Our mini Kingsley Amis season concludes with a look at three movie adaptations of his work; one underwhelming, one whelming, and one very much overwhelming...

Lucky Jim (1957)

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Going, going, gone? The Conservative parliamentary party's love affair with Boris Johnson has definitely soured, but is he really gone for good this time? And what's the truth behind Nadine Dorries' decision to not-resign with immediate effect?

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The first Sarah Jane Adventure to come out of the proverbial hat is the very first one, Invasion of the Bane. But how will it look sixteen years on?

Invasion of the Bane

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Our thoughts on the third and final season of Ted Lasso, plus a prediction about its future...

Ted Lasso

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Boris is gone again ... but what was he thinking?

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Ahead of next week's Film Club episode, a conversation about the author, his work and his politics

Kingsley Amis

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In order to fully appreciate this review-that-isn't-a-review, it will help if you haven't seen the film in question - and it will help even more if you've never even heard of it. For this edition of the podcast takes the form of a warning - and a warning that will not be heeded at that.

Tales of an Ancient Empire

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It's back to 1974 and ITV's Haunted anthology this time, for an adaptation of Kingsley Amis' spooky ghost story The Ferryman. Can a young Sherlock Holmes save the day...?

The Ferryman at imdb

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You may not have noticed, but Adam Driver is fighting dinosaurs in downtown Cretaceous this year, in a film thrillingly called 65. Here's what we thought!

65

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Warning: Matt doesn't care whether you're spoiled for the story or not, so freely reveals a huge plot twist without warning during the course of our conversation

Second warning: unfortunately we lost one of our audio tracks during the recording of this episode, so there are some issues with the sound quality which unfortunately probably won't raise your enjoyment of our discussion too much

We all know the iconic John Barry theme, but is there more to The Ipcress File than the music?

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