Ripping Yarn. Top stuff.
I came across this on Saturday night. It is now Sunday afternoon. I have listened to it twice already, and I will listen again and again with delight and guffaws. That speaks for the excellent quality. Now to the meat of it. There are simply not enough British comedy-drama podcasts out there. It’s a genre Britain does so well in general; dry, ironic humour, sudden drops of dramatic tension. Why has the podverse not caught afire with it?! For this example, my pretty, burns, oh, so very bright, indeed. How to describe it? Try electro-steam-punk. An alternative universe where Victorian London sprawls as far as Oxford, subsuming all within its encroaching embrace. Run on radiated Tesla-style electricity, ruled by a clockwork cyborg of a queen, menaced by threats from deep within its corridors of power, annoyed by over-charging, over-chatty cab drivers. A detective, a journalist, a murder mystery that could topple Parliament.
Kate Onyett via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 07/01/18
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#audiodramasunday! One of the things I love about #staycation is that it gives me the opportunity to catch up on #audiodrama! I finally got to listen to the complete 1st season of #Victoriocity. It is an alternate history of #Victorian London called Even Greater London. The writing feels like if...Read full review »
msttleong13 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 05/14/18
This is my jam. Love the sound, love the pace, love the acting, love the writing.
Sassquachcomics via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 12/23/17
I highly recommend this podcast, seriously hope there is a second series to come! Be prepared to laugh out loud in public!! (I wasn't ashamed when listening on my way to and from work.) The comedy is impeccable with layers of nuance and style set in an imaginative and immersive world, with...Read full review »
Lillian Hyrst via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 01/22/18
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