Reel Britannia

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Episode 072 – Carry On Teacher (1959) Our latest episode with Scott and Tony features our thoughts on the third Carry On movie, carry On Teacher featuring the only appearance in the series of Ted Ray. The pupils of Maudlin School lace the staff tea with alcohol, saw through the legs o...

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Episode 072 – Oh Mr Porter (1937) Our latest episode with Scott and Steven plus special guest, Mark from The Good The Bad And The Odd Podcast features our first Will Hay movie, Oh Mr Porter (1937)   In this classic British comedy, William Porter (Will Hay) is an accident-prone railroa...

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Episode 071 – A Prize Of Arms (1962) Our latest episode with Scott, Steven and special guest, Antony Rotunno of the Glass Onion: On John Lennon podcast, features a criminally underseen crime heist drama starring Stanley Baker – A Prize Of Arms (1962)   Never in the history of crime wa...

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Episode 070 – From Russia With Love (1963) It's back to the James Bond series of movies as Scott and Steven slowly review their way through the Sean Connery era. In this episode we take a look at the second movie From Russia With Love. Agent 007 is back in the second instalment of the...

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Episode 069 – The Rebel (1961) Scott and Steven are joined once again by Mark Cain of The Good The Bad And The Odd podcast. Together we venture back to 1961 for one of Tony Hancock's rare cinematic outings, The Rebel, also featuring Irene Handl, John Le Mesurier and George Sanders. An...

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Episode 068– The Long Good Friday (1980) It's Easter Weekend so forget Easter Parade and Ben Hur…join Scott and Steven as they chat about the ultimate Easter movie…Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren on top form in The Long Good Friday (1980) In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shan...

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Episode 067 – How I Won The War (1967) A warm welcome this week to our special guest, Antony Rotunno from the splendid Glass Onion – On John Lennon podcast. Antony joins Scott and Steven to chat about Richard Lester's movie,  How I Won The War, starring Michael Crawford and featuring...

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Episode 066 – The Ipcress File (1965) The perfect antidote to Bondmania as Scott and Steven review The Ipcress File. With Michael Caine as the laconic secret agent Harry Palmer set in a world of spies that features more paperwork and freshly ground coffee than fist fights and shoot ou...

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Episode 065 – Dunkirk (1958)   Scott, Steven and Tony have managed to get together once again for a chat about a great British war film - Dunkirk from 1958 directed by Leslie Norman and starring John Mills, Richard Attenborough and Bernard Lee. Better than the Christopher Nolan movie…...

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Episode 064 – Violent Playground (1958) Another in our series of movies that influenced the British New Wave Cinema movement. Another fine example of the 'social problem' movie directed by the master himself, Basil Dearden. Highlighting the dangerous world of the newly-born 'teenagers...

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Episode 063 – Four Lions (2010) Our latest episode with Scott and Steven features our thoughts on the hilarious Four Lions from 2010 directed by Chris Morris.   A group of young Muslim men living in Sheffield decide to wage jihad, and they hatch an inept plan to become suicide bombers...

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Episode 062 – Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) Scott and Steven are back in the Balaban Sound Studio for this week's review…a mystery / thriller starring Laurence Olivier, Carol Lynley and Keir Dullea. Also featuring Noel Coward, Martita Hunt and Anna Massey…Bunny Lake is missing…or is sh...

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Episode 061 – The Reckoning (1969) Join Scott and Steven as they bring you an underseen British drama from the sixties starring Nicol Williamson and Rachel Roberts. Michael Marler (Nicol Williamson), determined to leave his criminal father and his Irish past behind him, abandoned Live...

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism. Episode 060 – The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) Join Scott and Steven as they chat about one of the best of the Ealing Comedies starring Alec Guinness and Stanley Holloway. After two decades of service to his employers, gold bullion carrier Henry Holland (Alec Guinness) decides to run off...

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British films....with the occasional hint of professionalism. Episode 059 – Waking Ned (1998) Join Scott and Steven as they chat about a tale of death, deceit and dentures… When best friends Jackie O'Shea (Ian Bannen) and Michael O'Sullivan (David Kelly) discover someone in their small Irish village has won the lottery, they immediately s...

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British films....with the occasional hint of professionalism. Episode 058 – Pool Of London (1951) Join Scott and Steven as they take a look at the second in their series of movies that influenced the British New Wave Cinema movement "When you're at the wheel of a ship at night, far at sea and nothing else to do, you think about a lot of t...

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British films....with the occasional hint of professionalism. Episode 057 – Gregory's Girl (1981) Join Scott and Steven as they head north of the border to review Bill Forsyth's movie from 1981 , Gregory's Girl. "Twelve tons of cornflakes pass under here every day. It's a well-known fact" In his warm, Scottish coming-of-age film, gangly t...

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British films....with the occasional hint of professionalism. Episode 056 – Please Sir (1971) This week Scott is joined by Steven and guest host Mark from The Good The Bad and The Odd podcast to take a look at the big screen version of British sitcom Please Sir from 1971 Movie spin-off from the popular TV sitcom in which teacher Bernard H...

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British films....with the occasional hint of professionalism. Episode 055 Scott of the Antarctic (1948) "Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance, and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. It seems a pity but I don't think I can write more. These rough notes and...

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British films....with the occasional hint of professionalism. Episode 054 – The Holly and the Ivy (1952) "Cheer up, Mick old boy. In a hundred years we'll all be dead." This week Scott is joined by Steven for this year's Christmas movie review, The Holly and the Ivy starring Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton, John Gregson...

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British films....with the occasional hint of professionalism. Episode 053 – The Man Who Would Be King (1975) "Danny's only a man. But he breaks wind at both ends simultaneous - which is more, I reckon, than any god can do." This week Scott is joined by both Steven and Tony for their review of the John Huston movie The Man Who Would Be Kin...

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British films....with the occasional hint of professionalism. Episode 052 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1976) 'Why don't you come on up to the lab….and see what's on the slab?' This week, Mark from The Good, The Bad, And The Odd Podcast joins Scott and Steven for their Halloween review of the cult classic, The Rocky Horror Picture Show...

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British films....with the occasional hint of professionalism. Episode 051 – The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) "Six inches is perfectly adequate. More is vulgar!'' Join Scott and Steven for their 50th movie review….. Jean Brodie (Maggie Smith) is a free-spirited teacher at a Scottish girls' school during the 1930s. She encourages her yo...

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British films....with the occasional hint of professionalism. Episode 050 - Time Bandits (1981) 'Honestly, Trevor, if you were half a man you would've gone in there after the blender.' Join Scott and Steven for their review of the Terry Gilliam directed Time Bandits from 1981. Young history buff Kevin (Craig Warnock) can scarcely believe...

Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British films....with the occasional hint of professionalism. Episode 049 - A Matter Of Life And Death (1946) 'You've got a good voice. You've got guts too. It's funny - I've known dozens of girls: I've been in love with some of them, but an American girl whom I've never seen and who I never shall see will hear my last words. That's funny...