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This week: World's most expensive shorts? Horse racing yawn. Garden centre survival.

A very British take on the week's sport, TV, films, books and all the popular stuff in life.
Intro/outro music - Ravel's Bolero by the awesome Daniel Bautista - https://www.danielbautista.com/

England football shirts, Lewis Capaldi's Netflix doc, Ghostbusters anniversary and Snapchat vortex

We are two Brits, cups of tea, custard creams and our ramblings on the best of sport, TV, films, books and everything else we like. Join us and join in. Comment on the sorts of things you would like to talk about.
Intro/outro music - Ravel's Bolero by the awesome Daniel Bautista - https://www.danielbautista.com/

Is Bazball what every team needs to be happy and successful? Part 3/3 - Apply it to anything?

An international sports playing at the highest level went from winning about 5% of their games to winning 70%. The squad of players changed little. They got a new captain, but he had been in the team for years. What really changed was the coach and, most importantly, the mindset.
The coach and the captain have taken away the fear of failure and now they rarely fail. In fact, they have become not just winners but an inspiration.
Has the last word on coaching sports teams been written? Is this the way to manage any team in sport, in work, anywhere?
This is the story of the life lessons from the England cricket team and 'Bazball'.
We are two Brits, cups of tea, custard creams and our ramblings on the best of sport, TV, films, books and everything else we like. Join us and join in. Comment on the sorts of things you would like to talk about. Intro/outro music - Ravel's Bolero by the awesome Daniel Bautista - https://www.danielbautista.com/

Is Bazball what every team needs to be happy and successful? Part 2/3 - Why does it work?

An international sports playing at the highest level went from winning about 5% of their games to winning 70%.
The squad of players changed little. They got a new captain, but he had been in the team for years. What really changed was the coach and, most importantly, the mindset. The coach and the captain have taken away the fear of failure and now they rarely fail.
In fact, they have become not just winners but an inspiration.
Has the last word on coaching sports teams been written? Is this the way to manage any team in sport, in work, anywhere? This is the story of the life lessons from the England cricket team and 'Bazball'.
We are two Brits, cups of tea, custard creams and our ramblings on the best of sport, TV, films, books and everything else we like. Join us and join in. Comment on the sorts of things you would like to talk about.
Intro/outro music - Ravel's Bolero by the awesome Daniel Bautista - https://www.danielbautista.com/

England Cricket - the best ever team management? Part 1/3 - What is Bazball?

An international sports playing at the highest level went from winning about 5% of their games to winning 70%. The squad of players changed little. They got a new captain, but he had been in the team for years.
What really changed was the coach and, most importantly, the mindset. The coach and the captain have taken away the fear of failure and now they rarely fail.
In fact, they have become not just winners but an inspiration.
Has the last word on coaching sports teams been written? Is this the way to manage any team in sport, in work, anywhere? This is the story of the life lessons from the England cricket team and 'Bazball'.
We are two Brits, cups of tea, custard creams and our ramblings on the best of sport, TV, films, books and everything else we like. Join us and join in. Comment on the sorts of things you would like to talk about. Intro/outro music - Ravel's Bolero by the awesome Daniel Bautista - https://www.danielbautista.com/

Film Re Review - Grease - How good was it? Is it worth watching again? Would my kids like it?

John Travolta, Olivia Newton John and Stockard Channing star in possibly the best musical film of all time.
It was retro when it came out and yet chimed with people of all ages. The music, the themes of love, belonging tribalism and teenage cool, and the mesmerising performances created an impact then that still punches through today.
We are two Brits, cups of tea, custard creams and our ramblings on the best of sport, TV, films, books and everything else we like. Join us and join in. Comment on the sorts of things you would like to talk about.
Intro/outro music - Ravel's Bolero by the awesome Daniel Bautista - https://www.danielbautista.com/

Esports - Billions of Dollars; Millions of Fans. But is it Sport?

Esports is competitive video gaming. Hundreds of millions of fans watch hours of it every week. It is worth over a $billion annually and growing fast. It is massive business and the Olympics have wondered if it should be admitted.
What is it? What are people so interested in? Is it healthy? Does it offer something other sports don't?
We are two Brits, cups of tea, custard creams and our ramblings on the best of sport, TV, films, books and everything else we like. Join us and join in. Comment on the sorts of things you would like to talk about.
Intro/outro music - Ravel's Bolero by the awesome Daniel Bautista - https://www.danielbautista.com/

The best music show on earth? Top of the Pops - the most important half hour of any week

We are two Brits, cups of tea, custard creams and our ramblings on the best of sport, TV, films, books and everything else we like. Join us and join in. Comment on the sorts of things you would like to talk about.
In this episode we look at the impact and importance of Top of the Pops. It was the window on the music charts and the most important half hour in our week.
Intro/outro music - Ravel's Bolero by the awesome Daniel Bautista - https://www.danielbautista.com/

The rest is NOT politics. It is much much more important than that.

An introduction to possibly arguably subjectively judgmentally the best podcast series ever produced by two Brits called Mike and Tim. 
Grab a cup of tea, a biscuit and join us as we rabbit on about all the best things in life - past and present - sport, music, books, film, TV and all the big and little things in popular culture. 
Intro/outro music - Ravel's Bolero by the awesome Daniel Bautista - https://www.danielbautista.com/