Podcast appearances and mentions of Matt Barber

We talk through Doctor Who's modern era spin-off shows, pitting them against each other in an effort to decide which is the more justified Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Mackenzie Crook returns with a new series about a man growing homunculi in his garden shed Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Simon Brett

It's getting on for a decade since Mark Gatiss wrote his last Doctor Who, but how does it stack up against his earlier episodes? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

Joachim Trier's film Affeksjonsverdi - or Sentimental Value - about an aging film director's two daughters and the different paths they take, is our next Best Picture nominee ahead of this year's Oscars Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Which were the bits of the Chris Chibnall era where fandom thought it overstepped the mark - and did it really? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Our watch through of this year's Best Picture nominees arrives at Train Dreams, the story of the unacknowledged folk who built what would become modern America  Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

It's fifty years since Robert De Niro first rolled Martin Scorsese's cab onto the mean streets of New York, so we thought that was the perfect time to go back and take another look Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Luke Molloy

The randomiser chooses what is widely considered to be the runt of one of Doctor Who's greatest ever seasons - but is either of those things really true? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Ben Verth

Our journey through this year's Academy Award Best Picture nominees continues with a look at Ryan Coogler's vampire movie Sinners Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

After our conversation about the Dracula films at Hammer, we decided to carry on and watch two further instalments: Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) and Dracula A.D. 1972 Presented by Steve Hatcher, with Matt Barber, Dylan Rees and J.R. Southall

The second half of our conversation in which we choose the individual stories we think might have made for decent Peter Cushing-style movies, this time going into the 1980s Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

We start a watch through of this year's Best Picture nominees with Yorgos Lanthimos' latest Bugonia, following a chat about its competition in various categories Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

We pay our respects (in our own irreverent fashion) to two significant guest actors from the original run of Doctor Who, by watching the stories in which they appeared: The Robots of Death and Battlefield Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Steve Hatcher and Ben Verth

After our recent trip through the various Jurassic Parks, we went on to discover what the subsequent Jurassic Worlds had to offer Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Our Hammer watch through concentrates on the continuation of the Count this time, with our thoughts on Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), Scars of Dracula (1970), The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) and The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974) Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber, Steve Hatcher and Dylan Rees

In response to a question from the General Witchfinders on the last Radio Free Skaro advent calendar, we were prompted to wonder what might have happened if the Cushing movies had carried on on an annual basis throughout the original run of Doctor Who, and therefore to pick one story from each season that they might have adapted for the silver screen Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

We take a look at Edgar Wright's recent adaptation of Stephen King's Richard Bachman novel The Running Man, after going back to the first film adaptation by Paul Michael Glaser back in 1987 Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

We induct Blakes 7 into the Who Review Extra randomiser by taking a look at the sixth episode of the third series, in which Paul Darrow and Colin Baker come face to face for the first time, and Vila cops off with a Carry On girl. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Another year, another Christmas Eve - and another Mark Gatiss A Ghost Story for Christmas. Was this latest one any good? We take a look at The Room in the Tower. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

It's thirty years since Brad Pitt appeared in two movies that have influenced cinema in immeasurable ways in the three decades since, but how well have Seven and 12 Monkeys stood the test of time? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

As part of our journey through the Hammer back catalogue, we take another wander off the beaten path to look at two 1966 movies that were both made on the same sets (and include a number of shared actors too): The Plague of the Zombies and The Reptile Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber, Steve Hatcher and Dylan Rees

During the original run of Doctor Who, there were nine stories whose broadcast spanned Christmas Day. But which of them is the most Christmassy? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

The Disney Doctor Who deal comes to a conclusion (in the UK at least) with the final chapter of the latest spin-off The War Between the Land and the Sea, but is it a fitting end to a troubled time? Presented by J.R. Southall and Ryan Blake, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

With an odd number of participants there's something a little different about the make-up of the teams in this year's Christmas quiz - but the quality of the questions hasn't changed Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Steve Hatcher, and Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

We turn our attention to Hammer's iconic first attempts at their three staple horror characters, in The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Dracula (1958) and The Mummy (1959) Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber, Steve Hatcher and Dylan Rees

Craig, Daniel is back as Benoit Blanc in the latest Knives Out Mystery from Rian Johnson Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

After our episode about Nigel Kneale's famous TV scientist and his portrayal at the movies, we decided to go the full Hammer with a run-through of the highlights of the film series - starting with this duet of two Quatermass-adjacent early horrors Presented by Matt Barber, with Steve Hatcher and J.R. Southall

In which we watch Matt Smith's final episode and wonder if it's a fitting way for the eleventh Doctor to go, and then choose the first Blakes 7 episode we're going to talk about after having added the series to the randomiser Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Giving the creator of Coupling and Joking Apart the Doctor Who showrunner job was bound to bring problems - unless of course that's the man the BBC wanted in charge of the programme. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Our mixed reaction to the first two episodes of the latest Doctor Who spin-off, The War Between the Land and the Sea Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher With highly inappropriate language right from the very start

It's exactly half a century since Stanley Kubrick followed A Clockwork Orange with his stately, painterly picture Barry Lyndon. But will we be impressed by its languid pace and artistic aspirations? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Steve Hatcher and Luke Molloy

In which we turn our minds back twenty years to the moments when the first RTD era overstepped the mark, and wonder whether it was ever unacceptable as family viewing Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

The Stephen King adaptations continue to roll in, the latest being this adaptation of his cheery 1979 Richard Bachman novel The Long Walk. Did we go along for the stroll though, or would we grind to a halt? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

Paul Thomas Anderson has made what Wiki are describing as a "black comedy action thriller film", but would we find it as hard to describe how we felt about One Battle After Another as they struggled to say what it is? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Luke Molloy

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You might think script editor Eric Saward's tenure on Doctor Who coincided with a period of calm rather than controversy, but we're here to pull back the covers and see if we can't find something to that doesn't smell quite right Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

Our thoughts on the photo of Billie Piper and Paul McGann on the TARDIS set that emerged at the weekend, leading onto a conversation about what we are expecting for the 2026 special Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

Nearly half a century (and eight further films) on from Ridley Scott's original, the Alien franchise comes to television. But is it a natural fit, and is that where it belongs? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

Guillermo del Toro and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein ought to be a match made in Heaven, but what would we make of it ahead of our patchwork Hammer watch-through starting next week? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Simon Brett and Steve Hatcher

It's over half a century now since the Doctors' timelines first crossed in something resembling what we might know now as an "anniversary special", and certainly the lustre has come off The Three Doctors somewhat in those fifty-odd years - according to some reports at least. But how does it stand up five decades on? The randomiser has decided we take a look Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

In which we divide into teams in order to choose the Doctor Who story that is the most appropriate for its Halloween broadcast slot Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Steve Hatcher, Matt Barber and Ryan Blake

Doctor Who is back, and this time it's just for Christmas - or is it? We try to get to the bottom of yesterday's announcement countering the premature death notices for RTD's Doctor Who Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Simon Brett

An overview of the three films directed by the Monkeypaw Productions man: Get Out, Us and Nope Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Ryan Blake

Philip Hinchcliffe might have suggested that Mary Whitehouse was "somewhat over-hysterical", but Barry Letts admitted that when she complained about Doctor Who, the viewing figures went up. So was the temptation in the mid-1970s to push the series too far in order to attract viewers? And how far is too far? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Ian Fleming's debut novel Casino Royale has been adapted for the screen three times, in wildly different versions. After having spoken about the other two, we decided it was time to take a look at the first, a live US TV play broadcast while the novel was barely off the press. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber, Steve Hatcher and Dylan Rees

The randomiser brings us to Earth in 2164 (or so), exactly-ish two centuries in the future after a plague has wiped out the majority of the population of the planet and it's almost like WWII never stopped happening. But will the BBC manage to convey all this from the confines of a little TV studio? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

There's been a lot of love for the recent Tim Key comedy about a reclusive music fan who tries to get his favourite folk duo back together again. But what would we make of it? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

You'd think Doctor Who news might be a bit thin on the ground with no production currently underway nor very much likely to be any time soon. But the rumours and gossip just keep on coming. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Ryan Blake, Mark Donaldson and Steve Hatcher

How will our current mascot Danny Dyer take, to starring in a more bucolic version of Doctor Who? Our reimagined history of the series enters its seventh season. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

The randomiser takes us to yet another isolated workplace in the 1960s, but will Victoria's screaming save the day, or is Fury from the Deep just a load of old gas? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Ryan Blake