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Strangers in Space: once a month, for sixty minutes*, J.R. Southall, Lee Rawlings, Simon Brett and Matt Barber talk about Doctor Who so you don't have to (*times may vary) Desert Planet Picks: once a week, a special guest chooses the eight items they'd take with them, if they were about to be maroon…

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    Music Club 26: The UK's Top 10 Eurovision Performances

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 53:22


    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

    Who Review 38: The Story and the Engine

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2025 58:58


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

    Who Review 37: Lucky Day

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2025 58:52


    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

    Who Review 36: The Well

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2025 56:20


    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

    Music Club 25: The Sisters of Mercy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 66:03


    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

    Film Club 71: Alfie

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 63:14


    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

    Who Review 35: Lux

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2025 70:06


    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

    Film Club Lite 75: The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 31:32


    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

    Film Club Duets 29: A Christopher Landon Duo

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 44:37


    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

    Who Review 34: The Robot Revolution

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2025 55:35


    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

    Film Club Lite 74: The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 22:32


    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

    Blue Box 170: The Doctor Who Season Two Preview

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 52:45


    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

    TV Club 82: Adolescence

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 33:21


    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

    Book Club 05: The Day and Night of the Triffids (2001 / 2014)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 32:57


    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

    Music Club Extra 08: Bucks Fizz (1981)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 25:12


    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

    Who Review Extra 48: Carnival of Monsters

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 29:39


    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

    Film Club Duets 28: Alien Fan Projects

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 39:18


    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

    Blue Box 169: Between the Idea and the Reality

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 71:51


    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

    Desert Planet Picks 79: Iain Key

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 45:08


    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

    TV Club 81: The League of Gentlemen (Part Two)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 53:39


    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

    Film Club Lite 73: Hoot (2006)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 36:02


    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

    Film Club Duets 27: Mulholland Drive (1999 & 2001)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 45:50


    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

    Who Review Extra 47: The Leisure Hive

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 36:48


    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

    Film Club Duets 26: Inseminoid (1981) and Xtro (1982)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 41:25


    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

    TV Club 80: The League of Gentlemen (Part One)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 65:14


    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

    Who Review Extra 46: Torchwood: Adam

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 31:08


    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

    Film Club Extra: Oscars 2025 & I'm Still Here

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2025 52:14


    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

    Film Club Duets 25: The Brutalist & A Complete Unknown

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 60:28


    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

    TV Club 79: V

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 34:34


    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

    Film Club Extra: Better Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 30:38


    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

    Blue Box 168: Fifteen After Eighteen, Don't Go (February News Blast #1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 24:15


    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

    Film Club Extra: Metro-Goldwyn-May I? (February News Blast #2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 24:03


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

    Private Members Club 28: Spoilers of War (February News Blast #3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 26:34


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

    Film Club Lite 72: Meet the Feebles (1989)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 27:45


    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

    Film Club Extra: Nickel Boys

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 23:41


    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

    Film Club Extra: Wolf Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 33:48


    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

    Private Members Club 27: Mine Camp

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 59:33


    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

    Who Review Extra 45: The Stolen Earth

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 40:54


    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

    Film Club Duets 24: Companion & Babygirl

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 33:15


    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

    Film Club Duet 23: Nosferatu-two.2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 56:18


    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

    Who Review Extra 44: Asylum of the Daleks

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 39:52


    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

    TV Club 78: Bad Monkey

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 41:32


    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

    Film Club Extra: Anora

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 24:25


    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

    Blue Box 167: Imagine A Door and Close It (January News Blast #1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 26:17


    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

    Film Club Extra: 2025 Academy Award Nominations (January News Blast #2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 22:24


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

    Private Members Club 26: Opening Up the Trump Canal (January News Blast #3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 31:25


    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

    Film Club 70: Oscar Potentials Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 50:05


    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

    Desert Planet Picks 78: David K. Barnes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025 119:43


    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

    Film Club Lite 71: Strange Days (1995)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 30:55


    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

    Film Club Extra: David Lynch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 20:50


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

    Film Club 69: Alien Adjacents

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 55:43


    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

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