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6 February 2018updated 09 Jun 2021 8:26am

SRSLY #130: Phantom Thread / The End of the F***ing World / Craith

On the pop culture podcast this week: Phantom Thread, the dark TV comedy The End of the F***ing World and the Welsh language detective drama Craith.

By Caroline Crampton

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Phantom Thread

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The trailer.

The real life couturiers who inspired the film.

The End of the F***ing World

The show on All4.

Anna’s piece about it.

Craith

The show on BBC iPlayer.

An interview with its star.

Anna’s piece from 2016 about pop culture’s obsession with kidnap narratives.

Book club

For our 27 February book club episode, we are reading The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton. Order it in print here or as an audiobook on Audible here.

Tweet us on #srslybookclub to tell us your thoughts as you read, and send us a voice memo with your review of the book at srslypod@gmail.com.

For next time: 

We are watching Over the Garden Wall.

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See you next week!

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