Reclining Pair
by Mike & Ben
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Episode 43. East of Eden, Miracles, Horror movie Quiz
Episode 43. East of Eden, Miracles, Horror movie Quiz
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TV reviews, musings and quizzes from three fools dangerously circling the plughole of midlife crisis.
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- Episode 43. East of Eden, Miracles, Horror movie Quiz · 1 h 4 min · Season 4 Episode 8Nina quizzes me on posters from well known scary movies, we debate the audience experience for witnessing miracles, we love John Steinbeck's East of Eden, on Netflix, and looking…
- Episode 42. Balloons, Alice & Steve, Long faces. · 1 h 3 min · Season 4 Episode 7**ATTENTION!** This month’s quiz is quite a visual affair, and you won’t have a Scooby Doo what’s going on unless you see the photos… so come find us on Instagram, BlueSky or…
- Episode 41. Bishops, World Records, Ann Droid, bum stuff. · 1 h 11 min · Season 4 Episode 6Laughing as the nation burns... we press on, regardless. Nina quizzes me on world records, and updates me on her recent medical adventures, we review Ann Droid (BBC), local news…
- Episode 40. Lions, funfairs, Our Friends in The North, food quiz. · 1 h 31 min · Season 4 Episode 5We celebrate our 40th. How big is too big for a stone lion? Only 30 years late - we review Our Friends in The North (BBC), Dangman food quiz, Ciders from Tricky of Somerset. And…
- Episode 39. Flies, Look-a-Mikes, Breadsall Pride, The Boroughs. · 1 h 8 min · Season 4 Episode 4Sweet miscommunication, Breadsall Pride, Carpet Fitters' Iron Man event, The Boroughs - Netflix, ALL the people I apparently look like in this month's quiz, And some brilliant…
- Episode 38. Brand New quiz - Dangman Style... 46% more swearing. · 1 h 3 min · Season 4 Episode 3New quiz, DANGMAN STYLE....and a brand new quiz board. Oh dear, what can the matter be, Nina's stuck in the disabled lavatory. We review Legends (Netflix) Rooster (Sky/Now) and…
- Episode 37. Helmet 2, DTF St. Louis, Gardening Quiz, Snoopy Doo. · 1 h 2 min · Season 4 Episode 2Another pioneering science helmet, thanks to the guys over at the University of Adelaide, We review the brilliant DTF St. Louis (Sky/NowTV) Nina quizzes me on horticulture, and…
- Episode 36. The Quiz that wouldn't end. · 1 h 13 min · Season 4 Episode 1The Dangerously Overweight Quiz of Some Years. Nina's had no telly, so we're missing the usual review this week, but fear not, I've gone massive on the quiz.... if you like that…
- Episode 35. Things You Should Have Done, OZZY, Bernie Fingers. · 1 h 6 min · Season 3 Episode 12We watch Lucia Keskin's brilliant Things You Should Have Done (BBC), I'm quizzed on a forgotten radio station from the 1980s, and there's a Blue Peter style make-along-at-home…
- Episode 34. Amadeus, Clockweights, Moth Polish, Zinedine Zidane Centre. · 1 h 4 min · Season 3 Episode 11We have a look at Amadeus, on Sky, there's a fire at the Winston's factory, our quiz is the dog's b####cks, and Rob and I thoroughly enjoy Weetwood Ales. Plus the 2026 calendar…
- Episode 33. Christmas, Part 2: Plumbers, Welcome to Derry, Mr Potato Leg. · 55 min · Season 3 Episode 10Round two - Buckers and I. We share our thoughts on Welcome to Derry, Nina's arranged a cultural Christmas quiz, We talk back-boils, unmarked almonds, and this year's must-have…
- Episode 32. Christmas, Part 1: Supermarket beers, songwriting. · 44 min · Season 3 Episode 9We check out the widely available Christmas & Winter beers on offer in the supermarkets, Rob and I talk about songwriting, and we end the episode with the song he’s recorded…
- Episode 31. Vikings. Arson. Pluribus. Castle Rock. · 1 h 17 min · Season 3 Episode 8Buckers and I discuss the lost childhood pastime of recreational arson, We go international with an alternative 8 world wonders quiz, We chew over the concept behind Vince…
- Episode 30. Halloween, Black Rabbit, Jason Batman, Toilet roll. · 1 h 8 min · Season 3 Episode 7There’s a Halloween quiz from Buckers, we share our thoughts on Black Rabbit and the career of Jason Bateman, and I discover the worst toilet paper in human history. Rob and I…
- Episode 29. Phipps NBC, clarinets, Crystals, Midsomer Murders. · 1 h 2 min · Season 3 Episode 6The first time Nina ventures out as our roaming reporter. She has a ball with Phipps NBC, brewers of first rate ales, Northampton, I quiz her on her great passion - the clarinet…
- Episode 28. SICK: Part 2, Asda, 1987, Alien Earth, Hot Pants. · 1 h 5 min · Season 3 Episode 5Here we go again. We talk about the very brilliant Alien Earth, I'm quizzed on the popular culture of 1987, I buy enough oats to support a rodeo, Andrew Longleat drifts into our…
- Episode 27. SICK, Covid, Hinge, Such Brave Girls, Prison. · 1 h 13 min · Season 3 Episode 4SICK! The episode that was late due to me having a visit from Mr Covid. We talk disease, Clorets, Hinge dating, arse boils & prison. The quiz is titled "Buckers in the 22nd…
- Episode 26. Birmingham quiz, Commander Lawrence, Your Friends & Neighbors. · 1 h 2 min · Season 3 Episode 3This month's quiz is all things Birmingham, we talk about Your Friends & Neighbors (AppleTV) Nina brain-farts a takeaway order, and we present Commander Lawrence the Humidity…
- DOOMSDAY DOUBLE, Bonus episode. · 37 min · Season 3 Episode 2DOOMSDAY DOUBLE, Bonus episode. A couple of episodes ago we presented part one of our doomsday special. Then last episode we recorded part two, but because we're insufferable gum…
- Episode 25. Birmingham, Noodles, Titanic, Speed Dating, Plums. · 1 h 2 min · Season 3 Episode 1This month, on telly we looked at The United States of Birmingham, with joe Lycett (Sky), and The Four Seasons (Netflix). I finally get a taste test in front of Nina, for the…
