Made in England

The Wicked Witch of the West gets to tell her side of the story in the Wizard of Oz prequel, Wicked (2024). Adapted from the hit stage musical, Wicked follows Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda (Ariana Grande) on their journey from Shiz University to the Emerald City. 

Tamiko Dooley, composer lyricist and poet, joins to discuss the film. Tamiko is the creator of Flyology, a new musical. Follow Flyology on Instagram and Tiktok. 

Host: Jack McInroy 

Guest: Tamiko Dooley

Theme music: Harlow Family Group 

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Naked (1993) stars David Thewlis as Johnny, a charming and articulate but vicious misfit, drifting around London on a nocturnal odyssey, colliding with a succession of desperate and dispossessed characters. Mike Leigh’s script is scintillating and it’s arguably his best directorial work too. The film won the best director and best actor prizes at the Cannes Film Festival.

Alonso Ruizpalacios, writer-director of Gueros (2014), Museo (2018), A Cop Movie (2021) and La Cocina (2024), joins to discuss the film. 

Host: Jack McInroy 

Guest: Alonso Ruizpalacios

Theme music: Harlow Family Group 

Films featured on upcoming episodes of Made in England: https://letterboxd.com/saintjackmc/list/made-in-england-upcoming-episodes/ 

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A married man starts an ‘affair’ with two schoolgirls in bawdy Thatcher-era comedy, Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987). Written by Andrea Dunbar based on her own play, directed by Alan Clarke, and starring Siobhan Finneran, Michelle Holmes and George Costigan. 

Film writer Adam Lowes joins to discuss the film. 

Host: Jack McInroy 

Guest: Adam Lowes

Theme music: Harlow Family Group 

Films featured on upcoming episodes of Made in England: https://letterboxd.com/saintjackmc/list/made-in-england-upcoming-episodes/ 

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At 9.30pm on 23rd September 1984, with the Cold War still ongoing, the BBC broadcast nuclear fallout drama Threads. Written by Barry Hines and directed and produced by Mick Jackson, the film went well beyond looking at the effect of a nuclear bomb on buildings and people, it examined, in unrelenting and unflinching detail, what it would do to the very fabric of society. The Cold War may be over, but Threads, which is available to watch on BBC iPlayer, remains as terrifying and horrifying as when it was first shown. 

Illustrator Rebecca Strickson joins to discuss the film. Buy Becky’s work at https://rebeccastrickson.bigcartel.com. 

Host: Jack McInroy 

Guest: Rebecca Strickson

Theme music: Harlow Family Group 

Films featured on upcoming episodes of Made in England: https://letterboxd.com/saintjackmc/list/made-in-england-upcoming-episodes/ 

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Hitmen Jay (Neil Maskell) and Gal (Michael Smiley) take on a new assignment, but what starts as an easy task soon unravels, revealing darker things beneath, in Ben Wheatley’s Kill List (2011). 

Heather Parry, author of Orpheus Builds A Girl and Carrion Crow, joins to discuss the film. Heather writes about film (and other things) at https://heatherparry.substack.com

Host: Jack McInroy 

Guest: Heather Parry

Theme music: Harlow Family Group 

Films featured on upcoming episodes of Made in England: https://letterboxd.com/saintjackmc/list/made-in-england-upcoming-episodes/ 

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Steve Coogan stars as Tony Wilson in Michael Winterbottom’s comedy music biopic about the rise and fall of Factory Records, 24 Hour Party People (2002). 

Writer and editor Paul Wilson (no relation) joins to discuss the film. 

Host: Jack McInroy 

Guest: Paul Wilson

Theme music: Harlow Family Group 

Films featured on upcoming episodes of Made in England: https://letterboxd.com/saintjackmc/list/made-in-england-upcoming-episodes/ 

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Two brothers, Aston (Robert Shaw) and Mick (Alan Bates), take in a tramp (Donald Pleasence) and offer him the role of caretaker in their run down flat, in Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker (1963). 

Barney Farmer, novelist and writer Viz comic strip Drunken Bakers, joins to discuss the film. Barney’s books are available from Wrecking Ball Press: https://wreckingballpress.com/authors/barney-farmer/

Host: Jack McInroy

Guest: Barney Farmer

Theme music: Harlow Family Group 

Films featured on upcoming episodes of Made in England: https://letterboxd.com/saintjackmc/list/made-in-england-upcoming-episodes/

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Brian, a lonely inventor in rural Wales, builds himself a robot out of an old washing machine, but what happens when his companion wants to move on? Brian and Charles (2022) is written by and starring David Earl and Charles Hayward, and directed by Jim Archer. 

Artist Babak Ganjei joins to discuss the film. 

Host: Jack McInroy 

Guest: Babak Ganjei

Theme music: Harlow Family Group 

Films featured on upcoming episodes of Made in England: https://letterboxd.com/saintjackmc/list/made-in-england-upcoming-episodes/ 

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Moviedrome premiered on BBC 2 in May 1988, on a mission to show cult films to counter ‘the abysmal drek that passes for entertainment in contemporary cinema’. The show was hosted by Alex Cox, director of Repo Man and Sid & Nancy, who offered balanced and thoughtful intros to the films. 

A new season at the BFI brings some of Moviedrome’s most popular selections to the big screen and BFI player, with introductions from Alex Cox, producer Nick Freand Jones and others. Alex Cox returns to Made in England to talk about the show, the season and his upcoming film, Dead Souls. 

Host: Jack McInroy 

Guest: Alex Cox

Theme music: Harlow Family Group 

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November 1932: A group of wealthy guests and their servants gather in an English country house for dinner, music, and, inevitably, murder, in Robert Altman’s upstairs-downstairs comedy mystery, Gosford Park (2001). The film was a hit with critics and audiences, becoming Altman’s biggest hit since M*A*S*H, and won several awards, including an Oscar for screenwriter Julian Fellowes. One of the most impressive ensemble casts ever put together, includes Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Kristin Scott Thomas, Bob Balaban, Kelly Macdonald, Clive Owen, Ryan Phillipee, Emily Waton, Alan Bates, Charles Dance, Richard E Grant, Derek Jakobi, and Stephen Fry. 

Crime novelist Nicolás Obregón joins to discuss the film. Nic’s latest book, The Sugar Man (Penguin Michael Joseph), is out now and 

https://obregonbooks.com/ 

You can listen to his podcast, Faceless, here: 

https://linktr.ee/facelesspod

Host: Jack McInroy 

Guest: Nicolás Obregón

Theme music: Harlow Family Group 

Films featured on upcoming episodes of Made in England: https://letterboxd.com/saintjackmc/list/made-in-england-upcoming-episodes/ 

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