The Rest Is Entertainment
The Rest Is Entertainment pulls back the curtain on television, movies, journalism and more with Richard Osman and Marina Hyde using their years of knowledge, enviable contact book and wit to bring you what’s hot, and what’s not in the world of entertainment.
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July 24, 2024 • 32 mins
The Simpsons has a long and varied history of celebrity cameos, but what are Marina's Top 3? Media Training - how are celebs, sports people and even business leaders coached in not slipping up? Why do we have encores, and what do bands do whilst we await their return? Plus the secrets behind Antiques Roadshow.
Richard Osman and Marina Hyde answer your questions.
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July 22, 2024 • 43 mins
In what should be a celebratory 20th year for Strictly Come Dancing, the show instead is marred in controversy with allegations of misconduct in rehearsal spaces and around training methods. How has one of the BBC's crown jewels ended up here, and what does it's future hold?
Elsewhere, BBC radio is facing criticism with a proposed spin-off of a Radio 2 oldies station plus Marina & Richard go through a recent list from the New York...
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July 17, 2024 • 31 mins
How much negotiating goes into the order of names on TV and film credits? How do presenters concentrate when a producer is speaking in their ear from the gallery? How does Marina decided on her top 3 John Williams soundtracks?
Your questions answered in this episode of The Rest Is Entertainment.
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July 15, 2024 • 43 mins
'Made in Korea: The K-Pop Experience' is coming to the BBC. It will show five boys from across the UK as they are put through the K-pop training process, the end goal being to launch a new boy band on the global stage. Why has South Korean become the cultural beacon for some many young people with K-Pop at it's heart?
In Mumbai with Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant married over a months long ceremony that has seen musician, poli...
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July 10, 2024 • 34 mins
Which of Steven Spielberg's legendary catalogue of work makes Marina and Richard's top 3s? On films, what will come of the trend of de-aging and what are good / bad examples? How are child actors protected when in a horror film? And, how do you film "film"?
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July 8, 2024 • 48 mins
In an act of disastrous political timing, Jill Biden has appeared on the front cover of US Vogue. Does this tin-eared response to her husband’s catastrophic debate performance spell the end to Hollywood’s elite support for the Democrats.
Who the hell is Glen Powell and why is he always on my screen? Richard and Marina give us a bluffers guide to the biggest celebrities in the world right now - and explain why you probably don’t kn...
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July 3, 2024 • 30 mins
Will Wimbledon always be on the BBC, and what are the UK crown jewels of sport? How important is crew catering and can you tell when a scene has been shot before or after lunch? Marina gives us her top 3 (and more) favourite remakes plus some any other business dropping into Richard's texts.
Your questions answered on The Rest Is Entertainment.
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July 1, 2024 • 43 mins
The double bounce of an election and the Euros has led to some very successful podcasts achieving even bigger numbers. Many of these podcast hosts are also part of the TV coverage, so how does one format bleed into the other, what can TV learn from podcasts, and should podcasts really be on TV?
'The Apprentice' (a biographical drama of Donald Trump in the 70s & 80s and 'The Last Screenwriter' (a film written by AI) are struggling ...
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June 26, 2024 • 30 mins
What are the top 3 credit sequences Richard and Marina cannot skip? Why do comedians welcome themselves on-stage? And how to be in an audience for a TV show.
Your questions answered by Marina and Richard on The Rest Is Entertainment.
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June 24, 2024 • 47 mins
The 500th edition of Ofcom’s 'Broadcast Bulletin' - the place to find out about their work to uphold standards on TV and radio has been released, and we discovered the most complained about UK TV show.
Taylor Swift's 'Eras' tour has completed this stage of it's UK dates and Marina was there at Wembley. She gives us the lowdown on the gig and the fandom of Swifites.
'Inside Out 2' has been a huge box office success but it wasn't p...
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June 19, 2024 • 33 mins
How does Michael McIntyre's The Wheel really work? Richard took part in the show and tells us all the secrets. Agony Aunts, are the letters real and what do they say about the wider public? Plus what are Marina and Richard's top 3 film sequels?
These questions and a few more on music tour logistics and 'Who Do You Think You Are?' answered on this episode of The Rest Is Entertainment.
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June 17, 2024 • 49 mins
Football will dominate our TV screens for the next few weeks, but how are the games chosen between the BBC and ITV, and how important is England's success for ITV's profits?
What is the history behind some of your favourite TV theme tunes (which you can enjoy in a handy playlist here)? And Dad TV. Richard and Marina breakdown a much watched, but perhaps little written about genre, which has more familiar shows than you might guess...
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June 12, 2024 • 30 mins
Richard & Marina give us their top 3 TV theme tunes, answer who owns the Taskmaster house, what the timeline is between being cast & shooting and much much more.
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June 10, 2024 • 44 mins
The boycotting by authors and attendees at literary festivals across the UK has taken hold due to sponsorship by investment fund Baillie Gifford. Will the boycotts do more harm than good to the overall literary world?
Bad Boys 4 has been a surprise box office success. Is this the final piece of Will Smith's redemption puzzle?
Lastly, what are the secrets of political TV debates and how can our leaders make themselves look their b...
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June 5, 2024 • 34 mins
If Marina and Richard had to come up with a movie designed to flop what would it be? How much say do radio presenters have in their playlists? And, do actors really spit on one another?
Plus Richard provides the truth about whether he was once on Drop The Dead Donkey.
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June 3, 2024 • 46 mins
The American Department of Justice are seeking to break up Ticketmaster and Live Nation to try and make gigs cheaper. How did Ticketmaster gain such a grip on the music industry, and if the DOJ are successful what could it mean for live music in the UK?
Loaded magazine is back... Richard and Marina trace it's history and that of 'lad mags'. Is there a bloodline to today's toxic masculinity?
Finally, we have our hands on the secon...
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May 29, 2024 • 30 mins
What are the secrets behind filming PMQs? How does phoning a friend on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire actually work? Is there a show bible to track character traits when shows have many different writers?
Those questions plus tips on if you're thinking of becoming a background artist from Richard and Marina.
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May 27, 2024 • 50 mins
Why does the This Morning sofa strike fear into every hopeful PM? Richard and Marina take a look at politicians vs daytime TV, tech bros misunderstanding cinema and if Netflix's new show 'Buying London' is any good, and what are the secrets of some of our favourite property programmes?
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May 22, 2024 • 34 mins
Do all actors have to audition and what is the modern audition process? How do you translate a book to a film or even a theatre production? Can it be a simple copy and paste? Plus how do shows such as Mr Bates vs. The Post Office avoid law suits from those that are shown in what could be described as, an unfavourable light?
Those questions and more tackled by Richard and Marina on The Rest Is Entertainment.
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May 20, 2024 • 41 mins
The Sunday Times rich list has been revealed but which are the names from the world of entertainment, and how have they made their money?
Cannes Film Festival is underway, and the world has seen for the first time Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis. A film long talked about and self-financed by the man himself, why has he had to put his hand in his own pocket, like Kevin Coster with Horizon: An American Saga, is it all vanity?
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