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Personal glory – film podcast addict gets email read out

Posted on : 05-02-2010 | By : Maz | In : News, Thoughts

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For the past few months, I have become a self-confessed addict of the BBC 5 Live Radio podcast from Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo, broadcast on Fridays between 2pm and 4pm – listening to it on the way to work, around the house, on the train – sometimes I listen to one episode three times, just to make sure I’ve not missed anything…

On the show, ‘The Good Doctor’ (Kermode) discusses the week’s new film releases with Simon, engaging in witty banter and the like, all of which is as amusing and heartwarming as it is informative. No wonder over 10,000 people download the podcast every week.

Today, whilst resting my mysterious neck/shoulder injury, I happened to be listening live to the review show. When Simon and Mark were going through the UK box office top 10, I had an email read out! How exciting. It was concerning ‘Up In The Air’ and a certain particular moustache…

Visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/kermode to hear it, click on the second part from Friday 5th February 2010.

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