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Masterpiece London 2022 | Lunchtime live Lady Carnarvon

A Masterpiece Podcast - August 01, 2022 10:43 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Fiona, 8th Countess of Carnarvon, is the wife of Geordie, 8th Earl of Carnarvon. They live at Highclere Castle, known to millions around the world as “Downton Abbey”. Lady Carnarvon is the best-selling author of 5 books, an historian, an international speaker and fundraiser in the UK and abroad....

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Masterpiece London 2022 | Masterpiece [Re]discovery – Avoiding Oblivion

A Masterpiece Podcast - August 01, 2022 10:39 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
The Factum Foundation for Digital Technology in Preservation has been working in the Valley of the Kings since 2001, as part of a long-term collaboration with the University of Basel under the aegis of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. Adam Lowe will be revisiting the work of the ...

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Masterpiece London 2022 | Lunchtime live Zavier Ellis

A Masterpiece Podcast - August 01, 2022 10:33 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Zavier Ellis is an international curator, artist and originator of multiple art-based initiatives. He was born in Windsor in the United Kingdom in 1973. He read History of Modern Art at Manchester University (1993-1996) before undertaking a Masters in Fine Art at City & Guilds of London Art Schoo...

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Masterpiece London 2022 | Lunchtime live John Makepeace

A Masterpiece Podcast - August 01, 2022 10:32 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
John Makepeace OBE is internationally regarded as one of Britain’s most influential designer-makers. He was an early proponent of material innovation and sustainability, setting up the acclaimed Parnham College for furniture designers in 1976 and initiating Hooke Park in 1982, as a School for Woo...

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Casting Director Alex Irwin Makes Murderers Every Episode

MASTERPIECE Studio - August 01, 2022 00:43 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Four of the Seventh Season of Grantchester. There's a rotating cast of murderers — and murder victims — on every episode of Grantchester. But where do the actors come from who populate the Cambridgeshire rogues’ gallery? Longtime seri...

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Tom Brittney Heads Behind The Camera For A Change

MASTERPIECE Studio - July 25, 2022 00:43 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Three of the Seventh Season of. Grantchester lead Tom Brittney already took a big leap in leading a series after a beloved main character left — and now, he takes on a new challenge in directing that show, too. The actor and director ...

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Daisy Coulam Sees A Tonal Shift In ‘Grantchester’ Season Seven

MASTERPIECE Studio - July 18, 2022 00:43 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Two of the Seventh Season of Grantchester. Maybe it’s the season, maybe it’s real-world changes, maybe it’s the tide — but Grantchester head writer and series creator Daisy Coulam feels a positive vibe in the seventh iteration of her ...

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EP.19 - A Conversation with James Roberts

AARGH! MY OPTICS! - July 17, 2022 23:00 - 2 hours
[DISCUSSION/INTERVIEW] Due to some rather unbelievable friend of a friend nonsense, Superstar Transformers writer James Roberts takes 90 minutes or so to chat with Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia about his work on IDW Publishing's Transformers titles including fan favourites More Than Meets The Eye ...

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EP.18 - Top Of The Bots! Transformers Leaders

AARGH! MY OPTICS! - June 26, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour
[TOP OF THE BOTS] In this episode Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia take a break from the 'heavy' researching that goes into AARGH! MY OPTICS! and simply wang on about our vacuous opinions on Transformers leaders by arbitrarily organising into a spurious hierarchy! Everyone likes a 'best of' list don'...

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EP.17 - Marvel UK: Transformers 'City of Fear!'

AARGH! MY OPTICS! - May 26, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour
[DISCUSSION] Do you like horror stories? The sort with zombies? Mad Scientists? Giant subterranean nuclear fission reactors? Spacefaring metal planets? If the answer is yes you should probably read issues 164 through 169 of the Marvel UK run of Transformers... and then come back here and listen ...

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Sarah Solemani Seeds Modern Moments In Vintage Anti-Fascist Fable

MASTERPIECE Studio - May 02, 2022 00:43 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode One of Ridley Road. Both sides of Sarah Solemani’s family have roots in the Ridley Road area of London, so when she read author Jo Bloom’s haunting novel, Ridley Road, she saw personal elements in the story. Still, the narrative on sc...

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After A Busy New Season, Rose Williams Is Ready For Charlotte’s Next Big Moves

MASTERPIECE Studio - April 25, 2022 00:43 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Six of the Second Season of Sanditon. Charlotte Heywood is finally able to properly grieve her sense of loss, but the choices she makes at the end of this second season are surprising, to say the least. Rose Williams is ready for the ...

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EP.16 - Transformers Armada

AARGH! MY OPTICS! - April 18, 2022 23:00 - 2 hours
[DISCUSSION] In Episode 16 of AARGH! MY OPTICS! We travel way back 20 year to the ancient times of 2002 as Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia revisit Transformers Armada! The line that heralded the true return to vehicle modes, Autobots, Deceptions, kid friendly gimmicks and play patterns and kicked of...

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Crystal Clarke Knows Georgiana Is Ready To Be Her Truest Self

MASTERPIECE Studio - April 18, 2022 00:43 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Five of the Second Season of Sanditon. Sanditon's Crystal Clarke opens up about the journey that she and the series' creators undertook to give her West Indian heiress character, Miss Georgiana Lambe, a richer and more authentic devel...

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Rosie Graham Turns Back To The Romantics For Her Alison Heywood

MASTERPIECE Studio - April 11, 2022 00:43 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Four of the Second Season of Sanditon. Alison Heywood is a newcomer to the up and coming resort town of Sanditon, and like her older sister Charlotte before her, she finds the entire experience to be a thrill. Rosie Graham is also new...

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Charlotte Spencer's Lady Babington Is Now A More Open-Minded Hermit Crab

MASTERPIECE Studio - April 04, 2022 00:43 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Three of the Second Season of Sanditon. The Lady Esther Babington that returns to Sanditon is a softer, more open-minded woman than the biting character we knew before. Granted, her razor sharp wit remains, but Charlotte Spencer is gl...

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Turlough Convery Is Proud Of Arthur Parker For Emerging From His Cocoon

MASTERPIECE Studio - March 28, 2022 00:43 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Two of the Second Season of Sanditon. Arthur Parker is the life of any party in Sanditon — and much of that has to do with the charm of actor Turlough Convery. While much of his castmates would love to play his role, Convery brings a ...

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Justin Young Welcomes Us Back To Sanditon With Open Arms

MASTERPIECE Studio - March 21, 2022 00:43 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode One of the Second Season of Sanditon. Sanditon head writer Justin Young is as thrilled as you are to return to the most desirable destination on the south English coast. He returns to the podcast as well for a preview of a second seas...

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EP.15 - Toy Collecting pt. 4: Goals and Finish Lines

AARGH! MY OPTICS! - March 21, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour
[DISCUSSION] Part 4!? But wait, I though we'd finished talking about Toy Collecting? Nope! NEVER! In this episode Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia continue our series of episodes on Toy Collecting by delving deeper into discussing collecting goals, targets, limits, styles and what the ‘end game’ is, ...

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Two Seasons In, Nicholas Ralph Feels Even More At Home

MASTERPIECE Studio - February 21, 2022 01:43 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Seven of the Second Season of All Creatures Great and Small. The final episode of the second season of All Creatures Great and Small is both heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. That delicate balance is thanks to the work ...

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EP.14 - Spider-Man at the Movies

AARGH! MY OPTICS! - February 21, 2022 00:00 - 2 hours
[DISCUSSION] You like Spider-man right? Of course you do! And I bet you have enjoyed at least on Spider-man movie right? Of course you have! So why not join Virtual Dave, Orion Ghia and special guest host Galac-tosh as we discuss the Spider-man's various live action outing on the silver screen. ...

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Helen Knows She Has To Live The Life She Wants —And So Does Rachel Shenton

MASTERPIECE Studio - February 14, 2022 01:43 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Six of the Second Season of All Creatures Great and Small. At the end of another season of All Creatures Great and Small, Helen Alderson is still thinking about marriage — but now in an entirely new light. Rachel Shenton takes a sensi...

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Samuel West And Callum Woodhouse — The Fraternal Farnons — Call An Audible

MASTERPIECE Studio - January 31, 2022 01:43 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Four of the Second Season of All Creatures Great and Small*.* The Brothers Farnon have a fraught relationship — but viewers can rest assured that the actors who play them don't have those struggles. Samuel West and Callum Woodhouse re...

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Sam West And Callum Woodhouse — The Fraternal Farnons — Call An Audible

MASTERPIECE Studio - January 31, 2022 01:43 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Four of the Second Season of All Creatures Great and Small*.* The Brothers Farnon have a fraught relationship — but viewers can rest assured that the actors who play them don't have those struggles. Sam West and Callum Woodhouse retur...

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As The New Mrs. Pumphrey, Patricia Hodge Feels Just As Familiar

MASTERPIECE Studio - January 24, 2022 01:43 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Three of the Second Season of All Creatures Great and Small. The All Creatures Great and Small cast sadly had to say goodbye to the remarkable Dame Diana Rigg after the first season of the series. Luckily for them — and for all of us ...

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Darrowby Newcomer Dorothy Atkinson Is Right At Home In The Dales

MASTERPIECE Studio - January 17, 2022 01:43 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Two of the Second Season of All Creatures Great and Small*.* In a buzzy new season of All Creatures Great and Small, the sassy divorcée, Diana Brompton, is a breath of fresh air. So, too, is actor Dorothy Atkinson, who brings her pepp...

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Deflategate Part 2, An Actual Victory Lap, and Hopes & Dreams for Antonio Brown's Future

KC Fantasy Masterpiece Podcast - January 14, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Keeper options for everyone for next season Revisit Bold Predictions from everyone before the season Draft Order Update NFL Playoffs discussion

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Don't Worry — Ben Vanstone Really Does Love Animals

MASTERPIECE Studio - January 10, 2022 01:43 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode One of the second season of All Creatures Great and Small. The soothing, gentle nature of All Creatures Great and Small renders the pain and struggles of ordinary life in warm, calming tones. Much of that comes from the series' origin...

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EP.13 - Top Of The Bots 2021!

AARGH! MY OPTICS! - January 04, 2022 00:00 - 2 hours
[TOTB/DISCUSSION] Happy New Year! In this very special festive episode of AARGH! MY OPTICS! Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia get together IN REAL LIFE and discuss 2021. Kicking off with the first annual Top of the Bots year in review, the lads run down their favourite 10 action figures of the year be...

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David Tennant Has A Podcast — And He Came On Ours, Too

MASTERPIECE Studio - January 03, 2022 00:43 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode One of Around the World in 80 Days. The fabulously talented David Tennant is well known to MASTERPIECE viewers — he hosted MASTERPIECE Contemporary more than a decade ago, and has appeared on plenty of MASTERPIECE and MASTERPIECE Myst...