Show Notes: S05, E03 - Why is My Son Drifting Away?
In this week's episode, Alan Partridge helps us get planning permission, Napoleon saves a failing friendship, and U2 help one listener stop his son from drifting away forever.
Here's all the art we recommended.
(Art we only mentioned in passing, and never intended as a problem-solving recommendation, is in italics.)
Underlined items are this week's top picks from each of our presenters. If you're only going to try one of the pieces of art we mentioned, try these ones first.
Books
- Big Beacon - Alan Partridge
- The Psychopath Test - Jon Ronson
- So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed - Jon Ronson
- The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read - Philippa Perry
Films / TV
- The Mighty Boosh
- The Office
- Disturbia
- Rear Window
- Mega Structures
- Doctor Who
- Napoleon
- Alien
- Braveheart
- Robin Hood (2010)
- Robin Hood (Disney)
Music
- Disturbia - Rihanna
- Right Said Fred - Bernard Cribbins
- The Hole in the Ground - Bernard Cribbins
- Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
- Cloudbusting - Kate Bush
- Things Can Only Get Better - D:Ream
- Achtung Baby - U2
- One - U2
- New Rules - Dua Lipa
- One Love - Blue
A selection of the music mentioned in this episode can be found in the Agony Art Spotify playlist.
Other
- Things Fell Apart (Podcast)
Corrections
We are currently unaware of any errors made in this episode. That doesn't mean we didn't make any - just that they haven't been spotted yet.
Picture above from Napoleon © Columbia Pictures
Episode jingles and music written and performed by Agony Art © 2020-2025
