Underwood and Flinch 6: Episode 7

Underwood and Flinch and Other Audiobooks by Mike Bennett

Mike Bennett

Arts, Drama, Fiction, Books

4.9 • 987 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Aftermath. Claire Redmond and Coleridge visit the Holborn station crime scene.

This episode also features a last update on the U&F TV series.

Transcript

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0:00.0	"'Oh, hello. It's another podcast from Mike Bennett.
0:08.8	"'B bloody hell.
0:12.2	"'Hello, listeners, and welcome to this latest episode of Underwood and Flinch.
0:17.1	"'I hope you're well and in fine fettle, as I am.
0:20.0	"'I have a bit of news for you today and, well,
0:23.3	you may want to sit down for this. Are you ready? It's TV show news, finally, says you, but I'm
0:30.0	afraid it's not good. After what is five years four now? Village Road Show TV has not renewed the option on Underwood and French.
0:41.6	The option was due to be renewed back at the end of November, but it wasn't.
0:47.7	Now, I would have told you this earlier, but I didn't want to spoil the, you know, the holiday
0:51.4	season, Christmas, New Year, But never mind. I'm telling you
0:55.3	now, okay. I'm all right. I'm fine. I've not got my head in the gas oven or anything drastic
1:02.6	like that. I mean, it's just life, right? You know. But anyway, it's not just underwood and
1:09.6	flinch that got cancelled over at Village Road Show.
1:14.7	It seems like Village Road Show itself is going through some serious changes and not good ones.
1:22.3	As was reported in Variety in December, I'll just read from this.
1:30.9	Is Village Roachow about to take a major detour?
1:37.7	The long-standing content co-financier and co-producer is suffering cash flow issues. Multiple sources told Variety, forcing the shop into bad standing with the Writers' Guild of America and inspiring
1:43.9	whispers about its viability in show business.
1:47.3	Majority owned by Vine Alternative Investments,
1:50.6	the company behind valuable library titles like Joker, The Matrix and Stephen Sonderberg's Oceans franchise,
1:57.7	got a shot in the arm in 2018 when well-liked industry vet, Steve Mosco,
2:03.7	took over operations. Sidebar, this was approximately when Underwood and Flinch kind of entered
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