Wetherspoon: Inside Britain's Most Controversial Pubs

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Watch my debut feature-length documentary BOOMERS on Nebula here: https://go.nebula.tv/tomnicholas Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/tomnicholas British pubs are in crisis. Can J.D. Wetherspoon save them? Come with me on an 800 mile road trip to find out... Written, directed, and presented by Tom Nicholas. Filmed and edited by Georgia Burrows. Additional research and production assistance by Jack Carter. *Chapters* 00:00 Meet Tim Martin 02:19 Day One: The Rise and Rise of Wetherspoon 31:34 Day Two: Stack 'em High, Sell 'em Cheap 01:05:08 Day Three: Cask Ale and the Culture War Watch this video ad- and sponsor-free on Nebula at https://nebula.tv/videos/tomnicholas-closing-time-can-wetherspoon-save-the-great-british-pub?ref=tomnicholas *Blurb* J.D. Wetherspoon, or simply "spoons" to its friends, is a British institution. With over 800 pubs in towns and cities across the country, it's not only a regular haunt for many Brits but has also made its way onto the itineraries of many tourists too. But, Wetherspoons is also controversial. It stands accused of imposing an identikit pub experience on high streets across the country, whilst putting smaller, independent pubs out of business. And that's before we even get into the company chairman, Tim Martin's views on Brexit and the European Union. Join me on a ridiculous, 800 mile pub crawl across the length of the country to find out whether Wetherspoon can save the great British pub, or whether its ruining pubs for everyone. Support my work on Patreon at https://patreon.com/tomnicholas Twitch: http://twitch.tv/tom_nicholas Twitter: http://twitter.com/tom_nicholas Instagram: http://instagram.com/tomnicholaswtf Patreon: http://patreon.com/tomnicholas Website: http://www.tomnicholas.com Select footage courtesy of Getty Music from Epidemic Sound