MOURINHO EPISODE 1: Reviewed!
We’re sorry! Because we’re NOT a football podcast and the world cup is LONG GONE and yet … here we are again! We are honestly kind of confused. A Chelsea fan and a Manchester United fan started a podcast about culture a few years ago but sometimes … football just gets a hold of us! It’s a lot! It is childhood and nostalgia and the art of the sport and the soap opera and characters and drama of it all. It is storytelling! It is dudes hanging out with the apparatus of a game to justify it … hmm sounds just like this podcast I d̶o̶ enjoy.
I know that as much as we are a competitive game-show at heart … we are lovers, not fighters! So why do we keep interrupting the summer of love with all this fussing and feuding and football!! Well variety is the spice of life isn’t it, much like Variety Video was once the spice of North Harrow high street. And that is what you come to us for really, whether you know it or not: every week is an unexpected shout. We’ll go from weeks of lovey dovey stuff to something crazy, a magazine to the Grammys (still a few months left of 2026 from what I can tell!), a short story to a documentary about artists! It’s everything. How haven’t we reviewed an art exhibition yet? A play? Surely we will eventually cover every inch of the artistic tapestry that is our culture. Or as Homer Simpson once said: “Marge, please! I enjoy all the meats of our cultural stew.”
Watch the entire Mourinho series! But start here, with episode 1: https://www.netflix.com/watch/81771561
The Guardian didn’t think this documentary was incredible: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/aug/11/mourinho-review-if-he-didnt-want-to-open-up-maybe-he-shouldnt-have-starred-in-a-docuseries
The filmmakers behind the documentary were interviewed by the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/aug/18/jose-mourinho-netflix-series-director-interview-joe-pearlman
The director of the doc spoke to TalkSport:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEjJ2x7Yb9s
The director and producer (the interview I refer to most on the show) both spoke to a channel called awards heaven. I really enjoyed it! Christopher shared his thoughts about the interview off pod, unfortunately. So only I will ever know them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlR-6btbw8E
Christopher’s sole fest mention (for now) was Zach Thompson. Which led to a long chat on the plight of the balladeer (!) influenced by Bob Dylan. A pretty tidy cold open followed by *dozens* of minutes without mentioning Mourinho. Then we got excited talking about Mourinho. Should have started earlier then! Now we’re doing the kind of strategic post-game debrief they show you in the ALL OR NOTHING shows. CCCAH companion pod where we watch back/critique the show the day after? Oh yeah, song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkZwqlu-l5k
Lol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkZwqlu-l5k
I'm still wondering if a certain SPECIAL someone who expressed an interest in following along with a bit of the footie after the World Cup might start, I don’t know … picking a team … Marseille maybe … United … or hey, joining me on a wonderful journey supporting Chelsea! It is a new season, sure, but let the summer of love continue ...
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Special FAVE MOMENT FROM THE POD RECORD note for VIP read-the-whole-show-notes-members only: When Christopher and I remembered we both watched the 2010 Champions League final between Inter Milan and Bayern at The Junction! It is a lovely pub in Harrow that sure is getting a lot of our business this week. Have they ever been reviewed by brew.ding? Check them out here: https://www.thejunctionharrow.co.uk/
SPOILERS BELOW FOR NEXT WEEK: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074rc0/the-thick-of-it-series-1-episode-1
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