Reel Britannia
151 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsA very British podcast about very British movies...with the occasional hint of professionalism
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Episode 147 - Brighton Rock (1948)
May 29, 2024 17:30 - 1 hour - 40.9 MBReel Britannia podcast - a very British podcast about very British movies...with just a hint of professionalism. Scott and Steven are joined this week by Antony, host of Film Gold, Glass Onion : On John Lennon, and Life and Life Only to discuss one of the greatest British movies of all time. Brighton Rock (1948) Pinkie's a small-town hood who's trying to carve out a place for his gang in the Brighton rackets. When he murders a journalist he believes was responsible for the death...
Episode 146 - Tiger Bay (1959)
May 19, 2024 06:07 - 1 hour - 32.4 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Back to 1959 this week and a classic starring Horst Buchholz and John and Hayley Mills Tiger Bay (1959) Rough-and-tumble street urchin Gillie (Hayley Mills) witnesses the brutal killing of a young woman at the hands of visiting Polish sailor Korchinsky (Horst Buchholz). Instead of reporting the crime to the authorities, Gillie merely pockets a prize for herself -- Korchinsk...
Episode 145 - Hammer Britannia 012 - The Two Faces Of Dr Jeckyll (1960)
March 23, 2024 16:48 - 56 minutes - 26.7 MBReel Britannia - a very British podcast about very British movies...with just a hint of professionalism This week...more from the great Hammer studios as we continue our Hammer horror retrospective The Two Faces Of Dr Jeckyll (1960) Dr. Henry Jekyll is a dull, bookish scientist who spends more time with his lab animals testing theories of alternate personalities than with his beautiful, young wife. Kitty Jekyll has given up trying to find any passion in her distant, preoccup...
Episode 144 - Local Hero (1983)
March 16, 2024 14:44 - 53 minutes - 25.4 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Classic eighties comedy this week from the superb Bill Forsyth Local Hero (1983) Up-and-coming Houston oil executive "Mac" MacIntyre (Peter Riegert) gets more than he bargained for when a seemingly simple business trip to Scotland changes his outlook on life. Sent by his colourful boss (Burt Lancaster) to the small village of Ferness, Mac is looking to quickly buy out the t...
Episode 143 - Villain (1971)
February 24, 2024 12:18 - 55 minutes - 26.5 MBReel Britannia podcast - a very British podcast about very British movies...with just a hint of professionalism. Scott and Steven are joined this week by Antony, host of Film Gold, Glass Onion : On John Lennon, and Life and Life Only to discuss something of a departure for Richard Burton. Villain (1971) Hailing from East London, Vic Dakin dotes on his aged and largely bedridden mother. He is also the leader of a criminal gang whose proceeds are largely from the regular collectio...
Episode 142 - Absolute Beginners (1986)
February 19, 2024 16:01 - 57 minutes - 34.4 MBReel Britannia - a very British podcast about very British movies...with just a hint of professionalism This week, Scott and Steven are joined by Mark from The Good The Bad and The Odd podcast to chat about, not Hammer horror this time, but Julien Temple's musical from 1986 starring Patsy Kensit and David Bowie Absolute Beginners (1986) A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love wi...
Episode 141 - Hammer Britannia 011 - Brides of Dracula (1960)
January 31, 2024 14:09 - 56 minutes - 35 MBReel Britannia - a very British podcast about very British movies...with just a hint of professionalism This week...more from the great Hammer studios as we continue our Hammer horror retrospective Brides of Dracula (1960) Classic horror starring Peter Cushing. A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. In doing so she innocently unleashes the horrors of the undead once again on the populace, incl...
Episode 140 - Reach For The Sky (1956)
January 21, 2024 11:41 - 55 minutes - 30.8 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Classic wartime drama from the 50s this week with Kenneth More in the story of a true British hero. Reach For The Sky (1956) Biopic of famed British World War II flyer Sir Douglas Bader. He joined the RAF in 1928 and easily took to flying, perhaps too easily as his commanders are concerned at the risks he takes with his aircraft. After a nasty crash in 1931, he loses both o...
Episode 138 - Hammer Britannia 010 - The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
January 09, 2024 05:44 - 56 minutes - 28.3 MBReel Britannia - a very British podcast about very British movies...with just a hint of professionalism. The latest episode in our Hammer horror retrospective The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) His terrifying secret, his hideous obsession made him... The Man Who Could Cheat Death Director Terence Fisher (The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula, The Hound of the Baskervilles) transformed the fate of Hammer Pictures with his vibrant and explicit series of gothic horror films, which...
Episode 139 - Train of Events (1949)
November 02, 2023 00:37 - 57 minutes - 33.8 MBReel Britannia podcast - a very British podcast about very British movies...with just a hint of professionalism. Scott and Steven are joined this week by Anthony, host of Film Gold, Glass Onion : On John Lennon, and Life and Life Only to discuss Train of Events (1949) The portmanteau film “Train of Events” brings together the many talents of Ealing Studios to present four stories linked by a train bound for Liverpool. This Ealing anthology weaves drama and comedy amongst the stories doc...
Episode 137 - The Entertainer (1960)
May 29, 2023 10:40 - 52 minutes - 29.8 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Classic kitchen sink drama this week from John Osborne and Tony Richardson featuring an all-star British cast headed by Laurence Olivier The Entertainer (1960) London schoolteacher Jean Rice (Joan Plowright) returns to her seaside resort hometown at a time of personal crisis. Her father, Archie (Laurence Olivier), is a star on the music hall circuit, but, in the tele...
Episode 136 - Frenzy (1972)
May 08, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 71.2 MBReel Britannia podcast - a very British podcast about very British movies...with just a hint of professionalism. Scott and Steven are joined this week by Anthony, host of Film Gold, Glass Onion : On John Lennon, and Life and Life Only to discuss Alfred Hitchcock's penultimate movie. Frenzy (1972) In London, a serial killer is raping women and then strangling them with a necktie. When the reckless and low-class with a bad temper bartender Richard Blaney is fired from the pub ...
Episode 135 - Genevieve (1953)
April 30, 2023 08:25 - 54 minutes - 68.6 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Classic comedy from the 50s this week with Kenneth More, Kay Kendall, John Gregson and Dinah Sheridan and a very famous automobile. Genevieve (1953) In this upbeat British comedy, two friends enter an antique car rally. Alan McKim (John Gregson) drives his beloved 1904 automobile, named Genevieve, while Ambrose Claverhouse (Kenneth More) takes his vintage Spyker...
Episode 134 - The Mummy (1959)
April 23, 2023 11:06 - 1 hour - 64.5 MBReel Britannia - a very British podcast about very British movies...with just a hint of professionalism. The latest episode in our Hammer horror retrospective The Mummy (1959) Terence Fisher directs this cult Hammer horror starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Intrepid archaeologist Stephen Banning (Felix Aylmer) and his son John (Cushing) are so determined to locate the resting place of Princess Ananka, an ancient Egyptian high priestess, that they ignore the warnings...
Episode 133 - Night of the Demon (1957)
April 16, 2023 09:15 - 1 hour - 62.7 MBReel Britannia - a very British podcast about very British movies - with just a hint of professionalism. A very special episode this week with a very special friend. Scott and Steven are joined by their dear friend Adam Roche, host of the Secret History of Hollywood, Attaboy Clarence and The Labours of Hercule podcasts. An invite stretching back about five years ago has resulted in an episode recorded way back last year, just before Christmas, and finally seeing the light of day...anyo...
Episode 132 - Rita Sue and Bob Too (1987)
April 02, 2023 12:28 - 55 minutes - 46.8 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Classic comedy from the 80s this week as Siobhan Finneran stars in this darkly funny drama set in Thatcher's Britain. Rita Sue and Bob Too (1987) Following an acclaimed career in hard-hitting TV drama, director Alan Clarke achieved a cinema hit with his much-loved comedy. Bradford teenagers Rita and Sue regularly babysit for successful couple Bob and Michelle, whose ...
Episode 131 - Hammer Britannia 008 - The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1959)
January 29, 2023 14:38 - 57 minutes - 29.7 MBReel Britannia - a very British podcast about very British movies...with just a hint of professionalism. The latest episode in our Hammer horror retrospective The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1959) Returning to his family's manor house on the lonely moors after his father dies under mysterious circumstances, Sir Henry Baskerville is confronted with the mystery of the supernatural hound that supposedly takes revenge upon the Baskerville family. The famous detective Sherlock Holmes and ...
Episode 130 - Hammer Britannia 007 - The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
December 13, 2022 18:32 - 1 hour - 35.8 MBReel Britannia - a very British podcast about very British movies...with just a hint of professionalism. The latest episode in our Hammer horror retrospective - and the return of the Baron.... The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) Having escaped death by the guillotine, Dr. Frankenstein relocates to Carlsbruck. There, as Dr. Victor Stein, he successfully establishes himself as a physician with a large practice and a hospital for the poor. After three years however he is recognized by Dr. H...
Episode 129 - The Long Arm (1956)
November 14, 2022 11:16 - 45 minutes - 51.3 MBReel Britannia - a very British podcast about very British movies...with just a hint of professionalism. The Long Arm (1956) After an elusive burglar robs a safe and leaves innocent victims in his wake, police edetective Tom Halliday (Jack Hawkins) is on the case, meticulously following up every possible lead. Halliday leaves his desk behind and enlists the help of not only his assistant, but people outside the police force, including fingerprint and safe-building experts. Thoug...
Episode 128 - Mona Lisa (1986)
October 29, 2022 14:35 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. A special episode this week where Scott is joined by his fellow co hosts of the Stinking Pause podcast, Paul and Charlie to chat about rabbits, rough Soho strip joints and Mr Robbie Coltrane (this episode was recorded a few weeks before his recent passing) Mona Lisa (1986) “After getting out of prison, George (Bob Hoskins) looks for a job, but his time in prison has reduced...
Episode 127 - An Inspector Calls (1954)
October 17, 2022 04:56 - 1 hour - 68.8 MBReel Britannia - a very British podcast about very British movies...with just a hint of professionalism. An Inspector Calls (1954) When a young girl is found dead an inspector is sent to investigate a prosperous Yorkshire household. It emerges that each member of the family has a guilty secret - each one is partly responsible for her death. Based on the play by J.B. Priestley, this British mystery follows Inspector Poole (Alastair Sim) as he investigates the apparent suicide of Eva Smit...
Episode 126 - Hammer Britannia 006 - Dracula (1958)
September 24, 2022 14:56 - 1 hour - 73.6 MBReel Britannia - a very British podcast about very British movies...with just a hint of professionalism. The latest episode in our Hammer horror retrospective - and a possibly the movie that truly defined the classic Hammer horror genre... Dracula (1958) Jonathan Harker takes employment with Count Dracula, ostensibly to catalog his vast library. In fact, he is on a mission to kill the Count, a vampire. Before he can do so however, the Count gains the upper hand and Harker soon finds him...
Episode 125 - The Offence (1973)
September 04, 2022 13:26 - 59 minutes - 59.6 MBReel Britannia - a very British podcast about very British movies...with just a hint of professionalism. The darkest of dramas this week as Scott is joined by his Stinking Pause Podcast co hosts, Paul and Charlie to chat about Sidney Lumet, Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Ian Bannen....and Bracknell. The Offence (1973) A veteran British police inspector, Sgt. Johnson (Sean Connery), has grown increasingly disturbed by the rapes and murders he has investigated over the years. When he finds ...
Episode 124 - Life Is Sweet (1990)
August 01, 2022 20:17 - 58 minutes - 73.4 MBReel Britannia - a very British podcast about very British movies...with just a hint of professionalism. This week, join Scott and Steven as they review Mike Leigh's tale of twins, pineapples, burger vans and and chocolate coated sex. Life Is Sweet (1990) The working-class malaise of suburban London is captured in this comedic drama, which focuses on twin sisters Natalie (Claire Skinner) and Nicola (Jane Horrocks) and their parents: easygoing Andy (Jim Broadbent) and his optimistic wife...
Episode 123 - Peeping Tom (1960)
July 24, 2022 06:44 - 56 minutes - 91.2 MBReel Britannia - a very British podcast about very British movies...with just a hint of professionalism. Murder and voyeurism are the order of the day this week as Scott is joined by his Stinking Pause Podcast co hosts, Paul and Charlie to chat about Michael Powell's classic movie: Peeping Tom (1960) Loner Mark Lewis (Carl Boehm) works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reac...
Episode 122 - If (1968)
July 04, 2022 10:50 - 59 minutes - 73.8 MBReel Britannia - a very British podcast about very British movies...with just a hint of professionalism. Surreal schoolboy shenanigans this week as Scott, Steven and Anthony uncover the very dark side of public school in the sixties. If (1968) Lindsay Anderson’s If.... is a daringly anarchic vision of British society, set in a boarding school in late-sixties England. Before Kubrick made his mischief iconic in A Clockwork Orange, Malcolm McDowell made a hell of an impression as the insou...
Episode 121 - Hammer Britannia 005 - The Abominable Snowman (1957)
June 23, 2022 19:31 - 54 minutes - 59.9 MBReel Britannia - a very British podcast about very British movies...with just a hint of professionalism. The latest episode in our Hammer horror retrospective - and a brief diversion from the gothic goings on... The Abominable Snowman (1957) British scientist John Rollason (Peter Cushing) is studying plants in the Himalayas with his wife (Maureen Connell) while he waits for his American associate, Tom Friend (Forrest Tucker). When Friend arrives, Rollason accompanies him on a trip to ...
Episode 120 - Robbery (1967)
June 12, 2022 06:03 - 59 minutes - 88 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Robbery (1967) This week, Scott and Steven are joined by Tyler from the wonderful Goon Pod - a podcast celebrating the legendary Goon Show and the Goons themselves - Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan (and Michael Bentine). Each episode host Tyler welcomes a guest to examine an actual Goon Show, a solo Goon project (films, TV, radio, books, albums etc) o...
Episode 119 - A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
May 29, 2022 07:27 - 1 hour - 79.4 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. A Fish Called Wanda (1988) To lend a hand in a bold diamond heist, British criminal mastermind Georges Thomason and his animal-loving right-hand man Ken Pile enlist the help of two siblings: the statuesque Wanda Gershwitz and her loose-cannon Friedrich Nietzsche-quoting brother Otto West. However, after they pull off the robbery in broad daylight, greed takes over, and an ano...
Episode 118 - Went The Day Well? (1942)
May 22, 2022 17:02 - 47 minutes - 65.8 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Went The Day Well? (1942) May 1942. The small English village of Bramley End is visited by a detachment of about 60 Royal Engineers. They are ostensibly there on an exercise but are in actual fact a detachment of German paratroopers, the advance guard of Hitler's invasion of England. Some of the villagers figure out their true identities but before they can do anything all th...
Episode 117 - The Guns of Navarone (1961)
May 10, 2022 09:02 - 55 minutes - 78.6 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. The Guns of Navarone (1961) A team of Allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held Greek island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers. In 1943, the British Navy is not able to rescue 2,000 soldiers trapped in the Island of Kheros since two powerful German canno...
Episode 116 - Hammer Britannia 004 - The Curse Of Frankenstein (1957)
May 03, 2022 19:21 - 1 hour - 88.3 MBReel Britannia - a very British podcast about very British movies...with just a hint of professionalism. The latest episode in our Hammer horror retrospective - and it's time for some genuine gothic shocks with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) In prison and awaiting execution, Dr. Victor Frankenstein recounts to a priest what led him to his current circumstance. He inherited his family's wealth after the death of his mother when he was still only a young ...
Episode 115 - Last Holiday (1950)
April 22, 2022 09:45 - 52 minutes - 59.7 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Last Holiday (1950) When ordinary middle-class salesman George Bird (Alec Guinness) is diagnosed with a rare and fatal illness, he decides to spend his few remaining days in luxury. Cashing in his savings, he buys a fancy new wardrobe and poses as a wealthy businessman at a posh seaside resort. Unexpectedly, the dying man's luck begins to change during his holiday, from w...
Episode 114 - The Cruel Sea (1953)
April 13, 2022 10:16 - 55 minutes - 71.9 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. The Cruel Sea (1953) Despite his guilt over a recent harrowing sea battle in which many of his men were lost, Lt. Cmdr. George Ericson (Jack Hawkins) is assigned to helm the new H.M.S. Compass Rose with the help of steadfast seaman Lt. Lockhart (Donald Sinden). When the small vessel is sent to escort convoys of ships fighting German U-boats in the North Atlantic, the mettle of ...
Episode 113 - Carry On Regardless
April 03, 2022 11:18 - 57 minutes - 66.7 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Carry On Regardless (1961) Bert Handy, proprietor of the Helping Hands agency - promising to provide assistance for any task, big or small - is in a quandry. Accompanied only by his elderly secretary Miss Cooling, he's in desperate need of employees to provide said assistance, but to date even an advert in The Times hasn't proven successful! Meanwhile at the labour exc...
Episode 112 _ Sightseers (2012)
March 06, 2022 13:03 - 41 minutes - 41.9 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Sightseers (2012) A tale of gruesome murders, growling dogs…and giant pencils Ben Wheatley’s dark and violent comedy-drama stars Alice Lowe and Steve Oram whose initially innocent tour of the British countryside turns into a disturbing odyssey. “He's not a person, he's a Daily Mail reader!” You can find this and all our previous episodes at: Amazon Music A...
Episode 111 - HammerBritannia 003 - Quatermass 2 (1957)
February 18, 2022 15:59 - 1 hour - 101 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. The third in our series of Hammer horror movies this week and the return of Brian Donlevy in Quatermass 2 (1957) Quatermass 2 “Professor Bernard Quatermass (Brian Donlevy), in his attempts to convince the British government to colonize the moon, learns that thousands of meteorites are landing in the same location on Earth. When his colleague Marsh (Bryan Forbes) joins him in ...
Episode 110 - Cash On Demand (1961)
January 17, 2022 18:31 - 48 minutes - 55.3 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. It’s our ‘COVID delayed Christmas episode’….but is it a Christmas movie? Steven says yes, Tony says no, Scott doesn’t care either way as it is cracking movie from 1961 starring Peter Cushing and Andre Morell from the legendary Hammer studios: Cash On Demand (1961) “This tense and hugely entertaining heist thriller is a Hammer take on A Christmas Carol, which pits miserly an...
Episode 109 - Sexy Beast (2000)
November 28, 2021 12:17 - 51 minutes - 59.3 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. A special episode this week where Scott is joined by his fellow co hosts of the Stinking Pause podcast, Paul and Charlie to chat about mobsters, Marbella, and monkeys with Beatles haircuts. Sexy Beast (2000) “Ex-villain Dove (Ray Winstone) has served his time behind bars, and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. But the idyll is shattered...
Episode 108 - Restless Natives (1985)
November 07, 2021 08:27 - 1 hour - 72 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Eighties Caledonian comedy this week with a tale of modern day highland highwaymen Join Scott and Steven as they chat about Restless Natives (1985) “A humorous tale of 'underemployed' Scots Ronnie and Will, who live in the majestic city of Edinburgh. Tired of having no money and tempted by the untapped wealth of the international tourists who swarm through their city, Ronn...
Episode 107 - Dead Of Night (1945)
October 31, 2021 15:25 - 1 hour - 115 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. The second feature in our British horror movie double bill this weekend – the classic ‘Dead Of Night’ (1945) Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. Dreading the end of the dream that he knows is coming, he must first listen to all the assembled guests’ own bizarre tal...
Episode 106 - Hammer Britannia 002 - X The Unknown (1956)
October 30, 2021 15:20 - 1 hour - 76.5 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. The first of two classic British horror movies for you this Halloween weekend and the second in our Hammer Horror retrospective Join Scott, Steven and Mark as they chat about ‘X The Unknown’ from 1956. With a script by Jimmy Sangster, a score by James Bernard and a cast featuring Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman, Leo McKern and Anthony Newley, it is a genuine classic from the earl...
Episode 105 - Goldfinger (1964)
October 13, 2021 11:53 - 1 hour - 80.2 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. This week, Scott and Steven and Tony continue their tribute to the legendary Sean Connery with, of course, a Bond film. Join us we chat about painted ladies, pernicious headwear and Pussy Galore in Goldfinger (1964) James Bond (Sir Sean Connery) is back and his next mission takes him to Fort Knox, where Auric Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe) and his henchman are planning to raid Fort...
Episode 104 - Robin and Marian (1976)
October 07, 2021 12:23 - 1 hour - 72 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. This week, Scott, and Steven pay tribute to one of this country’s finest actors . Join us for the first of two special episodes featuring Sean Connery – this week, we take a look at Robin and Marian (1976) also starring Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw and Richard Harris. It is twenty years after Robin Hood's heroics against Prince John and the Sheriff of Nottingham. Since then,...
Episode 104 - Robin and Marian (1976)
October 07, 2021 12:23Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. This week, Scott, and Steven pay tribute to one of this country’s finest actors . Join us for the first of two special episodes featuring Sean Connery – this week, we take a look at Robin and Marian (1976) also starring Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw and Richard Harris. It is twenty years after Robin Hood's heroics against Prince John and the Sheriff of Nottingham. Since then,...
Episode 103 - North West Frontier (1959)
September 15, 2021 21:52 - 1 hour - 76.6 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. This week, Scott and Steven take a look at an all action fifties adventure starring Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall, Herbert Lom and Wilfred Hyde-White Join us we chat about North West Frontier (1959) directed by J Lee Thompson In British-controlled India just after the turn of the 20th century, an English captain (Kenneth More) is asked to escort a maharajah's son out of town ...
Episode 103 - North West Frontier (1959)
September 15, 2021 21:52 - 1 hour - 76.6 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. This week, Scott and Steven take a look at an all action fifties adventure starring Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall, Herbert Lom and Wilfred Hyde-White Join us we chat about North West Frontier (1959) directed by J Lee Thompson In British-controlled India just after the turn of the 20th century, an English captain (Kenneth More) is asked to escort a maharajah's son out of town ...
Episode 102 - Dad's Army The Movie (1971)
September 08, 2021 17:48 - 45 minutes - 51 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. This week, Scott, Steven and Tony take a look at the big screen adventures of this country’s finest troop of wartime warriors Join us we chat about Dad’s Army, The Movie from 1971 starring Arthur Lowe, John le Mesurier and the cast one of the greatest ever UK TV sitcoms in their finest hour. When World War Two breaks out, the small seaside town of Walmington-on-Sea finds its...
Episode 101 - Hammer Britannia 001 - The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
August 11, 2021 18:24 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. At last, with our 100th episode celebrations out the way, Scott and Steven are joined once again by Mark from The Good The Bad and the Odd podcast, and author of ‘Quatermass In Television And Movies’, for the first movie in our long awaited Hammer horror retrospective. Join us we take a look at The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) starring Brian Donlevy, and featuring Lionel Jeff...
Episode 100 - The Third Man (1949)
June 23, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBWelcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. A very special episode this week as we celebrate our 4th birthday as well as our 100th episode. Joining us is our good friend Anthony from the Glass Onion: On John Lennon podcast to chat about one of the greatest British movies of all time Join us we take a look at The Third Man (1949) starring Joseph Cotton, Trevor Howard and Orson Welles Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels...