BEHIND THE STUNTS

Send us Fan Mail Without question the greatest Christmas movie of all time. Well, in my opinion anyway. Not only a wonderful story, fine cast, beautifully shot and another magnificent score by John Williams, but the stunts are quite simply iconic. Nowadays on the set of a Film or TV show you may hear the stunt coordinator telling the stunt performer that they have to do a 'Home Alone' in...

Send us Fan Mail Derek Thompson is a horse racing journalist and TV presenter who has been the front man for ITV Racing in its World of Sport days and Channel 4 Racing from 1985 to 2012. He was also the public face of STUNT CHALLENGE when it ran on ITV from 1982 - 1985. I sat down with Derek last week to chat about his involvement in the series and to ask about his memories. You can follow Derek o...

Send us Fan Mail Back in 2019 I co-wrote Jump, Rocky Jump with veteran British stuntman Rocky Taylor and he went off an did a number of TV interview to promote the book. We didn't get much chance to do many together so when we did it was always a fun time. This is an interview from that time where we both appear on 'The Stunt Pod' talking about the book and Rocky's life in gene...

Send us Fan Mail Take an story of everyday folk. Two college friends from the US go on a trip to the UK. They find a rural north English village and enquire what the 5 pointed star on the wall is all about. From then on its not going to go well. Both attacked on the moors. One is killed the other will become a werewolf at the next full moon....luckily for us what the script doesn't allow the...

Send us Fan Mail Once again HALL NEEDHAM takes the reins of the rollercoaster that is the Smokey movies and BURT REYNOLDS and SALLY FIELDS help an elephant get across the country....anyone under 25 is going, "They do what"? Stunt coordinator is DICK ZIKER and to double Burt they have BOBBY SEARGENT. Lots of action, plenty of fun https://linktr.ee/behindthestunts Support the show If you&a...

Send us Fan Mail Without question one of the greatest movies ever made and with two of the biggest names in the business. HAL NEEDHAM and BURT REYNOLDS - not content with living together for 11yrs they went on to take over the world in movies like GATOR, CANNONBALL RUN 1 & 2 and two SMOKEY AND THE BANDITS. ALAN GIBBS in charge of the action and to this day it remains one of the best adventure...

Send us Fan Mail The story of a hard hitting cop who's dealing with some hard hitting action going down on the east side. No I have no idea what any of that means either, but all I do know is that this week we look at COBRA and in particular the work of stuntman COREY EUBANKS who doubled Stallone on the movie and his stunt coordinator TERRY LEONARD. Corey gives us the lowdown on what really h...

Send us Fan Mail Long before those all inclusive holidays and exciting package deals - and before COVID - there was Westworld. The place to go and let your wildest fantasies loose in a safe environment. Safe until the robots decide to get their own back. Wasn't it Jeff Goldblum who said when someone made the comment about Jurassic Park being like Pirates of the Caribbean , "the only diff...

Send us Fan Mail I don't do film reviews but I've decided to have a stab at a quick go at one, but obviously I'm not remotely interested in the plot or story for this. Purely the action. A few nods and my own opinions but mainly a thank you to all those who took part and created action for the film. New shows coming soon so keep checking back with the channel and all the social medi...

Send us Fan Mail The final Pierce Brosnan installment which came out on the 40th anniversary in 2002. The action is hot and the ice is very cold...its ice after all. We talk to 2nd Unit Director Vic Armstrong and stuntmen Rocky Taylor, George Cottle, Jim Dowdall and Mark Mottram  about their experiences on the movie, filming the ice chase and making the good commander look amazing. Thank you to my...

Send us Fan Mail James Bond is Pierce Brosnan once again and in my opinion my favourite of his four outings as  007. Simon Crane is back in the coordinators chair and  he delivers on the action. We talk to VIC ARMSTRONG  about creating the pre-title boat chase down the river Thames and to stuntman MARK MOTTRAM who doubled Pierce on this movie for many of his iconic moments. Vic interview is exclus...

Send us Fan Mail Pierce Brosnan has established himself as a great Bond after his appearance in Goldeneye, now he must go that little bit further with Tomorrow Never Dies and what a ride. Simon Crane wasn't available as he was off shooting the movie about the sinking ship....no not the Devonshire the other one so director Roger Spottiswoode managed to get hold of his pal Vic Armstrong who ret...

Send us Fan Mail With NO TIME TO DIE being just around the corner I thought we could enjoy an interview from 2020 when Lee was in Morocco testing Triumph motorcycles, the same bikes that appear in the movie. He talks about the bikes and his doubling work plus a nice little bit about Indiana Jones if that floats your boat too. My thanks to ADVRIDER for use of the interview click below to find my so...

Send us Fan Mail Ladies and Gentleman Pierce Brosnan is Bond and everything is alright with the world. We've been waiting since 1986 and finally 1995 comes along and he's got the gig. A new man in the top job and a new man as stunt coordinator as SIMON CRANE takes over. We find out about how some of these extraordinary scenes are put together with stuntman JIM DOWDALL who was responsible...

Send us Fan Mail Possible the very best James Bond film ever......I mean it was way before its time. Timothy Dalton in his final outing as Bond and what a film. Paul Weston as Stunt Coordinator and double for Timothy Dalton along with Simon Crane. Contributions from stuntmen Carl Ciarfalio and Paul Weston who break down their involvement in the film and shed light on how action is created for Bond...

Send us Fan Mail James Bond is back and so are we for this look at the first Timothy Dalton outing as 007. With contributions from Paul Weston, Elaine Ford, Vic Armstrong, BJ Worth, Jake Lombard and Jake Brake. Special thanks to James Bond Radio for allowing me to use segments from their Paul Weston interview Support the show If you've enjoyed this episode then why not follow us on Twitter, I...

Send us Fan Mail The last episode in our current series takes us to San Fransisco with Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal in 'WHAT'S UP DOC'. Stunt Coordinator is Paul Baxley who thought up some incredible action scenes. We'll explore them here and you can watch a more in-depth look on Friday in the YouTube episode. Links below https://linktr.ee/behindthestunts Support the s...

Send us Fan Mail One of the greatest gangster movies ever made.......I'm not going to argue with that, but its also reliant on stunt coordinator Roy Alon and his stunt team to bring the action to life. In its 40yrs run of success, this hasn't been highlighted. Until now. So lets look at the stunts on The Long Good Friday and give Harold Shand a little bit of peace and quiet eh? Find me o...

Send us Fan Mail This week we delve into the world of comedy stunts with director Blake Edwards, actor Peter Sellers and the man that makes it all work stuntman and coordinator Joe Dunne. We take a look at some of the moments in this film and a look at Joe Dunne himself to see why the action on the  Pink Panther films has been such an audience favourite. To find out more about the movie we go in-d...

Send us Fan Mail Stuntman TERRY LEONARD is regarded by many as the greatest in the business. His work with director JOHN MILIUS is the stuff of folk law and here he talks to us in an exclusive interview conducted back in 2018 for THE STUNT POD. He discusses his work on the film WIND AND THE LION and explains, in detail, some of the styles and equipment used to get the final incredible results. His...

Send us Fan Mail DETECTIVE THATCHER: Lieutenant Brannigan, I'm Detective Sergeant Jennifer Thatcher sir, I've been asked to take care of you by Commander Swann while you're here in London. BRANNIGAN: How did you know it was me? DETECTIVE THATCHER: I was asked to look out for someone slightly smaller than the Statue of Liberty sir. John Wayne comes to London in 1975 and is presented...

Send us Fan Mail The very first movie I ever saw at the cinema and started my love affair with all things action. What a way to start though! Vic Armstrong as stunt coordinator and Roy Alon as double for Sonny Bono. Yes Sonny from Sonny and Cher. Roy became a friend and mentor to me years later when I was hoping to join the stunt register. So many great moments in this movie, so here are a few and...

Send us Fan Mail A look at one of the greatest action films ever made. Arnie is in camouflage fighting others in camouflage during the day. Huge explosions, eye popping action and all under the watchful eye of the late BENNIE DOBBINS. We look at a few of the action sequences here - join me on Friday on the YouTube channel to explore the rest https://linktr.ee/behindthestunts - find me on all the s...

Send us Fan Mail           <<<<WARNING....THIS EPISODE CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE>>>> Its got it all - Eddie Murphy as the fast talking Axel Foley - great music by Harold Faltermayer and stunts performed by some of the greats of action cinema including Gary McClarty, Eddie Donno and Alan Oliney doubling Eddie Murphy. Enjoy Don't forget to subscribe to the YouTube channel...

Send us Fan Mail Sydney Australia is where we find organised crime and the man behind it is GEORGE LAZENBY as Jack Wilton. This crime is so big that Sydney's finest can't cope so JIMMY WANG YU is flown in as Inspector Fang Sang Ling. He is THE MAN FROM HONG KONG. Stunt Coordinators Grant Page and Peter Armstrong and Fight Choreographer is Sammo Hung We talk to director Brian Trenchard-Sm...