Adolescence, Harry Potter & Doctor Who: 2025 BEST OF

The Rest Is Entertainment

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🗓️ 25 December 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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What does Chris Columbus think of the new HBO Harry Potter series? How did the creators of Adolescence find 15-year-old superstar Owen Cooper? Why did the Disney-Doctor Who partnership fail? And will GTA VI really cost more than building Dubai's Burj Khalifa? Take a break from bickering in-laws and overcooked turkey, and enjoy some of our favourite questions (and answers) from 2025. Whether you’re hosting or guesting this Christmas, you need the UK’s best mobile network and broadband technology, only from EE. Join The Rest Is Entertainment Club: Unlock the full experience of the show – with exclusive bonus content, ad-free listening, early access to Q&A episodes, access to our newsletter archive, discounted book prices with our partners at Coles Books, early ticket access to live events, and access to our chat community. Sign up directly at therestisentertainment.com For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com Video Editor: Imee Marriott Assistant Producer: Imee Marriott Senior Producer: Joey McCarthy Social Producer: Bex Tyrrell Exec Producer: Neil Fearn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Channel 4. There's always a lot to watch at this time
0:08.0	there, Richard, but you can always rely on Channel 4 to give you something altogether different.
0:12.2	When everything seems to be dictated by algorithms, where do you find up-and-coming comedians,
0:16.5	new favourite entertainment shows or award-winning dramas? Well, you can find them all at once on Channel 4.
0:21.4	Exactly. Stream now on Channel 4. This episode is brought to you by SimplySafe. This is the sound of
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0:53.5	This episode is presented by E.
0:56.4	Marina, are you hosting or guesting for Christmas this year?
0:59.6	Normally every other year I am a very grateful guest, but I'm now a slightly trepidacious host.
1:07.6	Yes, it is me in the apron having a meltdown over all the cooking. No, I don't think I'll
1:13.5	have a meltdown. It's a lot, isn't it? Yeah. But you have to just keep saying to yourself,
1:18.6	it's just a big chicken. It's just a really big chicken. It's just a really enormous chicken.
1:23.5	We are also hosting this year. Looking forward to it very much. If you are hosting,
1:26.9	and EE has the best broadband technology, if you you are hosting, and E has the best broadband technology.
1:29.0	If you are guesting, then E has the best mobile technology.
1:33.1	And my goodness, you need it at Christmas, right?
1:35.3	Yes, the third babysitter, the distractor.
1:38.3	Just when the family walk into the house is, hello grandma, hello granddad, what's the Wi-Fi password?
1:45.6	I might need that.
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