Brett & Cliff's Flea Circus: A movie and TV podcast

To celebrate Brett's birthday we watch his favourite film, John Carpenter's The Thing, starring Kurt Russell. The 1982 horror classic was mauled by critics on release but is now regarded as one of the greatest movies of all time. There's plenty of daft chat around it, too, with a special quiz for the birthday boy rounding things off before we're played out by music from Man on Wire, with his new t...

Join us for a shambolic episode full of terrible jokes. There's also chat about Westworld, Michael Crichton's 1973 sci-fi classic starring Yul Bryner, James Brolin and Richard Benjamin. Music comes from Teesside's Crimson Bloom, with their track Stir It Up. Find out more from the band here... crimson bloom bandcamp . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A look at the revealing, pioneering fly-on-the-wall TV documentary The Impossible Dream, also known as Do I Not Like That. It focused on Graham Taylor's England reign as he tried to get the national football team to the 1994 World Cup in USA. It didn't go well. We also have Danny Murray as a guest, all the way from Prague, and Music comes from Gracie Martin, New York singer-songwriter, with her so...

Special guests galore this week as former Masterchef final four contestant Davey Hall (good Shields lad) joins us to tell us about his experiences on the show and Mrs Cliff makes an appearance for the quiz. Brett's wife also dishes some dirt about his non-cooking habits and we discuss a bit of football and telly. Music comes from Dean Dovey who you can find out more about here https://www.facebook...

A music episode this week as we discuss one of Cliff's favourite artists, Steve Mason. Brett discovers the former Beta Band singer's solo catalogue and we find a lot to discuss and admire. Outside of that chat there's some foodie Twitter fun and a serial killer quiz, as well as music from Italian dream-pop/shoegaze band You, Nothing. From Verona, we play single Reflectie, from upcoming album Lonel...

Revisiting one of Brett's favourite movies, 2012's Dredd starring Karl Urban. Brett has some mic issues, we chat nonsense for about 45 minutes before getting onto the film. There's also music from Future Fires, from Birmingham UK, with their track Halfway Down. You can find more of their music here: https://www.facebook.com/futurefiresband/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

A dive into Mike Hidges' 1980 sci-fi fantasy, with special guest Ian Graham (@arbroathmackem), who calls it his favourite film. There's plenty of fun and games with a movie tagline quiz, wrist injury woes and more. Music comes from the excellent Skeleton Goode, from Ho Chi Minh City's Skeleton Goode. You can find more about the band and order their fantastic album here https://megadodo.bandcamp.co...

Fantasy Football League made household names Frank Skinner and David Baddiel when it aired on BBC2 on Friday nights between 1994 and 1996. The show had celeb guests from the era and combined football, pop culture and comedy in a way no other had done before. We loved it then and love it now. There's also some state-of-the-nation-type chat a Terry Venables-themed football quiz, Bobi Wine news and m...

We look back at public information films shown on TV and in schools in the 1970s and 80s, designed to warn kids about the dangers of playing on farms, near electricity lines, in water and more. The harrowing films are foreboding but nonetheless provide plenty of opportunities for laughs. There are more TV and film recommendations, a quirky news quiz and music from RedOwl, with the track Black Eyed...

We look back at a terrifying show from our youth, the Gerry Anderson co-production Terrahawks. Do we still find Zelda terrifying? Can we remember anything else about the show? Will the quiz make any sense this week? There's only one way to find out. Music comes from the very talented Pete Kosanovich. You can find out more and listen to his music by checking out his website http://musicbypete.co.uk...

Join us for a festive chat. We enjoyed it, hope you do. We didn't really edit it. Music comes from the very talented Minnie Birch. Find out more at www.minnieburch.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We get really festive with a full on Christmas chat before getting stuck into the classic Chevy Chase film National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. We love it and we hope you love the episode There's also music from Wills and the Willing with their Christmas song Drawing Straws, which features Wycombe Wanders manager Gareth Ainsworth on vocals and Chelsea's Petr Cech on drums. For more info visit th...

Things get a bit heavy as we discuss Mel Gibson and his new role as Santa Claus in Fatman. Light relief comes in the form of some Phil Collins chat, a Christmas music quiz and the usual clarting about. Music this week comes from Danny Burton with his Christmas single Merry Christmas One And All. You can check more music at his website www.dannyburton.co.uk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

Brett and Cliff get into the Christmas spirit by listening to I Wanna Be Santa Claus by Ringo Starr and Christmas In The Heart by Bob Dylan, and also reminisce about school Christmas parties and more. There's some TV chat, He-Man toy banter and loads more, too. Music comes from Lines From A Poem, a three-piece band from the North East of England with the song Jetlag Lenses. You can listen to that...

Brett and Cliff talk look back at two childhood favorites - Bananaman and Trap Door. Do the British animations stand the test of time? There's also some Maradona chat, a music theme tune quiz and a guest revealing some football results. Music comes from Midnight Parade, you can find out more about the band here www.moonlightparadeband.co.uk . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

A 2015 thriller from actor/director Joel Edgerton, starring Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall that flew under the radar. We discuss the movie and loads more. Music comes from North Innsbruck with Aurora, featuring Galaxy 80. Check the music out at www.northinnsbruck.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wizbit is a 1986 BBC kids' TV show created by magician Paul Daniels, who writes the show, appears in it, voices other characters and sings the theme tune. We used to love it but on rewatching... Our opinions may have changed. There's also some Cheeky Girls romance, the contractually obligated Phil Collins mention, general magic chat and loads more nonsense. . Music this week comes from Belfast ind...

Late-80s TV show Midnight Caller made a star of Gary Cole and had fans in the young Brett and Cliff, who love the dirty sax theme tune, the gritty action and performances. It makes us reminisce about video shops, Guy Fawkes night and the erotic thrillers of the era. There's also a random quiz. You'll also hear lots of fireworks going off in the background and music at the end of the episode from d...

The third in the Halloween series has no Michael Myers, he died in number 2, but John Carpenter is still in the producer role and he has plenty of influence over the style and tone of this much-maligned installment. He's also on soundtrack duty. We laugh a lot at this plot and some of the things that happen but agree it deserves more love than it gets. There's also some nostalgic halloween chat an...

Brett get a chance to talk about his favourite director John Carpenter and his 1981 classic Escape From New York. A classic lead character in Kurt Russell's Snake Plisskin and an incredible supporting cast are top of our list of things to talk about, closely followed by the soundtrack. There are daft questions, an eye patch quiz and more silly conversations, as well as music from Simulankram Lab,...

The Beatles' debut movie appearance is a funny, boundary pushing, influential ROMP that shows off their characters, comedic side and musical talent. Directed by Richard Lester, it drew on kitchen sink dramas and French New Wave and influenced almost every music movie that came after it. We talk about why we love it, have a quiz about musicians in movies, dissect a nursery rhyme, almost die in lift...

Delving into the 2004 documentary about The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols. We discuss if it's a fair representation of Anton Newcombe, who the most pretentious out of the two bands is and wax lyrical about the BJM main man's genius. We also have some football chat and there's a quiz about unstable musicians. Music this week comes from Brass Monkey, a Sunderland-based solo artist....

Denis Nilsen, or Des to his friends, killed around 15 lost and lonely young men in the late 1970s and early 80s in London. The 2020 ITV drama Des is the story of what happened following his arrest. As well as a discussion of the show there's also some chat about hot dogs and music from Headclouds, another Harbourmaster production. You can listen to the band and buy their music here https://headclo...

Brandon Lee's tragic death overshadows a fine graphic novel adaptation, but The Crow has plenty going for it apart from a macabre ending. We also talk have a fun quiz, get angry about Zlatan Ibrahimovoc and have music from Reading indie-punk band Mirror Pictures. If you like what you hear, you can buy their music on Bandcamp here https://mirrorpictures.bandcamp.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...

Noel Edmonds cemented himself as Britain's top light entertainer with Noel's House Party, which ran from 1991 to 1998. We watch the first episode and find ourselves squirming at some of the jokes and sections, but loving the show overall. This was recorded under the influence and opinions and language reflects that... Music from from King of the Sea, aka North East singer-songwriter Trev Gibb. Pro...