Radio’s odd couple take questions from actors, directors and Observer readers about optimism, the films they disagree on – and biscuits
‘We have an obligation to give people an entertaining couple of hours’: Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode photographed by David Vintiner for the Observer New Review.
1 morning show. When Mayo decamped, first to 5 Live and then to Radio 2, their on-air relationship continued as, a two-hour 5 Live Friday afternoon radio show and podcast. Even after Mayo’s rather tetchy 2018 departure from Radio 2 ,remained exactly where it was, providing informed, jolly, “what to go and see this weekend” entertainment. Or “wittertainment”, as the show’s fans have it.And there are many, many fans. One of the BBC’s first ever podcasts,… has long been one of its most popular.
The big difference appears to be that they will be reviewing TV shows as well as films, but, insists Kermode, this isn’t a major new feature. “To be clear, I’m a film critic who’ll happen to be watching some television,” he says. “Neither of us are pretending to step on the very great shoes of the people who review TV professionally.”The Sex and the City 2 rant goes viral
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