Strangers in Space

A breakthrough role for Reese Witherspoon and a break-back part for Matthew Broderick in Alexander Payne's second feature Election Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Malcolm Hulke's final Doctor Who serial returns to some of the themes of his first solo story, but in this post-Brexit populist age of isolationism, does Invasion of the Dinosaurs start to look frighteningly prescient? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Jim Cameron

Our thoughts on the tenth and last of the Best Picture nominees from this year's Academy Awards; spoiler: it isn't exactly Barbie. Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Mark Donaldson

It's the Top 25 sci-fi - and fantasy - films like you've never seen it before, direct from the YouGov website Countdown by J.R. Southall, witnessed by Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Mark Donaldson

Not a contender for Best Picture at this year's Oscars, yet possibly the best film of the year, is Andrew Haigh's All Of Us Strangers - so to do it justice, we've paired it up with a couple of obvious antecedents (Haigh's 45 Years and Summer Among the Zombies aka The Discarnates, the previous movie adaptation of the Japanese novel Strangers) so we can give it the attention it deserves Presented by...

Our journey through this year's Best Picture nominees arrives at Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone's next collaboration after The Favourite, and an adaptation of the 1992 Alasdair Gray novel. But can it win? This episode presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Mark Donaldson Poor Things

Once more we had back into Doctor Who history, to choice a nexus point or three, and guess what might have happened had things played out in a different way; this time three listener questions Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber Our links page

Iain 'Sodcast' Martin chooses one film in each of ten categories, that has made a significant impression upon him - and Matt gives his opinion on Iain's choices Presented by Matt Barber, with Iain Martin Iain on Threads

Another Best Picture nominee, this time we turn our attention to Bradley Cooper's biopic of Leonard Bernstein, Maestro Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

Patrick Troughton's third and final series as Doctor Who began with a whimper - but then landed a bang, as Peter Ling set the new TARDIS team adrift in the Land of Fiction. But how does The Mind Robber hold up, over half a century on? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber Our links page

It's a two-in-one podcast this time around, as the conversation we were having about Michael bay's first Transformers movie suddenly transforms into quite another conversation we had about Michael Bay's Transformers movie, at the half-way stage Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold. Or Iain Martin. Or both - or each

Who would have thought that Anatomy of a Fall would become this year's most contentious Best Picture nominee? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

It's Jamie Mathieson's second episode in a row, and his second in a row where he's had to write out one of the two main characters for the majority of the recording time. But what will he do to 'minimise' the Doctor's role in Flatline...? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

After our conversation about the original Terry Nation created series from 1975, we obviously had to have another chat about the 2008 version, as reimagined by the creator of Primeval Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Jim Cameron and Dylan Rees

Our attention turns to another of this year's Best Picture Oscar nominees, and this week it's Jeffrey Wright in American Fiction; warning: we try not to spoil the way this film goes but if you are planning on seeing it, do that first before you listen to this Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Mark Donaldson

Once more we throw ourselves back into the Doctor Who timelines, to investigate how we think things might have turned out differently had alternative choices been made; two conversations this time, firstly regarding the mystique of the missing episodes, and then concerning the effects of Covid on Flux Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Mark Donaldson, and Matt Barber

Seven was one of those films it's almost impossible to follow, so instead David Fincher went on to make something very different. But how does The Game look, more than a quarter of a century on? This episode presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber and Mark Donaldson The Game Our links page

Celine Song's debut as director is a film about two adults trying to reconnect after being separated as children, but the bigger question is: will it connect enough with the Academy to bring home an Oscar? This episode presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Mark Donaldson

Given the gossip and rumour surrounding the eventual, inevitable change of companion, we returned to our microphones to give some further opinions on the state of play in Cardiff Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Mark Donaldson and Dylan Rees

The latter 1990s were a new golden age for smart and unusual thrillers, and even John Frankenheimer was getting in on the act; but more important than whether we liked it, what's with De Niro's pronunciation of Hereford? Ronin This episode presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Mat Barber and Mark Donaldson Our links page

The field of contenders for this year's Best Picture Oscar just narrowed, with the announcement of the ten nominated films; our reaction to the Academy Award nominees and our predictions of the potential winners Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold

Recorded just before the Mirror broke its latest gossip about the companion merry-go-round, here's a mid-month digest of our thoughts about recent developments and potential future ones Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Iain Martin and Dylan Rees

What happens when Terry Nation scribbles the idea for a story on the back of a fag packet, and it is of all people Douglas Adams that thereafter takes up the mantle? Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold, Matt Barber, Jim Cameron, Iain Martin and Dylan Rees

We were at a loose end, and this is how we filled the time Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Iain Martin

Martin Scorsese's latest is another three-hour epic starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, but will it be in serious contention for this year's Best Picture Academy Award? This episode presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Mark Donaldson