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“Sparrow-Talk presents:” is the result of a failed attempt to do a podcast about Goodnight Sweetheart. After 8 episodes following Gary Sparrow’s time travelling adultery, these three youngish men now talk about a different TV show every week. There’s little rhyme or reason to what they choose to watch, it’s just stuff they’ve heard of from the 70s onwards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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20. Sparrow-Talk presents: Paul McGann’s Doctor Who
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WHO. AM. IIIIIIIIII?!A ruddy New Year's special episode, that's who.We’ll help you adapt to 2019 by probing Paul McGann’s outings as the Doctor: Doctor Who: The Movie and The Night of the Doctor.Keith takes a look at the oranges of Doctor Who – how did that Doctor start doctoring? We semi-settled some of the big Who questions: Is the granddaughter …
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19. Sparrow-Talk presents: The Equalizer
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This one isn't about the Denzel films, it's the TV show starring Ewar Woowar.Every episode of The Equalizer dealt with a different situation that needed equalising. Be it a graphic equalizer or a point scored that brought the two teams up to the same number of points, Robert McCall was there to help.For this final episode, we decided to make Keith …
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Children's TV. This is what it has come to.Written by a junior Steven Moffat, Press Gang was about some kids running a newspaper. This was when the print medium was still financially viable.Moffat later went on to write Coupling and Dr Who. Did he peak at Press Gang? You decide.Other future luminaries include Julia Sawalha, Dexter Fletcher, Max-fro…
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17. Sparrow-Talk presents: Pie in the Sky
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Let's gobble up BBC1's flagship pie-based police show.Richard Griffiths stars as Ian Pie, an experienced detective who isn't allowed to retire.Via James Bond, Dr Who, Naked Gun, Game On and The Last Train, we arrive at the big question:How do you resolve split hollandaise? Is it cold or hot water? We must know.Tom receives some more informative cor…
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16. Sparrow-Talk presents: Space Precinct
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Orbital!Officers Hughes, Claridge and Chief Inspector Keith reporting for duty.Sorry for Graeme's bad audio quality, his microphone was sub-orbital.Unusually for a Gerry Anderson production, this is a live action series rather than puppet-based. It was about police in space. Space police.In this space episode, we learn a lot about Tom's 'brown capt…
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15. Sparrow-Talk presents: Time After Time
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Time for another stroll through the questionable world of ITV commissioning. In this episode we're enduring a Going Straight knock-off starring British man Brian Conley.As with Ronnie Barker's superior post-prison programme, the star sings the theme tune. So...enjoy that.While Graeme has abandoned his loyalty for his Bobble® bottle, Tom has doubled…
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14. Sparrow-Talk presents: Baywatch Nights
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Hello series 3! How are you?Never ones to hide away from the difficult topics, this week we’re looking at the sexy spin off of Baywatch. Probably not broadcast in the UK. In a new feature, we learn about the origins of Mitch’s (Hasselhoff) switch from beach lifeguard to private investigator.There is much to learn about Mitch’s Timmy Thomas, his Nor…
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13. Sparrow-Talk presents xmas special: Butterflies
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We’re back to Lyndhurst for our first Christmas special. We hit Lyndhurst-zero by watching the 1972 Christmas special of BBC-sitcom Butterflies. It’s not set in a butterfly house.In a show described as “more bawdy, this one” we discuss a single episode taken from the end of the second series of Butterflies - itself set at Christmas. Christmas.It’s …
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12. Sparrow-Talk presents: Harbour Lights
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How’s Tina Hobley?In the final episode of our second series, we tackle the wet drama, 'Harbour Lights'.The DVD is available from www.raretvondvd.co.uk.Graeme moves us with a verse of some hymn or other.Tom can't pronounce ‘lieutenant’.Keith watched enough of the show. At least 1.5 episodes, despite what others might suggest.There is a lot of bad 90…
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11. Sparrow-Talk presents: The Persuaders!
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Ready for Moore. In the penultimate Sparrow-Talk episode of this series, we talk about ATV’s expensive 1971 television drama.When did Genesis go bad? Tom knows.How many olives should go in a martini? Keith knows.Who’s called Brett?There's only one series of The Persuaders!There’s some Lew Grade talk, there’s some Sir Roger Moore reverence, there’s …
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10. Sparrow-Talk presents: Crime Traveller
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It’s TIME for short-lived 1997 television series, Crime Traveller. It came out in 1997, and it was a television series. From 1997.It stars Eastenders alumni Michael French and Red Dwarf’s Chloë Annett. Picture, if you can, a world where The New Adventures of Superman and Noel’s House Party are on TV, and the Spice Girls launch Channel 5. Egyptian b…
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Next up, Bruce Forsyth’s ill-fated, supermarket-based sitcom: Slinger’s Day.Through watching the first two episodes of this very broad, very ITV comedy, we discover that Brucie’s acting wasn’t up to much, and the cast largely fell into obscurity. What does Daffy Duck look like?Keith enjoys saying ‘salacious’,We think about how supermarkets map to T…
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This week we talk about the first two episodes of the Porridge spin-off, Going Straight. Graeme found his Bobble-brand water bottle! We actually did research this time, there's everything you could possibly want to know about Going Straight, then more. And more. Graeme says ‘détente’ again, and 'bottle episodes’ are explained. At length.Who remembe…
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7. Sparrow-Talk presents: Goodnight Sweetheart
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We’ve changed the podcast a bit. Having hit peak Goodnight Sweetheart fatigue at the end of series 1, we’re planning to talk about a different TV show in each episode. So. This episode of Sparrow-Talk examines the first couple of episodes from Goodnight Sweetheart series 2. Keith proffers some very accurate accents, mimicking both Ron and Gary. Gra…
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In this bumper (long) final episode of the series, Keith, Tom and Graeme hit the big issues! They include: Keith forgetting how to end sentences, the erotic fiction of Alan Titchmarsh, if Ron is clever and then a bit about episode 6 of Goodnight Sweetheart. This leads us down Duckett’s Passage to ponder the impracticalities of shareholding across m…
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Hey, it’s the penultimate episode! In which, Graeme and Keith hear from Tom’s friend, Dave. They/we review the musings of fellow Goodnight Sweetheart sufferer, Richard Herring (@herring1967) - there are some overlaps. We consider Nicholas Lyndhurst’s height, and where he might buy his clothes. A LOT of Doctor Who chat. Keith’s favourite is Paul McG…
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We're over the hump now, episode 4 of 6.Keith, Tom and Graeme browse the list of other DVD titles available from Revelation Films. Graeme recalls incest and 'walking the dead', shortly before the plot of Bugs and Crime Traveller are warmly but incompetently retold. Then there's some stuff about Goodnight Sweetheart, Tom's favourite episode yet. Hos…
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We're half way through the series. In this one, Keith gives an update on his cold, and raises the listening age of the podcast by using the naughty F-word. Keith, Graeme and Tom go on to discuss the pros and cons of Bobble water bottle ownership, including that trademark hiss. Stephen King's 11/22/63 gets a lot of air time, as does a poor recollect…
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A second episode happened! In this one, Keith, Tom and Graeme chat about Fools Rush In(the second episode of Goodnight Sweetheart). There was still time to discuss the culinary merits of kidneys, Rumbelows, how Keith would like to go back in time and meet a young Roger Moore (rest in peace, Sir Roger), and lots more. Well, not lots more - there's a…
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In the first ever episode of Sparrow-Talk, Keith, Tom and Graeme discuss Nicholas Lyndhurst's career, better sitcoms, Lassie's gender, 'leg-overs', Tom's incredible mastery of colour, and a bit about the first episode of Goodnight Sweetheart. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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