Cult Connections

In this bonus series Ian is going to review of the Planet Of The Apes tv series from 1974. We start with the first episode Escape From Tomorrow.

Ian reviews the first season of the 60s sci-fi classic created by Irwin Allen

Ian gives a review of some of the films he has watched recently, what's coming up on the show and why things have been a bit quiet lately.

Ian and Nathan travel to 1066 via 1965 to review a story which changed Doctor 
Who forever!

The Time Meddler (1965). Directed by Douglas Camfield. Written by Dennis Spooner. Starring william Hartnell, Maureen O'Brien, Peter Purves and Peter Butterworth

Ian and Nathan finally kick off 2025 with a round up the festive Doctor Who treats for 2024!

Ian is joined by Mark Plant to discuss the hardhitting and unsettling Spanish cult horror. 

Would You Kill A Child? (1976). Directed by Narciso Ibanez Serrador. Written by Serrador and Juan Jose Plans. Starring Lewis Fiander and Prunella Ransome.

Ian is joined by Ben Baker to discuss his new book Kiss Your Television, an affectionate, insightful and funny look at favourites and obscurities young and old. Ian and Ben share their passion for, Sapphire and Steel  Tuckers Luck and Cannon and Ball amongst many others!

You can find Kiss Your Television here https://t.co/eKswySk5Ih

Ian finds himself in the Ozverse to review the new release Wicked and goes back to 1925 for a version of the original stry that started it all. 

Wicked (2024) Directed by John M Chu. From the book by Gregory Maguire. Stars Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo

The Wizard of Oz (1925). Directed by Larry Semon. Written by Larry Semon, Leon Lee and Frank Joslyn Baum. Starring Dorothy Dwan, Larry Semon and Oliver Hardy

Ian reaches the finale episode of the flagship BBC drama

Episode 6 - Sweet England's Pride. Directed by Roderick Graham. Written by Ian Rodger. Starring Glenda Jackson and Robin Ellis

Ian is joined by Dr Matt Melia to discuss one of Britain's most prolific, influential and contoversial filmmakers, Ken Russell. On this opening episode we discuss three of his trademark composer biographies as he made the transtion from the small to the big screen. 

Song of Summer (1968). Directed by Ken Russell. From the book by Eric Fenby. Starring Max Adrian, Christopher Gable and Maureen Pryor,

Dance of the Seven Veils (1970). Directed by Ken Russell. Written by Russell and Henry Reed. Starring Christopher Gable, Judith Paris and Kenneth Colley,

The Music Lovers (1971). Directed by Ken Russell. Written by Melvyn Bragg. Starring Richard Chamberlain and Glenda Jackson 

Matt Melia is a senior lecturer in Literature, Film and Media at Kingston University, London. He is the editor of Refocus: The Films of Ken Russell