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The Two Mikes - On the Record

102: The Porky Book Review (August 2018)

The Two Mikes - On the Record

The Two Mikes - On the Record

Comedy

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In the first of a brand new (soon-to-be) regular feature, Mike Parry casts his critical eye over selected works from the page including Imperial Twilight, From the Mill to Monte Carlo and Goldfinger and Me on the latest compelling chapter of On the Record...

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0:00.0

And the So, So, Welcome to the two mics. This is on the record and as ever with everything that the two mics do

0:54.2

we're always searching for new things to be doing yes more expansive kind of ideas

0:59.4

and you know we know we know got the two mics TV thing thing up and running where you can watch the

1:03.7

the micro-kitchen you can watch the Fleet Street tales you can watch Porky

1:07.6

and is kind of one-minute mones you can watch a full disclosure news reviews all very

1:12.4

good stuff sign up to the too much TV.

1:15.0

On the record, famously now does ask Porky, does Porky vision as well, but now a new thing, we're going to start today. Yes.

1:22.6

A regular feature called Porky's Book Review.

1:24.7

That's right, absolutely.

1:25.6

Now, I can't think of a better phrase than Porky's Book Review,

1:28.2

because that pretty much says it all.

1:29.4

Yeah.

1:30.4

Mike Perry is going to tell us about his favorite books that he's seen this week?

1:33.4

Yes that's right.

1:34.4

Or this month maybe?

1:35.4

Yeah, well yeah, this month people send me books all the time and I'd like to get into them.

1:39.4

Now would you be able to, if we remember to do it at the end of the particular review yes give us a

1:45.1

kind of a recommendation as to whether it's worth reading yes and

1:47.8

course or possibly not worth reading yes indeed I will I will yeah that would be good

1:51.4

okay so what's the first book okay so the first book is called Imperial

1:54.6

twilight and it was about the opium wars between Britain and China okay now are you

1:59.2

where are these I'm aware of the opium wars it took place around about the time when it was a

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