Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky

Episode 18: Annie Hall (1977) recorded live at the London Podcast Festival.

Released 26 September 2018. Rereleased 12 October 2025.

For this episode – which we are re-running in honour of Diane Keaton – we watched Annie Hall, written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman and directed by Allen, who also starred alongside Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane and Paul Simon.

The film won four Academy Awards including Best Actress for Diane Keaton and Best Screenplay for Allen and Brickman.

• Star Wars Despecialized https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGrXO2RDzLg&vl=en
• Kathy Griffin's Woody Allen story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i62GcGDgI4

Thanks to Zoe, Sally and everyone at the London Podcast Festival for making this happen.

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