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Blue Box 175: The Season 2 Retrospective07 Jun 202501:25:01

Noe that the latest season of Doctor Who has finished its run, we convened a team of mostly people who didn't make it to the individual episode reviews, to look back over the last eight weeks and say what they thought

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Simon Brett, Luke Molloy and Dylan Rees

Blue Box 174: Whose Doctor Who05 Jun 202501:03:15

We were planning to get together to discuss how Doctor Who functions in a world where it's both streamed and broadcast, but given how much uncertainty there is about the series' future right now, we decided to make that the spine of the conversation.

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Dylan Rees

Who Review 37: Lucky Day03 May 202500:58:52

As we reach the mid-point of this latest (last?) series of Doctor Who, are we any nearer to discovering what it's all been about and how it's all going to end?

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Who Review 36: The Well26 Apr 202500:56:20

It's the first episode this year to feature a writer other than RTD in the credits, but was it  a case of "well played" or "oh well"

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Music Club 25: The Sisters of Mercy24 Apr 202501:06:03

It's just over forty years since The Sisters of Mercy's debut album came out, and more than three decades since the still-active band released their third and most recent. So we convened a panel of people for whom the band had meant something special back in the 1980s, for a meandering chat about Andrew Eldritch and his ever-changing cohort.

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Mark Couperthwaite and Eric Drass

Mark's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOxsDAgGEqsf9VKcG6SR82g

 Eric's website: https://www.shardcore.org/spx/

N.B. Includes some audio issues given that J.R. forgot to turn his microphone on

Film Club 71: Alfie21 Apr 202501:03:14

The one person guaranteed not to be able to answer the question "What's it all about?" is Alfie himself - although he'd surely tell you otherwise. We cast a 21st century eye back at the 1966 film, it's astonishing 1975 sequel, and even the 2004 remake

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Jim Cameron

Who Review 35: Lux19 Apr 202501:10:06

Cartoon characters stepping out of cinema screens is just the start of the weirdness this week, but does it all add up to a lick of sense and does it matter if it doesn't?

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Film Club Lite 75: The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005)17 Apr 202500:31:32

Just as Doctor Who was returning to our screens twenty years ago, The League of Gentlemen were signing off - with what would turn out to be a divisive (albeit ultimately temporary) full-stop on their canon, a film that turns the original concept on its head; our thoughts are somewhat mixed

Presented by Dylan Rees, with Mark Donaldson, Steve Hatcher and J.R. Southall

Film Club Duets 29: A Christopher Landon Duo14 Apr 202500:44:37

As his latest, the Hitchcockian thriller Drop arrives in cinemas, we take a look at what director and writer Christopher Landon has been up to since the Happy Death Day movies and Freaky: recent Valentine themed slasher Heart Eyes, and the Netflix family film We Have A Ghost

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

Who Review 34: The Robot Revolution12 Apr 202500:55:35

Doctor Who is back and there's a brand new companion to introduce, but was The Robot Revolution as slight and fluffy as RTD's previous season openers?

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Film Club Lite 74: The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)10 Apr 202500:22:32

Among the many much more successful films that Val Kilmer appeared in, the pone that we've chosen by way of marking his passing is The Island of Dr. Moreau, the fascinating and ill-fated Richard Stanley adaptation of H.G. Wells' novel

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Blue Box 170: The Doctor Who Season Two Preview07 Apr 202500:52:45

Further thoughts about the shape of Season 2, and the potential longevity of Doctor Who, ahead of the launch next weekend

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Blue Box 173: Piper at the Gates of Who03 Jun 202501:02:07

Is she or isn't she? Billie Piper seems to have been cast as the next Doctor - so we get into the possible how and why (and who) of it.

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Ryan Blake, Simon Brett and Steve Hatcher

TV Club 82: Adolescence04 Apr 202500:33:21

It's not only the subject matter that makes Adolescence compelling, it's the production choices too; we take a look under the bonnet and try to figure out why it's getting such a positive reaction

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

Book Club 05: The Day and Night of the Triffids (2001 / 2014)02 Apr 202500:32:57

Two modern audio adaptations of Triffids novels come under the microphones as part of our slowly-expanding Apocalypse UK strand, the first a 2001 BBC World Service radio version of Wyndham's original The Day of the Triffids, the second Big Finish's 2014 The Night of the Triffids, its official sequel as adapted by the author of the novel, Simon Clark

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jim Cameron and Dylan Rees

Music Club Extra 08: Bucks Fizz (1981)01 Apr 202500:25:12

With Eurovision (and indeed, the interstellar version) on the horizon once again, we thought it high time we took a look back at the debut Bucks Fizz album from 1981, which followed in the wake of their own Eurovision success

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold

Who Review Extra 48: Carnival of Monsters31 Mar 202500:29:39

The third Doctor gets back into space after a long lay-over on Earth, only to find himself stuck inside a miniscope with Drashigs, Leslie Dwyer and Major Daly; the randomiser brings us to the Carnival of Monsters

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Film Club Duets 28: Alien Fan Projects28 Mar 202500:39:18

Our slow crawl through the Alien universe takes in a couple of fan projects, last year's Australian short No Man's Land, and the recently streaming documentary Alien On Stage about - you guessed it - a stage production of the first Alien movie in Dorset (and Leicester Square)

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Mark Donaldson

No Man's Land is available for free on YouTube

Blue Box 169: Between the Idea and the Reality26 Mar 202501:11:51

It's two decades since Doctor Who returned - but has it lived more in those twenty years than others do in eighty? We talk about the best and the worst of the revival, plus a little quiz.

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Steve Hatcher, Iain Martin and Harry Palmer

Desert Planet Picks 79: Iain Key24 Mar 202500:45:08

DJ and author Iain Key chooses the eight items he would take with him, if he was about to be marooned on a desert planet

Presented by Simon Brett

TV Club 81: The League of Gentlemen (Part Two)21 Mar 202500:53:39

Our return visit to Royston Vasey continues with Series Three and the anniversary specials, plus a chat about The League of Gentlemen live

Presented by Dylan Rees, with Mark Donaldson, Steve Hatcher, Harry Palmer and J.R. Southall

Warning: includes one use of a very naughty word, from Mark Pottyface Donaldson

Film Club Lite 73: Hoot (2006)19 Mar 202500:36:02

After we discovered the existence of a children's film based on a novel by Bad Monkey and Striptease author Carl Hiaasen, we just had to take a look. And what an array of surprises we found there...

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Iain Martin

Film Club Duets 27: Mulholland Drive (1999 & 2001)17 Mar 202500:45:50

A comparison of the film that began life as the pilot for what could have been a Twin Peaks spin-off series, but which went on to become regarded as perhaps David Lynch's best work, and that original TV movie which has of course subsequently surfaced online

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Who Review 41: The Reality War31 May 202501:11:09

Our thoughts on the Season 2 (or Series 15) finale

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber (and a little Steve Hatcher cameo)

Who Review Extra 47: The Leisure Hive14 Mar 202500:36:48

The randomiser brings us to the beginning of Season 18, and the dawn of a brand new era - albeit with the same lead actors and one of the same writers who had been working on Doctor Who for the last couple of seasons. So how does The Leisure Hive look now?

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

Film Club Duets 26: Inseminoid (1981) and Xtro (1982)12 Mar 202500:41:25

We take a look at two of the low-budget British films that came out in the wake of Alien, and rather foolishly - or otherwise - said "I can do that!"

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Dylan Rees

TV Club 80: The League of Gentlemen (Part One)10 Mar 202501:05:14

In the first instalment of a three-part retrospective of The League of Gentlemen, we cast our microphones over the radio show, the first two TV series and the Christmas Special

Presented by Dylan Rees, with Mark Donaldson, Steve Hatcher, Harry Palmer and J.R. Southall

Who Review Extra 46: Torchwood: Adam07 Mar 202500:31:08

The randomiser has found us an episode from Torchwood's second series, but will we be more impressed with Adam than we were with some of the stories from Series One?

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Luke Molloy

Film Club Extra: Oscars 2025 & I'm Still Here04 Mar 202500:52:14

Our reaction to the 97th Academy Awards, the winners and the ceremony - and a review of Best International Feature winner I'm Still Here

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Mark Donaldson

Film Club Duets 25: The Brutalist & A Complete Unknown02 Mar 202501:00:28

Two more Best Picture hopefuls come under the spotlight, immigrant drama The Brutalist and Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, plus we give our final predictions ahead of the ceremony itself

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Luke Molloy

TV Club 79: V28 Feb 202500:34:34

The original miniseries of V rocked the world back in 1983, but how is it looking over forty years on?

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Dylan Rees

Film Club Extra: Better Man26 Feb 202500:30:38

Robbie Williams eventually made it out from under the shadow of Take That, but can he escape his own demons? That's the question the auto/biographical film Better Man poses - but after it flopped in America, all we want to know is, is it any good?

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Simon Brett

Blue Box 168: Fifteen After Eighteen, Don't Go (February News Blast #1)24 Feb 202500:24:15

A start date for the new series, and more rumours about it being Ncuti Gatwa's last

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

Film Club Extra: Metro-Goldwyn-May I? (February News Blast #2)24 Feb 202500:24:03

How will 007 make out now he's moved to Amazon MGM Studios?

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

Blue Box 172: The Story Still to Come28 May 202501:07:42

Our preview of this year's Doctor Who season finale, spoiler-free (until a short well-announced section at the very end) and filled with as much nonsense as we could possibly muster

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

Private Members Club 28: Spoilers of War (February News Blast #3)24 Feb 202500:26:34

Bargaining tactics or kissing Putin's ass? It's just another week in Trumpton

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber

Film Club Lite 72: Meet the Feebles (1989)20 Feb 202500:27:45

Peter Jackson's second film, the one it seems he most wishes everyone would forget, is the "adult" puppet comedy Meet the Feebles. We took a look, so you don't have to

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Mikey Smith

Film Club Extra: Nickel Boys17 Feb 202500:23:41

Also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, Nickel Boys is the next Best Picture nominee from this year's Academy Awards on our list. But does the film's unusual format - which has brought it a shedload of awards already - mean it's more or less likely to pick up the Oscar?

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold

Film Club Extra: Wolf Man14 Feb 202500:33:48

There's a new Wolf Man pic on the block, as part of the revised Monster Universe. And one of our extended team just happens to be watching his way through the original Universal horror collection... So what would he, and we, think?

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Steve Hatcher

Private Members Club 27: Mine Camp12 Feb 202500:59:33

Recorded just moments before Elon Musk's attempted buyout of Chat GPT, a new voice joins us on the feed to try and make sense of just three weeks' worth of Trump.2

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Mikey Smith

Who Review Extra 45: The Stolen Earth10 Feb 202500:40:54

How does David Tennant's first (of at least sort of three) regeneration hold up nearly two decades later? The randomiser brings us the Series 4 finale

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Film Club Duets 24: Companion & Babygirl07 Feb 202500:33:15

Two films we've caught up with recently, one terrific and one terrible, which illustrate Hollywood's recent interest in sexual boundaries

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold

Film Club Duet 23: Nosferatu-two.205 Feb 202500:56:18

After a previous pairing of the original Nosferatu and its fictionalised creation in Shadow of the Vampire, we decided our review of Robert Eggers' 2024 adaptation should include Werner Herzog's 1979 Nosferatu the Vampyre to round out the story

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Matt Barber and Jackson Rees

Who Review Extra 44: Asylum of the Daleks03 Feb 202500:39:52

The randomiser brings us to the surprising opening instalment of Series 7B, and so we coupled up Asylum of the Daleks with Pond Life in order to lessen the impact real life sometimes has on our fan brains...

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Jack Rees

TV Club 78: Bad Monkey31 Jan 202500:41:32

What do you get when the streamer behind Slow Horses asks the producer of Ted Lasso to adapt a novel from the writer of Striptease to feature one of the stars of The Wedding Crashers?

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Iain Martin

Who Review 40: Wish World24 May 202501:09:39

Our thoughts on Wish World, this year's penultimate episode and the first half of the two-part finale

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Iain Martin

Film Club Extra: Anora29 Jan 202500:24:25

Our thoughts on Anora, the latest from indie writer-director Sean Baker which has catapulted him into the Oscar conversation

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold

Blue Box 167: Imagine A Door and Close It (January News Blast #1)27 Jan 202500:26:17

More rumours about what might be happening (and Who might not be a part of it) in the worlds of Doctor Who.

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold

Film Club Extra: 2025 Academy Award Nominations (January News Blast #2)27 Jan 202500:22:24

Our reaction to and predictions for the nominations for this year's Oscars.

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold

Blue Box 171: The Moment is Being Prepared For20 May 202500:39:34

An EXTREMELY SPOILERIFIC round-up of this week's news and gossip

Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Steve Hatcher and Iain Martin

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