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Skip the Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. Your host is Paul Marden.If you like what you hear, you can subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, and all the usual channels by searching Skip the Queue or visit our website SkiptheQueue.fm.If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review, it really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter or Bluesky for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned in this podcast.Competition ends on 23rd July 2025. The winner will be contacted via Bluesky. Show references: Sam Mullins, Trustee at SS Great Britainhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/sammullins/https://www.ssgreatbritain.org/ Transcriptions: Paul Marden: What an amazing day out here. Welcome to Skip the Queue. The podcast for people working in and working with visitor attractions, I'm your host, Paul Marden, and today you join me for the last episode of the season here in a very sunny and very pleasant Bristol Dockyard. I'm here to visit the SS Great Britain and one of their trustees, Sam Mullins, who until recently, was the CEO of London Transport Museum. And I'm going to be talking to Sam about life after running a big, family friendly Museum in the centre of London, and what comes next, and I'm promising you it's not pipes and the slippers for Sam, he's been very busy with the SSGreat Britain and with other projects that we'll talk a little more about. But for now, I'm going to enjoy poodling across the harbour on boat number five awaiting arrival over at the SS Great Britain. Paul Marden: Is there much to catch in the water here?Sam Mullins: According to some research, there's about 36 different species of fish. They catch a lot of cream. They catch Roach, bullet, bass car. Big carpet there, maybe, yeah, huge carpet there. And then your European great eel is here as well, right? Yeah, massive things by the size of your leg, big heads. It's amazing. It goes to show how receipt your life is. The quality of the water is a lot better now. Paul Marden: Oh yeah, yeah, it's better than it used to be years ago. Thank you very much. All right. Cheers. Have a good day. See you later on. So without further ado, let's head inside. So where should we head? Too fast. Sam Mullins: So we start with the stern of the ship, which is the kind of classic entrance view, you know. Yeah, coming up, I do. I love the shape of this ship as you as you'll see.Paul Marden: So lovely being able to come across the water on the boat and then have this as you're welcome. It's quite a.Sam Mullins: It's a great spot. Isn't it?Paul Marden: Really impactful, isn't it? Sam Mullins: Because the amazing thing is that it's going this way, is actually in the dry dock, which was built to build it. Paul Marden: That's amazing. Sam Mullins: So it came home. It was clearly meant to be, you know,Paul Marden: Quite the circular story.Sam Mullins: Yeah, yeah. Thank you. Paul Marden: Thank you. Wow. Look at that view.Sam Mullins: So that's your classic view.Paul Marden: So she's in a dry dock, but there's a little bit of water in there, just to give us an idea of what's going on. Sam Mullins: Well, what's actually going on in here is, preserving the world's first iron ship. So it became clear, after he'd come back from the Falklands, 1970 came back to Bristol, it became clear that the material of the ship was rusting away. And if something wasn't done, there'd be nothing left, nothing left to show. So the innovative solution is based on a little bit of science if you can reduce the relative humidity of the air around the cast iron hull of the ship to around about 20% relative humidity, corrosion stops. Rusting stops. It's in a dry dock. You glaze over the dock at kind of water line, which, as you just noticed, it gives it a really nice setting. It looks like it's floating, yeah, it also it means that you can then control the air underneath. You dry it out, you dehumidify it. Big plant that dries out the air. You keep it at 20% and you keep the ship intact. Paul Marden: It's interesting, isn't it, because you go to Mary Rose, and you go into the ship Hall, and you've got this hermetically sealed environment that you can maintain all of these beautiful Tudor wooden pieces we're outside on a baking hot day. You don't have the benefit of a hermetically sealed building, do you to keep this? Sam Mullins: I guess the outside of the ship is kind of sealed by the paint. That stops the air getting to the bit to the bare metal. We can go down into the trigger, down whilst rise up.Paul Marden: We're wondering. Sam, yeah, why don't you introduce yourself, tell listeners a little bit about your background. How have we ended up having this conversation today.Sam Mullins: I'm Sam Mullins. I'm a historian. I decided early on that I wanted to be a historian that worked in museums and had an opportunity to kind of share my fascination with the past with museum visitors. So I worked in much Wenlock in Shropshire. I worked created a new museum in market Harbour, a community museum in Leicestershire. I was director of museums in St Albans, based on, you know, great Roman Museum at Verulamium, okay. And ended up at London Transport Museum in the 90s, and was directed there for a long time.Paul Marden: Indeed, indeed. Oh, we are inside now and heading underground.Sam Mullins: And you can hear the thrumming in the background. Is the dehumidification going on. Wow. So we're descending into thevery dry dock.Paul Marden: So we're now under water level. Yes, and the view of the ceiling with the glass roof, which above looked like a lovely little pond, it's just beautiful, isn't it?Sam Mullins: Yes, good. It sets it off both in both directions, really nicely.Paul Marden: So you've transitioned now, you've moved on from the Transport Museum. And I thought that today's episode, we could focus a little bit on what is, what's life like when you've moved on from being the director of a big, famous, influential, family friendly Museum. What comes next? Is it pipe and slippers, or are there lots of things to do? And I think it's the latter, isn't it? Sam Mullins: Yes. Well, you know, I think people retire either, you know, do nothing and play golf, or they build, you know, an interesting portfolio. I wanted to build, you know, something a bit more interesting. And, you know, Paul, there's that kind of strange feeling when you get to retire. And I was retiring from full time executive work, you kind of feel at that point that you've just cracked the job. And at that point, you know, someone gives you, you know, gives you a card and says, "Thank you very much, you've done a lovely job." Kind of, "Off you go." So having the opportunity to deploy some of that long term experience of running a successful Museum in Covent Garden for other organisations was part of that process of transition. I've been writing a book about which I'm sure we'll talk as well that's been kind of full on this year, but I was a trustee here for a number of years before I retired. I think it's really good career development for people to serve on a board to see what it's like, you know, the other side of the board. Paul Marden: I think we'll come back to that in a minute and talk a little bit about how the sausage is made. Yeah, we have to do some icebreaker questions, because I probably get you already. You're ready to start talking, but I'm gonna, I'm just gonna loosen you up a little bit, a couple of easy ones. You're sat in front of the telly, comedy or drama?Sam Mullins: It depends. Probably.Paul Marden: It's not a valid answer. Sam Mullins: Probably, probably drama.Paul Marden: Okay, if you need to talk to somebody, is it a phone call or is it a text message that you'll send?Sam Mullins: Face to face? Okay, much better. Okay, always better. Paul Marden: Well done. You didn't accept the premise of the question there, did you? Lastly, if you're going to enter a room, would you prefer to have a personal theme tune played every time you enter the room. Or would you like a personal mascot to arrive fully suited behind you in every location you go to?Sam Mullins: I don't know what the second one means, so I go for the first one.Paul Marden: You've not seen a football mascot on watching American football or baseball?Sam Mullins: No, I try and avoid that. I like real sport. I like watching cricket. Paul Marden: They don't do that in cricket. So we are at the business end of the hull of the ship, aren't we? We're next to the propeller. Sam Mullins: We're sitting under the stern. We can still see that lovely, gilded Stern, saying, Great Britain, Bristol, and the windows and the coat of arms across the stern of the ship. Now this, of course, was the biggest ship in the world when built. So not only was it the first, first iron ship of any scale, but it was also third bigger than anything in the Royal Navy at the time. Paul Marden: They talked about that, when we were on the warrior aim the other day, that it was Brunel that was leading the way on what the pinnacle of engineering was like. It was not the Royal Navy who was convinced that it was sail that needed to lead. Sam Mullins: Yeah, Brunel had seen a much smaller, propeller driven vessel tried out, which was being toured around the country. And so they were midway through kind of design of this, when they decided it wasn't going to be a paddle steamer, which its predecessor, the world's first ocean liner, the Great Western. A was a paddle steamer that took you to New York. He decided that, and he announced to the board that he was going to make a ship that was driven by a propeller, which was the first, and this is, this is actually a replica of his patent propeller design. Paul Marden: So, this propeller was, is not the original to the show, okay?Sam Mullins: Later in its career, it had the engines taken out, and it was just a sailing ship. It had a long and interesting career. And for the time it was going to New York and back, and the time it was going to Australia and back, carrying migrants. It was a hybrid, usually. So you use the sails when it was favourable when it wasn't much wind or the wind was against. You use the use the engines. Use the steam engine.Paul Marden: Coming back into fashion again now, isn't it? Sam Mullins: Yeah, hybrid, yeah.Paul Marden: I can see holes in the hull. Was this evident when it was still in the Falklands?Sam Mullins: Yeah, it came to notice in the 60s that, you know, this world's first it was beached at Sparrow Cove in the Falkland Islands. It had lost its use as a wool warehouse, which is which it had been for 30 or 40 years. And a number of maritime historians, you and call it. It was the kind of key one realised that this, you know, extraordinary, important piece of maritime heritage would maybe not last too many war winters at Sparrow cope had a big crack down one side of the hull. It would have probably broken in half, and that would have made any kind of conservation restoration pretty well impossible as it was. It was a pretty amazing trick to put it onto a to put a barge underneath, to raise it up out of the water, and to tow it into Montevideo and then across the Atlantic, you know, 7000 miles, or whatever it is, to Avon mouth. So it's a kind of heroic story from the kind of heroic age of industrial and maritime heritage, actually.Paul Marden: It resonates for me in terms of the Mary Rose in that you've got a small group of very committed people that are looking to rescue this really valuable asset. And they find it and, you know, catch it just in time. Sam Mullins: Absolutely. That was one of the kind of eye openers for me at Mary rose last week, was just to look at the kind of sheer difficulty of doing conventional archaeology underwater for years and years. You know, is it 50,000 dives were made? Some immense number. And similarly, here, you know, lots of people kind of simply forget it, you know, it's never gonna, but a few, stuck to it, you know, formed a group, fund, raised. This is an era, of course, you know, before lottery and all that jazz. When you had to, you had to fundraise from the public to do this, and they managed to raise the money to bring it home, which, of course, is only step one. You then got to conserve this enormous lump of metal so it comes home to the dry dock in which it had been built, and that has a sort of fantastic symmetry, you know about it, which I just love. You know, the dock happened to be vacant, you know, in 1970 when the ship was taken off the pontoon at Avon mouth, just down the river and was towed up the curving Avon river to this dock. It came beneath the Clifton Suspension Bridge, which, of course, was Brunel design, but it was never built in his time. So these amazing pictures of this Hulk, in effect, coming up the river, towed by tugs and brought into the dock here with 1000s of people you know, surrounding cheering on the sidelines, and a bit like Mary Rose in a big coverage on the BBC.Paul Marden: This is the thing. So I have a very vivid memory of the Mary Rose being lifted, and that yellow of the scaffolding is just permanently etched in my brain about sitting on the carpet in primary school when the TV was rolled out, and it was the only TV in the whole of school that, to me is it's modern history happening. I'm a Somerset boy. I've been coming to Bristol all my life. I wasn't alive when Great Britain came back here. So to me, this feels like ancient history. It's always been in Bristol, because I have no memory of it returning home. It was always just a fixture. So when we were talking the other day and you mentioned it was brought back in the 70s, didn't realise that. Didn't realise that at all. Should we move on? Because I am listening. Gently in the warmth.Sam Mullins: Let's move around this side of the as you can see, the dry dock is not entirely dry, no, but nearly.Paul Marden: So, you're trustee here at SS Great Britain. What does that mean? What do you do?Sam Mullins: Well, the board, Board of Trustees is responsible for the governance of the charity. We employ the executives, the paid team here. We work with them to develop the kind of strategy, financial plan, to deliver that strategy, and we kind of hold them as executives to account, to deliver on that.Paul Marden: It's been a period of change for you, hasn't it? Just recently, you've got a new CEO coming to the first anniversary, or just past his first anniversary. It's been in place a little while.Sam Mullins: So in the last two years, we've had a, we've recruited a new chairman, new chief executive, pretty much a whole new leadership team.One more starting next month, right? Actually, we're in July this month, so, yeah, it's been, you know, organisations are like that. They can be very, you know, static for some time, and then suddenly a kind of big turnover. And people, you know, people move.Paul Marden: So we're walking through what is a curved part of the dry dock now. So this is becoming interesting underfoot, isn't it?Sam Mullins: This is built in 1839 by the Great Western Steamship Company to build a sister ship to the Great Western which was their first vessel built for the Atlantic run to New York. As it happens, they were going to build a similar size vessel, but Brunel had other ideas, always pushing the edges one way or another as an engineer.Paul Marden: The keel is wood. Is it all wood? Or is this some sort of?Sam Mullins: No, this is just like, it's sort of sacrificial.So that you know when, if it does run up against ground or whatever, you don't actually damage the iron keel.Paul Marden: Right. Okay, so there's lots happening for the museum and the trust. You've just had a big injection of cash, haven't you, to do some interesting things. So there was a press release a couple of weeks ago, about a million pound of investment. Did you go and find that down the back of the sofa? How do you generate that kind of investment in the charity?Sam Mullins: Unusually, I think that trust that's put the bulk of that money and came came to us. I think they were looking to do something to mark their kind of, I think to mark their wind up. And so that was quite fortuitous, because, as you know at the moment, you know, fundraising is is difficult. It's tough. Paul Marden: That's the understatement of the year, isn't it?Sam Mullins: And with a new team here and the New World post COVID, less, less visitors, income harder to gain from. Pretty well, you know, all sources, it's important to keep the site kind of fresh and interesting. You know, the ship has been here since 1970 it's become, it's part of Bristol. Wherever you go in Bristol, Brunel is, you know, kind of the brand, and yet many Bristolians think they've seen all this, and don't need, you know, don't need to come back again. So keeping the site fresh, keeping the ideas moving on, are really important. So we've got the dockyard museum just on the top there, and that's the object for fundraising at the moment, and that will open in July next year as an account of the building of the ship and its importance. Paul Marden: Indeed, that's interesting. Related to that, we know that trusts, trusts and grants income really tough to get. Everybody's fighting for a diminishing pot income from Ace or from government sources is also tough to find. At the moment, we're living off of budgets that haven't changed for 10 years, if we're lucky. Yeah, for many people, finding a commercial route is the answer for their museum. And that was something that you did quite successfully, wasn't it, at the Transport Museum was to bring commercial ideas without sacrificing the integrity of the museum. Yeah. How do you do that?Sam Mullins: Well, the business of being an independent Museum, I mean, LTM is a to all sets of purposes, an independent Museum. Yes, 81% of its funding itself is self generated. Paul Marden: Is it really? Yeah, yeah. I know. I would have thought the grant that you would get from London Transport might have been bigger than that. Sam Mullins: The grant used to be much bigger proportion, but it's got smaller and smaller. That's quite deliberate. Are, you know, the more you can stand on your own two feet, the more you can actually decide which direction you're going to take those feet in. Yeah. So there's this whole raft of museums, which, you know, across the UK, which are independently governed, who get all but nothing from central government. They might do a lottery grant. Yes, once in a while, they might get some NPO funding from Ace, but it's a tiny part, you know, of the whole. And this ship, SS Great Britain is a classic, you know, example of that. So what do you do in those circumstances? You look at your assets and you you try and monetise them. That's what we did at London Transport Museum. So the museum moved to Covent Garden in 1980 because it was a far sighted move. Michael Robbins, who was on the board at the time, recognised that they should take the museum from Scion Park, which is right on the west edge, into town where people were going to be, rather than trying to drag people out to the edge of London. So we've got that fantastic location, in effect, a high street shop. So retail works really well, you know, at Covent Garden.Paul Marden: Yeah, I know. I'm a sucker for a bit of moquette design.Sam Mullins: We all love it, which is just great. So the museum developed, you know, a lot of expertise in creating products and merchandising it. We've looked at the relationship with Transport for London, and we monetised that by looking at TFL supply chain and encouraging that supply chain to support the museum. So it is possible to get the TFL commissioner to stand up at a corporate members evening and say, you know, you all do terribly well out of our contract, we'd like you to support the museum as well, please. So the corporate membership scheme at Transport Museum is bigger than any other UK museum by value, really, 60, 65 members,. So that was, you know, that that was important, another way of looking at your assets, you know, what you've got. Sometimes you're talking about monetising relationships. Sometimes it's about, you know, stuff, assets, yeah. And then in we began to run a bit short of money in the kind of middle of the teens, and we did an experimental opening of the Aldwych disused tube station on the strand, and we're amazed at the demand for tickets.Paul Marden: Really, it was that much of a surprise for you. And we all can talk. Sam Mullins: We had been doing, we've been doing some guided tours there in a sort of, slightly in a one off kind of way, for some time. And we started to kind of think, well, look, maybe should we carry on it? Paul Marden: You've got the audience that's interested.Sam Mullins: And we've got the access through TFL which, you know, took a lot of work to to convince them we weren't going to, you know, take loads of people underground and lose them or that they jump out, you know, on the Piccadilly line in the middle of the service, or something. So hidden London is the kind of another really nice way where the museum's looked at its kind of assets and it's monetised. And I don't know what this I don't know what this year is, but I think there are now tours run at 10 different sites at different times. It's worth about half a million clear to them to the museum.Paul Marden: It's amazing, and they're such brilliant events. So they've now opened up for younger kids to go. So I took my daughter and one of her friends, and they were a little bit scared when the lights got turned off at one point, but we had a whale of a time going and learning about the history of the tube, the history of the tube during the war. It was such an interesting, accessible way to get to get them interested in stuff. It was brilliant.Sam Mullins: No, it's a great programme, and it was doing well before COVID, we went into lockdown, and within three weeks, Chris Nix and the team had started to do kind of zoom virtual tours. We all are stuck at home looking at our screens and those hidden London hangouts the audience kind of gradually built yesterday TV followed with secrets of London Underground, which did four series of. Hidden London book has sold 25,000 copies in hardback, another one to come out next year, maybe.Paul Marden: And all of this is in service of the museum. So it's almost as if you're opening the museum up to the whole of London, aren't you, and making all of that space you're you. Museum where you can do things.Sam Mullins: Yeah. And, of course, the great thing about hidden London programme is it's a bit like a theatre production. We would get access to a particular site for a month or six weeks. You'd sell the tickets, you know, like mad for that venue. And then the run came to an end, and you have to, you know, the caravan moves on, and we go to, you know, go to go to a different stations. So in a sense, often it's quite hard to get people to go to an attraction unless they've got visitors staying or whatever. But actually, if there's a time limit, you just kind of have to do it, you know.Paul Marden: Yeah, absolutely. Everybody loves a little bit of scarcity, don't they? Sam Mullins: Should we go up on the deck? Paul Marden: That sounds like fun to me.Sam Mullins: Work our way through.Paul Marden: So Hidden London was one of the angles in order to make the museum more commercially sound. What are you taking from your time at LTM and bringing to the party here at the SS Great Britain?Sam Mullins: Well, asking similar, you know, range of questions really, about what assets do we have? Which of those are, can be, can be monetised in support of the charity? Got here, Paul, so we're, we've got the same mix as lots of middle sized museums here. There's a it's a shop, paid admission, hospitality events in the evening, cafe. You know that mix, what museums then need to do is kind of go, you know, go beyond that, really, and look at their estate or their intellectual property, or the kind of experiences they can offer, and work out whether some of that is monetisable.Paul Marden: Right? And you mentioned before that Brunel is kind of, he's the mascot of Bristol. Almost, everything in Bristol focuses on Brunel. Is there an opportunity for you to collaborate with other Brunel themed sites, the bridge or?Sam Mullins: Yeah. Well, I think probably the opportunity is to collaborate with other Bristol attractions. Because Bristol needs to. Bristol's having a hard time since COVID numbers here are nowhere near what they were pre COVID So, and I think it's the same in the city, across the city. So Andrew chief executive, is talking to other people in the city about how we can share programs, share marketing, that kind of approach.Paul Marden: Making the docks a destination, you know, you've got We the Curious. Where I was this morning, having coffee with a friend and having a mooch around. Yeah, talking about science and technology, there must be things that you can cross over. This was this war. This feels like history, but it wasn't when it was built, was it? It was absolutely the cutting edge of science and technology.Sam Mullins: Absolutely, and well, almost beyond, you know, he was Brunel was pushing, pushing what could be done. It is the biggest ship. And it's hard to think of it now, because, you know, you and I can walk from one end to the other in no time. But it was the biggest ship in the world by, you know, some way, when it was launched in 1845 so this was a bit like the Great Western Railway. It was cutting edge, cutting edge at the time, as we were talking about below. It had a propeller, radical stuff. It's got the bell, too,Paul Marden: When we were on, was it Warrior that we were on last week at the AIM conference for the first. And warrior had a propeller, but it was capable of being lifted, because the Admiralty wasn't convinced that this new fangled propeller nonsense, and they thought sail was going to lead. Sam Mullins: Yeah. Well, this ship had, you could lift a you could lift a propeller, because otherwise the propeller is a drag in the water if it's not turning over. So in its earlier configurations, it was a, it was that sort of a hybrid, where you could lift the propeller out the way, right, set full sail.Paul Marden: Right, and, yeah, it's just, it's very pleasant out here today, isn't it? Lovely breeze compared to what it's been like the last few days. Sam Mullins: Deck has just been replaced over the winter. Paul Marden: Oh, has it really. So say, have you got the original underneathSam Mullins: The original was little long, long gone. So what we have replaced was the deck that was put on in the in the 70s when the ship came back.Paul Marden: Right? You were talking earlier on about the cafe being one of the assets. You've done quite a lot of work recently, haven't you with the team at Elior to refurbish the cafe? What's the plan around that?Sam Mullins: Yeah, we're doing a big reinvestment. You always need to keep the offer fresh anyway, but it was time to reinvest. So the idea is to use that fantastic space on the edge of the dock. It's not very far down to where the floating harbour is really well populated with kind of restaurants and bars and an offer, we're just that 200 meters further along the dock. So perhaps to create an offer here that draws people up here, whether they visit the ship, you know, or not. So it's money, it's monetising your assets. So one of the great assets is this fabulous location on the on the dockside. So with early or we're reinvesting in the restaurant, it's going to go in the auto into after some trial openings and things, Paul, you know, it's going to have an evening offer as well as a daytime offer. And then it's been designed so the lights can go down in the evening. It becomes, you know, an evening place, rather than the museum's all day cafe, yes, and the offer, and obviously in the evenings would similarly change. And I think our ambition is that you should, you should choose this as the place to go out in the evening. Really, it's a great spot. It's a lovely, warm evening. We're going to walk along the dockside. I've booked a table and in the boardwalk, which is what we're calling it. And as you pay the bill, you notice that actually, this is associated with Asus, Great Britain. So, you know, the profit from tonight goes to help the charity, rather than it's the museum cafe. So that's the,Paul Marden: That's the pitch.Sam Mullins: That's the pitch in which we're working with our catering partners, Eli, or to deliver.Paul Marden: Andrew, your CEO and Claire from Eli, or have both kindly said that I can come back in a couple of months time and have a conversation about the restaurant. And I think it would be rude to turn them down, wouldn't it?Sam Mullins: I think you should test the menu really fully.Paul Marden: I will do my best. It's a tough job that I have. Sam Mullins: Somebody has to do this work. Paul Marden: I know, talking of tough jobs, the other thing that I saw when I was looking at the website earlier on was a press release talking about six o'clock gin as being a a partnership that you're investigating, because every museum needs its own tipple, doesn't it?Sam Mullins: Absolutely And what, you know, I think it's, I think what people want when they go to an attraction is they, they also want something of the offer to be locally sourced, completely, six o'clock gym, you know, Bristol, Bristol beers. You can't always do it, but I think, I think it's where you've got the opportunity. And Bristol's a bit of a foodie centre. There's quite a lot going on here in that respect. So, yes, of course, the museum ought to be ought to be doing that too.Paul Marden: I was very kindly invited to Big Pit over in the Welsh Valleys about 8 or 12 weeks ago for the launch, relaunch of their gift shop offering. And absolutely, at the core of what they were trying to do was because it's run by Museums Wales, they found that all of their gift shops were just a bland average of what you could get at any of the museums. None of them spoke of the individual place. So if you went to big pit, the gift shop looked the same as if you were in the centre of Cardiff, whereas now when you go you see things that are naturally of Big Pit and the surrounding areas. And I think that's so important to create a gift shop which has things that is affordable to everybody, but at the same time authentic and genuinely interesting.Sam Mullins: Yeah, I'm sure that's right. And you know I'm saying for you is for me, when I when I go somewhere, you want to come away with something, don't you? Yes, you know, you're a National Trust member and you haven't had to pay anything to get in. But you think I should be supporting the cause, you know, I want to go into that shop and then I want to, I want to buy some of the plants for my garden I just seen, you know, on the estate outside. Or I want to come away with a six o'clock gin or, you know, whatever it might be, there's and I think, I think you're more likely to buy if it's something that you know has engaged you, it's part of that story that's engaged you, right, while you're here. That's why everyone buys a guidebook and reads it afterwards.Paul Marden: Yeah, it's a reminder, isn't it, the enjoyable time that you've had? Yeah, I'm enjoying myself up on the top deck. Sam Mullins: But should we go downstairs? The bow is a great view. Oh, let's do that. I think we might. Let's just work our way down through.Paul Marden: Take a sniff. Could you travel with these smelly passengers? Oh, no, I don't think I want to smell what it's like to be a cow on board shit. Sam Mullins: Fresh milk. Just mind yourself on these companion, ways are very steep now. This is probably where I get completely lost.Paul Marden: You know what we need? We need a very good volunteer. Don't we tell a volunteer story? COVID in the kitchen. Wow. Sam Mullins: The Gabby.Paul Marden: Generous use of scent. Sam Mullins: Yeah, food laid out pretty much based on what we know was consumed on the ship. One of the great things about the ship is people kept diaries. A lot of people kept diaries, and many have survived, right? You know exactly what it was like to be in first class or in steerage down the back.Paul Marden: And so what was the ship used for? Sam Mullins: Well, it was used, it was going to be an ocean liner right from here to New York, and it was more like the Concord of its day. It was essentially first class and second class. And then it has a founders on a bay in Northern Ireland. It's rescued, fitted out again, and then the opportunity comes take people to Australia. The Gold Rush in the 1850s. Migration to Australia becomes the big kind of business opportunity for the ships. Ships new owners. So there's more people on board that used to it applies to and fro to Australia a number of times 30 odd, 40 times. And it takes, takes passengers. It takes goods. It does bring back, brings back gold from because people were there for the gold rush. They were bringing their earnings, you know, back with them. It also brings mail, and, you know, other. Kind of car goes wool was a big cargo from. Paul Marden: Say, people down and assets back up again.Sam Mullins: People both directions. Paul Marden: Okay, yeah. How long was it taking?Sam Mullins: Well, a good trip. I think it did it in 50 odd days. Bit slower was 60 odd. And the food was like this. So it was steerage. It was probably a bit more basic. Paul Marden: Yeah, yes, I can imagine. Sam Mullins: I think we might. Here's the engines. Let's do the engines well.Paul Marden: Yes. So now we're in the engine room and, oh, it's daylight lit, actually. So you're not down in the darkest of depths, but the propeller shaft and all of the mechanism is it runs full length, full height of the ship.Sam Mullins: Yeah, it runs off from here, back to the propeller that we're looking at. Okay, down there a guy's stoking the boilers, putting coal into into the boilers, 24 hour seven, when the engines are running. Paul Marden: Yes, that's going to be a tough job, isn't it? Yeah, coal is stored in particular locations. Because that was something I learned from warrior, was the importance of making sure that you had the coal taken in the correct places, so that you didn't unbalance the ship. I mean,Sam Mullins: You right. I mean loading the ship generally had to be done really carefully so, you know, sort of balanced out and so forth. Coal is tends to be pretty low down for yes, for obvious reasons.Paul Marden: So let's talk a little bit about being a trustee. We're both trustees of charities. I was talking to somebody last week who been in the sector for a number of years, mid career, interested in becoming a trustee as a career development opportunity. What's the point of being a trustee? What's the point of the trustees to the CEO, and what's the benefit to the trustees themselves? Sam Mullins: Well, let's do that in order for someone in the mid part of their career, presumably looking to assume some kind of leadership role. At some point they're going to be dealing with a board, aren't they? Yes, they might even be doing, you know, occasional reporting to a board at that at their current role, but they certainly will be if they want to be chief executive. So getting some experience on the other side of the table to feel what it's like to be a trustee dealing with chief executive. I think he's immensely useful. I always recommended it to to my gang at the Transport Museum, and they've all been on boards of one sort or another as part of their career development.Sam Mullins: For the chief executive. What's the benefit? Well, the board, I mean, very directly, hold the chief executive to account. Yes, are you doing what we asked you to do? But also the wise chief executive recruits a board that's going to be helpful in some way or another. It's not just there to catch them out. Yeah, it's it's there to bring their experience from business, from IT, from marketing, from other museums into the business of running the place. So here we've got a range of Trustees. We've been we've recruited five or six in the last couple of years qquite deliberately to we know that a diverse board is a good board, and that's diverse in the sense not just a background, but of education, retired, still, still at work, young, old, male, female, you know, you name in.Paul Marden: In all of the directionsSam Mullins: Yeah. So a diverse board makes better decisions than one that just does group think all the time. It's, you know, it's a truism, isn't it? I think we all kind of, we all understand and understand that now and then, for the trustee, you know, for me, I particularly last couple of years, when the organization has been through huge changes, it's been really interesting to deploy my prior experience, particularly in governance, because governance is what it all comes down to in an organisation. You do learn over the course of your career to deploy that on behalf, you know, this is a great organisation, the story of Brunel and the ship and and, you know, his influence on the railways. And I travel down on the Great Western railways, yeah, the influence of Brunel is, you know, is enormous. It's a fantastic story. It's inspiring. So who wouldn't want to join? You know what in 2005 was the Museum of the year? Yes, I think we'll just go back there where we came. Otherwise, I never found my way.Paul Marden: Back through the kitchen. Sam Mullins: Back through the kitchen. It looks like stew is on the menu tonight. You've seen me at the mobile the rat.Paul Marden: And also the cat up on the shelf. He's not paying a lot of attention to the ratSam Mullins: Back on deck. Paul Marden: Wonderful. Yeah. So the other great endeavor that you've embarked on is writing, writing a book. Tell us a little bit about the book.Sam Mullins: Yeah, I've written a history of transport in London and its influence on London since 2000 since the mayoralty, elected mayoralty was, was started, you know, I was very lucky when I was running the museum where I had kind of one foot in TfL and one foot out. I knew lots of people. I was there for a long time, yes, so it was, it was easy to interview about 70 of them.Paul Marden: Right? I guess you've built trust levels, haven't you? Yeah, I don't mean that you don't look like a journalist walking in from the outside with an ax to grind. Sam Mullins: And I'm not going to kind of screw them to the Evening Standard, you know, tomorrow. So it's a book based on interviews, oral reminiscences. It's very much their story. So it's big chunks of their accounts of, you know, the big events in London. So what was it like to be in the network control room on the seventh of July, 2005 when the bombs went off? What was it like to be looking out for congestion charge the day it started? Yep. What was it like to kind of manage the Olympics?Paul Marden: You know? So you're mentioning these things. And so I was 10 years at British Airways. I was an IT project manager, but as well, I was a member of the emergency planning team. Yeah. So I got involved in the response to September the 11th. I got involved in some of the engagement around seven, seven, there's seminal moments, and I can, I can vividly remember myself being there at that time. But similarly, I can remember being there when we won the Olympics, and we were all sat in the staff canteen waiting to hear whether we'd won the Olympics, and the roar that erupted. There's so many of those things that have happened in the last 25 years where, you know, you've got, it's recent history, but it's real interesting events that have occurred that you can tell stories of.Sam Mullins: Yeah. So what I wanted to get in the book was a kind of sense of what it was like to be, really at the heart of those, those stories. And there are, you know, there are, there are people in TfL who made those big things happen? Yes, it's not a big, clumsy bureaucracy. It's a place where really innovative leadership was being exercised all the way through that 25 years. Yes, so it runs up to COVID, and what was it like when COVID struck? So the book's called Every Journey Matters, and it comes out in November.Paul Marden: Amazing, amazing. So we have, we've left the insides of the ship, and we are now under, what's this part of the ship? Sam Mullins: We're under the bow. There we go, and a bow spread that gets above our heads. So again, you've got this great, hulking, cast iron, black hull, beautifully shaped at the bow. Look the way it kind of tapers in and it tapers in and out.Paul Marden: It's a very three dimensional, isn't it? The curve is, is in every direction. Sam Mullins: Yeah,it's a great, great shape. So it's my sort of, I think it's my favourite spot. I like coming to look at this, because this is the kind of, this is the business, yeah, of the ship.Paul Marden: What have we got running along the front here? These these images in in gold.Sam Mullins: This is a figurehead with Victoria's Coat of Arms only sua Kim Ali points on top with it, with a lion and a unicorn.Paul Marden: It's a really, it's not a view that many people would have ever seen, but it is such an impressive view here looking up, yeah, very, very cool. And to stand here on the on the edge of the dry dock. Sam Mullins: Dry Docks in to our right, and the floating harbor is out to our left. Yeah.Paul Marden: And much going on on that it's busy today, isn't it? Sam Mullins: Yeah, it's good. Paul Marden: So we've done full loop, haven't we? I mean, it has been a whistle stop tour that you've taken me on, but I've loved every moment of this. We always ask our guests a difficult question. Well, for some it's a difficult question, a book recommendation, which, as we agreed over lunch, cannot be your own book. I don't think, I think it's a little unfair Sam Mullins: Or anything I've ever written before.Paul Marden: Yes, slightly self serving, but yeah.Sam Mullins: It would be, wouldn't it look the first thing that comes to mind is, I've actually been reading my way through Mick Herron's Slow Horses series, okay, which I'm a big fan of detective fiction. I love Ian Rankin's Rebus. Okay, I read through Rebus endlessly when I want something just to escape into the sloughhouse series Slow Horses is really good, and the books all have a sort of similar kind of momentum to them. Something weird happens in the first few chapters, which seems very inconsequential and. Suddenly it turns into this kind of roller coaster. Will they? Won't they? You know, ending, which is just great. So I recommend Mick Herron's series. That's that's been the best, not best, fiction I've read in a long time.Paul Marden: You know, I think there's something, there's something nice, something comforting, about reading a series of books where the way the book is structured is very similar. You can, you can sit down and you know what's going to happen, but, but there's something interesting, and it's, it's easy. Sam Mullins: It's like putting on a pair of old slippers. Oh, I'm comfortable with this. Just lead me along. You know, that's what, that's what I want. I enjoy that immensely.Paul Marden: And should we be? Should we be inviting our listeners to the first book in the series, or do they need to start once, once he's got his, got his, found his way? Sam Mullins: Well, some people would have seen the television adaptation already. Well, that will have spoilt the book for them. Gary Oldman is Jackson lamb, who's the lead character, okay, but if you haven't, or you just like a damn good read, then you start with the first one, which I think is called Sloughhouse. They're all self contained, but you can work your way through them. Paul Marden: Well, that sounds very good. So listeners, if you'd like a copy of Sam's book, not Sam's book, Sam's book recommendation, then head over to Bluesky and repost the show notice and say, I want a copy of Sam's book, and the first one of you lovely listeners that does that will get a copy sent to you by Wenalyn. Sam This has been delightful. I hope listeners have enjoyed this as much as I have. This is our first time having a @skipthequeue in real life, where we wandered around the attraction itself and hopefully narrated our way bringing this amazing attraction to life. I've really enjoyed it. I can now say that as a West Country lad, I have actually been to the SS Great Britain. Last thing to say for visitor, for listeners, we are currently midway through the Rubber Cheese Annual Survey of visitor attraction websites. Paul Marden: If you look after an attraction website and you'd like to share some information about what you do, we are gathering all of that data together to produce a report that helps people to understand what good looks like for an attraction website. This is our fourth year. Listeners that are interested, head over to RubberCheese.com/survey, and you can find out a little bit more about the survey and some of the some of the findings from the past and what we're looking for for this year. Sam, thank you so very much.Sam Mullins: Enjoyed it too. It's always good to rabbit on about what you do every day of the week, and being here and part of this really great organisation is huge privilege.Paul Marden: Thanks for listening to Skip the Queue. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review. 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Stephen Colbert talks about traveling across the pond to sit down with Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Jonathan Pryce and Kristin Scott Thomas to discuss their critically-acclaimed series, "Slow Horses." Season five of "Slow Horses" premieres September 24th on AppleTV+. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Lords: * Mark * https://wyrmburden.bandcamp.com/album/strange-sorcerous * Shirley * https://shop.naturmacht.com/sorcerot-merch/sorceroet-rotten-magick-vinyl-crowdfunding-lim Topics: * Music League * Shaping the Head Like a Japanese Watermelon * Kugelmugel * https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kugelmugel * Welcome to Holland by Emily Perl Kingsley * https://www.emilyperlkingsley.com/welcome-to-holland * Using drugs in 2025 * https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:UStimeline.Drugsinvolvedinoverdosedeaths.jpg Microtopics: * Wyrm Burden. * Metal bands running out of cool word combinations. * Checking Metal Archives. * Canadian atmospheric sludge metal. * Sorcerot. * Crowdfunding a vinyl pressing because your label refuses to pay for it. * Music that is not on Spotify. * How many Music Leagues you're part of right now. * A competition to see who has the best taste in music. * A song about a horse. * Adversarial Music League. * Posting on the internet with the goal of getting the same number of upvotes and downvotes. * Benign Hypotonia and the Floppy Baby. * Wearing a helmet 23 hours a day to adjust the shape of your skull. * Heads that smell like feet. * A very head-shaped head. * Babies that look like the Gary Oldman character in The Fifth Element. * A cone-shaped otter. * Zorg and Zord. * What kind of gear is this baby on? * Eat clen, tren hard. * Collecting as many physical therapists as possible. * A sweet little guy who's having a great time. * Putting on your resume your first word and the age you first walked. * Parent influencers with bad takes. * A baby that expands to the size of its container, so they'll stay baby sized forever unless you move into a bigger house. * Listen, have you ever evaluated anything? It's not easy. * Vibes-Based Medicine. * Declaring your metal sphere a micronation. * Closing the borders of your 8 meter micronation during COVID. * Building a house that looks like a ball. * Declaring your new house a micronation after the city refuses to grant you a building permit. * Antifascism Square. * Declaring your baby paddock a micronation. * A very good basically-a-poem. * Disabilities that are worse than going to Holland. * Trying to figure out how to live with the life you have. * Making peace with the fact that you didn't achieve all your dreams. * Divisive takes about sleep training. * Outcomes associated with prolonged cortisol exposure. * Category One Squawking. * Spending six years figuring out how to get your kid to fall asleep. * The term they invented to remind parents that just because things are good now, that doesn't mean they stay good forever, which is true for everything, but for children sleeping they have a specific term for it. * Getting real sad and going home. * Trying to take any drug except for fentanyl. * Fentanyl test strips from reliable suppliers. * If Coolio isn't safe, who is? * Narcan vending machines. * Walking down the street like you have Narcan in your pocket. * The terrifying gray line that dominates the entire graph. * A credible threat to a lot of recreational drug users. * Finally inventing the nightmare drug that DARE wanted you to be terrified of. * Nostalgia for street heroin. * The role that dopamine plays in human behavior. * A dogshit drug even from a drug enjoyer's perspective. * The only internet you even like any more.
This week, you get a Barry's Steamer and a Clockwork Torgo. We also talk about Billions, Silo, Cult of the Lamb, Trexels, Quacks of Quedlinburg, Dune Awakening, No Man's Sky, Life of Chuck, M3gan 2.0, DC Deckbuilding game, A League of their Own, Garbage, and Gary Oldman. And that's only part of it. So, make a grass meal, it's time for a GeekShock!
One of our most interesting, versatile and talented actors is Gyles's guest today: Sir Gary Oldman. In this very special, intimate and extensive conversation, Gary tells Gyles about his childhood in New Cross Gate in South London, growing up in a council flat with his sisters and his mum - his father left the family home when Gary was seven. He tells Gyles about his happy childhood, dressing up as a homemade batman and playing cricket in the streets with his friends. He tells Gyles about discovering the Greenwich Young People's Theatre and applying for drama school, and about getting his Equity card. He talks about Joe Orton, Paul McCartney, Malcolm McDowell and why he'll never play Hitler. Gary also talks about the perpetual feelings of insecurity which drive him. This is a fascinating conversation with a wonderful actor and we're thrilled to be able to give Rosebud listeners the chance to hear it. Enjoy this.This podcast was recorded at Gyles's house. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ben and Rob wade into the beautiful mind of Brian Wilson's mind waters with ‘Love & Mercy' the biopic that, much like the man, is split right in two. With Paul Dano as the young Brian Wilson crafting Pet Sounds and battling hallucinations, and John Cusack as the older Brian Wilson trapped under the thumb of a manipulative therapist, ‘Love & Mercy' captures the genius of Brian Wilson, the dysfunction within The Beach Boys, and the line between inspiration and illness.But why is Ben so deeply emotionally attached to Brian Wilson? Is Paul Dano secretly becoming what Gary Oldman once was? Why was it so hard to be a sober Beach Boy? And with Brian Wilson sadly passing away this week, are we objectively in a worse world, or is there hope?CONSUUUME to find out all this and much MUCH more!PLUS! We have a Patreon with EXCLUSIVE content just for you starting at just ONE POUND a month - click the link below!Find us on your socials of choice at www.linktr.ee/everymovieeverpodcast
On this episode of TFTB film club we talk about The Fifth Element. It's been 28 years since this movie came out, does it still hold up? We're going to let you know. We'll also chat about some of the runners-up for this episode, and what we're watching next.Please let us know if there is a movie that you want us to review on the podcast! You can always reach us on our social media links below or email us at talesfromthebridgepodcast@gmail.com Link tree https://linktr.ee/talesfromthebridge
While we are currently in the midst of the Summer of Superman, the month of June has often belonged to the Dark Knight. Join The Watchers as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Batman Forever and the 20th anniversary of Batman Begins. #BatmanForever #BatmanBeginsBatman Forever (1995) is a superhero movie starring Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman and Chris O'Donnell.Batman Begins (2005) is a superhero movie directed by Christopher Nolan that stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer, Ken Watanabe and Morgan Freeman. Subscribe, rate and review! Follow The Watchers in the Basement on social media! Use #WatchersBasement to comment about the show!facebook.com/watchersbasementtwitter.com/WatchBasement instagram.com/watchersbasementthreads.net/@watchersbasementanchor.fm/watchersbasement
Welcome Back Everyone! Thank You for joining us once again! 1st Film: Joey's Pick Dawm of the Planet of the Apes (2014) Directed by: Matt Reeves Starring: Jason Clarke, Keri Russell, Gary Oldman and Andy Serkis as Ceasar 2nd Film: Marvel Phase 2 Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) Directed by: Anthony and Joe Russo Starring: Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Anthony Mackie, Samuel L Jackson, Sebastian Stan and Robert Redford Thanks for Listening! Email: Strangerthanflicktion@gmail.com Twitters: Podcast- @SFlicktion Joey - @SpaceJamIsMyjam Jacob - @Jabcup Johnnie- @Shaggyroaddogg Tim - @timbohh4l Time Stamps: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Rate and Review - 59:05 Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Review and Rate - 01:42:50
It takes a village to make our favourite TV show and films....On this episode we get to indulge a little bit of our fandom as we get to dive into what made the 4th season of 'Slow Horses" streaming now on Apple+ tick.We sat down with the editing team of Robert Frost and Harrison Wall to get some insight on working on a season of a show like 'Slow Horses". How soon are they involved in the process, how editing scratches creative itches and the joy of getting to be involved on a show like 'Slow Horses''Slow Horses' Season 4 is streaming on Apple+ now and we selfishly hope that both Robert and Harrison get nominated for Emmy's because we want to see more of their great work on the future episodes to come.'Slow Horses' is streaming on Apple+ now.
主播:Flora(中国)+ Selah(美国) 音乐:Say It Right人称“万人迷”的前英格兰足球运动员小贝——贝克汉姆,苦等十几年,终于成功封爵。今天我们就来聊一聊英国爵位的那些事儿。01. Beckham Gets Knighted 贝克汉姆被封爵2025年6月,英国皇室(the British royal family)公布了国王生日授勋名单(King's Birthday Honors List),足球传奇大卫·贝克汉姆(David Beckham)赫然在列。这意味着,贝克汉姆正式被封为爵士(knight),从此可以被尊称为 “Sir David Beckham”。Sir加在人名前是对爵士的尊称。英国皇室:the British royal family国王生日授勋名单:King's Birthday Honors List封爵:knight男性被封爵,可在名字前加“Sir”,如“Sir David Beckham”。其妻子可被称为:“Lady + 其夫姓”,如“Lady Beckham”。女性被封爵,则称为“Dame”,如“Dame Judi Dench(朱迪·丹奇爵士)”。贝克汉姆能获此殊荣,不仅因为他的传奇足球生涯(legendary football career),还因为他做了大量的慈善工作(a ton of charity work),尤其是与联合国儿童基金会(UNICEF)的合作。不仅如此,他更是全球偶像(global icon ),堪称国家名片。传奇:legendary全球偶像:global icon 02. What Did the Foreign Media Say? 外媒如何报道? CNN的标题直接点出重点: David Beckham, Gary Oldman and Roger Daltrey knighted in King's Birthday Honors大卫·贝克汉姆、加里·奥德曼和罗杰·达尔特雷在国王生日授勋中被封为爵士BBC则用了一个俏皮的比喻: Beckham scores a winner with the royal circle贝克汉姆成功打入王室圈子 score a winner:踢进制胜球(在这里比喻贝克汉姆获得王室认可)03. British Titles: Noble Titles vs. Knighthood Titles 贵族爵位 vs. 骑士爵位 British titles fall into two main types: noble titles and knighthood titles.贵族爵位(Noble Titles)In the UK, noble titles are ranked from high to low like this (从高到低依次为): Duke:公爵Marquess:侯爵 Earl:伯爵 Viscount:子爵 Baron:男爵 这些属于世袭头衔(hereditary titles),可以传给子女。 骑士爵位(Knighthood Titles) Baronet:准男爵 Knight:骑士他们都是不能世袭的(not hereditary)。贝克汉姆获得的是Knight Bachelor — an honorary, non-noble title(荣誉性非贵族头衔), the most basic and symbolic(最基础最具象征性的)type of knighthood。His son cannot inherit (继承) this title. It's a personal honour (个人荣誉).04. Did British Copy Ancient Chinese Noble Titles? 英国人照搬了古代中国的贵族头衔吗?中国的古代爵位也是“公、侯、伯、子、男”,与英国的Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, Baron一一对应。 当时译者翻译的时候发现与我们中国古代五大贵族爵位(the ancient Chinese system of five ranks of nobility )的社会结构(social structures)相似,所以就直接对应起来了。你对贝克汉姆封爵有什么看法?欢迎留言讨论!What do you think about Beckham being knighted?We'd love to hear your views!
We're suiting up in Gary Oldman's Bram Stoker's Dracula armor and joining J.Lo to dive into the mind of a serial killer and recap Tarsem Singh's 2000 visionary classic The Cell, recently released on 4K UHD from Arrow Video. Plus announcements, confessions, wishes, & more. We're on Instagram!
Dan Loges delivers the latest entertainment news on:- Eric Dane opens up about his recent ALS diagnosis.- John Stamos speaks about the devastating loss of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys.- Gary Oldman along with other major figures are knighted by King Charles III.
INE valida elección judicial; desestima uso de acordeones. Asesinan a presidenta municipal de San Mateo Piñas, Oaxaca; crimen ocurrió al interior del palacio municipal. Continúan redadas del ICE en California el fin de semana; aprobación de Trump se mantiene en números negativos David y Beckham y Gary Oldman son nombrados "caballeros" por el rey Carlos III; Victoria recibe el título de “Lady”. Turista destruye obra de arte inspirada en Van Gogh.Mira AQUÍ el video de "La tamalada de Tu Día con EL UNIVERSAL" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW1Iisl2pQ0Un podcast de EL UNIVERSALTavo Stone Instagram: @tavo_stone Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Trooping the Colour 2025 was a blend of pageantry, poignancy, and power plays. King Charles III marked his official birthday with a moving tribute to victims of the Air India crash, wearing a black armband and requesting a minute's silence. Catherine, Princess of Wales, made her highly anticipated return to royal duties after cancer treatment, drawing cheers as she joined her family for the parade and balcony appearance. Meanwhile, Prince Harry remained conspicuously absent. In the King's Birthday Honours, cultural icons David Beckham, Gary Oldman, and Roger Daltrey were knighted, earning their “Sir” titles.At the King's Foundation Awards, Charles rubbed elbows with Meryl Streep, Kate Winslet, and Stanley Tucci.Get ready for our new series Crown and Controversy coming July 13th. Follow now. The full Season 1 is available now for premium subscribers. To become a premium subscriber (no ads and no feed drops) visit caloroga.com/plus. For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app which seays UNINTERRUPTED LISTENING. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. You also get 25+ other shows on the network ad-free! Subscribe to Deep Crown's free newslett
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Ben and Rob wade into the beautiful mind of Beach Boy Brian Wilson's mind waters with ‘Love & Mercy' the biopic that, much like the man, is split right in two. With Paul Dano as the young Brian Wilson crafting Pet Sounds and battling hallucinations, and John Cusack as the older Brian Wilson trapped under the thumb of a manipulative therapist, ‘Love & Mercy' captures the genius of Brian Wilson, the dysfunction within The Beach Boys, and the line between inspiration and illness.But why is Ben so deeply emotionally attached to Brian Wilson? Is Paul Dano secretly becoming what Gary Oldman once was? Why was it so hard to be sober in The Beach Boys? And with Brian Wilson sadly passing away this week, are we objectively in a worse world, or is there hope?CONSUUUME to find out all this and much MUCH more!PLUS! We have a Patreon with EXCLUSIVE content just for you starting at just ONE POUND a month - click the link below!Find us on your socials of choice at www.linktr.ee/everymovieeverpodcast
Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Poundland sale Why is the chain struggling with shoppers Love Islands Georgia Harrison re read MBE letter three times Yellow weather warning for UK after flooding and lightning strikes Heston Blumenthal Mood swings fuelled the chefs genius. But the highs got higher and the lows got darker Kings Birthday Honours 2025 Gary Oldman and Strictly hosts Tess and Claudia join David Beckham Israel Iran strikes What are the worst case scenarios Man arrested over shooting of Scots in Spanish bar The terrifying moment when Air India plane crashed into a canteen Israels endgame may be regime change in Iran but its a gamble Was Iran months away from producing a nuclear bomb
Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Yellow weather warning for UK after flooding and lightning strikes Kings Birthday Honours 2025 Gary Oldman and Strictly hosts Tess and Claudia join David Beckham Man arrested over shooting of Scots in Spanish bar Poundland sale Why is the chain struggling with shoppers Israel Iran strikes What are the worst case scenarios Heston Blumenthal Mood swings fuelled the chefs genius. But the highs got higher and the lows got darker Israels endgame may be regime change in Iran but its a gamble The terrifying moment when Air India plane crashed into a canteen Love Islands Georgia Harrison re read MBE letter three times Was Iran months away from producing a nuclear bomb
Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Trump struggles with Iran message as Republicans diverge over attack Who were the Iranian commanders killed in Israels attack Kings Birthday Honours 2025 Gary Oldman and Strictly hosts Tess and Claudia join David Beckham Love Islands Georgia Harrison re read MBE letter three times Air India Black box found at Ahmedabad crash site as families wait for answers Heston Blumenthal Mood swings fuelled the chefs genius. But the highs got higher and the lows got darker Iran is reeling from Israels attack it may only be the start British man describes how he escaped Air India wreckage Rochdale gang guilty of raping and abusing girls for five years Israels overnight strike on Iran in maps and images
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If you have been intimidated by the length of this show's flagship series, Ekofascism, BioPeace and Warfare, Parapolitical (insert crop name) etc. Then now is the time to jump in to this comprehensive summary of the theories that has guided the show for the last three years. In the words of Gary Oldman's character in Leon the professional; I'm bringing everyone! We revisit the Columbia East Coast cohort of PHDs, who received honorary medals from Adolf for their immigration laws, inspired by the new 1920s British concept of "ecosystems". A historical block of wealthy ecological conservationist lead by Herbert Hoover. Apparatchiks who cut their teeth in the colonies and who would never stop to kill, burn and rape for the white mans burden. They foresaw the dust bowls but did nothing. We show how the first international grain market came to be and how corn was introduced in the interregnum of its collapse. How it was flanked by motorization, chemical fertilizers and a new super structure which spoke of "population control" rather than "eugenics". Link in the bio to a new free for all episode, hope you enjoy the music, the writing, the editing, the graphic design, the rent free brain worms and the show. If so please share far and wide.
Entering the ring at 6 feet, 165 pounds, the Inceptionist, the prestigest, the teneter - Christopher Nolan! Working to restart the Batman franchise Nolan starts with the 2005 Batman BeginsDirectorChristopher NolanProducerLarry J. Franco, Charles Roven, Emma ThomasScreenwriterDavid S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan, Bob KaneDistributorWarner Bros. PicturesProduction CoDC Comics, Warner Brothers, Syncopy, Di Bonaventura PicturesRatingPG-13 (Some Thematic Elements|Disturbing Images|Intense Action Violence)GenreAction, Fantasy, AdventureOriginal LanguageEnglishRelease Date (Theaters)Jun 15, 2005Budget$150,000,000 (estimated)Gross US & Canada$206,863,479Opening weekend US & Canada$48,745,440Jun 19, 2005Gross worldwide$375,406,308StarringChristian Bale,Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer, Ken Watanabe, Morgan Freeman
One of the all time greats, Gary Oldman, returns for another masterclass discussion of acting, Hogwarts houses, and TIPTOES. Plus SLOW HORSES, DRACULA, and so much more! #happysadconfused #joshhorowitz #garyoldman #slowhorses Check out the Happy Sad Confused patreon here! We've got discount codes to live events, merch, early access, exclusive episodes, video versions of the podcast, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This is one hair-brained scheme that Gary Oldman cooked-up. He had three weeks, max, to plan this, which included working with a Secret Service agent, whose motivations are, uh, opaque. If you ask me, it is just a bit much. Maybe try something better next Gary Oldman. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/46c3C827AUwbjV5oEsrhon?si=c191cad0e73d40ee Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pod-of-dreams/id1611180213
Listen along as we discuss Netflix's three hundred and seventy-eighth film, the 2021 psychological thriller ‘The Woman in the Window' directed by Joe Wright starring Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, Anthony Mackie, Fred Hechinger, Wyatt Russell, Brian Tyree Henry, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Julianne Moore. Please follow us at Flix Forum on Facebook or @flixforum on X (Twitter) and Instagram and answer our question for the episode, 'When do you wish you could have gone back, do something different or over?' You can listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Podbean so please subscribe and drop us a review or 5 star rating. If you're interested in what else we are watching, head on over to our Letterboxd profiles; Jesse We also have our own Flix Forum Letterboxd page! Links to all our past episodes and episode ratings can be found there by clicking here. Next week we have 'Sardar Ka Grandson', so check out the film before then. You can see the trailer here. Flix Forum acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Wurundjeri and Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present, emerging and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
The HOUSE OF THE DRAGON cast (Matt Smith, Emma D'Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Fabien Frankel, Tom Glynn-Carney, Steve Toussaint, and Ewan Mitchell) gathers (along with Ryan Condal and Sara Hess) to talk about key relationships, creative challenges, and look ahead to season 3. UPCOMING EVENTS 28 YEARS LATER Q&A with Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, & Danny Boyle 6/1 in NY -- tickets here Gary Oldman in LA 6/3 -- tickets here Check out the Happy Sad Confused patreon here! We've got discount codes to live events, merch, early access, exclusive episodes, video versions of the podcast, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It may or may not be the FINAL reckoning for the MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE franchise but writer/director Christopher McQuarrie is here to talk about the unusual way they make these films, plus give some teases about the future of TOP GUN and DAYS OF THUNDER, and a glimpse at the Superman sequel he wanted to do. UPCOMING EVENTS 28 YEARS LATER Q&A with Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, & Danny Boyle 6/1 in NY -- tickets here Gary Oldman in LA 6/3 -- tickets here Check out the Happy Sad Confused patreon here! We've got discount codes to live events, merch, early access, exclusive episodes, video versions of the podcast, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Welkom bij Nerd Culture episode #210 – dé meest nerdy podcast in de multiverse. Deze week duiken we in de apoteose van de Mission: Impossible-serie: The Final Reckoning. We bespreken wat deze serie zo bijzonder maakt en wanneer het die kracht is in gaan boeten.. Verder hebben we het over Tom Cruise, die ongelofelijk smerig popcorn staat te nassen, en laat Scarlett Johansson haar weer van haar meest oranje getinte kant zien in de nieuwe trailer van Jurassic World Rebirth. Zoals altijd: hot takes, nostalgie én veel te veel meningen.Bijna een onmogelijke missie om af te kijkenMission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, de langverwachte afsluiter van Ethan Hunts reis. Huey bespreekt waarom de film ondanks zijn bombastische actiescènes niet overal weet te overtuigen. Het vakmanschap in de actiescène is nog steeds bewonderenswaardig, maar Tom Cruise die aan een vliegtuig hangt kennen we nu wel. Is dit écht het laatste hoofdstuk? Huey denkt van niet – en dat is volgens hem geen goed nieuws.Slow Horses een beetje traag, maar niet minder leukVerder vertelt Jelle over Slow Horses, de Britse spionage thriller die hem behoorlijk heeft weten te vermaken. De serie, met een weergaloze Gary Oldman als morsige MI5-veteraan, weet traagheid om te zetten in spanning. Langzaam ontvouwt zich een wereld van cynisme, intrige en briljant geschreven dialogen. Voor deze geheim agenten is hun werk ook maar gewoon een 9 tot 5. En weekend is weekend! Doomsday voor de MCU!?Tot slot slecht nieuws voor Marvel-fans: zowel Avengers: Doomsday als Avengers: Secret Wars zijn opnieuw uitgesteld. De nieuwe data schuiven flink op, wat de grote climax van de Multiverse Saga nog verder de toekomst in duwt. We bespreken wat deze vertraging betekent voor het MCU, of we er nog vertrouwen in hebben, en of een Avengers film als kerstfilm kan werken.Timestamps:00:00:00 Nerd Culture #21000:01:55 Wat gaan we vandaag doen? 00:03:43 Comment van de week!00:12:01 Wat hebben we gekeken/gelezen/geluisterd?00:12:16 Black Bag00:15:38 Slow Horses00:18:28 Mission: Impossible Death Reckoning00:19:38 Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning00:29:40 Ted Lasso00:35:29 The Sopranos00:43:32 One Day (Emma en Dex)00:48:14 De Poolse Bruid00:54:37 The Last of Us S201:00:49 Not Just a Goof01:02:28 Atlanta: S8 E401:04:40 The Fountain of Youth 01:07:36 Volgende film Tom Cruise wordt brute actie komedie01:11:37 (Nieuwe) Jurassic World Rebirth Trailer01:14:39 Avengers Doomsday en Secret Wars officieel uitgesteld, krijgen we een nieuwe kersttraditie?01:16:18 Het DC Universe gaat chronologisch lopen.01:21:20 Documentaire Shia LaBeouf laat mensen weglopen op Cannes01:23:59 Michael Bay werkt aan Skibidi Toilet film01:27:27 Avatar 2 weer in de bioscoop voor Avatar 301:29:57 A24 en The Pebble gaan samen meer films maken01:32:04 James Bond gecast?01:34:11 Gaan we nog even naar Tom Cruise kijken deze week en deze week hebben we een popcorn etende Tom Cruise
JULIO IGLESIAS. Ramón Arcusa ha confirmado recientemente por ahí que existirá el biopic de Julio en forma de 12 episodios para Netflix. El Criticón de La Cultureta Gran Reserva se congratula de ello. We love Julio. Freedom for Julio. Justicia para Julio. GARY OLDMAN. Se ha valorado poco desde nuestro punto de vista una gran gran serie actual encabezada por Gary Oldman. ‘Slow horses' se llama. La gente en la calle y en X habla bien de esta producción, con 4 temporadas en Apple TV+. Una serie que ha funcionado boca oreja. Desde este programa la recomendamos sin haberla visto. TOM CRUISE. ‘Nacido el 4 de julio', ‘Jerry Maguire', ‘Magnolia'… Tom ha rozado la gloria del Oscar varias veces. Desde este programa le apoyamos fuertemente para que termine consiguiéndolo. Lo pilota todo: coches, motos, cazas, pelicópteros de Melody, cabras, tanques, avionetas, el Dacia Sandero de tu hermana. MARIELA GARRIGA. Es nuestra actriz de la semana. Nos cae bien, la estimamos. Se trata de una cubana que estuvo en la serie ‘Bosé' y bien, que estuvo en ‘Cuando nadie nos ve' de Urbizu en HBO y mejor, y que está en todas partes y en todas las alfombras porque se lo merece y porque sale bien parada en la última ‘Misión Imposible'. Y lo maja que es, que eso es siempre es bien.
JULIO IGLESIAS. Ramón Arcusa ha confirmado recientemente por ahí que existirá el biopic de Julio en forma de 12 episodios para Netflix. El Criticón de La Cultureta Gran Reserva se congratula de ello. We love Julio. Freedom for Julio. Justicia para Julio. GARY OLDMAN. Se ha valorado poco desde nuestro punto de vista una gran gran serie actual encabezada por Gary Oldman. ‘Slow horses' se llama. La gente en la calle y en X habla bien de esta producción, con 4 temporadas en Apple TV+. Una serie que ha funcionado boca oreja. Desde este programa la recomendamos sin haberla visto. TOM CRUISE. ‘Nacido el 4 de julio', ‘Jerry Maguire', ‘Magnolia'… Tom ha rozado la gloria del Oscar varias veces. Desde este programa le apoyamos fuertemente para que termine consiguiéndolo. Lo pilota todo: coches, motos, cazas, pelicópteros de Melody, cabras, tanques, avionetas, el Dacia Sandero de tu hermana. MARIELA GARRIGA. Es nuestra actriz de la semana. Nos cae bien, la estimamos. Se trata de una cubana que estuvo en la serie ‘Bosé' y bien, que estuvo en ‘Cuando nadie nos ve' de Urbizu en HBO y mejor, y que está en todas partes y en todas las alfombras porque se lo merece y porque sale bien parada en la última ‘Misión Imposible'. Y lo maja que es, que eso es siempre es bien.
He's just coming off a Tony win and he just might be in line for another! Jonathan Groff takes center stage on this episode to talk about playing Bobby Darin in JUST IN TIME, how SPRING AWAKENING changed his life, why he was so well suited for MINDHUNTER, and what he considers the best movie musicals of all time! UPCOMING EVENTS 28 YEARS LATER Q&A with Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, & Danny Boyle 6/1 in NY -- tickets here Gary Oldman in LA 6/3 -- tickets here Check out the Happy Sad Confused patreon here! We've got discount codes to live events, merch, early access, exclusive episodes, video versions of the podcast, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How do you make the most celebrated STAR WARS story in decades without so much as a jedi in sight? You hire Tony Gilroy. The filmmaker behind MICHAEL CLAYTON and THE BOURNE LEGACY joins Josh to talk about his unlikely journey to ANDOR. Recorded at the 92nd Street Y. UPCOMING EVENTS 28 YEARS LATER Q&A with Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, & Danny Boyle 6/1 in NY -- tickets here Gary Oldman in LA 6/3 -- tickets here Check out the Happy Sad Confused patreon here! We've got discount codes to live events, merch, early access, exclusive episodes, video versions of the podcast, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
You have been eaten alive by an irradiated Koala. What a day. But don't worry, there's a pub in here! Join Jamie, Aled, Mike and Bailey as they reflect on a question that should haunt the dreams of more Escape Room designers than it probably does - What is a puzzle? AND THAT'S NOT ALL. A prize draw. A real one. With a real prize. Well, two, actually, but one of them will probably go a bit funny before it reaches the winner. Also, our recommendations for this month: As always, we closed out the episode with some handpicked recommendations from the team: Bailey – TreeApp Plant a tree a day for free by watching short ads—an easy way to support global reforestation. Aled – Piper Alley Bagpipe covers of metal songs. Yes, it's weird. Yes, it's brilliant. Mike – Hardspace: Shipbreaker A relaxing puzzle-like space salvage sim with corporate dystopia vibes. Great on Steam Deck. Mike – Slow Horses by Mick Herron A witty, gritty spy thriller about MI5's least wanted. Also a TV series starring Gary Oldman. Jamie – Maniac (Steam) GTA-style, top-down bullet hell chaos. Perfect for blowing off steam in 20-minute bursts. Hosts: Mike Collins, Jamie Gibbs, Emma Bailey, Aled Hughes Editor: Jon Saunders All links to our social media profiles and our Patreon programme over at https://linktr.ee/theinfiniteescaperoom
Ready for a remake of a 60's sci-fi TV show that stars the guy from Friends and arguable one of the best actors of our generation (Gary Oldman)? No? Neither were we. This week, the boys review Lost in Space from 1998. Starring William Hurt, Matt LeBlanc, Gary Oldman, and Heather Graham. The Robinson family sets out on a journey through the stars in an effort to save the world. But as the name would suggest, they get a little lost, and so does the plot, character development, and CGI.Support the showCatch new episodes of the Where to Stick It Podcast every Tuesday and Thursday. If you like the show, please consider supporting us on Patreon where we upload exclusive content each month for only $3 a month.
Jeremy Renner is a survivor, an inspiration, an amazing actor, a superhero, and now an author! Her returns to the podcast to talk about all of it, his long road of recovery after a horrific accident, lessons learned, and what the future holds for him in Marvel and beyond. UPCOMING EVENTS Alexander Skarsgard in NY 5/12 -- tickets here Tony Gilroy in NY 5/14 -- tickets here Gary Oldman in LA 6/3 -- tickets here Check out the Happy Sad Confused patreon here! We've got discount codes to live events, merch, early access, exclusive episodes, video versions of the podcast, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bowels in or bowels out? That's the question we hope to answer as we discuss Ridley Scott's controversial sequel to The Silence of the Lambs in 2001's Hannibal! Join us as we discuss the Clarice of it all before heading to Italy to check in with everyone's favorite cannibal. There's no denying it: this is just a weird movie. Be it Gary Oldman's prosthetics or Ray Liotta's brain sac, there's a lot here that mainstream audiences weren't ready for 20+ years ago! Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on BlueSky, Instagram, Youtube, Letterboxd, Facebook, or join the Facebook Group or brand new Horror Queers Discord to get in touch with other listeners. > Trace: @tracedthurman (Bluesky) / @tracedthurman (Instagram) > Joe: @joelipsett (BlueSky) / @bstolemyremote (Instagram) Be sure to support the boys on Patreon! Theme Music: Alexander Nakarada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What is WatchFree+?WatchFree+ Spring Showcase: “Your Movie Match” (dating app theme of your favorite rom-coms)500 Days of SummerZooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon LevittHow Do You KnowReese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Paul Rudd, Jack NicholsonOur Family WeddingAmerica Ferrara, Lance Gross, Carlos Mencia, Forest WhitakerVal Kilmer's passingKill the Irishman Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken, Vincent D'Onofrio, Val Kilmer, Paul Sorvino5 Days of WarThe SuperBruce Willis ClassicsLooperBruce Willis, Joseph Gordon LevittThe Fifth ElementBruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla JovovichBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-unplugged-totally-uncut--994165/support.
MULTI-PASS and a movie! Join us as we talk about the weird and fun world of the 1997 film The Fifth ElementDirectorLuc BessonProducerPatrice LedouxScreenwriterLuc Besson, Robert Mark KamenDistributorColumbia PicturesProduction CoGaumontRatingPG-13 (Intense Sci-Fi Violence|Brief Nudity|Some Sexuality)GenreSci-Fi, Adventure, Action, FantasyOriginal LanguageEnglishRelease Date (Theaters)May 9, 1997BudgetFRF 75,210,000 (estimated)Gross US & Canada$63,820,180Opening weekend US & Canada$17,031,345May 11, 1997Gross worldwide$263,920,1801 million+ units home salesBruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Chris Tucker, Milla Jovovich
Justin and Paul are back! That's right the trivia challenge winner is finally back from his world tour, and he's stopped in to talk to the little people. On this week's pod part 2 of Small Roles, Big Impact! Join the guys as they talk about ten actors who walked on the set for a day or two and slayed their scene. Including, Peter Stomare, Dave Bautista, Bill Duke, Gene Hackman, Jesse Plemons, Donnie Walhberg, Gary Oldman, Tom Cruise, Harvey Keitel, and Steve Buscemi!
What is WatchFree+?WatchFree+ Spring Showcase: “Your Movie Match” (dating app theme of your favorite rom-coms)500 Days of SummerZooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon LevittHow Do You KnowReese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Paul Rudd, Jack NicholsonOur Family WeddingAmerica Ferrara, Lance Gross, Carlos Mencia, Forest WhitakerVal Kilmer's passingKill the Irishman Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken, Vincent D'Onofrio, Val Kilmer, Paul Sorvino5 Days of WarThe SuperBruce Willis ClassicsLooperBruce Willis, Joseph Gordon LevittThe Fifth ElementBruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla JovovichBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-like-it-s-live--4113802/support.
In 2005, filmmaker Christopher Nolan was about to become mainstream with the first movie in his superhero trilogy. Meanwhile, a group of developers in Derby were working on a video game tie-in for said movie that wouldn't turn out to be quite as popular. We're taking a look at an action adventure game that was neither a precursor to a game based on The Dark Knight, nor The Dark Knight Returns. We're talking Batman Begins.On this episode of Stealth Boom Boom, we chat a little bit about trailers that feature Batman smiling, Trailer Voice Man, and Phoenix International. We also look at how important it was for this to be an interactive version of the movie in almost every way, as well as a cavalcade of celebs: a disinterested Morgan Freeman, a bloodthirsty Cillian Murphy, anbemused Michael Caine, and a Christian Bale that thinks all this video game stuff is a complete waste of time.Here are some of the things you're gonna hear us chat about in our review: the first glimpses of many things that would become staples in the Arkham games; instilling fear in your enemies by interacting with very specific parts of the environment; goons dropping their guns when they're scared; the optic cable from Splinter Cell; an exceptionally violent inverted takedown; familiar punching and kicking, as performed by a more acrobatic, yet less fluid Batman; the weird context-sensitive special move thing; NO BATARANG BUSINESS; climbing things with 70% arm and 30% leg; bonus Game Boy Advance opinions; a lack of yellow paint; training in the Himalayas; driving the tumbler around Gotham like it's a Burnout game; dingy rooms illuminated by beams of light coming through blinds; restrictions vs limitations; being rewarded(?) with clips from the film in between levels; odd differences in the narrative; Gary Oldman's absence; and a lockpicking minigame that's the same every single time.After all that, we take you through what some of the critics were saying about the game around the time it came out, and then we give you our final verdicts on whether Batman Begins is a Pass, a Play, or an Espionage Explosion.For those who would like to play along at home, we'll be discussing, reviewing and dissecting Deus Ex on the next episode of Stealth Boom Boom.IMPORTANT LINKS TO THINGS
"Multi-pass!" - Leeloo For our 50th Podcasters Disassembled episode, Zack and Erik watched 1997's "The Fifth Element" (starring Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, and Gary Oldman) with DT from Space Castle on You Tube! (Edited by Zack Derby) The Podcasters will Assemble again... If you would like to be featured on an upcoming episode head over to: https://probablywork.com/podcasters-assemble/You can also join the discussion in our Discord serverSupport us on Patreon or Buy Our Merch!Network InfoThis podcast is a production of the We Can Make This Work (Probably) Network. Follow us below to keep up with this show and discover our many other podcasts! The place for those with questionable taste!Twitter | Facebook| Instagram: @probablywork www.probablywork.comEmail: ProbablyWorkPod@gmail.com
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Kathy Burke, originally episode 96 from 2016-05-03.Original writeup below!–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Such a nice chat with Pip and Kathy, as we get to join and listen in on all aspects of Kathy's diverse and strong-willed career, from her beginnings and early days in the Harry Enfield show and of course as half of Kevin & Perry, her enthralling role in the heavy Gary Oldman directed 'Nil By Mouth', and right up to her changes in path and the refinement of her journey as she takes it - with a healthy element of theatre too. Inspiring throughout as we hear not only her shining glories but her regrets too, as well as her take on the social media universe (and her place within it!). Great stuff. Now listen!PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting natureIMDBWHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAKEONLINEPIP TWITCH • (music stuff)PIP INSTAGRAMSPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTOREPIP TWITTERPIP IMDBPOD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
MUSIC Disturbed might not be welcome back in their hometown of Chicago for a while. The band's show at the United Center on March 8th had their usual production of pyro, and where the stage was located was just under the Chicago Bulls six championship banners. Puddle of Mudd frontman Wes Scantlin was arrested yet again. TMZ reports that police were called to a Torrance, Gene Simmons played meteorologist Thursday, giving the weather report on KTTV -- FOX 11 in Los Angeles. Great news, Doors fans: Jim Morrison is still alive! He's been hiding out in Syracuse, New York as a maintenance worker named Frank!!! Today, Diddy due in federal court in NYC on sex trafficking, other charges. TV Jenna Ortega shared new details about the upcoming second season of Wednesday on Netflix Jason Sudeikis' mustache is making a comeback as Ted Lasso is set to return for a fourth season, Apple TV+ announced Friday. Reportedly, Kim Kardashian's $15,000 offer to retrieve her late father's personalized Bible from O.J. Simpson's estate executors was declined, leading to an impending online auction. Kim Kardashian is facing backlash for a photoshoot with a Tesla robot and Cybertruck. The images, taken for Perfect Magazine, Millie Bobby Brown has 62 pets. "I have 25 farm animals, and then I have 23 foster dogs, and then I have 10 dogs in my house that are my personal dogs, and four cats," she revealed in a new interview with BBC Radio 1. MOVING ON INTO MOVIE NEWS: This weekend was one of this year's worst, earning a total of only $52 million across of films. The teaser trailer for Freakier Friday dropped, and Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan are return to their roles as Tess and Anna Coleman in the sequel to their beloved movie Freaky Friday In case you missed it, Gary Oldman was on "The Late Show" last week and was wiping tears from his face he was laughing so hard. Stephen Colbert showed Gary a supercut of his scenes in movies like "Bram Stoker's Dracula" and one of the "Harry Potter" movies. But all the clips had something added to them. MISC Memorabilia ... A Flamin' Hot Cheeto that's shaped like Michael Jordan's famous Jumpman logo has hit the auction block. No one was injured. The TMZ story is incorrect. The stage did not go dark. Here are the 10 songs that have appeared the most: AND THAT IS YOUR CRAP ON CELEBRITIES! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
MUSICDisturbed might not be welcome back in their hometown ofChicago for a while. The band's show at the United Center on March 8th hadtheir usual production of pyro, and where the stage was located was just underthe Chicago Bulls six championship banners. Puddle of Mudd frontman Wes Scantlin wasarrested yet again. TMZ reports that police were called to aTorrance, Gene Simmons played meteorologist Thursday, giving theweather report on KTTV -- FOX 11 in Los Angeles. Great news, Doors fans: Jim Morrison is still alive! He's been hiding out in Syracuse, NewYork as a maintenance worker named Frank!!! Today, Diddy due in federal court in NYC on sex trafficking,other charges.TVJenna Ortega shared new details about the upcoming second season of Wednesday on NetflixJason Sudeikis' mustacheis making a comeback as Ted Lasso is set to return for a fourth season, Apple TV+ announced Friday. Reportedly, KimKardashian's $15,000 offer to retrieve her late father's personalized Biblefrom O.J. Simpson's estate executors was declined, leading to an impendingonline auction. Kim Kardashian is facing backlash for a photoshoot with aTesla robot and Cybertruck.The images, taken for PerfectMagazine,Millie Bobby Brown has 62pets. "I have 25 farm animals, and then I have 23 foster dogs, andthen I have 10 dogs in my house that are my personal dogs, and four cats,"she revealed in a new interviewwith BBC Radio 1. MOVING ON INTO MOVIENEWS:This weekend was one ofthis year's worst, earning a total of only $52 million across of films. The teaser trailer for FreakierFriday dropped, and Jamie Lee Curtis and LindsayLohan are return to their roles as Tess and Anna Coleman in the sequel totheir beloved movie Freaky FridayIn case you missed it,Gary Oldman was on "The Late Show" last week and was wiping tearsfrom his face he was laughing so hard. Stephen Colbert showed Gary asupercut of his scenes in movies like "Bram Stoker's Dracula" and oneof the "Harry Potter" movies. But all the clips had somethingadded to them. MISCMemorabilia ... A Flamin' Hot Cheeto that's shaped like MichaelJordan's famousJumpman logo has hit theauction block. No one was injured. The TMZ story is incorrect. Thestage did not go dark. Here are the 10 songsthat have appeared the most: AND THAT IS YOUR CRAP ONCELEBRITIES! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
President Trump threatened 200% tariffs on wine from Europe, the new EPA head wants to roll back regulations that protect us from pollution, people are stealing the wheels off Teslas and turning Cybertrucks into skate ramps, and more in this podcast exclusive EXTENDED cut of tonight's monologue with jokes you won't hear anywhere else! Then, Stephen Colbert travels to London for an extensive conversation with legendary actor Gary Oldman, who stars in the AppleTV+ series “Slow Horses,” a show the actor says “fell from the sky and ticked all the boxes.” Stick around for the entire long-form interview with the man who played so many American characters that he once lost his English accent! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices