Jane Hill has spunk in her eyes
September is Gynecological Cancers Awareness Month, so Hannah took the chance to catch up with our friend Jane Hill, a writer and comedian w...
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20 of 1,405 episodesThe Bush Telegraph: News hullabalooboohoos
Spider bites, violent pensioners, a Bill about dying that refuses to die, some appalling headline writing, and bonnes nouvelles de France –...
Alessia Camoirano uncovers Britain’s Forgotten Girls
Across Britain, young girls from all demographics are being groomed, trafficked and sexually exploited by drug gangs. Authorities have been...
Rated or Dated: Bandidas (2006)
Salma Hayek and Penélope Cruz star in Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg’s "Western" "action" “comedy”, but what will the script by *eyeroll...
Louisa Treger on Ruth Ellis’s Fatal Love
Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be executed in England, back in 1955, sparking public outcry and becoming a catalyst for huge change in the...
Rated or Dated: Idiocracy (2006)
When Mike Judge showed us a vision of America in the future, nobody thought the future would arrive so soon. Did the social satire predict t...
Suze Kundu eclipses the bad news with the good
It’s a podcast of positivity, as our Mick has one of her regular catch ups with NASA’s Suze Kundu. They’re covering all sorts of topics, sta...
The Suffrage Detective investigates
Elizabeth Crawford picked up her nickname after decades of work uncovering rare books and collectables related to the suffrage movement. She...
Rated or Dated: AI: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
It’s the Spielberg-Kubrick vision of the future no one was sure about at the time, but later got some pretty big acclaim. 2001’s AI: Artific...
At home with Vanessa Feltz – literally
As the star of daytime TV, radio and podcasts for more than 30 years, there’s not much we don’t think we already know about Vanessa Feltz. B...
Outside The Box August 2026
In this month's round-up of some of the best and not-so-best things on TV, we're talking about Furious, Possession, Evolution, My Brilliant...
The Bush Telegraph: All aboard the bus to Wetwang!
This week, Hannah and Mickey look at some of the week's best and worst stories, including major finds by archeologists, the scandal that con...
Rated or Dated: The Others (2001)
Alejandro Amenábar’s creepy AF tale of grief and darkness in post-war Jersey cleared a path for the return of old-school horror. But does it...
Susan Calman is not going on a sex cruise
It’s been a while since comedian Susan Calman went on tour: 10 years, in fact. Her brand new show, Tall Tales, kicks off in September, and p...
Anna Holmes turns the negative into a positive
When it comes to saying no, journalist and author Anna Holmes has form. Back in 2007, she founded feminist website Jezebel, which at the tim...
Flicking #76: Sorry, Baby
Eva Victor’s lauded auterial debut about a bad thing that happens to a young woman called Agnes and how she feels and deals in the aftermath...
The Bush Telegraph: A whole lot of maths
This week’s apocalypse is brought to you by Mick and Jen. They’re chatting about the early release of prisoners, which may require more nuan...
Rated or Dated: The Go-Between (1971)
We escape a red hot summer to visit, checks notes, another red hot summer in Joseph Losey and Harold Pinter's adaptation of LP Hartley's nov...
Vix Leyton, Chief Petty Officer
Comedian and long-time Standard Issue friend Vix Leyton's latest show – Chief Petty Officer – is on at the Edinburgh Fringe right now. She c...
Digging up Buried stories, with Lucy Taylor
Investigative journalist Lucy Taylor is, along with her partner in podcasting and partner in life Dan Ashby, responsible for the award-winni...