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This week on the podcast, Roger Crow welcomes back Spitting Image legend, master puppeteer, and vocal chameleon Steve Nallon, who’s stepping out from behind the latex to dive into something even more unexpected… ghost stories.

In this wonderfully witty conversation, Steve talks about his new book, Steve Nallon’s Ghost Stories—a collection that blends eerie imagination with his trademark theatrical flair. Expect spine-tingling inspirations from his life in performance.

If you love comedy, storytelling, the supernatural, or simply hearing from one of Britain’s most distinctive voices, this is an episode you won’t want to miss.

🎧 Tune in now—before the ghosts do.

Steve Nallon's Ghost Stories: Twelve Spooky Tales of Supernatural Strangeness and Weirdly Wonderful Goings On https://amzn.eu/d/bQpELbc

music: Northern Velvet.

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It’s that time of year again when the masses descend on theatre land for a good laugh, but what makes a good panto? Roger Crow chats with Brendan Cole, Corrie legend Sue Cleaver, and comedy titan Paul Chuckle.

Sue and Paul can be seen in Beauty and the Beast at Hull New Theatre from December 10-31, 2025. Oh yes they can.

https://www.hulltheatres.co.uk/theatre-events/beauty-and-the-beast

Intro: Dexy’s Midnight Runners (obviously).

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Steve Nallon is a vocal chameleon and master puppeteer whose performances blend razor-sharp wit with uncanny mimicry. Best known for his iconic turn as Margaret Thatcher on Spitting Image, Nallon brings characters to life with a magician’s precision—whether through voice, movement, or mischievous satire. His talents stretch from stage to screen, animation to audiobook, delivering performances that are as clever as they are captivating. A natural storyteller with a performer’s spark, Steve Nallon turns imitation into an art form and puppetry into pure theatrical delight, always surprising audiences with his inventive, shape-shifting creativity.

Music by Northern Velvet, and Jake Thackray.

You can buy

Steve Nallon's Ghost Stories: Twelve Spooky Tales of Supernatural Strangeness and Weirdly Wonderful Goings On

on Amazon and reputable book dealers. More of which in Nostalgiahhh 22.

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If you’ve seen Bros: After the Screaming Stops, one of my favourite documentaries of the past 20 years, you’ll know that at one point, Bros were one of the biggest bands in the world. Certainly in Blighty, where they attracted Beatles or Take That-levels of fandom. I was never a fan back in the day, though I liked their iconic bangers. Hard to avoid them as in the late eighties, Matt and Luke Goss were everywhere, their faces adorning countless magazines and merch. 

What was really interesting was what happened after the band’s brightest moments of chart stardom. I was fascinated that Luke went off and became one of the hardest working actors in Hollywood, and if Guillermo del Toro loves an actor like Luke, all the more reason to praise him where it was due. And the fact Matt had 11 years in Las Vegas is extraordinary. Some acts would have trouble holding down a residency for 11 days, so when the chance came to see him live, it was a no-brainer. 

Give me The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra with any artist and I’m a happy camper, and that big band sound is phenomenal. And boy does Matt deliver on the promises he made. 

This is our chat from before that gig in April 2023, and it turned out to be one of the most interesting and honest interviews I’ve had in 30+ years.

Thanks to Matt for his time.

To find out more, go to https://mattgoss.la/

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Welcome to another edition of Nostalgiahhh, and what a treat to chat to an actress who has starred in some of the greatest projects of the last 30 years, including The Fast Show, and The Trip/The Trip to Italy. 

Now she’s an acclaimed producer, and has attracted white-hot talent like Rufus Sewell, Pedro Pascal and Walton Goggins for her latest project. 

So, drum roll please…

Roger Crow talks to producer Rosie Fellner about her new film, THE UNINVITED, which is now streaming via https://theuninvited.movie/

Music is provided by the magnificent Northern Velvet. https://www.northernvelvet.co.uk/

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Nostalgiahhh 18

Welcome to another helping of chat, trivia, tunes and movie-related shenanigans from a guy dubbed by BBC Radio Kent: “Roger Crow - the man in the know”. 

(Still not sure why they used the Bergerac theme for three years as an intro to my weekly TV breakdown, but happy days regardless). 

Back to the present, and in the concluding part of a chat with ILM veteran Mark Siegel, he talks about some of his most memorable film projects, including Star Trek: The Motion Picture and David Lynch’s Dune, and how his hand wound up on a US postage stamp. 

Mark can also be seen in a film by insanely talented siblings Claire and Anthony Bueno. In Nostalgiahhh 18, they discuss their book and documentary Cleanin’ Up the Town, essential assessments of the making of the original Ghostbusters, and a must for fans of the greatest supernatural comedy saga ever made. 

Here's the Bueno Productions website, if you want to learn more.

https://buenoproductions.com

An online Watch Party of Cleanin' Up the Town, a screening of the film with commentary by the filmmakers, including a preview of new project Too Hot to Handle: Remembering Ghostbusters II, takes place on Saturday 29th November 2025 at 7.30pm GMT. 

The book, Cleanin' Up the Town, can be found at 

https://buenoproductions.com/product/cleanin-up-the-town-remembering-ghostbusters-book-copy/

And is also available on Amazon (the popular online ‘bookstore’ - you may have heard of it). 

Your host also welcomes you to the jungle for a look back on the making of the original Predator. The full version by Roger Crow can be found in Infinity magazine. 

https://infinitymagazine.co.uk/product/infinity-89-hunting-the-predator/

Thanks as always to Northern Velvet for the music. https://www.northernvelvet.co.uk/

Garage Band audio noodlings by Roger Crow

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Welcome to another helping of chat, trivia, tunes and movie-related shenanigans from a guy dubbed by BBC Radio Kent: “Roger Crow - the man in the know”. 

(Still not sure why they used the Bergerac theme for three years as an intro to my weekly TV breakdown, but happy days regardless). 

Back to the present, and in the concluding part of a chat with ILM veteran Mark Siegel, he talks about some of his most memorable film projects, including Star Trek: The Motion Picture and David Lynch’s Dune, and how his hand wound up on a US postage stamp. 

Mark can also be seen in a film by insanely talented siblings Claire and Anthony Bueno. In Nostalgiahhh 18, they discuss their book and documentary Cleanin’ Up the Town, essential assessments of the making of the original Ghostbusters, and a must for fans of the greatest supernatural comedy saga ever made. 

Here's the Bueno Productions website, if you want to learn more.

https://buenoproductions.com

An online Watch Party of Cleanin' Up the Town, a screening of the film with commentary by the filmmakers, including a preview of new project Too Hot to Handle: Remembering Ghostbusters II, takes place on Saturday 29th November 2025 at 7.30pm GMT. 

The book, Cleanin' Up the Town, can be found at 

https://buenoproductions.com/product/cleanin-up-the-town-remembering-ghostbusters-book-copy/

And is also available on Amazon (the popular online ‘bookstore’ - you may have heard of it). 

Your host also welcomes you to the jungle for a look back on the making of the original Predator. The full version by Roger Crow can be found in Infinity magazine. 

https://infinitymagazine.co.uk/product/infinity-89-hunting-the-predator/

Thanks as always to Northern Velvet for the music. https://www.northernvelvet.co.uk/

Garage Band audio noodlings by Roger Crow

Soulfinger by the Bar-Kays; I Want a New Drug by Huey Lewis and the News, and the Ghostbusters soundtrack can be bought from all reputable music outlets.

The films Ghostbusters and Neighbors can be bought from the usual outlets.

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Park Avenue co-writer director Gabby Dellal talks about that new movie, working on Netflix smash You, and her next projects.

Actress Judy Matheson discusses her amazing career, from rep, to Hammer to Crossroads and working with John Sullivan and The Professionals.

In the first of a two-part chat, ILM veteran Mark Siegel discusses his incredible career.

California Dreaming cover provided by Northern Velvet. https://www.northernvelvet.co.uk/

You can see Richard Osman’s House of Games every weekday night at 6pm on BBC Two, for the rest of your life, allegedly.

Judy Matheson will be guesting at Darkfest on November 22. https://thedarksidemagazine.com/product/darkfest-8/

PARK AVENUE is in UK & Irish cinemas 14th November parkavenuemovie.com

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From The Pink Panther saga, and 1970s disaster movies to part two of an exclusive chat with Men Without Hats’ Ivan, Doroschuk, there’s more eclectic nostalgic goodness here than a root through your mind attic.

Adam Buxton’s chat with Thomas Dolby can be found here. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-adam-buxton-podcast/id1040481893?i=1000396896059

Henry Mancini’s Pink Panther score can be purchased from iTunes and other good music outlets, as can The Last of the Mohicans score, featuring Clannad’s I Will Find You. You can also buy the Airport movies and Beyond the Poseidon Adventure from the same site should you want to.

And yes, you can also buy Men Without Hats’ new album, On the Moon, from the same site. There is no known cure for I Love the 80s. Once it’s in your head, that’s it.

https://www.northernvelvet.co.uk/ for more info about that fabulous band.

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