Episodes

  • They Might Be Giants' 'Flood' - with John-Luke Roberts

    They Might Be Giants' 'Flood' - with John-Luke Roberts
    Dec 12 2024
    Comedian John-Luke Roberts picks the 1990 LP by They Might Be Giants (the one that contains their hit single Birdhouse In Your Soul, and 18 other wildly inventive songs) and talks about the idea of ‘too much’, of overwhelm, of an invigorating deluge of ideas, and how that connects the worlds of music and comedy.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • The Fallen Idol - with Robin Ince

    The Fallen Idol - with Robin Ince
    Nov 14 2024
    Writer and comedian Robin Ince (The Infinite Monkey Cage, Cosmic Shambles Network) talks about the comforts of Carol Reed’s masterpiece The Fallen Idol, the beautiful film he made between Odd Man Out and The Third Man, and touches on the links between film and our memories of loved ones.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Heart Of The Angel - with Neil Forsyth

    Heart Of The Angel - with Neil Forsyth
    Oct 30 2024

    Writer Neil Forsyth (The Gold, Guilt, Bob Servant) talks about the comforts of Molly Dineen's 1989 fly-on-the-wall documentary 'Heart Of The Angel', a surprisingly deep study of the people working in a failing London Underground station.


    The documentary is available on the BBC iPlayer here:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074tkn/40-minutes-heart-of-the-angel


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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • The Thing - with Will Maclean

    The Thing - with Will Maclean
    Sep 18 2024
    Writer Will Maclean (The Apparition Phase) talks about John Carpenter's classic 1982 sci-fi horror film The Thing, and why its tale of gruff short-tempered men failing to deal with an impossible situation in a pitiless white landscape is a comforting place to return to again and again.

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole - with Beth Morrey

    The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole - with Beth Morrey
    Sep 4 2024
    Sunday Times bestselling author Beth Morrey (Saving Missy, Lucky Day) talks about Sue Townsend's definitive comic coming-of-age novel The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • 30 Rock - with Sara Barron

    30 Rock - with Sara Barron
    May 15 2024
    Comedian and writer Sara Barron (Firecrotch & Normcore, They Like To Watch) celebrates the comforts of 30 Rock, Tina Fey's sitcom skewering of network TV, and the joy of seeing relatable character Liz Lemon surviving and thriving (even if she has lettuce in her hair).

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Ben Stokes' 2019 Ashes Innings - with Ed Morrish

    Ben Stokes' 2019 Ashes Innings - with Ed Morrish
    Mar 7 2024
    Comedy producer Ed Morrish (Non-Censored, Soundheap, John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme) brings his personal comfort blanket, Ben Stokes' 2019 Ashes innings at Headingley against Australia (and more broadly "all sport") to try and persuade Comfort Blanket umpire Joel that it's allowed - and makes a case for sport as the perfect improvised long-form narrative. It's all about the story...

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Allo Allo - with Tom Price

    Allo Allo - with Tom Price
    Feb 22 2024
    Actor, comedian and broadcaster Tom Price (Torchwood, Magic FM, My Mate Brought A Toaster) talks about the lifelong comfort he draws from Allo Allo, Perry & Lloyd's broad and shameless French resistance farce. Listen very carefully, we will say this only once: it's actually brilliant.

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    1 hr and 10 mins