Brunch With The Brits

You might think that Hercule Poirot is the only thing you'll hear on Brunch this week but oh ye of little faith we have so much more.  We'll start with Hercule yes but after that we'll listen to Lory Lee's Long Sleep, a documentary about the author of Cider With Rosie.  Then we'll conclude Dad's Army with Sons Of The Sea and end with Harry Lime and Operation Music Box.  Lots to enjoy.  This is the...

We continue The Looking Glass Wars by John Lacarre.  But we also have Dad's Army in which there is "No Spring For Frazier," Harry Lime investigates Works of Art and for Dave Bales we conclude another series of This Sceptred Isle.  Plus Eric Troup stops by with an email Andrew Kirby checks in and Matt Cox continues his diagtribe on Revolution.  Email the show at brunch@london.com   and as always en...

This is not Lewis Carroll but rather the next George Smiley thriller from George La Care.  But before that we continue with This Sceptred Isle.  King William will die and soon be replaced by Queen Anne.  In Dad's Army we learn about the menace from the deep and Harry Lime takes a Trans Atlantic cruise in Rogues Holiday.  Plus Matt Cox goes off on the TV show Revolution and why being visually impai...

This week we first learn about war in Europe on This Sceptred Isle.  Then in Dad's Army what happens when a great shock hits Captain Mannering?  Finally we conclude with Harry Lime in Saudi Arabia this week with Love Affair.  To support me in the walk for Childrens Hospital please go to http://www.chocwalk.net/mattcox   and email the show at brunch@london.com   enjoy.

We begin with This Sceptred Isle and the Battle of the Boyne.  Then in Dad's ARmy we'll listen to The Bullet Must Not be Fired.  We'll conclude with Harry Lime and The Bohemian Star.  Just what is our favorite con artist doing in London?  Enjoy and as always email the show at brunch@london.com

This week it's a real short episode with the Labor Day holiday in the United States.  However we do have Sceptred Isle as we learn about the Jacobites, in Dad's Army we find out what happens when the platoon have to learn to use a phone box in Sorry Wrong Number and Harry Lime is off to Haiti in Voodoo.  Enjoy and email us at brunch@london.com and join the group on facebook under Brunch With The B...

As we've been going through season 1 of Dad's Army, I thought it'd be fun to look at a radio play that examines the friendship between John La Mesurer and Arthur Lowe.  So we'll listen to Dear Arthur Love John as our featured play this week.  But we also have Harry Lime with my favorite episode in the series so far ,"Ticket to Tangier," Dad's army entertains with The Lonliness of the Long Distance...

This week John Lingard returns home to the Lingard studios before continuing his holiday.  He presents a program he recorded while at his remote studios in Kent from where he vissited Olympic Park watched fencing his wife watched tennis and he stood six feet from Matt Lauer from Today.  But we also have a show to get too.  So we continue learning about William Of Orange and his return to war in Th...

Okay so some of what we've played has been kind of dark lately I know so why not join us for this classic English tale as only PL Travers could write it and Juliet Stevenson could starr in it.  But first we have Harry Lime from August 10 of 1951 with See Naples and Live we continue our look at English history with a look at William Of Orange and we also have Dad's Army with Something Nasty In The...

We begin the Harry Lime series with its first episode for BBC light.  From August 3 of 51 it's Too Many Crooks starring Orson Wells.  But we also have DAd's Army and the episode Under Fire and on This sceptred Isle we'll be studdying the 1688 revolution.  Enjoy and as always email us at brunch@london.com find us on twitter at bwtbrits.twitter.com and find us at facebook.com/brunch_with_the_brits. ...

Yes we revissit The Third Man Graham Green's thought provoking novel of postwar Vienna.  We also have This Sceptred Isle in which we meet Judge Jeffries and the home guard get their first taste of Battle School.  Btw don't forget the first ever bWTB meet at Disneyland.  Please vissit http://www.friendsofthemagic.com for details.  Contact

This week we'll conclude what Graham Green said was "the best spy novel ever written."  Also in Dad's Army this week what happens when the platoon get hoodwinked by another platoon.  We'll also learn about the Monmouth Rebellion in This Sceptred Isle.  Enjoy. 

This week we continue John La Care's famous novel dealing with the cold War.  We'll also look at A Stripe For Frazier in Dad's Army and look at This Sceptred Isle.  Enjoy.

Yes this week we feature John Lacare's most famous novel.  An espionage thriller Graham Green once said was "the best spy novel I ever read."  Brian Cox as Lemus and Simon Russell Beal as Smiley.  But before we get there we do have some British history to learn this week it's on Pilgrim's Progress and Paradise Lost.  Also in Dad's Army we learn Sergant Wilson's Little Secret.  Enjoy and as always...

This week Raymond Chandler's The Little Sister is our featured presentation.  We'll hear Ed Bishop as Philip Marlowe from 1977.  A good story because you actually see sympathy this time for both the detective and the police.  We also have Dad's Army in which the well armored might of Lance Corporal Jones is tested.  In This Sceptred Isle we meet the first Winston Churchill and we end the Josephine...

This week we'll start with Sceptred Isle, continue the Josephine Baker story and in Dad's Army listen to The Battle For Godfrey's Cottage.  Then we'll have an hour of Strong Poison concluding the serial.  Only Lord Peter knows if Harriet is innocent.  Enjoy and as always email us at brunch@london.com join the Brunch With The Brits group on facebook or follow us on twitter at twitter.com/bwtbrits. 

This week Matt shares some thoughts about the jubilee concert.  But remembering we have a full slate ... John Lingard continues his series with radio broadcasting in the seventies along with an episode of The Burkes Way.  In Dad's Army we will listen to The Enemy At The Gate.  We also will hear about the great fire in This Sceptred Isle.  We'll continue to learn about Josephine Baker and we'll con...

This week we end the current series of My Music.  Then we'll learn about the first political parties in England on This Sceptred Isle.  We'll then listen to Command Decission from the first series of Dad's Army and we'll continue Strong Poison by listening to the third episode in the series.  We'll conclude with The Josephine Baker Story.  Email the show at brunch@london.com also send mp3s thee as...

Being the first in a an occasional series of lectures on brunchable subjects but mostly concerning the host.  No programs this week as we uh overshot our megs but never fear we're learnin and we thank listeners and discuss what can be looked forward to on the show.  Plus we're going to Disneyland join us as part of the friends of the magic gathering this August.  For more info email brunch@london....

This week we'll begin with This Sceptred Isle.  Charles is back on the throne but what's the debt situation like?  We'll then go back to Dad's Army and listen to The Museum Piece from February 4 1974.  We'll begin The Josephine Baker Story yess we'll be spending fifteen minutes a week with her the next five weeks and continue with Strong Poison with the episode Ten Minutes in Bloomsbury.  Lord Pet...

This week John Lingard continues his look at British broadcasting with a look at Dad's Army Just A Minute and other things as well.  We'll also return to This Sceptred Isle hear an episode of My Music and begin Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers.  For more information on Ian Whitcomb please vissit www.ian.whitcomb.com and for more info on wttm please vissit windowtothemagic.com  also email this sh...

The host celebrated his thirty ninth birthday this past Friday and in celebration he's playing The Lady In The Lake by Raymond Chandler with the great Ed Bishop as Philip Marlowe L.A. private eye.  We also have not one not two but three episodes of My Music.  And we're all caught up with that series.  Don't forget we begin our annual Lord Peter Whimsay marathon for the summer next week and you can...

This Week John Lingard returns with a look at British broadcasting in the sixties.  Ah yes the sixties.  Radio Caroline Radio London they're all back along with JDoctor Who and some shows you've probably never heard of outside of The UK.  After that or before that rather we'll listen to My Music and Matt talks about a contest.  Think you can design the bwtb logo?  Here's your chance at brunch@lond...

This week we conclude A Murder Of Quality plus we continue My Music.  Matt will give his thoughts on this year's Disneyland west fest as well.  Questions or comments plus show requests are always welcome at brunch@london.com and at 206-350-2926 and follow the show at bwtbrits.twitter.com.  As always please enjoy and if you're a new listener all back episodes of brunch are on the feed.

This week we present a look at British broadcasting in the fifties.  Remember Journey In To Space?  This also includes a full episode of The Goon Show.  Thanks so much John Lingard.  Then we'll listen to My Music from April 7 of 1969 and I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again from April 17 1964.  We'll conclude with a Murder Of Quality Episode 4.  Enjoy.  Remember you can email the show at brunch@london.c...