misty talking about one of the world's most soothing TV programmes, Irish Paint Magic . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 12, 2020•17 min•Season 3Ep. 23
Writer and podcaster Chris Thorpe-Tracey comes to sing a hymn of praise to Toby of The West Wing . Amen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 08, 2020•19 min•Season 3Ep. 22
Comedian Eleanor Morton tucks into a plate of devilled nostalgia in the shape of BBC Two's The Supersizers. They would literally eat anything. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 07, 2020•17 min•Season 3Ep. 21
Julia and her husband, comedy writer Joel Morris, remember the magical day they visited Peter Firmin's house in Kent, where Small Films made Bagpuss, Noggin and the rest of their wondrous shows. (And do visit @boxdelightspod on Twitter to see some photos.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 26, 2020•12 min•Season 3Ep. 20
Comedy writer (and Julia's husband) Joel Morris takes us all back to our happy place, in front of the TV, watching the best children's programme ever, Bagpuss . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 25, 2020•17 min•Season 3Ep. 19
Actor and sometime Reeves and Mortimer collaborator Tony Way relives the delicious comedy treat that is Vic & Bob's take on Masterchef . BONG. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 23, 2020•15 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Screenwriter Toby Davies takes us back to the early 90s where a good-hearted physicist tried desperately to help others in a bid to go home. Quantum Leap, anyone? (May contains scenes of someone singing Imagine.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 22, 2020•15 min•Season 3Ep. 17
Television producer Geri O'Donohoe takes one for the team and relives her teenage (and ongoing) Joshua Jackson obsession with this classic episode of 90s teen drama Dawson's Creek . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 21, 2020•16 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Podcaster Jake Yapp demonstrates an impressive command of French pronunciation as he lavishes praise on the sexy French agents of Dix Pour Cent (Call My Agent) . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 20, 2020•16 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Podcaster and producer Chris Thorpe-Tracy goes all misty thinking about the lovely surrealist animation Adventure Time and their mesmerising food chain sequence . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 18, 2020•19 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Comedian Mitch Benn remembers the hazy days at the end of the 80s, sitting up and watching ITV's Night Network into the small hours. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 17, 2020•14 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Television critic Michael Hogan straps on a ponytail and canters happily through the memory of Darius Danesh's appearance on ITV's Popstars . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 13, 2020•18 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Journalist Sophie Harris steps through the smoky doors of time as, tonight Matthew, she sings the praises of Stars in Their Eyes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 10, 2020•17 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Broadcasting legend Richard Madeley remembers the sliding doors moment, on Calendar News , when his job led him to true love. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 06, 2020•17 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Comedian Tom Burgess shudders at the memory of the children's TV adaptation of Gillian Cross's The Demon Headmaster . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 03, 2020•17 min•Season 3Ep. 9
The actor Tony Way peers through his fingers at the memory of Angie Bowie causing chaos in the CBB house, 2016 , when news broke of David Bowie's death. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 25, 2020•19 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Comedian Eleanor Morton gets her torch and goes back to investigate 90s educational drama, Spywatch, taken from the BBC's Look & Read programme . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 21, 2020•12 min•Season 3Ep. 6
