Episodes

  • Episode 5.3 - King Lear, starring Kenneth Branagh

    Episode 5.3 - King Lear, starring Kenneth Branagh
    Oct 24 2023
    Hayley sets Ruth up on Tinder against her wishes and the pair review King Lear, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh. Obviously they haven't seen it yet, but since when has that ever been an obstacle to reviewing?
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    31 mins
  • Episode 5.2 - Quickfire round!

    Episode 5.2 - Quickfire round!
    Aug 29 2023
    Hayley and Ruth take suggestions from the listeners and review all the hot button topics, from wooden coat-hangers to Elon Musk's rebranding of Twitter.
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    36 mins
  • Episode 5.1 - Barbenheimer

    Episode 5.1 - Barbenheimer
    Aug 7 2023
    After a long hiatus in which Ruth persisted in continuing her own one-woman lockdown, the reviewing duo are back doing what they do best, reviewing things they haven't actually seen. Meanwhile Ruth is unimpressed by Hayley's holistic beauty products and Hayley is definitely not in a cult.
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    30 mins
  • Episode 4.3 - Vaccines and online theatre

    Episode 4.3 - Vaccines and online theatre
    Feb 5 2021
    Hayley and Ruth review the current selection of the Covid vaccines, while also finding time to cast a scathing eye over all online theatre.
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    38 mins
  • Episode 4.2 - Lockdown

    Episode 4.2 - Lockdown
    Aug 10 2020
    Is it a global pandemic or is it actually a global, site specific, highly ambitious, multi media/theatre piece? Hayley & Ruth firmly believe it's the latter and proceed to review everything from the 'casting' to the 'writing' of the Covid response with their usual mixture of hypocrisy and idiocy.
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    38 mins
  • Episode 4.1 - Brexit Revisited

    Episode 4.1 - Brexit Revisited
    Mar 1 2020
    It's four years since the podcast reviewed the EU Referendum and in this episode Hayley and Ruth discus Brexit, as always with varying degrees of accuracy. Also Hayley explains self-care and Ruth reminisces about her own childhood Brexit while reiterating her stance on therapy.
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    35 mins
  • Episode 3.10 - Ruth Bratt as Jinny Glover

    Episode 3.10 - Ruth Bratt as Jinny Glover
    Dec 17 2019
    Hayley & Ruth interview the incredibly softly spoken author Jinny Glover. A woman so quiet that members of her own family question her existence... Guest starring Ruth Bratt (@ruthbratt). susanharrisoncharacters.com gemmaarrowsmith.com
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    43 mins
  • Episode 3.9 - The Apprentice

    Episode 3.9 - The Apprentice
    Nov 6 2019
    Hayley & Ruth are at the National Theatre waiting to review some play or other. But while they wait, they respond to a listener request to review popular television programme The Apprentice.
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    33 mins