Comfort Blanket

Count Duckula - with Jay Foreman

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:05:00 GMT

Writer, comedian and YouTube star Jay Foreman (Map Men) returns to talk about another vivid and unique cartoon world: Cosgrove Hall’s wild and crazy Dangermouse offshoot Count Duckula, and celebrates the subversive joys of children’s television on the (gasp) commercial channels… Goodness!

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Country Living Magazine - with Madeleine Brettingham

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 23:05:00 GMT

Writer and comedian Madeleine Brettingham (Harry Hill's TV Burp, Have I Got News For You) talks about the cyclical comforts of wicker-basket obsessed hedgehogs-and-pumpkins glossy Country Living Magazine, and becomes the first Comfort Blanket guest to bring on something that is actually mainly *about* blankets.

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Keeping Up Appearances - with Athena Kugblenu

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 23:05:00 GMT

Writer and comedian Athena Kugblenu (Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Horrible Histories) talks about the family-all-together-on-the-sofa comforts of 90s sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, the comedy of class, the thorny issue of fitting in, and recognition humour as high art.

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Wallace and Gromit - with Hattie Williams

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 23:05:00 GMT

Author Hattie Williams (Bitter Sweet) talks about Nick Park’s lovable Oscar-smashing plasticene cheesepunk technologists, the joy of vegetable puns, silent villains and doomed romances, and the comforts of slow, careful, human craft.

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Howl's Moving Castle - with Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch

Sun, 15 Jun 2025 23:05:00 GMT

Writer Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch (Horrible Histories, Cursed Under London, Darkwood) talks about Hayao Miyazaki’s 2004 beautiful animated adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones’ Howl’s Moving Castle, and how the Studio Ghibli masterpiece subverts fairytale tropes and flips hackneyed gender roles, while remembering to include sufficient wisecracking fireplaces and hot emo wizards.

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The Third Man - with Geoffrey McGivern

Wed, 14 May 2025 23:05:00 GMT

Actor Geoffrey McGivern (Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Ghosts, Back) talks about the bittersweet Viennese comforts of Graham Greene and Carol Reed's blackly comic thriller 'The Third Man'.

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The Ladykillers - with John Finnemore

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:05:00 GMT

Writer John Finnemore (Cabin Pressure, Souvenir Programme) talks about the comforts of Alexander Mackendrick's classic 1955 Ealing comedy 'The Ladykillers', and explains how the film cleverly subverts the audience's expectations, while satisfying them at the same time.

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They Might Be Giants' 'Flood' - with John-Luke Roberts

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:05:38 GMT

Comedian John-Luke Roberts picks the 1990 LP by They Might Be Giants (the one that contains their hit single Birdhouse In Your Soul, and 18 other wildly inventive songs) and talks about the idea of ‘too much’, of overwhelm, of an invigorating deluge of ideas, and how that connects the worlds of music and comedy.

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The Fallen Idol - with Robin Ince

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:05:22 GMT

Writer and comedian Robin Ince (The Infinite Monkey Cage, Cosmic Shambles Network) talks about the comforts of Carol Reed’s masterpiece The Fallen Idol, the beautiful film he made between Odd Man Out and The Third Man, and touches on the links between film and our memories of loved ones.

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Heart Of The Angel - with Neil Forsyth

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 00:05:48 GMT

Writer Neil Forsyth (The Gold, Guilt, Bob Servant) talks about the comforts of Molly Dineen's 1989 fly-on-the-wall documentary 'Heart Of The Angel', a surprisingly deep study of the people working in a failing London Underground station.

The documentary is available on the BBC iPlayer here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074tkn/40-minutes-heart-of-the-angel

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The Thing - with Will Maclean

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 23:05:41 GMT

Writer Will Maclean (The Apparition Phase) talks about John Carpenter's classic 1982 sci-fi horror film The Thing, and why its tale of gruff short-tempered men failing to deal with an impossible situation in a pitiless white landscape is a comforting place to return to again and again.

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The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole - with Beth Morrey

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 23:05:16 GMT

Sunday Times bestselling author Beth Morrey (Saving Missy, Lucky Day) talks about Sue Townsend's definitive comic coming-of-age novel The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4.

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30 Rock - with Sara Barron

Wed, 15 May 2024 23:05:29 GMT

Comedian and writer Sara Barron (Firecrotch & Normcore, They Like To Watch) celebrates the comforts of 30 Rock, Tina Fey's sitcom skewering of network TV, and the joy of seeing relatable character Liz Lemon surviving and thriving (even if she has lettuce in her hair).

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Ben Stokes' 2019 Ashes Innings - with Ed Morrish

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:05:09 GMT

Comedy producer Ed Morrish (Non-Censored, Soundheap, John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme) brings his personal comfort blanket, Ben Stokes' 2019 Ashes innings at Headingley against Australia (and more broadly "all sport") to try and persuade Comfort Blanket umpire Joel that it's allowed - and makes a case for sport as the perfect improvised long-form narrative. It's all about the story...

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Allo Allo - with Tom Price

Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:05:43 GMT

Actor, comedian and broadcaster Tom Price (Torchwood, Magic FM, My Mate Brought A Toaster) talks about the lifelong comfort he draws from Allo Allo, Perry & Lloyd's broad and shameless French resistance farce. Listen very carefully, we will say this only once: it's actually brilliant.

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Kind Hearts And Coronets - with Naomi Alderman

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 00:05:42 GMT

Writer Naomi Alderman (The Power, The Future) chooses as her comfort blanket, the 1949 Ealing black comedy 'Kind Hearts And Coronets', with its mixture of revenge (served cold, of course), and vicious social satire, managing to possess, one might say, "all the exuberance of Chaucer, without, happily, any of the concomitant crudities of his period..."

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Friends - with Larry Rickard (PART TWO)

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:05:32 GMT

In the second part of our two part look at definitive 1990s sitcom Friends, Larry Rickard (Ghosts, Horrible Histories) talks about how comedy reflects its times, how audiences want (and don't want) things to change for their favourite comedy characters, and when it's time to say goodbye.

This is PART TWO of a two part episode. If you haven't heard PART ONE, please go back and start there...

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Friends - with Larry Rickard (PART ONE)

Wed, 11 Oct 2023 23:05:59 GMT

Writer and actor Larry Rickard (Ghosts, Horrible Histories) talks about his love for the smash hit 1990s sitcom Friends, and the craft of making warm, gag-filled, ensemble television comedy with your... er... friends.

This is Part ONE of a two part episode.

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Don't Look Now - with Danny Robins

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 23:05:19 GMT

Writer and broadcaster Danny Robins (Uncanny, 2:22 A Ghost Story) talks about the unexpected comforts of Nic Roeg's classic 1973 supernatural thriller Don't Look Now, a masterful study of how humans try and make sense of life, death and the unexplained.

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Withnail & I - with Jim Howick

Sun, 10 Sep 2023 23:05:00 GMT

Actor and writer Jim Howick (Ghosts, Horrible Histories) talks about his love for Bruce Robinson's 1987 film 'Withnail & I', the studied debauchery of the striving, starving artist, its ache of regret for the 60s, and the strange, romantic comforts of desperation, booze and enormous herb-laced joints (lamb and otherwise).

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Rush - with Rufus Wright

Wed, 23 Aug 2023 23:05:52 GMT

Actor Rufus Wright (Rogue One, Quantum of Solace, The Audience) talks about the comfort he gets from the often overlooked 1974 debut album by Canadian heavy prog rock trio Rush, and we share our thoughts on the appeal of heavy metal for teenage boys, the gawky magic of school bands, and the sweet horror of adolescent lyrics.

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The Good Place - with Bec Hill

Wed, 09 Aug 2023 23:05:17 GMT

Comedian and writer Bec Hill (Makeaway Takeaway, Horror Heights, A Problem Squared) talks about the comforts of Michael Schur's philosophical afterlife sitcom The Good Place, and how comedy can tackle the really, really big stuff.

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Laurel & Hardy - with Andrew Male (PART TWO)

Thu, 20 Jul 2023 23:05:51 GMT

The second part of our 2-part celebration of the sound shorts of Laurel & Hardy, with journalist Andrew Male (Sight & Sound, Mojo, Sunday Times), talking about Towed In A Hole, Their First Mistake, Them Thar Hills, and its sequel, Tit For Tat.

Please do listen to part one first!

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Laurel & Hardy - with Andrew Male (PART ONE)

Wed, 19 Jul 2023 23:05:31 GMT

Journalist Andrew Male (Sight & Sound, Sunday Times, Mojo) talks about the sound shorts of Laurel & Hardy, and the leap forward in comedy instigated by their unique, warm double act adapting to the new technology of sound.

Part one of two, dealing with Stan and Ollie's craft, and looking at their Oscar winning 1932 short, The Music Box.

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Spider-Man - with Carrie Quinlan (PART TWO)

Thu, 29 Jun 2023 23:05:41 GMT

PART TWO of actor and writer Carrie Quinlan talking about Spider-Man, and the endlessly retellable tale of the nerd-turned-neighbourhood superhero. This part talks in more depth about the latest Spider-Man film 'Across the Spiderverse'.

If you haven't heard part one, please find it and start there!

This is PART TWO of TWO.

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Spider-Man - with Carrie Quinlan (PART ONE)

Wed, 28 Jun 2023 23:05:00 GMT

Actor and writer Carrie Quinlan (Home, Agendum, John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme) talks about her love of the comic character Spider-Man, in all his (and her, and its) incarnations, and what enables the story of the teenage nerd turned neighbourhood crime fighter to be endlessly reinvented, to provide life-long comfort for alienated kids, teens and grown-ups.

This is part ONE of TWO.

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Pride - with Margaret Cabourn-Smith

Wed, 07 Jun 2023 23:05:54 GMT

Comedy actor and podcaster Margaret Cabourn-Smith (Crushed, John Finnemore, Penny Dreadfuls) talks about the uplifting British comedy film Pride (2014) with its story of unlikely alliances and the power of unity, and the winner of an imaginary BAFTA for best White Writing At The End In A Motion Picture.

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Asterix - with Jay Foreman

Wed, 31 May 2023 23:05:55 GMT

Comedian and YouTuber Jay Foreman (Map Men, Politics Unboring-ed) talks about the comforts of Goscinny and Uderzo’s indomitable Asterix, about the sort of jokes and storytelling that can only work in comic form, and how good it is to read something from a neighbour's point of view.

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Bridget Jones's Diary - with Daisy Buchanan

Wed, 17 May 2023 23:05:10 GMT

Author and journalist Daisy Buchanan (Insatiable, How To Be A Grown Up) talks about the comforts of Bridget Jones's Diary, by Helen Fielding, and how book Bridget differs from the version we now think we know, how the book acts as a manual for self-acceptance, and how it might open a door to grown-up life if you read it when you're anxious and thirteen.

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Monty Python (Series 4) - with Michael Spicer

Wed, 10 May 2023 23:05:31 GMT

Comedian Michael Spicer (The Room Next Door, Mandy, The Mash Report) talks about the comforts of Monty Python's final, short and strange TV series (the one nobody really talks about), why sketch shows are all-hit-and-no-miss (provided you love them enough) and why enjoying the weird stuff is sometimes the most comforting part of being a fan.

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Ronald Searle - with Jo Neary

Wed, 26 Apr 2023 23:05:34 GMT

Comedian and artist Jo Neary (Ideal, Man Down) on illustrator Ronald Searle, in particular his school satires: St Trinian's and the immortal Molesworth books, with Geoffrey Willans.

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Pride and Prejudice - with Abigail Burdess

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 23:05:46 GMT

Writer and actor Abigail Burdess (Mother's Day, Mitchell & Webb) talks about the comforts of the 1995 BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, and talks about the invention of the romcom, and whether Jane Austen is the most successful comedy writer ever.

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Home Comforts: Absolutely Fabulous (Sample episode)

Mon, 27 Mar 2023 23:05:36 GMT

If you like Comfort Blanket, we are launching a Patreon so you can join in and show your support.

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Patreon membership gives you early ad-free access to future episodes of Comfort Blanket, as well as our exclusive companion podcast 'Home Comforts'.

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The Last Of Us - with Melanie Gutteridge

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:05:58 GMT

Actor Melanie Gutteridge (Salisbury Poisonings, Undeclared War, The Bill) talks about the comforts of the 2013 video game The Last of Us - recently adapted into the hit HBO series - the power of interactive fiction, and how video games are more like theatre than TV, how they tell their stories and emotionally affect us, and the differences between acting and acting-with-balls-all-over-a-wetsuit.

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Home Comforts: Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Sample episode)

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 00:05:22 GMT

We are launching a Comfort Blanket Patreon. Please join and throw some coins in the lovely Patreon hat if you feel you want to support the podcast...

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Here's a sample episode, about what might be my favourite film of all time: Close Encounters Of The Third Kind.

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BEST OF COMFORT BLANKET series one and two

Thu, 02 Feb 2023 00:03:20 GMT

A look back at some favourite moments from the first two series.

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Doctor Who (Classic Series) - with John Higgs

Thu, 19 Jan 2023 00:05:09 GMT

Author John Higgs (Love & Let Die, The KLF: Chaos Magic...) talks about the comforts of classic Doctor Who, and how a science fiction series for children seems to have almost willed itself into being as something far bigger, more powerful, and magical within our culture.

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Sheila Ferguson's 'Soul Food' - with Samira Ahmed

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:05:22 GMT

Journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed (Front Row) talks about the comfort she finds in 'Soul Food', the 1989 cookbook by Three Degrees singer Sheila Ferguson.

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Animal Crossing - with Ellie Gibson

Thu, 05 Jan 2023 00:06:31 GMT

Comedian, games journalist and twitch streamer Ellie Gibson (Scummy Mummies, Go 8 Bit) talks about the comforts of Nintendo's gentle community-simulator video game 'Animal Crossing: New Horizons', and how it helped her, and millions of others, through the isolation of pandemic lockdown.

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - with Ben Willbond

Thu, 29 Dec 2022 00:21:03 GMT

Actor and writer Ben Willbond (Ghosts, Horrible Histories) chooses John Le Carre's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (in all its forms) and discusses how it comforts him by being a masterful attack on a very particular British form of cruelty and certainty.

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Madness' pop videos - with Paul Putner

Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:05:11 GMT

Comedian and actor Paul Putner (Lee & Herring, Little Britain) talks about his lifelong love for one of Britain's best-loved pop bands Madness, and their unbeatably witty, inventive and, well, nutty promo videos.

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The Goon Show - with Mike Wozniak

Thu, 15 Dec 2022 00:05:16 GMT

Comedian and writer Mike Wozniak (Man Down, Taskmaster, Three Bean Salad) talks about the influence and warmth of Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe's anything-goes 1950s radio programme The Goon Show, and the comforts of its self-contained, lunatic world.

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Beautiful Thing - with Jonathan Dryden Taylor

Thu, 08 Dec 2022 00:05:00 GMT

Actor and writer Jonathan Dryden Taylor (Mitchell & Webb, National Theatre) talks about the 1996 film 'Beautiful Thing', and the comforting message it offered: maybe there is another sort of rom-com that isn't just boy-meets-girl, and that maybe it's all going to be all right.

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Ripping Yarns (PART TWO) - with Professor Sophie Scott CBE

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 00:05:30 GMT

In the second part of this two part episode, neuroscientist Professor Sophie Scott talks about Michael Palin & Terry Jones' set of self-contained stirring Edwardian boys' story spoofs, and discusses the importance of shared laughter for humans.

PART TWO of a two-part episode.

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Ripping Yarns (PART ONE) - with Professor Sophie Scott CBE

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 00:05:27 GMT

Professor Sophie Scott (director of UCL's Dept of Cognitive Neuroscience) talks about the comforts of Ripping Yarns, Michael Palin & Terry Jones' hilarious and lavish post-Python anthology series of Edwardian adventure story spoofs, and how comedy always needs to be taken extremely seriously...

PART ONE of a two-part episode.

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The Goonies - with Ingrid Oliver

Thu, 24 Nov 2022 00:05:40 GMT

Actor and comedian Ingrid Oliver (Doctor Who, Watson & Oliver) talks about the comforts of the ultimate 80s kids' adventure movie The Goonies, with its magic combination of Richard Donner, Chris Columbus and Steven Spielberg, plus the infectious can-do confidence of America's finest unstoppable junior adventurers.

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Ghost Stories For Christmas (pt 2) - with Will Maclean (HALLOWEEN SPECIAL)

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:05:20 GMT

In part two of our deep dive into the repeat-watch comforts of Lawrence Gordon Clark's 1970s Ghost Stories For Christmas, writer Will Maclean talks about how these sort of tales weave their uneasy magic spell. (And this time we don't skip any of them for being too scary.)

This is the second of two parts, in which we discuss The Treasure of Abbot Thomas, The Ash Tree, The Signalman and Stigma.

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Ghost Stories For Christmas (pt 1) - with Will Maclean (HALLOWEEN SPECIAL)

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 23:05:55 GMT

Writer and ghost story enthusiast Will Maclean (The Apparition Phase) talks about the close-the-curtains-and-shiver comforts of Lawrence Gordon Clark's astonishing run of 1970s BBC Ghost Stories For Christmas.

This is part one of a two part Halloween Special, covering The Stalls Of Barchester, A Warning To The Curious, and Lost Hearts.

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Dead of Night - with Julia Raeside (HALLOWEEN SPECIAL)

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 23:05:01 GMT

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! Journalist and broadcaster Julia Raeside talks about the comforts of the classic 1945 Ealing film 'Dead of Night', the peculiar comforts of the creepy, and why she loves it even though she hates horror films...

[SPOILER NOTICE: Though Dead of Night was released in 1945, and all its plot elements are pretty much in the public domain, if you haven't seen the film, and are super spoiler sensitive, maybe drop out before the last five or ten minutes where we discuss the ending.]

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Grease - with Isy Suttie

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 23:05:46 GMT

Comedian and writer Isy Suttie (Peep Show, Jane Is Trying) talks about the comforts of one of the most successful film musicals of all time, toe-tapping, potty-mouthed high-school nostalgia-bomb 'Grease'.

This episode was recorded LIVE at the London Podcast Festival, September 10th, 2022.

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BONUS EPISODE: Better Call Saul Finale - with Will Maclean

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 23:05:27 GMT

BY PUBLIC REQUEST! A bonus episode to act as a companion to the 'Better Call Saul' Comfort Blanket episode.

Writer Will Maclean returns to discuss the finale of the critically acclaimed series, now that both of us have seen it, and asks whether it achieves the seemingly impossible task of ending a longform 'box set' series in a way that actually satisfies its fans...

WARNING: This episode obviously does contain spoilers for the Better Call Saul season 6 finale. So do not listen if you are following the story and have yet to see the episode.

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Better Call Saul - with Will Maclean

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 23:05:14 GMT

In a special bonus episode, recorded one week before the finale of the show, writer Will Maclean (The Apparition Phase) talks about Breaking Bad prequel 'Better Call Saul' and asks what comfort we find in the suspense of a long-form premium drama, and whether we can ever revisit it for the same comfort again.

PSA: Obviously this episode is about a six-season storyline and though we’ve edited out as many “spoilers” as possible (and a prequel is technically hard to spoil) there are references to plot. You may prefer not to listen if you’re saving Better Call Saul to watch later.

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Muriel's Wedding - with Sarah Kendall

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 23:05:05 GMT

Writer and comedian Sarah Kendall (Frayed, Australian Trilogy, Taskmaster) talks about the comforts of PJ Hogan's smash hit 1994 comedy film Muriel's Wedding and the art of telling authentic, affecting stories using big, stupid jokes.

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A Year In Provence - with Marianne Levy

Wed, 27 Jul 2022 23:05:01 GMT

Author and journalist Marianne Levy talks about the warm-stone-and-fine-cheese comforts of Peter Mayle's 1989 travel writing blockbuster A Year In Provence.

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Terminator - with Jenny Colgan

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 23:05:19 GMT

Novelist Jenny Colgan talks about the killer-robot comforts of The Terminator, the original and best, and how underneath its kick-ass action movie surface, there are some surprising mechanisms at work.

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Frasier - with Zarah Hussain

Wed, 13 Jul 2022 23:05:28 GMT

Artist Zarah Hussain talks about finding comfort for herself (and her kids) in sophisticated 90s sitcom Frasier, and the universal lessons that lurk beneath the surface Seattle snobbery.

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Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook - with Paul Litchfield

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 23:05:32 GMT

Comedian and writer Paul Litchfield (The Trap, Smershpod) brings in a magical tome filled with comforting charts and tables and goblins: Gary Gygax's Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook, the classic gateway drug for tabletop role-playing games.

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Pet Shop Boys: 'Behaviour' - with Nadia Shireen

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 23:05:34 GMT

Illustrator and writer Nadia Shireen (Bumblebear, Barbara Throws A Wobbler, Grimwood) grasps the Pet Shop Boys tight, and talks about the comforts of their 1990 album Behaviour, the autumnal record that marked a departure from the synth duo's Imperial Chart Domination Phase.

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Jurassic Park - with Tom Neenan

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 23:05:39 GMT

Comedy writer and performer Tom Neenan (The Hauntening, The Mash Report) takes off his sunglasses slowly, and stares in awe at the Most Comforting Monster Movie Ever Made... Steven Spielberg's original 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park.

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Die Hard - with Youssef Kerkour

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 23:05:13 GMT

Actor Youssef Kerkour (Home, Dracula, House of Gucci) talks about the comforts of the quintessential single-location action movie, Die Hard, and how deliberate limitations and putting the audience first can combine to make a popcorn-guzzling classic.

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The Hairy Bikers - with Stephanie Merritt

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 23:05:31 GMT

Writer and literary critic Stephanie Merritt (The Observer, S.J. Parris historical novels) praises the home-cooked comforts of the travel-and-food shows of TV chefs the Hairy Bikers.

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Star Trek: The Original Series - with Andrew Male

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 23:05:38 GMT

TV, film and music writer Andrew Male (Mojo, Sight & Sound, Sunday Times) talks about the comforts of the original 1960s TV series of Star Trek, with its hope that we could all just get on, provided we boldly went somewhere together.

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Made In Chelsea - with Julia Raeside

Wed, 25 May 2022 23:05:34 GMT

Writer and broadcaster Julia Raeside (Guardian, the i, Sunday Times, BBC Radio) talks about the comforts of super-posh constructed reality hyper-soap Made In Chelsea and attempts to explain its appeal to Joel, who is her husband, and, to be honest, had been wondering.

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Peanuts - with Pete Paphides

Thu, 19 May 2022 07:29:32 GMT

Writer and broadcaster Pete Paphides (Broken Greek) talks about the comforts of Charles Schulz's groundbreaking cartoon strip Peanuts.

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Dawson's Creek - with John Allison

Wed, 11 May 2022 23:05:27 GMT

Comics writer and artist John Allison (Giant Days, Wicked Things, Steeple) talks about the comforts of the 1990s teen drama series Dawson's Creek.

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It's A Wonderful Life - with Carrie Quinlan

Wed, 04 May 2022 23:05:54 GMT

Actor and writer Carrie Quinlan (John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, Home) talks about the comforts of the 1946 film It's A Wonderful Life.

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Curvy Brides Boutique - with Caitlin Moran

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 23:05:49 GMT

Writer Caitlin Moran (How To Be A Woman, Raised By Wolves, How To Build A Girl) talks about the comforts of the television series Curvy Brides Boutique.

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Metro-Land - with Tim Dunn

Wed, 20 Apr 2022 23:05:32 GMT

Broadcaster and railway historian Tim Dunn (Architecture The Railways Built, Secrets of the London Underground) talks about the comforts of John Betjeman and Edward Mirzoff's 1973 documentary Metro-Land.

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Freedom by Wham! - with Jude Rogers

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 23:05:57 GMT

Journalist and broadcaster Jude Rogers (The Sound of Being Human, A Life In Music) talks about the comforts of the song Freedom by Wham!

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Raiders of the Lost Ark - with Rufus Jones

Wed, 06 Apr 2022 23:05:00 GMT

Actor and writer Rufus Jones (Home, W1A, Stan & Ollie) talks about the comforts of the first Indiana Jones film Raiders Of The Lost Ark.

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Comfort Blanket TRAILER series one

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 07:08:12 GMT

Talking to people who make cool stuff, about their favourite warm stuff: the films and shows and books and records that make them feel safe, and to which they return again and again.

Produced and presented by Joel Morris (Rule of Three - British Podcast Awards Best Arts & Culture Podcast winner).

A member of the Cheese & Pickle family of podcasts.

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