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Benji Gerstein takes a break from his busy schedule to tell us all about his job - including his award-winning work on the smash-hit Netflix show, ‘Baby Reindeer’.

As well as talking us through his process and sharing his advice for newcomers, Benji also gives us the inside story of his big night at the Emmys!

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Luis Felber, aka Attawalpa, joins us this week to talk all things music, as well as the many other roles he had in making the hit new Netflix comedy, 'Too Much,' starring Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe.

Not only did Luis co-create the show with his wife, Lena Dunham ('Girls,' 'Sharp Stick'), but he was also the Co-Writer, Producer and Composer.

In this episode, we find out how Luis came to wear so many hats, and what it was like to put his own music in an already very personal story, inspired by his and Lena's own relationship.

Featuring the tracks 'True Love Trajectory,' 'No Limitations' and 'Always The Girls' by Attawalpa.

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As a former detective and a former resident of Edinburgh, respectively, we jumped at the chance to sit down with the Writer and Director of the new Netflix crime drama 'Dept. Q' for our first ever in-person interview.

In this episode, we chat with Scott Frank about filming in Scotland and mastering the local slang, his research into real life detectives (and how it's illegal to make a police show without a crime board), and which department he'd have worked on had he not been in charge of the whole thing.

And in another first, you can watch the full interview on YouTube!

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In our first ever emergency episode, we unpick Donald Trump's 'tweet-bomb' from last week in which he announced a 100% tariff on all movies made in "foreign lands."

This left a lot of us asking what this announcement might mean for the film industry in the UK and the US, so in this episode we try to make sense of the madness with the help of some experts on both sides of the Atlantic.

We're joined by Production Designer and former chair of the British Film Designers Guild, Blair Barnette, and former President of the US Art Directors Guild, Thomas Walsh, who give us their take on the situation and answer some of your questions about it.

LINKS:

BFDG www.britishfilmdesigners.com

ADG www.adg.org

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Talk about ‘Severance’ on your podcast enough and you might just get invited to a screening Q&A. That’s what happened to us anyway when we got to go to the season finale event at Everyman Cinemas in London and mingle with the cast and crew.

To kick off Season 5 we're finally fulfilling our dream of becoming a 'Severance' podcast, for one episode at least, by debriefing the latest season, revealing what goes on at these swanky showbiz events, and telling you all about our chats with Ben Stiller and Adam Scott.

Needless to say; SPOILERS AHEAD!

Big thanks to:

DDA Global

Apple TV+

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Join us for our first social event:

Unbarred Brewery, Brighton

Thursday 10th April

8pm

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'Tis the season finale, so our now traditional Pod Quiz is back with a festive twist!

Once again, we’ve spared all expense to make fancy dress costumes (this time as the Wet Bandits themselves, Harry and Marv) for our end-of-season Christmas party.

Join us for a special episode stuffed with the best bits from the past 10 weeks as Laura get’s grilled on what she remembers about the guests, and some bonus 'Home Alone' trivia for good measure. 

Spoiler: she’s more forgetful than Kevin’s mum.

So, grab a beverage and fill yourself with holiday spirit (we do, so you won’t be alone), because just like the socks you’re gonna get from your nan, we’re wrapped.

Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals. 

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Let’s prepare for Paddington!

Laura has returned from digging in the credits of ‘Paddington in Peru,’ having successfully unearthed the Production Designer, Andy Kelly, and the famous bear’s biggest fans have turned out in force to ask him about the movie. 

Standby for cuteness as the kids put their questions to Andy, and we find out the answers to very important things like what happened to Paddington’s magical coin, and who is his favourite Paddington baddie?

Andy spills the marmalade on his own adventures designing the film, including trekking into restricted parts of Peru and having to get to know our sandwich-loving friend better than anyone else. 

SPOILER ALERT: Andy reveals some of the movie's secrets in this episode, so make sure you've seen it before listening! We don't want to be on the receiving end of any hard stares. 

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Joe Barton is the writer and creator of the brand new festive Netflix spy series, 'Black Doves,' starring Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw.

Steve managed to grab a chat with Joe in between his busy schedule to ask him not only about his work on the show, but also about his job as a writer.

In this episode, Joe takes us into the writer's room to tell us about the team effort of bringing 'Black Doves' from the page to the screen, where he gets his inspiration from, and his advice to aspiring screenwriters on how to get into the industry.

Meanwhile, Laura reveals the identity of the mystery guest she's found from digging in the credits of 'Paddington in Peru'!

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We know a lot of you work in the film industry, or are looking to get into it. We also know that it's been a tough year for film crew due to a seemingly never-ending work drought. So, we thought who better to have on than the chair of the British Film Designers Guild to ask whether this is the new normal, or if things can only get better.

Jonathan Green is a Production Designer with over 35 years experience, and is somewhat of a British institution having designed such iconic quiz shows as, 'QI,' 'Mock the Week,' 'The Chase,' and 'Have I Got News For You.'

He joins us this week to not only tell us what the BFDG is all about and what they do for film creatives, but also to be quizzed himself on what's causing the current slump and when he thinks the situation will finally improve (spoiler: it's good news).

BFDG website:

britishfilmdesigners.com

Jonathan's website:

setdesign.tv

Matthew McConaughey's tuna salad recipe:

theeastcoastkitchen.com/matthew-mcconaugheys-viral-tuna-fish-salad/

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It's finally happening, we're actually going to talk about opening credits on OPENING CREDITS®.

So, if you're one of the few people who have been sorely disappointed that this podcast isn't actually about title sequences, today's your lucky day! We're joined in this episode by William Lebeda, Creative Director at Picturemill, the studio behind some of the most memorable movie and tv show intros, including ‘Panic Room,’ ‘Sonic the Hedgehog,’ and ‘Transformers One.’ 

William, alongside Executive Producer David Midgen, talks us through the process of making the iconic opening credits for 'Succession', and how it was more hands-on than you might think. He also gives his honest opinion on the controversial 'Skip Intro' button (which is changing the game for title design) and tells us about his dream day on set working with everyone's favourite fuzzy friends, The Muppets.

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