Made in England – Détails, épisodes et analyse

What if you woke up one day and nobody in the world could remember the Beatles except you? That is the premise of Yesterday (2019), the film that united two of British cinema’s biggest names, director Danny Boyle’s and screenwriter Richard Curtis. With the Fab Four’s entire songbook at his disposal, can struggling singer-songwriter Jack Malick finally make it big? 

Stephen Graham, musicologist based at Goldsmiths and author of Becoming Noise Music, joins to discuss the film. 

Host: Jack McInroy

Guest: Stephen Graham

Theme music: Harlow Family Group 

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The Elephant Man (1980) tells the story of John Merrick (John Hurt), a severely deformed man in Victorian-era London, saved from a freak show and brought into the care of Dr Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins) at the London Hospital. The film was nominated for eight Oscars. Directed by David Lynch following his debut film Eraserhead, The Elephant Man is sometimes seen as an outlier in his career, but there are themes and motifs that appear throughout Lynch’s filmography. 

Screenwriter and journalist Jeff Jensen joins to discuss the film. Jeff wrote on the HBO series Watchmen, Disney’s Tomorrowland, and the Eisner-winning graphic novel, Green River Killer, as well as co-hosting Entertainment Weekly’s Twin Peaks podcast. 

Host: Jack McInroy

Guest: Jeff Jensen

Theme music: Harlow Family Group 

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The Guns of Navarone (1961) is a World War II adventure film that was a hit with audiences and Oscar voters alike. Gregory Peck heads a ragtag group of commandos, including David Niven, Anthony Quinn and Stanley Baker, on a mission to destroy Nazi guns on an island in the Aegean Sea. 

Jack McInroy is joined by illustrator and comics writer Owen Pomery to discuss the film. Owen’s latest book, The Hard Switch, is available now. 

Host: Jack McInroy

Guest: Owen Pomery

Theme music: Harlow Family Group 

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Dead Man’s Shoes (2004) is Shane Meadows’ and Paddy Considine’s back-to-basics revenge thriller about a soldier who heads back to his home town in the Derbyshire countryside to deal with the bullies who mistreated his brother. As the film celebrates its 20th anniversary, Jack McInroy is joined by arts journalist Paul Wilson to discuss the film. 

Host: Jack McInroy

Guest: Paul Wilson 

Theme music: Harlow Family Group 

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Two Way Stretch (1960) is not an Ealing comedy, but its sharp script, big laughs and magnetic Peter Sellers performance make it worthy of being ranked alongside the best of them. Jack McInroy is joined by comedian and podcaster Nathaniel Metcalfe to discuss the film. 

Host: Jack McInroy

Guest: Nathaniel Metcalfe

Theme music: Harlow Family Group 

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All of Us Strangers (2023) is written and directed by Andrew Haigh (Weekend, 45 Years) and stars Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell and Claire Foy. 

Jack McInroy is joined by John Grindrod, author of Iconicon, Outskirts and Concretopia, to discuss the film. 

Host: Jack McInroy

Guest: John Grindrod

Theme music: Harlow Family Group 

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Vivian Stanshall returned Rawlinson End, his influential comedy opus, throughout his career, first recording it as a BBC radio series in 1975, then as a record in 1978. The 1980 film adaptation, Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, stars Trevor Howard as the titular Sir Henry, an eccentric custodian of a crumbling British country estate who is trying to exorcise the trouserless ghost of his brother.  

S.J. Harris, author of the graphic novel Eustace, joins to discuss the film. 

Host: Jack McInroy

Guest: S.J. Harris

Theme music: Harlow Family Group 

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Cinema was born at the end of the nineteenth century and the early period saw great technical and artistic leaps. Georges Méliès, the Lumiere brothers and Thomas Edison are well known, but there are also a number of English pioneers were equally important. We discuss the works and technical innovations of the likes of R.W. Paul, G.A. Smith and Cecil Hepworth. 

Novelist and film historian Christian Hayes is the guest. 

Films covered: 

A Rough Sea At Dover (1895) 

Blackfriars Bridge (1896) 

Upside Down; or, the Human Flies (1899)

The Kiss in the Tunnel (1899)

Grandma's Reading Glass (1900) 

How It Feels to Be Run Over (1900)

Attack on a China Mission (1900) 

Army Life; or, How Soldiers Are Made: Mounted Infantry (1900)

Cheese Mites; or, Lilliputians in a London Restaurant (1901)

The Big Swallow (1901) 

Fire! (1901) 

Undressing Extraordinary (1901) 

The Countryman and the Cinematograph (1901) 

Rescued by Rover (1905) 

The ? Motorist (1906)

Host: Jack McInroy

Guest: Christian Hayes

Theme music: Harlow Family Group 

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Lindsay Anderson made his TV debut in 1979 with The Old Crowd, an Alan Bennett-scripted satire about an upper-middle class dinner party where cracks are appearing in the walls of George and Betty’s upper-middle class home, and in society at large. 

Alex Cox, writer-director of Repo Man and Sid & Nancy, and original Moviedrome presenter, joins Jack McInroy to discuss the film. 

Alex is currently crowdfunding what he’s billing as his last film, a western adaptation of Gogol’s Dead Souls. You can back the project here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alexcoxfilms/my-last-movie

Host: Jack McInroy

Guest: Alex Cox

Theme music: Harlow Family Group 

Films featured on upcoming episodes of Made in England: https://letterboxd.com/saintjackmc/list/made-in-england-upcoming-episodes/

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