Beste Nick Brownlee Podcasts (2024)

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Rebus, Expats, Bodkin 10:34

6M ago10:34

10:34

There have been 20 Rebii since crime writer Ian Rankin published his first Detective Rebus book in 1987 -- but only two TV versions. Now Richard Rankin, no relation, aims to make it third time lucky in a new BBC version. Meanwhile Nicole Kidman goes mad in her search for a missing son in Expats. But is it all Hong Kong Phooey? And Bodkin sees podca…

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Shardlake, A Man In Full, The Responder 9:37

6M ago9:37

9:37

A hunchback lawyer attempts to win a game of monastic Cluedo in Shardlake, the long-awaited TV version of CS Sansom's bestselling historical novels, while very much in the modern world Jeff Daniels steals the show as a larger-than-life property developer in A Man In Full. And we also take a look at Martin Freeman as the ultra-downbeat but hugely ac…

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Fallout, Capote vs The Swans, Red Eye 9:06

6M ago9:06

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Mutants and superfreaks abound in post-apocalypse Hollywood as Fallout becomes the latest best-selling video game to get the multi-million dollar TV treatment by the makers of Westworld. But does the rest of the show match a stand-out performance by Walton Goggins as a 200-year-old bounty hunter with no nose? Meanwhile Tom Hollander is the ugly duc…

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Nick Brownlee on the Telly - Trailer 0:18

6M ago0:18

0:18

Journalist and broadcaster Nick Brownlee casts his eye over the latest TV showsVon Pete Crouch

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Rappin' with Boomin' Tones, Quizzin' with Alan Hull 46:49

3y ago46:49

46:49

In a change from the published programme, Nick Brownlee’s Newsletter returns with special guest and long-time associate Gizmund T Curtis joining Nick down the line. They discuss deadly variant Omicron, late Lindisfarne frontman Alan Hull and soon-to-be-replaced Doctor Who, in that order, and with varying degrees of mental acuity. Meanwhile the robo…

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4. The Beast of Bolstadt 30:17

3y ago30:17

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Kicking off with the best of the yesterday’s action from the crunch Third Form break-time clash on the hard play area, Episode 4 of the podcast moves silkily down the wing, past Nick’s musical reminiscences before crossing dangerously into Dutch podcast territory for the correspondents to bang home the winner. Meanwhile on the terraces, the robots …

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3. Follow The Baldies 27:43

3y ago27:43

27:43

And we’re back. Welcome to Episode 3 of Nick Brownlee’s Newsletter, podcast version, in which you will find more of the material that made episodes 1 and 2 such essential listening, not to mention the trailer. This week, Nick meets a Trappist monk and secures a hard-hitting interview with a leading member of Insulate Britain. Meanwhile his mum desc…

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2. Loose Men, Strange Beards 29:00

3y ago29:00

29:00

Against all odds Nick Brownlee's Newsletter, podcast version, has reached the landmark second episode. Listen now to hear the consequences. Included in this episode, the first of a new series in which men talk openly about their feelings, a high-level whistleblower blows the lid off a top secret nuclear catastrophe in Scotland, and Nick takes a tri…

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Man of Fruit, Ear of Goat, Game of Squid 31:20

3y ago31:20

31:20

Welcome to the first episode of Nick Brownlee's Newsletter, podcast version. In it, Nick relates a close encounter with the hit South Korean splatterfest Squid Games and problems with a shortage of roasted animal ears. He also interviews a man who is launching controversial legal action against the producers of the James Bond franchise. There's som…