Chantal and Grainne are here again and this week are transported back to the swinging 60s by a couple who were the epitome of the era... but just how glamourous were Mick and Marianne REALLY? 

As well as taking a deep dive into the world of sex, drugs and rock n'roll we also hear why Mick probably never includes cabbage in a Sunday roast. 

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It's another epic week in the world of lost showbiz love as Gráinne (@grannymaguire) and Chantal (@chancentrate) welcome comedian, artist (she did the artwork for THIS very show), and award-winning podcaster, Poppy Hillstead!

Poppy takes us all the way back to the 1970s when the love between budding make-up artist Devito( ... yes, REALLY) and aspiring actress Perlman met and fell in love... but despite being one of Hollywood's most stable couples, a happy ever after just wasn't to be, despite the efforts of Michael Douglas.

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Chantal (@chancentrate) and Gráinne (@grannymaguire) are here again to prise another erstwhile celebrity couple crush out of the memory banks of this week's guest, comedian Sam Lake. 

Sam doesn't disappoint as he takes us back to the days when 'I'm a Celebrity' was UNMISSABLE TV and the nation was gripped at the smoldering looks over the campfire and midnight hammock fondles of Katie Price and Peter Andre. 

We get some top-class reenactments of what went down and as you'd expect, this episode is INSANIA!

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How could this episode of TWTW be anything less than a bumper edition when it's got comedian Laura Lexx AND the erstwhile true love of JENNIFER ANISTON AND BRAD PITT?! Chantal (@chancentrate) and Gráinne (@grannymaguire) had no choice but to give this one the extra time, as Laura regresses back to the real-life fairytale of Brad and Jen. But alas, no one told her life was gonna be this way, when our Prince Charming fell off his white horse into the waiting arms of the Wicked Queen Herself.., Angelina Jolie...

But has the luxury of passing years softened our cold, judgemental hearts towards Ange? Was it Jen's book club that drove Brad to form Brangelina? Did Brad ever date Sinitta, or is it an elaborate government hoax? 

All these questions and more are pondered by the best love detectives in town...

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Hello and welcome to this episode of TWTW and have Grainne (@grannymaguire) and Chantal (@chancentrate) got a treat for you? That's obviously a rhetorical question because their fantastic guest is the wonderful comedian and actor David Mills! As if that weren't enough, he came armed with a box of delights that is the lost love of Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche! Yep, it's a 90s thing, so put on your white, trouser suit and fantasize what a typical date with what is arguably the first famous lesbian couple would have been.

Help us marvel at what a big deal it was for our trailblazers to be stepping out together, when perhaps more eyebrows should have been raised at Anne's previous relationship to the one with Ellen ... but like I said, it's a 90s thing.

Who thrived and who survived? The answer may not be as obvious as you think...

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Welcome to the first flurry of episodes of The Way They Were! 

In this edition, Grainne and Chantal welcome you to join them to celebrate the lost love of the king and queen of Juicy Couture, Cheryl Tweedy, and Ashley Cole!

And the guest taking us back to the days of ghetto fabulous and dubious self-tanning choices is comedian and writer, Athena Kugblenu! Yes, thanks to Athena, we get to cast our memories back to the days before Cheryl's name became too long for an autocue and Ashley still lived in a flat (Why?? He was a multi-millionaire... BUY A HOUSE).

We walk through the early days of that erstwhile love affair and those first faltering texts Ashley sent to woo the nation's sweetheart (Silvia Plath he ain't) and find, ultimately who thrived and who just survived after the relationship. 

Also, each week Chantal and Grainne will be asking the guest to come up with the perfect life partner for a very special single megastar and Athena's suggestion shouldn't work, but just does. Welcome to the wonderful world of 'The Way They Were'.

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If there is one thing Gráinne Maguire and Chantal Feduchin- Pate love more than discussing their own odd ex’s, it’s remembering weird celebrities that went out with each other too. 

The glory days of Brangelina and Jelena may be over but Gráinne and Chantal, or should we say, Grantal?, have not forgotten.

This podcast, Inspired by the cult Old Loves tumblr is a love letter to the celebrity relationships we adored at the time but now have forgotten ever happened.

Every week Chantal and Gráinne will be joined by a different celebrity guest to discuss the celebrity romance they never got over.

So take our hand and stroll down memory lane, as we remember .... The Way They Were.... 

THE WAY THEY WERE, COMING TO YOU IN JANUARY 2022

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Welcome to another fantastic edition of The Way They Were! This week's guest is Esports and gaming presenter, Frankie Ward and my, my, did she bring the goods or WHAT? We get to reminisce about the romance between what are arguably the ultimate millennials, Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield, although it's pretty clear that Chantal, Grainne and Frankie are particularly enamoured with one member of this couple in particular...Emma, if you're listening, CALL US! 

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It's the BIG one... yes, you heard it correctly, this week on The Way They Were, Grainne and Chantal FINALLY get to offload EVREYTHING they think and feel about why Tom and Nicole split-up and it's all thanks to this week's guest, comedian Yuriko Kotani!

If THIS doesn't start your weekend right, then nothing will...

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OHHH EMMMM GEEEE! Yes folks, the day has FINALLY arrived, when we all get to poke our heads down under and relive the heyday of Aussie soap, Neighbours and remember when Stock, Aitken and Waterman's Hit Factory dominated the charts!

Yes, it's KYLIE AND JASON DAY! 

This is all thanks to comedian Daisy Buchanan, who like the rest of us, watched that soap opera twice a day and obsessed over the on and off screen romance of our Queen and King of TV and Pop - YOU'RE WELCOME!

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It's time to get on your flares, put flowers in your hair and soak-up the 60s vibe, as this week's guest, comedian Will Hall takes us on the hippy trail of the west coast when he presents the long-lost love of songstress Joni Michell and musician Graham Nash.

Of course Grainne's tireless research uncovers some gems of this couple's courtship, but is this the week Chantal is finally beaten from guessing who our subjects are? There's only one way to find out...

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In a TWTW first, Grainne and Chantal welcome the very first showbiz couple to discuss ANOTHER showbiz couple on the podcast, as screen writer and one third of Drunk Women Solving Crime, Hannah George & star of stage and screen, Toby Williams nominate the long lost love of Avril Lavigne & Chad Kroeger for dissection. 

As Hannah and Toby join us FRESH from saying I do, the gang find out why Avril and Chad couldn't last the distance, how old you need to be to drink in Canada and if patriotism is the death of romance. 

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This coupling had Grainne and Chantal jumping around their ensuites with joy and it's all thanks to comedian Ola Labib, whose guest slot is surely one of legendary proportions, because this week, we get to stick our faces into the quagmire of Mel B and Eddie Murphy's brief union and as usual Grainne's thorough research turns-up some diamonds in the rough... strap in folks. 

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Yippee-ki-yay, motherf*cker! Yes it's happening this week thanks to comedian and actor Freya Parker, we're lamenting the lost love of Bruce Willis & Demi Moore!

Join Chantal and Grainne in a mansion full of dolls worth of excitement and imagine what the film Ghost would have been like with Brucie at the pottery wheel instead of Patrick...

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YES.... IT'S REALLY HAPPENING! Chantal was jumping on the sofa on hearing the news that we will be delving deeeeeep into the world of Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes, all thanks to this week's fantastic guest, comedian and journalist George Heyworth. 

As per usual, Grainne's research has left no stone unturned. allowing a full examination of this doomed romance... a pleasure and a privilege, I'm sure you'll agree... 

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This week's couple provided a rather cryptic conundrum for our Chantal, which is no surprise, given that these guys were once the golden couple of British daytime TV, but even if, like Chantal, you're learning about this pair for the first time, Grainne's meticulous research and guest Lou's unparalleled enthusiasm will have you on a google deep-dive of your own in NO TIME!

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They couldn't live together, yet they couldn't live apart, which sounds absolutely exhausting, but Chantal and Grainne are cock-a-hoop to be able to delve into the on again, off again, on again, off again etc whirlwind of love that is Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton!

This is all thanks to this week's guest who gave us this gift is icon of comedy, Holly Burn, who as well as coming armed with some amazing stories of her own showbiz life, allows us to immerse ourselves into some old skool Hollywood glamour... they don't make em like this anymore! 

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This week's lost love lament comes from a lady who is no stranger to a podcast, it's one third of Drunk Women Solving Crime and screenwriter, Taylor Glenn, who still isn't over a 90s romance which combined Dead Poets and Pulp Fiction, Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke! To say these guys were couples goals is an understatement, but alas, their love exists only in the time capsule of our hearts.

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This episode she's a couple SO iconic that Chantal guessed their identity so fast, it was practically telepathy.... or the fact that Grainne's opening clue contained 'material girl and lock, stock'... as you can imagine, this lost love is a treasure trove to delve into and it's all thanks to this week's guest, Journalist Stephen Leng! 

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Although a series of technical hiccoughs and a car accident lead the team to refer to this as the 'cursed' episode, this is absolutely NO reflection on our amazing guest and the epic couple they picked for us to dissect!

This week Chantal and Grainne welcomes writer, podcaster and activist Jackie Adedeji whose chaotic choice of couple dominated the headlines in the early 2000s, yes it's none other than Billie Piper and Chris Evans! Yes, WE'D forgotten all about that too, but now the memories of all that messiness have come flooding back ... join us! 

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There's no other way to describe this week's couple AND guest but ICONIC! Comedian and political commentator Ayesha Hazarika immerses herself and hosts Grainne and Chantal in the early noughties when Brangelina was born at the cost of the fairytale that was Brad and Jen.... ahhhh simple days. 

Ayesha also takes us into the world of romance amongst the politicos ... brace yourselves!

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Joining Grainne and Chantal for this week's look at celebrity lost loves is comedian Ed Byrne, who has much to say about 80s music power couple Sheila E. and Prince! Much is made of little Prince's seduction techniques (the man says it with flowers) and Sheila's musical heritage - something most people don't realise! 

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This week we're talking civil wars, complex love triangles, winged eyeliner and weird welcome gifts. We're travelling back in time, further than we ever have on this podcast, as this week's couple got together in the summer of 48 BC! Our incredible guest comedian Ria Lina picked a couple who quite literally rocked our world - it's the iconic story of Cleopatra and Julius Ceasar. Thank you for this stunning choice Ria, we didn't know how much we needed this episode. 

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This week Gráinne and Chantal immerse themselves in the life and romances of the luvvies who dominated the world of film in the 1990s, traversing from one EM Forster adaptation to another, and King and Queen of the luvvies were of course Emma Thomson and Kenneth Brannagh, who guest Pippa Evans still mourns the loss of to this very day...

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Although this week's amazing guest, singer, songwriter Sam Preston has brought with him an epic celebrity past couple to analyze in the form of Lisa Marie Presley & Nicholas Cage, one of his own past relationships has also achieved iconic status and was a matter of time before it was featured on this show. 

In the mid-noughties, the lovely Sam was better known as 'Preston', singer with The Ordinary Boys, and met his future wife Chantelle in the Celebrity Big Brother House. 

Sam talks not only about the bizarre escapades of his chosen couple, but also what it's like to suffer a break-up in the full glare of press and publicity, 

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It's time to look back at a bygone romance which couldn't withstand the freelove vibe of 60s swinging London, despite one of them being an actual Beatle! Bringing us into the glamour of the Chelsea set is comedian, actor, and podcaster, Amy Hoggart, for whom barely a day goes by without her lamenting the lost love of George Harrison and Pattie Boyd.... join her why doncha!

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Grainne and Chantal are here again and this week's love lament is curtesy of comedian Joe Sutherland, who takes us back to the raucous mid-noughties and the turbulent romance between Linsday Lohan and Sam Ronson, let's just say Lindsay was 'peak' Lindsay during this time, but which of them has thrived and who has just survived? Listen and you'll find out...  

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This week Chantal and Grainne reminisce about the time two worlds collided with luminous guest comedian Rosie Holt! Rosie takes us back to the glory days of the TV reality show 'Made In Chelsea' when one of its stars, Millie Mackintosh was embroiled in the Romeo and Julliette of the mid-noughties when she met her unlikely prince charming in the form of rapper, Professor Green. 

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Chantal and Grainne are back for another look at love gone wrong and this week it's so, so wrong, thanks to the guest and her celebrity couple, yes comedian Sindhu Vee went there and presented us all with the log forgotten image of Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng!

As always, we delve right into the relationship and find out what they got up to on an exercise bike, and speculate if alleged unrequited love played a part in the demise of Rupendi. 

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This week, we are transported back to the heady days of The O.C when writer and comedian Robin Morgan declares his long lost lament of the love that was Rachel Bilson & Adam Brody - it was a simpler time ... for them AND us.

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This week Chantal and Grainne are joined by the nation's sweetheart, Stephen Bailey, who treats his celebrity couple crush as more of a declaration of his own love towards one of the parties, owning actual merchandise with Zac Efron's face on it... I'm beginning to think he was GLAD when Zac and Vanessa's love ended...listen to the episode and see what you think.

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Well, well, well, I guess it must be 2009 (or thereabout) as we're entering the epic twists and turns of the epic 'love' story of Jessica Simpson and John Mayer courtesy of this week's guest, comedian Evelyn Mok. 

It's a torrid tale at times and it has to be said, that this may be a lesson in what DOESN'T make someone great boyfriend material... but that's just our opinion, you guys can make up your own minds about that one...

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We're back to the 90s this week, as guest comedian, Angela Barnes whisks Gráinne and Chantal back to the epitome of Britpop cool, when they discuss the couple I don't think any of us got over, Damon Albarn & Justine Frischmann. 

It was a time when we were only allowed to have ONE successful female Britpop star and she was it...when you hear what her hobbies were around this time, we guarantee you'll just love her even more. 

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This episode is the stuff of dreams, as hosts Gráinne and Chantal get to celebrate a lost love, which has actually rekindled! Yes comedian and writer Viv Groskop was DYING to talk to us all about her obsession with 'Benifer' and the utter joy that these two found each other again... if only all our couples were so bold.

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Back in the early 2010s, few celebrity romances burned brighter (or faster) than Khloé Kardashian and Lamar Odom. She was the breakout star of reality TV’s royal family; he was the NBA hero. One month in, they were married. Soon after, their love life was a franchise. For a moment, it looked like reality TV had actually delivered a fairy tale but it was not meant to be.

This week on The Way They Were, Kardashian super fan and brilliant stand-up Chelsea Birkby joins Gráinne and Chantal to relive the whirlwind: the TV spin-offs, the tabloid storms, the sex doll, the hookers, and so much more that even the Kardashians couldn't keep up with it.

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Effie Gray and John Ruskin looked like the perfect Victorian power couple: she, bright and brilliant; he, the era’s leading art critic. But behind the portraits was one of history’s strangest age-gap marriages. Unconsummated, uncomfortable, and the sort of story that would make Gen Z turn away in horror.

This week on The Way They Were, Gráinne and Chantal team up with one of Britain’s best stand-ups, Ian Smith, to look at the grottiest couples we've ever looked at on the show.

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Oh baby baby, how was she supposed to know that something wasn’t right? Britney Spears thought Kevin Federline was her happily-ever-after but soon turned into a one of the biggest breakups of the 00s.

This week on The Way They Were, Chantal and Gráinne are joined by guest of honour Claire Parker, co-host of Celebrity Memoir Book Club, to dig into the heady highs, the very public lows, and the sombre truths behind one of celebrity culture’s most chaotic love stories.

NOTE - If you thought Chantal was a little quieter than usual on this week’s episode, you’re right! Two Britney superfans took centre stage, while she kept some of her thoughts back. Now she’s recorded her own right to reply, a short solo take on the Britney narrative, and it’s up on Patreon’s free feed. if you fancy hearing what Chantz was really thinking.

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Today's episode is a full-on open-topped sports car tour of the 1980s... the music, car phones and musicals of the time are celebrated in full, as this week's guest, comedian, writer and podcaster, Matthew Crosby brings us the enduring on-off romance of Simon Cowell and Sinitta to pick through.

The music mogul and creator of X-Factor have had a long documented relationship with the 80s singer, flip-flopping between friendship and romance for over 30 years, and as you can imagine, Grainne and Chantal were THRILLED to be able to take a deep dive into this incredible world of showbiz, heartbreak and oversharing on Twitter for your listening pleasure.

You'll come away with the conclusion that Cowell is indeed 'So Macho'.

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In today's episode, we have a guest who is a guru in the genre of why some relationships don't last the distance, it's comedian and author, Rosie Wilby!

Rosie has written books and hosted podcasts on the theme of break-ups and so, it's no surprise that she could match the intel of Grainne and the encyclopedic mind of Chantal when she asked to talk about a couple whose tandemic rise to fame, a public shaming and ultimate break-up made the front pages throughout the 1990s.... ladies and gentlemen, please be up-standing for this week's couple... HUGH GRANT AND ELIZABETH HURLEY.

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This is the week when two titans of the podcasting world collide, as Grainne and Chantal welcome the star of a show which solidified their bond, it's Alright Mary's Colin Drucker! 

As you would imagine, the host of a show which celebrates gay culture is going to BRING IT when it comes to our celebrity couple and Colin didn't disappoint, as we go back to a time before Gwynyth went Goop and celebrate the era of Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow! 

It's a roller coaster of emotions, as we discover so much about our star-crossed lovers, including Gwynyth's natural ability to shoot an arrow, and Brad's facial blindness... plus, we have perhaps the best suggestion for Cher's life partner to date! 

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What a CRACKING start to 2023, as not only do Grainne and Chantal welcome comedy royalty to the show, but the celebrity couple being celebrated is the epitome of 1970s cool....

OK, let's not leave you hanging (on the telephone) for longer than necessary, picture this, if you will, as Jo Caulfield is here to talk about Debby Harry and Chris Stein!

Yes, we're taking a deep dive into 1970s and early 80s New York, and EVERYONE is here, Blondie, Bowie, Iggy, Warhol and we're all heading off to CBGB, so go home and get changed into something appropriate and tell your mum you won't be back for dinner...after all, dreaming is free. 

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As we call a wrap on 2022, Grainne and Chantal sit by the fireside to contemplate the year just gone and look back at some of their, and your favourite episodes.

And what a year it's been, from the bygone romances of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton to the on-off shenanigans of Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog barely a stone has been left unturned by our wonderful guests, but, as you'll hear from our hosts, there are still many past celebrity couples we've yet to lament and some current ones, which are surely only weeks away from featuring on the show...

From the whole team at The Way They Were, we'd like to thank you for all of your support and wish you a very happy and healthy 2023!

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He's been... yes Santi / Santa has emptied his Christmas sack early and given us this absolute treat of a show in which our hosts dish the dirt on the festive films they want YOU to watch, and no, Die Hard isn't on the list.

We also hear about some real-life planes, trains and automobile moments in the rush to get home for the holidays. So pour yourselves an eggnog and glow in the company of our elvin hosts Grainne and Chantal.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS ONE AND ALL! XX

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In this truly magical episode, Grainne and Chantal welcome a guest who lifts the cape on one of the best-known love matches we all completely forgot about, David Copperfield and Claudia Schiffer...remember THAT?

As our guest is none other than 7th best magician Sam Fletcher, he can let us into the magic circle to tell us how this erstwhile love between the world's most beautiful woman and the 8th best magician had its spell broken.

Also, feel free to join in with a cracking game of snog, marry, avoid... 

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Today's episode looks at one of the more bizarre relationships of the 1990s, but rather than being an ACE pairing, it was far from LOVE ALL for Andre Agassi and Brooke Shields, as this week's fantastic guest, comedian Tom Ward can confirm! 

This week's romance is full of temper tantrums and possibly one of the WORST proposals on record, but by god, it's a great tale ... ENJOY!

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Time to bring on the 1970s LA glam, so pull on your little black cocktail dress, light up a cigarette and hit the dancefloor, as tonight, thanks to this week's guest, actor Elena Saurel, you party with Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Houston!

Chantal and Grainne are DELIGHTED to delve into this hot mess of an iconic off-and-on-again couple, and it soon becomes clear that Anjelica has the patience of a saint... a saint in a floor-length, backless gown.

Although this relationship isn't for the faint of heart, it's clear these two had an unbreakable bond...until it was broken, so let's relive those heady days vicariously!

TW: Please note, another of Anjelica's relationships is briefly mentioned which has elements of domestic violence.

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Now, if you've already binged the latest series of 'The Crown' and are missing that royal fix, then fear not, as not only do we welcome *comedy* royalty to the show in the form of Shazia Mirza but this week's couple is the stuff of royal legend, as the gang do a deep-dive into the regal soap opera that was Charles and Diana and let me tell you, this episode reaches the parts even Netflix wouldn't dare... even Queen Victoria would be amused! 

You could even argue that this is the first thrupple of the series, but we couldn't possibly comment.

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Before the Frasier reboot, before the Tony Awards, before the dinner party from hell - there was just Kelsey and Camille.

This week, comedian, agony aunt and Attitudes! host Bryan Safi joins us to revisit the unforgettable union of sitcom royalty and a dancer on club MTV who would go on to become "the most hated housewife in America".

Was it true romance or simply a love bomb that blew up on national television? Bryan helps Chantal and Gráinne dig through the drama, the showbiz, and the pegging allegations in this very special episode of The Way They Were.

Also if you're in Edinburgh this month you simply have to go watch Bryan's show: Are you mad at me?

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This week Grainne and Chantal welcome two showbiz legendary couples to the podcast, one in the form of guests Catie Wilkins and Richard Herring, who as well as both being giants in the world of podcasting, also happen to be MARRIED!

The other showbiz couple we celebrate was nominated by our guests, who aren't fortunate to have lived in such wedded bliss, it's that big. hot mess that was Paul McCartney and Heather Mills! 

Yes, like a warm bath for the brain, we get to immerse ourselves in a simpler time, a time when David Blaine watched the unimpressed faces of Londoners from a perspex box, when sex manuels were in print rather than online, and when courtroom dramas were existed without Twitter. 

So get comfy and prepare yourselves for the ride of your lives!

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What's the use in sitting all alone in your room... when you could be sitting all alone in your room AND listening to this frankly, AMAZING episode, where Chantal and Grainne welcome old chum, comedian Sarah Kendall.

And Sarah isn't the only fabulous GUEST this week, as the couple she brings is none other than Liza Minelli and David Gest. 

It would appear it wasn't love at first sight for this episode's star-crossed lovers, but it soon becomes clear that they should have been a match made in heaven...hey ho, life is a cabaret after all. 

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