Reclining Pair
Mike & Ben
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TV reviews, musings and quizzes from three fools dangerously circling the plughole of midlife crisis.
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S4E4 Episode 39. Flies, Look-a-Mikes, Breadsall Pride, Cress, The Boroughs.
Sweet miscommunication, Breadsall Pride, Carpet Fitters' Iron Man event, The Boroughs - Netflix, ALL the people I apparently look like in this month's quiz, And some brilliant beers from Woodforde's,…
S4E3 Episode 38. Brand New quiz - Dangman Style... now with 46% more swearing.
New quiz, DANGMAN STYLE....and a brand new quiz board. Oh dear, what can the matter be, Nina's stuck in the disabled lavatory.We review Legends (Netflix) Rooster (Sky/Now) and Widow's Bay…
S4E2 Episode 37. Science helmet #2, DTF St. Louis, Gardening Quiz, Tudor Hole, Snoopy Doo.
Another pioneering science helmet, thanks to the guys over at the University of Adelaide, We review the brilliant DTF St. Louis (Sky/NowTV) Nina quizzes me on horticulture, and Rob and I rate…
S4E1 Episode 36. The Quiz that wouldn't end.
The Dangerously Overweight Quiz of Some Years. Nina's had no telly, so we're missing the usual review this week, but fear not, I've gone massive on the quiz.... if you like that sort of thing. Rob…
S3E12 Episode 35. Things You Should Have Done, Malt Striders, OZZY, Bernie Fingers
We watch Lucia Keskin's brilliant Things You Should Have Done (BBC), I'm quizzed on a forgotten radio station from the 1980s, and there's a Blue Peter style make-along-at-home feature, so get your…
S3E11 Episode 34. Amadeus, Swansea Clockweight Census, Moth Polish and 2026 at the Zinedine Zidane Community Centre.
We have a look at Amadeus, on Sky, there's a fire at the Winston's factory, our quiz is the dog's b####cks, and Rob and I thoroughly enjoy Weetwood Ales. Plus the 2026 calendar for the Zinedine…
S3E10 Episode 33. Christmas, Part 2: Plumbers, Boils, Welcome to Derry, Mr Potato Leg.
Round two - Buckers and I. We share our thoughts on Welcome to Derry, Nina's arranged a cultural Christmas quiz, We talk back-boils, unmarked almonds, and this year's must-have Christmas toy.Cheers…
S3E9 Episode 32. Christmas, Part 1: Supermarket beers and songwriting.
We check out the widely available Christmas & Winter beers on offer in the supermarkets, Rob and I talk about songwriting, and we end the episode with the song he’s recorded especially for the…
S3E8 Episode 31. Vikings. Arson. Pluribus. Castle Rock.
Buckers and I discuss the lost childhood pastime of recreational arson, We go international with an alternative 8 world wonders quiz, We chew over the concept behind Vince Gilligan’s Pluribus, and…
S3E7 Episode 30. Halloween, Black Rabbit, Jason Batman, Toilet roll.
There’s a Halloween quiz from Buckers, we share our thoughts on Black Rabbit and the career of Jason Bateman, and I discover the worst toilet paper in human history.Rob and I enjoy some fantastic…
S3E6 Episode 29. Phipps NBC visit, clarinets, Crystals, Midsomer Murders
The first time Nina ventures out as our roaming reporter. She has a ball with Phipps NBC, brewers of first rate ales, Northampton, I quiz her on her great passion - the clarinet, and we explore the…
S3E5 Episode 28. SICK: Part deux, Asda, 1987, Alien Earth, Hot Pants.
Here we go again.We talk about the very brilliant Alien Earth, I'm quizzed on the popular culture of 1987, I buy enough oats to support a rodeo, Andrew Longleat drifts into our orbit again, and…
S3E4 Episode 27. SICK, Covid, Hinge, Such Brave Girls, Prison.
SICK!The episode that was late due to me having a visit from Mr Covid.We talk disease, Clorets, Hinge dating, arse boils & prison.The quiz is titled "Buckers in the 22nd Century"And Rob and I…
S3E3 Episode 26. Birmingham quiz, Commander Lawrence, Your Friends & Neighbors, Takeaway disaster.
This month's quiz is all things Birmingham, we talk about Your Friends & Neighbors (AppleTV) Nina brain-farts a takeaway order, and we present Commander Lawrence the Humidity Skink - "say…
S3E2 DOOMSDAY DOUBLE, Bonus episode.
DOOMSDAY DOUBLE, Bonus episode.A couple of episodes ago we presented part one of our doomsday special. Then last episode we recorded part two, but because we're insufferable gum flappers, we didn't…
S3E1 Episode 25. Birmingham, Rashes, Noodles, Titanic, Speed Dating, Plums.
This month, on telly we looked at The United States of Birmingham, with joe Lycett (Sky), and The Four Seasons (Netflix).I finally get a taste test in front of Nina, for the quiz, and there's all the…
S2E12 Episode 24. Two year anniversary extended edition. Doomsday feature part 1.
Second anniversary extended episode.Two years! Where does the time go?This month we address the forthcoming apocalypse. We talk bunkers and bunker life, before following up with a second end-of-world…
S2E11 Episode 23. Abba, Holograms, Clock Hoof, Meat fires, tigers
Do you know your soup from your tractors? Neither do we.Plenty going on this month, Abba holograms, Clock Hoof, tiger grief, and some pretty terrific beers from Billericay.There's been a fire down…
S2E10 Episode 22. Phobias, Clock Shoe, Severance, Cakewalk, UFOs
Some minor technical difficulties can’t keep a good pod down.Episode 22 of Reclining Pair out now.We cover Phobias, Clock-Shoe, Severance, Nut Dust.Nina’s “Cakewalk” quiz is a beauty.CLOCK SHOE will…
S2E9 Episode 21. Crisps, looting, Wolf Hall, Iceland, cat soup.
…. and then there were three.We cover Supermarkets, looting, Wolf Hall, cat soup, all the latest local news, and Buckers’ first quiz appearance as my new full-time co conspirator is a crisp packet…
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Reclining Pair has published 40 episodes since May 2023, covering topics in Comedy, Health & Fitness.
Reclining Pair is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 1h 3m.
