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16 August 2016updated 03 Aug 2021 3:46pm

SRSLY #55: Fleabag / The BFG / Naked Attraction

On the pop culture podcast this week: BBC Three’s Fleabag, Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of The BFG, and Channel 4 dating show Naked Attraction.

By Caroline Crampton

This is SRSLY, the pop culture podcast from the New Statesman. Here, you can find links to all the things we talk about in the show as well as a bit more detail about who we are and where else you can find us online.

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SRSLY is usually hosted by Caroline Crampton and Anna Leszkiewicz, the NS’s web editor and editorial assistant. We’re on Twitter as @c_crampton and @annaleszkie, where between us we post a heady mixture of Serious Journalism, excellent gifs and regularly ask questions J K Rowling needs to answer.

The Links

Fleabag

All the episodes on iPlayer.

One of the few reviews that actually got what the show is about ie not a remake of Bridget Jones’ Diary.

The BFG

The trailer.

The 1989 animated film.

Naked Attraction

The show on Channel 4.

Anna’s piece about nudity on TV.

For next time

Anna is watching All Creatures Great and Small.

If you’d like to talk to us about the podcast or make a suggestion for something we should read or cover, you can email srslypod[at]gmail.com.

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Our theme music is “Guatemala – Panama March” (by Heftone Banjo Orchestra), licensed under Creative Commons. 

See you next week!

PS If you missed #54, check it out here.

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