Brunch With The Brits

Brunch with the Brits is a weekly podcast devoted to Old Time Radio (OTR) comedy, drama, panel shows and music from the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation). Your host is Matt Cox. The show has been on the air since 2008.

531 Farewell For The Forseeable Future 07/29/2023

531 Farewell For The Forseeable Future This podcast has been long overdue, and we finally realized it was time to publish it when it had been almost a year since we've published and with no guilt or pangs of remorse with everything else going on we felt now was the time to step back. We explain in great detail why. The show will remain open so listeners can checck past episodes. Farewell and godspeed. . /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/27600708

530 the great relaunch 08/29/2022

530 the great relaunch This is the week we finally relaunch. There's a bit of disscussion in the beginning about Matt's long absence and then we'll dive right back in whefre we left off. With Navy Lark, that means right back to Series 12 and we leaarn what happens when Troutbridge winds up in Shanghai, rather then Shankley and what happens when an old flame enters Povy's office. Then it's off to London late 1890s as we continue our look at The Casebook Of Sherlock Holmes and The Three Garadebs. enjoy. /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/24191751

529 Farewell To Narnia 08/20/2022

529 Farewell To Narnia It feels like the end of an era, not for Brunch but for Narnia. We've done it along with an hour's worth of Navy Lark, that because this episode was actually recorded last winter I can't remember but fear not. Brunch is relaunching and I'll have more details on that soon! Meanwhile enjoy this. /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/24119031

528 the last battle 01/16/2022

528 the last battle This week we return with a good long brunch to end the holidays. We begin with an hour of Navy Lark in which we learn about who can grow a beard faster between Commander Murray and Sub LT Philips then it's strange radio signals that HMS Troutbridge has to figure out. We continue then with I'm Sorry I'll Reaad That Again and their New Year's Eve 1970 special featuring Dr. Chivago. Then it's back to Narnia and Part 1 of The Last Battle. Enjoy. /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/21787994

527 the silver chair part 2 12/19/2021

527 the silver chair part 2 This week we conclude the Silver Chair and begin the twelfth series of Navy Lark with two episodes. We also conclude NOtes From A Small Island. Please enjoy. It took us a while onthis one, as you'll hear in my monologues between programs. We hope you're having a delightful holiday season and please email us at with any requests. /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/21531656

526 the silver chair part 1 08/18/2021

526 the silver chair part 1 This week after what has seemed a long absence we begin The Silver Chair after completing series 8 of I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again and learning all about Western Supermare with Bill Bryson. Enjoy. /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/20187233

525 death of a salesman 07/31/2021

525 death of a salesman To cclose out July and our annual look at American playwrights as only the Beeb knows how we're looking at Death Of A Salesman and yes it's quite good. But we also have Bill Bryson's take on Dorsett and an entire hour of I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again. So sit back relax it's almost four hours you can break up. Next week it's back to Narnia. Enjoy. /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/19991942

524 harpo goes to leningrad 07/10/2021

524 harpo goes to leningrad This week we conclude series 11 of Navy Lark by seeing what happens to Troutbridge under new radar. Then it's a look at the bride of Frankenstein on I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again Bill Bryson tells us about working at an old sanitorium in Virginia Water and we conclude with a look at Harpo Marks's goodwill tour of Russia in 1933. Enjoy. /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/19767557

523 cat on a hot tin roof 07/03/2021

523 cat on a hot tin roof This week as we do our annual July tribute to America, we feature Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, as our play. We also begin Notes From A Small Island and enjoy rather endearingly Bill Bryson's look at Britain from his American perspective. There's a little extra fun with Navy Lark and we are still working through I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again this time in which Lady Constance is hunted like a fox. Enjoy. /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/19694498

522 dawn treader concludes 06/27/2021

522 dawn treader concludes This week we conclude The Voyage Of The Dawntreader. But first we open with Navy Lark, in which CPO Pertwy makes magic with a fruit machine, then Matt Cox and John Lingard talk Prince Philip, his life, his legacy, tv, soccer, church postpandemic cCalifornia and anything else they hit. It's a fun summer jaunt with John and we thank him and hope you enjoy it. We then have I'm Sorry I'll Read That AGain in which the prunes make fun of Henry VIII and we then conclude The Voyage of The Dawntreader. Thanks to Julianne and Joseph and a happy first to Julieanne and Joseph. Enjoy. [email protected] /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/19618187

521 the voyage of the dawntreader begins 06/19/2021

521 the voyage of the dawntreader begins This week as the title implies, we begin the Voyage Of The Dawn Treader. But we also have Navy Lark in which Commander Murray returns from his honeymoon, we conclude An Utterly Impartial History in which John OFarrell discusses Britain's finest hour we have another supberbly messed up play from the Prunes in which British rail is completely panned and makes me wonder if BR is still just as awful as it sounded in 1970 and we take a deeper look at Chief Inspector West courtessy of Julie Anne in Australia. Plenty to enjoy why not sit down? /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/19533470

520 prince caspian concludes 06/07/2021

520 prince caspian concludes Sorry for the lateness of this episode. But we're back and on time well weekend on time that is with the conclussion of Prince Caspian. We also have a fun Navy Lark episode in which Commander Murray gets married to Rita, a look at Billy Bunter from Radio Prune and a look at the Battle of hastings with our utterly impartial look at British history. Enjoy. /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/19378613

519 05 29 2021 prince caspian begins 05/29/2021

519 05 29 2021 prince caspian begins This week we begin with spies aboard Troutbridge, then we get an altered history lesson about charterism, we hear Tales Of The Circus in I'm Sorry I'll Reaad That Again conclude Inspector West At Bay and begin Prince Caspian. Plenty to like oh and we're caught up too. Enjoy. /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/19376003

518 05 22 21 the horse and his boy concluded 05/22/2021

518 05 22 21 the horse and his boy concluded This week we conclude The Horse And His Boy plus we learn about the Vikings again in our Utterly Impartial History Of Britan, plus it's troubles with Ramona's washing machine in The Navy Lark there are bullets in Bell Street for Chief Inspector West and hey lots of stuff to keep yoou entertained this week, so why not stop in and give us three hours? /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/19289471

517 705 15 21 narnia again yay 05/15/2021

517 705 15 21 narnia again yay This week we debut a new documentary which is a companion to an audiobook I discovered on my recent flight to Kansas. It's called An Utterly And Impartial History of Britain and we look at the first episode from 2007. We go spycatching with Troutbridge's crew from Feb 22 1970 engage in the Canterbury Tales with the Radio Prune Crew from JFeb 22 1970 we continue our Inspector West mystery from 1969 as we listen to Part 6 of Inspector West At Bay and we begin The Horse And His Boy in our look at Narnia. Lots to sink in to enjoy. /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/19289012

516 05 08 2021 the return of the prunes and prince philips war years 05/08/2021

516 05 08 2021 the return of the prunes and prince philips war years On this rather delayed show due to the host's vacation, we begin with Navy Lark, then we look at Prince Philip again in his own words talking about his war time experiences. We then continue our series long look at I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again with the beginning of their eighth series and The Taming Of The Shrew. We then conclude with Chief Inspector West. Don't worry as we plan to make up episodes this month. Enjoy. /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/19213187

515 of cops frigates and disney 05/07/2021

515 of cops frigates and disney This week in place of a documentary Matt talks in detail about his trip to Dissneyland's grand reopening after 412 days closed due to the pandemic. We at bwtb would like to publicly thank Jason Lee and Paul and Calvin Barrie from Window To The Magic for making the day so special. As far as a show well we have two greaat episodes of Navy Lark and we continue Inspector West At Bay. Please enjoy. Email and thanks for listening. /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/19024343

514 of lions witches and left hands down a bit 04/24/2021

514 of lions witches and left hands down a bit This week after our hour of naval commedy we meet HRH in a wonderful interview. We'll be looking at HRH a lot these next few weeks culminating with a full disscussion of his life on May 22 with John Lingard. We also have Chief Inspector West and conclude The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe. I had promised a historical documentary but found HRH more compelling so please forgive the host. Enjoy. /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/18843764

513 Lions Witches Grunge And Promotion A True Brunch hodgepodge 04/19/2021

513 Lions Witches Grunge And Promotion A True Brunch hodgepodge This week we have two Navy Lark episodes to start us off. One in which Pertwy is considered for promotion. Then it's off for a short history of grunge. Get those old Nirvanah compact discs out. Then we continue Inspector West At Bay with the second part of that dramatic series and we begin The Lion The Witch And The wardrobe. Enjoy. Special thanks to Julie Anne and Joseph for help with navy lark and narnia. /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/18771599

512 a birthday show for eric troup 04/11/2021

512 a birthday show for eric troup This week one of the shows is a surprise Easter egg or in this case a birthday gift. If you want to know in advance check tags but I hhope you'll listen along and be pleaasantly surprised. We'll start with a Christmas show keeping chronologically with I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again from December 25 1969 then it's off to Portsmouth to see how Troutbridge has fared with Lt. Murray and company returning from leave. Then sadly we finishe Cosmic Quest with a burning question. Are we alone? Then it's surprise time followed by episode 2 and the the conclussiion of The Magician's Nephew. Plenty to get excited about and very happy birthday wishes to my best friend of 45 years Eric Troup. /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/18676961

511 Narnia Begins 04/03/2021

511 Narnia Begins So this week we conclude The Biig Business Lark and we learn about Worlds Beyond from Heather Cooper as it's Easter weekend I've decided to begin The Chronicles Of Narnia and we're going with the Brian Sibbly edition with Morris Denham yes Rumpole himself as the storyteller. We actually start with episode 1 of The Magician's Nephew. Enjoy and a blessed Easter and Passover to you my awesome listeners. /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/18592490

510 ode20to20the20falklands20war 03/28/2021

510 ode20to20the20falklands20war This week our featured play is The Falklands Play from 1986. It's remarkable that it was censored by BBC at that time. It has an all star cast of people we've seen many times before including Clive Marison and the lady who play Margaret Thatcher is amazing. We also have two episodes of The Big Business Lark and we learn about the origins of planets so please settle in for almost three hours as only your friends at brunch can come up with. /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/18494747

509 farewell to barcester for now 03/27/2021

509 farewell to barcester for now This week we conclude Barcester Towers, which means we're putting away the Chronicles for a bit. I thought it was a good stopping point as we prepare for some Easter brunch in a couple weeks. We also have two episodes from The Big Business Lark and we learn about the life and death of stars. /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/18489437

508 of curates debtors and sin of all sorts 03/20/2021

508 of curates debtors and sin of all sorts This week it's two episodes of Big Business followed by a look at the sun and we continue with Barcester Towers. Enjoy. /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/18399656

507 matt goes racing with royalty 03/10/2021

507 matt goes racing with royalty This week to catch up you have three Big Business Larks to sink your teeth in to. Once you've had enough of Sir Charles we'll look at Werner Von Braun with Heather Cooper and begin Barcester Towers. Oh and some tine in the show Matt goes off on the royal family asks why they could be so cruel to Megan and tries to guess who the racist royals are. and a review of the final test in India enjoy. /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/18264950

506 barcester returneth 03/02/2021

506 barcester returneth This week we conclude The Warden. But we begin with two episodes from the Big Business Lark, and two episodes of Cosmic Quest to make up for some lost time. Hope you enjoy. /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/18151136

505 lets make our way to barcester 02/20/2021

505 lets make our way to barcester This week we return to Barcester, but this time for the entire run. We'll be examinin with the warden. Enjoyn /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/18020204

504 The Prissoner Of Zenda 02/20/2021

504 The Prissoner Of Zenda This was technically last week's brunch. But with me at the Jack Benny virtual convention plus the craziness of the events in Texas this week, I never got a chance to upload. So please enjoy The Prisoner of Zenda plus more from Heather Cooper and Matt talks frankly about talk sport's contributions to cricket on the radio. We must remember Matt's listening from California. Enjoy. /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/18018824

503 vampires from sussex 02/07/2021

503 vampires from sussex Shorter episode this week as we're replacing archival episodes. This week we continue our Cosmic Quest and learn about broadcasts from the cosmos. Then Sherlock Holmes comes up against a vampire in Sussex, or does he? It's our last Holmes for a while. Enjoy. /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/17851199

502 conclussion of mort 01/31/2021

502 conclussion of mort This week we conclude the seventh series of I'm Sorry I'll JRead That Again plus the host has a pleaa about an hour in to the show. We learn about the beginning of the universe enjoy the Three Gables and conclude with Mort's conclusion. Enjoy. /episode/index/show/bwtbrits/id/17754251

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