Season 1

A Merry Christmas to all our listeners. In this fun festive episode, coming to you from the convivial Devereux pub in Middle Temple, the ever popular Mark Mason and Patrick Kidd regale Tam and Geoff with jolly tales of Christmas past and present.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

In this very special episode Tam and Geoff ride out to the balmy heights of Hampstead to meet the wonderful theatrical dame Maureen Lipman who regales them with delightfully amusing stories about her long and glittering life in London as an actress, wife and mother. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

Join us at the Champion pub in Fitzrovia for an entertaining chat with writer, journalist, diarist, raconteur and all round sportsman Patrick Kidd as we discuss cricket, W.G Grace, Victorian heroes, Blackheath world firsts, real tennis and what makes a good obituary… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...

In this episode Tam and Geoff go to the tavern in Clerkenwell where Lenin met Stalin for the first time - allegedly - to meet renowned author and historian Giles Milton who tells us all about Stalin and how the British and Americans persuaded him to enter the Second World War, the origins of MI6 and...

In this rather special episode Tam and Geoff and the team travel way outside their comfort zone to the wilds of Romford to meet top London cabbie David Styles, who teaches them about the perils of being a zookeeper’s son, how to succeed at the Knowledge, what to do with a drunk in the back of your c...

In this very pubby themed episode Tam and Geoff are joined by Clare Button who, amongst her many talents and occupations, is a pub tour guide and who gives us invaluable insights into some of London's most historic pubs and their famous clients, ghosts, William Shakespeare, Polly the Parrot and much...

Our special guest for this episode is the 695th Lord Mayor of London, Professor Michael Mainelli, who gives us a fascinating insight into the history and workings of the City of London - and why he is an enthusiastic flaneur.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Expect plenty of name dropping when Tam and Geoff chat with Henry Williams, formerly of the Evening Standard’s Londoner’s Diary, along with some serious fact dropping as we welcome back No 1 guest Mark Mason.. do you know what the City’s earliest known financial transaction was? Hosted on Acast. See...

Join us for this new edition of TimeTable London when we go to the Old Dr Butler’s Head in Masons Avenue in the City of London to meet Laura Miller, Clerk to the Chamberlain’s Court, who will be telling us all about the Freedom of the City of London, how to become one, what it involves and, of cours...

Coming to you from the Edgar Wallace pub in Essex Street near Middle Temple special guest and top tour guide Katie Wignall (Look Up London) holds Tam, Geoff and Jess spellbound with tales of tunnels, trains and TVPs (you’ll have to listen to find out what they are), the terrors of the Blue Badge Gui...