It's 25 years since the big screen version of The Avengers opened to massed indifference among both critics and audiences, but is a quarter of a century enough time to turn that negativity around? The Avengers (1998) This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber Iain Martin Dylan Rees...
The nexus point we'll be visiting in this double episode of Doctor Who what iffery is 2005, where we will be removing first one and then another of the icons involved in the series' rebirth and wondering what it might have looked like without them This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber Simon Brett Iain Martin...
Author and artist Andrew-Mark Thompson chooses the eight items he would take with him, if he was about to be marooned on a desert planet This Is A Fake! A Collection of Unreal Things This episode presented by: Jon Arnold With: Andrew-Mark Thompson
Our random journey through Doctor Who arrives at the revival in 2005, and Rose's first trip into history; it's the first story of the modern era to be written by someone other than the showrunner himself The Unquiet Dead This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber...
In which we tune our listening ears into the sounds of Blur's ninth and latest studio album, The Ballad of Darren, and wonder where the sounds came from, and whether we like them The Ballad of Darren This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Simon Brett Iain Martin...
Our summer of investigation into the energy industry begins with a review of The China Syndrome (Includes bonus thoughts from Iain after he failed to take JR's best advice and went ahead and watched Tales of an Ancient Empire anyway) This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Iain Martin...
Our second regular monthly news dispatch, in which we give our opinions on the potential implications of the month's top stories - and anything else that's piqued our interest This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber The Strangers in Space Links Page...
It's just shy of 75 years since Carol Reed made The Third Man, an extraordinary thriller from a screenplay by Graham Greene that looks at the state of Europe in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War with something of concern The Third Man This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold...
She might only have appeared in fractions of a couple of episodes, but don't let that stop us from profiling the lives and times of Jo Martin's Fugitive Doctor This episode presented by: Matt Barber With: Jon Arnold Mark Donaldson Iain Martin
In which we dig into the series that Terrance Dicks and Barry Letts made back when their time on Doctor Who was coming to an end, and ask whether it was really worth it This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Dylan Rees Jim Cameron Mark Donaldson...
A second helping of Doctor Who themed what iffery commences with the question of how the series might have shaped up, had it been Raymond Cusick rather than Ridley Scott who was on holiday for the birth of the Daleks This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber Our links page: Strangers in Space...
Eight years after their last one, Blur have a new studio album out this week. So what better time for us to look back over their career and examine our opinions of the band This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Simon Brett Iain Martin...
Which is the bigger scandal, the BBC, their presenter or The Sun? This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber
By way of tribute to Alan Arkin, our review of Mike Nichols' 1970 big screen adaptation of Joseph Heller's Catch-22 Catch-22 (1970) This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Iain Martin
In which we travel to an alternative universe to ask whether Don Houghton's Season 7 story is still everybody's favourite Pertwee This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber
Our review of the latest dystopian future from Apple TV+, a series about an underground society of humans with no idea what's going on outside... Silo This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Matt Barber Iain Martin
Fifteen years after the fourth film in the franchise, a fifth Indiana Jones picture has finally appeared; here are our thoughts Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny This episode presented by: Matt Barber With: Iain Martin Jon Arnold
Fortunately we're only discussing the programming rather than re-enacting any of its key scenes, as we turn the clocks back just over a decade to focus on ITV's 2010 series Whitechapel Whitechapel This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Matt Barber Jim Cameron...
The Strangers team travels back in time to 1966, to a critical nexus point in the evolution of Doctor Who, and ask what if history had unravelled somewhat differently This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Dylan Rees Mark Donaldson Matt Barber Our links page: Strangers in Space...
Can Iain and Dylan talk fast enough to turn time backwards and wipe out the DCEU-so far? This episode presented by: Iain Martin With: Dylan Rees
Was there any reason to remake Robert Fuest's 1970 France-set thriller (and relocate it to South America) other than because you wanted the names Terry Nation and Brian Clemens in your credits? And was it worth it...? And Soon the Darkness This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Dylan Rees...
The first in a regular series of episodes looking at recent news stories from the world of Doctor Who and digging a little into what's behind them This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Mark Donaldson
Peter Hyams' 1983 thriller wonders what happens when good men feel forced into being bad - and asks whether they can make their way back once they've walked on the dark side. We just wonder whether it's as bad as A Sound of Thunder The Star Chamber This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Iain Martin...
Our mini Kingsley Amis season concludes with a look at three movie adaptations of his work; one underwhelming, one whelming, and one very much overwhelming... Lucky Jim (1957) Only Two Can Play (1962) Take A Girl Like You (1970) This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber...
Going, going, gone? The Conservative parliamentary party's love affair with Boris Johnson has definitely soured, but is he really gone for good this time? And what's the truth behind Nadine Dorries' decision to not-resign with immediate effect? This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber Iain Martin...
The first Sarah Jane Adventure to come out of the proverbial hat is the very first one, Invasion of the Bane. But how will it look sixteen years on? Invasion of the Bane This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Jim Cameron
Our thoughts on the third and final season of Ted Lasso, plus a prediction about its future... Ted Lasso This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Simon Brett
Boris is gone again ... but what was he thinking? This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Simon Brett
Ahead of next week's Film Club episode, a conversation about the author, his work and his politics Kingsley Amis This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber
In order to fully appreciate this review-that-isn't-a-review, it will help if you haven't seen the film in question - and it will help even more if you've never even heard of it. For this edition of the podcast takes the form of a warning - and a warning that will not be heeded at that. Tales of an Ancient Empire This edition presented by: J.R. Southall With: Iain Martin...
