Podcast 4: London to Brighton (1903-present) versus Sexboat

Hello. We at Versus Sexboat have done one of those accidental podcasts. Inspired entirely by the heady whiff of the boozer and the dazzlingly unfortunate coincidence that London to Brighton in 4 minutes was rated 7.0 on IMDb.com for about 20 seconds last night, we got the microphone out quick sharp and then when we'd found the cable, plugged it in and did a podcod. This is not to say that it is half-arsed. The Versus Sexboat crew is made up of a born-and-bred Brightonian, an almost entirely bred Brightonian and Betsy, who has lived in Brighton for 5 years and has ALSO LIVED IN LONDON. This leaves us ideally placed to pass judgement on sped-up films of train journeys from London Victoria Station to Brighton Station, which is in Brighton.



So, hardened by local pride, sugar and some alcohol, we watched a selection of these classic railway adventures before subjecting them to our now-legendary Five Characteristics of a Good Film test to determine if they could teach Sexboat a thing or two. In the end, they ended up teaching us all a thing or two ABOUT OURSELVES, about each other and quite a lot about Dotmund that no-one wanted to know.

The original notes for the apology, which Betsy refused to read for an almost infinite number
of very good reasons. Note also apology about Striding's car, later abandoned

The key source material here was the 1953 BBC television interlude film, which you can watch in all its glory here, but also a film of the same journey in 1903 and another more recent one. Our films therefore spanned over a hundred years of British history, two world wars and one world cup and all that. All that in just under 15 minutes! Compare that to Sexboat (1980), which only seems like it spans more than a hundred years. Which will prevail? Which one will win the coveted Sex category? And which way does your erection point? Find out now in the next 39 minutes of your actual life.