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21 November 2017updated 03 Aug 2021 8:23am

SRSLY #120: Motherland / Ingrid Goes West / Robin of Sherwood

On the pop culture podcast this week: the BBC sitcom Motherland, the instagram satire film Ingrid Goes West and the 1984 TV drama Robin of Sherwood.

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 hosted by Caroline Crampton and Anna Leszkiewicz, the NS’s head of podcasts and pop culture writer. 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

Motherland

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(0:33-10:54)

The programme on the BBC iPlayer.

Anna’s piece on whether Motherland is the British answer to American “bad parenting” comedies.

Ingrid Goes West

(discussion 13:43-25:54, spoilers from 21:00-24:46)

The trailer.

The New Statesman review.

Robin of Sherwood

(26:00-32:32)

The first episode.

A 30-year retrospective about the show.

For next time:

We are watching The Good Place.

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See you next week!

PS If you missed #119, check it out here.

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