Nick Benjamin Andy Waterfield

This week we talk to a UK based TV channel that’s over the last few years has quietly been beaming out archive TV shows and films. But during the last few months has attracted an avelanche of new viewers. Talking Pictures TV is available everywhere… and it’s a lovely success story. Today we talk to the co- founder Sarah Cronin-Stanley.

Toilet roll panic buying… an utter waste of time! The “R” number… up or down… the poisoned chalice of being in charge. Andy suggests some TV programmes… but they all seem to be about serial killers! Nick tells us about Waitrose’s most ridiculous thing on sale. Plus carrots on display and a flawed favourite chocolate bar survey. Then for some reason we talk about “Don’t scare the hare” and “Pets win prizes”. It’s all here! EP 151

This week... Nick tries to explain devolved government in the UK. We ask how does the Contact Tracing App work? We're confused! Andy tells us panic buying has started. At last... Nick says he's found a good reason for Brexit... duty free booze! Andy's still annoyed by TV ads that have people who pretend to be employees but they're actors! Excess packaging on Pringles and Baby Bel cheeses. There's the big pie eater... and finally... Bake Off is back. We share our views on the new series!

Taking the train and coffee shops are still shut. Absurdities of the week: Face coverings on public transport doesn’t include wearing a snake or wearing a dinosaur costume around the supermarket! The Great British Bake Off is back… yay! Plus… we can’t stand “I’m a celebrity get me out of here” but this year it’s going to be different. We look at the proposed so-called celebs who are mooted to be in this series. Andy tells us 2/3 of people have gone back to work (leaving the house). Many say they’ve missed their colleagues. Nick tells us of a drive-in panto. Sounds a novel way of going to the theatre and sit in your own car with snacks! Greggs give free birthday goodies…. And who is it that queue up for breakfast items? Plus… have you spotted the supermarkets already have big tins of Christmas sweets and they seem to be £4 everywhere. We do some sums to compare the value between those and the Lindt chocolates. Finally… Nick is annoyed by click-bait internet stories… aaarghh!

This week… teaching students from your kitchen… the commute is certainly shorter! We try to interpret the new “Rule of 6” from the UK Government. We look at the latest top 100 girls and boys baby names. Sadly… Nicholas and Andrew don’t feature! There’s some surprises and quite unexpected names on the list. Our perennial favourite is back… the top 20 biscuit poll. Andy tells us about a coffee subscription service that offers 5 coffees a day. Surely, that’s got to be too much caffeine? The TV and radio soaps are back… er… um… great! Plus Nick tells us about the great tomato sauce shortage at Wetherspoons and the Sun newspaper’s extreme way of reporting it. It's all here. Get in touch: 2voicesradio@gmail.com

This week we look at when to put the heating on! Project overruns - how on earth does it happen? The Argos catalogue is no more. We ask... do catalogue companies still produce traditional catalogues or is it all online? Nick remembers his mum running a Janet Frazer catalogue. Was their commission? and how about paying it off over all those weeks? Plus... home Tupperware type evenings. Do they still happen. Finally... there's a burger story! It's all here! Get in touch: 2voicesradio@gmail.com

This week… where has the time gone? We are dieting but blame expanding waistlines on the “Eat out to help out” scheme. We get back to using trains and ask what is it with the weird up and down UK weather? We take you with us to Norfolk and discuss Norwich and the wonderful River Green Café in Trowse Newton. Plus… exam chaos… and how about buying a chicken? It’s all here!

This week heatwave, drive in cinema update, Woman in Black film, WH Smith, and eat out to help out. It's all here!

A change of pace for our podcasts for just this week. Nick is away. Meanwhile, In a programme first broadcast on local radio in Hertfordshire & produced by Two Voices Radio, Andy talks to Bobby Cowling from Waterways World magazine. We find out about what life has been like during lockdown for those who live on the canals, the impact on canal businesses, and he asks about the future of the UK waterways.

This week, retail figures show people are shopping as if the corona virus is over. Non-store retailing (i.e. online) has grown by 53%. Andy tells us if he could avoid the High Street forever! Nick tells us about pizza by post... a clever business model. But is pizza making that complicated to start with? And as drive-in cinema takes off in the UK as a covid-safe way of going to the movies... would it entice normally shy cinema goers like us... as you benefit from sitting in the comfort of your own car? Let's discuss! Get in touch: 2voicesradio@gmail.com

This week, we talk about seeing & hearing yourself from a different angle. Rochenda Sandall on last week’s podcast said how as an actor on TV watching back Line of Duty she realised she’d never before seen the back of her head! Plus… going back for haircuts. The Bullseye remake and 60 years of the BBC TV Centre. Oh… and watch out for the flying ants! (Think Tippi Hedren in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds…but smaller!) Get in touch about ants, seeing or hearing yourself from a different angle or anything else you want to tug our coattails about. (2voicesradio@gmail.com)

On this week's podcast we meet the wonderful actor Rochenda Sandall... star of the BBC's Line of Duty and Alan Bennett's Talking Heads. Rochenda tells us about filming the Talking Heads episode "The Outside Dog" during the lockdown. It was filmed on the Eastenders set. She tells of her excitement mooching around the iconic set and the challenges of filming during lockdown. We then ask her all about her role as nasty piece of work villain Lisa McQueen in the huge BBC TV hit drama Line of Duty. It's a lovely interview with a fantastic actor.

Apparently it’s Super Saturday in England… 4th July. You can get your haircut and get socially distanced drunk. Just wait to see the Daily Mail showing people throwing up in the street. We talk about how many people on furlough from work are actually reluctant to go back to their old way of working. Maybe time for a new way of life? Then we discuss Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads currently airing on the BBC. They’ve been remade and Andy is really impressed. Nick recommends for frippery… “Miranda”… now quite an old comedy but fun slapstick nonsense that cheers him up! (Both on BBC IPlayer). We talk about obsolescence in household equipment. Nick and Andy reveal their oldest household items. But sadly not everything from the past can last! Get in touch... tell us about your oldest functioning gadget! (2voicesradio@gmail.com)

This week the Two Voices discuss “Corona virus is OVER” or you’d think so by looking at Bournemouth beach. As a nation obsessed with the weather we ask why forecasts are so inaccurate. Haircuts are back… we discuss if less talking in barber’s chair is a good thing. Plus… cinemas are re-opening. Nick hasn’t been since 2007 so he’s not rushing back. Andy’s TV recommendation for your viewing pleasure is “Thatcher: a very British Revolution” on the BBC Iplayer. Nick recommends “George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces” on the Channel 4 Player. Please get in touch! 2voicesradio@gmail.com

This week we are back together and discuss how much bread we are making (and eating). Andy made us eat pease pudding… a strange… but tasty ancient tinned foodstuff! We talk about how coal hasn’t been burnt in UK power stations for over 60 days… the longest time ever. We also make two recommendations… Nick suggests a great YouTuber who makes bread making easy with no kneading required “Artisan bread with Steve” (also at nokneadbreadcentral.com) . Andy recommends an online radio station that played great music… ideal for cooking to. 1940sukradio.co.uk