This time… Premium Bonds… are they unique to the UK? Coronation Street AXED? How reporting is so different between sources. Youtube viewers like Andy and Nick are losing patience with the length of videos, the ads, and the moaning vloggers! Real bread week… why is sliced white so dreadful? We note the death of actor Brian Murphy and discuss 70s sitcoms. Why are tomatoes so tasteless? Finally… a good news story about a well-travelled cat! Its all here! Get in touch via our website: twovoices.co.u...
Feb 05, 2025•45 min•Ep. 214
This edition, we have themed our podcast. Today we talk about the future of television. Nick is a minimal viewer of television being more of a radio, podcast and Youtube fan. Andy actually teaches television production skills in a college. We think you’ll find this an interesting debate with some interesting questions and fascinating answers. We explore what’s known as linear television (old fashioned viewing as broadcast) and then look at how people are consuming programmes now. Do we still tur...
Nov 28, 2024•55 min•Ep. 213
This time Nick and Andy are together in the studio. They discuss a recent visit to the Watercress Line (Mid Hants Heritage Railway). The podcast leads on to the wider discussion on the popularity of heritage steam and diesel railways in the UK including the Great Central Railway in Loughborough & The Severn Valley Railway in Kidderminster. There is a big reliance on volunteers. Nick and Andy discuss the advantages (and sometimes) disadvantages to organisations in having a volunteer base. Plu...
Oct 09, 2024•46 min•Ep. 212
Andy asks what happens to the furniture in restaurants when they close down? Nick has some espresso cups courtesy of his aunty from a closed down Wimpy Bar. We talk about gawping through the windows while people are working… it’s your BBC… except it isn’t! Andy talks about the quality of soap operas. Nick reveals how he likes to pretend he’s presenting daytime TV from IKEA room sets. We talk about supermarket loyalty cards, how very variable their rewards are, and the cost of shopping in the 80s...
Aug 23, 2024•45 min•Ep. 211
You told us how much you enjoyed the last podcast... our London walk and talk. So we are doing something similar today. Join us as we walk from London Blackfriars Station via Unilever, Fleet Street, Hodge the Cat, and ending up at the Inns of Court. Plus the usual chatty twaddle along the way! Please get in touch via the "Contact Us" button our website: twovoices.co.uk We really love hearing from you.
Jul 20, 2024•48 min•Ep. 210
This episode is different from the norm. Nick and Andy decided to go for a walk around London and are pleased to have you along to eavesdrop on their conversation! Join us as we start on the Goswell Road near Farringdon Station in London, we go to Angel Islington, then end up in Nisbets. Central London is too busy so we jump on a bus that's hotter than the sun and end up touring via Limehouse via the Docklands Light Railway! We end up at Canary Wharf. It's the usual rambling chat you know and lo...
Jun 04, 2024•45 min
This time we're limited to 40 minutes due to poor technology. Hello to Abigail! We talk about another narrowboat holiday via Atherstone and a visit to a good old fashioned bakery. Plus we visit Birmingham. Why is Birmingham always slated? We love it! Plus... Nick mentions a Two Voices Radio Presentation Skills course he's hosting for 5 weeks in Brentford and how it has some wonderful attendees. Finally... how often do you clean your toothbrush? It's all here and as random as usual! Get in touch ...
Apr 25, 2024•38 min
This time… we start with cereal for dinner… you won’t believe the suggestion of the USA Kellogg’s boss. We look at the Crooked House Pub in Dudley, West Midlands… it’s an intriguing story. We talk about re-use of buildings and the surprising number of new buildings still appearing. Plus… the radio station currently off air… for a very strange reason. We talk our perennial favourite topic… hotel stays… from chain hotels to a recent stay we have made at an old fashioned hotel in Bournemouth. Andy ...
Mar 13, 2024•54 min
This time...we talk about old bank notes, the Bank of England and the Stock Exchange. The UK appears to now be a coffee culture over tea. We talk about moving to other countries and learning the language. We love a stay in a "pub with rooms" but notice young people come down to hotel breakfasts with their bags and coats on. What's that all about? Mixtapes and owning music... with the rise of online music... Nick realises that we don't actually own our own music anymore... its quite sad... but eq...
Jan 28, 2024•55 min•Ep. 206
Christmas cuddly toys linked with shops – from Venus flytraps to Caterpillars. There’s our usual Retail Roundup. Wilkos is back open in Luton. Smarter M&S stores. Local Radio…not so local. Shirts with pleats… avoid. The robotic café with GPS. Nick reveals potential Christmas death-traps around the house. He finds it difficult to keep a straight face… not because the issue isn’t serious but by the way the article was written. We think you may laugh along! Please do us a Christmas favour… shar...
Dec 20, 2023•58 min•Ep. 205
This time we discuss our recent trip to Scotland. It's a fabulous country and only an hour away from Luton Airport. We stay in Glasgow, jaunt over to the coast at Largs. Plus we take the train to Stirling and Edinburgh. You tell us how you enjoy hearing about places to visit in the UK so we hope this will inspire your next tripette. Get in touch.... email nick@twovoices.co.uk or leave us a lovely review wherever you listen to our podcast from. Thank you.
Nov 10, 2023•50 min
This time… Andy has a moan about unnecessary communications from companies… Nick cannot walk through a moving train. Why are the recycling systems so different across the country? Two further questions… why are the British never prepared for the weather and why our trains are so expensive? As predicted Wilkos has finally gone bust. Andy reminds us of the bargain food mixer he bought from there. We talk fitness, walking and poor supermarket sandwiches when you do decide to go out for the day. Tha...
Sep 27, 2023•57 min•Ep. 203
We’re back after a summer break. We went to Brighton on the weekend of the big hotel fire (we had nothing to do with it!). We talk about Brighton’s faded grandeur but we can recommend a decent fish and chip shop. Andy talks about Dawlish… another fine place to visit and how the railway runs right along the seafront but advises you don’t drive to Devon. We talk about our old friend the train day ranger. In retail roundup Wilko a major 400 store chain in the UK looks like it’s going bust. Andy tel...
Aug 10, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 202
This time… we are looking at heritage brands. Why are old brands popular again? Nick is drinking Slush Puppie fizzie and it’s delicious (and cheap). Do you remember from the 70s orange “juice” in a packet? Andy remembers his mum throwing away things with E-numbers in as Plymouth Sound Radio told her to! With a heritage theme we talk about actors from our childhood coming back including Christopher Biggins with a podcast interviewing his friends. We look at the hefty price of ice-creams from ice-...
Jun 22, 2023•59 min•Ep. 201
We've reached Episode 200! We talk about our first ever episode that came from our Radio LaB 97.1FM radio show. We look at the Eurovision Song Contest… why so much fuss this year? TV licence fees… We find that it's not just the UK that has one. Who pays for all these subscription channels? Andy tries to find a way to learn foreign languages via TV channels. Other countries are much better at languages than the British. Why is that? Plus...Nick unusually does some binge watching of Welsh TV drama...
May 22, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 200
This time... We are back from another narrowboat holiday. Listeners tell they like hearing about our UK Canal boat experiences. We travel from Norbury in Staffordshire to Middlewich in Cheshire via the Audlem lock flight. Find out what it was like. Plus... We pay tribute to Paul O'Grady a.k.a. Lily Savage... What a performer! Finally... We box up the podcast in Tupperware... while it's still around! (Tupperware that is!) Our next podcast is our 200th! Do us a favour... leave us a review wherever...
Apr 15, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 199
This time... we discuss using webcams and choosing backgrounds. Andy is suffering but bored at being home watching daytime TV. Loose Woman and Carol McGiffin. Heir Hunters... The only programme with no reveal. We talk about the drama "Nolly" based on Crossroads actress Noele Gordon that leads us on to talk about the BBC in Birmingham and their big plans. Plus... the drive thru bakery and the whole drive thru concept. John Lewis word salad. Sports Direct is using face scanning software. Messing a...
Mar 24, 2023•59 min•Ep. 198
Andy has a rant about a paper bag. We discuss the Lidl vs Tesco fight over a yellow circle. More deli counters are closing and Paperchase is going. We discuss the Greggs Bakery Outlets and find out which retailer provides the strongest coffee on the High Street. We remember buying ground coffee in the 80s. Finally… Nick and Andy have an interesting big discussion about the psychology of buying and how our perception of value varies depending upon where you are and what you’re buying! Get in touc...
Feb 15, 2023•57 min
Welcome to 2023! This time... We look at TV over Christmas. Was it rubbish where you live? We are attracted by ancient gameshows. Pottery is back, and Nick boasts about his handmade shirt. When is a ferry not a ferry? Plus... Do you wear your pyjamas to go shopping? Finally... Give "Walk with me Tim" Youtuber a watch... He's excellent...and stays in some grotty hotels!. It's all here. Get in touch through our website: twovoices.co.uk
Jan 13, 2023•59 min•Ep. 196
This time… Nick is already on the Baileys. We open correspondence corner where we hear from you. We look at old stuff on BBC 4. Amazon… two alternate experiences. Nick talks about the old fashioned ways of department stores including Harrods in the 90s and Andy’s tells us about his mum working in Beales in Bournemouth. Andy costs up Christmas lunch. We talk about a saturated market for veggie and vegan products. Plus, a disastrous clothes horse! It’s all here. Get in touch: nick@twovoices.co.uk
Dec 16, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 195
This week... We discuss a huge gap in knowledge. We hardly understand the scoring from any sport… and don’t get us onto how betting odds work! TV series Neighbours is coming back…even though it’s only just finished. What else should come back? Why are TV reboots not as good as the originals? Andy tells us how “Great British Bake Off” has lost its sparkle. Nick is looking forward to pottery & Sewing Bee. He has a new found admiration for people able to turn out garments in 3 hours! Plus defro...
Nov 18, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 194
This time: Making pies and suet pastry from scratch. Air fryers… everyone’s going on about them. Andy was an early adopter. Are they any good? Apparently they save energy. Nick & Andy discuss their own energy use… it seems you can be quid’s in if you are careful and maybe wear more than a t-shirt! We discuss something new to both of us… have you heard of “Too good to go”? We tell you all about it and Andy reveals live on our podcast what he found in his magic bag! It’s very exciting! Andy sa...
Oct 28, 2022•59 min
This time we look at the death of Queen Elizabeth ii. Neither of us are royalists and we try to provide a balanced discussion on the Queen's reign but also look at the extraordinary reaction from the British public to the not unsurprising death of a 96 year old lady. Give this upbeat podcast a listen, see what you think of our opinions, and share your views with us. Get in touch: nick@twovoices.co.uk
Sep 23, 2022•54 min
This time... the energy crisis & how The Two Voices are planning to save. Andy employs a chimney sweep. Heritage trains are taking over mainline services. Leicester's Pork Pie Roundabout to turn vegan? Plus we tell you about visiting Bristol and Clifton. Finally.. do you share Nick's passion for stationery? It's all here! Get in touch nick@twovoices.co.uk
Sep 02, 2022•56 min
This time, we discuss our recent visit to Yorkshire. First class service on the LNER train, staying in Leeds and exploring Halifax and Saltaire. We talk about the museums, travelling around, Emmerdale, Pound Bakery and trying to track down Steph's Packed Lunch. Plus... Morrisons really seem to be making an effort with their Food to Go offering. Other supermarkets could learn from them! It's all here! Get in touch: nick@twovoices.co.uk or andy@twovoices.co.uk...
Aug 10, 2022•59 min
This time we are gripped by a heatwave. We talk icecream and hear about Mystic Veg and her prediction for the next UK Prime Minister. We ramble on about working from home and neighbours who prattle on! The icecream van interrupts again. Plus... the Weston Super Mare oil rig, Birmingham trams start again at last, and we tell you all about Andy's bees. It's all here! If you love or even just tolerate our podcast... please share it with your friends, family or even people you can't stand.
Jul 21, 2022•56 min
A strike hit Britain… Andy fancies going on strike. Up the workers with Mick Lynch! How come the picket lines no longer use a brazier? Did you sleep well? Nick woke to hear a milk float. He’s surprised to hear people still have milk delivered! Is milk delivered overnight in any other part of the world? Why are we so milky in the UK? And as an aside, Nick and Andy love the way American’s say STORE, especially Mary from QVC USA. Plus… do you make your bed as soon as you get up? Apparently It’s the...
Jun 30, 2022•55 min
This time… we discuss new technology that may streamline the jobs around the home… but luddite Andy doesn’t sound convinced. We countdown the top 10 most hated household chores. Amazon, Alexa, Google and Netflix… we all buy into these organisations and then people are surprised that they might be spying on us or by how much they know about us. But perhaps that’s the trade-off for using them! We talk about doctors and dentists and how technology can fail them. Andy tells us about research by the ...
Jun 07, 2022•54 min
The clip at the start... what are they? Fake laughter – Andy’s new affectation. Eurovision roundup – 4 hours we’ll never get back. Greggs bakery prices are set to increase but who goes there for breakfast? Example of a company cashing in on the Jubilee. A good cat story. Plus…some ridiculous ghost hunters who are scared! Join Nick Benjamin and Andy Waterfield. Get in touch: nick@twovoices.co.uk or andy@twovoices.co.uk...
May 20, 2022•51 min
Back from our narrowboat holiday... here's we tell you all about our trip on NB Rainbow Lory. You've told us how you like to hear our stories about this very British holiday on the UK canals. There's tales of tunnels, filling up the boat with a hose, and we ask why some areas get a bad reputation? If you'd like to see some photos of the trip while you listen... go to facebook.com/twovoicesradio You can see the things we talk about. Please like, follow and share on our Facebook page. Thank you!...
Apr 25, 2022•56 min
