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HBO: The One to Watch

February 9th, 2008 by Steve Bowbrick

Stephen “The Office” Merchant is obviously a real telly enthusiast. Here he tells the story of edgy, 35 year-old American phenomenon HBO. Lots of excellent contributors and clips from all the top shows, especially from the last decade - and a show that handily defines Radio 2’s mission: unpretentious, grown-up factual programming with a current pop culture theme (MP3). Last year Merchant presented an equally good show about Seventies TV comedy landmark Taxi - for Radio 4 (MP3).

Presenter: Stephen Merchant
Producer: Judith Kampfner
Production Company: Just Radio
Listen: [MP3] [Real]

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3 Responses to “HBO: The One to Watch”

  1. Toby Says:
    February 13th, 2008 at 2:26 pm

    I don’t think the link to ‘Taxi’ works?

  2. steve Says:
    February 13th, 2008 at 3:32 pm

    Thanks! Fixed permissions. All OK now.

  3. dan Says:
    February 14th, 2008 at 1:17 am

    What a cracking doco, and what an amazing track record HBO has.

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