Strangers in Space

It's back to 1974 and ITV's Haunted anthology this time, for an adaptation of Kingsley Amis' spooky ghost story The Ferryman. Can a young Sherlock Holmes save the day...? The Ferryman at imdb This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber

You may not have noticed, but Adam Driver is fighting dinosaurs in downtown Cretaceous this year, in a film thrillingly called 65. Here's what we thought! 65 This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber Warning: Matt doesn't care whether you're spoiled for the story or not, so freely reveals a huge plot twist without warning during the course of our conversation Second war...

We all know the iconic John Barry theme, but is there more to The Ipcress File than the music? The Ipcress File This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jim Cameron

Iain and JR travel back to 1982 to relive Albert Pyun's cheap but cheerful Conan the Barbarian alternative, a movie that wears its hearts quite literally in its hands The Sword and the Sorcerer This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Iain Martin

A short Kingsley Amis retrospective begins with a chat about the BBC's 1990 adaptation of the author's 1969 novel The Green Man (1990) The Green Man (1969) Kingsley Amis This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jon Arnold Matt Barber

How does Peter Cushing's alternative 1960s take on the Doctor, fit in with other interpretations of the character? Peter Cushing's Doctor Who This episode presented by: Matt Barber With: Dylan Rees Jon Arnold Mark Donaldson

It's another bad/good movie this time, as Arnold Schwarzenegger hunts down the devil in New York at the turn of the millennium. But is the Guns N' Roses song the best thing about it...? End of Days This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Iain Martin

Ray Bradbury's short story A Sound of Thunder introduced us to the expression The Butterfly Effect and the concept of chaos theory (plus it's got DINOSAURS!), and has twice been adapted for the screen (because it's got DINOSAURS!). But did one version stick too closely to the original text, and the other deviate too much?  A Sound of Thunder The 2005 film This episode presented by: J.R. Southall W...

The first episode of Torchwood to come up as part of our Who Review Extra strand is the exact mid-point of the first series, in a review that is not for the faint-hearted This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Jim Cameron Jon Arnold Matt Barber

After our look at the Dr Phibes movies, a retrospective of some of the rest of their director's work Robert Fuest Films under review: And Soon the Darkness (1970) The Final Programme (1973) The Devil's Rain (1975) This episode hosted by: J.R. Southall With: Dylan Rees Mark Donaldson

A reboot for the role-playing franchise's cinematic arm, but is it any good? This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Matt Barber

Iain and J.R. go looking for the Donald Trump allusions (and find one that's really on the nose) in Andrew Bergman's less than stellar 1996 adaptation of Carl Hiaasen 's Striptease - in what becomes the accidental first instalment in a series of reviews of entertainingly underperforming movies This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Iain Martin

Our review of the much-delayed (92 years) sequel to Universal Pictures' 1931 Dracula, with Nicolas Cage as the Count and Nicholas Hoult as his long-suffering servant, emerging from under his master's shadow This episode presented by: J.R. Southall With: Matt Barber

Our review of Chris Boucher's short-lived police procedural in space, 1987's Star Cops Star Cops Star Cops on YouTube This episode presented by J.R. Southall With Jim Cameron Jon Arnold

A review of the new album by Mary Hopkin in collaboration with her daughter Jessica Lee Morgan Two Hearts is available now from: http://www.maryhopkin.com/ https://jessicaleemorgan.com/

Singer-songwriter Jessica Lee Morgan chooses the eight items she would take with her, if she was about to be marooned on a desert planet Jessica's new album, a collaboration with her mother Mary Hopkin, is available this week from: http://www.maryhopkin.com/ https://jessicaleemorgan.com/

We got there in the end; Mark and JR watch Jim (no relation) Cameron's original 2009 Avatar and it's first sequel, last year's The Way of Water, so you don't have to... Links page for the podcast: https://strangersinspace.weebly.com/links.html And a quick guide to our hosts: https://strangersinspace.weebly.com/the-team.html

A late addition to Russell T Davies' first series of the Doctor Who revival, Boom Town asks questions about the Doctor's involvement in other people's affairs. But does it have any answers - and what's going on with Mickey?

Our mini Robert Fuest season begins with a look at his two Dr. Phibes films of the early 1970s, starring Vincent Price as the abominable character, a role he reprised for its return

There's a new devil doll in town and she seems to have been quite a success. But what would we make of the new Blumhouse horror, Megan?

A conversation about the Pet Shop Boys, Simon's favourites, and one of the defining bands of the 1980s and beyond

There have been a bunch of rumours flying about regarding who is going to show up for the sixtieth anniversary specials, so instead of talking through which particular click-bait YouTube channel might have the most reliable info, instead here is a discussion about which actors we think might most plausibly have accepted an invitation to appear

The question for this edition, is this: will our resident Lynch sceptic be able to make it from one end of the Twin Peaks prequel to the other?

It's Tom and Lis unleashed, after a season with Harry Sullivan - but is Planet of Evil any good?

In the first part of our Twin Peaks retrospective, Matt leads the conversation through a discussion of the original two television series from 1990 and 1991 - but can the sceptic on the team be convinced to embrace the damn' fine coffee?