by The OAPs | Dec 16, 2023 | Podcast
In an opening aside, The Captain curses wireless technology. Just use wires, folks. After all these years, ElTele learns how to run. But the main theme for the end of year episode is: we list our best film, TV series, documentary, book, event, album and podcast of the...
by The OAPs | Dec 6, 2023 | Podcast
In our penultimate episode of 2023, we review a live concert by a legendary band, and a new album from an old stager. Spy drama Slow Horses returns. The Captain is drawn in to animated martial arts series Blue Eye Samurai, and is hanging out for the gripping final...
by The OAPs | Nov 26, 2023 | Podcast
Some people might say it’s time we started making sense! We’ve both been to see the remastered Talking Heads concert movie – hear the verdict – and we’ve also been impressed by the new album from Paul Cook and the Chronicles. ElTele has...
by The OAPs | Nov 7, 2023 | Podcast
Is it really the end? Did we like the final Beatles product? And what’s more, did we ever think Monty Python was funny? Is comedy in some cases more about a sense of unity with like-minded fans, rather than actual laughs? We try to put these thorny issues to...
by The OAPs | Oct 29, 2023 | Podcast
Lots of things beginning with B in this episode, and some not! Will the upcoming release be the last “new” Beatles tune? The Captain is deep into a time shifting whodunnit on Netflix called Bodies, whilst ElTele checks out the Beckham documentary. The...
by The OAPs | Oct 21, 2023 | Podcast
We talk about our couch potato go-to TV programmes. Guilty pleasures? We’re not guilty! ElTele checks out the Jay Blades documentary, and we both review an uncomfortable watch in The Reckoning, the four-part drama about Jimmy Savile, starring Steve Coogan. The...
