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Agents Scott and Cam, along with guest operative John Rain from Smersh Pod, cry out for Tabasco sauce while decoding Roger Moore's second Bond adventure, The Man with the Golden Gun. Directed by Guy Hamilton. Starring Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams, Hervé Villechaize, Clifton James, Richard Loo and Soon-Tek Oh. Check out Smersh Pod wherever you get your podcasts.  You can also buy John's books, including Thunderbook: The World of Bond According to Smersh Pod, on Amazon. You can also follow him on Bluesky and X.  Become a SpyHards Patron and gain access to top secret "Agents in the Field" bonus episodes, movie commentaries and more! Purchase the latest exclusive SpyHards merch at Redbubble. Social media: @spyhards View the NOC List and the Disavowed List at Letterboxd.com/spyhards Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes.

It's 1994, and Mr Peanut signed a treaty of surrender with President Clinton.A recent episode of the Monday Night Movie Club from the Smersh Patreon. Subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/c/SmershPod Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/smershpod. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to SMERSHPOD, I'm your host John Rain. This time for another of our extra special compilation episodes where we've taken the very best parts of SMERSHes gone by, edited them together, realised it's only 3 minutes long, and then sifted through the bin to see how we can bulk out the running time. Today we're opening up the 2023 SMERSH vault. Over the next 45 minutes you'll be hearing from galaxies far, far away, heroes from long, long ago, and another set of adjectives to be inserted here in the final script, must check that before recording. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/smershpod. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A dip into the archive sack for a Christmas special from 2017!Sit astride your robot reindeer for a never-ending eternal night-flight through 1985's Santa Claus: The Movie. To discuss all things festive and flawed, John is joined by celebrated TV writer and Smershpod fave Nat Tapley Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/smershpod. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Smersh Pod.This week we'll be recounting the beautiful story of when a small person arrived and touched the World, no it's not a biopic of Wee Jimmy Krankie. It's E.T.Joining me to poke things with his glowing digit, is Steve Hall.  Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/smershpod. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Britcom Goes to the Movies is back! We begin our third, yes, THIRD series with an absolute classic of the genre... of sorts. On The Buses was one of the most popular British sitcoms ever made, so midway through its run, Hammer decided to take it to the big screen, the first of many such ventures for the studio, and it paid off, literally! With box office numbers, a Marvel movie would kill for in 1971.   But On The Buses the Movie has become a byword for terrible sitcom to movie spin-offs, by which all subsequent examples would be judged. You could say we have this movie to blame for the short shrift and general disdain a lot of British comedies get critically. Without this film, we'd probably have no podcast.    It's reputation therefore preceded it, and Rob and Guy were in no hurry to cover it, but once writer, funnyman, host of SMERSH Pod, and all-round On The Buses apologist John Rain expressed an interest in joining us to discuss the film, how could we say no?   So join Guy, Rob, and John on an odyssey of crass jokes, old men playing 30-year-old lotharios, the world's first ATM, pencil-moustached knicker-snatchers, and rolling left to right pecking. Finally, it's time for On The Buses.   On the Buses – First Colour Episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFV3aAMPTgg&list=PLgD5-qNnzSa5nAynMx58UWJsetOvWgyfk&index=2   On The Buses – The Cistern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1ghggVZOs4   On The Buses – Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRmkh8tMB9k   On The Buses – Skid Test https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvV8jjvI42o   On The Buses cast on Wogan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2fVCJ0_0HE   Reg Varney uses world's first ATM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9mwgKMrZ1U

A DEEP DIVE dip back to a Monday Night Movie Club from the dark old days of 2021.A personal favourite of the group. It was the end of our first "series" and therefore we were all a bit giddy. To hear more like it sign up for more here https://www.patreon.com/SmershPod Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/smershpod. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is another of our special compilation episodes, where we delve into the archives for the best bits of SMERSHes gone by, cut out the libellous bits, and package them together for you like the best pick and mix you've ever had, we've even used a pair of plastic tongs and a ‘SHARE' cup. This time round we're setting our sights on 2022. Over the next 45 minutes you'll hear from a Welshman impersonating a Scotsman pretending to be a Russian, tales of a watery grave for a Jedi master, and the return of everybody's favourite reptile-based trio.Thanks to Tim Colman, and Out of Context Smersh Pod for all the hard work and support. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/smershpod. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we'll be on the road again, from sea to shining sea, in search of that elusive Cannonball Run2! There'll be stunts, shunts, fronts, hunts, and c*nts. As well as some very far-fetched extras.Yes, it's Cannonball Run 2!Joining me as my hairy co-pilot is Paul Litchfield. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/smershpod. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The best of Smersh Pod 2020-2021.This is a special episode, a bit like when a TV show hasn't got enough material for a full season, where we're looking back at some of the highlights of shows gone by. This time we're going from the start of our season 4 back in September 2020 up to the end of 2021.The difficult lockdown period, if you will. Hope you enjoy.Many thanks to Tim Colman and Gray for doing the legwork. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/smershpod. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comedian and writer Paul Litchfield (The Trap, Smershpod) brings in a magical tome filled with comforting charts and tables and goblins: Gary Gygax's Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook, the classic gateway drug for tabletop role-playing games. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Corps blimey! Live from a stench packing factory is this week's guest: writer and podcaster John Rain, the man behind the mighty Smersh Pod and author of the recently published Explodobook (available from all good Amazons) John first heard The Goon Show as a young shaver and joins the pod this week to talk about an episode very dear to his heart: The Case of the Missing C.D. Plates from Series 6. Among other things we discuss the irredeemable Denis Bloodnok, the irreproachable Peter Cushing, the irreverent Ruxton Hayward and the irreplaceable Wallace Greenslade (and I apologise in advance!) as well as the delightfulness of extended corpsing, The Man From Laramie, the problems with The Last Goon Show Of All, David Lodge in Cockleshell Heroes and Bill Maynard's Crumpet Code of Ethics™. All this and much much more!

Dirty Harry is back on the streets of San Francisco and facing his most dangerous peril yet - A remote control car enthusiast Liam Neeson does some kind of accent, Jim (neé James) Carrey mugs like his life depends on, Patricia Clarkson looks like she'd rather be somewhere else, and Clint Eastwood slips back into the role like it was an old tweed jacket. Also in this episode: Lance Percival Facts! Joining me this week is John Rain (@MrKenShabby), the legendary host of Smersh Pod (@SMERSHPOD) and author of Thunderbook: The World of Bond According to Smersh Pod.

Smersh Pod's supremo John Rain joins Jon and Marc to lead the One Show into a garden to meet six other people (all murderers who've escaped from Broadmoor.)This episode was recorded with everyone dotted across the country using technology that isn't as good as it sounds on the packet. Enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Smersh Pod's supremo John Rain joins Jon and Marc to convince The One Show that Dominic Cummings would make a popular co-host this week.This episode was recorded with everyone dotted across the country using technology that isn't as good as it sounds on the packet. Enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

James Bond Part 1: John Rain tells We’d Like A Word presenters Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan the secrets behind the Bond films. He loves the Bond movies so much, he makes a podcast about them - Smershpod. And he’s made a book from the podcast - Thunderbook. Listen in for deleted Bond scenes, Bond actor rejects, filming & Stanley Kubrick’s secret Bond film role. Also - is Judith O’Reilly the successor to Ian Fleming? Have Jeff Wayne & Robert Hardy made the best/only good versions of HG Wells’s War of the World’s. Is Q really Bernard Quatermass? If Bond is Frankenstein’s monster, who is Igor? With shout outs to Jamie Stangroom, director of The Empire Strikes Door, Eddy Joseph from Casino Royale & Quantum of Solace, Anthony Horowitz’s continuity Bond thrillers, flying carpets & Steve’s angry 3rd nipple. (Apologies for sound quality dips in this episode. We usually do everything face to face.) We'd Like A Word is a podcast and radio show from authors Paul Waters and  Stevyn Colgan. We talk with writers, readers, celebrities, talkers,  poets about books, songs, lyrics, speeches,  scripts, fiction and  non-fiction. We go out on various radio platforms at least once a fortnight and every other Thursday on podcast. Our website is www.wedlikeaword.com -  which is where you'll find information about Paul and Steve and our  guests - and details of the radio stations that carry We'd Like A Word.  We're also on Twitter @wedlikeaword and Facebook @wedlikeaword and our email is wedlikeaword@gmail.com - and yes,  we are slightly embarrassed by the missing apostrophes. We like to hear  from you - your thoughts,  ideas, guest or book suggestions. Perhaps you'd like to come on We'd Like A Word in person, to chat, review, meet writers or read out passages from books. . .

James Bond Part 3: John Rain tells We’d Like A Word presenters Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan the secrets behind the Bond films. He loves the Bond movies so much, he makes a podcast about them - Smershpod. And he’s made a book from the podcast - Thunderbook. Listen in for deleted Bond scenes, Bond actor rejects, filming & Stanley Kubrick’s secret Bond film role. Also - is Judith O’Reilly the successor to Ian Fleming? Have Jeff Wayne & Robert Hardy made the best/only good versions of HG Wells’s War of the World’s. Is Q really Bernard Quatermass? If Bond is Frankenstein’s monster, who is Igor? With shout outs to Jamie Stangroom, director of The Empire Strikes Door, Eddy Joseph from Casino Royale & Quantum of Solace, Anthony Horowitz’s continuity Bond thrillers, flying carpets & Steve’s angry 3rd nipple. (Apologies for sound quality dips in this episode. We usually do everything face to face.) We'd Like A Word is a podcast and radio show from authors Paul Waters and  Stevyn Colgan. We talk with writers, readers, celebrities, talkers,  poets about books, songs, lyrics, speeches,  scripts, fiction and  non-fiction. We go out on various radio platforms at least once a fortnight and every other Thursday on podcast. Our website is www.wedlikeaword.com -  which is where you'll find information about Paul and Steve and our  guests - and details of the radio stations that carry We'd Like A Word.  We're also on Twitter @wedlikeaword and Facebook @wedlikeaword and our email is wedlikeaword@gmail.com - and yes,  we are slightly embarrassed by the missing apostrophes. We like to hear  from you - your thoughts,  ideas, guest or book suggestions. Perhaps you'd like to come on We'd Like A Word in person, to chat, review, meet writers or read out passages from books. . .

James Bond Part 2: John Rain tells We’d Like A Word presenters Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan the secrets behind the Bond films. He loves the Bond movies so much, he makes a podcast about them - Smershpod. And he’s made a book from the podcast - Thunderbook. Listen in for deleted Bond scenes, Bond actor rejects, filming & Stanley Kubrick’s secret Bond film role. Also - is Judith O’Reilly the successor to Ian Fleming? Have Jeff Wayne & Robert Hardy made the best/only good versions of HG Wells’s War of the World’s. Is Q really Bernard Quatermass? If Bond is Frankenstein’s monster, who is Igor? With shout outs to Jamie Stangroom, director of The Empire Strikes Door, Eddy Joseph from Casino Royale & Quantum of Solace, Anthony Horowitz’s continuity Bond thrillers, flying carpets & Steve’s angry 3rd nipple. (Apologies for sound quality dips in this episode. We usually do everything face to face.) We'd Like A Word is a podcast and radio show from authors Paul Waters and  Stevyn Colgan. We talk with writers, readers, celebrities, talkers,  poets about books, songs, lyrics, speeches,  scripts, fiction and  non-fiction. We go out on various radio platforms at least once a fortnight and every other Thursday on podcast. Our website is www.wedlikeaword.com -  which is where you'll find information about Paul and Steve and our  guests - and details of the radio stations that carry We'd Like A Word.  We're also on Twitter @wedlikeaword and Facebook @wedlikeaword and our email is wedlikeaword@gmail.com - and yes,  we are slightly embarrassed by the missing apostrophes. We like to hear  from you - your thoughts,  ideas, guest or book suggestions. Perhaps you'd like to come on We'd Like A Word in person, to chat, review, meet writers or read out passages from books. . .

It's the first podcast of 2020. Happy New Year! James Bond Radio was privileged recently to get the chance to swap recognition codes and wag chins with the head of the Smershpod podcast, Mr. John Rain. With 90+ episodes under his belt on all manner of films, including all of the Bonds, and now his first book, Thunderbook, The World of Bond According to Smershpod, hitting the stores, John talked to Dan about his love of Bond, the reasons for starting his podcast, turning it into a paper version and what the future holds for Smershpod. JBR will be putting it's feet up, and taking a break next week, but we'll be back on the 17th with more Bond-tastic action! 

John Rain aka @MrKenShabby aka the brains behind Smershpod and new James Bond book Thunderbook joins us on the Balance podcast. Social media favourite John pursued a passion (James Bond), launched a podcast all about his passion (Smershpod) and landed a book deal (for Thunderbook, a very funny book you can buy here). As ever, we are at podcast@balance.media and sales@balance.media See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ho ho ho! Secret Owl Santa has brought you something you didn't ask for and might object to, just like ALL Secret Santas!And it's... The Box Of Delights! In this episode of the bitesize telly nostalgia pod, SMERSHpod regular Julia Raeside talks to daytime TV legend Richard Madeley about watching the moon landings. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In 2017 SMERSH POD launched, a podcast celebrating the James Bond films by those who enjoy/hate/aren't arsed about it. And in November 2019 Thunderbook appeared, a book celebrating the James Bond films by those… ah, you know where this is going… Don interviews John Rain, host of the podcast and author of the book, who is definitely very much arsed about the Bond films! They talk about the Bond franchise, the book, the podcast and even (briefly) Michael Caine's oeuvre... If you like our podcast please share it with others. If you want to get in touch, you can send an email to moneypenny@the00files.com or via social media or visit our website www.the00files.com. John Rain and SMERSH POD - Website: http://smershpod.com - Book: http://www.polarispublishing.com/book/thunderbook - Twitter: https://twitter.com/SMERSHPOD Introduction audio clip read by Jonathan Goodwin - Website: https://www.dontgointothecellar.com - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CellarTheatre - Twitter: https://twitter.com/CellarTheatre) Closing audio clip read by Kathryn Smith - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kathryn.h.smith.71 - Twitter: https://twitter.com/katsmithyy87

Best selling author and Smersh Pod host, John Rain, discusses Paul & Linda McCartney's 1971 album - Ram - with Chris Shaw.

Welcome to the first episode of MOVIE PEOPLE!Tony Black is joined by his first guest, John Rain, the voice behind SMERSH Pod and author of Thunderbook.They discuss movie habits, collecting, growing up in the age of the nascent 80's blockbuster, James Bond, Star Wars, John Williams, Twitter, politics, podcasts and more...John also goes into detail about his favourite movie, Richard Donner's 1978 classic Superman...Host / EditorTony BlackGuestJohn RainJohn's Twitter: @MrKenShabbyBuy Thunderbook: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thunderbook-World-Bond-According-Smersh/dp/0957507623Listen to SMERSH Pod: http://smershpod.comGreat Big Owl: greatbigowl.comTwitter: @moviepeoplepodNetwork: @wemadethispodMusic (c): Close Enough to Happy - Sniffer Dogs via Epidemic Sound

Welcome to the first episode of MOVIE PEOPLE! Tony Black is joined by his first guest, John Rain, the voice behind SMERSH Pod and author of Thunderbook. They discuss movie habits, collecting, growing up in the age of the nascent 80's blockbuster, James Bond, Star Wars, John Williams, Twitter, politics, podcasts and more... John also goes into detail about his favourite movie, Richard Donner's 1978 classic Superman... Host / Editor Tony Black Guest John Rain John's Twitter: @MrKenShabby Buy Thunderbook: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thunderbook-World-Bond-According-Smersh/dp/0957507623 Listen to SMERSH Pod: http://smershpod.com Great Big Owl: greatbigowl.com Twitter: @moviepeoplepod Network: @wemadethispod Music (c): Close Enough to Happy - Sniffer Dogs via Epidemic Sound

Smersh Pod's evil genius John Rain and the nation's sweetheart Julia Raeside of Box of Delights and The Curse of Strictly join Jon to tell the One Show that it's just the local doctor come to take some blood, before giving it a lethal dose of morphine and crudely changing its will.It can only be....The The One Show Show! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello and welcome to Smersh Pod 3. The podcast that re-lights the fire of 80s action movies, and celebrates the decade where the explosion was king.This week we'll be a waging one-man war to rescue our elderly friend from the clutches of the formidable invading Soviet forces in Afghanistan, and their most generic Colonel. Yes, it's RAMBO III.Joining me to wave a blue light about are two comedy freedom fighters: Oliver Maltman and David Crow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hark! It's an 87th Precinct Sidepod! In this episode, Paul is joined by fan-of-Burt-Reynolds and podcaster (in that order?), John Rain. You can find info about John's fantastic James Bond and Michael Caine podcast, SMERSHPOD through the Twitter page and keep an eye open for John's new podcast, All Rather Mysterious, which aims to solve the mysteries of the past, in the presence of comedians Eleanor Morton and David Reed. John and Paul got together to chat through the 1972 film version of Ed McBain's 1968 book, Fuzz (find that podcast using this link!) which finds the 87th Precinct now mysteriously in the real world, in Boston and features Burt Reynolds as Steve Carella, Raquel Welch as Eileen McHenry (think Eileen Burke, eight-seven fans!), Tom Skerritt as Bert Kling and many more of the squad - not to mention Yul Brynner as The Deaf Man. We contemplate why the film never got a sequel, harassment in the workplace, whether McBain wrote mucky books and whether Dom DeLuise should have been in the film. Warning: Contains a couple of rude bits (the podcast, not the film).  The film was adapted by Evan Hunter himself and was directed by Richard A. Colla (Battlestar Galactica, Ironside). If you've seen the film, let us know what you think at our Twitter or FB page and if you fancy dropping us the price of a digital coffee, pop to KOFI and drop some coins in the jar. Anything we get will go back into the podcast.

Julia is joined on deck by Smershpod host John Rain to check the rigging of Howards' Way series 2, episode 10. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we'll be going back to World War 2 and joining Winston, Franklin and Uncle Joe as they plot to save the world from the very worst people that have ever walked the Earth, well, before Instagram influencers came along, anyway. Yes - it's World War II: When Lions Roared.Joining me to puff away on a big cigar is World War 2 expert, Whovian and returning Smersh Pod guest Stephen Graham, who can be found on Twitter as @plopgazette See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to. Joining Tim this time is John Rain, host of SMERSH Pod, who's querying the lack of public recognition for Your Mother Wouldn't LIke It, E.T. Cola Creams, flop one-off charity event Trading Places Day, TV phone vote thriller Murder In Space, BBC2 sketch show Hello Mum and Oink! comic. Along the way we'll be finding out what Jaws' favourite crisp flavour is, enduring a sleep deprivation-derived Showaddywaddy hallucination, learning how to keep Doctor Who on the air by eating crisps, and witnessing the single worst attempt at asking Catherine Tate on a date ever. Find more episodes of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/

Welcome to Smersh Pod 2: The Caine Scrutiny, a podcast celebrating the vast oeuvre of Michael Caine. To kick off the new series, John is joined by Ali Catterall and Paul Putner as they examine Jack's return home in the classic "Get Carter". There'll be fights, nudity, exercising, shooters, car chases, but no spewing on the goldfish. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's another Cannon classic! It's time for Death Wish 3 (not Death Wish III - apparently people didn't understand Roman numerals), as John Rain from SMERSH Pod returns to discuss the adventures of the elderly Steve DeathWish and the evil Lt. JudgeDredd. Stick to the end as John discusses his upcoming live shows, links here: London Podcast Festival with Al Murray Norbert Smith with Harry Enfield Mr Jolly Lives Next Door with Rowland Rivron     

As Smersh HQ are all away on holiday, we thought it might be quite nice to put together some highlights from series 1 to tide you over. See you soon for series 2! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Coming this Friday - Taffin. Buxton. Smershpod. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to SMERSH POD, a podcast celebrating all the Bond films by those who enjoy/hate/aren’t arsed about them, hosted by me, John Rain.We will be delving deeply into Bond, tackling a different film each episode with an exciting guest by my side.My special guest this week is all round excellent Twitter reluctant meme generator Ern Malley, who can be found as @geoffshadbold.Let’s Dr. some NO. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

One of the films I've been looking forward to most - I was joined by fellow Superman enthuasiast John Rain to discuss a troubled movie, far different from the original vision, but captivated us nonetheless. I may yet visit the first film... This episode focuses mainly on the theatrical version, but with plenty of mentions for the Richard Donner cut, particularly the lost Marlon Brando scenes. John is the host of the magnificent SMERSH Pod, all about James Bond. His pod can be found here, and on Twitter here.   Superman will return in Superman III...

Film director, Ben Wheatley and Smershpod host, John Rain discuss Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band with Chris Shaw

Stuff six clementines in your mouth and down a pint of eggnog: it's the second of three Christmas Smershpod specials! Sit astride your robot reindeer (which isn't called Rudolf, he's not in this film for some reason) for a never-ending eternal night-flight through 1985's Santa Claus: The Movie. To discuss all things festive and flawed, John is joined by celebrated TV writer and Smershpod fave Nat Tapley, who is on Twitter as @Natt. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Grab a massive glass of Advocaat, down it in one and then pour another: it's the first of three Christmas Smershpod specials! Kicking us off, it's Richard Curtis's 2003 romantic-comedy Love Actually. Following her storming appearance on The Living Daylights episode of Smershpod, John is joined by the thoroughly brilliant Guardian TV critic Julia Raeside, who can be found on Twitter as @jnraeside. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.