353: Nice British People Doing Nice Things

353: Nice British People Doing Nice Things

Author: Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV May 5, 2021 Duration: 1:31:33

A while back, we put out a call for six-word pitches to program a whole episode of this podcast, and our listener Heather was the victor with "Nice British People Doing Nice Things." As a result, she has slotted in (virtually) every show you will hear us talk about in this episode, for which we are joined by returning guest Alex Collins! First, we all tuck in on the pop history series Back In Time For Dinner. Then Around The Dial takes us to France for Escape To The Chateau, Newfoundland and Kenya for Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond The Lobby, Wales for Escape To The Country, and a British mail route for Postman Pat. As required by Heather, Tara presents the Corner Gas episode "Happy Campers" for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the Winner and Loser of the year 1992, we go knocking on Game Time's door. Make yourself a lovely cup of tea and join us!

GUESTS

👤 Alex Collins

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🥘 Back In Time For Dinner

Around The Dial: 🏰 Escape To The Chateau

Around The Dial: 🏨 Amazing Hotels

Around The Dial: 🚵 Escape To The Country

Around The Dial: 📮 Postman Pat

The Canon: ⛽️ Corner Gas S04.E18: Happy Campers

Winner & Loser: 👍 New York City

Winner & Loser: 👎 Vatican City

Game Time: 🧠 You've Got Mail

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 353 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🐦 Alex Collins on Twitter

🫔 Back In Time For Dinner on DailyMotion

🦟 Tara's review of AppleTV+'s The Mosquito Coast at Primetimer

🗽 The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show podcast

🚵 Escape To The Country on DailyMotion

🎶 The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast


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