The Old Fools

Nov 19 2024 5 ep. 28 mins 42
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Ian Martin, David Quantick and guests. Sort of topical, cultural rants and conversation from the point of view of older people who still give a damn about the world around them. The inside pages of the broadsheets: Entertainment, broadcasting, nature, science, obituaries, lifestyle, environment, business, fashion, health.

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1. Artificial ITV, Pay-to-Protest and Russell Brand

Oct 21 2024 29 mins  
Ian Martin (writer: The Thick of It, Veep) and David Quantick (Music journo and comedy writer) are joined by writer and editor, Jenny Landreth to pull apart a few things that have bothered them, this week. Sort of topical, cultural rants and conversation aimed at older people who still give a damn about the world around them. The inside pages of the broadsheets: Entertainment, br

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

Oct 27 2024 30 mins  
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 be talking about it.. ) as do sugg

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

Nov 03 2024 26 mins  
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 give a damn about the world aroun

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

Nov 10 2024 28 mins  
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 proceedings' - The Daily Telegra

5. Dylan; Monbiot; Agony; Prisons; Jim the podcast dog.

Nov 19 2024 29 mins  
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 about it, Jim the dog and a bee