A Very Special Episode is a podcast about television. Join me, Michael Lee Richardson, as I curl up on the sofa and talk telly with some of my favourite people.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
A Very Special Episode
Claim This Podcastby Michael Lee Richardson
20 episodes
Updated Bi-weekly
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Podcast Overview
A Very Special Episode is a podcast about television. Join me, Michael Lee Richardson, as I curl up on the sofa and talk telly with some of my favourite people.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Publishing Since
11/1/2021
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Episode Length
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Recent Episodes
February 12, 2025
Smallville - 'Homecoming' with Raisah Ahmed
<p>A Very Special Episode is a podcast where I get to curl up on the sofa and talk telly with some of my favourite people.</p><br><p>My very special guest this week is screenwriter Raisah Ahmed who chose to talk to me about aliens, liminality and why Superman is an immigrant story.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
September 5, 2024
The Royle Family - 'Christmas with the Royle Family' with Philip Wright
<p>A Very Special Episode is a podcast where I get to curl up on the sofa and talk telly with some of my favourite people.</p><br><p>My very special guest this week is writer Philip Wright who chose to talk to me about kids' TV with banger theme tunes, professional wrestling and the 1999 Christmas episode of The Royle Family. </p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
May 22, 2024
Carnivale - 'Babylon'/'Pick a Number' with Emma Lennox
<p>A Very Special Episode is a podcast where I get to curl up on the sofa and talk telly with some of my favourite people.</p><br><p>My very special guest this week is writer Emma Lennox who chose to talk to me about Banjo, Bluey and bleak binge watch, Carnivale. </p><br><p>Subscribe to Emma's (excellent!) Substack, The Memory Hole, about the strange and unusual TV moments that scarred our psyches https://emmalennox.substack.com/</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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