The View by Martin Gregory
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The View #14 - classic TV and audiobook reviews: Comedy, cops and Triffids
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The View #14 - classic TV and audiobook reviews: Comedy, cops and Triffids

The View podcast number 14 features the usual classic television and audiobook reviews. Hosted by Martin Gregory, it’s 30 minutes of observations, bad jokes and watch-through shenanigans.

00:00: Introduction with Bach and things ‘going wrong’

02:29: Starting series 5 of The Bill and why Conway is such a tool

05:54: Finding a suitable paperback and reading The Mabinogion

10:00: Audio drama review - The Night of The Triffids (sequel to The Day of The Triffids

17:19: Classic TV comedy: thoughts on series one of Dear John (written by John Sullivan) and why I’m re-watching this series.

21:33: Audiobook review - The Wind in the Willows narrated by Richard Briers

24:50: My ‘threads’ analogy - an insight into how I 'find all my own entertainment without the use of ‘recommended for you’ feeds.


How do you curate all of your own entertainment, and what happens when you do? Join me for highlights from my ‘independently curated entertainment landscape’ - which usually involves a review of a classic DVD, updates on my various watch-throughs, audiobook reviews and bad jokes. Subscribe for free to get future instalments emailed direct to your inbox every two weeks!


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