The Curiously Specific Book Club

A podcast by Lloyd Shepherd & Tim Wright

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78 Episodes

  1. The War of the Worlds Part Two

    Published: 4/20/2022
  2. The War of the Worlds Part One

    Published: 4/11/2022
  3. Track down Smiley's Circus in 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy': S1 Ep15

    Published: 4/30/2021
  4. Practise being a spy in Noughties London in 'Slow Horses': S1 Ep14

    Published: 3/19/2021
  5. Explore swinging 60s Soho with 'The Ipcress File': S1 Ep13

    Published: 6/26/2020
  6. Discover the seamier side of 1980s Brighton & Hove with 'Dirty Weekend': S1 Ep12

    Published: 7/25/2019
  7. Enjoy the 1930s West London & Brighton drinking holes of 'Hangover Square': S1 Ep11

    Published: 6/28/2019
  8. Find out exactly where Pinkie lived & died in 'Brighton Rock': S1 Ep10

    Published: 5/17/2019
  9. Using Lovejoy novels to navigate 1970s Essex: S1 Ep9

    Published: 3/22/2019
  10. Walk across Suffolk with 'The Rings of Saturn' as your only guide: S1 Ep8

    Published: 2/15/2019
  11. Plan your own 1943 invasion of Norfolk using 'The Eagle Has Landed': S1 Ep7

    Published: 1/11/2019
  12. A 1950s pub crawl through South London with 'The Ballad of Peckham Rye': S1 Ep6

    Published: 11/9/2018
  13. 1880s London West End erotica & beer-drinking with 'The Secret Agent': S1 Ep5

    Published: 10/12/2018
  14. Tramp the Old Ways in 1970s Eton and Windsor with 'The Dark Is Rising': S1 Ep4

    Published: 9/14/2018
  15. Learn to drive down the A20 like Bond in 'Moonraker': S1 Ep3

    Published: 7/13/2018
  16. S1 Ep 2 Extra: Eccleshare on Stig

    Published: 7/5/2018
  17. A tour of rural Kent in search of Stig of the Dump: S1 Ep2

    Published: 6/14/2018
  18. Travel to 1840s Rochester with 'Edwin Drood': S1 Ep1 (pilot)

    Published: 5/11/2018

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Forget Downton Abbey or The Crown, we use classic novels to guide you through the Britain of today and yesterday. Every podcast, Lloyd & Tim – two funny book-loving blokes – take you on a walk or a road trip, using a well-known novel as the only guide. Great literature, amazing landscapes and general laughter guaranteed with every episode.Your presenters are:Tim Wright (r): digital writer/consultant for web, mobile, radio, TV, theatre. Half of xpt.com. Former Head of Immersive at NFTS. Web here, Twitter here.Lloyd Shepherd (l): author of 4 novels: The English Monster. The Poisoned Island. Savage Magic. The Detective and the Devil. Also does digital product development. Web here, Twitter here. Get early access to new episodes and bonus content Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.