With Eurovision (and indeed, the interstellar version) on the horizon once again, we thought it high time we took a look back at the debut Bucks Fizz album from 1981, which followed in the wake of their own Eurovision success Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold
Apr 01, 2025•25 min
The third Doctor gets back into space after a long lay-over on Earth, only to find himself stuck inside a miniscope with Drashigs, Leslie Dwyer and Major Daly; the randomiser brings us to the Carnival of Monsters Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber
Mar 31, 2025•30 min
Our slow crawl through the Alien universe takes in a couple of fan projects, last year's Australian short No Man's Land, and the recently streaming documentary Alien On Stage about - you guessed it - a stage production of the first Alien movie in Dorset (and Leicester Square) Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Mark Donaldson No Man's Land is available for free on YouTube
Mar 28, 2025•39 min
It's two decades since Doctor Who returned - but has it lived more in those twenty years than others do in eighty? We talk about the best and the worst of the revival, plus a little quiz. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Steve Hatcher, Iain Martin and Harry Palmer
Mar 26, 2025•1 hr 12 min
DJ and author Iain Key chooses the eight items he would take with him, if he was about to be marooned on a desert planet Presented by Simon Brett
Mar 24, 2025•45 min
Our return visit to Royston Vasey continues with Series Three and the anniversary specials, plus a chat about The League of Gentlemen live Presented by Dylan Rees, with Mark Donaldson, Steve Hatcher, Harry Palmer and J.R. Southall Warning: includes one use of a very naughty word, from Mark Pottyface Donaldson
Mar 21, 2025•54 min
After we discovered the existence of a children's film based on a novel by Bad Monkey and Striptease author Carl Hiaasen, we just had to take a look. And what an array of surprises we found there... Presented by J.R. Southall, with Iain Martin
Mar 19, 2025•36 min
A comparison of the film that began life as the pilot for what could have been a Twin Peaks spin-off series, but which went on to become regarded as perhaps David Lynch's best work, and that original TV movie which has of course subsequently surfaced online Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber
Mar 17, 2025•46 min
The randomiser brings us to the beginning of Season 18, and the dawn of a brand new era - albeit with the same lead actors and one of the same writers who had been working on Doctor Who for the last couple of seasons. So how does The Leisure Hive look now? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher
Mar 14, 2025•37 min
We take a look at two of the low-budget British films that came out in the wake of Alien, and rather foolishly - or otherwise - said "I can do that!" Presented by J.R. Southall, with Dylan Rees
Mar 12, 2025•41 min
In the first instalment of a three-part retrospective of The League of Gentlemen, we cast our microphones over the radio show, the first two TV series and the Christmas Special Presented by Dylan Rees, with Mark Donaldson, Steve Hatcher, Harry Palmer and J.R. Southall
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 5 min
The randomiser has found us an episode from Torchwood's second series, but will we be more impressed with Adam than we were with some of the stories from Series One? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Luke Molloy
Mar 07, 2025•31 min
Our reaction to the 97th Academy Awards, the winners and the ceremony - and a review of Best International Feature winner I'm Still Here Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Mark Donaldson
Mar 04, 2025•52 min
Two more Best Picture hopefuls come under the spotlight, immigrant drama The Brutalist and Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, plus we give our final predictions ahead of the ceremony itself Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Luke Molloy
Mar 02, 2025•1 hr
The original miniseries of V rocked the world back in 1983, but how is it looking over forty years on? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Dylan Rees
Feb 28, 2025•35 min
Robbie Williams eventually made it out from under the shadow of Take That, but can he escape his own demons? That's the question the auto/biographical film Better Man poses - but after it flopped in America, all we want to know is, is it any good? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Simon Brett
Feb 26, 2025•31 min
A start date for the new series, and more rumours about it being Ncuti Gatwa's last Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber
Feb 24, 2025•24 min
How will 007 make out now he's moved to Amazon MGM Studios? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber
Feb 24, 2025•24 min
Bargaining tactics or kissing Putin's ass? It's just another week in Trumpton Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber
Feb 24, 2025•27 min
Peter Jackson's second film, the one it seems he most wishes everyone would forget, is the "adult" puppet comedy Meet the Feebles. We took a look, so you don't have to Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Mikey Smith
Feb 20, 2025•28 min
Also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, Nickel Boys is the next Best Picture nominee from this year's Academy Awards on our list. But does the film's unusual format - which has brought it a shedload of awards already - mean it's more or less likely to pick up the Oscar? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold
Feb 17, 2025•24 min
There's a new Wolf Man pic on the block, as part of the revised Monster Universe. And one of our extended team just happens to be watching his way through the original Universal horror collection... So what would he, and we, think? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher
Feb 14, 2025•34 min
Recorded just moments before Elon Musk's attempted buyout of Chat GPT, a new voice joins us on the feed to try and make sense of just three weeks' worth of Trump.2 Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Mikey Smith
Feb 12, 2025•1 hr
How does David Tennant's first (of at least sort of three) regeneration hold up nearly two decades later? The randomiser brings us the Series 4 finale Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber
Feb 10, 2025•41 min
Two films we've caught up with recently, one terrific and one terrible, which illustrate Hollywood's recent interest in sexual boundaries Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold
Feb 07, 2025•33 min
After a previous pairing of the original Nosferatu and its fictionalised creation in Shadow of the Vampire, we decided our review of Robert Eggers' 2024 adaptation should include Werner Herzog's 1979 Nosferatu the Vampyre to round out the story Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Jackson Rees
Feb 05, 2025•56 min
The randomiser brings us to the surprising opening instalment of Series 7B, and so we coupled up Asylum of the Daleks with Pond Life in order to lessen the impact real life sometimes has on our fan brains... Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Jack Rees
Feb 03, 2025•40 min
What do you get when the streamer behind Slow Horses asks the producer of Ted Lasso to adapt a novel from the writer of Striptease to feature one of the stars of The Wedding Crashers? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Iain Martin
Jan 31, 2025•42 min
Our thoughts on Anora, the latest from indie writer-director Sean Baker which has catapulted him into the Oscar conversation Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold
Jan 29, 2025•24 min
More rumours about what might be happening (and Who might not be a part of it) in the worlds of Doctor Who. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold
Jan 27, 2025•26 min
