Doctor Who: Strangers in Space

In between the Kenneth McKellars and the Jeminis, the UK has actually won Eurovision five times and come runner-up a further sixteen. But which of those songs was the overall best performing? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Simon Brett

Doctor Who Season Two Five Review Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

As we reach the mid-point of this latest (last?) series of Doctor Who, are we any nearer to discovering what it's all been about and how it's all going to end? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

It's the first episode this year to feature a writer other than RTD in the credits, but was it  a case of "well played" or "oh well" Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

It's just over forty years since The Sisters of Mercy's debut album came out, and more than three decades since the still-active band released their third and most recent. So we convened a panel of people for whom the band had meant something special back in the 1980s, for a meandering chat about Andrew Eldritch and his ever-changing cohort. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Mark Couperthwaite and Eric Drass Mark's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOxsDAgGEqsf9VKcG6SR82g  Eric's website: https://www.shardcore.org/spx/ N.B. Includes some audio issues given that J.R. forgot to turn his microphone on

The one person guaranteed not to be able to answer the question "What's it all about?" is Alfie himself - although he'd surely tell you otherwise. We cast a 21st century eye back at the 1966 film, it's astonishing 1975 sequel, and even the 2004 remake Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Jim Cameron

Cartoon characters stepping out of cinema screens is just the start of the weirdness this week, but does it all add up to a lick of sense and does it matter if it doesn't? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Just as Doctor Who was returning to our screens twenty years ago, The League of Gentlemen were signing off - with what would turn out to be a divisive (albeit ultimately temporary) full-stop on their canon, a film that turns the original concept on its head; our thoughts are somewhat mixed Presented by Dylan Rees, with Mark Donaldson, Steve Hatcher and J.R. Southall

As his latest, the Hitchcockian thriller Drop arrives in cinemas, we take a look at what director and writer Christopher Landon has been up to since the Happy Death Day movies and Freaky: recent Valentine themed slasher Heart Eyes, and the Netflix family film We Have A Ghost Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

Doctor Who is back and there's a brand new companion to introduce, but was The Robot Revolution as slight and fluffy as RTD's previous season openers? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Among the many much more successful films that Val Kilmer appeared in, the pone that we've chosen by way of marking his passing is The Island of Dr. Moreau, the fascinating and ill-fated Richard Stanley adaptation of H.G. Wells' novel Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Further thoughts about the shape of Season 2, and the potential longevity of Doctor Who, ahead of the launch next weekend Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

It's not only the subject matter that makes Adolescence compelling, it's the production choices too; we take a look under the bonnet and try to figure out why it's getting such a positive reaction Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

Two modern audio adaptations of Triffids novels come under the microphones as part of our slowly-expanding Apocalypse UK strand, the first a 2001 BBC World Service radio version of Wyndham's original The Day of the Triffids, the second Big Finish's 2014 The Night of the Triffids, its official sequel as adapted by the author of the novel, Simon Clark Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jim Cameron and Dylan Rees

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How will 007 make out now he's moved to Amazon MGM Studios? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

Bargaining tactics or kissing Putin's ass? It's just another week in Trumpton Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Our reaction to and predictions for the nominations for this year's Oscars. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold

It's Donald J's first week back in the White House, so how's he doing? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold

We catch up with a handful of recent movies that are in this year's Academy Awards conversation: Wicked, Emilia Pérez, A Real Pain and Dune: Part Two Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Award-winning writer and Big Finish contributor David K. Barnes chooses the eight items he would take with him, if he was about to be marooned on a desert planet Presented by Joe Ford David's website

Overlooked gem or mismatched misfire? We turn the clocks back thirty years to take another look at Kathryn Bigelow's follow-up to Point Break, the VR thriller Strange Days Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Some thoughts about film director David Lynch Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

In which we talk about three largely British space horror movies - Event Horizon, Pandorum, The Last Days on Mars - as part of our ongoing conversation about the Alien franchise and its influence Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Dylan Rees