Harry Potter Chapter Chat

Knickerbockers, sassy Harry, why your Hogwarts letter never arrived, extreme reactions and a Filch-Figg romance: it's all here on episode 3 of Harry Potter Chapter Chat. Tweet us @HPChapterChat Or email your questions/observations/fan theories to harrypotterchapterchat@gmail.com

In episode two of Harry Potter Chapter Chat, Anna and Zoe share some cheery thoughts on Harry’s neglect, Aunt Petunia’s initial reaction of tidying Harry away in a cupboard and J K Rowling taking Harry Potter secrets to the grave. Fan theories, bad haircuts and the power of Piers Polkiss’ rat face – re-live the magic of the second chapter of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, ‘The Vanishing Glass’.

In this first episode of the podcast, Zoe and Anna start where it all began, Chapter One of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone - 'The Boy Who Lived'. As well as reminiscing about their first readings of Harry Potter they discuss Dumbledore's tube map scar, whether there is ever a bad time for a sherbet lemon, and question the decision to leave a baby boy on a doorstep in the middle of winter.