Best Neighbours Returns Podcasts (2025)

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#79 Launched in 1972 for Venus, Kosmos 482 failed to escape Earth orbit — and finally returned in May 2025, after 53 years in space 11:30

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Kosmos 482, was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1972 on a mission to Venus, but a technical glitch meant it never made it past Earth orbit. Designed to withstand the hellish surface of Venus, its lander remained in space for over 50 years, but this relic of Cold War space exploration has finally returned, re-entering Earth’s atmosphere decades afte…

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Self-Defence Yogilates | 308 | Neighbours Episodes May 2025 1:22:03

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CJ, Vaya and Sarah Jones recap Wendy's big whinge-fest, justice for Death Knellyfish, Mother's Day shenanigans, and Trevor's day in a crate. Check out @Neighbuzzpod on [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@neighbuzzpod?)! Artwork by Elyce Phillips Brett's Bitts courtesy of Brett Bowman. To support the PirateNet Studios and unlock bonus content, become o…

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#78 The Andromeda Galaxy is a cosmic neighbour that’s going to collide with our Milky Way Galaxy. Should we panic? 8:55

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No need to panic. Yet! We’ll be fine for the next 4 or 5 billion years, but Andromeda is heading our way. The Andromeda Galaxy was the first object to be identified as being outside our own galaxy, and it introduced us to extragalactic astronomy. And that’s not all. It can teach us more about dark matter and it could be home to billions of planets.…

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Prime Suspect | 307 | Neighbours Episodes April 2025 1:12:04

2M ago1:12:04

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CJ, Kate and Vaya recap the invesigation into the Seb whodunnit, the missing Lassiters linens, and a truly bonkers bejewelled Ceramic Pig. Check out @Neighbuzzpod on [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@neighbuzzpod?)! Artwork by Elyce Phillips Brett's Bitts courtesy of Brett Bowman. To support the PirateNet Studios and unlock bonus content, become one…

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Season two - THE HIGHLIGHTS 39:28

2M ago39:28

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People say to me, Steve - you're the producer of the Old Fools Podcast, is it even possible to pick highligts from what is already 100% audio gold? The answer is ... yes. Except I suspect I'll have upset someone by leaving one bit or another out of this. Money cannot buy this kind of entertainment. Which is fitting as we don't make any money from i…

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2.9 Laura Shavin returns! Emojis are too small! Making fun of Americans! Offa's Dyke! 33:56

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Delighted to welcome back the brilliant, actor, writer and all round top turn, Laura Shavin to the Old Fools. She joins Ian Martin and David Quantick pointing and l aughing at things that surround them. Big things - ideas, political ideologies, emojis... all the big stuff. This week we continue to laugh at American politicians while taking a swing …

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#77 The stranded astronauts are finally home after 9 months in space. Let’s see how Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore got home 6:09

2M ago6:09

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Their planned 8 day visit to the International Space Station was turned on its head when NASA announced their Boeing Starliner capsule was unsafe to use. What did Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore do for those 9 months? And we check out the plan that was put together to get them home safely. Follow Cosmic Coffee Time on X for some special content X.c…

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2.8 Liz Buckley! Chessington! Easter Trees! Americans Eating mustard! Paul McCartney? 31:45

2M ago31:45

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Week 8 of this season and we're still here. This week joined by Liz Buckley - head of A&R at super-cool Ace Records. This week Ian Martin, David Quantick and Liz bring Easter Trees, Americans eating mustard, a bomb disposal robot, "Adolescence" and Chessington World of Adventure under the microscope. And some discussion on whether or not Paul McCar…

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This is 40 | 306 | Neighbours Episodes March 2025 1:17:14

2M ago1:17:14

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CJ, Kate and Vaya (with a bonanza of Brett's Bitts at the end!) recap the set-up and payoff that is the Neighbours 40th anniversary episodes! Krista chooses infidelity over intoxication then boats down the aisle anyway, Nellyfish's Story of Erinsborough art exhibition takes us down memory lane by airing all her neighbours' dirty laundry, Chelsea's …

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2.7 Sylvia Patterson! Stump! Micro plastics! Manchester United! Elective extinctions! STUMP! 30:22

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Comedy writers David Quantick and Ian Martin are at it again - finding things that they find irritating or confusing to grumble about, this week in the company of legendary journalist and ruthor, Sylvia Patterson. Micro plastics, football stadiums, the modern inability to own anything, getting rid of useless species and barely remembered mid-80s pu…

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2.6 Sali Hughes! Right Wing Tik Tok! Noisy neighbours! Filming at concerts! 34:53

3M ago34:53

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This week's guest is journalist and broadcaster, Sali Hughes. She joins comedy writers Ian Martin and David Quantick to grumble their way through another week. Has something got right up your hooter, this week? Find out if it's the same things that are driving them to distraction. Each week The Old Fools, Ian and David are joined by a female co-hos…

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2.5 Kate Haldane! Internal Monologues! Bear Hunts! Quantick's Quiz! Haptic harnesses! 26:47

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What happens at the end of the bear hunt? Does anyone know? David and Ian don't - click through to find out why.; This week's guest is showbiz literary agent, Kate Haldane. Can you tell the difference between a vape and a Manic Street Preacher's B-side? "This is brilliant" - Stuart Maconie Two of the UK's leading comedy writers (Veep, The Thick of …

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Nevermore | 305 | Neighbours Episodes Feb 17-27 2025 1:25:26

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CJ, Kate and Vaya are back together to react to the re-cancellation of Neighbours, the 40th anniversary tour that Kate attended in London, plus actual Erinsborough happenings like Krista borrowing Fallon's faux wedding dress, more roofie hijinks, and Jane's lover Clint working long and hard during the cost of living crisis. Check out @Neighbuzzpod …

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#76 The Apollo program was the high point of the space age. From test flights, to lunar landings and the moon buggies 10:45

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After everything learned through Mercury and Gemini culminated in the seventeen Apollo missions. The first ten were all testing and rehearsals, but the whole program, and a whole era was characterised by Apollo 11, the first time humans set foot on the moon. Along with the triumph, there was tragedy and a very near miss, and one of the most underra…

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2.4 Rebecca Front! Sanatogen! SOS Messages! Cyclists on Social Media! 31:28

3M ago31:28

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Rebecca Front - actual UK comedy royalty - joins Ian Martin and David Quantick for another array of comic rants and opinion mostly inspired by another week surviving in a mad world. SPECIAL FEATURE: Podcast exclusive SOS messages - got someone you need to get hold of in a hurry? Maybe we can help (we can't) Get in tocuh with us on Bluesky, Instagra…

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2.3 Lisa Holdsworth! Rachel Reeves! Ben Elton! Sealed Knot re-enactments! Dumb Prime Minister's Questions! 32:46

3M ago32:46

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Advetisments are driving Ian even closer to the edge than most things. David has put himself in the Prime Minister's shoes and ths week's co-host, Lisa Holdsworth has been thinking about wild pigs. Another funny romp through the slightly strange brains of Ian Martin, David Quantick - comedy writers with actiual prizes to their names - and Leeds's b…

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Krista the Sista's Other Sister | 304 | Neighbours Episodes Feb 3-13 2025 1:04:07

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CJ and Vaya meet Krista the Sista's Other Sister, Fallon, not felon. Leo is as incompetent in business as always; Jane has taken a lover and Eirini definitely rises; Uncle Taye moves in with the Varga-Murphys to continue encouraging underage drinking; and The Little Roofie That Could nearly takes out Aaron. Check out @Neighbuzzpod on [TikTok](https…

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2.2 Jenny Landreth! Jazz! Boomerangst! The Archbishop of Canterbury! Both Will Smiths! 32:58

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Another slice of comic conversation from some older people who still give a damn about the world. Have you heard of the film "Birdbox"? Doesn't matter - Ian has. What do you think of jazz? Do you know what Boomerangst is? Would you like to hear a song about it? And what about Saoirse Ronan for the vacant post of Archbishop of Canterbury? This week'…

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Gainz | 303 | Neighbours Episodes Jan 20 - 30 2025 52:47

4M ago52:47

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CJ, Kate and Vaya are reunited for 2025 and recap Neighbours goings-on including the fallout from Erinsborough Lights Up, Sebastian trying to break up Leo and Krista, Uncle Taye causing mischief at the Varga-Murphys, the anniversary of David's death and a new gang is on the scene. We dedicate this episode to our friend Sam Mazur, best known to us a…

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2.1 Emma Kennedy! My Feet are Killing me! Sex sent me to the ER! Finish on a song! 30:26

4M ago30:26

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Have you tried Dr Pimplepopper? No, neither have we. And neither do we intend to. Emma Kennedy joins Ian Martin and David Quantick for a new series of their brilliant grumble through a week's news. Three very funny people let off steam for your entertainment. Thankfully, once again, Quantick has a soulution to everyones problems. It involves Jane M…

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#75 NASA's Project Gemini was a spectacular program that bridged the gap from Project Mercury to Apollo. Gemini developed the incredible technology and techniques needed for the lunar program 10:59

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Nasa had accomplished spaceflight with Project Mercury but the gap to Apollo was still huge. How do you dock two spacecraft in flight and how do crews live in a tiny spacecraft for lunar length flights. These are just a couple of the questions that NASA needed to answer. Gemini was just the project to resolve all of these issues. It was a proving g…

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Power Moves on Power Road | 302 w/ Bec Dahl| Neighbours Episodes Jan 6 - 18 2024 1:01:57

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Vaya and Legal Eagle Bec recap the first fortnight of 2025 on Ramsay Street! There's French kissing, French pastries, a bride-to-be peacing out of the world's most pathetic engagement party, and a supervillain getting bogged down in the minutiae of her event-planning job while she's trying to frame her employee for her brother's death! Plus G-Glip!…

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The 'Functioning Alcoholic' Problem 28:42

4M ago28:42

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Alcoholism and the idea of the 'functioning alcoholic' is one of the serious topics tackled by Marian and Tara in this final edition of series 4 - alongside ways to choose your battles with a petulant 11 year-old daughter, and a conundrum encountered by a listener getting an intimate email meant for someone else. Each week, Marian and Tara do their…

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The Knick-Knack Nightmare Problem 28:42

5M ago28:42

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You're gay and your best friend is married to a man who seems to be jealous of your relationship with his wife - what would you do? Your girlfriend's father is sick and you want to support her but are conflicted - what should you do? Your boyfriend's mother seems determined to fill your new flat with horrible ornaments - what could you do? Another …

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The Steamy Reading Question 28:25

5M ago28:25

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Is your wife's bedtime reading a little on the raunchy side? Should you worry, if it is? Do you have a friend who never helps to organise your get-togethers? And ... what is love, anyway? Another superb slice of life served up by Radio 4's in-house agony aunts, Tara Flynn and Marian Keyes. Each week Marian and Tara do their best to shed their parti…

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#74 At the beginning of the space race, Project Mercury was NASA’s first human crewed spaceflight program, and it was a significant step on the road to the moon. Let’s dive into the vault and check it ... 11:28

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Back in the late 1950s, NASA was formed. Its first job was to put together a human crewed spaceflight program and put an astronaut into orbit - safely. This was Project Mercury. There were some uncrewed developmental flights and then six crewed flights between 1961 and 1963, this was an enormously significant step toward the Apollo moon landings ju…

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The Upstairs Neighbour Problem 28:32

5M ago28:32

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Neighbours - you can't live with 'em and you can't live without 'em. This week, one of our askers is having trouble with the mysterious noises from upstairs, another is feeling increasingly awkward when sex scenes pop up on tv, while a third is toying with the idea of an affair with an old flame. All this while Marian has fun with her new metal mea…

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I have terminal cancer but 'I'm as happy as ever’ 9:02

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Fall On Your Knees | 301 | Neighbours Episodes Dec 9 - 19 2024 1:09:40

5M ago1:09:40

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Kate, Vaya and Sarah Jones recap the festive season on Ramsay Street! Paul and Terage get caught in a fan fiction episode; Nicolette entices Yaz into bed after some sexy Christmas Carol Karaoke; Leo pops the question to Krista, and Trevor ruins Christmas. Neighbuzz Council Business: Friend of the Pod and one of the original Neighbours live-tweeters…

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The Motorway Problem 28:35

5M ago28:35

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Motorway driving, trouble at work with HR, and historic nudism exposed. Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn grace us with their witty and wise advice, answering their listeners' questions in the best and only way they know how. Marian Keyes is a multi award-winning writer, with a total of over 30 million of her books sold to date in 33 languages. Her close…

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10. Old Fools Christmas 2024 28:51

5M ago28:51

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Kicking Christmas up the wazoo in the only way the Old Fools know how. Ian Martin and David Quantick are joined - on a return visit - by brilliant screenwriter, Sarah Phelps. Paul McCartney! Folk Songs! Today I Learned! Prince Andrew! Three people having a brilliant laugh. Quite near Christmas. Join us. This is the end of Season 1 of The Old Fools.…

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The Returning Children Problem 27:53

6M ago27:53

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This week, Marian and Tara have advice for an autistic man who finds it hard to break the ice with women at the age of 51. There are thoughts for a mother of two ex-students who have arrived back home, just as she was getting used to them being away. And words of wisdom for a woman whose oldest friend asked her to speak at her wedding - but didn’t …

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9. Kate Moss; Poetry; Murdoch and Succession; Dick Van Dyke and Coldplay 29:41

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Ian Martin and David Quantick tear caustic lumps out of each other and the week's news stories - They're joined this week by novelist and screenwriter, Jenny Colgan. This week Ian takes aim at the 'poetry' that's become ubiquitous on railways station whiteboards, Jenny brings up Dick Van Dyke and Coldplay and David gets cross about nearly everythin…

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The Production Crush Problem 28:24

6M ago28:24

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Is 60 too old to develop a crush? Not if you're working closely with a handsome stranger on a amateur dramatics show, it seems. Meanwhile, the programme takes a foodie turn with a worry about when 'splitting the bill' gets abused, and another asker is worried about her boyfriend's table manners in front of her fussy parents. Every week, Now You're …

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8. The Hot Hit Man; The Observer strike; Hawk Tuah Coin; Marching; When martial Law goes wrong; Outdoor eating 30:21

6M ago30:21

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David Quantick (Veep, NME, more or less every newspaper) and Ian Martin (Veep; state pensioner) and this week's guest co-host, Miranda Sawyer tumble, swearing through a weeks of fetid news. As usual, the conversation sparks off in a multitude of anarchic, hilarious directions. News meets popular culture meets two old fools. A Giddy Goat production.…

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Sister of Croc Chow | 300 | Neighbours Episodes Nov 25 - Dec 2, 2024 49:26

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CJ, Kate and Vaya have been recapping Neighbours for 300 episodes!! Thank you for being part of the journey with us. This is just a bog-standard ep for us: classic pod squad in the PirateNet Studios, hold the trimmings. But "that hack podcaster" is back and kicking sponsorship goals; Toadie frees Nellyfish from Colac; Terage has an Emotional Suport…

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The Breastfeeding Problem 28:40

6M ago28:40

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This week's first 'ask' doesn't get more serious - a listener wants to know if she should tell her family about having been groomed for sexual abuse as a teenager. Marian and Tara draw on their wisdom to do their best to offer counsel. They also tackle the topic of breastfeeding in public and help a listener deal with a husband who unrepentantly re…

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7. David gets AI'd; Wallace; Christmas films; Band Aid; Godless Heaven and huggable spirits 28:51

6M ago28:51

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Ian Martin (writer and, this week, Covid sufferer) and David Quantick (horse) are joined by writer, performer, voice over artist and podcaster, Laura Shavin. They spin the random topic generator and end up discussing AI, horse, AI horses, Christmas films, Black Friday, Gregg Wallace (inevitably) a godless heaven and end up falling out over Band Aid…

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#73 NASA’s Project Mercury Monument has turned 60! It’s a tribute to America's first attempt at human space flight. The monument has a time capsule that is scheduled to stay sealed for 500 years! Let’s ... 6:02

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Project Mercury was NASA’s first attempt at human crewed space flight. It sent Alan Shepard into space, and John Glenn into orbit, among four other landmark flights over 5 years. By 1963 it was done, and NASA was ready to launch Gemini, its next project. But being such a groundbreaking project, in 1964 NASA paid tribute to Mercury with a four metre…

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The Voice Notes Problem 28:35

6M ago28:35

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This week: Do you feel hanker after a more creative live than the one you're living? What should you do when an elderly parent insists on discussing death, when you'd rather not? And voice notes - are they a blessing or a curse? Each week Marian and Tara do their best to shed their particular brand of warmth, wit and wisdom onto listeners questions…

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6. Prescott; Manifesting; 40 words for snow: Damian Hirst's genitals; Nit-picking; David Bowie (reprise) 30:20

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David Quantick and Ian Martin squabble and swear their way through a short list of things that have caught their attention. This week 's guest co-host is Leeds's finest, writer Lisa Holdsworth. Two self-confessed old men, Quantick and Martin meet online with a brilliant guest. John Prescott died this week, there was a new 'word of the year' announc…

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Croc Chow | 299 | Neighbours Episodes Nov 18-21 2024 49:08

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Kate and Vaya recap Hellfire Holly's reputation dragged through the mud by irresponsible podcasters; Our Melanie leaves Erinsborough to shack up with Slick Vic Stone; and Leo accidentally runs his business into the ground again because of a succulent caviar bar. Neighbuzz Council Business: Friend of the Pod and one of the original Neighbours live-t…

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5. Dylan; Monbiot; Agony; Prisons; Jim the podcast dog. 28:58

6M ago28:58

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Late, this week - but here at last. David Quantick and Ian Martin are joined by PR professional and children's' writer, Gina Rozner to comically pick over the bones of another week's events and irritations. Together, they cast a cold eye over Bob Dylan's trousers, the apparent agony of being a writer, leaving Twitter without making a song and dance…

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Live at Hay Festival 2024 28:39

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Are your super-sociable new neighbours just a bit too much? Are you a photographer who's been booked for the wedding of the girl who bullied you in school? Does your husband's desire to expose his perineum to the sun fill you with dread? (Are you, like Marian, not even sure if you have a perineum?) Well, this is the edition of Now You're Asking for…

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The First Izzys Club | 298 | Neighbours Episodes Nov 4-14 2024 54:07

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CJ, Kate and Vaya recap Terage's walk of shame, Uncle Felix getting booted out of the 'Borough, the arrival of Max Ramsay II, and The First Izzys Club convening to trade lovelorn war stories and piss off Susan. Neighbuzz Council Business: Friend of the Pod and one of the original Neighbours live-tweeters, 'Sammynopants' is going through an epic Eri…

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4. Lighthouses; Self-care Tolkien style; Jane Austen is dead and Prime Ministers 28:26

7M ago28:26

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David Quantick and Ian Martin squabble their way through a week of news in the company of Scottish screenwriter, Andrea Gibb. Beards, lighthouses, Gary Barlow's son, American unpleasantness, self care, Tolkien, public service poetry. It's clear this is another wide-ranging, swear-peppered grumble-fest. "There's a pleasing edge of Derek and Clive to…

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3. John and Yoko, Bonfires, Retirement, Icebergs and Downing Street Paintings 26:41

7M ago26:41

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David Quantick and Ian Martin play host to writer and past-Chair of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain, Gail Renard. They swear their way through Gail's extraordinary career and then pull apart some topics from the week's news. Each week there are sort of topical, cultural rants and conversation from the point of view of at older people who still …

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Rage By Name, Rage by Nature | 297 | Neighbours Episodes Oct 2024 58:54

7M ago58:54

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CJ, Kate and Vaya recap Terage's fall from the wagon, Uncle Felix's rise above expectations, and the Boylesque show that left us wanting. Neighbuzz Council Business: Friend of the Pod and one of the original Neighbours live-tweeters, 'Sammynopants' is going through an epic Erinsborough-level health crisis and requires international treatment for ca…

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#72 The space pioneers from Earth weren’t humans, what? That’s right, long before humans launched into space, there were a whole team of dogs, monkeys, chimps, insects and more, who rode rockets to space ... 9:21

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When Yuri Gagarin blasted into orbit in 1961 to become the first human in space, he was already 14 years behind the first animals from Earth. The fruit flies that were flew to space in 1947 were just the first of many different animals in the decade and a half before Gagarin’s orbital flight that were used to test equipment and living things’ capac…

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2. Rivals; The NHS; Paddington Bear and the photocopy Tories. 30:01

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David Quantick and Ian Martin are joined this week by screenwriter, Sarah Phelps (The Sixth Commandment, A Very British Scandal, Ordeal By Innocence) to unpick their own angles on the news. And try to work out which of them is the poshest. In this edition the new adaptation of Jilly Cooper's The Rivals gets picked over (well, no one else seems to b…

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