Box of Delights
All of television history is contained within the Box of Delights. TV journalist Julia Raeside invites her guests to choose a favourite TV memory and take another look at it, say what it meant to them, and what it means to them now.
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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 17 minutes
- Episodes
- 76
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2024
Christmas 2023 - We're back!
After the world's longest podcast hiatus (will verify with Norris McWhirter) Julia is back for a chat with regular guest (and, yes, he happens to be her husband), comedy writer Joel Morris.
They remin…
00:42:43 |
Tue 19 Dec 2023
Six Feet Under
TV producer Geri O'Donohoe remembers the utterly heart-wrenching finale to Six Feet Under and the personal resonance it particularly holds for her.
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00:17:11 |
Thu 23 Mar 2023
Rik Mayall: the first Comic Relief
Comedian Mitch Benn talks to Julia about the time he saw the mighty Rik Mayall at the first ever Comic Relief live show in 1986.
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00:11:54 |
Thu 09 Jun 2022
Succession: the Dundee episode
Brilliant actor and star of Home (C4) Youssef Kerkour joins Julia to recount the thrilling, often excruciating episode of Succession in which Logan Roy (Brian Cox) returns to his home town in Scotlan…
00:18:16 |
Wed 16 Dec 2020
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Writer and podcaster Chris Thorpe-Tracey joins Julia to discuss his deep love for the 90s blood-sucker butt-kicker.
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00:16:10 |
Sun 13 Dec 2020
1980s Levi's Jeans Ads
Novelist Jenny Colgan remembers the pure teen lust generated by Nick Kamen stripping to his pants in a launderette.
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00:14:09 |
Thu 03 Dec 2020
Ghostwatch
Christmas is a time for ghost stories, so let's tenuously link to that by listening to the brilliant Tony Way reminisce about the bone-chilling terror induced by his viewing of Ghostwatch (BBC One) a…
00:22:11 |
Wed 02 Dec 2020
Doctor Who: Death of Adric
Julia helps comedian Mitch Benn to revisit the trauma of that day in 1982 when his innocence was swiftly taken by the death of Doctor Who companion, Adric.
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00:17:17 |
Tue 01 Dec 2020
Ivor the Engine
Podcaster and man Jake Yapp barely controls his emotions as he returns to the Wales of his boyhood to weep over Small Films' delicate wonder, Ivor the Engine.
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00:14:49 |
Mon 30 Nov 2020
Blind Date: the undercover journalist
Writer and broadcaster Sali Hughes remembers the furore around the Blind Date fake contestant scandal of 1998 and reveals some thrilling new behind-the-scenes details.
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00:19:42 |
Tue 05 May 2020
The Coronation Street Killer
Comedian Tom Burgess buckles up to relive the THRILL ride that was Richard Hillman's gruesome tenure as the Coronation Street serial killer.
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00:17:12 |
Tue 21 Apr 2020
The Shield: Money Train
The brilliant actor Youssef Kerkour tells Julia about getting the feels watching the Money Train episode of The Shield, just after experiencing 9/11 in New York.
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00:17:06 |
Mon 13 Apr 2020
Irish Paint Magic
Comedian and podcaster Jake Yapp (he's on Radio 4 every week with Now Wash Your Hands) gets all misty talking about one of the world's most soothing TV programmes, Irish Paint Magic.
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00:16:52 |
Sun 12 Apr 2020
The West Wing: Toby is sad
Writer and podcaster Chris Thorpe-Tracey comes to sing a hymn of praise to Toby of The West Wing. Amen.
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00:18:59 |
Wed 08 Apr 2020
The Supersizers
Comedian Eleanor Morton tucks into a plate of devilled nostalgia in the shape of BBC Two's The Supersizers. They would literally eat anything.
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00:16:46 |
Tue 07 Apr 2020
Bagpuss: The Mouse Mill (Part 2)
Julia and her husband, comedy writer Joel Morris, remember the magical day they visited Peter Firmin's house in Kent, where Small Films made Bagpuss, Noggin and the rest of their wondrous shows. (And…
00:12:09 |
Thu 26 Mar 2020
Bagpuss: The Mouse Mill (Part 1)
Comedy writer (and Julia's husband) Joel Morris takes us all back to our happy place, in front of the TV, watching the best children's programme ever, Bagpuss.
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00:16:56 |
Wed 25 Mar 2020
Vic & Bob: Masterchef
Actor and sometime Reeves and Mortimer collaborator Tony Way relives the delicious comedy treat that is Vic & Bob's take on Masterchef. BONG.
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00:15:02 |
Mon 23 Mar 2020
Quantum Leap: The Leap Home
Screenwriter Toby Davies takes us back to the early 90s where a good-hearted physicist tried desperately to help others in a bid to go home. Quantum Leap, anyone? (May contains scenes of someone sing…
00:14:55 |
Sun 22 Mar 2020
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