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Reel Britannia

Aug 16, 2026

Digging Up Trouble Behind Enemy Lines

For episode 202 of the Reel Britannia podcast, we’re trading our civvies for khaki and marching straight into the chaotic world of a genuine British comedy icon. This time around, the team is discussing the 1958 Norman Wisdom classic, The Square Peg.
 

Directed by John Paddy...

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Jul 30, 2026

Dublin soul, magnificent music and enough creative differences to sink a small record label.

This episode was recorded a couple of weeks ago, before the terribly sad news of Glen Hansard’s death earlier this week. We remember him with great affection as Outspan Foster, one of the unforgettable faces and voices at the...

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Jul 3, 2026

Fletch Gets Out. Getting Back In Is the Tricky Bit.

For its landmark 200th episode, Reel Britannia is heading behind bars for Porridge – The Movie, the 1979 big-screen outing for one of Britain’s best-loved television comedies.

Ronnie Barker returns as the wily Norman Stanley Fletcher, still doing his best to serve...

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Jun 19, 2026

When the crooks and the coppers join forces, London’s criminal underworld is in very confused hands.

For Episode 199, Reel Britannia slips into the sharply dressed, cheerfully crooked world of The Wrong Arm of the Law, a 1963 British crime comedy in which the nation’s criminals discover that even dishonesty was...

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Jun 6, 2026

Hammer opens the door to a nightmare where every shadow has a secret.

For the latest episode of Reel Britannia, we step into the chilly corridors and troubled dreams of Nightmare, Hammer’s 1964 psychological thriller from director Freddie Francis and writer Jimmy Sangster.

This is Hammer without the fangs, capes,...

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