Garlic & Pearls

By: Muriel Zagha and Suzanne Raine
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  • Summary

  • Suzanne and Muriel examine a series of very different things – from a film to a kitchen utensil, a model train to a bar of soap – that define British or French attitudes, each explaining her cultural background to the other and trying to get to the essence of what makes the British British and the French French.

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    Muriel Zagha and Suzanne Raine
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Social Sciences
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Episodes
  • Donkey Skin

    Donkey Skin
    Nov 1 2024
    In which Muriel tells Suzanne about a favourite children’s film involving dead donkeys, incest and psychedelia, and Suzanne wonders a little at the wisdom of French parents.

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    56 mins
  • Halloween

    Halloween
    Oct 25 2024
    As we transition from harvest to winter, Suzanne leads Muriel back into the mists of time and elicits the origins of Halloween: the mumming and guising of Celtic Samhain, a host of Catholic saints, queens and kings, and, of course, witches and witchfinders...

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Playing Cards

    Playing Cards
    Oct 18 2024
    In which Suzanne gives Muriel carte blanche to reveal the French origins of the ‘jeu de cartes’, and Muriel lays all her cards on the table and wonders: were playing cards devised by a French knight as a tribute to his lady? How best to cheat at piquet? Why is it impossible for the ace of spades to look chic?

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    57 mins

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