Nice Things

Join Mike and Paul as they travel back to 1985 to watch the final episode of the classic serial The Box Of Delights, starring Robert Stephens and Patrick Troughton. The episode can be found online almost everywhere so you can watch along with the chaps! Here's the link to the ep on iPlayer-> BBC iPlayer - The Box of Delights - 6. Leave Us Not Little, Nor Yet Dark Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

Join Mike and Paul as they travel back to 1985 to watch episode 5 of the classic serial The Box Of Delights, starring Robert Stephens and Patrick Troughton. You can join them for episode 6, the final episode commentary, on Christmas Eve from lunchtime, just as it should be! The episode can be found online almost everywhere so you can watch along with the chaps! Here's the link to the ep on iPlayer...

Join Mike and Paul as they travel back to 1985 to watch episode 4 of the classic serial The Box Of Delights, starring Robert Stephens and Patrick Troughton. You can join them for the next two Saturdays with the final episode commentary available on Christmas Eve, just as it should be! The episode can be found online almost everywhere so you can watch along with the chaps! Here's the link to the ep...

Midweek cobblers featuring Bob Mortimer, Q, making eachother laugh, perception versus reality, how awful the internet is, Peter Sissons, escaping the apocalypse (Mike driving), The Old Men At The Zoo, Paul's grandfathers hatred of Tommy Handley, ITBMA, Larry Grayson, Pumpkin Gingerbread Latte, Patrick Cargill, sideburn combovers, Kenneth More, An Englishman's Castle and other such nonsense. Occasi...

Time to delve into the warming bubbles of all things Nice. This week: being driven by other people, being very busy, George Harrison, Ace of Wands, The Mr & Mrs Controversy big Farmhouses, dreams, things that are annoying Mike, Kenneth More, Play For Today, tourist tat, Sleep Masks, hating child actors, and a controversial moment as Paul realises that that wasn't Roy Holder after all and he ha...

Join Mike and Paul as they travel back to 1985 to watch episode 3 of the classic serial The Box Of Delights, starring Robert Stephens and Patrick Troughton. You can join them for the next three Saturdays with the final episode commentary available on Christmas Eve, just as it should be! The episode can be found online almost everywhere so you can watch along with the chaps! Here's the link to the...

Join Mike and Paul as they travel back to 1985 to watch episode 2 of the classic serial The Box Of Delights, starring Robert Stephens and Patrick Troughton. You can join them for the next four Saturdays with the final episode commentary available on Christmas Eve, just as it should be! The episode can be found online almost everywhere so you can watch along with the chaps! Here's the link to the e...

Join Mike and Paul as they travel back to 1985 to watch episode 1 of the classic serial The Box Of Delights, starring Robert Stephens and Patrick Troughton. You can join them for the next five Saturdays with the final episode commentary available on Christmas Eve, just as it should be! The episode can be found online almost everywhere so you can watch along with the chaps! Here's the link to the e...

The Americanisation of the UK, football’s greatest combovers, Heartbeat, Christmas decoration superstitions, the price of bags 4 life, Juliet Bravo, Bergerac, the final flourish of studio TV in 1988, InPhone adverts, Margaret Rutherford, Wincarnis PLUS - a gay couple in Carry On Abroad? Also available in colour on Twitter- @NiceThingsShow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

It's a right old smorgasbord this week on NT. Basil Rathbone/Bathrobe, Monkey Magic, shit cartoons, ASMR, the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, Colditz v Secret Army, Moonbase 3, Anthony Valentine, Samuel Pepys, Alfie Bass, Jeremy Kemp, June Lockhart, Tony ‘Adam Chance’ Adams and Prunella Scales. Why on Earth are you not following us on the artist formerly known as TWITTER: @NiceThingsShow Hosted on Acast...

Paul’s tasteless bol, Superman & Nick O’Teen, Shorts in October, Comic Strip Presents, Harry Secombe, Doctor in Love, The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins, John Inman, writing drama in a socmed world, Eve Myles, All Creatures, Miss Marple, Waiting for God, VHS dilemmas, Alexei Sayle’s Stuff, Douglas Camfield, the new Dr Who S13 bluray controversy plus the sad passing of Nabil Shaban. TWEETS 'N' T...

Feet, Churchill’s People, Secret Army S2, Duncan Lamont, Oil Strike North, Paul’s cognitive concern, fish, butter pie, Bloodbath at the House of Death, The Days Ahead, the sad passing of Dame Patricia Routledge, Happy Birthday to Stephanie Cole PLUS all the usual rubbish. Tweets found at... @NiceThingsShow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Call my Bluff, My Music, Wot-a-Mess, Alan Coren, deference, Adam Ant, Brian Croucher, Duran-Duran, century designations, centuries, cheese, more One Foot in the Grave, Object Z plus all the usual rubbish. Still loitering on Twitter-.@NiceThingShow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What if Never the Twain had been made by the BBC? TV theme heaven and hell, surprising celebrity brothers, Resident Alien, Christmas vouchers, lottery cheats, Derek Deadmad, a lively discussion on sitcom in general and Only Fools and Horses in particular plus all the usual bollocks! Twitter: @NiceThingsShow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Books, more Samuel Pepys, Bede, Monmouth, the age of chivalry, Biddy Baxter, the perennial Magpie v Blue Peter debate, trapping your fingers in a door, Murphy’s Mob, Hitch-Hiker’s Guide on cassette, #PeterCook branded cookware from @Poundland, Are You Being Served, the lineup for this year’s #Strictly, Terry and Mason's Great Food Trip and #PaulsPrejudices gives his verdict on #thelegendofrooneysr...

Max Headroom, early Channel 4, Thora Hird, why Sir M should buy Are You Being Served, why the internet is shit, Ibiza Final Boss, Journey Into Space and in Consumer Corner we ask why is Morrisons so dear? PLUS that all important field report on Mrs. Brown's Boys from #PaulsPrejudices. Twitter- @NiceThingsShow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ozzy Osborne, Detectorists, JAWS, Bill Cotton jr, more treasure from the chazza shops, Paul’s Grandad’s animus toward Tommy Handley PLUS why the success of Ricky Gervais has killed British comedy - except for Still Game. Join us! Twitter- @NiceThingsShow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Look Ma! We're on You Tube! https://youtu.be/ZA6Jn-_ffA0?si=BjUsyqKP8i-HFTUc In our new look NT2.0 show we present Black Sabbath, Lemmy, the Black & White Minstrel Show, AI bollocks, Arthur Lowe, Don Estelle, Arthur C Sharp, Feldman on Give Us A Clue, the art of displaying books, Sir Mortimer Wheeler and Jimmy Clitheroe plus all the usual bollocks.   Follow us on the Twitters: @NiceThings...

If you can take the visual excitement of it all, why not watch today's NT over on YewTewb? https://youtu.be/cqKv5xI4JKw More heat stroked, flaky baked facts and memories involving Statues, Jesus, The Goodies, Sailor, Reality TV, Philip Hinchcliffe, How do dogs think? PLUS the big debate - did Basil and Sybil love one another?   Follow us on the Twitters @NiceThingsShow Hosted on Acast. See ac...

With the sad news of the death of Norman Tebbit, we convened to record our thoughts on the Norman we knew, and also question why we believed he was already dead? Find us on the burning remnants of Twitter- @NiceThingsShow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The heat, ancient Egypt, the volcanic winter of 536, Mary the punk, the Black Death, Skara Brae, lost knowledge, the joy of cassettes, The Clangers, the 9.99 ceiling, Hart to Hart PLUS Paul's masterplan to save Dr Who and all the usual rubbish! Find us on the social media bonfire formerly known as Twitter: @NiceThingsShow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Mike and Paul for the first of the NT Commentaries as they waffle about one of the major landmarks in British Television history- the opening episode of the seminal 1975 BBC post-apocalyptic drama 'Survivors'. To find out more about the series, visit the excellent Mad Dog website-> https://www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk/ And you can buy the boxset of all three series of Survivors here-> h...

Nice Things reaches its 10th ep and to celebrate the boys have taped a Survivors (S1) special. Join them on a journey from Brimpsfield to Hampton Court as they attempt to answer the most burning Survivors question of all. Just where did Abby Grant get all her cigarettes from? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The missing century, Beryl Reid in Reservoir Dogs, Terry and June, annoying words, Mrs Brown's Boys, @TobyHadoke's fantastic Quatermass book, Americanisms, Detectorists,Quantum Physics PLUS when did taking the piss out of Hitler stop being funny? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lamb, Robert Powell, cheap 80s sitcoms, Terry Scott, Sesame Street plus a difference of opinion over Soul music and the Mission Impossible filums, why The District Nurse is brilliant plus Paul's opinion on Cheers! What more could you want? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.