I love Rentaghoat. Apparently the theme was (co) written by Michael Staniforth, the actor who played Timothy Claypole, who also performed it. I always imagine it being an advert for the company

Boaty McBoatface was the biggest voting scandal of all time.

Only 2 people listened to the original sach gate? Did I hear that correct?

Have tried so many times to get into TV audiences and failed.

Home Alone 2: Lost In New York and American Pie 2 are both better (just) than the originals. (I’m ready to receive pelters on this.)

Bill Hader had a writing credit on the first inside out. He was brought in early to help develop the film and many of the actors helped develop their characters. They are not just voice actors and the deserve better than to be low balled and replaced.

Jared Leto as Jesus.

Is it Thursday already?😂

…know the vision engineer working on the gig? 😊

Absolute insanity and historical revisionism to say Taylor Swift is bigger phenomenon than Michael Jackson. Maybe someday, but not yet at least.

Cheers. A classic. (and I'll mention the Wedding Present did an iconic cover)

Are You Being Served covered by Elastica. Wouldn't immediately jump to mind but that might work! The singing/talking is very Justine.

This is DEFINITELY the best podcast ever

I am amazed Paddington 2 didn’t get mentioned in the sequels chat, a film so good it toppled Citizen Kane as the highest rated movie ever on Rotten Tomatoes

My biggest bugbear with the Wheel is sometimes you will get an episode where someone has a go on the wheel and then they'll go down but come straight back and they might come back several more times, especially I think there's been one episode where someone got to the end and got the first two questions wrong but then got a third chance - I think it can still be random at that point but also allow for the other two contestants to have a shot, don't think it's fair for someone to get three cracks at the end. That would be the one change I'd make to the show

My close friends and I chose to avoid entertainment that includes strong language. We are grateful for bbciplayer warnings of such. Not over-righteous or judging of other's choices, just a strongly held set of values.

I complained to our ABC a few times; namely subtitling and transphobic remarks. Just yesterday for example! I'm surprised the talking dog got pinged, Hacker and Dodge are both legit.

Polling is now far more difficult because it is very hard to get anyone to pick up the phone who isn’t a baby boomer. I removed reading out how the NY Times struggled at the last US election - and that was during a pandemic when people were desperate for human contact. It essentially would take them 2 hrs to get one valid non biased response- that’s just not tenable . I never answer a number that isn’t from someone I know, and I am not unique. This makes truly reflective polling nigh on impossible. Other forms of polling (online surveys etc) though are easily manipulated or skewed eg we tend to only vote when we are really disgruntled, so again difficult to trust. Ironic in the age of big data.

I feel like I'm on another planet when I hear the way they're describing Taylor Swift. She's a successful popstar doing an arena tour who has some very devoted fans. They're talking as if she is the second coming of Jesus

Hi Targeted campaigns are valid. People agree with the complaint and put their name it. Price of broadcasting

Lots of advertising... Argh.

Brass Eye: Paedogeddon must have been before Ofcom then?

Jaffa cake controversy! McVitties went to court to protect the Jaffa Cake. A biscuit attracts vat A cake does not. McVitties were able to proove that like a cake a stale Jaffa Cake becomes hard. A stale biscuit becomes soft and soggy. Therefore a Jaffa cake is a cake not a biscuit

That tracking stuff sounds incredibly depressing. Art by numbers.

Jaffa Cakes are cakes

My favourite Swift song is I Fancy A Sausage Roll From the Greggs Down The Road from the album "Times I Used My Jet".

You mispronounced her name

It was a bit much during her excepting a Grammy to promote a new album. REALLY

I think Rick Beato's take on Taylor Swift was best- to paraphraze- with that much power and influence she could do something incredibly interesting and creative with her music- but she keeps releasing the same dull 4-chord (usually fewer) songs.

That was my initial thought as well of the ‘selfie’ -the JOY on the kid’s faces! Dad too. Kind of wonderful

43:30 - I'm with Rich here, I don't care that much about Hollywood A-Listers like Bill Hader's wealth takling a hit! I"m sure Bill Hader already has some nice things in his life! I'm sure he already is able to pay his elecftricity bills! So much cooler if some B-listers or non-Hollywood peeps from some small sitcoms get a break! Like if for example Claudia Winkleman would voice some of the emotions in Inside Out - I'd be much more extatic than about Bill Haders of this world!

Richard Osman Jokes Compendium please 😁

Taylor swift authentic? The billionaire ex country singer with no musical innovation, not even interestingly dressed and whose music can pass you by (I’m not her regular target audience, for radio I’m R4 &R6). What are her priorities?

Mariana is soooooo afraid to mention the word Palestine She can’t even tell us about the biggest complaint this year Which against the offensive Julia hardly brewer

Why did Mariana did not explain anything about the complaint against Julia Hartley brewer Why did she rushed it as if it never happened

Apropos of nothing, your description of the TSwift fandom at 29:15 sounds eerily like descriptions of the appeal of Q anon

Midnight Caller was one I always liked. And "Chase Side Shoot Up" by Shadows drummer Brian Bennett, used by the BBC for their Golf Coverage. And the bass coda of Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain" for BBCs F1 back in the day - it's an endless list really.

Adverts every two mins is a tad excessive

They'll be advertising me undies or the fleshlight next week . Also anyone else get the vibe marina has a life size doll of Taylor swift she talks to like her best friend😂

Auf Wiedersehn Pet has a couple of the all time best singalong theme tunes

The Wheel is the only gameshow I can tolerate. I genuinely enjoy it. I just hate the chair dancing.

Department S - best TV theme ever. Go on, check it out, you won't be disappointed.

How about the new Series of Doctor Who? - In the Xmas Special Ncuti Gatwa sneaks in, "i've just been Snowmanned". Thats a slang term meaning fingers or thumb up the.... In Boom he kisses a very phallic shaped thingy which is actually a compressed dead man. Yikes! Maybe they were too subtlety inserted for people to realize and complain. But in a Family Show I feel people should.

is that Reaper software?

The Beatles weren't anywhere in 1981.

Voice artistry is important which is why they need to hire actual voice actors and not very average actors.

I knew Jerry Springer the opera would be in there. I worked for an ISP at the time and we started getting complaints 2 weeks before it was on. No idea why people were complaining to us we didn't even offer a TV package.

Sounds like Taylor Swift’s success turned the conventional wisdom of pop stardom on its head, ie that creating mystery about the artist kept the public interested.

Had to google what a barnywalsh was.

And now I know when the next episode arrives. :)