Long have I yearned for this episode's release... Is what you'd say about this episode if you were Tolkien, but alive and a fan of the show. Libby tried ever so hard and mostly failed to hide how excited she was to have Bill Corbett, from Rifftrax and Mystery Science Theater 3000, on the show, to talk to us about Lord of the Rings! Plus, we made him look at some really horrible, dirty sausages, and talked about the best MST3k episodes filmed in the UK. Drop your favourite quotes from The Projected Man in the comments.

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A BONUS episode on the MAIN feed? Can they do that? We're too busy letting the Christmas pudding settle and muttering "I suppose I'LL do this then" while picking up all the wrapping paper to record a new episode this week. Instead, have one of our best Finest episodes from behind the paywall: A history of Charlotte's BBC show Chartjackers, where she tried to get a song to the top of the charts using only the mystical new power of something called "You Tube." If you liked this episode, think about how many MORE episodes you can unlock by signing up for our Patreon! Prices increase for new members on January 1st, so act now. We'll be back next week with new episodes of the show!

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Ohhhh I bloody love Christmas but I bloody love ADVERTS more! Mmm yummy I want to watch them all even more than I want a mince pie! Is what Asda hopes you’re saying every year. Justin McElroy joins us again to discuss whether British people eat soup, before we dive into an exploration of the weirdly emotional, long, expensive Christmas ads that somehow became A Thing in Britain. Plus, Charlotte knocks it out of the park with a game of Bonkers Blokes.

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What's your budget? Is what Kevin McCloud would say to me if I said "Hello" to him. He bloody loves saying that! Today we're joined by the video essayist Jacob Geller to discuss Grand Designs, the show where a slightly bitchy but utterly delightful British architect goes "WOT?" at people trying to build some crazy-ass houses. Plus, we are delighted to learn of the Loo Of The Year Awards, and a Kevin McCloud Simulator game.

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Drag Me Down! Is what I would say to a demon popping his little fiery head up from Hell if I was trapped in a room with One Direction playing. We're joined by Kendra Wells, the wonderfully talented artist who authored the entire fuckin books Real Hero Shit and the forthcoming Real Hero Shit 2: Harder Than It Looks (and drew the art for our show!!), to discuss One Direction. Are they a cynical product of Simon Cowell's demonic machine, or just some nice boys? Was the fandom a bit of fun or super weird and nasty? All This and More, like BLOODY WOKE CHRIMBO TREES??? and a One Direction personality quiz, which you can take yourself! Find out if you are Liam or one of the other ones, and we'll analyze the results on a Finest episode. Please. We need content.

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A-HA! Is the only thing I could possibly have written for this bit of the Alan Partridge episode description. We're joined by Dan O'Sullivan, host of The Outfit, to discuss how BLOODY good Alan Partridge is, plus Irish opinions of Britain and a couple heating their home with a data center. Also, a little game we're calling "real or fake."

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Bravo! Encore! Etc! Is what you’ll be saying when you see that our guest this week is the one and only Paul F. Tompkins, an Absolute Legend of podcasting, here to talk to us about The Theatre. Plus, Dorset knob throwing, and a Tesco Reviews game. Go see Paul LIVE; Libby has done it and she says it ROCKS! And, a little Thanksgiving treat for you all: Watch this episode for FREE on YouTube!

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Really? Is what I'd say if you told me you loved playing rounders. Today we're talking about rounders—not the 1998 movie starting Matt Damon and Edward Norton but the slightly rubbish British version of baseball—with Lauren Walker of the Batting Around podcast and Rotating Sandwiches website. Plus, the baffling Leicestershire tradition of bottle-kicking, and we pit some British sandwiches against some American sandwiches—and if you want to see what a toast sandwich or a "Beef Manhattan" look like, sign up for the video tier!

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Hello Jessica Hynes! Is what I would say if I was transported back in time to the set of Spaced, because she's the main one I would like to talk to, honestly. I would ask her how she is doing and if I could get her a cup of tea or anything, and does she know she'll get to snog Doctor Who in about 10 years? We're joined by Rocky Pajarito, one quarter of the dazzlingly talented, prolific, and frequently wet improv group Everything Now Show, to discuss the cult classic sitcom Spaced. Plus, another faux-historical involving beer, and Charlotte's 100% accurate Spaced character quiz, which YOU can take too! Join our Patreon to see video, listen to ad-free episodes, and tell us which Spaced character you are!

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[Headlights flashing in the dark; what could it mean? Just a lost driver, or perhaps a lonely soul looking for something more?] Is what might happen if you went dogging in one of England's green and pleasant lay-bys. We're joined by truly the only person we would EVER want to cover dogging with, Bryan Quinby of Guys: A Podcast About Guys, an expert on all matters swinging and sex guys. Or, in this case, sex blokes? Plus, Conker News AGAIN?!

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Who's this Guy then? Is probably what they said when they found the bloke with all the gunpowder under Parliament, and how amusing that would have been, due to what his name was. We're joined by our streamer friend Ricky Peacock to talk chicken "burgers," comedy college, and Conker News, before we figure out whether Bonfire Night is good or bad or maybe even racist, somehow. Plus, Charlotte did the game! What's Charlotte's game? You'll have to listen to find out—and you could even WATCH to find out on the Watch All This Then tier of the Patreon!

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OooOOO how'd 'e do that then! Is what you'd say if you were watching Derren Brown make a guy think he really wants a sausage roll or whatever. It's our first All In-Person episode! We recorded an episode in an actual bloody room together with our first return main feed guest, Slowpuke, to discuss Britain's greatest magician and the absolute mentalist, Derren Brown. Plus, we taste-test some proper Cadbury versus some of the Hershey's version, and we put our Derren-esque skills to the test in our game.

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Connect! Is what I would be saying, beaming and placid, with jam around my mouth, if I was mistakenly placed on an Only Connect team. We're talking about Da Smart People Show For Brits with Josh Boerman, host of the Worst Of All Possible Worlds and Ill Conceived, who also has opinions about Irn Bru and whether British people are worse to work with than Americans. Plus, more controversy at silly sports with the stone skimming championships, and Charlotte does a Charlotte-themed Charlotte's Game, which is rather appropriate, don't you think?

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That's Quite Interesting! Is what you would say if you turned on BBC One at 10pm on a Saturday, I think, in like 2005. We're joined by Justin McElroy, the outrageously prolific host of My Brother, My Brother and Me, The Adventure Zone, and Sawbones, to discuss panel shows, Christmas puddings, a Target wot fell off a hill, and what the King's Remembrancer does. Plus, Charlotte's Game is in fact many panel show-style games within a game; how clever is that?!

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Oughhhhgurhhhh chocolate mmm oghhh I need it I'm on my period and I need chocolate. Is what I'd be saying if I was eating a Crunchie instead of writing this god damn podcast description! We're joined by Gareth Reynolds, host of Next We Have and The Dollop and another Real Life Brit (who is also American) to discuss the vast and wonderful world of British chocolate, from Maltesers to Mini Eggs. Actually we didn't talk about Mini Eggs but those things are so good. Plus, ferret legging (we do NOT endorse this practice) and another Charlotte's American Youtubers Trying British Foods Game.

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I have a cunning plan! Is what YOU should be saying about your great idea to listen to this podcast. We're joined by the one and only Hayes Davenport, host of Hollywood Handbook, to discuss the classic British comedy Blackadder. Plus: Hayes reads us some incisive class analysis from a 1930s edition of Punch; Charlotte makes us watch a bit of gravy wrestling; and we compare horrid traditions at clubs from Harvard and Oxford in one of the meanest editions of Libby's Game yet. (I also tried sooo hard on the graphic design for that one, which is another great reason to sign up for the Watch All This Then tier!)

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Pip pip! Is what we'd say to you if we were posh, which we're NOT. Not like these guys, anyway. Today we learn all about Posh People (Upper Class) with the wonderful Meagan Hatcher-Mays, Libby's Longtime Friend and the host of Text Me Back, incompletely tackling questions such as: What is with all the tweed? Do posh people think of themselves as posh? And why do they sound like that? Plus, Tesco's Birthday Cake Sandwich, and Libby runs a game of Posh or Tosh.

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Start the fans! Is what we'd say if we were hosting the Crystal Maze, and it's what I'm also asking you to do—bear with me here—because I want you to START being FANS of this show. Yeah I think I pretty much nailed that. Our guest is the one and only Howell Dawdy, who wrote and performed our theme song and the fantastic album I Need Some Help, hosts an unmissable Twitch stream, and has two podcasts of his own—sort of making the rest of us look bad? We discuss the classic 90s game show The Crystal Maze, plus Shakespeare (smart), the Asda Price Promise Stones, and driving on the wrong side of the road.

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Hmm I don't like the look of these birds let's lop their heads off—is what Henry VIII would say if he stumbled across What's All This Then. Maybe. Or maybe he'd want to marry us! That guy LOVED marrying ladies! On today's episode we do some proper history with comedian Dana Bell, our FIRST in-person guest, with whom we discuss a wife-carrying contest, Bovril, and of course, Henry VIII (except mostly we talk about Wolf Hall oouuhh it's so good). Plus, we play a little smash or pass with some fit Tudor blokes.

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Waheyyy! Go on! Get in! Other laddish phrases and indistinct but broadly positive-sounding noises! That's probably what some proper mental lads would say about this episode. We're joined by the absolute legend Jon Gabrus, host of Stayin' Alive and Action Boyz and an actual real-life rugby lad, to decide whether the lads are alright. Plus, we're the last people on Earth to learn about the Jet 2 Holidays meme.

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