Rosie and Jessica's Day of Fun

If there’s one thing we both love, it’s a quiz. If there’s two things we love, it’s a quiz and Hallmark movies. In this episode, Quizmaster Rosie shares two Hallmark quizzes she wrote in lockdown, most of which is still relevant.

Snacks! Jessica’s got ’em. This episode was recorded in late October 2023, just before Rosie actually moved house (which she may have mentioned once or twice…) It’s still nice! Enjoy! You can listen online or through all good podcatchers. This week’s songsJessica picked Sheena is a Punk Rocker by The Ramones, while Rosie went for Talking Head’s And … Continue reading Episode 5: Jessica Made Snacks

That’s right! Rosie is now reaching the kind of heights that many seven year olds can only dream of. She also went to a thousand gigs but they don’t represent personal growth. Jessica is also present. You can listen online or through all good podcatchers. This week’s songsJessica picked Vampire by Olivia Rodrigo, while Rosie went for … Continue reading Episode 4: Rosie Learnt to Ride a Bike

Hi Barbies! Rosie and Jessica went to see the corporate feminism juggernaut that is Barbie and loved it tbh. Also Rosie’s house is infested with flesh flies, a phrase so horrible we simply had to share it with you. Skip to 26:59 to avoid Barbie spoilers! You can listen online or through all good podcatchers. … Continue reading Episode 3: We saw Barbie

In another literal Day of Fun, Rosie and Jessica (and their parents) went to see Newsies and Jessica’s Show Stop curse continued spreading across theatres both modern, Victorian and outside. You can listen online or through all good podcatchers. This week’s songsJessica picked Waffle House by Jonas Brothers, while Rosie went for Charly Bliss’ Blown to Bits. Playlists … Continue reading Episode 2: We went to see Newsies

In Series 2, Rosie and Jessica are back and better than ever. You’re right, that is a ten year long first series! Still counts. Rosie and Jessica went to Disneyland. Then they went again. In between that, Rosie got a cat. Jessica planted a garden. How do we do this again?

In Episode 145, Rosie and Jessica tell you everything they plan to do in a season that is almost over. You see, Rosie's old laptop, the Edit Booth 3000, died to death and the episode had to be liberated from within it. It's liberated now and look, autumn's autumn, maybe we're just very early for … Continue reading Episode 145: Things to do in (very late) autumn

In episode 144, Rosie and Jessica have both boiled in a heatwave (thanks climate change)! They made their grand return to YALC and run down the books they bought and how Rosie quite heroically didn't give Jessica the coronavirus she was in fact incubating during their trip. Good times all round! You can listen online … Continue reading Episode 144: Covid and Conventions

In episode 143, Rosie and Jessica are just normal men, innocent men. They’ve celebrated Rex Manning Day, been on holiday again, and established an absolutely astonishing snack drawer. Then there’s a discussion of a play that gets us closer to an explicit rating than we’ve ever been before. What do you mean, normal men? (This … Continue reading Episode 143: Messing About in (More) Boats

In episode 142, Rosie and Jessica dive into some noughties nostalgia in accidental tribute to their review of Pixar’s Turning Red which, unsurprisingly, they loved. If you know where we can hug a giant red panda, please say. Rosie accidentally recorded her audio in the corridor of a submarine so apologies for that; she has … Continue reading Episode 142: Turning Red and 00s Nostalgia

Rosie and Jessica have been (inconsistently) podcasting for TEN YEARS. To celebrate, they revisit their second ever Top 5 and update you with their new, official, in no particular order sitcoms. You can listen online or through all good podcatchers. Rosie and Jessica badges are now available in our shop! OUR FACES ON YOUR SHIRTS … Continue reading Episode 141: Tenth Birthday of Fun

It is absolutely flippin’ freezing in London right now so let’s hop back in the Day of Fun time machine to 2013, when we ran our Top 5 things about winter drawing in. Winter draw(er)s on and all that! You can listen online or through all good podcatchers. Rosie and Jessica badges are now available … Continue reading Yesterday of Fun – Episode 32: Fireworks and Hobbies

In episode 140, Rosie and Jessica have been on holiday! Hear about their high octane exploits, going at 4mph in a canal boat. It’s like Fast and Furious but if Vin Diesel were in a cagoule. You can listen online or through all good podcatchers. Rosie and Jessica badges are now available in our shop! … Continue reading Episode 140: Messing About in Boats

In episode 139, Rosie and Jessica have still not done a huge amount (and yet it took Rosie literal months to edit the episode. Rosie has found deeply suspicious DVD boxsets in her house which is what she will be blaming for the terrible audio quality in this episode (sorry.) Where does this fall on … Continue reading Episode 139: Pigeons and Twists

Join us on a trip back to 2019 and a review of some summer movies, including one with a tiny detective hat PLUS occasional segment, Now It's Time for Gina's Transport Opinions! You can listen to it on iTunes or online This week’s songsJessica picked I Hear Them All by Old Crow Medicine Show, while Rosie went … Continue reading Yesterday of Fun: Episode 121: Thick Shreds and Lasagne Pans

In episode 138, Rosie and Jessica have…well, still not much, but a little! Rosie has moved house and got fully vaxxed and made chilli. Jessica has sown a lot of seeds. They also discover that some long-running mystery series are better than others and that your local library won’t have them all anyway. You can … Continue reading Episode 138: Squish and Sails

Let’s hop back to 2018 and episode 106 when Rosie and Jessica reviewed the multi-hyphenated revenge-comedy-drama-western The Dressmaker. There were plenty of recommendations in What Have We Seen This Week, all of which I have since forgotten so all seem new to me. You can listen online or through all good podcatchers. This week’s songsJessica … Continue reading Yesterday of Fun – Episode 106: Opera and Daffodils

In episode 137, Rosie and Jessica have…watched television? It’s all gone – briefly – wrong for Rosie but Jessica’s been to her allotment and dared to start a series without telling Rosie first. As you might be able to guess, we really miss the outside world. You can listen online or through all good podcatchers. … Continue reading Episode 137: Nostrils and Mochi

We’re stepping back into the podcast time machine this week and visiting 2015 which, quite frankly, sounds great. Back in Episode 51, Rosie and Jessica were celebrating three years of podcasting with their Top 5 Sisters (you see, Rosie and Jessica are sisters so it all makes sense.) Honestly I’m just reeling thinking about 2015. … Continue reading Yesterday of Fun – Episode 51: Nuns and Pi

In episode 136, Rosie and Jessica are united in the very same room in which they recorded their first episode (and some of the very same audio quality.) They take a listener question as an opportunity to go in deep on that best of meals, the tea tray. You can listen online or through all … Continue reading Episode 136: Chair Friends and Trays

In episode 135, Rosie and Jessica see in the new(-ish) year with an overview of what they’ve been up to (little), what television they’ve been watching (lots) and how many lockdowns they’ve been in (as of writing, three.) You can listen online or through all good podcatchers. This week’s songsJessica picked Now or Never by … Continue reading Episode 135: Fast Hair and Rituals

We’re scrolling through the archives this week back to 2015, when we brought you the best movies to watch on a gloomy autumnal afternoon. Also Rosie had cleaned her hoover filters which somehow made the first line of the intro back then. As ever, simpler times. You can listen online or through all good podcatchers. … Continue reading Yesterday of Fun…Episode 67: Sloths and Bears

In episode 134, Rosie and Jessica do a relatively timely review of the Netflix movie, Enola Holmes. Autumn has rolled in, birthdays are to be had, and caterpillars are eaten. You can listen online or through all good podcatchers. This week’s songsJessica picked Tied to the 90s by Travis, while Rosie went for the McGarrigle … Continue reading Episode 134: Corsets and Colins

Jessica is on the home stretch of her Masters Dissertation this week (g’wannnn) so we’re hopping back into the archives, this time to 2018 and another week when the Pumpkin Spice Latte returned to British shores. Also, look at Peter Kavinsky, erstwhile Twitter boyfriend. You can listen online or through all good podcatchers. This week’s … Continue reading Yesterday of Fun…Episode 115: Scrapbooks and Ravioli

We’re hopping back in the time machine this week to 2014, where in another early September, a man disrupted a nation by putting a baked alaska in a bin. Simpler times. You can listen online or through all good podcatchers. This week’s songsJessica has been playing Shine On You Crazy Diamond by Pink Floyd, while … Continue reading Yesterday of Fun…Episode 43: Biscuits and Eggs

In episode 133, Rosie and Jessica may be succumbing to sweating sickness. I cannot tell you how much 100% bonko audio I cut. Rosie has too many potatoes. Jessica has a wall chart. A cotton romper had little ducky buttons. You can listen online or through all good podcatchers. This week’s songsJessica picked Share Your … Continue reading Episode 133: Stuff and Nonsense

In episode 132, Rosie and Jessica discuss how to be a good guest (pineapples) and what is and what isn’t camp (pineapples – pretty camp.) There’s a mysterious model boat which sounds exactly like a plot point in an episode of Murder, She Wrote. You can listen online or through all good podcatchers. This week’s … Continue reading Episode 132: Pineapples and the Purge

In honour of the Hamilton movie hitting Disney+, we’re hopping back to 2016 for this week’s Yesterday of Fun for our Hamilton special which, my god, somehow manages to still have Flap My Jack mentioned. You can listen online or through all good podcatchers. Sara Grant’s new book Chasing Danger is out now! We loved … Continue reading Yesterday of Fun…Episode 77: Bursars and Stereo – A Hamilton Special

In episode 131, Rosie and Jessica somehow get distracted from the goings-on in the world at large and instead talk about how to scam your way through a university-level Latin exam. That’s kind of it. All of our Patreon takings from June are being donated to Black Lives Matter UK. You can listen online or … Continue reading Episode 131: Scams and Exams

Jessica has some essay deadlines this week so we’re hopping back into the archive. As RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 12 has just wrapped up, we’re looking back to 2018 and Episode 111, where we discussed the end of Season 10 and, some would say, predicted the post Drag Race career of one Vanessa Vanjie Matea. … Continue reading Yesterday of Fun…Episode 111: Spectacles and Hairpins

In episode 130, Rosie and Jessica thank you for being a friend. Home haircuts have taken place, knitting is going appallingly and why not just go and rewatch Ghosts for a bit? You can listen online or through all good podcatchers. This week’s songsJessica picked Lonely Alone by Sheryl Crow & Willie Nelson, while Rosie … Continue reading Episode 130: Outtakes and Cookies

In episode 129, Rosie and Jessica are afflicted by pollen and also by not pressing record at the start of the episode. Virtual parties have been attended, bonnets have been constructed and bananas have been smuggled into brownies. You can listen online or through all good podcatchers. This week’s songsJessica picked You’ll Get By by … Continue reading Episode 129: Pollen and Ponyo

In episode 128, Rosie and Jessica take you through some very basic self care, all the way from trimming the hair round your ears to having a wee. This week we’re watching television from 22 years ago and are grateful to baked potatoes. (Rosie’s recommendation this week, Buyer and Cellar, was only available for 72 … Continue reading Episode 128: Potatoes and Trims

In episode 127, Rosie and Jessica have celebrated that most important of spring festivals, Rex Manning Day. Oh, also Easter. Rosie saw someone she know and Jessica has worn socks. All important things. You can listen online or through all good podcatchers. This week’s songsJessica picked Kiss Me Deadly by Lita Ford, while Rosie went … Continue reading Episode 127: Crumbs and Jumpers

In episode 126, Rosie and Jessica, though thinking they hadn’t done much, had actually witnessed brave and valiant journeys to the supermarket. Also Rosie shaved her head. Lot of supermarket chat this week, you have been warned. You can listen online or through all good podcatchers. This week’s songsJessica picked Yours and Mine by Fountains … Continue reading Episode 126: Supermarkets & Scalps

In episode 125, Rosie and Jessica haven’t done a whole bunch to be honest. Rosie has tried one push up. Jessica has witnessed sunlight. Rosie also went deep in on Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness. What else is there to do?? You can listen online or through all good podcatchers. This week’s songsJessica picked … Continue reading Episode 125: Tigers and Push Ups

In episode 124, Rosie and Jessica, look, well, they’re back on schedule but the schedule of the world has become a lot more chaotic so there is quite a lot of stuff in here that sounds super dated. Anyway, there’s also a review of the film Troop Zero, available on a streaming service near you. … Continue reading Episode 124: Tumbles and Towels

In lieu of this week’s normal episode, we’re recommending some ways to pass the time indoors because if there’s one thing we specialise in, it’s cosy media and staying indoors. You can listen online or through all good podcatchers Brad and Claire “make” doughnuts. Plumbella plays The Sims Medieval. Some previous episodes of ours! Our … Continue reading Rosie and Jessica’s Stay at Home of Fun

In episode 123, Rosie and Jessica somehow maybe broke their podcast feed – maybe through neglect? – but are back with an episode that catches you up on frankly very little. Luckily, for any moment of need, there’s Joan. You can listen online or through all good podcatchers [powerpress_player] This week’s songsJessica picked Africa by … Continue reading Episode 123: Mantraps and Balms

In episode 122, Rosie and Jessica are back after a long break although not as long a break as you’ve had. There have been international trips, house moves, and action franchise spin offs that are only tangentially related to cars. And it’s two-for-two with returning feature, Now It’s Time for Gina’s Transport Opinions! You can … Continue reading Episode 122: Steamers and Paperclips

It’s time for another dip back into the archives! We’re going back to 2016 to listen to Episode 78: Smileys and Smash. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt had returned for a second season and we were extolling the virtues of school dinners in a Top 5 Dinner Lady Foods. You can listen to it on iTunes or … Continue reading Yesterday of Fun…Episode 78: Smileys and Smash

In episode 121, Rosie and Jessica welcome back Top 5s with another overly specific one about food. There have been lots of cinema trips and some of them have included tiny detective hats. And – what’s this? another feature! Now It’s Time for Gina’s Transport Opinions! You can listen to it on iTunes or online This week’s … Continue reading Episode 121: Thick Shreds and Lasagne Pans

We’re heading back into the archives with Episode 56 from 2015. Rosie was writing an essay on The Wizard of Oz and was totally unable to talk about anything else, except for sticky toffee puddings. Luckily Jessica was on hand to talk us through her many cakes (and keep things on track.) You can listen … Continue reading Yesterday of Fun…Episode 56: Toffee and Maths

In episode 120, Rosie and Jessica are quickly derailed by Rosie’s twin obsessions: denim and scams. Once Rosie’s got those – and curséd pom pom creatures – out of her system, Jessica takes us through the many books she’s read during work hours. Rosie meanwhile has been knitting on the job although her job technically … Continue reading Episode 120: Bonnets and Scams

We’re taking another dip into the archives with a Yesterday of Fun from 2017. Back then, Jessica was entering a period of funemployment that mainly consisted of shredding. There was a late review of the movie Austenland and Rosie was eating a lot of Nobbly Bobblys. You can listen to it on iTunes or online here: This … Continue reading Yesterday of Fun…Episode 95: Shredders and Funemployment

In episode 119, Rosie and Jessica celebrate their (belated) seventh podcast birthday! Luckily they do not become stuck in a time loop as they discuss Netflix’s new show, Russian Doll and get caught up on various parties, plays and potential trips to IKEA. You can listen to it on iTunes or online here: This week’s songs Jessica … Continue reading Episode 119: Sweet Birthday Babies

Rosie and Jessica are on an asynchronous schedules so, to save you from a podcast-less existence, we’ll be diving back into the archives to hear some Yesterdays of Fun. Today we’ll be looking back to 2013 and Episode 21: Trumpets and Pop Tarts, in which Jessica moves house and Rosie is hoovering a crevasse. You … Continue reading Yesterday of Fun… Episode 21: Trumpets and Pop Tarts

In episode 118, Rosie and Jessica have been inundated with cinematic spiders. They’ve been catching up on lots of television (Killing Eve), movies (see above) and stand-up (see above that) over the Christmas break. Rosie’s got a shop, Jessica’s got a new job and everyone likes dumplings. You can listen to it on iTunes or online here:  … Continue reading Episode 118: Dumplings and Possums

It’s here again the annual Christmas Eve reading of Clement C. Moore’s Twas the Night Before Christmas by Rosie and Jessica’s dad. This is its sixth outing and we hope it is as much a part of your Christmas as it as of ours. You can support Operation Get Festive this year by donating to … Continue reading Operation Get Festive: Christmas Eve 2018

In episode 117, Rosie and Jessica make a triumphant return to the studio to catch up on the events of the past few months. There have been holidays, business purchases, the ruin of a once great nation and our favourite formerly dead horny raccoon. Plus our annual fundraiser for Crisis at Christmas which you can … Continue reading Episode 117: Holidays and Handcarts

In Episode 116 and a half…well, Rosie and Jessica haven’t been able to come to the mic much. In lieu of our normally schedule programming, here is a peek behind the curtain at our Patreon with the bonus episode that some of our supporters received for Autumn 2016. We play at being hot shot tv … Continue reading Episode 116.5: Cut, Print, Emmy!