In this episode, we’ll be looking at how disappointing it is when public figures we like and admire become part of the establishment. That is, when they accept so-called honours such as knighthoods and OBEs.

Why does this bother us? It's complicated, nuanced, thorny.

Our special guest is the writer, author, artist, and pop culture historian Justin Lewis, who joins series regulars David Myers and Sprite Kirkwood.

Clips used in this episode

Armando Iannucci

Brennan Lee Mulligan

Music used in this episode

This Is Not a Song, It’s an Outburst: Or, The Establishment Blues by Rodriguez

Cripple Creek by Billy Connolly

Play With Fire by The Andrew Oldham Orchestra

The Day Today by Chris Morris and Jonathan Whitehead

Live From Her Majesty’s by Harry Rabinowitz

Song for Guy by Elton John

Shangri-La by The Kinks

Thanks, as always, to Dan Jackson for mixing our theme tune.

We would love to hear all about your own disappointments, no matter how big or small, so please feel free to contact us at So Disappointed.

So Disappointed is written, produced, edited and hosted by Wendy Jordan and Paul Whitelaw.

In the first episode of series two, we’ll be looking at what may well be the greatest, most crushing disappointment of all - the future. It's finally arrived and, well, it's not great is it?

Our future-shocked guests are psychologist David Myers, film critic Eddie Harrison, writer, podcaster and TV historian Tim Worthington, and actor Sprite Kirkwood.

Our theme tune was mixed by musician Dan Jackson.

Music used in this episode

Introit by Boards of Canada

Everyday Hazards by The Advisory Circle

Wildspot by Belbury Poly

Interlude (For Delia Derbyshire) by Kinder

The Old Schoolhouse by The Advisory Circle

Manège by Lasry-Baschet

Tomorrow’s World by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Orbit Aurora by Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan

Tomorrow’s World by Richard Denton & Martin Cook

Karma Chameleon by Culture Club

Temptation by New Order

Tomorrow's World by Paul Hart

Cantalus by Belbury Poly

Hocusing for Beginners by The Advisory Circle

The Free Life (A) by Alan Parker (not that one)

Five Years by David Bowie

We All Stand Together by Paul McCartney

Clips used in this episode

Tip Toe by Russell T. Davies

Future Shock

Virtuosity

Look Around You

Walt Disney

We would love to hear all about your own disappointments, no matter how big or small, so please feel free to contact us at So Disappointed.

So Disappointed is written, produced, edited and hosted by Wendy Jordan and Paul Whitelaw.

In this, the final episode of our current series, we’ll be looking at The Phantom Menace, a film that almost instantly became shorthand for a kind of cataclysmic pop culture disappointment against which all others are measured. And that’s quite an achievement, you have to admit.

Our guests are psychologist David Myers, film critic Eddie Harrison, writer, blogger and cultural commentator Alex-Mell Taylor, and actor Sprite Kirkwood.

This episode also features contributions from...

@jameschristopher.bsky.social

@kariebookish.bsky.social

@wormito.bsky.social

@marmk.bsky.social

Our theme tune was mixed by musician Dan Jackson.

Music used in this episode

The Phantom Menace Soundtrack by John Williams

Goodnight, But Not Goodbye by Bea Arthur from The Star Wars Holiday Special

Clips used in this episode

Spaced

We would love to hear all about your own disappointments, no matter how big or small, so please feel free to contact us at: So Disappointed

So Disappointed is written, produced, edited and hosted by Wendy Jordan and Paul Whitelaw.