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Sparrow-Talk

Keith, Tom and Graeme

Tv & Film

Frequency: 1 episode/31d. Total Eps: 20

“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

Tuesday, January 1, 2019 • Duration 01:12:23

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 regenerations does the Doctor get? Could McGann have grown all that hair himself? Is McGann the sexiest Doctor?Graeme presents another quiz heavily weighted to Tom’s strengths.Start your year the right way by watching the nation’s favourite Doctor on the BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p01lhhv4 Keep in touch with us, twitter.com/sparrowtalkpod, or sparrowtalkpod@gmail.com.

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19. Sparrow-Talk presents: The Equalizer

Friday, September 21, 2018 • Duration 01:01:49

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 much bigger room than the other two. Sorry about that.Robert McCall drives a Jaguar XJ8. Ian Pie drives a Saab 900.Why won’t Tom let us make comparisons?Anyone who is anyone was in this gritty television, including some of the cast of West Wing. ‘James Bond’ isn’t a code name.Someone from Lyndhurst has sent Tom a tangential postcard.Apparently, psychics are a real and reliable source of future events. But what do you dip in soup?We’re still living with Tom’s earlier skewed ratings. There is no excuse for getting confused with such a simple scoring system.However, this does give us a chance to find out what we rated highest/lowest through this run of ‘Sparrow Talk presents’. Quiz.Done.Keep in touch with us, twitter.com/sparrowtalkpod, or sparrowtalkpod@gmail.com.

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18. Sparrow-Talk presents: Press Gang

Friday, September 14, 2018 • Duration 47:39

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 mislays the latest postcard from Lyndhurst, but don't worry, it turns up.Ruddy Dr Who came up for some other reason.He’s not Lobot.How do you get confirmation that someone exists while retaining the ability to save face?Tom is still haunted by his past flamboyant scoring. He’s got nowhere to go.There are suspicions of foul play in the quiz, Tom always does suspiciously well.Keep in touch with us, twitter.com/sparrowtalkpod, or sparrowtalkpod@gmail.com.

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17. Sparrow-Talk presents: Pie in the Sky

Friday, September 7, 2018 • Duration 49:38

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; whoever it is posting these to him.Peri: a mythical superbeing, or simply 'during’?Tom experiences scorer's remorse. You can't go back in time.Almost as if to prove that he can, Graeme finds a way to scrape even more of the barrel in this week's quiz.Keep in touch with us, twitter.com/sparrowtalkpod, or sparrowtalkpod@gmail.com.

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16. Sparrow-Talk presents: Space Precinct

Friday, August 31, 2018 • Duration 51:12

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 it so brown?There's a space postcard from Lyndhurst, and a top quality space quiz.Keep in touch with us, twitter.com/sparrowtalkpod, or sparrowtalkpod@gmail.com.

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15. Sparrow-Talk presents: Time After Time

Friday, August 24, 2018 • Duration 42:01

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 litre bottle!Tom gets a postcard from Lyndhurst, either from big Nick himself, or the mayor of Lyndhurst. The signature must be illegible.'Poker’ isn't a verb.Time for a quiz, ha. It's about time etc.Keep in touch with us, twitter.com/sparrowtalkpod, or sparrowtalkpod@gmail.com.

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14. Sparrow-Talk presents: Baywatch Nights

Friday, August 17, 2018 • Duration 48:44

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 Broadbent.What is Lou Rawls famous for?And we get a nice postcard from Lyndhurst.It’s not a high scorer.There’s a nail-biting quizKeep in touch with us, twitter.com/sparrowtalkpod, or sparrowtalkpod@gmail.com.

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13. Sparrow-Talk presents xmas special: Butterflies

Friday, December 22, 2017 • Duration 44:43

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 his very best. Maybe he just needed the the acting chops of someone like Geoffrey Palmer to get the best out of him. Tom very much likes WH Smiths adverts from the past. There will be a Goodnight Sweetheart stage show next year.Quiz!Bobble®: Your thirst comes first.Keep in touch with us, twitter.com/sparrowtalkpod, or sparrowtalkpod@gmail.com.

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12. Sparrow-Talk presents: Harbour Lights

Friday, December 8, 2017 • Duration 49:50

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 Lights.Dutch angles.Keith wonders about Nick Berry’s/Mike Nicholls’ morality.Tom questions Keith’s wisdom in choosing Harbour Lights.And as is now tradition, we wrap up with a quiz. It’s sort of all to play for.We’ll be back.Keep in touch with us, twitter.com/sparrowtalkpod, or sparrowtalkpod@gmail.com.

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11. Sparrow-Talk presents: The Persuaders!

Friday, December 1, 2017 • Duration 01:00:18

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 then retells the false story of David Bowie’s experience of meeting Sir Roger Moore.

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