A sharp, atmospheric rundown of the week’s most essential viewing — from Glazer’s chilling Zone of Interest to the industrial fire of Boomtown and the blockbuster soul of T2. Your cultural roadmap, distilled into one compelling listen.
Listen now and read the full edition of Culture Vulture here:
https://countercultureuk.com/2026/01/23/culture-vulture-24-january-30-january-2026
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A new week, a new Culture Vulture. From political flashpoints to cult cinema, from grief‑struck indie dramas to late‑night oddities, this episode dives into the stories shaping screens big and small between 17–23 January.
This week’s Culture Vulture moves through symbols, subcultures, hauntings, and quiet acts of resistance. Joanna Hogg, David Lynch, Palestine Action, Rocky Horror, The G, Kindling, and more — all unpacked with the usual mix of atmosphere, analysis, and late‑night curiosity.
Full edition here: https://countercultureuk.com/2026/01/16/culture-vulture-17-23-january-2026/

A five‑minute dive into the outsiders, iconoclasts and creative rebels shaping the week's entertainment. Welcome to the Culture Vulture guide for 10–16 January 2026 — written by Pat Harrington and voiced by Ryan.
This week’s Culture Vulture podcast explores the films and ideas that challenge conformity and celebrate those who push back against the worlds they inhabit. Pat Harrington guides listeners through a selection of bold, unsettling and thought‑provoking works — from genre‑bending cinema to morally tangled storytelling — all united by a spirit of resistance and reinvention.
You can read the full edition at: https://countercultureuk.com/2026/01/09/culture-vulture-10-16-january-2026

A ten‑minute guide to the week’s most compelling TV — from Bowie’s final experiments to Watkins’ radical Culloden, via westerns, wellness scams, and the quiet dignity of Eddie the Eagle. Settle in and let the week unfold.
This week’s full written review with far more selections is available on the Counter Culture website:
https://countercultureuk.com/2026/01/03/culture-vulture-3rd-to-the-9th-of-january-2026/
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Curated by Pat Harrington | Original music in our video edition by Tim Bragg

Welcome to Culture Vulture, your guid to the week's entertainment from an alternative standpoint. This week’s viewing offers a powerful mix of historical reflection, contemporary drama, and late-night provocation. From early Powell and Pressburger to post-financial crash San Francisco, we witness questions of identity, morality, and social fabric play out on screen. Pat Harrington’s selections lean into stories of disruption and transformation, whether through criminal underworlds, bureaucratic absurdities, or simple human loneliness.

A full transcript is available here: https://countercultureuk.com/2025/06/07/culture-vulture-7th-13th-of-june-2025/

Selections and commentary by Pat Harrington | Music by Tim Bragg

As spring air stirs this week’s cultural offerings invite reflection, revelation — and the occasional revolution. Television and streaming cover a wide range of genres, from sci-fi and ska to true crime and torch songs. They deliver stories that challenge, charm, and cut deep.

This week’s guide is curated by Pat Harrington. Music is provided by Tim Bragg. It picks out standout offerings across British TV and streaming platforms from an alternative viewpoint. You might be settling in with a brew. Maybe you're catching up on-demand. There’s something here for the curious. It's perfect for the bold and the discerning.

This week’s top highlights:

• Doctor Who returns with a stylish regeneration and a fresh Doctor.
• Ute Lemper resurrects Weimar Berlin in an unforgettable late-night cabaret.
• The Hunt delivers taut moral suspense in one of the week’s most powerful film broadcasts.

Full transcript here

Culture Vulture 5th to the 11th of April 2025

Selections and writing by Pat Harrington | Music by Tim Bragg

This week’s curated list spans eras, genres, and continents. Each title is chosen for its resonance with the social, political, and emotional undercurrents shaping our world today. The quiet radicalism of Hobson’s Choice is thought-provoking. The relentless pressures laid bare in Boiling Point are compelling. The films and programmes here are both stimulating and enjoyable.

We move from the richly nostalgic surfaces of Hello, Dolly! to the dystopian disorientation of Total Recall, where the illusion of choice is anything but harmless. Meanwhile, Dead Calm reveals psychological fractures under extreme conditions. Donnie Brasco also highlights these fractures. They invite us to question appearances, allegiances, and identity itself.

Elsewhere, stories like The Cruel Sea and Radical remind us of the human toll of war and inequality. Documentaries such as Are You Autistic? and Jack the Ripper: Written in Blood challenge cultural assumptions and offer fresh perspectives on visibility, justice, and memory.

Every programme has been selected by Pat Harrington with an eye for cultural depth and contemporary relevance. The accompanying music is composed and performed by Tim Bragg.

The films, series, and documentaries featured this week invite us to look more closely. We are encouraged to examine not just the screen but the systems and stories that shape our lives. This is culture not as escape, but as a mirror, a question, and, sometimes, a quiet call to action.

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Explore this week’s Culture Vulture (March 22–28, 2025)—a curated collection of thought-provoking films, documentaries, and TV programmes. Dive into themes of justice, identity, and resistance across genres like noir, Westerns, and contemporary storytelling. Perfect for entertainment lovers seeking cultural depth.

A full transcript is here