Soho Bites Podcast
102 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★ - 1 ratingA surpisingly large number of films have been set in Soho - that one square mile which has, for decades, been the beating heart of bohemian, cosmopolitan London. In each episode of Soho Bites, we talk to a special guest about a different Soho film and accompany it with a shorter, thematically linked item which may or may not be film related.
Written, produced & presented by Dominic Delargy
Based on an original idea by Dr Jingan Young
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Soho Bites 18: Peeping Tom (1960)
November 02, 2020 22:31 - 48 minutes - 66.1 MBFamously, Peeping Tom (1960) pretty much ended the career of its director, Michael Powell, thanks to the universally horrendous reviews it received on its release. Also famously, the film’s reputation was rehabilitated by, among others, Martin Scorsese who counts it amongst his favourite films of all time. In this episode, Dom is joined by film producer, Colin Vaines, to talk about this controversial masterpiece. Peeping Tom trailer And a small selection of lobby cards The Powell & Pressb...
Mural Morsels 17 - Maude Stanley
October 25, 2020 02:57 - 14 minutes - 19.6 MBA series of short features made for Soho Radio. Each week we talk to a different person about somebody in the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week, Dom hears about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maude_Stanley (Maude Stanley) from Emily White of London Youth. Support this podcast
Moral Morsels 16 - Isaac Newton
October 25, 2020 02:52 - 14 minutes - 20 MBA series of short features made for Soho Radio. Each week we talk to a different person about somebody in the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week, Dom hears about Sir Isaac Newton from journalist and London tour guide, Ian McDiarmid. Support this podcast
Mural Morsels 15 - William Blake
October 18, 2020 17:50 - 14 minutes - 20 MBA series of short features made for Soho Radio. Each week we talk to a different person about somebody in the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week, Dom hears about http://www.blakearchive.org/ (William Blake) from a trustee of the https://www.blakesociety.org/ (Blake Society), the cartoonist and illustrator, John Riordan. Support this podcast
Mural Morsels 14 - Paul Verlaine
October 03, 2020 03:45 - 14 minutes - 19.4 MBA series of short features made for Soho Radio. Each week we talk to a different person about somebody in the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week, Dom talks to poet, https://twitter.com/NMcDevitt (Niall McDevitt) about another poet, Paul Verlaine. Support this podcast
Mural Morsels 13 - John Snow
October 03, 2020 03:38 - 13 minutes - 18.2 MBA series of short features made for Soho Radio. Each week we talk to a different person about somebody in the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week, Dom talks to vlogger and London historian, Jago Hazzard about John Snow. Support this podcast
Mural Morsels 12 - William Hogarth
September 17, 2020 13:55 - 13 minutes - 19.1 MBA series of short features made for https://sohoradiolondon.com/ (Soho Radio). Each week we talk to a different person about somebody in the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week, the subject is William Hogarth and https://twitter.com/dom_delargy (Dom) talks to art historian and Hogarth's biographer, Dr Jacqueline Riding. Originally broadcast on The Soho Hour on October 4th 2020. Support this podcast
Soho Bites episode seventeen
September 16, 2020 13:56 - 45 minutes - 62 MBIn the smut episode, Dom talks to the author of "Doing Rude Things", David McGillivray, about the life of early Soho pornographer, Harrison Marks and theatre director, Luke Dixon discusses Cover Girl Killer (1959). CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES
Soho Bites 17: Cover Girl Killer (1959)
September 16, 2020 12:56 - 46 minutes - 64.4 MBIt’s all about mucky magazines in this episode, although the publication at the centre of our featured film is very mild stuff compared to others that would come after. In Cover Girl Killer from 1959, a madman played by Harry H Corbett is bumping off the models who appear on the cover of the fictional, “Wow!” magazine. Theatre director, Luke Dixon joins us to talk about the film and the conversation takes place in the very spot in which at least one of the murders occurs. This is the second...
Mural Morsels 11 - Ronnie Scott
September 06, 2020 16:59 - 13 minutes - 18.1 MBA series of short features made for Soho Radio. Each week we talk to a different person about somebody in the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week, Dom talks to painter, writer, musician & all-round polymath, Barry Fantoni, about his friend, Ronnie Scott. Support this podcast
Soho Bites episode one
September 04, 2020 11:35 - 39 minutes - 54.5 MBIn episode one of this new series of Soho Bites, Jingan Young talks to Professor Michael Berkowitz from UCL about the 1963 classic Soho movie, "The Small World of Sammy Lee" and Dom Delargy goes drinking in Soho with the chaps from ReelStreets in the footsteps of Anthony Newley. CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES
Soho Bites episode sixteen
August 27, 2020 12:33 - 44 minutes - 61.4 MBPut on your Fancey pants for this EJ Fancey special. Dr Adrian Smith from Sussex University talks about the life of this notorious producer and the presenters of the Talking Pictures TV podcast chat with Dom about his 1950 film, Soho Conspiracy. CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES
Soho Bites 16: Soho Conspiracy (1950)
August 27, 2020 11:33 - 46 minutes - 63.8 MBEpisode 16: Soho Conspiracy (1950) & Dr Adrian Smith on EJ Fancey This is our Fancey episode and no, that’s not a typo. Edwin J Fancey (or EJ) was a Soho based film producer and distributor who made a fortune by churning out cheaply made films and by not always operating within those pesky confines of the law. Fancey would have been forgotten, were it not for the efforts of Talking Pictures TV (who sometimes screen his films and even released a box set of his back catalogue) and those of D...
Mural Morsels 10 - Angelica Kauffman
August 21, 2020 14:06 - 13 minutes - 18.7 MBA series of short features made for Soho Radio. Each week we talk to a different person about somebody in the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week, Dom talks to London tour guide, Nika Garrett about Angelica Kauffman Originally broadcast on The Soho Hour on August 28th 2020. Support this podcast
Mural Morsels 09 - George Melly
August 20, 2020 20:25 - 11 minutes - 16.4 MBA series of short features made for Soho Radio. Each week we talk to a different person about somebody in the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week, Dom talks to Oscar nominated composer, Gary Yershon about Soho polymath, George Melly. Originally broadcast on The Soho Hour on August 21st 2020. Support this podcast
Mural Morsels 08 - Admiral Sir Cloudsley Shovell
July 24, 2020 01:53 - 13 minutes - 18.9 MBA series of short features made for Soho Radio. Each week we talk to a different person about somebody in the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week, https://twitter.com/dom_delargy (Dom) talks to Elaine Galloway from the Old Royal Naval College about the magnificently named Sir Cloudsley Shovel. Originally broadcast on The Soho Hour on July 31st 2020. Support this podcast
Soho Bites episode fifteen
July 21, 2020 20:58 - 42 minutes - 59.1 MBIn the 3rd & final episode of our mini-series on The Windmill Theatre, Jill Millard Shapiro returns one last time to tell us about The Mill's final days and podcasting legend, Adam Roche talks about the lavish Technicolor musical starring Rita Hayworth, Tonight & Every Night (1945) CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES
Soho Bites 15: Tonight & Every Night (1945)
July 21, 2020 19:58 - 44 minutes - 61.4 MBThis is the third and final episode in a mini-series about films set at the Windmill Theatre. Adam Roche from the Secret History of Hollywood and Attaboy Clarence podcasts joins us to talk about Tonight and Every Night – a glitzy, Technicolor Rita Hayworth vehicle set at the Windmill. We have now done EVERY film made about the Windmill and that’s enough for any podcast. Listen to the episode to hear the official Soho Bites order of preference. We would have called it a chart but four doesn’t...
Mural Morsels 07 - Casanova
July 18, 2020 04:09 - 12 minutes - 17.7 MBA series of short features from Soho Bites made for https://sohoradiolondon.com/ (Soho Radio). In each episode we talk to a different person about a figure from the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week, biographer, Ian Kelly discusses Casanova. Music by https://kerrymuzzey.com/ (Kerry Muzzey). Originally broadcast on The Soho Hour on July 24th 2020. Support this podcast
Mural Morsels 06 - Fanny Kelly
July 08, 2020 15:18 - 12 minutes - 17.1 MBA series of short features from Soho Bites made for https://sohoradiolondon.com/ (Soho Radio). In each episode we talk to a different person about a figure from the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week, theatre director, Luke Dixon, talks about actress, impresario and drag-king, Fanny Kelly. Originally broadcast on The Soho Hour on July 17th 2020. Support this podcast
Mural Morsels 05 - Shelley
July 04, 2020 01:02 - 12 minutes - 17.2 MBA series of short features from Soho Bites made for https://sohoradiolondon.com/ (Soho Radio). In each episode we talk to a different person about a figure from the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week, Ken Hollings, talks about a former resident of Poland St, Percy Shelley. Originally broadcast on The Soho Hour on July 10th 2020. Support this podcast
Soho Bites episode fourteen
July 01, 2020 08:04 - 45 minutes - 62.1 MBIn the second instalment of our three-part series about the Windmill Theatre, Jill Millard-Shapiro returns to talk about her time as a Windmill Girl and Dr Ellen Wright of De Montford University joins Dom to discuss 1949's Murder at the Windmill. CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES
Soho Bites 14: Murder at the Windmill (1949)
July 01, 2020 07:04 - 46 minutes - 64.4 MBAs far as we know (and please do let us know if we have got this wrong) there have been four films made about the Windmill Theatre. Murder at the Windmill was the second of these and is the film under discussion in this, the second instalment of our three-part mini-series about “The Mill”. Dr Ellen Wright of De Montford University joined us to talk about this low budget comedy / musical / thriller from 1949. The other three Windmill films are Secrets of Windmill Girl (1966) which we talked ...
Mural Morsels 04 - Jeffrey Bernard
June 27, 2020 00:43 - 14 minutes - 19.3 MBA series of short features from Soho Bites made for https://sohoradiolondon.com/ (Soho Radio). In each episode we talk to a different person about a figure from the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week, the cartoonist, Michael Heath, talks about his friend, the notorious Jeffrey Bernard. Originally broadcast on The Soho Hour on July 2nd 2020. Support this podcast
Mural Morsels 03 - Jessie Matthews
June 24, 2020 15:05 - 12 minutes - 17.4 MBA series of short features from Soho Bites made for https://sohoradiolondon.com/ (Soho Radio). In each episode we talk to a different person about a figure from the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week we talk to Rob Baker about Soho's very own film-star, Jessie Matthews. Originally broadcast on The Soho Hour on June 26th 2020 Support this podcast
Mural Morsels 02 - Groucho Marx
June 17, 2020 19:47 - 12 minutes - 16.8 MBA series of short features from Soho Bites made for https://sohoradiolondon.com/ (Soho Radio). In each episode we talk to a different person about a figure from the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week, writer and Marx Brothers expert, Mark Brisenden talks about Groucho Marx. Originally broadcast on The Soho Hour on June 19th 2020. Support this podcast
Mural Morsels 01 - Karl Marx
June 17, 2020 19:40 - 12 minutes - 16.7 MBA series of short features from Soho Bites made for https://sohoradiolondon.com/ (Soho Radio). In each episode we talk to a different person about a figure from the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week, Tony Shrimplin from the Museum of Soho discusses Karl Marx (originally broadcast in Soho Bites episode 12) Support this podcast
Soho Bites episode thirteen
June 14, 2020 15:35 - 44 minutes - 61.8 MBEpisode 13 is the first of a three part mini-series concentrating on the Windmill Theatre. We talk to former Windmill Girl, Jill Millard Shapiro about "The Mill" and discuss 2005's Mrs Henderson Presents with actor, Mike Warburton. CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES
Soho Bites 13: Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)
June 14, 2020 14:35 - 46 minutes - 64.1 MBEpisode 13: Mrs Henderson Presents (2005) & Jill Millard Shapiro This is the first of three episodes dedicated to films about the Windmill Theatre. For this first one, Dom met up with actor and Sohoite, Mike Warburton to discuss Mrs Henderson Presents. The film is directed by Stephen Frears and stars Dame Judi Dench in the title role along side Bob Hoskins as Vivian van Damm – the legendary producer at this legendary venue. An important piece of historical story-telling or nostalgic flim-fl...
Soho Bites episode twelve
April 30, 2020 09:58 - 40 minutes - 55.8 MBIt's episode 12 so it must be time for our German episode. Tony Shrimplin from The Museum of Soho tells us about Karl Marx's time in Soho and Dom discusses, the 1964 Krimi film, "Das Phantom von Soho" with Daniel Reifferscheid of the Talking Pictures TV Podcast. CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES
Soho Bites 12: Das Phantom von Soho (1964)
April 30, 2020 08:58 - 42 minutes - 57.8 MBThe lockdown continues, so our first interview for this episode – our German themed episode – took place over Skype. We met up (virtually) with Tony Shrimplin from the Museum of Soho. We discussed Soho’s most famous German resident and the only one (as far as I know) to have had an “ism” named after him. Karl Marx’s blue plaque at 28 Dean St, Soho The film chat took place before anybody had ever even heard of Covid-19 and we met up with Daniel Reifferscheid of the Talking Pictures TV Podca...
Soho Bites episode eleven
March 21, 2020 15:21 - 48 minutes - 66.3 MBIn our first Corona affected episode, a gig at Ronnie Scott's is cut short due to the virus. Then Dr Adrian Smith returns to the show to talk about Where Has Poor Mickey Gone and we're also joined by one of its stars, John Challis. CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES
Soho Bites 11: Where Has Poor Mickey Gone? (1964)
March 21, 2020 14:21 - 49 minutes - 68.6 MBMarch 16th 2020 was just one of many extremely weird days in recent times. For us at Soho Bites, it was supposed to be the date of a long arranged interview with jazz singer, David Tughan before a gig he was playing at Ronnie Scotts. Earlier that afternoon, Boris Johnson advised clubs, bars and other public places to close. Although the interview and the gig did take place (sort of ), it wasn’t quite the evening we expected… David Tughan performing at Ronnie Scotts…. on a different occasion...
Soho Bites episode ten
March 02, 2020 12:57 - 43 minutes - 59.8 MBTo celebrate getting to double figures we're having Cocaine - the 1922 film, that is. Michelle Facey joins us to talk about that and we climb the clock tower of St Annes to talk to Rob Baker about Brilliant Chang and the post WW1 drugs panic. CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES
Soho Bites 10: Cocaine (1922)
March 02, 2020 11:57 - 45 minutes - 62.1 MBIt turns out the quietest place in Soho – and the perfect spot for an interview – is half way up the Clock Tower of St Anne’s church on Dean St (visible from Wardour St). After winding the clock(!) with the help of Amy, one of a small team of volunteer clock winders, Dom sat down in a funny little room half-way up the tower to speak to historian, author and blogger, Rob Baker about Brilliant Chang and the moral panic about women and drugs that gripped the nation after the First World War. B...
Soho Bites episode nine
February 24, 2020 14:16 - 44 minutes - 61.1 MBEpisode nine has a pugilism theme - or at least blokes fighting in a ring. We hear about the lonely death of boxer, Freddie Mills and discuss the 1950 Soho Noir, Night & the City, in which an attempt to takeover London's wrestling cartel causes problems for hustler, Harry Fabian. CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES
Soho Bites 9: Night & The City (1950)
February 24, 2020 13:16 - 46 minutes - 106 MBFor episode nine, the theme is.... blokes fighting each other for money. We meet up with author, broadcaster and cultural theorist, Ken Hollings to discuss Jules Dassin‘s 1950 British Noir, Night and the City. It stars Richard Widmark as street hustler, Harry Fabien and Gene Tierney as his long suffering girlfriend. With stunning performances from Googie Withers, Francis L Sullivan & Herbert Lom, the film is a deep, dark dive into Soho’s seedier side in the austere post-war years and the wei...
Soho Bites episode eight
February 04, 2020 00:12 - 39 minutes - 54 MBIn this episode, Dom talks to Julian Rodriguez about Shot in Soho - the exhibition he co-curated at the Photographers Gallery. We then head up the road for a screening of Piccadilly (1929) at the Regent Street Cinema and talk to members of the London Silent Film Group about the film. CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES
Soho Bites 8: Piccadilly (1929)
February 03, 2020 23:12 - 41 minutes - 56.3 MBFor episode eight we met up with Julian Rodriguez, to talk about the exhibition he co-curated at the Photographers Gallery, Shot in Soho. Julian is a photographer and, among several academic posts, is Head of Film and Photography at Kingston University. We have been given permission to show two pictures from the exhibition. You can find them HERE You can buy the book of the exhibition here The Regent Street Cinema decided to screen a Soho film to accompany the show. Of the several that ...
Not an episode...
December 11, 2019 09:04 - 2 minutes - 4.04 MB'tis the season of coughs & sneezes which has led to our December episode being postponed due to both our contributors being sick! Normal service will be resumed in the New Year. Thank you for listening. Follow us on Twitter (or X - whatever) If Musk starts charging, find us either on our new Threads feed or on Blue Sky. Email us at [email protected] We'd love it if you left us a lovely REVIEW. And if you'd like to help support the show we'd be very grateful. Check out our s...
Soho Bites episode seven
November 20, 2019 16:27 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBEpisode heaven - sorry, seven - is the God special. We hear about John Hester, unconventional vicar of Soho during the 60s & 70s, from his son, Alex. Then, Liz Clutterbuck, she of Wittertainment's Clergy Corner & vicar of Emmanuel Church, Holloway, joins us to discuss 1957's Miracle in Soho. CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES
Soho Bites 7: Miracle in Soho (1957)
November 20, 2019 15:27 - 40 minutes - 55.8 MBEpisode seven is our God and religion special and we were joined by two fantastic guests. Firstly, Alex Hester sat down with us at St Anne’s Church on Dean St, to talk about his late father, the former rector of St Anne’s, Canon John Hester. John was in post from 1963-75, so to be the vicar of Soho at this time and chaplain to over fifty strip-clubs must have been an unusual calling. John Hester published his memoir in 1970. Here’s the suitably groovy cover plus some pictures of the Rev J...
Soho Bites episode six
November 17, 2019 12:51 - 36 minutes - 50 MBIt's episode six and it's all about coffee, London tour guide Nika Garrett joins us to talk about the 1950s Soho coffee shop boom and Sioned Wiliam enthuses about a Soho classic, Expresso Bongo from 1959. CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES
Soho Bites 6: Expresso Bongo (1959)
November 17, 2019 11:51 - 38 minutes - 87.2 MBBlack coffee and cigarettes. Soho are synonymous. In this episode we talk to London tour guide, Nika Garrett about the 1950s coffee revolution and find out where she goes for the best Espresso Martini in town. HINT Nika moved to London from Warsaw 10 years ago for love (that of a charming Irish man) and subsequently began a second love affair – with Soho. Nika loves coffee, art and history and runs walking tours on all of these subjects. You can book a tour and find all her social media co...
Soho Bites episode five
October 06, 2019 15:04 - 37 minutes - 51.2 MBStrange as it may sound, this is our sport themed episode. First we're in Sussex meeting the Soho Cricket Collective. Then Aidan McManus returns to the pod along with Dr Melanie Williams. They joined Dom live on stage at the Regent St Cinema to talk about 1964's Rattle of Simple Man. CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES
Soho Bites 5: Rattle of a Simple Man (1964)
October 06, 2019 14:04 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBEpisode 5: Rattle of a Simple Man (1963) and the Soho Cricket Collective. Episode five is our sports related episode! Producer Dom visited the Soho Cricket Collective. The Collective has been running as a team for over a decade and is made up of keen amateur cricketers drawn mostly from the film and media companies that have their homes here. A love of the game is pretty much the only requirement to bag a place on Soho’s only cricket team. If you’re itching to play, as long as you know whi...
Soho Bites episode four
October 03, 2019 08:02 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBThis episode is about Soho places that have changed beyond recognition. Henry Scott Irvine talks about his documentary, Tales From Tin Pan Alley, which charts the sad decline of Denmark Street and Dr Adrian Smith gives us his take on the 1966 Sexploitation curio, Secrets of Windmill Girl. CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES
Soho Bites 4: Secrets of Windmill Girl (1966)
October 03, 2019 07:02 - 40 minutes - 55.6 MBEpisode 4: Secrets of a Windmill Girl (1966) and Tales from Tin-Pan Alley In Episode 4 we welcomed Dr Adrian Smith to discuss ‘Secrets of a Windmill Girl’, an exploitation film produced by the infamous Compton-Cameo team Michael Klinger and Tony Tenser. The two were fierce property magnets in their own right and owned, alongside their film production arm, a number of casinos and porn cinemas in Soho. They bought the Windmill Theatre in 1964 and converted it into a cinema. The film is an at...
Soho Bites episode three
August 27, 2019 16:58 - 42 minutes - 58.4 MBWelcome to the crime episode. First up, tour guide Aidan McManus of Flipside London runs us through the history of gangland Soho. Then podcaster and Hitchcock expert, Adam Roche talks about two of Hitch's movies. They're both about serial killers but only one of them actually enters Soho... CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES
Soho Bites 3: The Lodger (1927) & Frenzy (1972)
August 27, 2019 15:58 - 44 minutes - 60.6 MBDouble Hitch. In our third episode we were invited on a Soho gangland tour guided by Aidan McManus of London Flipside Tours! We then hosted the podcaster, Adam Roche to discuss two of Hitchcock’s London films, his silent offering The Lodger and the colour-serial-killer-70s-frenetic-horror film Frenzy. Among Adam’s many podcasting achievements is a 20 hour long biographical masterpiece called, The Adventures of Alfred Hitchcock. He is also the founder of The Official Talking Pictures TV Po...