A Very Special Episode

Feb 12 2025 20 ep. 80 mins 26
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A Very Special Episode is a podcast about television. Join me, Michael Lee Richardson, as I curl up on the sofa and talk telly with some of my favourite people.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Smallville - 'Homecoming' with Raisah Ahmed

Feb 12 2025 150 mins  
A Very Special Episode is a podcast where I get to curl up on the sofa and talk telly with some of my favourite people.My very special guest this week is screenwriter Raisah Ahmed who chose to talk to me about aliens, liminality and why Superman is an immigrant story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Royle Family - 'Christmas with the Royle Family' with Philip Wright

Sep 05 2024 105 mins  
A Very Special Episode is a podcast where I get to curl up on the sofa and talk telly with some of my favourite people.My very special guest this week is writer Philip Wright who chose to talk to me about kids' TV with banger theme tunes, professional wrestling and the 1999 Christmas episode of The Royle Family. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Carnivale - 'Babylon'/'Pick a Number' with Emma Lennox

May 22 2024 90 mins  
A Very Special Episode is a podcast where I get to curl up on the sofa and talk telly with some of my favourite people.My very special guest this week is writer Emma Lennox who chose to talk to me about Banjo, Bluey and bleak binge watch, Carnivale. Subscribe to Emma's (excellent!) Substack, The Memory Hole, about the strange and unusual TV moments that scarred our psyches https://

Smash - 'Opening Night' with Kevin Sherwin (Things Gay People Like)

Jan 19 2024 91 mins  
A Very Special Episode is a podcast where I get to curl up on the sofa and talk telly with some of my favourite people.My very special guest this week is podcaster Kevin Sherwin who chose to talk to me about TV musicals, reality TV and Broadway baby, Smash.Required reading - How "Smash" Became TV's Biggest Train Wreck: https://www.buzzfeed.com/kateaurthur/how-smash-became-tvs-bigge

Inside No. 9 - 'The Riddle of the Sphinx' with David O Gray

Oct 31 2022 54 mins  
In this second very SPOOKY special I spoke to writer and funnyman David O Gray abou this favourite ooky, spooky TV, Sex & the City and what happens inside number nine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Very SPOOKY Episode - Ghostwatch with Callum Sinclair

Oct 24 2022 111 mins  
In this very ooky and very SPOOKY special I talk to the most special of guests Callum Sinclair about some of our favourite spooky telly, the scariest TV moments and the greatest spooky show of all time, Ghostwatch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sliders - 'Luck of the Draw' with Crystal Dawn Gallagher

Oct 20 2022 131 mins  
A Very Special Episode is a brand new podcast where I get to curl up on the sofa and talk telly with some of my favourite people.My very special guest this week is writer Crystal Dawn Gallgher who chose to talk to me about having a parasocial relationship with Simon Amstell, the peak of Greek and slipping into a parallel world with the Sliders gang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p

Leverage - 'The Tap-Out Job' with Debbie Moon

Oct 12 2022 47 mins  
A Very Special Episode is a brand new podcast where I get to curl up on the sofa and talk telly with some of my favourite people.My very special guest this week is writer Debbie Moon who chose to talk to me about flipping flops, 70s sci fi and tapping out with the Leverage gang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Community - 'Documentary Filmmaking' with Chris Smyth

Sep 01 2022 47 mins  
A Very Special Episode is a brand new podcast where I get to curl up on the sofa and talk telly with some of my favourite people.My very special guest this week is writer Chris Smyth who chose to talk to me about Cilla Black, Frasier vs. Friends and documentary filmmaking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scandal - 'It's Handled' with David Chipakupaku

Aug 25 2022 81 mins  
A Very Special Episode is a brand new podcast where I get to curl up on the sofa and talk telly with some of my favourite people.My very special guest this week is journalist David Chipakupaku who chose to talk to me about Olivia Pope, UK vs. US TV and the very unfortunate phrase 'TARDussy'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.