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Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth

More Rosebud - Gyles's Diary episode 43

6/16/202652 min

It's 1976, and we have more hilarity, honesty, and social commentary from Gyles's diaries. In this episode he shares a stage with Bernard Manning and some go-go dancers, publishes a cheeky book about the Queen, and fires the nanny. Plus Gyles and Harriet chat about love at first sight and John Keats. Enjoy this!

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Clips

Firing the 'Disaster' Nanny
Love at First Sight Letter
Bernard Manning's Colourful Compliment
Keats, Gloves & The Male Gaze
Have We All Dumbed Down?

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Gyles Brandreth· Host0:02

    [upbeat piano music] Welcome to another episode of More Rosebud. This is, well, where you get more of me, and you get some of my friend, my colleague, my producer, Harriet Jane. How are you, Harriet?

  2. Harriet Jaine· Host0:31

    I'm fine, thanks, Gyles.

  3. Gyles Brandreth· Host0:33

    I'm going to give people a little bit of a secret, give away something, because they're hearing this, if they're hearing it for the first time on the day it's dropped, on a Tuesday morning.

  4. Harriet Jaine· Host0:42

    Mm.

  5. Gyles Brandreth· Host0:43

    But we're actually recording it a few days before, 'cause I'm going to be reading from my diary.

  6. Harriet Jaine· Host0:47

    Mm.

  7. Gyles Brandreth· Host0:48

    And I was going to say, well, what a marvelous weekend I've just had, because among my many excitements this weekend was attending Trooping the Colour.

  8. Harriet Jaine· Host0:57

    Mm.

  9. Gyles Brandreth· Host0:58

    Which is the- So lucky. Yeah. And I'm, I sit in the commentary box with one of our wonderful previous guests, the amazing...

  10. Harriet Jaine· Host1:07

    Clare Balding ...

  11. Gyles Brandreth· Host1:09

    and a marvelous soldier, um, who is from the Grenadier Guards- Mm ... who are this year Trooping the Colour with the King and the Queen and all the rest of the royal family. And then I thought, "No, I can't say how wonderful that was," 'cause it hasn't happened yet.

  12. Harriet Jaine· Host1:23

    Oh, I see.

  13. Gyles Brandreth· Host1:24

    Just in case, for some reason, I'm sure it wouldn't be, but just in case it was canceled.

  14. Harriet Jaine· Host1:28

    Mm.

  15. Gyles Brandreth· Host1:29

    Or, you know,

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