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SRSLY #35: The Night Manager, Alice Isn’t Dead, Benny & Joon

On the pop culture podcast this week, we chat fictional podcast serial Alice Isn't Dead, BBC thriller The Night Manager, and 1993 romcom Benny & Joon.

By Caroline Crampton

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SRSLY is 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

(02:26) Alice Isn’t Dead

The first episode.

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The NYT on fiction podcasts as a booming industry.

The episode of SRSLY where we talk about Welcome to Night Vale.

(11:02) The Night Manager

All the episodes so far on iPlayer.

Rachel Cooke’s review of the programme.

(23:35) Benny & Joon

The trailer.

Roger Ebert’s original review of the film.

Next week:

Anna is watching A Little Chaos.

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PS If you missed #34, check it out here.

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