Podcasts about Mary Whitehouse

#378 Test Card Girl - Rich has freaked himself out by attempting to cure the aphantasia (that he suffers with in silence). His guest is John Craven sanctioned Newshound Samira Ahmed. They discuss the legacy of Mary Whitehouse and whether it's OK to point out the positive things that someone with some unacceptable views has done, the bravery of taking your employer to court in order to secure equal pay, whether appearing on Mastermind is more scary than being in a war zone, the young Richard Herring's clumsy attempts at seduction, your mother being prouder of a puppet you than the real you, interviewing Sooty, being at the trail of Madonna's stalker, whether Chrissie Hynde is terrifying or not and what happens when a young reporter can't find the radio van.SUPPORT THE SHOW!Watch our TWITCH CHANNELBecome a badger and see extra content at our WEBSITE See details of the RHLSTP TOUR DATES Buy DVDs and Books from GO FASTER STRIPE Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/rhlstp. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This time we watched Tomorrow, the Rat — Episode 4 from Series 1 of Doomwatch, first broadcast 2 March 1970 and written by Terence Dudley. That's four years before James Herbert published The Rats (which we covered in episode 4). It's highly likely he was inspired by this vintage BBC sci-fi thriller—pen in hand, watching Doomwatch unfold.Doomwatch was a vintage BBC science fiction series that aired from 1970 to 1972. A prime example of British sci-fi, it followed a government scientific agency led by Dr Spencer Quist (John Paul) investigating futuristic environmental and technological threats. Think of it as classic BBC sci-fi with serious Black Mirror energy.The show was created by Doctor Who masterminds Gerry Davis and Kit Pedler—the very same duo who invented the Cybermen. Davis had been a Doctor Who story editor; Pedler served as scientific adviser. Their fascination with the dangers of science run amok became the foundation of Doomwatch, this cult BBC science fiction drama.Series 1 and 2 each had thirteen episodes; Series 3 had twelve (though one, Sex and Violence, was never broadcast). The BBC got cold feet, possibly due to real execution footage and unflattering portrayals of public figures like Mary Whitehouse and Cliff Richard.As with far too much vintage BBC content, parts of Doomwatch are missing—wiped or taped over. At its peak, the show pulled in over 13 million viewers, cementing its place in classic British sci-fi history.Dr Quist was a Nobel-winning physicist haunted by his involvement in the Manhattan Project. (Yes, he appears in Oppenheimer.) John Paul, who played him, was a familiar face on British television: I, Claudius, Triangle, The Avengers, The New Avengers—proper BBC veteran.Toby Wren, played by Robert Powell (who we talked about in episode 46, The Survivor), was a key figure in Series 1. He met a legendary end in the finale, Survival Code. Powell asked to go out with a bang—literally. The BBC received more letters about his on-screen death than any issue since World War II.This episode, Tomorrow, the Rat, was written by Terence Dudley—then the producer of Doomwatch. Dudley directed three episodes and went on to work extensively in Doctor Who, including directing Meglos (1980), and writing Four to Doomsday, Black Orchid, and The King's Demons. He also wrote Target novelisations and K-9 and Company. Classic vintage BBC sci-fi pedigree.Simon Oates plays Dr John Ridge—you may remember him from Beasts (The Dummy episode, which we reviewed in 44a). He also played Steed in the stage version of The Avengers.Penelope Lee appears as Dr Mary Bryant. She once auditioned to play Barbara, the Doctor's original companion. She later voiced Lyn Driver in The Plague Dogs (a British animation not for the faint-hearted) and a computer in Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks. She also featured in Richard Donner's Superman as the Ninth Elder. Peak British sci-fi credentials.Hamilton Dyce turns up as the Minister. You might recognise him as Major General Scobie in Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space—another vintage BBC sci-fi staple.And no, before you ask, none of this cast ever turned up in Boon.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/general-witchfinders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on RITY... The mini theme is Down On The Farm... Plus, the opening track from what's considered to be one of the first rock operas of all-time, S.F. Sorrow... What do businessmen, Margaret Thatcher, and Mary Whitehouse have in common?... Elvis Costello talks about collaborating with Paul McCartney and how the two of them wrote a song for Costello's grandma... Deep cuts from Larkin Poe, Streetheart, Brian Auger, Smokie, Steve Miller, and more! For info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

Night of the Bloody Apes (1969), Don't Go in the House (1979), Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981) In 1984, in the U.K., the Video Recording Act was passed, which required certification of all video releases by the British Board of Film Classification, aka BBFC. This all came about due to a list of video titles that a group of various religious and other social groups run by the likes of Mary Whitehouse, deemed unsuitable to be viewed and thought for sure it would help corrupt the youth of England. The initial list had 72 titles on it, both films that had already been released after obtaining a BBFC certificate but now was deemed too offensive, as well as a whole bunch of other titles that were believed to fall under the obscenity law. If you own a shop that rented or sold one of these titles, you could be shut down, fined, and possibly even go to jail for it. And this all took place, not in the dark ages, but in the mid 1980s. Hard to believe it, especially growing up here in the U.S. Some of those titles have only recently gotten passed and released over in the U.K., even 40 years later. Blows the mind. In this episode, we discuss not only the whole Video Nasty era, but cover 3 films from that list, with each of us watching all 3 and see if we made it through without turning us into mindless deviants. Oops. Too late. Films mentioned in this episode: The Bat Woman (1968), Beast in Heat (1977), The Body Snatcher (1957), The Braniac (1962), The Burning (1981), Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981), Curse of the Crying Woman (1962), The Curious Dr. Hump (1969), Dead of Winter (1987), Doctor of Doom (1963), Don't Answer the Phone (1980), Don't Go in the House (1979), Don't Look in the Basement (1973), Don't Open Till Christmas (1984), Driller Killer (1979), Entrails of a Virgin (1986), Eyes of a Stranger (1981), Faces of Death (1978), Fear No Evil (1981), The Gestapo's Last Orgy (1977), Horror High (1973), I Drink Your Blood (1971), I Spit on Your Grave (1978), Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974), Maniac (1980), Mortuary (1982), Mother's Day (1980), Nekromantik (1988), New York Ripper (1982), Night of the Bloody Apes (1969), Perdita Durango (1997), The Prowler (1981), Psycho (1960), Roar (1981), Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dracula and the Wolf Man (1973), Santo and Blue Demon vs. the Monsters (1970), Santo vs. Frankenstein's Daughter (1972), Santo vs. the Head Hunters (1971), Santo in the Treasure of Dracula (1969),Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy (1971), Shock Waves (1977), Silent Night Deadly Night (1984), Speed (1994), SS Experiment Love Camp (1976), Subspecies (1991), Suspiria (1977), Terrorvision (1986), Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Twister (1996), Unhinged (1982), El Vampiro (1957), The Wresting Women vs. the Aztec Mummy (1964)

Colm and Thos conclude the MusicalTalk in-depth review of the 2024 EdFringe by looking at three of the most diverse and different shows that you could have seen in Scotland this summer - Mary Mary Quite Contrary, a spoof musical about 1960s and 70s moral campaigner, Mary Whitehouse; Behind the Curtain, a hugely charming youth musical giving us a contemporary take on a 42nd Street-style story; and the hugely accomplished Wallis, the musicalisation of the Edward and Mrs Simpson story (perhaps better known as "Windsor and Walli's affair" to Follies fans!).  There's something for everyone in this insightful episode!

Show Notes: Despite what Americans may think, moral panics about TV exist everywhere and today, we begin the exploration of a doozy. The start of a two-part look into four episodes of Star Trek that came a cropper at the hands of Auntie Beeb (a not-so affectionate term for the BBC) that of course allows Miles to indulge in one of his favourite talking points about British movie culture - Video Nasties! Because of this, we're only looking at two episodes per part. In ‘Miri,' we see some very familiar style backlots and some very 1960s ways of talking to young women which definately makes our casual explorers think Auntie may have a point! Then, we jump straight to the third season of The Original Trek as our heroes endure ten minutes of plot and forty minutes of bloody nonsence in ‘Plato's Stepchildren,' possibly one of the most famous episodes of Star Trek (unless you're from the Deep South) but is consent more important than controversy? Whatever we decide, the Big List will change forever! Episodes discussed: ‘Miri' (10:39) and ‘Plato's Stepchildren' (38:17) Talking Points: Video Nasties, why were these episodes banned from broadcast until the 90s, Miles' first choice for his Non-Trek thing indicates some wider issues, Alien Romulus, Miles misses Stupid Drunk British Lads smashing stuff with pipes, Astro's Playroom, Miles and Charlie have different views towards achieving Platinum on games, Miri, Miles only wants to talk about lists, not get put on one himself, the always creepy 'she looks 14 but she's actually 300 trope,' Kirk's charm here does not read well in 2024, exact replicas of Earth are a little silly, how many SF societies wipe themselves out looking for immortality (and Miles pulls out a bit of 'meanwhile in the UK, Doctor Who was doing this' coincidence), we briefly touch on the rather triggering experiences of Grace Whitney (Yeoman Rand) shortly after this episode and her leaving the series, the oddly faced Steven Jay Pollard, Droogs in waiting, Shatner clearly trying not to punch a child, did the BBC have a point with Miri? Violence from children, inferred child-death, Hey Jude, the majesty of the theme for ‘The Good, The Bad and the Ugly,' whenever people bring up eugenics, just turn around and run, we've started to incorporate our experiences with Space 1999 into watching Star Trek, nonsense starts and just generally never stops, Charlie gets slap-happy, Mary Whitehouse would not approve which is fine because we don't approve of Mary Whitehouse. The nonsense gets creepy when Spock starts singing and it gets REALLY creepy when Kirk and Uhura is made to smooch, Charlie really wants to make a Dragonball Z joke here, when it's done, Miles is pulling off the band-aid, some real shame on our heroes her, is this our first mention of slash-fics? This episode doesn't go full-Hellraiser, No Gods No Philosopher Kings, sorry Parmon, one day Miles will go on a long tirade on how people misuse the term ‘Lynchian,'how much truth is there in the legend, would you show this to your partner and we can't escape Shatner's disturbingly pointy nipple, Miles has watched some wank in his life and that definately reflects his opinion of the episode, Miles poses Charlie a very important question.

Send us a textMark is joined by Film Stories' Mark Harrison to discuss the history of censorship and Doctor Who. From the Australian censor clips of the 1960s to the BBFC's rulings on the Ncuti Gatwa era, the two Marks unpick whether regulatory oversight and "censorship" have been good for Doctor Who.But don't worry, there are plenty of laughs along the way, including Ofcom's ruling on "insufficient underwear", why the Sacha Dhawan Master had a particularly awful Christmas Day, and which Ncuti Gatwa episode is officially more grisly than Attack of the Cyberman.You can read Mark D's WhoCulture piece on censorship here.You can listen to the BBFC's Doctor Who podcast here.Support the showFollow us on TwitterLike us on FacebookBuy us a pint

Natalie Roles narrates a promo for this stunning book from our sponsor Michael Seely of Saturday Morning Press: In 1964, BBC1 launched a new twice weekly serial designed to be something different from the usual soap fare such as their own 'Compact', set in the posh offices of a ladies magazine. Set in a Midlands town (and made by the BBC's Birmingham studio in the days before Pebble Mill), 'Swizzlewick' was designed to be a prime time satirical swipe at local government with larger than life but recognisable characters with huge personality flaws, and hold up a mirror to our faces and see if we recognise ourselves... The serial was created by the talented playwright David Turner, given the writing opportunity of a lifetime and do something bold and original, but even early on, made some within the BBC very nervous. However, 'Swizzlewick' upset the dignitaries from Town Halls up and down the country, and very quickly attracted the attention of the emerging Clean Up TV movement headed by one Mrs Mary Whitehouse, who quickly suspected she was being lampooned by the writer following a clash with Turner when she launched her campaign in Birmingham three months earlier where his controversial BBC play 'Trevor' was criticised. Whitehouse was sent the script for an episode she declared 'indecent' to be shown at a time when children were still up, and just in time for her next rally. How the BBC reacted, and David Turner's explosive reaction are explored in this book, as well as the subsequent battle to keep the programme going. The book also investigates Whitehouse's claim that Turner was sending up the nervous collapse of her husband. Was the BBC using Turner to 'get' Whitehouse? Was she correct in that the series was indecent and tasteless? Was Mrs Smallgood and her Morality drive a 'calculated dig' at her campaign - or a stereotype she recognised she fitted... 'Taste and Decency The Swizzlewick Story' tells the story of how the serial was created, its production, launch and initial hostile reception by scandalised Town Hall dignitaries up and down the country. The book also details each of the 26 episodes transmitted, all bar one no longer survives. Explore this book and their other titles: https://shop.saturdaymorningpress.co.uk/

“I thought Dave Davies of the Kinks was a girl. When I discovered he was a boy, that's when I got interested.” Jon's an old friend of the podcast and the author of some highly regarded and influential books about pop and its repercussions, ‘England's Dreaming' and ‘1966: the Year The Decade Exploded' among them. His latest is ‘The Secret Public: How LGBTQ Performers Shaped Popular Culture 1955-1979' which looks at five particular moments and the pivotal people in the mix at the time. We couldn't recommend it more highly and cover seven decades in this conversation, stopping off at … … how “homosexuality was a career-killer” until Bowie's spectacular Melody Maker interview in 1972. … new male identities - Valentino, Nureyev, Sinatra and the “subversive” stage act of Johnnie Ray. … does pop drive change or reflect it? … Andrew Loog Oldham, Kit Lambert, Simon Napier-Bell and the supposed “gay managers mafia” and how Oldham used camp as a weapon. … Dusty Springfield and the Gateway Club. … how Brian Epstein invented a new type of manager. ... Andy Warhol at the Factory, pop art, the launch of the Velvet Underground and his jukebox time-capsule of ‘60s gay pop taste. … was Tom Robinson the first out gay British pop star? … Mary Whitehouse v the Gay Times. … the Clash (“hurt, vulnerable boys”), Siouxsie, Poly Styrene, the Slits, Vic Godard and punk's other new stage identities. Order ‘the Secret Public' here …https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Public-Resistance-Popular-1955-1979/dp/0571358373 … and Jon's 2-CD soundtrack here …https://www.roughtrade.com/en-gb/product/various/jon-savages-the-secret-public-how-the-lgbtq-aesthetic-shaped-pop-culture-1955-1979?channable=409d9269640032313931333434ec&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwvIWzBhAlEiwAHHWgvQetjeRXO03PVnpFYq75PMG_pmDd42hKBO8VytbDerJqZw3ycIY7pxoCFxIQAvD_BwE#cd-x2Find out more about how you can help us to keep the conversation going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“I thought Dave Davies of the Kinks was a girl. When I discovered he was a boy, that's when I got interested.” Jon's an old friend of the podcast and the author of some highly regarded and influential books about pop and its repercussions, ‘England's Dreaming' and ‘1966: the Year The Decade Exploded' among them. His latest is ‘The Secret Public: How LGBTQ Performers Shaped Popular Culture 1955-1979' which looks at five particular moments and the pivotal people in the mix at the time. We couldn't recommend it more highly and cover seven decades in this conversation, stopping off at … … how “homosexuality was a career-killer” until Bowie's spectacular Melody Maker interview in 1972. … new male identities - Valentino, Nureyev, Sinatra and the “subversive” stage act of Johnnie Ray. … does pop drive change or reflect it? … Andrew Loog Oldham, Kit Lambert, Simon Napier-Bell and the supposed “gay managers mafia” and how Oldham used camp as a weapon. … Dusty Springfield and the Gateway Club. … how Brian Epstein invented a new type of manager. ... Andy Warhol at the Factory, pop art, the launch of the Velvet Underground and his jukebox time-capsule of ‘60s gay pop taste. … was Tom Robinson the first out gay British pop star? … Mary Whitehouse v the Gay Times. … the Clash (“hurt, vulnerable boys”), Siouxsie, Poly Styrene, the Slits, Vic Godard and punk's other new stage identities. Order ‘the Secret Public' here …https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Public-Resistance-Popular-1955-1979/dp/0571358373 … and Jon's 2-CD soundtrack here …https://www.roughtrade.com/en-gb/product/various/jon-savages-the-secret-public-how-the-lgbtq-aesthetic-shaped-pop-culture-1955-1979?channable=409d9269640032313931333434ec&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwvIWzBhAlEiwAHHWgvQetjeRXO03PVnpFYq75PMG_pmDd42hKBO8VytbDerJqZw3ycIY7pxoCFxIQAvD_BwE#cd-x2Find out more about how you can help us to keep the conversation going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“I thought Dave Davies of the Kinks was a girl. When I discovered he was a boy, that's when I got interested.” Jon's an old friend of the podcast and the author of some highly regarded and influential books about pop and its repercussions, ‘England's Dreaming' and ‘1966: the Year The Decade Exploded' among them. His latest is ‘The Secret Public: How LGBTQ Performers Shaped Popular Culture 1955-1979' which looks at five particular moments and the pivotal people in the mix at the time. We couldn't recommend it more highly and cover seven decades in this conversation, stopping off at … … how “homosexuality was a career-killer” until Bowie's spectacular Melody Maker interview in 1972. … new male identities - Valentino, Nureyev, Sinatra and the “subversive” stage act of Johnnie Ray. … does pop drive change or reflect it? … Andrew Loog Oldham, Kit Lambert, Simon Napier-Bell and the supposed “gay managers mafia” and how Oldham used camp as a weapon. … Dusty Springfield and the Gateway Club. … how Brian Epstein invented a new type of manager. ... Andy Warhol at the Factory, pop art, the launch of the Velvet Underground and his jukebox time-capsule of ‘60s gay pop taste. … was Tom Robinson the first out gay British pop star? … Mary Whitehouse v the Gay Times. … the Clash (“hurt, vulnerable boys”), Siouxsie, Poly Styrene, the Slits, Vic Godard and punk's other new stage identities. Order ‘the Secret Public' here …https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Public-Resistance-Popular-1955-1979/dp/0571358373 … and Jon's 2-CD soundtrack here …https://www.roughtrade.com/en-gb/product/various/jon-savages-the-secret-public-how-the-lgbtq-aesthetic-shaped-pop-culture-1955-1979?channable=409d9269640032313931333434ec&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwvIWzBhAlEiwAHHWgvQetjeRXO03PVnpFYq75PMG_pmDd42hKBO8VytbDerJqZw3ycIY7pxoCFxIQAvD_BwE#cd-x2Find out more about how you can help us to keep the conversation going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are thrilled to once again be joined by the delightful Louise Jameson and the boundless John Dorney, this time to talk about their roles in the Big Finish audio adaptation of The Omega Factor, the 1979 cult paranormal investigative TV show that had Mary Whitehouse going bananas. For more information on audio adventures of The Omega Factor, including details of the forthcoming release "The House That Wasn't Haunted" by Tim Foley, visit https://www.bigfinish.com/ranges/v/the-omega-factor Original theme composed by Joe Kraemer | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.joekraemer.com/about/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sirensofaudio@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.sirensofaudio.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Audio Feedback: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/sirensofaudio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://twitter.com/audiosirens⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/audiosirens/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/audiosirens⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrU3MLlOeJTLnAbLl35QgeQ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Clips and music are copyright BBC and Big Finish and are used for review purposes only. No infringement is intended. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sirensofaudio/message

Mary Whitehouse successfully sued Gay News and publisher Denis Lemon at the Old Bailey in a trial that began on 11th July, 1977 - Britain's last conviction for blasphemy. What had ired the notorious Christian campaigner was the magazine's publication of “The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name”, a poem by James Kirkup written from the perspective of a Roman centurion who graphically describes having sex with Jesus after his crucifixion. In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain why the poem literally could not be defended on its artistic merit; reveal how it came to Whitehouse's attention in the first place; and consider the literary potency of ‘Foxy Judas'...  Content Warning: explicit poetry, necrophilia, material likely to offend Christians. Further Reading: • ‘The gay poem that broke blasphemy laws' (Pink News, 2008): https://www.thepinknews.com/2008/01/10/the-gay-poem-that-broke-blasphemy-laws/ • ‘Blasphemy in the Christian World - A History, By David Nash' (OUP, 2010): https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Blasphemy_in_the_Christian_World/BPYkhnY-3_cC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=robertson+whitehouse+lemon&pg=PA98&printsec=frontcover • ‘The Love That Dares To Speak Its Name, by James Kirkup' (Stand Up Jesus, 2010): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iiIORJTOqY #Religion #LGBT #1970s #UK Love the show? Join 

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.ukKellie Jay-Keen (also known as ‘Posie Parker') is an iconic and divisive women's rights campaigner. We spoke about the recent violent protests against her in New Zealand, the new political party she's founding, and how she feels about being compared with Nigel Farage. In the extended version of the podcast, we spoke about the infighting in British feminism, Posie's original billboard campaign, and her opinions on Mary Whitehouse.

Welcome to this week's Weekly Sceptic – where Toby and Nick discuss how Liz Truss's downfall was more to do with the Bank of England, Pension Funds and LDIs, rather than her ‘Low Tax/High Growth' policies. They talk about Rishi's reshuffle – with Kemi Badenoch having been given the larger role of International Trade and Business. Toby recalls an uncharacteristically funny story by Stewart Lee about Grant Shapps – who was also reshuffled to the somewhat oxymoronic Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. Nick and Toby also discuss the pathetic examples of Dominic Raab's so called ‘bullying' of civil servants (aka holding staff to high standards, like spelling correctly). Nick and Toby discuss whether The Grammys were Satanic or just naff. Toby posits that back in the day – David Bowie dressing as a woman (whilst actually being incredibly talented) was genuinely counter cultural; compared to the low quality musical output from ‘brave' woke performers who are simply swimming with the tide. Nick suggests that maybe Elvis's hips were to blame and Mary Whitehouse was right... This week's first sponsor is Thor Holt and you can find him here: https://thorholt.substack.com/  https://www.thorholt.com/ or https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorholt/ or on his telegram channel at @thor_holt (visit https://belle-epoque.co.uk/ for Thor's meet up) Birdwatch makes a return with Matt Walsh lighting up Twitter with what used to be a totally normal statement. And when The Guardian tweeted out for women to share examples of online misogyny, they got a lot of answers that they weren't expecting. Nick discusses the ongoing saga of Andrew Tate and his poignant posts from inside Romanian prison. And a ‘victim' of Tate speaks out. This week's second sponsor is Dan Gaskin at Crest Mortgages: https://www.crestmortgages.co.uk/ 0116 5023 000. Nick is joined by Dr Will Jones to discuss the week's best stories in the Daily Sceptic. This week's last sponsor is The Jasmine Sari by Philip Tucker, available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07TVFGV8S Peak Woke returns again! And, for the first (but hopefully not the last) time – an uber celebrity psychologist makes an appearance on the show to answer some listeners' questions – in a new section entitled ‘Ask Dr Peterson'. If you are interested in attending a live recording of the Weekly Sceptic podcast in London – please email us to let us know at thedailysceptic@gmail.com Please send in your problems for Dr Peterson to answer next week to: thedailysceptic@gmail.com To advertise on one of the fastest growing podcasts in the world, drop Toby a line at thedailysceptic@gmail.com Please go to https://dailysceptic.org/ and make a donation so we can continue to bring you all this high quality content. Subscribe to Nick's substack: https://nickdixon.substack.com/ Or Toby's substack: https://tobyyoung.substack.com/ And Nick's New Podcast: https://currentthingpod.podbean.com/ Produced by Jason Clift Music by Tinderella

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In this episode we complete our journey towards cinematic eternal damnation and pick up with the release of Monty Python's Life of Brian in the U.K.The Pythons come up against the likes of Mary Whitehouse, Malcolm Muggeridge, Mervyn Stockwood and founder of Christian Voice, Stephen Green.SaucesAlways Look on the Bright Side of Life by Robert SellersLife of Brian: The Gospel According to Monty Python by Leah SchnelbachEric Idle's Twitter Accounthttps://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190822-life-of-brian-the-most-blasphemous-film-ever50 Years After John Lennon's “Bigger Than Jesus” Quote, We Forget How Shocking the Rest of That Interview Was BY RUTH GRAHAM, Slate.comHow A Beatle Lives Part 3: George Harrison by Maureen Cleave, Evening Standard, The, 18 March 1966Chabad Rabbi Who Once Called For Rabin's Assassination Passes Awayhttps://failedmessiah.typepad.comhttps://www.theguardian.com/culture/2003/mar/28/artsfeatures1http://menardstemarie.chez.com/mp/c3.htmRobert E. A. Lee, Who Made ‘A Time for Burning,' Dies at 87, New York TimesIron Maiden Meets Monty Python By Bryan ReesmanVANDALS PLAGUE FUNDAMENTALIST CHURCH IN 'VILLAGE' By Charles Austin, New York TimesBBC's Malcolm Muggeridge groped women uncontrollably, claims book. The GuardianPinkoes and Traitors: The BBC and the nation 1974-1987 by Jean SeatonNot the nine o'clock NewsFriday Night, Saturday Morning BBC2ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE': THAT ONE TIME BRITISH SAILORS SANG MONTY PYTHON AS THEY WATCHED THEIR SHIP BURN By CLAIRE BARRETT, HistorynetIn public he rails against immorality as the voice of Christian Britain but in private he is a wife beater, says his former partner By FRANCES HARDY, THE DAILY MAIL

Matt and Alice speak to David Dimbleby, one of the BBC's most illustrious broadcasters. David reflects on his early years at the BBC, when Mary Whitehouse was beginning her battle against the corporation, and recalls a day he spent interviewing Mary in the 1970s.Listen early and ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App. https://wondery.app.link/britishscandalPlease support us by supporting our sponsors!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Liz Truss's leadership: Majority of Tory members believe the PM should resign, poll findsWho could be next: Two Tory frontrunners to replace Truss rule out PM moveAnother U-turn?: Liz Truss ‘not making any commitments' over pension ‘triple lock'Lasting damage: Abandoning state pension triple lock would cost retirees £12,000Christopher Hope: PM must get through the week first, but three events could revive her fortunesViolence at consulate: Senior Chinese diplomat involved, MP saysDuchess of Sussex: Meghan complains working on Deal Or No Deal made her feel 'not smart'Netflix documentary: Harry and Meghan's series ‘will not be delayed' because of backlash over The CrownPrince Philip's uncle: The costly battle to reveal the truth about Lord MountbattenMichael Grade interview: Bare bottoms, Mary Whitehouse, and the IRA: my colourful time as a BBC controllerRead all these articles and stay expertly informed anywhere, anytime with a digital subscription. Start your free one-month trial today to gain unlimited website and app access. Cancel anytime. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3v8HLez.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

POP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE. THE SON ALSO RISES: Join me and movie hyphenate writer, filmmaker, academic, businessman and coach Tony Klinger (The Who: The Kids Are All Right; Dirty, Sexy and Totally Iconic; Solo2Darwin and many, many others) as we talk about Monty Python's Life of Brian and The Gospel According to Matthew, two films that take, let us say, different approaches to the story of Christ. You preach love and peace. You try to get people to think for themselves. You try to create a better world. And what do you get for your trouble? You get crucified. What's a Messiah to do?…Sounds like it's time for Episode 86 of Pop Art, where we find the pop culture in art and the art in pop culture. It's the podcast where my guest chooses a movie from popular culture, and I'll select a film from the more art/classic/indie side of cinema with a connection to it. Today, I am happy to welcome back as my guest, movie hyphenate writer, filmmaker, academic, businessman and coach Tony Klinger, who has chosen as his film, the satire of religion and Biblical epics, Monty Python's Life of Brian, while I have chosen Pier Paolo Pasolini's austere, neorealist The Gospel According to St. Matthew, both films revolving around messiahs. Tony also joined me previously for Episode 57 where we talked his father's film Get Carter with Bad Day at Black Rock. We also covered Monty Python and the Holy Grail on Episode 3 with my guest Jay Cluitt where we combined it with The Seventh Seal. And in this episode, we answer such questions as: What is the difference between British and American humor? What is the correct translation of the title of Pasolini's movie? Who is Loretta? What is the difference between a European and American approach to spiritual subject matter? Why did the Pythons lose funding two days before leaving for Tunisia to start filming? Why did it take three years to get Matthew into a theater in England? What was the world's most expensive cinema ticket? Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade? How did the Pythons use Norway's ban to promote the film? What did the Vatican City newspaper L'Osservatore Romano call Matthew? Who is Mary Whitehouse and would you want to be one? How well would Pasolini do today in regards to the metoo movement? Who is Otto? How did the Tunisian extras criticize the directing of Life of Brian? Was there a doctor in the house? Check out Tony's website for more information about his films and projects https://www.tonydklinger.com/ Check out my blog at https://howardcasner.wordpress.com/ My books, More Rantings and Ravings of a Screenplay Reader, The Starving Artists and Other Stories and The Five Corporations and One True Religion can be found at https://www.amazon.com/s?k=howard+casner&ref=nb_sb_noss Meanwhile, like, follow or comment on my podcast. I'd love to know what you think. And check out the other episodes. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/howard-casner/support

Adam talks with British Asian journalist, writer and broadcaster Samira Ahmed about conkers, Mary Whitehouse, white noise makers, Star Trek and much else.This conversation was recorded face to face in London on October 4th, 2022Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support.Podcast artwork by Helen GreenRELATED LINKSSAMIRA'S BLOGCENTRE FOR WOMEN'S JUSTICEDISGUSTED, MARY WHITEHOUSE - 2022 (BBC)Edwardian, prude, Christian disruptor, Cassandra of digital technology? Samira Ahmed assesses the life and legacy of Mary Whitehouse through her diaries and those who knew her.SAMIRA'S VIDEO FOR THE NIGHTINGALES (FROM 'KING ROCKER' DOC Directed by Michael Cumming, presented by Stewart Lee) - 2020 (YOUTUBE)SAMIRA AHMED INTERVIEWS PAUL McCARTNEY - 2021 (YOUTUBE)HOW I FOUND MY VOICE PODCAST (INTELLIGENCE SQUARED)THE ART OF PERSIA - 2020 (BBC)Samira Ahmed goes on a remarkable journey to places rarely seen, as she travels through Iran, telling the story of a complex and fascinating people, culture and history.I DRESSED ZIGGY STARDUST - 2013 (BBC)Samira Ahmed meets British Asian women who, like her, were inspired by the ever-changing London pop star David Bowie. From 2013.MY NOISE (BACKGROUND NOISE APP) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the early 1960s, a housewife from Birmingham is shocked by the changing tide of culture, and decides to do something about it. Mary Whitehouse goes up against her first adversary: the BBC and its liberal Director General, Sir Hugh Carleton Greene. In a battle for the future of the BBC, who will win?Listen early and ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App. https://wondery.app.link/britishscandalPlease support us by supporting our sponsors!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Dougray Scott, Jessica Raine and two scary skeleton creatures are all so unspeakably horny that all Nathan, Corey, Si and Pete can do is Hide. Notes and links Jessica Raine, who plays Emma in Hide will go on to play Doctor Who's first producer Verity Lambert in An Adventure in Space and Time, a drama about the origins of Doctor Who which is released a few months after this episode. But more about that later, perhaps. (Spoilers!) Sound Effects No. 13: Death & Horror was an album produced by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in 1977 and used continuously in TV and stage productions ever since. Mary Whitehouse complained vociferously about its release, because of course she did. Christopher Nolan's Interstellar (2014) also features time-travelling astronauts with a ghostly influence on the past. It's hard to imagine that it makes that much more sense than Hide though, isn't it? I considered writing about the racist lyrics of Cole Porter's Let's Do It, but after a second's reflection, I've decided to just let you Google them for yourself. But really, don't. The Stone Tape (1972) was a made-for-TV movie written by Quatermass's Nigel Kneale and featuring Jane Asher and Doctor Who's very own Ian Cuthbertson. Like Hide, it features researchers spending the night in a house haunted by a spectral woman, but Neil Cross would like to make it very clear that for copyright purposes, it is in every way a legally distinct entity from Hide. El Sandifer is particularly scathing in her assessment of Nigel Kneale in her essay on (among other things) ITV's 1978 TV movie version of Quatermass. And finally, Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman? was an episode of a comedy radio programme called Whatever Happened To…?, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1994 — featuring Jane Asher (again) as Susan Foreman. It was released as a special feature on the DVD of The Dalek Invasion of Earth. Actually, there is one more thing. The story from The Sarah Jane Adventures that we talk about in the tag is called Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?. It's amazing. Go and watch it immediately. Follow us Nathan is on Twitter as @nathanbottomley, Pete is @Prof_Quiteamess, and Si is @Si_Hart. Despite what he said on the podcast, Corey does have a Twitter account, at @CoreyMcCor. The Flight Through Entirety theme was arranged by Cameron Lam. You can follow the podcast on Twitter at @FTEpodcast. We're also on Facebook, and you can check out our website at flightthroughentirety.com. Please consider rating or reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, or we'll embarrass you on your first day by inviting your great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter along. And more You can find Jodie into Terror, our flashcast on the Whittaker Era of Doctor Who, at jodieintoterror.com, at @JodieIntoTerror on Twitter, on Apple Podcasts, and wherever podcasts can be found. We'll be releasing our final episode on The Power of the Doctor some time in October, we expect. Our James Bond commentary podcast is called Bondfinger, and you can find that at bondfinger.com, at @bondfingercast on Twitter, on Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else as well. We can also be heard on the Blakes 7 podcast Maximum Power, whose coverage of Series B will be starting soon, with a Very Special Episode That I Absolutely Can't Tell You About. And finally, there's our Star Trek commentary podcast, Untitled Star Trek Project, featuring Nathan and friend-of-the-podcast Joe Ford. This week, we went back or forward in time to the first series of Star Trek: Discovery and watched Vaulting Ambition.

Enter the Matrix with us for a story that started Time Lord lore. It's a big fan favourite but does is the story accessible to the casual viewer? Joining us for the discussion are Luke and Chris from the Lost on Gallifrey Podcast as we talk The Master, Mary Whitehouse and Presidential Clothes Watch. You can find Lost on Gallifrey podcast @Lost_Gallifrey and Luke's story rankings here: https://insidethepandorica637432304.wordpress.com/   

What if the sexual revolution was the biggest lie ever sold to women? With her new book, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century, journalist and campaigner against male sexual violence, Louise Perry has penned a fierce, bold, radical exploration of whose interests sex positivism really serves. Spoiler: it ain't women. She chats to Mickey about sociosexuality, the murky nature of consent, taking sex seriously, how porn is ruining our sex lives, why she's not Mary Whitehouse, and the freedom that comes with knowing you're probably going to annoy everyone. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

#378 Test Card Girl - Rich has freaked himself out by attempting to cure the aphantasia (that he suffers with in silence). His guest is John Craven sanctioned Newshound Samira Ahmed. They discuss the legacy of Mary Whitehouse and whether it's OK to point out the positive things that someone with some unacceptable views has done, the bravery of taking your employer to court in order to secure equal pay, whether appearing on Mastermind is more scary than being in a war zone, the young Richard Herring's clumsy attempts at seduction, your mother being prouder of a puppet you than the real you, interviewing Sooty, being at the trail of Madonna's stalker, whether Chrissie Hynde is terrifying or not and what happens when a young reporter can't find the radio van.Live RHLSTPs coming up. Guest and ticket link info here https://richardherring.com/rhlstpt/tourSUPPORT THE SHOW!Watch our TWITCH CHANNELBecome a badger and see extra content at our WEBSITE See details of the RHLSTP TOUR DATES Buy DVDs and Books from GO FASTER STRIPE See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

History in the making! This is the UK's first regular mainstream show for bisexuals. Hosted by bi activist and writer Lewis Oakley and bisexual journalists Nichi Hodgson and Ashley Byrne, Bisexual Brunch is a unique podcast for people from all over the world who identify as bi to come together and celebrate their sexuality.  Bisexual Brunch along with Nichi, Ashley and Lewis were recently included in the UK Pride Power List while MIM, the production company behind Bisexual Brunch have also been named UK Production Company of the Year (Silver winner).In the third show of 2022, Nichi, Ashley and Lewis talk candidly about bisexual porn, Lewis suggests a football analogy to deal with people who carp that bi people shouldn't be so expressive of their sexuality and Murray Head, star of the multi-award winning and ground breaking 70s Brit flick Sunday Bloody Sunday tells us what he really thinks about the film half a century on. There's a bi personal journey story from Hailey Markus in Kalamazoo, Ashley and Nichi educate Lewis about 'Mary Whitehouse' and there's a rather intimate and revealing question for the trio to get to grips with in the 'Ask a Bisexual' spot.Bisexual Brunch is recorded in Manchester and London and is a MIM Production.

Part 2 - The Golden Decade. GETTING CARTER author NICK TRIPLOW chats to Paul Burke about Ted Lewis and Brit Noir as No Exit Press reissue 2 of his classic novels Jack Carter's Law and Billy Rags. In this second part we discuss the novels of Ted Lewis from Plender to GBH, the film Yellow Submarine, tv cop show  Z Cars and Mary Whitehouse. NICK TRIPLOW GETTING CARTER: Ted Lewis and the Birth of Brit Noir is a meticulously researched and riveting account of the career of a doomed genius. Long-time admirer Nick Triplow has fashioned a thorough, sympathetic and unsparing narrative. Required reading for noirists, this book will enthral and move anyone who finds irresistible the old cocktail of rags to riches to rags. Nick is also the author of the novel Frank's Wild Years.Jack Carter's Law  Ted Lewis returns to his greatest invention, a smooth-operating hardcase named Jack Carter, who is about to burn a city down in order to silence an informant... London. The late 1960s. It's Christmas and Jack Carter's the top man in a crime syndicate headed by two brothers, Gerald and Les Fletcher. He's also a worried man. The fact that he's sleeping with Gerald's wife, Audrey, and that they plan on someday running away together with a lot of the brothers' money, doesn't have Jack concerned. Instead it's an informant - one of his own men - that has him losing sleep. The grass has enough knowledge about the firm to not only bring down Gerald and Les but Jack as well. Jack doesn't like his name in the mouth of that sort.Billy Rags  It's the 1960s and Billy Cracken is a hard man to keep locked up. An austere and troubled childhood has given way to life as a hardened criminal and now status as one of the most feared prisoners in England. He has been moved from one maximum security prison to the next. Guards and inmates alike fear and begrudgingly respect the powerfully-built Cracken. But a life doing his porridge, even if as a minor celebrity, isn't the one he wants. A girlfriend and a child await Cracken on the outside and he'll stop at nothing to get to them. While plotting his escape he crosses a powerful mobster who vows to make Cracken's life hell, and if nothing else succeeds at making his escape all the more difficult, something the ever-rebellious Cracken defiantly relishes. Billy Rags is a fascinating look into the lives of British inmates serving time in a maximum security prison. Lewis manages once again to tell an exciting, action-filled story with a soul - demonstrated most clearly in a series of brilliant flashbacks to Billy's childhood and in the end conjures a character that will remind readers of both Tom Hardy in Bronson and Lee Marvin in Point Blank.Produced by Junkyard DogMusic courtesy of Southgate and Leigh Crime TimePaul Burke writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover, NB Magazine and the European Literature Network.

Associate Editor of The Spectator Rod Liddle kicks off today's show to discuss the latest from OFSTED stating how COVID restrictions were damaging to children's health, the cost of living crisis and the growing problem with illegal channel crossings. Travel Correspondent at The Times Ben Clatworthy joins shortly after to discuss the 9 hour queues at Dover and Easyjet cancelling over 200 flights due to COVID. Mail on Sunday Columnist Peter Hitchens returns for his weekly rundown of the weeks headlines including the decrease in standards at schools and the legacy of Mary Whitehouse, and Senior Fellow of the RealClear Foundation and author of Green Tyranny Rupert Darwall closes the show to discuss Boris Johnson's decision to drop wind farms in favour of more nuclear power stations. All that and so much more so tune in! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on Radio Free Skaro: Russell T Davies teases imminent production of Doctor Who, a historic anniversary, more speculation on BBC America's future with Doctor Who, a monumental day to look back at in The Timelash, and Emily Cook drops by to talk about Doctor Who Magazine 575! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Russell T Davies at Wolf Studios Doctor Who Magazine 575 Chicago TARDIS 2022 first guests Big Finish Stranded 4 due April Big Finish First Doctor Adventures – The Outlaws due April Big Finish UNIT: Nemesis – Agents of the Vulpreen released Totally Tasteless: The Life of John Nathan-Turner reprint due March 14 Disgusted, Mary Whitehouse Mary Whitehouse diaries Inside the Mary Whitehouse diaries Interview: Emily Cook

Juliet and Terence on: Cookin' With Brooklyn (Beckham); booze'n'drugs'n'rock'n'roll; re-evaluating Mary Whitehouse. {The Big Wheel Of Cheese}

The day PJ Proby  had his trousers split on stage life changed, find out how , and how he helped Elvis become a star.James Watt chats to this great man.

Batman has The Joker, Superman has Lex Luthor, fans of film and TV had Mary Whitehouse. Andy returns to discuss the lady who coined the term Video Nasties, and meddling attitude gave rise to the legislation which demonised the sacred list of 72 films from the Video Nasties List. Tweet at us @CageFightingPod Get emailing us at CageFightingPod@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cage-fighting/message

The latest episode of the podcast which asks; Singleton Noakes Purvis and Judd, or Baxter Woollard and Rodd – who was the better Prog band?Santa has come once more to Chart Music, Pop-Crazed Youngsters – but this year he's decided not to curl one off into our stocking, and has dropped off what is indisputably the greatest episode of the Pops we've chanced upon thus far in our five-year odyssey, plucked from the very dawning of the Golden Age. No, it's not a Xmas Day one – that year's episode, featuring Jinglenonce OBE introducing Clair by Gilbert O'Sullivan, has been plunged into the memory hole – but as always it's an opportunity for the show ponies of Our Brand New Favourite Year For Pop to have a trot-about, egged on by Tony Blackburn and his foul nemesis Edmonds.Musicwise, GASP: a combination of old chancers and young upstarts team up to drag Pop away from the foul mung of the Sixventies, the Heads are chased off by unkempt youths in spangles, and the result is a glorious year for singles – and this episode of TOTP is a non-stop barrage of banger after banger after banger after banger. Mike Leander invents the DNA of Glam. Donny Osmond demonstrates why eleven year-old girls turn up at his hotel with sledgehammers. After some KID'S LIB INNIT, Hilda Woodward casts an eerie spell and enchants the Kids into the worst occurrence of Granny Claps ever seen on Top Of The Pops. Roberta Flack takes over on piano. THE PEOPLE'S BAND shake a silvery top hat. Benny Hill delivers last year's Xmas #1. Chicory Tip whip the silver and gold-booted hooligans of Sheffield into a frenzy. Cherry Gillespie's three-day ordeal in wrapping paper bondage mercifully comes to an end. Mary Whitehouse's masturbatory nightmares are relived once more, with the assistance of Rolf Harris. Then it's the three-punch knockout of Utah Valhalla, the Jackson 5 and the Blessed Marc before Ringo pitches up at the end. Neil Kulkarni and Taylor Parkes join Al Needham for a celebration of Top Of The Pops at its most godlike, gleefully veering off on such tangents as famous pianos we have played on, schoolkids in London being forced to watch The Third Ear Band, Saddam Hussein's choice of Christmas chocolate, why Americans are so rubbish when it comes to Christmas #1's, Levi Stubbs fails to get a good night's sleep, and a brief chat about some film that the Beatles are in. TUCK IN, POP-CRAZED YOUNGSTERS – and treat yourself to some lovely festive swearing… Video Playlist | Subscribe | Facebook | Twitter | The Chart Music Wiki | Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this extra episode, I chat with the mad lads at the Cabinet of Dr Howdy (Will and Jeff) about the infamous video nasties that plagued the upper class twits of Britain.  For the first time, I will have to use the Explicit warning for this channel.Cabinet of Dr Howdy podcast:https://open.spotify.com/show/0yCgaBgbBmiEN6nUKHw6P6?si=1bffd8d7773a482cSupport the Program:Linktree:https://linktr.ee/cinemamackInquiries:Contact: m.j.lambert2283@gmail.comAudio/Visual Credits:Mack & the Movies logo by masteringsounds https://www.fiverr.com/masteringsoundsIntro by androzguitar https://www.fiverr.com/androzguitar

Peter's been on the pod before talking about the Beatles and Crosby Stills Nash & Young, and he's just published a fascinating account of the ‘60s sexual revolution, a time when a new and unimaginable freedom collided spectacularly with the hand-wringing Victorian values of the media. We talked to him at the West Hampstead Arts Club about Mick Jagger v Mary Whitehouse, the Avengers, Jenny Fabian's Groupie, Bond movies, Germaine Greer, the Killing of Sister George, Dirk Bogarde, Cliff Richard as an unconvincing sex symbol, Jane Birkin, Michael Caine in Alfie, John & Yoko, the concept of ‘Kinkiness' and the pop records that sailed close to the wind. @Peter_Doggett Growing Up: Sex In The Sixties …https://www.amazon.co.uk/Growing-Up-Sixties-Peter-Doggett/dp/184792428XSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon and receive every future Word Podcast before the rest of the world - alongside Early Bird access to WIYE live tickets!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peter's been on the pod before talking about the Beatles and Crosby Stills Nash & Young, and he's just published a fascinating account of the ‘60s sexual revolution, a time when a new and unimaginable freedom collided spectacularly with the hand-wringing Victorian values of the media. We talked to him at the West Hampstead Arts Club about Mick Jagger v Mary Whitehouse, the Avengers, Jenny Fabian's Groupie, Bond movies, Germaine Greer, the Killing of Sister George, Dirk Bogarde, Cliff Richard as an unconvincing sex symbol, Jane Birkin, Michael Caine in Alfie, John & Yoko, the concept of ‘Kinkiness' and the pop records that sailed close to the wind. @Peter_Doggett Growing Up: Sex In The Sixties …https://www.amazon.co.uk/Growing-Up-Sixties-Peter-Doggett/dp/184792428XSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon and receive every future Word Podcast before the rest of the world - alongside Early Bird access to WIYE live tickets!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Peter's been on the pod before talking about the Beatles and Crosby Stills Nash & Young, and he's just published a fascinating account of the ‘60s sexual revolution, a time when a new and unimaginable freedom collided spectacularly with the hand-wringing Victorian values of the media. We talked to him at the West Hampstead Arts Club about Mick Jagger v Mary Whitehouse, the Avengers, Jenny Fabian's Groupie, Bond movies, Germaine Greer, the Killing of Sister George, Dirk Bogarde, Cliff Richard as an unconvincing sex symbol, Jane Birkin, Michael Caine in Alfie, John & Yoko, the concept of ‘Kinkiness' and the pop records that sailed close to the wind. @Peter_Doggett Growing Up: Sex In The Sixties …https://www.amazon.co.uk/Growing-Up-Sixties-Peter-Doggett/dp/184792428XSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon and receive every future Word Podcast before the rest of the world - alongside Early Bird access to WIYE live tickets!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

George Daniel Lea (author of Born in Blood) is the antithesis to everything the infamous conservative activist Mary Whitehouse represented. In today's episode of GHOULISH, we do a deep dive into the video nasty controversy of the 1980s, analyzing the true intentions of censorship and how such a moral outrage might have impacted the horror genre overall. Stay tuned for the end of the podcast, where we play the full audio from an episode of OPEN TO QUESTION, featuring Clive Barker answering several bizarre questions from Scottish teens. You can also watch the video here. Purchase Born in Blood. Browse the books on our webstore. Support us on Patreon.

The BIG one wherein Dave and Fal talk OnlyFans, car production, dentistry, sex worker pc skills, Paris Hitlon, Call of Duty porn, Scary Movie, Always Sunny, The A team, council of Seans, the three R's, Mary Whitehouse, MTV,Spotify, 80's music, Scarface, Cuba, Socialism and then lots of politics from 1hour 13 mins onwards. I mean you could skip it, we do tend to go on but there will be questions come half term.Instagram @pilotspodblastTwitter @pilotspodblastFacebook Group Pilots Podblastwww.pilotspodblast.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/pilotspodblast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

PJ Proby the man banned by Mary Whitehouse, tells of  how he wasn't allowed to work in britain because of his trousers!  With James Watt

This week, we're not ashamed, we just have to return some video tapes…to the naughty part of the video shop. Writer, director and producer, John Fairfield, is taking us through the cheap beaded curtain and into the history of Video Nasties, The Obscene Publications Act, and The Video Recordings Act of 1984. But fear not, Adam, Nat & John will NOT be censored, not by Mary Whitehouse, not by MP Graham Bright, and certainly not by Adam's Gran. More on John: John Fairfield (@MrFly3oy), is a Scottish (duh) award-winning writer, director and BAFTA nominated producer. A sign to visit Longforgan Bright & Whitehouse in the headlines Mary Whitehouse with her crew Mary Whitehouse with another sign Graham Bright, MP James Ferman ”Driller Killer” Poster ”Cannibal Holocaust” poster SOURCES: The Original Video Nasties: From Absurd to Zombie Flesh-Eaters , by Allan Bryce Video Nasties 2: Strike up the Band, by Allan Bryce SOCIALS: Follow Under The Kilt at @underthekiltpod on Twitter & Instagram CREDITS: Original Theme: Tyler Collins aka “Two Metre Man” Additional Music: Garreth Spinn Original Art: Sarah Cruz Producer: Kathleen Mueller Mason SPONSORS: Direct sponsorship inquiries and other questions to underthekiltpod@gmail.com

This week, we're not ashamed, we just have to return some video tapes…to the naughty part of the video shop. Writer, director and producer, John Fairfield, is taking us through the cheap beaded curtain and into the history of Video Nasties, The Obscene Publications Act, and The Video Recordings Act of 1984. But fear not, Adam, Nat & John will NOT be censored, not by Mary Whitehouse, not by MP Graham Bright, and certainly not by Adam's Gran.More on John:John Fairfield (@MrFly3oy), is a Scottish (duh) award-winning writer, director and BAFTA nominated producer.A sign to visit LongforganBright & Whitehouse in the headlinesMary Whitehouse with her crewMary Whitehouse with another signGraham Bright, MPJames Ferman”Driller Killer” Poster”Cannibal Holocaust” posterSOURCES:The Original Video Nasties: From Absurd to Zombie Flesh-Eaters , by Allan BryceVideo Nasties 2: Strike up the Band, by Allan BryceSOCIALS: Follow Under The Kilt at @underthekiltpod on Twitter & Instagram SUPPORT: Our network, Arcade Audio, is on Patreon. Support them and gain access to loads of bonus content from Shared History and all other Arcade podcasts: patreon.com/arcadeaudio CREDITS:Original Theme: Tyler Collins aka “Two Metre Man”Additional Music: Garreth SpinnOriginal Art: Sarah CruzProducer: Kathleen Mueller MasonSPONSORS: Direct sponsorship inquiries and other questions to underthekiltpod@gmail.com

After viewing a strangely familiar video nasty, Monsterzero, a film censor, sets out to solve the past mystery of his mind's disappearance, embarking on a quest that dissolves the line between fiction and reality. On Episode 465 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the film Censor from director Prano Bailey-Bond! We also have a deep discussion about censorship in the 80s as it relates to Video Nasties, The Filthy 15, the PMRC, and we discuss how fit censors are to be deciding who can consume what! Of course there is the typical skulduggery you'd expect-- what god-like powers Ravenshadow would want, why would MZ consume a hot jelly bean, and learn all about our Dependence Day Celebration! So grab your favorite forbidden VHS tape, try out your newfound stretching powers, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!Stuff we talk about: Joe Bob Briggs, Ares: handyman extraordinaire, God-like abilities, what god would you want to be?, Lucky Bamboo, Saskatchewan Seal Skin Shirts, X-Rated Vision, duck boats, Excalibur, Micromax, Purple Clad Bowman, Elongated Man, Ralph Dibney, George Burns, 18 Again, Made for TV's Michael Dudikoff, body swap movies, Cad Bane, Dream a Little Dream, the velvet shirt, Bean Boozled, Carolina Reaper Jelly Beans, Uncrustables, Mara Jade, Timothy Zahn, Grand Admiral Thrawn, MZ's 50th Birthday Roast, B-Hole talk, Dependence Day Celebration Blackout Tapes, Prime Day, artful nudes, Censor, Video Nasties, Prano Bailey-Bond, Mary Whitehouse, BBFC, Niamh Algar, Michael Smiley, Unhinged, Eyeball, video rental stores, Adrian Schiller, Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide, Bloody Moon, The Beyond, Shock! Horror!, Man of Violence, Mardi Gras Massacre, Jack Valenti, MPAA, blood flowing like water, Last House on the Left, Straw Dogs, Clockwork Orange, Dee Snider, John Denver, Frank Zappa, Tipper Gore, Filthy 15, wearing a codpiece, 2 Live Crew, censorship in the 80s, Faces of Death, Cannibal Holocaust, IMDB plot keywords, self-censoring, Used Cars, Benny Hill, nudity on TV, Blues Brothers, 80 VHS recreations, Berberian Sound Studio, Joe Versus the Volcano, Camille Keaton, I Spit on Your Grave, Heroes Shed No Tears, Dead or Alive Trilogy, Takashi Miike, Darth Vader, IG-88, Shakma, Caveat, Skull: The Mask, Shudder, Spare Parts, unrealistic bar fights, Halloween Kills, Evilspeak, Clint Howard, Dan Cortes, Demolition Man, MTV Sports, Two Guys One Crypt, Gun Woman, Kurando Mitsutake, the middle coast, Highway to the Time Zone, and Saskatchewan Seal Skin Shirts.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradioJoin our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/ETE79ZkSend Email/Voicemail: mailto:podcast@trickortreatradio.comVisit our website: http://trickortreatradio.comStart your own podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386Use our Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2CTdZzKFB Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradioTwitter: http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadioFacebook: http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadioYouTube: http://youtube.com/TrickOrTreatRadioInstagram: http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadioSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradio)

The Video Nasties A-Z with Death By DVDcontinue : GESTAPO'S LAST ORGY(1977) & THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY(1981) discussed as we further our mission to review EVERY SINGLE Video Nasty in order!!  GESTAPO'S LAST ORGY :  A Jewish WWII survivor revisits the ruins of a hellish concentration camp, and the memories are still vivid. How did she escape the humiliation, the tortures, and the destruction of human flesh? How did she flee from Gestapo's last orgy?  THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY :   A New England home is terrorized by a series of murders, unbeknownst to the guests that a gruesome secret is hiding in the basement.  THIS EPISODE AND MANY MORE ARE AVAILABLE TO STREAM & DOWNLOAD DIRECTLY ON OUR WEBSITE WWW.DEATHBYDVD.COMThe Death By DVD "Phan Remix" is by LINUS FITNESS-CENTRE

Watty caught up with Rock and Roll  man PJ Proby .  On working with Elvis  and that trouser splitting incident  that Mary Whitehouse was not impressed with!

We're back back back again! In this episode we munch on some garlic butter, organise our fridge, discuss a men's wallet and mull over some movies. As always find us @makingthecutpodcast on instagram to send us your recommendations! For the best experience listen on the Entale app.https://www.instagram.com/makingthecutpodcast/03:33 - Lurpak Garlic Butter - https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/26261144607:38 - Lazy Susans - https://www.amazon.co.uk/lazy-susan/s?k=lazy+susan11:10 - Adele - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsFCO8-oCEQ&ab_channel=AdeleVEVO12:16 - Puregym - https://www.puregym.com14:23 - Usain Bolt - https://olympics.com/en/news/back-to-beijing-usain-bolt-s-100m-world-record-with-an-untied-shoelace17:03 - Secrid - https://secrid.com/en-gb/21:45 - This Time with Alan Partridge - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0002v3d/this-time-with-alan-partridge23:03 - The Mauritanian - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4761112/23:34 - Escape from Pretoria - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5797184/30:23 - British racism is too subtle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOg-aVvKA3A&ab_channel=BBC32:45 - David Bowie - Finding Fame - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002jlw35:48 - Dinah Washington - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinah_Washington36:54 - Freddie Mercury on Sex - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99pzCbe15F0&ab_channel=EXYUARHIV36:50 - Mary Whitehouse - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Whitehouse38:55 - Rocketman - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2066051/40:35 - Bohemian Rhapsody - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1727824/41:20 - Blinded By the Light - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8266310/42:00 - Line of Duty - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00yzlr043:37 - Free Solo - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7775622/45:00 - Fernando Rosa Bass - https://www.instagram.com/fernandorosabass/?hl=en46:46 - Renpho Scales - https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=renfo+scales&adgrpid=74960263344&gclid=CjwKCAjwhMmEBhBwEiwAXwFoEQNK2Vb97bN7JqpeLyguP0je4KcQR5lbzqQYSJXwLNeEzg7wAUeX1hoCfkMQAvD_BwE&hvadid=338807884503&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=1006886&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=1763740108579177694&hvtargid=kwd-733040636852&hydadcr=5722_1828408&tag=googhydr-21&ref=pd_sl_7h4qjpnieu_e47:06 - We're the Millers - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1723121/48:20 - Jackson Myles Chavis - https://www.instagram.com/j4ckson7/?hl=en50:00 - Promising Young Woman - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9620292/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It was standing room only at Birmingham Town Hall on May 5, 1964 - the day legendary anti-smut campaigner Mary Whitehouse launched her ‘Clean Up TV' campaign. Claiming the BBC's Director-General was “responsible for the moral collapse in this country”, she went on to attract 366,355 signatures to her petition opposing the “disbelief, doubt and dirt that the BBC projects into millions of homes through the television screen”.In this episode, Olly, Rebecca and Arion revisit her objections to ‘filth' as diverse as Chuck Berry's ‘My Ding-A-Ling' and concentration camp footage; consider whether her M.O. influenced modern-day ‘cancel culture'; and ask if, in a world of 24-hour news, her feelings about war reporting have achieved some merit... Further reading:• Letters from Mary Whitehouse in the National Archives: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/sixties-britain/letters-mary-whitehouse/• Mary Whitehouse's obituary in The Guardian (2001):https://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/nov/24/guardianobituaries.obituaries• From the Huntley Film Archives, the night Clean Up TV launched their petition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO_DqJ85jvkFor bonus material and to support the show, visit Patreon.com/RetrospectorsWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts: podfollow.com/Retrospectors The Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.Theme Music: Pass The Peas. Voiceover: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.Copyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Meredith and Amelia discuss the insane Tobe Hooper film, EATEN ALIVE (1976). Along with The Driller Killer (1979), these two films were the first to be prosecuted and set off a chain of media frenzy surrounding the "Video Nasties". Mary Whitehouse also threw a flamethrower into the blazing fire by going on a moral crusade against Video Nasties. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In Episode 40 of The Fate Club Podcast, we discuss our 40th gift from the Universe:  Wetlands.   Will this Marmite novel change our lives?  What is the Universe trying to tell us?  Join us for a lovely chat about Mr. Rogers, moral panic and bumholes.

FACES OF DEATH & FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE reviewed and discussed as our quest to review every Video Nasty continues!

Our effort to review every Video Nasty continues with Evilspeak (1981) & Expose AKA The House On Straw Hill (1976)

This week we're traveling to 1980s Wales with Pride! Join us for a discussion of Gay's the Word, Mary Whitehouse, age of consent, Bread and Roses, and more! Sources: Background: Pride, IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3169706/ Odie Henderson Review, Rogerebert.com: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/pride-2014 Mark Kermode's Review, The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/sep/14/pride-film-review-mark-kermode-power-in-unlikely-union Mary Whitehouse: Mary Whitehouse Obituary, The Guardian, available at https://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/nov/24/guardianobituaries.obituaries The Gay Poem that Broke Blasphemy Laws, available at https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2008/01/10/the-gay-poem-that-broke-blasphemy-laws/ Letters from Mary Whitehouse, The National Archives, available at https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/sixties-britain/letters-mary-whitehouse/ Gavin Shaffer, "Til Death Do Us Part and the BBC: Racial Politics and the British Working Class, 1965-1975," Journal of Contemporary History 45, 2 (2010) The Lesbian Tide (March-April 1978) Barbara Norden, "The Campaign Against Pornography," Feminist Review 35 (1990) Gay's the Word: Diarmaid Kelliher, "Solidarity and Sexuality: Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners 1984-5," History Workshop Journal 77 (Spring 2014): 240-62. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43299555 All Out! Dancing in Dulais https://youtu.be/lHJhbwEcgrA Kate Kellaway, "When miners and gay activists united: the real story of the film Pride," The Guardian (31 August 2014). https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/aug/31/pride-film-gay-activists-miners-strike-interview IMDB page for Pride: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3169706/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Maroula Joannou, "'Fill a bag and feed a family': the miners' strike and its supporters," in Labour and the left in the 1980s eds. Jonathan Davis and Rohan McWilliam (Manchester University Press). https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvnb7nds.14 June Thomas, "gagging "gay's the word"" Off Our Backs 15:4 (April 1985): 3 and "gay's the word update" Off Our Backs 15:9 (October 1985): 8 Gillian Rodgerson and Linda Semple, "Who Watches the Watchwomen?: Feminists against Censorship" Feminist Review 36 (August 1990): 19-24. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1395106 Simon Watney, "AIDS, pornography and law" Policing Desire: Pornography, AIDS, and the Media (University of Minnesota Press, 1996) https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctttv4sn.10 Alwyn Collinson, "Hidden Pride: London's LGBT history" Museum of London (2 February 2019) https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/discover/london-pride-london-lgbt-history-gay-rights Age of Consent: Paul Bloomfield, "Labour's liberalism: gay rights and video nasties," in Labour and the left in the 1980s eds. Jonathan Davis and Rohan McWilliam (Manchester University Press, 2018). https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvnb7nds.9 Matthew Waites, "Equality at Last? Homosexuality, Heterosexuality and the Age of Consent in the United Kingdom" Sociology 37:4 (November 2003): 637-55. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42856567 David Rayside, "Promoting Heterosexuality in the Thatcher Years," in On the Fringe: Gays and Lesbians in Politics (Cornell University Press). https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctv5qdh32.7 Michel Bozon and Juliette Rennes, "The history of sexual norms: the hold of age and gender," trans. by Sian Reynolds Clio: Women, Gender, History 42 Age and Sex (2015): 7-23. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26273655 "Marriage laws" Legal Information Institute, https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/table_marriage#k Vicky Iglikowski-Broad, "The passing of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act," National Archives Blog (24 July 2017). https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/sexual-offences-act/ Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, "The 1967 Sexual Offences Act: a landmark moment in the history of British homosexuality," History Extra; BBC History Magazine (14 July 2018). https://www.historyextra.com/period/modern/the-1967-sexual-offences-act-a-landmark-moment-in-the-history-of-british-homosexuality/ "Convictions and Cautions for Gross Indecency" Stonewall https://www.stonewall.org.uk/help-advice/criminal-law/convictions-and-cautions-gross-indecency Peter Tatchell, "Don't fall for the myth that it's 50 years since we decriminalised homosexuality," The Guardian (23 May 2017) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/23/fifty-years-gay-liberation-uk-barely-four-1967-act "Sexual Offences Act 1967" Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_Offences_Act_1967 Nicholas Syrett, "Child marriage is still legal in the US" The Conversation (11 December 2017). https://theconversation.com/child-marriage-is-still-legal-in-the-us-88846 Anjali Tsui, "Married Young: The Fight Over Child Marriage in America," Frontline (14 September 2017). https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/married-young-the-fight-over-child-marriage-in-america/ "Page 3" Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_3 "Wolfenden Report, 1957" British Library, https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/wolfenden-report-conclusion Bread and Roses: "Bread and Roses," The Zinn Education Project, available at https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/bread-and-roses-song/ Tea Hvala, "Streetwise Politics: Feminist and Lesbian Grassroots Activism in Ljubljana," in Feminist Media: Participatory Spaces, Networks, and Cultural Citizenship, ed Elke Zobl and Ricarde Drueke, Transcript Publishing: 2012 Desmond King and David Rueda, "Cheap Labor: The New Politics of 'Bread and Roses' in Industrial Democracies," Perspectives on Politics 6, 2 (2008) Wini Breines, "What's Love Got to Do With It? White Women, Black Women, and Feminism in the Movement Years," Signs 27, 4 (2002) Joan Baez and Mimi Farina, "Bread and Roses," Availabe at https://youtu.be/LWkVcaAGCi0 "Pan y Rosas: Argentine Women in the Struggle," Left Voice, available at https://www.leftvoice.org/pan-y-rosas-argentine-women-in-the-struggle        

The Video Nasties A -Z with Death By DVD continue with Don't Go In The Woods & Driller Killer

Which Pretender to the Throne has the best name? What was Harpo Marx famous for saying? Who was Mary Whitehouse? Jake Yapp & Natt Tapley find out in today's Date Fight!

Hey peeps, this weeks blog is on the controversial Netflix film Cuties. Have you heard of it? You must be a nonce then. If you've heard of it, seen it, watched any promotional material for it then as far as I'm concerned you should be locked in prison with your balls cut off. Or am I being a bit over the top about that? Perhaps the film is actually a pretty sensitively directed story of young girls and the reality that they exist in. Could it really be that the outrage around Cuties is really a loud of Mary Whitehouse-style, Daily Mail-esque bullshit that has no real founding in reality? Who knows?!! I guess you'll just have to listen to this podcast and my droning waffle to find out for yourself. Or you could just watch the movie. I don't really care what you do. Cheers. If you want to check out some of the blogs that I've written then you can visit them here... http://ademonsvoice.blogspot.com And most importantly, again, don't forget to follow me on twitter here... https://twitter.com/ADemonsVoice Of course some of you might not be on twitter in which case I've got Facebook for you... https://www.facebook.com/ademonsvoice/ Cheers!

Babylon Bee, Wikipedia, Covid, The Boss; Transhomomisogny; Pope and Chalke; China and Swedish pastors; Nathan Apocada and Dreams; Euthanasia in Queensland and the Netherlands; Decapitation of French teacher; Pam Ayers; Mary Whitehouse;  Exams in California;  Life Life is a sexually transmitted disease; Eric Bibb

Video Nasties A-Z With Death By DVD continue with The Cannibal Man (1972) and Devil Hunter (1980)

Mary Whitehouse quit her job in 1998 and launched her Copywriting and PR business. In this episode, we learn from Mary how freelancing has changed for her, and how her lessons learnt over the last 2 decades can help those running or setting up their freelance business in 2020. Learn more about Mary at word-service.com

Another journey back in time as Off The Chart retreats to 7 July 1986 for a look at the UK single and album charts plus a more general look at what was going on around them. This week Steve unmasks a number of fake doctors, Julian invents an LP that plays forever, and Mary Whitehouse writes a strong letter to the Director General of the BBC.

Today Custard and Daleks Day Thirty one of the Spanish Lockdown, the sometimes amusing, diary of a Brit in southern Spain under the 'Alarma' - normal life has stopped.   To find out more:  https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 31 – Custard and Daleks It is Day 31 of our Spanish Lockdown; I am starting to get quite blurry eyed.  All day peering into the new computer that arrived yesterday from China, has made me quite myopic.   The first thing we did when it arrived is to wipe the whole thing down with alcohol, starting with the box it came in.  I have to hand it to Apple their logistics are to be admired.  The machine started in China moved the Chinese Export Zone and then flew to South Korea where it went on to Germany, from Germany to Portugal and from Portugal to Spain, it took more than two weeks.   It does prove that many businesses are quite capable of operating within lockdown.  The delivery driver left the parcel on the step and sat in his cab; I received an email to confirm delivery.   Chris gets his computer to himself and has spent the day doing gym classes online, to begin with this felt a bit odd, now it is just a normal part of our daily routine.   Read a Facebook post from our friend Paul Coia, he was the first voice that was heard on Channel Four television back in the UK when it began broadcasting in 1982.  Channel Four started with a raft of most peculiar programmes, quite a lot of complaints from Mary Whitehouse at the time.  There were also quite a few complaints about Paul too.  Up to that time continuity announcers were plummy accent types who had been to Eton or Sandhurst.    Paul was a Scot and, well sounded Scottish, ..outrageous!   He posted that every night he was making Birds Custard and old-fashioned stodgy puddings he had also, out of boredom, discovered an Airfix Dalek kit that he was constructing.  It had been a birthday present from the two of us more than 25 years ago.. and he had kept it all this time.   I said “you idiot, it is worth a fortune still intact and boxed up.”  I am really missing our British comfort foods.  But where to buy custard locally? The local town is a custard free zone.   Spanish puddings are flan, arroz con leche, tarta de queso, and that is about it.  The flan is like a crème caramel without the exciting crunchy top, arroz is a very very sweet rice pudding and the tarta a kind of really quite nice cheesecake, but less sweet than its American cousin and no biscuit base either.   If you want something else you need to go to a posh restaurant where you will find chocolate desserts, fruit pies and the like.   When we first came to Spain, I thought Spanish chocolate was disgusting, it had a lot less cocoa powder and was a poor product.  That has all changed and the big brands and of course Lidl’s own chocolate have vastly improved the offering and choice.   When I was a child, sweets were a weekly treat, the three of us would go to the local cooperative shop and choose one item to the value of sixpence .. about two and half pence.   We were always greeted by the friendly, over friendly Manager of the store who always came out to greet us, often lifting me up to pick something from a higher shelf.  Sometimes he would let us have extra sweets as a special treat. What a nice man I thought.   I was very sad when one day he suddenly disappeared as he was so kind to us.  We were told that there had been some sort of bookkeeping problem and the Cooperative had sacked him.   Years later I realised the truth and just why he was so tactile and generous.   Day 31 and our thoughts have turned to custard.  At school I hated custard it used to be served in great aluminium jugs and had a thick slimy skin on it.  To be honest I hated school dinners, I have never cared for boiled potatoes and the half cooked mouldy spuds that my infant school served up were quite disgusting, rather like my father’s dinner time rules, you were not allowed to leave the table until you had finished your meal and one particular Dinner Lady delighted in bullying the children into eating everything on their plate.   To this day I still avoid plain boiled potatoes. Spanish spuds are different, they really taste potatoey – actually a lot of fruit and veg from the supermarket might not be perfectly formed, but all taste much better than the fruit and veg in Britain.   It took me a while to realise that although a lot of the fruit and veg grown here is sent over to the UK.. it has to travel for quite a few days and is packed not quite ripe, so that it arrives still edible.   Here the produce arrives sometimes within hours of being picked and ripened by the sun.. really delicious.   My Uncle Peter who lived in Barcelona during the 1950s  with my Spanish Aunt Isobel, used to boast that you haven’t eaten an orange unless you have picked it from the tree yourself.  I used to think he was just showing off, but actually oranges have a completely different texture and taste, fresh from a tree.   Aunty Isobel never turned up at our house without a gift.  Our Spanish friends now are the same,  just a little something to say thank you for inviting me.   I remember once Uncle Peter’s car rolled up outside our house and Isobel emerged struggling with what looked like a great big black metal shield.   “Ohh deeee ana, I have dragged this bluddy thing alf way across Spain, but I know you will like it, so much.”   She gave the enormous metal shield to my mother.  We all gathered round to take a look.  It was repulsive, in the centre was a large brass cut out of a fish, possibly of the goldfish variety, then to one side a series of nylon cords were stuck to the metal representing reeds.  It also weighed a ton.   “You like no?” said Isobel.  My mother always polite said.. “Yes it is very lovely and an original piece I would think?”   “But of course.” said Isobel, “We Spanish produce some very fine works of art, you know.”   My mother turned the monstrosity around to see if she could find the name of the Spanish artist who had, had the gaul to produce this ugliness.  “Oh!” my mother exclaimed.  Isobel came closer to see what she had found. We all looked and there on the back was a “Made in England” sticker!   For many years the “monstrosity’ as it was called by us all, hung in our hallway and every time I used to pass it I would remind me of my crazy Spanish Aunt and her “horrible” gifts.            

  Censorship of the arts is on the increase: both that imposed from above, by the state, but also from below, with artists calling for works to be taken down from display. This episode of Behind the Scenes of the Museum brings together three experts – Julia Farrington, Associate Arts Producer at Index on Censorship, artists mentor Manick Govinda, and the art critic JJ Charlesworth – to discuss the significant cases, and analyse what is going on: what is new (as compared to the old style Mary Whitehouse kind of censorship); why do institutions capitulate so easily to complaints; and what is to be done.   ► PANEL  Julia Farrington, Associate Arts Producer,  Index on Censorship. Twitter: @IndexCensorship Manick Govinda, Arts consultant and mentor. Twitter: @manick62 JJ Charlesworth, Critic, Art critic, senior editor ArtReview. Twitter: @jjcharlesworth ►  CASES DISCUSSED  1.   Homegrown: commissioned by the National Youth Theatre  See also, Channel 4 news report, with an interview with the director Nadia Latif  2. Isis Threaten Sylvania , the Mall Galleries 3. Saatchi Gallery covers two paintings by an artist known as SKU  4. Drill music removed from You Tube See also, Gang members banned from making Drill music  5. Brett Bailey’s, Exhibit B  Petition: 'Withdraw the racist Exhibition "Exhibit B - The Human Zoo" from showing at the Barbican from 23rd-27th September 2014' See also, this news report & discussion on BBC1 Sunday Morning Live, from 28 Sept 2014. Louise Jeffries from the Barbican on Radio 4's Front Row on why and how the Barbican cancelled Exhibit B.  6. Protests over Dana Schutz's portrait of Emmett Till at the Whitney Biennial   ► READ MORE Are we entering a new age of artistic censorship?  Tiffany Jenkins New Republic  Other cases, including those tackled by Julia Farrington & examples of institutional training to deal with sensitive subjects How the Dana Schutz Controversy—and a Year of Reckoning—Have Changed Museums Forever, Julia Halperin ► MUSIC  Signature tune: Nick Vander Black Kopal - Galaxy II  ► PICTURES  Pictures of the artwork and clips of news reports are available on Instagram and Twitter account: @behindthemuseum ►  CREDITS  This episode of Behind the Scenes at the Museum was written and presented by Tiffany Jenkins and produced by Jac Phillimore.  

Using a person born in Nuneaton in 1910 (Mary Whitehouse) we are reminded that we, the Church, are to change society and not to leave it to politicians.We should stand up for God and not fear speaking out. As we pray, Lord let Your Kingdom come, let us be ready to adapt our lives to what He wants.Is 2020 a year of opportunity for Christians? Is it a new beginning? Are we ready to pray, to preach and to take action on behalf of others?

Author of The Embodied Teen Susan joins me to talk experiential anatomy, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen and BMC, Janet Adler, Mary Whitehouse and authentic movement, Bali, how she started working with teens, adaptions to this and other groups, misperceptions of the body, teaching principles, balancing sensory and motor in embodiment, eco-somatics, teen stereotypes, cultural differences and technology. A useful one for any teacher, though especially anyone working with young people. https://susanbauer.com/ https://susanbauer.com/trainings-for-educators/ https://www.amazon.com/Embodied-Teen-Curriculum-Kinesthetic-Intelligence/dp/1623171881

This week Karl is flying solo so be ready for a few extended rants as the guys are not there to hold him back. Apple releases more updates to iOS13, Catalina and the AirPort app. Twitter returns to the Mac, Beats go more pro, Apple is gearing up for the upcoming release of Apple TV+ and the UK's porn block is no more. All this and slightly more on this week's episode. CONTACT THE SHOW: I really would appreciate it if you could take a few moments and submit a review in iTunes. I won't ply you with adverts, just a little review is all I ask…go on, you know you want to really, don't ya? The Mac & Forth Show Patreon Page. This Month's Wonderful 'The One with the Shout Out' Funders: Teresa Hummel, Steven Leach, Matt Barton, Ron Poyotte, Gordon Jackson, Paul Beattie, Jane, Alan, Martin Meadows-Evans, Frank Jacobsen, Chris Hitarori, Keith Yarbrough, David Dean, Stephen Elliot, Andrew Cannon, Barry Gentleman and Deano. Also, thank you to all our contributors for other donations. Your support is always greatly appreciated.  Or help via PayPal. Subscribe to us on:    iTunes Overcast Pocketcast TuneIn Radio Stitcher   Contact us via Twitter, or join our Facebook group. or like our Facebook page. or our Website or via Apple News or YouTube   Please visit our Merchandise Store   Theme Music: Russ Clewett

This podcast contains ADULT CONTENT. Join Chris Boyle for a podcast where he discovers things he didn't know about well known people, places and events. In this episode Chris has a look at the life and work of Mary Whitehouse. 'Waltz For A Memory' by Mela CC BY SA www.freemusicarchive.org 

After a couple of weeks away we're back with an extra long episode. Our next novel on screen is 'The Tin Drum' a controversial German film from 1979.  Critically acclaimed but also highly divisive the film was banned in some parts of the world for is obscenity and portraying underage sexuality.  Mark & Sarah discuss the plot of the film - trying to make sense of it - this could be another high rating in our Mary Whitehouse scale of morals! Where will this rank our list overall? Does anything shock us any more? Also a few news updates - why has the BBC War of The Worlds still not been shown yet?      

SPECIAL GUEST: Mary Whitehouse (CSIRO) Farmers have learned that the widespread use of pesticides is a dangerous strategy as it can lead to the evolution of highly pesticide resistant crop pests. Land managers are moving towards ‘Integrated Pest Management’ techniques that use a multitude of strategies to more responsibly control pests, including fostering populations of natural pest predators.  Mary Whitehouse has (in her own words) been masquerading as an entomologist with the CSIRO for almost 20 years studying the management of cotton crop pests in regional NSW. Although her secret scientific passion has always been the private lives of spiders. In this interview we chat about the history of genetically modified cotton in Australian agriculture and how keeping landscapes natural and biodiverse can enhance our agricultural industries.  Find out more at www.insituscience.com Follow us on Twitter @insituscience Follow us on Instagram  http://instagram.com/insituscience  Like us on Facebook Music: ‘Strange Stuff’ by Sonic Wallpaper - www.sonicwallpaper.bandcamp.com

James 3:17 NLT 'But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and the fruit of good deeds. It shows no favouritism and is always sincere.' In an age that has seen an explosion of ways to access media, we are increasingly absorbed with film, TV, social media and gaming. When many thought the age of TV was ending, the emergence of ‘TV talkers’, those who blog and tweet about their TV experience, has breathed new life into TV and a fresh opportunity for canny advertising campaigns. These TV talkers publish their observations on programmes and adverts across social media, to the extent that 61 per cent of them admit to watching more TV since discussing shows online. TV talkers are also highly engaged with celebrity and pop culture. In tandem, psychologists are mapping the impact of the media’s psychological effect. This has both good and bad elements. However, it is a new influencer upon the way in which society orders itself. It is evident from research that what we subject ourselves to will influence the way we live. It was my privilege to work with Mary Whitehouse in her campaign against sex and violence on TV and she’s been proven right. My learning has been that it is important what I feed my mind upon. It is also essential that I order my life to have the time to gaze on God, be it through contemplation, the lectionary readings from scripture or other Christian writers. God speaks to us in gentleness and understanding. God appreciates the challenges of the lives we live. We are transformed as we reflect upon the person and character of God.  What we feed the mind will shape who we are and who we shall become. We have all we need for life in its fullest expression in Christ, so let us become ‘God talkers’ alongside all the existing TV talkers and use social media as a means of expressing God’s love. QUESTION: What diet does your mind have? With what is it being fed? PRAYER: Lord, help me to think upon all that is good and praiseworthy, to think upon you.

Manchester Special 2 - Glenn Wool - Werewolf Penis. Richard has had to stay in Manchester for another week so he can interview the most sane Canadian comedian in the world, Glenn Wool. They discuss changing taste in jokes, how much Mary Whitehouse would love Twitter, how to get a cheap London hotel, the poetry of the gutter and a weird coincidence revolving around mysterious genital apparitions. Plus late fatherhood, playing yourself in a film and more questions from the brand new Emergency Questions book that you really should buy if you had any decency.SUPPORT THE SHOW!Check out our website and become a badger and see extra content http://rhlstp.co.ukSee details of the RHLSTP tour dates http://richardherring.com/gigsBuy DVDs and Books at http://gofasterstripe.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

LIVE TUESDAY – AUGUST 14th, 2018 @ 9 PM EDT, It's a NEW EPISODE of THE SEXY WITCHES! GIVE US A CHAT LIVE: (646) 716-9172 DID YOU MISS the 35th Anniversary Video Nasty Panel at STC? Then join THE HEAD HAUNTRESS for a Sexy Witch Round Robin of our favorite films from the British Video Nasty List! In the Early Eighties the British Board of Classification (BBFC) were not required to classify films, on home video, during the golden era of VHS. A woman named Mary Whitehouse led a “Moral Campaign” to stop these mostly horror films from getting into the hands of children. In response, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) created a list of 72 films that could be prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Act 1959. This list became name known as the Video Nasty list. It's now must viewing for any horror geek and lovers of Italian cinema. Some of the greatest horror directors have titles on the VN list including Tobe Hooper, Dario Argento, Paul Naschy, Sam Raimi, Wes Craven and Lucio Fulci.  THE SEXY WITCHES are joined by Panelists and Podcasters: AMIE DAVIS-TOBIN of the AFTER DARK ANALYSIS RYAN TUTOLO of the ALL YOU NEED IS BLOOD PODCAST ALL EPISODES are RECORDED LIVE, IN LOW FI and can be streamed after airing. THE SEXY WITCHES are looking forward to your Call: (646) 716-9172  

As part of the Women in Hollywood symposium I talked with lawyer Jill Greenfield of FieldFisher solicitors, who is currently pursuing the civil case against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein for alleged sexual assaults. In our conversation Jill talks about herself and her motivations for being a lawyer and for taking on the civil case against […]

Mark & Sarah take a look at an adaptation of this novel by Henry Fielding from 1749. They watch the 1997 BBC TV series starring Max Beesley in the title role.  It taken a long time for us to watch this one! We breakdown the main points in the plot and discuss the unusual style this peroid drama has.  Where will it rate in our quest so far? What rating on the Mary Whitehouse scale will we give it? Email us at ScreenSpielPod@gmail.com with your thoughts and visit our Twitter @ScreenSpielPod to view our list of 100 greatest novels we;re watching our way through!

The Moonstone written by Wilkie Collins in 1868 has been described as the worlds first detective novel. Mark & Sarah investiagte the 2016 BBC TV adaptation of this novel and find it's difficult to discuss without giving spoliers away. Also this episode we discover what happend when Mark went detective to find a missing blanket. Sarah reccomnends some other daytime detective programmes.  The all new Mary Whitehouse scale is used.  What do you think of this novel? Have you seen the BBC verison? Email us at ScreenSpielPod@gmail.com

Demonstrations, placards and secret deals: what so significant about women’s activism? Charlotte and Emma discuss second-wave feminists, Greenham Common and Mary Whitehouse. Episode footnotes - including links to Audre Lorde's poem, Valerie Amos' article, research on Greenham Common and much more - are available at www.tomorrowneverknowspod.com Get in touch: we're on Twitter as @TNKpod (also @lottelydia and @emmaelinor) and Facebook (@TNKpod). Send us an email at tomorrowneverknowspod@gmail.com or subscribe to our newsletter! You can also support us by donating to our hosting fund - read more here.

  In this special edition of the Who's He? Podcast, a very nervous Phil talks to legendary Doctor Who producer Philip Hinchcliffe at the Whooverville 9 convention in Derby. As well as discussing his time on Doctor Who, he also talks about writing scripts for Crossroads and the irritant that was Mary Whitehouse! Don't miss it! Staggering Stories Podcast: https://www.staggeringstories.net Tims Take On Podcast: http://timstakeon.libsyn.com Whooverville Convention: http://whooverville.org

In this episode of OFTV, we'll take a look at the intertwined lives of two trans women as they move through the drag balls of the 1960s, the golden era of porn in the 1970s, and the underground performance art scene of the 1980s! Works Cited: https://zagria.blogspot.ca/2010/08/international-chrysis-1951-1990.html#.Wa1_k9OGORs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q%26A_%28film%29 http://www.hungdevils.com/index.php?/topic/18134-the-transsexual-erotica-archive-of-magazines-and-films-we-need-your-help/page-3 https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/photography/2011/02/12/kim-christys-lost-world?pg=1#article-content http://www.tgforum.com/wordpress/index.php/female-mimics-magazine-part-1-the-early-years/ https://zagria.blogspot.ca/2014/01/kim-christy-1950-usa.html#.Wa1_HNOGORs https://zagria.blogspot.ca/2013/11/sulka-1962-porn-star.html#.Wa1_EtOGORs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Whitehouse

Ben and David do an overview of the Hinchcliffe/Holmes era as they continue their look at horror in Who by looking at this era's influences and impact on the show. Do these stories hold up for today's fandom? How 'horrible' are they? Are they mostly Hammer and other horror movie pastiches? What were the influences of Mary Whitehouse and her British conservatism in the 1970s, and why did David Sullivan name a magazine after her? From "teatime terror for tots" to Bristol Boy catchphrases, join the Metebelis 2 as they geek out about Season 12 and chat about horror, sadism, and cliffhangers. Intro music by Dudley Simpson's incidental music score from the opening of "The Ark in Space" Part One. Outro music "Sarah Pursued/The Prototype" from music composed by Dudley Simpson for "Genesis of the Daleks" and arranged and performed by Heathcliff Blair.

Happy Halloween! We look at the games that would give Joe Lieberman a coronary and make Mary Whitehouse spin in her grave: It's Video Game Nasties, from Chiller to Rule of Rose. We Play: Mafia 3, Shin Megami Tensei IV APOCALYPSE, Battlefield 1, and Thumper.

Alexander Armstrong, quizmaster, actor, classically trained baritone and occasional oboist shares his love of music and llamas. Arlene Phillips left home at 22 to follow a career in dance. She founded the dance troupe Hot Gossip, courting controversy with Mary Whitehouse, and went on to work with a string of artists from Aretha Franklin to Robbie Williams and choreographed Hollywood films and West End shows. Charlie Dark grew up listening to pirate radio in his bedroom and by the time he was a teenager he was sneaking out to attend illegal warehouse parties. He soon became a successful jungle music DJ and travelled the world but he gave it all up to found a group of runners who give back to their community. Plus Paddy Ashdown shares his Inheritance Tracks and remembers how a failing pig farm irrevocably altered the future of his family. Arlene Phillips is featured in the book 'Dogs and Their Faithful Celebrities' by the Dogs Trust Alexander Armstrong's CD 'Upon a Different Shore' is out now Producer: Steven Williams Editor: Karen Dalziel.

This is the first of an in-depth two-part chat with Steve Punt. A well-known British comedy writer and performer, Steve is a regular on BBC Radio (especially The Now Show), and known for his comedy partnership with Hugh Dennis and work on phenomenally popular topical satire TV show, The Mary Whitehouse Experience, which he also starred in, back in the early 90s.  The chat covers everything from how technology has affected performance styles, to Mary Whitehouse memories, to Steve's feelings about Big Brother. Remember to subscribe and rate the show to ensure you don't miss Part 2, and many other equally interesting episodes which will be uploaded weekly from now on. Hack Circus is also a magazine and an event series. See hackcircus.com for more about the project, and @hackcircus on Twitter. We're also on Facebook.

‘Lock them up and throw away the key!’ is something that is often heard.  But does locking someone up for committing a crime really work to punish an individual? What about having them come back into society a changed person, asks presenter and producer Lee Millam in this podcast. Prisons, why do we send people there?  Does it work?  Should it work?  This was the subject of a recent lecture at Gresham College in the City of London.  It is one lecture from a series on Law and Lawyers at Gresham College, presented by Professor Sir Geoffrey Nice QC.  He explains why we lock up criminals….. Geoffrey Nice:  …..for a range of reasons, many of them not fully articulated.  You could look back and say thata there are some coherent lines of justification – deterrence, retribution, rehabilitation (those are the standard ones).  But does it really explain our attitude towards imprisonment.  I rather doubt it. Not only are people complex, but our reactions to people are complex too.  Take those who, on some objective calculation, would be less culpable but get more opprobrium and heavier sentences than those who are in one sense guiltier but get lesser sentences.  The most obvious examples are those who really cannot control themselves because of their upbringing - such as sex offenders who have themselves been formed by childhood, have been victims of sex offences and may become sex offenders themselves. They draw the maximum opprobrium from society, and not the understanding that they themselves are victims. So we are complicated in the way we respond to crime. There is no great political dividend in rehabilitating people, at least there doesn’t seem to be in our country. Interestingly there are changes around the world. Norway is rather leading the way.  Its prisons are so shockingly liberal that people from America and England can’t probably recognise them as prisons at all!  Their purpose is to enable people to rejoin society.  And these prisons have a recidivist rate of 20% whereas the US and England have recidivism rates of about 70%.  Why aren’t we spending more time looking at that/ Lee Millam: If other countries are more successful at rehabilitating prisoners, then there must be lessons to learn from other systems in other parts of the world.  But there are some crimes where prison is the only answer. GN: There are some people who are so dangerous they do have to be restricted so that is one justifiable expense – though whether it has to be done in this way, given modern technology, is another issue. I think it is really a desire to punish people that justifies what we do.  I may not be on that wing of public opinion, but what is clear is that you have to carry public opinion with youon an issue like this.  Change from where we are to something more humane, or rather more liberal (as it would now be described) is going to take some time. It is also going to be more difficult to do that in a society where so many of the other structures, in their own way, almost require punishment and offenders.  The rich need the poor, the good need the bad, the apparently lawful need criminals. You could argue, in a rather nasty way, we don’t actually want to live in a crime free society.  So if you’ve got an aggressively capitalist society with great divergence of wealth, it is probably inevitable that you are going to want to punish, or will punish, those who offend the implied values of such a society.  Maybe as long as you’ve got a society that , since the 1960s has believed in all aspects of sexual liberalism, it is in some curious and perverse way particularly hard on those who transgress what is left of the law on sexual control.  Mary Whitehouse may well be shown, in due course, to have been right.  More and more people may be thinking it wasn’t quite so good to create a sexually liberal society, one of the consequences of which is that people had to do more thing to temper it.

The time travellers arrive in ‘history' again. Barbara gets kidnapped during a swordfight between some men in tabards and some other men in other tabards. The Doctor and Vicki go shoplifting while Ian shouts at King Richard until he gets knighted (I bet no one's ever tried that with the Queen!). Barbara meets a shoe-shine man and impersonates a member of the royal family. Ian goes to the beach for some fetish fun with ropes, honey and an Arabic horse thief (Where was Mary Whitehouse when THIS was being broadcast?) before arriving just in time to watch someone else save Barbara from a life of endless sex. Then all four of them sod off back to the TARDIS.

Where has the magic of Doctor Who gone? It’s the first time we’ve been back to Gallifrey since the last time, Todd is cross, and Mary Whitehouse is furious. It’s time for The Deadly Assassin!

In 1982 a British director found himself in a court battle over sex and nudity on stage. Michael Bogdanov had directed 'The Romans in Britain' which drew parallels with the contemporary presence of British troops in Northern Ireland. But a public decency campaigner, Mary Whitehouse, thought it was obscene. Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images.

Step once more through the doors of THE PALACE OF GLITTERING DELIGHTS and listen as Andrew Leyland tells all about the movies and TV he wasn't allowed to watch as a kid! Yes, Andrew recalls the early days of the Video Nasty, Mary Whitehouse and why certain episodes of certain TV favourites were banned or consigned to the late night schedules! Plus - Listener Feedback!Feedback for this show can be sent to: heykidscomics@virginmedia.com

Step once more through the doors of THE PALACE OF GLITTERING DELIGHTS and listen as Andrew Leyland tells all about the movies and TV he wasn’t allowed to watch as a kid! Yes, Andrew recalls the early days of the Video Nasty, Mary Whitehouse and why certain episodes of certain [...]

Step once more through the doors of THE PALACE OF GLITTERING DELIGHTS and listen as Andrew Leyland tells all about the movies and TV he wasn't allowed to watch as a kid! Yes, Andrew recalls the early days of the Video Nasty, Mary Whitehouse and why certain episodes of certain TV favourites were banned or consigned to the late night schedules! Plus - Listener Feedback!Feedback for this show can be sent to: heykidscomics@virginmedia.com

In the second Bodacious Horror episode focusing on the "found footage" genre, Gill & Roscoe temporarily ditch Skype, and return to their roots to record in the luxurious surroundings of Rockatansky Towers. They talk about the Toxic Avenger, Chris O'Dowd and Sleepwalking Cannibals, before getting down to the nitty gritty. And by God it's gritty this week folks. Starting off light with "Rec 2" (2009) and "The Last Exorcism" (2010), things take a turn for the worst when we get into "Cannibal Holocaust" (1980) and "The Poughkeepsie Tapes" (2007), a section in which Roscoe does his best Mary Whitehouse and Billy Graham impressions while Gill comes across like the Marquis de Sade crossed with Anton LaVey. Either way, neither are particularly sure whether to ban this filth or give it an Oscar. As ever, if you enjoy the show share us with your nearest and dearest and leave us a nice review on iTunes if you’re feeling charitable. Twitter: @BodaciousHorror and @GillRockatansky Email: BodaciousHorror@Gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/BodaciousHorror Website: www.bodacioushorror.tk Gill & Roscoe are proud members of the Horrorphilia Podcasting Network (www.horrorphilia.com) and do not like it when animals get hurt.

With Kirsty Lang. The romantic comedy Austenland, based on a novel of the same name, centres on a single 30-something American woman who travels to Britain to visit a resort where the Jane Austen era is recreated, hoping to find her very own Colin Firth version of Mr Darcy. Critic Viv Groskop - who was born a stone's throw away from Chawton, where Austen wrote Pride and Prejudice - reviews. Stephen Poliakoff, writer of Caught On A Train and Shooting The Past, reflects on his controversial debut TV drama Hitting Town, which was made in 1975 and is released on DVD for the first time. Written when he was 23, the TV play made headlines when Mary Whitehouse campaigned for it to be banned, appalled by its storyline about a brother and sister who embark on an incestuous affair. Poliakoff reveals his own sister's reaction to Hitting Town and his other incest drama Close My Eyes. Australian author Hannah Kent's debut novel Burial Rites tells the story of the last woman executed in Iceland. Set in the winter of 1829 and including real court documents, the book combines Nordic noir with cold case fiction. Kent describes how she first heard about the story when visiting Iceland as a teenager and what drew her to write about the case a decade later. Artists Elmgreen and Dragset have turned five former textile galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum into an apartment belonging to a fictional retired architect, using objects from the museum's collection alongside items from antique markets. Kirsty and architecture critic Hugh Pearman visited the apartment to see if they could decode its secrets. Producer Jerome Weatherald.

"He's not the Great One. He's the Insignificant One. If you're going to have someone imitate Kroll, it ought to be more convincing."  Yes, it's everyone's worst Christmas nightmare – an enormous Brussels Sprout with its accompanying surfeit of methane. Only this time it's a giant squid god who menaces a model, gives a Time Lord a tentacular tourniquet and reminds some Swampies that it really isn't easy being green.  Romana goes off seafood, the Doctor loves the sound of breaking glass and Thawn hates just about anyone who isn't Thawn.  Green crevices, bushy gates and the imminent threat of dangly-bit exposure must have kept Mary Whitehouse on full alert but did The Power of Kroll float Jim and Martin's canoes?  Find out here.

In a disgusting ignoring of the most precious rules, Rum Doings Episode 122 begins with our discussing the topic. At length. We understand if you'll no longer be listening. This rather sets the tone for the episode, as we find ourselves mostly discussing Daily Mail stories, which is - in fairness - when our podcast is best. Nick also finally reads the second story from his internet primer book, which I can strongly recommend for those having trouble getting to sleep. More Daily Mail, the lack of ladybishops, fond memories of Mary Whitehouse, and working out Sophie Borland news stories. If you have any suggestions, post them below. We'd really love it if you left a review on iTunes. Yes, iTunes is hideous, but reviews on there are what get podcasts more attention. After 100 free episodes, we'd love you to return the favour by writing a quick review.

Ben Thompson on letters from the Mary Whitehouse archive; Film-maker Michael Haneke; The Rolling Stones; the art of crying on stage; playwright Lucy Kirkwood; Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov.

With Mark Lawson. Anna Friel returns to the stage in a new production of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, with a cast which also includes Ken Stott, Laura Carmichael and Sam West. Writer and performer Viv Groskop reviews. In 1964, a devoutly Christian Shropshire schoolteacher co-launched a Clean Up TV campaign - and it turned her into a media star. Mrs Mary Whitehouse wrote letters of complaint to programme-makers, politicians, pop stars and playwrights. A selection of her correspondence, preserved in the archives of her National Viewers And Listeners Association, has now been published. Its editor Ben Thompson discusses her targets and the reactions to her attacks. Chris O'Dowd stars as a talent scout in The Sapphires, an Australian film about four Aboriginal women who form a group - Australia's answer to The Supremes - and whose first gig is to travel to Vietnam in 1968 to sing for the troops. Kate Mossman reviews. The Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby receives a modern makeover in a new TV adaptation, where penniless hero Nick finds himself fighting corruption within care homes. Novelist Kamila Shamsie discusses this latest updating of Dickens, and reflects on other adaptations of literary classics, including works by Jane Austen, Chaucer and Shakespeare. Producer Ella-mai Robey.

As St Catherine's was being built, in July 1962, the Telstar satellite was making history as the first to relay television pictures through space. A year later, Mary Whitehouse would launch her 'Clean Up TV' campaign. The next five decades would see immeasurable changes, as technology and taste evolved into new programmes. Our panel take a fresh and challenging look at the vast upheavals that have taken place in Britain, and on its stage and screen, in the course of fifty turbulent years. Part of series celebrating 50 years of St Catherine's College.

The fabulous 69th edition of the Goodies Podcast brings us the commentary we had to have - Gender Education. Yes, it's all about how to make a podcast by doing naughty things. To make sure there are no smutty goings on, the sheet is out and everyone is sitting the regulatory 40cm apart as we look at the wonderful Goodies version of gender education films of the 70s, with Mary Whitehouse and some leather-clad ladies. Strap yourself in, grab a sheet (but not a lady), cover up your naughty bits and get ready for the best telling of Sinderella you're ever going to see. Knickers!

Sue Lawley's castaway is the playwright Howard Brenton. In the 1960s he was part of a movement called the New Jacobeans. They took drama out of the drawing room and on to a bigger stage. Often controversial, in Romans in Britain he drew parallels with Northern Ireland and earned the wrath of Mary Whitehouse for what she described as "procuring the cast to commit immoral acts".[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Weichet nur, Betrube Schatten, from the Wedding Cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer Luxury: Champagne

Sue Lawley's castaway is the playwright Howard Brenton. In the 1960s he was part of a movement called the New Jacobeans. They took drama out of the drawing room and on to a bigger stage. Often controversial, in Romans in Britain he drew parallels with Northern Ireland and earned the wrath of Mary Whitehouse for what she described as "procuring the cast to commit immoral acts". [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Weichet nur, Betrube Schatten, from the Wedding Cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer Luxury: Champagne