In this episode, Mark Kermode and Jack Howard rank the eight Mission: Impossible films in order of preference, and talk about everything from Tom's tumbles to theme tunes. Part two of their conversation is uploaded next week.

Films and people mentioned in the two episodes are:

Mission: Impossible (1996) 

Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) 

Mission: Impossible III (2006) 

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011) 

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015) 

Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) 

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) 

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) 

Limp Bizkit

Lalo Schiffrin

Mike Oldfield

Nick Hornby

John Wu

Secrets of Cinema

Kim Newman

Nick Jones

Wallace & Gromit

Oceans 11

Brian de Palma

JJ Abrams

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Tom Cruise – action movie Jesus

Eddie Hamilton

Simon Pegg

Doctor Who

Michael Bay

Ben Bailey Smith

Chris McQuarry

Brad Bird

The Incredibles 

Indiana Jones 

Dark Knight Rises

Michael Giacchino

Paddington

Jurassic Park – Lost World

Joe Kramer

Lorne Balfe

Han Zimmer

Sean Harris

Turandot 

Nessun Dorma

Simon Mayo

Alex Baldwin

Stanley Kubrick

Punch Drunk Love

Henry Cavill

Stone Cold

Brian Bosworth 

Terminator 2

No Time to Die

Ethan Hawke

Julie Delpy 

Top Gun Maverick

Vanessa Kirby

Rebecca Ferguson

Hayley Atwell

James Bond

Face-Off

John Travolta

Nic Cage

Lea Seydoux

Paula Patton 

Ana de Armas

Star Wars

John Boyega

Jon Voight

Vanessa Redgrave

Michelle Monaghan

True Detective

Dune

Buster Keaton

Thandiwe Newton

Sean Connery 

Jason Bourne

Danny Boyle

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This episode was edited by Jack Howard

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