The House Of Hammer

Cev's the last person you want guiding you through a whodunnit, he has enough trouble figuring out who's who. Is it by accident or design that's exactly what he's doing this time? You decide... Ben brings his unnervingly deep knowledge of various poisons to the dining table. Adam gets real about wheels of the watery kind. Smokey complains about youngsters when they're not and Cev talks about movin...

Ben is your host for this latest episode, which takes a look at Hammer's 1952 mystery detective movie Whispering Smith Hits London. There's been a murder, and Smith is called on to investigate a web of deceit and betrayal. And he was on his holidays and everything. Plus! Cev tells you all about one of Hammer's key men, Smokey heads to Scotland Yard, Ben talks about puppets and there's lively debat...

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Once again, Smokey is your guide, follow him to room 23 to marvel at Hammer’s 1951 thriller The Black Widow. Off the back of a stone cold classic, can Hammer keep it up? Joining Smokey are Cev, Adam and Ben who will take you through the film, and also bring you the delights of murder, fake suicides, insane comparisons and listener questions! Just another day at the office, really… “The House Of Ha...

Take Adam’s hand as he leads you through a strangely civilised rampage of revenge. We’ve landed on Hammer’s exquisitely entertaining 1951 thriller, ‘Cloudburst’ As well extolling the virtues of this criminally under-seen masterpiece of British cinema, we also have a tribute from Cev to our newest Hammer Hero, Sheila Burrell, a trip to the squared circle with Smokey, and a cryptic dive into the wor...

We’re finally taking to the high seas for some equally high adventure featuring mystery, murder and mermaids! It’s also been a while since we’ve played some games so while we try and figure out Cardy Pipey, Adam unveils an utterly fiendish quiz. “The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev Moore Artwork by Richard Wells All the links you think you’ll need & so...

Melodrama is the name of the game in Hammer's 1951 offering To Have and to Hold. Ben gets himself ordained to lead us down the aisle. Adam makes us wish we could all choose different vows to the ones we took previously. Cev brings us a wonderful addition to our ever growing Hammer Hero room and Smokey? He rants about horses. “The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced b...

Smokey’s in the driving seat this time as the team take a look at Hammer’s 1951 drama, The Rossiter Case. And their opinions on the film itself may well surprise you…Ben lands a bullseye with his look at that most famous of pub pastimes - darts! Cev takes a look at the murky world of driving laws, and Smokey’s back with another request for “Help!” “The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music -...

Adam is your guide to room eighteen in The House Of Hammer, which contains a return engagement from the one and only Hy Hazell, who stars alongside Michael Medwin in comic-adventure story ‘The Lady Craved Excitement’Cev’s on hand to continue the fascinating tale of Francis Searle, Adam explores the world of dodgy accents in films, Smokey ponders the question of how difficult is is to render someon...

Cev is at the door to welcome you, m’luds, as we take a gentlemanly stroll into the wilds of Hammer’s 1950 “comedy”, What The Butler Saw…Yes, yes, yes, your initial impressions that this is to be a peepshow-arama are well founded, but where exactly does the phrase “What The Butler Saw” actually come from? Who was Henry Mollison, otherwise known as “The Butler”? And how much do you actually know ab...

Ben’s your butler this time, as he whisks you through the next room in The House Of Hammer! Our feature is 1950’s Someone At The Door directed by Francis Searle, and starring Michael Medwin, Hugh Latimer, Yvonne Owen, Danny Green and Garry Marsh. But is it a case of “Come right in” or “Let’s hide behind the sofa and pretend we’re not at home”? As well as the movie itself, Cev will be inducting a n...

This week, Smokey guides you around not just a room, but entire lodging house…In lamplit London, a household is terrorised by the arrival of a sinister tenant who may have a very dark secret… Hammer’s 1950 thriller ‘Room To Let’ is the focus this time, so join the gang as they tell you all about the movie itself, some other dodgy lodgers in the world of entertainment, the history of a certain Carr...

Welcome along to room thirteen in The House Of Hammer, as your host, Adam, unlocks the door behind which resides a very special inhabitant…1950’s The Man In Black is arguably the first real “Hammer” movie, but why? What makes it stand out? Could it be the fact that the whole plot hinges around MURDER BY YOGA? Could it be the presence of a diabolical villain? Or could it be because it contains the...

Join Adam, Ben, Cev and Smokey (just… Smokey… like Santa… only with a smaller sack) as they whisk you through a very special Christmas room of The House Of Hammer! Find out which films have been our favourites of the year, which performers have stood alone (good or bad…), which has been the best pub of the year (?), and what they consider to be the exact height of the Blackpool Tower? There’s a qu...

Cev Moore is your guide this time as we visit the twelfth room in The House Of Hammer…It’s something of an ecclesiastical adventure, as we’re in the company of a holy sleuth on the trail of a mysterious murderer in Hammer’s 1949 movie ‘Meet Simon Cherry’… Along the way we’ll take a look at why the phenomenon of religious detectives was so popular, travel through a brief history of the hand crank (...

It’s all aboard for adventurous fun this time round as Ben guides you through Room 11 in The House Of Hammer! 1949’s ‘The Jack Of Diamonds’ sees an impoverished couple leasing their boat out to a treasure hunter in search of a WWII fortune, but is everything as it seems…? “The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev Moore Artwork by Richard Wells All the links you...

It’s psychiatrist-turned-detective time, as Smokey, Adam, Ben and Cev ask you to look into their eyes, always in the eyes, nowhere else but the eyes, and lead you through a mesmerising adventure through Hammer’s 1949 mystery thriller - Dr Morelle: The Case Of The Missing Heiress! “The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev Moore Artwork by Richard Wells All the l...

Welcome to room ten in the House Of Hammer, which is the home of one of Hammer’s most surprising delights… 1949’s ‘Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora’ Adam is your guide this time, as we introduce you to the “British Betty Grable”, tell you all about how old British money actually works, anoint an all-new “Hammer Hero”, and tell you all about why you MUST seek out one of Hammer Studios’...

It’s a bumper episode this time round, as Cev Moore guides you into room eight at The House Of Hammer, a police station no less, as Ben Taylorson, Smokey and Adam Roche talk you through the Hammer double-bill of screen adventures for one-time British phenomenon, PC 49! Hammer created two outings for the adventuring bobby: 1949’s ‘The Adventures Of PC 49: Investigating The Case Of The Guardian Ange...

In this episode, join Ben as he commanders the mutinous crew along the canals and estuaries and brooks and puddles and things, in search of not just illicit trade, but also a coherent plot…It’s time to buckle your swash, rabbit punch some bullets out of that gun, take a tipple at Del Boy’s bar and prepare yourselves for the GREATEST CINEMATIC FIGHT EVER COMMITTED TO FILM as we sail our way around...

This week, Smokey guides you around room seven in The House Of Hammer, which contains not just one inhabitant, but three! Yes, Hammer Studios produced a trio of movies starring Britain’s foremost detective of the 1940’s, Dick Barton, fresh from his radio success, and this week, Smokey, Ben, Cev and Adam will tell you all about them in this bumper edition of The House Of Hammer… “The House Of Hamme...

We’re in true crime territory this time, as in 1948, Hammer brought to the screen a very real case straight from the front pages! But just how far would they go in search of authenticity? As it turns out… TOO FAR! Hear all about the remarkable story behind 1948’s The Dark Road starring career criminal Stanley Thurston AS HIMSELF! What could possibly go wrong…? "Ben on… Non-Actor Actors” - was writ...

On we go to the 4th room in “The House Of Hammer”…Join your host for this outing, Cev Moore, as he guides you through 1947 murder mystery, ‘Death In High Heels’, featuring the most unfashionable house of fashion you’ve ever seen, rabbit curry all round, an ingenious murder plot and not-so-genius lothario… “Smokey on… Christianna Brand” - was written and produced by Smokey “Ben on… Whodunnits” - wa...

This week, Ben Taylorson guides you around room number three in the House Of Hammer: Sporting Love, a musical comedy set in the world of horse racing and the bankrupt upper classes, and starring Stanley Lupino, one of the great Lupino dynasty! We’ll tell you’ll about the film, as well as induct a new Hammer Hero, journey through a retrospective of one of entertainment’s most famous names, and even...

In the second episode hear the story surrounding Hammer’s second movie: 1936’s ‘Song Of Freedom’ starring the one and only Paul Robeson! Hear all about why musicals really mattered during this period of cinema, the story of Paul Robeson himself, the introduction of another “Hammer Hero”, plus a discussion of that rarest of beasts… a HAMMER MUSICAL! All will be revealed in Room Two of ‘The House Of...