Two Voices Radio Podcast

Does anyone still use a landline? The UK census… it’s a peculiar thing we have to fill in once every 10 years. Andy talks more Doctor Who and about an episode with dramatic voting and a weird planet. Being optimistic about the Summer and old ladies breaking Covid restrictions. Nick tells us about the first cash till-less supermarket. Andy thinks it won’t work and we will go full circle to traditio...

Monitoring phone calls for quality and surveillance. Getting the covid jab… much easier than the dentist! Nick’s quite happy to be tracked by a 5G chip! The joy of working in a call centre. Artificial intelligence and computers talking to you including computerised receptionists! Andy talks about takeaways delivered… how come the lady over the road isn’t fatter? Nick brings us the psychology of ja...

This week: How to stay warm in Winter… newspapers tell us what we must do. We pick it over and find they are stating the bloomin’ obvious. Andy advises marmalade making as a good way to occupy your time and he’s made his own butter (what’s happened to this podcast it’s turning very quaint!) Then we talk about organising your life with Marie Kondo. We watch the TV programme and give our verdict. Pl...

Nick’s had “the jab!” Andy’s shares his dramas from his prison cell with more things going in the bin. Holly and her Ofcom complaints. The scourge of influencers. Who the heck are they and who cares? Plus… Jim Davison is trending on Twitter… and everyone thinks the wrong thing! There’s uninvited guests in Llandudno. We have new food products to buy which makes Andy realize he can’t cut slices of c...

The Express newspaper... Diana and the weather. We discuss weather on TV. There's our Ineffectual person of the week & "happier fish". Andy's not sleeping well so tunes to Times Radio. Also... internet radio is making the world smaller. Premier Inn breakfast at home... Nick does breakfast backwards. Drinking smoothies… talk about huge calories! We never stayed in hotels when we were young. Staying...

We’re back. Happy New Year! This week we talk dental care disappears, Psychic asparagus spears. Andy studies cabbage and makes his predictions for this year. Plus, the post-cat penpals, food trends for lockdown 3, and pottery throwdown returns. It’s all here!

It's our Christmas special. In our annual tradition, we are joined by Luke Walsh. We talk Christmas TV, review the best mince pies. Plus... have a pen and some paper handy and join us in our Christmas quiz. Merry Christmas to you all from Nick and Andy.

Welcome to our 4th year of podcasting! Christmas lights are everywhere. Andy moans about them... Nick loves them! The Poundland talking tills are annoying customers. The royal train has been pressed into service. Nick tries once again to talk Andy into a cross channel ferry crossing. Woman spills coffee on her boobs - Andy recounts the tale. Nick sees a woman poking camembert. And Pizza Express us...

Singing sensation Rozalla joins us on the podcast. She tells us how she's still amazed that her hit "Everybody's free" is still played on the radio and how everyone knows the song. We find out how she got started; what it was like performing on Top Of The Pops; and the highlight of her career.... supporting Michael Jackson's tour. An insightful interview with a genuine pop star.

Bake off round up. Masterchef the Professionals. Mrs Browns Boys. Christmas drinks. After Eights. Isle of Wight hovercraft You Tube video, Island Line trains being replaced. Rocky the owl. 2021 food trends. Disgusting beans. Why does tonic water fizz over everywhere? It's all here! Get in touch 2voicesradio@gmail.com

This week we are joined by Barnaby Welch from Bloomfields Welch Management. They are agents that represent personalities from stage and screen. He tells us how the pandemic simply knocked out huge areas of the business but how it is now starting to come back to life. Fascinating podcast letting the light in on the magic of the entertainment industry during difficult times.

Back after our week off, we discuss incessant fireworks. We discuss the dreadful presidential election. Plus... is it cheese toasties or toasted sandwiches? We discuss our narrowboat break... and Andy asks... what's Mary Berry making? Tell us about products unique to your area. 2voicesradio@gmail.com

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 wi...

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...

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 i...

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 subsc...

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 stil...

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 wate...

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...

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 B...

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 abou...

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...