The award nominated film podcast that does a bit of everything.
One of Esquire's 38 Best Comedy Podcasts Around.
Hosted by John Rain.
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This week we be donning our deerstalkers, polishing our magnifying glasses, and giving a full treatment of the sleuthing routine - yes, it’s Without a Clue. Joining me to hunt down the dreaded Arty Morty, is comedian Paul Litchfield, Who can be found on Twitter as @mrplitchfield - and a very special secret guest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week we will exploring vast neuroses, embracing inner monologues, and turning down the jazz. Yes, it’s Hannah and her Sisters. Joining me to try on a mid-life crisis, is author and gentlemen, Jason Sinclair, who can be found on Twitter as @jlsinc. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week we be heading to swinging London to have a deep bathe in sweet misogyny. They’ll be laughs, tears, grime and charm, of a sort. Yes, it’s Alfie. Joining me to ask “what’s it all about”, is journalist, writer and broadcaster, Samira Ahmed, Who can be found on Twitter as @SamiraAhmedUK Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week we will BEE hiding the honey, hallucinating like crazy, and running for our lives in delightful pant-suits, yes it’s The Swarm. Joining me to try and form a hive mind, is comedy legend Rowland Rivron, who can be found on Twitter as @rowlandrivron. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week we will be heading on down to Mr. Boos’ night club, to see a bird or two, hear a song be sung, and see some good nipples. Yes - it’s Little Voice. Joining John to distribute the reading matter Is comedian Eleanor Morton, who can be found on Twitter as @eleanormorton. This podcast is a member of the Great Big Owl family. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to a spooky side special of Smersh! With it being Halloween, all usual rules are off of the table. Abandon all hope ye who enter here! This week we will be visiting the spookiest place on earth, Ireland, to run for our lives from RAWHEAD REX. Joining John to potentially get wee'd on, is Irishman (and therefore possible witness to the carnage), journalist and co-host of excellent The Reducer (@TheReducerPod) podcast, Seamus O' Reilly, who can be found on Twitter as @shockproofbeats. This ...
This week we're heading to Victorian Whitechapel, so grab your sharpest surgeon's knife and stuff a piece of ginny kidney in your pocket as Michael Caine makes his triumphant television return in 1988's Jack The Ripper. Joining me - and wouldn't you? - is comedy writer and host of the superb Wrestle Me! podcast, Marc Haynes who can be found on Twitter as @marchaynes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week we will be heading to South Africa to build bridges, lose a tenor and get drunk with Jack Hawkins. It promises to be very a BOER-ing time. Joining me to practice his psalms is actor, writer and bloke off of the telly, Tony Way, who can be found on Twitter as @tonypaulway. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to Smersh Pod 2: The Caine Scrutiny, a podcast celebrating the vast oeuvre of Michael Caine. To kick off the new series, John is joined by Ali Catterall and Paul Putner as they examine Jack's return home in the classic "Get Carter". There'll be fights, nudity, exercising, shooters, car chases, but no spewing on the goldfish. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
For this special live episode (direct from the London Podcast Festival), John is joined by special guest Al Murray, as they try and find the pin, and leap the fence of classic war caper The Great Escape. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
As Smersh HQ are all away on holiday, we thought it might be quite nice to put together some highlights from series 1 to tide you over. See you soon for series 2! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 24 brings us the answers to the questions no one really asked. Just who is behind the scenes pulling all the strings? What connects the Craig-a-verse? Can you phone in an entire film? And can we pretend we didn’t make this one? Yes, it’s Spectre! Joining me to draw some smart blood are stars of The Football Ramble and the Luke and Pete Show, Luke Moore and Pete Donaldson, who can found on Twitter as @LukeAaronMoore and @PeteDonaldson, respectively. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...
It's the last Side Special of the series! This week we are tackling the awful problem of homeless ghosts that are plaguing communities. Can we help them by hitting them and swearing at them in French? Let's find out. Yes - it's Nomads! Joining John to take erotic photographs and do the best French accent ever, is author of the amazing Mr. Gum books, as well as many others, Andy Stanton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
To celebrate the release of Mission: Impossible Fallout, John got together with Empire magazine's Chris Hewitt to chat about the Mission Impossible franchise. This message will not self-destruct in minutes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It's Side Special time again, and this week we'll be fighting the Nazis by way of Time Team and X-Factor - yes, it's Escape to Athena. Joining John to to find out just how much a Greek earns, is comedy writer Andy Riley, who can be found on Twitter as @AndyRileyish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It's side special time again and this week we'll be driving like bloody maniacs, smoking roll-ups and flouting European Union Health and Safety laws while wearing donkey jackets. Yes - it's Hell Drivers. And joining John to "do it for Geno, ah?" (and back by popular demand), is broadcaster and journalist Samira Ahmed, who can be found on Twitter as @SamiraAhmedUK Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It's Side Special time again, and this week we explore the sights and sounds of beautiful Zanzibar, while also drinking heavily and sending a bill to the German authorities - Yes! It's Shout at the Devil. Joining John to ask for his daughter's hand in marriage is senior associate editor of Mojo, and freelance arts journalist Andrew Male, who can be found on Twitter as @Andr6wmale Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Live from the 2018 Craft of Comedy conference (16/06/18), join John and Emmy-award winning writer David Quantick as they take a look under the bonnet of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It's side special time again, and this week we'll be visiting London for a trip on a the tube, a drink on the house, and a bite to eat - WITH A CANNIBAL - yes, it's Death Line, and joining me to MIIIND THE DOORS is comedian Steve Hall, who can be found on Twitter as @astevehall Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It's Side Special time again, and this week we'll be getting our skis on and heading out for a right, royal night on the piste - yes! It's Fire, Ice and Dynamite! Joining John to slope around with Roger Moore's cash is comedy writer Sarah Morgan, who can be found on Twitter as @sarahlmorgan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Smersh Live!! They said it couldn't be done! They said it wouldn't be done! They said they weren't arsed! Yet they still came to the Everyman Cinema, Kings Cross to watch Michael Winner's 1990 opus Bullseye! and enjoy a live podcast! Yes, it's a film we covered before, but it sure made for a great screening, and everyone who attended will almost certainly never be the same again. Joining John were Paul Litchfield and David Reed, who can be found on Twitter as @MrPLitchfield and @MrDavidReed resp...
It's side special time again, and this week we'll be welcoming you to the jungle, for fun and games, and rodents and names. Yes - it's Medicine Man, and joining John to look for her purse or car keys, is comedy actor Margaret Cabourn Smith, who can be found on Twitter as @mcabournsmith Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It’s Side Special time again, and this week we will be laughing at the lighter side of kidnapping and finding out just what would happen if One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest was a road movie - yes - it’s The Cannonball Run. Joining me, and HIM, to sort the fathers from the mothers is superb comedian, writer and actor Paul Litchfield, who can be found on Twitter as @MrPLitchfield Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Just what would happen if a crack team of slow old, flammable, red men stole a very slow old boat? Entertainment galore, that's what (and punctured orifices, sadly)! Joining John in the Funkraum is comedy actor Oliver Maltman, who can be found on Twitter as @olivermaltman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It’s Side Special time again, and this week we're putting together a crack team of moody middle aged men to spring an OAP with vast eyebrows from the world's most secure prison/building site. Yes - it's only bloody WILD GEESE 2! And joining my crack team of commandLOLS to fix another fine HESS we've gotten into are a right pair of jokers (comedians): Al Murray, who can be found on twitter as @almurray, and Simon Evans, who can be located as @TheSimonEvans Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...
“HIGHLANDER! Ahh-ah! He’ll save every one of us!” Sorry, wrong theme tune. It’s the film about the immortal Scottish swordsman battling the last of his immortal opponents, with help from Sean Connery as the chief metallurgist to King Charles V of Spain (or is it Egypt?) It’s a grand epic so rich in pseudo-historical nonsense that only an ACTUAL HISTORIAN could do it justice. So joining John to cut off your head is Greg Jenner, who can be found on Twitter as @greg_jenner. Hosted on Acast. See aca...
John is joined by Guardian TV writer Julia Raeside to watch Timothy "Bond James Bond" Dalton gamely feign desire for 1,000,000 year old Mae West in the "saucy" "musical" "comedy" Sextette. "Why don't you come up and see it some time?" Why? Because it's batshit insane. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This time it's personal, again, as Daniel Craig's grumpy spy takes on the bloke from No Country For Old Men, using only an Aston Martin he absolutely definitely shouldn't own and an old DVD of Home Alone (for survival tips). John Rain is joined by Robin Ince (The Infinite Monkey Cage) - who can be found on Twitter as @robinince - to discuss the 23rd Bond, and possibly duet on Adele's biggest hit about apple crumble. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
"Then maybe you shouldn't be living heeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrre!" John Rain tackles the 1988 film starring Bronhom - the man who would be Bond (and then was Bond, so don't cry) - with the man who gave Taffin a second chance at life. It's Dr Buckles himself, the Emperor of Podland Adam Buxton, who can be found on Twitter as @AdamBuxton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week I am joined by broadcaster, writer and journalist Samira Ahmed to discuss the adventures of an elderly painted man. You can find Samira on Twitter: @ samiraahmeduk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
