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THE PODSUADERS: Ep.1 - Overture

Season 6, Ep. 32
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Hello, and welcome to THE PODSUADERS! - a podcast celebrating the Golden Age of ITC drama. Hosted by the man who speaks seven languages and only uses them to order cocktails – John Rain.


And the man born with a silver spoon in his mouth but just licks jam from it – Stephen Graham.


We’ll be diving deep into some of the best episodes of Lew Grade’s high-quality big-budget acid trips, globetrotting and carousing our way through some of the continent’s best gambling dens and nightspots, which may either be on a genuine location shoot in Cannes or Borehamwood High Street in February.


And in our first episode, we’ll be picked up by a wealthy elderly bachelor in need of some sensitive assistance as we look at ‘Overture’, the first episode of The Persuaders!

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