Kermode + Mayo's BBC Radio 5 Live Film Review radio show/podcast (aka Wittertainment)

My life is now complete...

A few weeks ago, I had a message read out on Kermode + Mayo's BBC Radio 5 Live Film Review radio show/podcast (aka Wittertainment), the country's flagship film show. Click on the below image and scroll to 44m45s.

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By the way, what I wrote has absolutely nothing to do with film 😆. It makes reference to some of the in-jokes and language that the presenters and fans have come to use over the years in a spiritual context (yes, really!) especially the word "birdsong". It is a reference to the fact that in the podcast version of the show the producer replaces any questionable language and anything politically controversial with actual birdsong. It's also become a euphemistic, humorous alternative to swear words, e.g. "Oh, what the birdsong!?"  My signing off comments are also a running joke  "Love the show, Steve... Tinkety tonk... And down with the...".


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