Rated or Dated: The Long Good Friday (1980)

Rated or Dated: The Long Good Friday (1980)

Or is it the long good objectification of a young Pierce Brosnan? Mick, Hannah and Jen are here to prove a Rated or Dated can be both, as they watch the cornerstone British gangster flick written by Barrie Keefe, directed by John Mackenzie, and which made a full-blown film star out of the late, great Bob Hoskins. He’s joined by a host of familiar faces, including Helen Mirren, in a film that’s prescient, political, tight and brutal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Jen Brister is channelling her rage

Jen Brister is channelling her rage

What a treat for our Mick to get on the Zoom with excellent comedian and total smasher, Jen Brister. They’re chatting optimism in the face of the news, the upcoming general election, hang-gliding dogs...

25 Jun 202422min

Sophie Swithinbank surrenders

Sophie Swithinbank surrenders

Surrender, a new play at the Arcola Theatre Dalston, is the story of a mother in prison, meeting her estranged daughter for the first time in many years. Mother wants to put her side of the story acro...

24 Jun 202424min

Flicking #50: The Holdovers

Flicking #50: The Holdovers

Merry Christmas one and all! That’s right, Hannah’s picked 2023’s The Holdovers, Alexander Payne’s dramedy set in a posh boys’ boarding school in the 1970s over the festive period. It bagged an Oscar ...

21 Jun 202435min

Rated or Dated: Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

Rated or Dated: Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

This week, we're watching one of the most successful low-budget films ever, 2004's Napoleon Dynamite. Hannah and Jen chat about ligers (pretty much their favourite animals), why Jen's got her hair in ...

18 Jun 202432min

Priddy interesting

Priddy interesting

After a rapturously received debut album, folk star Katherine Priddy had to tackle the infamous "difficult second album". In this podcast she talks to journalist Hazel Davis about The Pendulum Swing, ...

17 Jun 202425min

A bumpy ride with Laura Laker

A bumpy ride with Laura Laker

Back in the 1970s, a group of Bristolian idealists dreamed of a nation stitched together by safe cycling paths, which would make us less reliant on our cars. They founded what would become Britain's 1...

17 Jun 202426min

Outside The Box #66

Outside The Box #66

In this month's Outside The Box, Hannah and Jen are talking about Rebus, Eric, Bodkin, Insomnia, Alaska Daily, The Gathering, Dark Matter and Bay of Fires. Plus, it turns out Hannah was right about Co...

14 Jun 202438min

The Bush Telegraph: Uprooting, under-valuing, and some sad human testicle samples.

The Bush Telegraph: Uprooting, under-valuing, and some sad human testicle samples.

The world has gone election-crazy, but fortunately Hannah and Jen have mostly swerved it in this week’s Bush Telegraph. There’s some real human hardship to talk about, beyond poor ickle Rishi’s lack o...

13 Jun 202428min

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