Seemingly pleased with the sheer quantity of anger and distrust of the modern phone, celebrity neighbours Rick Wakeman and Griff Rhys Jones felt compelled to continue their assault on the devices which live in our pocket, but seemingly listen to us and try and influence what we buy online.

Expective Hawaiian Punch, AI Generated Shark incidents and Predicative Text fails.

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In 1876, the phone was invented and at a stroke we could speak to people who were many miles away from us, many of whom we’d deliberately moved away from so as not to be able to speak with them.

In 1973, the Mobile phone was invented and now the people we didn’t want to hear from could contact us in anywhere in the world, at any time.

Perhaps that’s why Rick and Griff hate them so much.

In this episode we’ll hear about the genesis of the phone from Bakelite monsters to Carphones and pointless Apps.

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Rick & Griff head back into Comics, and into the unruly world of the Marvel comics, those heady American publications that had Griff dribbling at the shop window.

For Rick though, the transition to New Musical Express and Melody Maker were a major draw.

Not much beats a comic though, as we shall hear…..

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In this second episode devoted to the Cinema, Rick & Griff chat about going to watch X-rated films.

And as if that’s not bad enough, they also talk about Rick's work with Ken Russell on Lisztomania and Crimes of Passion (both as composer and actor!), Griff's film-making experience with the much-maligned Morons from Outer Space and why it's great to re-watch films you loved when you were younger.

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Whether you loved the movies or loathed them, they’ve clearly left a big impression on us all, not least on Rick & Griff.

In this episode they discuss their early cinema experiences, from cowboy films, standing in long queues, smoking in the cinema, those much missed local cinema adverts, Cinerama and Rick's connection to the 1979 spy thriller The Riddle of the Sands. It’s all here!

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So this is Christmas! Well, it probably isn’t but that’s the wonderful world of the podcast. You can listen to them anytime and they last forever.

Which is appropriate really as according to Rick and Griff, once the family arrives, it really DOES feels like a time of year that lasts forever!

So, whether you’re lying on the beach, or lying in the snow, enjoy these not-quite-ghosts of Christmas past.

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This is an episode all about those beloved shows that Rick is especially fond of, The Pantomime.

Oh no it isn’t. Well, actually it is, even though Griff hasn’t been in anywhere near as many panto’s as Rick has.

From disastrous on-stage interactions with kids through to Griff’s starring Grinch role, the lads take you backstage into a world of exhaustion and dodgy costumes.

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