Sep 22, 2023
Our conversations about British TV energy industry thrillers turns to the two American remakes released at the turn of the 2010s
State of Play (2009)
Edge of Darkness (2010)
This episode presented by:
J.R. Southall
With:
Jon Arnold
Matt...
Sep 20, 2023
Our thoughts on Wes Anderson's feature debut, Bottle Rocket, in which the Owen brothers play friends who want to be gangsters and there's a large side helping of romcom
This episode presented by:
J.R. Southall
With:
Jon Arnold
Matt Barber
Simon...
Sep 18, 2023
More Doctor Who What Iffery, this time concentrating on the question of whether America should be making, or should have made, the series
This episode presented by:
J.R. Southall
With:
Jon Arnold
Matt Barber
Mark...
Sep 15, 2023
Arriving around the same time as Edge of Darkness, this was another energy industry adjacent conspiracy thriller, albeit more in the classic Hollywood style; but man, the cast and credits
Defence of the Realm on
YouTube
Defence of the Realm on Wiki
This episode presented by:
J.R. Southall
With:
Matt Barber
Mark...
Sep 13, 2023
Ken Stott as a dour Scottish detective solving themed religious murders in a rain-soaked city (for four series, before regenerating into Marc Warren), should be right up our street you would think... We (mostly) watched all of Messiah, so you wouldn't have to
This episode presented by:
J.R. Southall
With:
Matt...