The Rest Is Entertainment

Marina Hyde and Richard Osman tackle the RTS Convention in a special edition of The Rest is Entertainment

Richard Osman and Marina Hyde talk onstage at the RTS London Convention, beneath a large screen displaying a live feed of Osman

After 11 compelling sessions featuring British TV royalty, not forgetting the charming David Beckham and Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy’s maiden voyage at an RTS event, it was time to spool back on some of the convention’s most memorable moments.

Who better to sum up a day of high-powered TV talk than the hosts of the must-listen media podcast The Rest Is Entertainment, Marina Hyde and Richard Osman?

The dynamic duo began at the beginning. Their verdict on Ted Sarandos’s opening session? “He loves Britain, he wants to look after Britain,” pronounced Hyde. 

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I’m sure it was brainstormed with tongue in cheek but, after commandeering the topics of history, politics, money, football and now entertainment, Goalhanger’s ever­expanding The Rest Is… franchise is threatening to consume the entire top 10 on the podcast chart.