Sparrow-Talk

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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.
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20. Sparrow-Talk presents: Paul McGann’s Doctor Who

Dec 31 2018 72 mins

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 an android? (yes) How many r

19. Sparrow-Talk presents: The Equalizer

Sep 20 2018 61 mins

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 sound like he’s sitting in a muc

18. Sparrow-Talk presents: Press Gang

Sep 13 2018 47 mins

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-from-EastEnders and Lucy Benjamin.Tom

17. Sparrow-Talk presents: Pie in the Sky

Sep 06 2018 49 mins

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 correspondence from Lyndhurst; whoeve

16. Sparrow-Talk presents: Space Precinct

Aug 30 2018 51 mins

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 captain’. What sort of storage made

15. Sparrow-Talk presents: Time After Time

Aug 23 2018 42 mins

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 down and upgraded to a full one

14. Sparrow-Talk presents: Baywatch Nights

Aug 16 2018 48 mins

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 Norris Taylor, his Jim Broadben

13. Sparrow-Talk presents xmas special: Butterflies

Dec 21 2017 44 mins

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 ol’ Nick Lyndhurst at

12. Sparrow-Talk presents: Harbour Lights

Dec 07 2017 49 mins

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 90s pop music in Harbour Light

11. Sparrow-Talk presents: The Persuaders!

Nov 30 2017 60 mins

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 some Bond talk. Graeme t