Britcom Goes To The Movies

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  • Guy Walker and Rob Heath are on a quest to find out if successful British TV comedies should make the jump to the big screen. A proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: www.filmstories.co.uk
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  • S03 E07 - In The Loop (w/ Mollie Goodfellow)

    S03 E07 - In The Loop (w/ Mollie Goodfellow)
    Nov 20 2024
    How do you follow a massive film with a fantastic and well-informed guest? Do another one straight away! This week we are joined by the brilliant TV writer, journalist, podcaster, and comedian Mollie Goodfellow to talk about one of the greatest sitcoms of the 21st century, The Thick of It, and the film it spawned, In The Loop. Make sure young ears are out of shot because this is a sweary one… and that’s just Rob and Guy’s thoughts on Alistair Campbell! We look at Armando Iannucci’s magnum opus as the man behind so many enduring TV comedy classics of the 90s. With inspiration from endorsing Yes Minister on Britain’s Best Sitcom in 2004, he took on the political establishment, turning it into his big-screen directorial debut and subsequently hit HBO political comedy Veep. Not since Michael Rimmer have we tackled satire. We ask if there is any weight to the claim that you can’t make this kind of comedy anymore because of the state of politics today and whether New Labour 2.0 would even allow itself to be sent up in the same way it was in its original iteration’s death knell in the late 00s. We hope it’s not too much of an omnishambles as Britcom Goes to the Movies presents In The Loop! The Thick of It – Insults https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njcuww9Einc The Thick of It – Tim in Ruislip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xcVov-UL4Q The Thick of It – Nicknames https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJMNHu9YM-4 The Thick of It – Blinky Ben Swain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALNjevGdB5g In the Loop – The Culture Show with Alistair Campbell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcFaizGw860 In The Loop – Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJU2qRg5zLI In The Loop – Jamie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jr731Mhxkg In the Loop – Don’t Call Me English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySD0u4RXXcI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • S03 E06 - Monty Python & The Holy Grail (w/ Jeremy Dyson)

    S03 E06 - Monty Python & The Holy Grail (w/ Jeremy Dyson)
    Nov 13 2024
    Over halfway through our third series, and it’s time to tackle a behemoth! Monty Python’s Flying Circus has been a comedy touchstone for pretty much every comedian and comedy writer to come after, including our guest for this episode. Jeremy Dyson is one quarter of The League of Gentlemen and has written for countless other comedy shows as well as writing and directing for the big screen. In fact, in The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, he made his very own TV sitcom to cinema spin-off, so Rob and Guy couldn’t be joined by anyone more appropriate for some expert insight. As a huge fan of the Python’s, Jeremy joined to talk about his favourite of their movies; The Holy Grail, as well as Monty Python’s Flying Circus and how it has informed and influenced his work. Where do we start with such a critical and fan favourite? Endlessly quoted, constantly in the upper echelons of all-time movie lists, and helmed by a director who would go on to be considered one of the best to ever make films. This is a film that would be challenging for the top spot, but where will it end up? Listen and find out! Monty Python – Piranha Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV1Yq2aS5FM Monty Python – Spanish Inquisition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Df191WJ3o Help! I’m a Fish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RobKrS63DEk Monty Python and the Holy Grail Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urRkGvhXc8w Monty Python and the Holy Grail – Knights Who Say Ni https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIV4poUZAQo Monty Python and the Holy Grail – Brave Sir Robin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZwuTo7zKM8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 47 mins
  • S03 E05 - Up 'n' Under (1998)

    S03 E05 - Up 'n' Under (1998)
    Nov 6 2024
    Could episode 5 be where you find your heaven? Well, if you get that musical reference, then perhaps so. Guy and Rob are going all in on the 90s nostalgia. A Samantha Janus odyssey covering Game On, with its groundbreaking attitudes, jarring cast changes, and "skunk pussies," followed by Up 'n' Under, the John Godber play turned 90s BritCom. Hot off the heels of the Full Monty, this Yorkshire set (but not filmed) Rugby League comedy took advantage of the cream of TV comedy acting at the time. Not just the aforementioned Janus, but 2.4 Children's Gary Olsen, Men Behaving Badly's Neil Morrissey, not to mention John Thompson, Griff Rhys Jones, and a whole load more. Join us for our first play adaptation and stay for the quiz, where Guy would have to do some serious winning to cancel out last week's thrashing. Game On - Opening Credits https://youtu.be/liKGRdQaeMQ?si=lNOt0Aw0aV8lyoJg Game On - New Matthew https://youtu.be/pF6qzf9kjoc?si=PaDAbxAOoZCz6xHe Game On - Chris https://youtu.be/upNH7iFpTRs?si=I65B_Wedtkiqhbdn Samantha Janus on Eurovision https://youtu.be/nYU_3l0-hVo?si=CIcedIxkW1QKV2Sv Mad About Alice - Episode 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jPI34P65Cc The Grimleys - Pilot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzFHmtLNkC0 Up n Under - Trailer https://youtu.be/Qt0lfv6vW3M?si=usTkR5ANl0vkn-jp Up n Under - Full Movie https://youtu.be/6DHTxuflkNM?si=r5wOI8w1qv-j4nma Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 39 mins

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