Hello and welcome to a hesitantly hopeful episode of The Popcorn Bucket Podcast!

As is dictated on the ancient Tablet of Podcast Prophecy, we spend the first month of a new calendar year getting all excited an' that for whatever exciting treats the fresh 365 days have to offer.

There's chat about forthcoming TV that has us on tenterhooks, books that have us breathless, games that have us going gaga and, of course, films that have us frothing at the mouth.

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With thanks as always to Laurence Owen of Long Cat Media for the theme music!