Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. The third in our series of Hammer horror movies this week and the return of Brian Donlevy in Quatermass 2 (1957) Quatermass 2 “Professor Bernard Quatermass (Brian Donlevy), in his attempts to convince the British government to colonize the moon, learns that thousands of meteorites are landing in the same location on Earth. When his colleague Marsh (Bryan Forbes) joins him in a quest...
Feb 18, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 111
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. It’s our ‘COVID delayed Christmas episode’….but is it a Christmas movie? Steven says yes, Tony says no, Scott doesn’t care either way as it is cracking movie from 1961 starring Peter Cushing and Andre Morell from the legendary Hammer studios: Cash On Demand (1961) “This tense and hugely entertaining heist thriller is a Hammer take on A Christmas Carol, which pits miserly and fastidi...
Jan 17, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 110
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. A special episode this week where Scott is joined by his fellow co hosts of the Stinking Pause podcast, Paul and Charlie to chat about mobsters, Marbella, and monkeys with Beatles haircuts. Sexy Beast (2000) “Ex-villain Dove (Ray Winstone) has served his time behind bars, and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. But the idyll is shattered by the a...
Nov 28, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 109
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Eighties Caledonian comedy this week with a tale of modern day highland highwaymen Join Scott and Steven as they chat about Restless Natives (1985) “A humorous tale of 'underemployed' Scots Ronnie and Will, who live in the majestic city of Edinburgh. Tired of having no money and tempted by the untapped wealth of the international tourists who swarm through their city, Ronnie and Wil...
Nov 07, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 108
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. The second feature in our British horror movie double bill this weekend – the classic ‘Dead Of Night’ (1945) Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. Dreading the end of the dream that he knows is coming, he must first listen to all the assembled guests’ own bizarre tales. “Ju...
Oct 31, 2021•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 107
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. The first of two classic British horror movies for you this Halloween weekend and the second in our Hammer Horror retrospective Join Scott, Steven and Mark as they chat about ‘X The Unknown’ from 1956. With a script by Jimmy Sangster, a score by James Bernard and a cast featuring Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman, Leo McKern and Anthony Newley, it is a genuine classic from the early days ...
Oct 30, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 106
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. This week, Scott and Steven and Tony continue their tribute to the legendary Sean Connery with, of course, a Bond film. Join us we chat about painted ladies, pernicious headwear and Pussy Galore in Goldfinger (1964) James Bond (Sir Sean Connery) is back and his next mission takes him to Fort Knox, where Auric Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe) and his henchman are planning to raid Fort Knox an...
Oct 13, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 105
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. This week, Scott, and Steven pay tribute to one of this country’s finest actors . Join us for the first of two special episodes featuring Sean Connery – this week, we take a look at Robin and Marian (1976) also starring Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw and Richard Harris. It is twenty years after Robin Hood's heroics against Prince John and the Sheriff of Nottingham. Since then, Robin (S...
Oct 07, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 104
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. This week, Scott and Steven take a look at an all action fifties adventure starring Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall, Herbert Lom and Wilfred Hyde-White Join us we chat about North West Frontier (1959) directed by J Lee Thompson In British-controlled India just after the turn of the 20th century, an English captain (Kenneth More) is asked to escort a maharajah's son out of town after an ...
Sep 15, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 103
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. This week, Scott, Steven and Tony take a look at the big screen adventures of this country’s finest troop of wartime warriors Join us we chat about Dad’s Army, The Movie from 1971 starring Arthur Lowe, John le Mesurier and the cast one of the greatest ever UK TV sitcoms in their finest hour. When World War Two breaks out, the small seaside town of Walmington-on-Sea finds itself less...
Sep 08, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 102
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. At last, with our 100th episode celebrations out the way, Scott and Steven are joined once again by Mark from The Good The Bad and the Odd podcast, and author of ‘Quatermass In Television And Movies’, for the first movie in our long awaited Hammer horror retrospective. Join us we take a look at The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) starring Brian Donlevy, and featuring Lionel Jeffries, Ja...
Aug 11, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 101
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. A very special episode this week as we celebrate our 4th birthday as well as our 100th episode. Joining us is our good friend Anthony from the Glass Onion: On John Lennon podcast to chat about one of the greatest British movies of all time Join us we take a look at The Third Man (1949) starring Joseph Cotton, Trevor Howard and Orson Welles Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shad...
Jun 23, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Season 1Ep. 100
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. In the latest episode, Scott and Steven review the third in our season of movies starring one of nation’s favourite and best loved entertainers. Join us we take a look at Man of the Moment from 1955 starring Norman Wisdom A lowly filing clerk in a Whitehall ministry, Norman, finds himself propelled to head of the office when both of his superiors are away, one ill and one on leave. ...
Jun 10, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 99
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. In the latest episode, Scott and Steven review the debut feature from British director, Steve McQueen – a compelling and unforgettable portrayal of life within The Maze prison at the time of the 1981 hunger strike. Join us we take a look at Michael Fassbender as Bobby Sands in Hunger (2008) “Focusing on the 1981 hunger strikes by Republican prisoners in Northern Ireland. Bobby Sands...
May 30, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 98
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. In the latest episode, Scott and Steven are joined by Booze from the Sweet Feathery Jesus podcast to chat about bald heads, bathtubs, and beans. Join us we take a look at Mick Jagger and James Fox in Performance (1970) “After killing a rival in self-defence, hoodlum Chas (James Fox) must flee both from the law and from his boss, Harry Flowers. He eventually moves into a house owned ...
May 24, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 97
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. In the latest episode, Scott and Steven are joined once again by Mark from The Good The Bad and the Odd podcast for a tale featuring interplanetary peril, petrified forests and Peter Cushing Join us we take a look at Doctor Who and the Daleks (1965) “When Dr. Who shows his time machine TARDIS to the clumsy Ian, who is boyfriend of his granddaughter Barbara, he accidentally transport...
May 14, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 96
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. In the latest episode, Scott is joined by Steven to chat about a movie featuring fading communities, Thatcher and flugelhorns. Join us we take a look at Brassed Off (1996) “In existence for a hundred years, Grimley Colliery Brass band is as old as the mine. But the miners are now deciding whether to fight to keep the pit open, and the future for town and band looks bleak. Although t...
May 07, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 95
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. In the latest episode, Scott is joined by Steven for the next in the series of kitchen sink dramas. A tale of smoky factories, sultry French mistresses and suicide… Join us we take a look at Room At The Top (1959) “The English factory town is dreary but Joe Lampton has landed a job with a future. To have something to do at night he joins a theatrical group. His boss's daughter Susan...
Apr 30, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 94
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. In the latest episode, Scott is joined by his co hosts from the official Talking Pictures TV Podcast, Mel and Daniel Join us we take a look at an early Hitchcock classic, Young and Innocent (1937) An actress is murdered by her estranged husband, who is jealous of all of her young boyfriends. The next day, writer Robert Tisdall (who happens to be one such boyfriend) discovers her bod...
Apr 23, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Season 1Ep. 93
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. In the latest episode (recorded back in November!) Scott welcomes back the original co host of the podcast, Tony, to chat about New Order, The Sex Pistols and Des O’Connor! Join us as we take a look at 24 Hour Party People (2002), starring Steve Coogan in a tale featuring The Happy Mondays, the Hacienda and hang gliding. Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan) is an ambitious b...
Apr 20, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 92
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Rapidly running out of British Easter themed movies, Scott is joined by Steven for the tenuously linked Whistle Down The Wind (1961). After a confusing exchange with a strange man (Alan Bates) they find hiding in their family barn, Kathy Bostock (Hayley Mills) and her young siblings jump to the conclusion that the man -- in reality an escaped killer -- is none other than Jesus Chris...
Apr 04, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 91
Welcome to Reel Britannia - a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. This week, Scott is joined by Steven to review the Boulting Brothers classic Private’s Progress (1956) As World War II settles over England, university student Stanley Windrush (Ian Carmichael) receives his call-up. During training, Windrush is plunged into a thoroughly unfamiliar world, with his leading officer, Maj. Hitchcock, more apt to be found in a pub than on the base. Ther...
Mar 17, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 90
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. In the latest episode, Scott is joined by Tony to discuss the movie that recalls one of the most incredible incidents that occurred in World War Two. The story of Operation Mincemeat and The Man Who Never Was from 1956. As the British military prepares to invade Sicily during World War II, intelligence agent Ewen Montagu (Clifton Webb) hatches a cunning plan to fool Germany into bel...
Mar 09, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 89
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. In the latest episode, Scott is joined by Steven and Mark for a trip down memory lane…back to the glorious days of Saturday Morning Pictures Join us we take a look at two classics from the Children’s Film Foundation: Mr Horatio Knibbles and Battle Of Billy’s Pond You can find this and all of our previous episodes at: Apple Podcasts Libsyn Player FM Podtail Owltail ListenNotes Follow...
Jan 31, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 88
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. In the latest episode, Scott is joined by Steven and Tony for our slightly delayed New Year episode, recorded way back at the beginning of December last year. Join us we take a look at the nineties comedy/drama, Peter’s Friends, starring Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Imelda Staunton, Tony Slattery, Alphonsia Emmanuel, Rita Rudner and Phyllida Law Seven fr...
Jan 25, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 87
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. For our Christmas episode, Scott is joined by Steven and Tony to chat about the children’s classic ‘The Amazing Mr Blunden’, specially requested by listener Chris Ferguson Join us we take a look at this charming ghost story, directed by Lionel Jeffries and featuring an all star cast A mysterious, old solicitor Mr. Blunden visits Mrs. Allen and her young children in her squalid, tiny...
Dec 23, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 86
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. In the latest episode, Scott is joined by Steven to chat about slaughterhouses, suicides and Sinead O’Connor. Join us we take a look at the darkest of dark comedies, The Butcher Boy from 1997, directed by Neil Jordan and starring Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Brendan Gleason and Ian Hart. Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a vi...
Dec 06, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 85
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Episode 084 – Look Back In Anger (1959) Scott and Steven are back in the Balaban Sound Studio for this week’s review…continuing our look at the kitchen sink dramas. It’s 1959 and the movie that proclaimed the era of the angry young man. Richard Burton stars alongside Clare Bloom and Mary Ure in the Tony Richardson picture, Look Back In Anger Richard Burton smoulders as the ever-comp...
Nov 09, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 84
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. In the latest episode, Scott is joined by Steven to chat about governesses, ghosts and all manner of ghastly goings-on Join us we take a look at the classic horror movie from 1961, The Innocents, starring Deborah Kerr In Victorian England, the uncle (Sir Michael Redgrave) of orphaned niece Flora (Pamela Franklin) and nephew Miles (Martin Stephens) hires Miss Giddens (Deborah Kerr) a...
Oct 30, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 83
Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Episode 082 – Gideon’s Day (1958) Scott and Steven are back in the Balaban Sound Studio for this week’s review…24 hours in the life of Detective Chief Inspector George Gideon of the Metropolitan Police. A story of armed robbers, crooked cops, family strife…and salmon. Directed by John Ford and starring Jack Hawkins. Scotland Yard Inspector George Gideon starts his day off on the wro...
Oct 23, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 82
