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Guy Walker and Rob Heath are on a quest to find out if successful British TV comedies should make the jump to the big screen. A proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: www.filmstories.co.ukCopyright 2023 All rights reserved. Arte
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  • S07 E02 - FAQ About Time Travel (2009)

    S07 E02 - FAQ About Time Travel (2009)
    Oct 21 2026

    Now, we’ve dealt with small budgets in our time, but our film for episode two would give Powder Room a run for its money. In 2006, former stand-up comic Jamie Mathieson put pen to paper on his first film: a time-travel rom-com with nods to Alan Moore, Terry Pratchett and Back to the Future. But it took another three years for Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel to make it to the big screen, and you can find out all about that journey in this episode.


    Going it alone this time, Rob and Guy link FAQ About Time Travel to mid-noughties cult sitcom The Smoking Room, as both share a director, Gareth Carrivick. The two are stylistically similar, with a bottle-episode feel. The Smoking Room ran for two series on BBC Three and featured some of the most lauded comic actors around, including Robert Webb and Jeremy Swift, as well as giving a fresh showcase to classic sitcom stars like Paula Wilcox.


    So join us as we jump back a decade from Fighting with My Family and do a conga in the toilet to “Total Eclipse of the Heart”!


    Anna Faris in Just Friends

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOV48dDK0aw


    Drop It Like Its Close to Me

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsIVMAsQPL4


    Dame Edna on Cilla Black (This was meant for this ep, but I put it on the last one!)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmLaIrjjS_I


    Bjork - Bachelerotte

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNJv-Ebi67I


    Allstars - Land of Make Believe

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2rtK8gyhrs


    The Smoking Room - SE1 Ep1

    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0F8A0065462CF0DB


    The Smoking Room - Barry’s Crossword

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF4k72uUf2k


    Johnny Briggs Theme

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq212jZi1yk


    Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel - Trailer

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBV340x3GcA


    Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel - Morrissey

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOr28eNTw_Q

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    1 ora e 23 min
  • S07 E01 - Fighting with My Family (w/ Ben Baker)

    S07 E01 - Fighting with My Family (w/ Ben Baker)
    Oct 13 2026

    We’re into our SEVENTH SERIES! It is hard to believe we’ve made it this far, but just as well, really, given the number of films we're still yet to cover. We begin this series with the heartwarming tale of a family, some with dodgy pasts, but all with a lovable lust for life.


    The fighting Knights from Norfolk were the subject of a 2011 Channel 4 documentary when son Zak and daughter Saraya were on the cusp of hitting the big time as wrestlers, hoping to join the promised land of WWE. One made it; the other did not.


    This documentary inspired arguably the most famous wrestler of all time, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, to retell the tale. Armed with the clout of WWE backing, a cast of BritCom stars, up-and-coming acting starlets, and already-legendary TV comedy writer/director Stephen Merchant, he hoped to transfer this real-life story to the big screen.

    The last time we heard from Merchant on this podcast, things were beginning to become considerably less rosy with longtime collaborator Ricky Gervais, after their venture into the coming-of-age com Cemetery Junction was met with the lukest of lukewarm receptions in 2010. We pick up their tale again with their last TV stand as a partnership: the Warwick Davis vehicle Life’s Too Short, also from 2011.


    Joining Rob and Guy for this one, all the way from The House of Splain, is confessed wrestling fan and Gervais... anti-fan Ben Baker. He helps our hosts make a bit more sense of the wrestling aspect of Fighting with My Family, which is the first film ever to be covered on BritCom Goes to the Movies that was adapted from a documentary.


    We’ve had plenty of fun dissecting Mindhorn and Smashie and Nicey with fellow ’Splainer Ricardo Autobahn, so it seemed only fair to give his podcasting other half a crack at the whip!


    Gervais, Merchant and Davis as Gervais, Crouch and Rooney

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDH8RKhwCkc

    Life’s Too Short - Bookcase slapstick

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OJiB2BGaoc

    Jack Lowden Irn Bru ad

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5ocaypgRHM

    Dame Edna Cilla Black

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmLaIrjjS_I

    The Wrestlers: Fighting With My Family - Full Documentary

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2dlO_e_HhU&t=20s

    Fighting With My Family Trailer

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqF3VTv0cqU

    Fighting With My Family - My Dream Too

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_PPRNXd5yk

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    1 ora e 45 min
  • Director's Commentary (w/ Alison Dennison & Nina Buckley)

    Director's Commentary (w/ Alison Dennison & Nina Buckley)
    Sep 17 2026
    Finding funny stuff on ITV since the turn of the century has been an arduous task. So it was quite the surprise to the 19-year-old Rob and Guy that late night on a Wednesday, one of the new darlings of British comedy, Rob Brydon, could be found as alter ego Peter De Lane performing fake director’s commentary on such classic Granada TV shows as Flambards, Only When I Laugh, and Mr and Mrs! As well as, for some reason, the classic US western TV show Bonanza, for which Brydon’s production company owned the rights to 32 episodes. This is a forgotten Brydon Classic. Shortly after the success of Marion and Geoff and Human Remains, the BBC turned down the opportunity for Brydon’s latest venture with collaborator Paul Duddridge, so their loss was Granada’s gain, and it would serve the dual purpose of giving ITV a comedy vehicle with the man everyone wanted a piece of as well as reminding audiences of some of their back catalogue.So for our second Rob Brydon-related round table episode, we’ve enlisted the help of two of our favourite former guests to make up a classic De Lane Four. Alison Dennison and Nina Buckley returned to discuss their love (in one case) and disdain (in the other) for a show that neither had previously remembered.Join the four of us for a deep dive into the world of Peter De Lane, Denny Hall and Lord Cheggers of Oddbins, and we’ll also discuss our favourite real-life director's commentaries and lots more to boot. Thanks as always to our payingest Patreon, Andrew Greenwood!Eurovision 1977 - Stewart Morris Talkbackhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTgCLfYdRo4Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, Jessica Hynes and Quentin Tarantino director’s commentary on Spacedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWOQH76BZbQMike Scully calls John Schwartzwelder on the Simpsons commentaryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAWE0Kjn8ac&t=1sDirector’s Commentary - The Duchess of Duke Streethttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXVB_tW_KXQDirector’s Commentary - Flambardshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_Df03uATMMGrace Jones at the Golden Jubileehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIicwZrkEhY&list=RDkIicwZrkEhY&start_radio=1The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand De Burgoshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v37TG6uG3c Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 ora e 12 min
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