After to long a delay we return to Charles Dickens. We begin The Old Curiosity Shop Dicken's fourth novel. We actually begin the show with Harry Lime then play a round of My Music and watch Hancock bungle his way across the English Channel. Enjoy.
This week a break from the irrepressible Harry Lime. See you've heard this episode before. Because of that we have My Music from January 11 1970 then we listen to Hancock's Half Hour in which the lad has his own Cinderella experience. We finally conclude with the Hobbit. Hopefully you all saw the movie. Attn Dickens fans the Old Curisosity Shop starts next week in full stereo and send us a note at brunch@london.com thanks and as always enjoy
Our headline r continues to be the Hobbit but we do have a look at Charles Chilton who died at 95 this week. We also have My Music and two episodes of Harry Lime.
For our final episode of twenty twelve we begin with Lime. Yes extra lime. We listen to The Secret Of Making Gold before we delve in to a fresh season of My Music. We go back to December 28 1969 and yes the pannel are in good voice this week. We then go back to Harry for his official episode two is Company from December 28 of 1951 and we conclude with The Hobbit Part 6 from 1968 A Warm Welcome. Enjoy.
There's lots of holiday cheer in this festive episode. After we get through the obligatory Harry Lime we will listen to Dad's Army's Christmas special from 1974. Then Matt Cox and JOhn Lingard sit down for thier annual chat. However it didn't quite go as expected. The chat was salvaged however. We'll continue with the Hobbit and conclude with allen Maitland's The Shepherd. Merry Christmas and happy holidays.
We continue with The Hobbit hey the film comes out this week here in the States. But we also have our latest installment of Hancock in which Tony decides he needs a new car and we have a double shot of lime for you starting with "The Barbary Queen," and ending with "An Old Moorish Custom." Enjoy.
We screwd our title up last time and we admit it so no heckling from the peanut gallery. Thanks. Okay we do have Hancock this week he's taking boxing lessons due to a weight problem, we finish Poirot to the relief of some of you and the sadness of your host ... and others Harry Lime has one of the most action packed episodes this week in The Third wWoman and ... it's Gollum time precioussssss. Enjoy
Here we meet Gollum for the first time but not before we've had some commedy. My thanks for your patience as we've had a bit of delay. And be advised 239 will be up by Saturday. We sgtart with Poirot and The Adventure Of The Cheap Flat. We then move to Hancock's Half Hour and The Idol. What happens when the lad's head gets to big? Then we'll listen to Harry Lime and the episode Three Farthings for Your Thoughts. Finally we conclude with The Hobbit Out of the Frying Pan and in to The Fire. The ad...
This week brunch gives you a surprise like we haven't pulled in the show's five year history. We'll start of course with Hercule Poirot and The Million Dollar Bond Robery and we'll begin the Hobbit and yes ... we'll continue Harry Lime but what could Matt have up his sleve? If you like it send an email to producerdirectormaria@gmail.com and let her know she did the right thing. Btw to email the show just email brunch@london.com follow us on facebook and twitter at twitter.com/bwtbrits enjoy....
This week as the host of this show is American ... we'll begin with a Thanksgiving surprise. AFter which we'll be listening to The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge by AGatha Christie concluding the BBC run of Harry Lime with In Pursuit of A Ghost and winding up with a full conclussion of The Cruel Sea narrated by Sir Donald Sindon. Please enjoy and those of you here in the States happy Thanksgiving.
This week in honor of Armistice day we begin The Cruel Sea. By Nicholas Monserat. BBC did it in six parts ... we're doing it in two. We also have our weekly Hercule Poirot mystery this week it's "The Case Of The Missing Will," and we're back in Paris with Harry Lime from Nov 9 of 1951 the title this time art is Long but Lime is Fleeting. Enjoy. To email the swhow please do so at brunch@london.com follow us at facebook and on twitter at bwtbrits.twitter.com enjoy....
Yes this week we finish our Halloween fun. Hercule Poirot has a ghost story of his own in The Tragedy at Marsden Manor and HarryLime is down in Mexico for a Mexican Hat tTrick from Nov 2 1951. We then finish The Hound of The Baskervilles. Just who is for and against Sir Henry ocupying Baskerville Hall? Only Doctor JWatson and Sherlock Holmes know the answer. Plus a look at nexgt week's show. For those of you who are new to Brunch in honor of those who served I like to play a British war drama in...
Not wishing to give to much away we'll start with Hercule Poirot again in a tale in which Poirot rescues the English Prime minister. Then it's off to Paris again with Harry Lime in Every Frame Has a Silver Lining. Finally Part 1 of a truly awesome Halloween story. Enjoy. Email the show at brunch@london.com thanks
This week we almost didn't get on the air due to our lengthy show on Wednesday. We only have one show as we're waiting for more megspace. And it's Harry Lime from 10/19/51 he's in Bordeaux this time in a counterfeit racket. Please enjoy. Email the show at brunch@london.com follow us on twitter and follow us on facebook with more megs comes more stuff we promise so hang in there. Matt and Maria
I love feedback. Possitive negative no exception it's important when feedback gets answered. This go round Matt Cox spends thirty minutes answering a listener's valued feedback. If you have coments please email the show at brunch@london.com or join us on facebook. And thanks for the feedback. Then Poirot is off to investigate a mysterious San Francisco diamond. and its "dissappearance" enjoy.
Poirot is back in our Brunch at Bedtime segment with The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman. This time a mysterious phone call lures Poirot over to Regents Court. Then we're off to wonderful Hong Kong with Harry Lime. Well actually we're halfway around the world as we listen to The Golden Fleece from 10/12/51's episode. Enjoy. Email the show at brunch@london.com follow us on facebook and twitter. enjoy.
Welcome to Brunch At Bedtime an occasional series of yes you guessed it spoken word audio and we continue Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie. This time Hastings and Hercule are off to Brighton. Just who stole the pearls? It wasn't the butler this was a hotel after all. Also this week Julie Anne Watson of Perth Australia joins us to discuss her involvement with the JDRF walk there. Go to www.jdrf.org.au for more info. Thanks and enjoy and we'll see you Friday. actually Saturday....
You might think that Hercule Poirot is the only thing you'll hear on Brunch this week but oh ye of little faith we have so much more. We'll start with Hercule yes but after that we'll listen to Lory Lee's Long Sleep, a documentary about the author of Cider With Rosie. Then we'll conclude Dad's Army with Sons Of The Sea and end with Harry Lime and Operation Music Box. Lots to enjoy. This is the last week for Choc Walk donations for myself or PDM go to http://www.chocwalk.net/mattcox or http://www...
We continue The Looking Glass Wars by John Lacarre. But we also have Dad's Army in which there is "No Spring For Frazier," Harry Lime investigates Works of Art and for Dave Bales we conclude another series of This Sceptred Isle. Plus Eric Troup stops by with an email Andrew Kirby checks in and Matt Cox continues his diagtribe on Revolution. Email the show at brunch@london.com and as always enjoy.
This is not Lewis Carroll but rather the next George Smiley thriller from George La Care. But before that we continue with This Sceptred Isle. King William will die and soon be replaced by Queen Anne. In Dad's Army we learn about the menace from the deep and Harry Lime takes a Trans Atlantic cruise in Rogues Holiday. Plus Matt Cox goes off on the TV show Revolution and why being visually impaired ... he was disappointed. It's not British but JJ Abrahams may want to listen.
This week we first learn about war in Europe on This Sceptred Isle. Then in Dad's Army what happens when a great shock hits Captain Mannering? Finally we conclude with Harry Lime in Saudi Arabia this week with Love Affair. To support me in the walk for Childrens Hospital please go to http://www.chocwalk.net/mattcox and email the show at brunch@london.com enjoy.
We begin with This Sceptred Isle and the Battle of the Boyne. Then in Dad's ARmy we'll listen to The Bullet Must Not be Fired. We'll conclude with Harry Lime and The Bohemian Star. Just what is our favorite con artist doing in London? Enjoy and as always email the show at brunch@london.com
This week it's a real short episode with the Labor Day holiday in the United States. However we do have Sceptred Isle as we learn about the Jacobites, in Dad's Army we find out what happens when the platoon have to learn to use a phone box in Sorry Wrong Number and Harry Lime is off to Haiti in Voodoo. Enjoy and email us at brunch@london.com and join the group on facebook under Brunch With The Brits. Have a great Labor Day if you're in the States.
As we've been going through season 1 of Dad's Army, I thought it'd be fun to look at a radio play that examines the friendship between John La Mesurer and Arthur Lowe. So we'll listen to Dear Arthur Love John as our featured play this week. But we also have Harry Lime with my favorite episode in the series so far ,"Ticket to Tangier," Dad's army entertains with The Lonliness of the Long Distance Walker," and we'll learn in this Sceptred Isle about life in the Kingdom of William and Mary. Plus Jo...
This week John Lingard returns home to the Lingard studios before continuing his holiday. He presents a program he recorded while at his remote studios in Kent from where he vissited Olympic Park watched fencing his wife watched tennis and he stood six feet from Matt Lauer from Today. But we also have a show to get too. So we continue learning about William Of Orange and his return to war in This Sceptred Isle. In Dad's Army we listen to The Showing Up of Lance Corporal Jones and we continue wit...
Okay so some of what we've played has been kind of dark lately I know so why not join us for this classic English tale as only PL Travers could write it and Juliet Stevenson could starr in it. But first we have Harry Lime from August 10 of 1951 with See Naples and Live we continue our look at English history with a look at William Of Orange and we also have Dad's Army with Something Nasty In The Vault from April 15 of 1974. Also Matt gives a full description of the the first ever brunch meet at ...
We begin the Harry Lime series with its first episode for BBC light. From August 3 of 51 it's Too Many Crooks starring Orson Wells. But we also have DAd's Army and the episode Under Fire and on This sceptred Isle we'll be studdying the 1688 revolution. Enjoy and as always email us at brunch@london.com find us on twitter at bwtbrits.twitter.com and find us at facebook.com/brunch_with_the_brits. enjoy.
Yes we revissit The Third Man Graham Green's thought provoking novel of postwar Vienna. We also have This Sceptred Isle in which we meet Judge Jeffries and the home guard get their first taste of Battle School. Btw don't forget the first ever bWTB meet at Disneyland. Please vissit http://www.friendsofthemagic.com for details. Contact
This week we'll conclude what Graham Green said was "the best spy novel ever written." Also in Dad's Army this week what happens when the platoon get hoodwinked by another platoon. We'll also learn about the Monmouth Rebellion in This Sceptred Isle. Enjoy.
This week we continue John La Care's famous novel dealing with the cold War. We'll also look at A Stripe For Frazier in Dad's Army and look at This Sceptred Isle. Enjoy.
