Ultimate Scrutiny

It's 1992, and ITV are wiping the floor with the BBC using a soap made out of television. In what must now be numerically the 6th episode of the CB Wallop Podcast join comedians Phil Jerrod and Phil Lucas as they discuss ELDORADO - the ten million quid soap opera no-one asked for, no-one watched and everyone hated. Do they now use the 8 million quid set for paint-balling? Yes… yes they do. Title music by Steve Adam Production by Mike Sandeman - http://www.northbrightonrecording.co.uk/ Audio Clips: Trouble at the Top: Fool's Gold? BBC2 Narrator: Jim Carter Producer: Daniel Barry Series Producer: Barbara Want Eldorado Theme Simon May and performed by Johnny Griggs.

It's 1952 and London looks like the set of an 80s music video. In what historians will one day call the fifth episode of the CB Wallop Podcast, join Comedians Phil Lucas and Phil Jerrod as they discuss the THE BLACK FOG OF 1952 - the terrible sulphurous cloud of soot and pollution that cloaked London for a good five days causing the deaths of over 4000 people. But did Londoners bollocks on about it all on Facebook? No.. no they didn't. Music by Steve Adam Production by Mike Sandeman - http://www.northbrightonrecording.co.uk/ Audio Clips: The Smog Menace (1953) British Pathe (Neg.) (Title Scene "D") FILM ID:124.15 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/ FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/ British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 120,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (

It's 1879, it's South Africa, and Britain fancies nicking another bit of the world that don't belong to her. In what is fast becoming the fourth episode of the CB-Wallop podcast, join comedians Phil Lucas and Phil Jerrod as they discuss THE BATTLE OF ISANDLWANA - the campaign everyone forgot we'd lost becasue we were too busy cheering on Michael Caine and our plucky boys over at Rorke's Drift. Did they all get drastically killed in the neck with a pointy spear? Gor Blimey yes they did. Music by Steve Adam Production by Mike Sandeman - http://www.northbrightonrecording.co.uk/ Audio Clips: Zulu: The True Story Timewatch (2003) Director Tim Robinson Production Company: BBC & The History Channel The History Channel UK Series Editor John Farren https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHIzA4cqkLY

It's 1991, it's the Royal Albert Hall and Gerald Ratner is about to tell a joke that he'll regret for the rest of his life. Join Comedians Phil Jerrod and Phil Lucas as they discuss the rise and fall and rise again of an 80s jewellery mogul. Do you like jewellery mate!? Yeah, have some fx@#ing jewellery. Music by Steve Adam Production by Mike Sandeman - http://www.northbrightonrecording.co.uk/ Audio Clips: Opening News report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6BH4DDNQ6M&t=494s Institute of Directors - Gerald Ratner, Founder of Gerald Online and former Chairman and Chief Executive of the Ratner Group delivers his now infamous speech to the Institute of Directors 1991 Annual Convention at the Royal Albert Hall, London. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj9BZz71yQE&t=392s http://www.iod.com/

Welcome to ancient Pompeii - where it's all cocks, cocks, cocks, lava and cocks. Join comedians Phil Jerrod and Phil Lucas as they discuss the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79. Was God angry about all the cocks? Yes… yes he was… Theme music by Steve Adam Production by Mike Sandeman - http://www.northbrightonrecording.co.uk/ Opening News item: British Pathe - Mount Vesuvius (1968) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVnMELt9zZM&t=11s FILM ID:2073.36 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/ FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/  British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 120,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1979.

Welcome to the Crash Bang Wallop podcast!  Join comedians Phil Jerrod and Phil Lucas as they discuss some of the most famous disasters of all time, along with lots of other terrible calamities you may never have even heard about! Every two weeks we'll take you through what went wrong, how it went wrong, and sort out whether it was Our Fault, or God's Fault. It’s dark, funny, bleak and sometimes a little bit sad, but always entertaining. This first episode is about the Hindenburg - surely the largest flying hydrogen gas balloon ever to be built with a smoking compartment. What went wrong? Everything went wrong. Theme music by Steve Adam Production by Mike Sandeman - http://www.northbrightonrecording.co.uk/ Pathe Newsreel:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Mcg0mynVXE&t=25s Dupe Negative and original Fine Grain.   FILM ID:653.11 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES