Ian is joined by writer and podcaster Oliver Crocker to review three episodes of long running british police drama The Bill.

ITVs The Bill ran for 2,400 episodes broadcast between 1984 and 2010. The show was a huge ratings sucess in its bi-weekly half hour format. Oliver has published two volumes of his Witness Statements books which cover the first four series of the show. The second volume, which features first hand testimony from cast and crew, covers series four. We cover three epsidoes from this series.

Hold Fire (25 August1988). Series 4, ep 12. Directed by Paul Harrison. Written by Barry Appleton.

The Coop (13 October 1988).Series 4, ep 26. Directed by Graham Theakston. Written by Garry Lyons

Personal Imports (8 November 1988). Series 4, ep 33. Directed by Brian Farnham. Written by kevin Clarke

Ian and Maria breakdown episode one of the third season of The Mandalorian.

Ian is joined by Dr Adrian Smith to take a look at three examples of the Peplum genre. While broadly thought of as "Sword and Sandal" films these Italian productions are known for their liberal approach to history, myth and popular folklore.

Hercules (1959). Directed by Pietro Francisci. Starring Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina and Fabrizio Mioni

Samson (1961). Directed by Gianfranco Parolini. Starring Brad Harris, Mara Berni and Serge Gainsbourg

Goliath and the Vampires (1961). Directed by Sergio Corbucci. Starring Gordon Scott, Leonora Ruffo, Jacques Sernas

Ian is joined by Nathan Greenaway to discuss the Sight and Sound poll topping masterpiece

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles. Writen and directed by Chantal Ackerman. Starring Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte

Ian and Maria talk about the upcoming third season of The Madalorian and set out the Bantha Liberation Front manifesto.

Join comrades Ian and Punk as they review the first eight episodes of Star Wars The Bad Batch season two.

Three films were the lead actor is replaced for one film only to return in the next installment! Ian is joined by Patrick O'Riley to discuss The Other Fellas

On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). Directed by Peter R Hunt. Screenplay by Richard Maibaum. Starring George Lazenby, Diana Rigg and Telly Savalas.

Beneath The Planet of the Apes (1970). Directed by Ted Post. Written by Paul Dehn. Starring David Watson, James Franciscus and Kim Hunter

Inspector Clouseau (1968). directed by Bud Yorkin. Written by Frank and Tom Waldman. Starring Alan Arkin, Frank finlay and Beryl Reid

Ian is joined by Nathan Greenaway to pop his 41st century space cherry and review bonkers comic book adaptation Barbarella!

Barbarella (1968) Directed by Roger Vadim. Adapted from Jean Claude Forest's comic book. starring Jane Fonda, David Hemmings, John Philip Law and Anita Pallenberg

Ian is joined by Danielle Pajak to discuss the three screen versions of classic sci-fi novel Solaris.

Solaris was written by Polish author Stanislaw Lem. Lem is considered an important and influential figure of 20th centrury science fiction. Published in 1961 Solaris concerns a team of scientists studying an oceanic lifeform on a distant planet.

The book has been adapted three times for the screen, once for television and twice for the cinema.

Solaris (1968). Directed by Lidiya Ishimbaeva and Boris Niremburg. starring Vasily Lanovoy, Antonia Pilyus, Vladimir Etush and Viktor Zozulin

Solaris (1972). Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. Starring Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis and Juri Jarvet

Solaris (2002). Directed by Steven Soderberg. Starring George Clooney and Natascha McElhone

Ian is joined by academic and writer Dr Adrian Smith and Krimi afficionado Holger Hasse to discuss the work of Edgar Wallace on screen. While a single podcast episode can in no way do justice to the sheer volume of adaptations of his work we cover three very different films that highlight the huge influence Wallace had on screen.

Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was a prolific British writer. With 170 novels and 957 short styories his works have been adapted over 160 times for the big screen. Numerous adaptations for TV have also been produced. He continues to be credited today for his work on King Kong!

The Dark Eyes of London aka The Human Monster (1939). Directed by Walter Summers. Based on the novel The Dark Eyes of London by Edgar Wallace. Starring Bela Lugosi, Hugh Williams and Greta Gynt.

Der Hexer aka The Mysterious Magician (1964). Directed by Alfred Vohrer. From the Edgar Wallace novel The Ringer. Starring Joachim Fuchsberger, Heinz Drache and Sophie Hardy.

Five Golden Dragons (1967). Directed by Jeremy Summers. Based on characters created by Edgar Wallace. Starring Robert Cummings, Margaret Lee, Klaus Kinski and Christopher Lee.

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