Box of Delights

Comedian Mitch Benn talks to Julia about the time he saw the mighty Rik Mayall at the first ever Comic Relief live show in 1986. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Brilliant actor and star of Home (C4) Youssef Kerkour joins Julia to recount the thrilling, often excruciating episode of Succession in which Logan Roy (Brian Cox) returns to his home town in Scotland. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Writer and podcaster Chris Thorpe-Tracey joins Julia to discuss his deep love for the 90s blood-sucker butt-kicker. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Novelist Jenny Colgan remembers the pure teen lust generated by Nick Kamen stripping to his pants in a launderette. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Christmas is a time for ghost stories, so let's tenuously link to that by listening to the brilliant Tony Way reminisce about the bone-chilling terror induced by his viewing of Ghostwatch (BBC One) as a slightly tipsy teenager. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Julia helps comedian Mitch Benn to revisit the trauma of that day in 1982 when his innocence was swiftly taken by the death of Doctor Who companion, Adric. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Podcaster and man Jake Yapp barely controls his emotions as he returns to the Wales of his boyhood to weep over Small Films' delicate wonder, Ivor the Engine. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Writer and broadcaster Sali Hughes remembers the furore around the Blind Date fake contestant scandal of 1998 and reveals some thrilling new behind-the-scenes details. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Comedian Tom Burgess buckles up to relive the THRILL ride that was Richard Hillman's gruesome tenure as the Coronation Street serial killer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The brilliant actor Youssef Kerkour tells Julia about getting the feels watching the Money Train episode of The Shield, just after experiencing 9/11 in New York. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.