# Episode 271 - Olly Smith on Death by Noir Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drinking-hour-with-david-kermode-foodfm-2140598/episode-271-olly-smith-on-death-by-noir Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drinking-hour-with-david-kermode-foodfm-2140598/episode-271-olly-smith-on-death-by-noir.md Podcast: [The Drinking Hour: With David Kermode - FoodFM](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drinking-hour-with-david-kermode-foodfm-2140598) Published: 2026-06-18T16:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/AUDD8077945253.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/AUDD8077945253.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-drinking-hour-with-david-kermode-foodfm-2140598/episodes/episode-271-olly-smith-on-death-by-noir Duration seconds: 2045 ## Resource In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. Most famous as the wine expert and host of the BBC’s Saturday Kitchen, Olly Smith is David’s guest to talk about his first work of fiction, the vinous murder mystery Death by Noir, and where he found inspiration for central character, Barclay Flint. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-drinking-hour-with-david-kermode-foodfm-2140598/episodes/episode-271-olly-smith-on-death-by-noir/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drinking-hour-with-david-kermode-foodfm-2140598/episode-271-olly-smith-on-death-by-noir.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.