Gogglebox stars sing tribute to tea and stir up a major debate
Gogglebox favourites Mary and Marina sang a delightful tribute to tea tonight (September 25), only to spark a major debate among those watching at home.
In tonight's episode, the pensioners and their fellow armchair critics sat down in front of Channel 5's Yorkshire Tea Vs PG Tips: Battle of the Brews.
Before long, Mary and Marina found themselves singing along to Binnie Hale's 1937 banger 'A Nice Cup of Tea', which simultaneously filled viewers with national pride and had them jumping up to make a brew.
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"Oh please get Mary and Marina to No1 with their 'Nice Cup of Tea' song," tweeted one person, while another wrote: "Got emotional watching Mary and Marina sing the cup of tea song."
However, not long after the stirring rendition, things soon got ugly as the inevitable question was asked: how do you make the perfect cup of tea?
The Gogglebox stars were horrified by some of the tips Battle of the Brews was offering up, one of which suggested that you shouldn't fully boil the kettle, which is objectively wrong.
Soon enough, viewers took to Twitter to share their own tea-making methods and preferred choice of bag.
One person wrote: "On @C4Gogglebox they're talking about best ways to make tea and it's all made in a mug. I can hear my mother, 200km away, screaming at the tv to MAKE IT PROPERLY IN THE POT."
Check out more of the reactions below.
On @C4Gogglebox they're talking about best ways to make tea and it's all made in a mug.
I can hear my mother, 200km away, screaming at the tv to MAKE IT PROPERLY IN THE POT.
I've also learned the English version of Lyons vs Barry's is Yorkshire vs PG Tips?#Gogglebox #tea— Maria O'Brien (@malteasermia) September 25, 2020
Got to be Yorkshire Tea for the win #Gogglebox
— The Yorkshireman (@They0rkshireman) September 25, 2020
Same Jenny, I love PGTips, best tea by far...👍🏼😋😄#Gogglebox
— Teena Massam (@teenamassam) September 25, 2020
Got emotional watching Mary and Marina sing the cup of tea song #gogglebox pic.twitter.com/YQ13ma2t6Y
— chawner laughs (@appehmichael) September 25, 2020
The #Gogglebox crew are rightly frowning upon the way these people make tea. I used to leave the teabag in
— Mister Vivian (@MisterVivian) September 25, 2020
#YorkshireTea better get Mary and Marina doing the Tea song for their next commercial #Gogglebox
— Sara Browne (@sarabrowne55) September 25, 2020
Loved Mary and Marina singing that tea song. #Gogglebox
— Tom Stones (@TomStones82) September 25, 2020
Those old women from Somerset were just showing how they spit 2 2 bars back in the day. Grime 1950s style
Just need a beat and a dirty rhythm now.
Nice cup of tea, nice cup of tea, you can't make a tea like I make a tea. #gogglebox pic.twitter.com/KN4fhRCsVy— Jedi Toast (@jeditoast) September 25, 2020
Gogglebox airs on Channel 4.
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