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Jan 2024
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What we'll be glued to in 2024 and why d...

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About this episode

Welcome to the first episode of The Rest Is Entertainment of 2024.


Richard and Marina give their rundown of what their excited by in the year ahead across TV, movies, books and theatre. Richard also explains why longstanding titles such as A Question of Sport get cancelled, plus he lets us in on how the writing of his new book is coming along.


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Email: therestisentertainment@gmail.com

Producer: Neil Fearn

Executive Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport


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