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The Old Fools

Giddy Goat Productions Ltd

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Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 6

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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6. Prescott; Manifesting; 40 words for snow: Damian Hirst's genitals; Nit-picking; David Bowie (reprise)

Season 1 · Episode 6

Monday, November 25, 2024 • Duration 30:23

David Quantick and Ian Martin squabble and swear their way through a short list of things that have caught their attention. This week 's guest co-host is Leeds's finest, writer Lisa Holdsworth. Two self-confessed old men, Quantick and Martin meet online with a brilliant guest. John Prescott died this week, there was a new 'word of the year' announced, an idiot bought a banana for $5 million, it snowed a bit in some places and David gets a chance to tell his David Bowie story again. Ian also gets to tell a story about Damien Hirst's genitals. Now that's variety. Bowie clip: https://youtu.be/Bvkkicig7is?si=amW0jucWDnG-qbTX Email us: OldFoolsPod@gmail.com Strong language from the outset and throughout. A Giddy Goat production

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

Season 1 · Episode 5

Tuesday, November 19, 2024 • Duration 29:01

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 somewhere you might not expect one. "There's a pleasing edge of Derek and Clive to proceedings' - The Daily Telegraph "Why do they have to swear so much? - Random listener "Shouldn't all your shows be this funny?" - Producer's wife Yes - that's a real review from The Daily Telegraph. Award-worthy foul language throughout A Giddy Goat production

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

Season 1 · Episode 4

Monday, November 11, 2024 • Duration 28:29

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 Telegraph "Why do they have to swear so much? - Random listener "Shouldn't all your shows be this funny?" - Producer's wife Yes - that's a real review from The Daily Telegraph Sort of topical, cultural rants and conversation from the point of view 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. Strong language throughout A Giddy Goat Production

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

Season 1 · Episode 3

Monday, November 4, 2024 • Duration 26:44

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 around them. The inside pages of the broadsheets: Entertainment, broadcasting, nature, science, obituaries, lifestyle, environment, business, fashion, health. Hartley hare. Strong language from the start and throughout.

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

Season 1 · Episode 2

Monday, October 28, 2024 • Duration 30:04

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 suggestions for changes to the NHS, comedians in amusing vehicles and the upcoming elections on boths sides of the Atlantic. Sort of topical, cultural rants and conversation from the viewpoint 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. Strong language from the beginning and throughout.

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

Season 1 · Episode 1

Monday, October 21, 2024 • Duration 29:06

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, broadcasting, nature, science, obituaries, lifestyle, environment, business, fashion, health. Producer: Steve Doherty Giddy Goat Productions Ltd 2024

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