Bigmouth

It’s a legend-heavy podcast this week as we welcome **TERRY HALL of The Specials** to talk about the rebirth of every rude boy and girl’s favourite band – and music press and TV comedy giant DAVID QUANTICK of _The Day Today_ and _Veep fame_.  On the agenda: Is Ricky Gervais’s new Netflix comedy **AFTER LIFE** brave, bold, funny… or just obnoxious egotism? And do we prefer **DERRY GIRLS**, TV’s premier all-girl comedy based on religious sectarianism, the threat of terrorism and Take That? Plus we get on the analyst’s couch with London hip hop debutant **DAVE** – that’s his name, how hip hop is that? – to unpick his debut album ‘Psychotherapy’. All this and more we bring to you.  Produced and presented by Andrew Harrison and Siân Pattenden. Studio production by Sophie Black. **Bigmouth is a Podmasters production. ** Get every episode of BIGMOUTH a day early, plus the famous EXTRA BIT, when you [back us](https://www.patreon.com/BigmouthPodcast) on the crowdfunding platform Patreon.

This week, the immensely sad death by suicide of **KEITH FLINT**, The Prodigy’s magnificent monster of the id. We salute a self-made superstar and explore what made him so loved across the spectrum from ravers to rockers and beyond. Plus: **CAPTAIN MARVEL** – does Brie Larsen’s super-debut as Earth’s Mightiest Hero live up to its billing? And whose make-up works best, de-aged Samuel L “Nick Fury” Jackson or green-faced Ben “Skrull leader” Mendelsohn? **FLEABAG** – the worst-behaved woman in London is back for a second series. How will Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s leftfield comedy smash develop now it’s in the spotlight? And **SPARKS**’s discotronic classic ‘No.1 In Heaven’ is back in a 40th anniversary edition. Just how modern does it sound? Spoiler: very. Joining us this week to sort it all out are film journalist LINDA MARRIC and debonair man-about-the-Internet MICHAEL MORAN.  Produced and presented by Andrew Harrison and Siân Pattenden. Studio production by Alex Rees. **Bigmouth is a Podmasters production**.  Get every episode of BIGMOUTH a day early, plus the famous EXTRA BIT, when you back us on the [crowdfunding platform Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/BigmouthPodcast).

This week we scale the north face of Chatmandu with pop journo HANNAH VERDIER and pop-obsessed illustrator NADIA SHIREEN, both veterans of the sainted Smash Hits Academy of Excellence. What does our panel make of the return of **ALAN PARTRIDGE**, and will it make Andrew dial down his Piers Morganisms on the Bigmouth settee? Also: Can **SLEAFORD MODS** come to terms with the Big Time i.e. having a house with more than one bedroom? We delve into new album ‘Eton Alive’. And we missed the groundbreaking “woke horror” movie **GET OUT** when it first appeared, but it’s now on Netflix so that’s a good excuse to talk about it. And it’s farewell to episode numbers in the show title because Apple Podcasts have decided they don’t like them. What are you going to do, eh? Produced and presented by Andrew Harrison and Siân Pattenden (pictured above). Studio production by Sophie Black. **Bigmouth is a Podmasters production. ** Get every episode of BIGMOUTH a day early, plus the famous EXTRA BIT, when you [back us](https://www.patreon.com/BigmouthPodcast) on the crowdfunding platform Patreon.

This week we’re joined by Quietus co-founder JOHN DORAN and film writer LINDA MARRIC to pan for more pop culture gold among the gravel and bottle tops. RUSSIAN DOLL on Netflix: what’s the metaphysical subtext of TV’s funniest drinking, drugging and dying comedy? SHAUN RYDER’S LYRICS are finally collected in book form – is he the WB Yeats of Madchester as Tony Wilson claimed all those years ago? Who does Linda fancy for an Oscar? And loads of music too.   Produced and presented by Andrew Harrison and Siân Pattenden. Studio production by Alex Rees. **Bigmouth is a Podmasters production. ** Get every episode of BIGMOUTH a day early, plus the famous EXTRA BIT, when you back us on the [crowdfunding platform Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/BigmouthPodcast).

On this week’s podcast, **ALAAARM!** We talk over the stunning re-Boot of sub-sea nerve-wrangler **DAS BOOT** with our guests, Quietus co-founder **LUKE TURNER** (left) and pop culture journo **MARK HOOPER** (right). Does the story of a different U-boat match up to the original and where does it fit into Brexit Britain’s TV schedule? Plus: Luke Turner talks about his remarkable book ‘**Out Of The Woods**’, where self-doubt, masculinity, sexuality, Suede and Throbbing Gristle come together in the mysterious depths of Epping Forest. What did we make of the latest and possibly last David Bowie documentary, **Finding Fame**? The new album from severe electronic Scouse-Scots Hungarian electroids **Ladytron**. And much, much more.  Produced and presented by Andrew Harrison and Siân Pattenden. Studio production by Sophie Black. **Bigmouth is a Podmasters production. ** Get every episode of BIGMOUTH a day early, plus the famous EXTRA BIT, when you back us on the crowdfunding platform [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/BigmouthPodcast).

On this week’s high-end pop culture hootenanny, we’re joined by music business journo EAMONN FORDE – who fills us in on the cautionary tale that is his new book **‘The Final Days Of EMI: Selling The Pig’** – plus The Times’ rock and pop critic WILL HODGKINSON. On the agenda: Jake Gyllenhaal in art scene gorefest **‘Velvet Buzzsaw‘**, the return of Paddy MacAloon’s orchestral masterpiece **‘I Trawl The Megahertz’**, new tunes from our guests, and loads more. Listen up or feel like you’re outside the Velvet Rope forever. Produced and presented by Andrew Harrison and Siân Pattenden. Studio production by Alex Rees. **Bigmouth is a Podmasters production. **

It’s a rather more stylish Bigmouth than usual as GQ magazine editor DYLAN JONES joins us for this week’s pop culture dégustation along with SOPHIE HARRIS of Mojo, Time Out and… yoga? On the menu this week: Can HBO/BBC4 documentary ‘**The Defiant Ones**’ make compelling drama from the parallel rise of Dr Dre and Jimmy Iovine? Psychedelic backwoodsmen **Mercury Rev** take on **Bobbie Gentry**’s country-soul classic ‘The Delta Sweete’ with an army of five-star female vocalists. And weren’t **Buzzcocks** just FANTASTIC? Produced and presented by Andrew Harrison and Siân Pattenden. Studio production by Alex Rees. **Bigmouth is a Podmasters production. **

“It’s not fraud, it’s just false advertising!” Special guests and major influencers **AL****EXIS PETRIDIS** of The Guardian and **LUCY O’BRIEN**, author of ‘Madonna: Like An Icon’, join regulars Siân and Andrew on a microlite to misery as we gaze in disbelief at not one but BOTH **Fyre Festival** documentaries. What were the best bits, what did we learn about “millennials” and is there enough Evian in the world to douse this Bonfire Of The Inanities? Hey, dig our on-brand orange tile…  PLUS It’s la recherche de Fred Perrys perdu with new albums from **The Specials** – their first in 37 years – and the faction of **The Beat** that includes Ranking Roger. And we FEEL THE NOIZE on a new 60-track compilation of ultra-obscure glam rock from the actual real-life 1970s, ‘**All The Young Droogs**’.  Produced and presented by Andrew Harrison and Siân Pattenden. Studio production by Alex Rees. **Bigmouth is a Podmasters production. **

Have Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly brought back the real Laurel & Hardy, and how many hankies should you take to **‘Stan & Ollie’**? Why is **Trevor Horn** reinventing the 80s if they weren’t broken in the first place? And former Beta Band man **Steve Mason** says his fourth album ‘About The Light’ is his first proper record – is he right?  Seasoned journos **Ian Harrison** of Mojo magazine and **Michael Hogan** of the Guardian and Telegraph join Siân and Andrew to push the piano of pop culture up the metaphorical staircase of criticism. Will it come clattering down and smash to bits? There’s only one way to find out.  Produced and presented by Andrew Harrison and Siân Pattenden. Studio production by Sophie Black. **Bigmouth is a Podmasters production.**

What do the letters H.O.M.E. mean to you? We’re joined in Conversation Corner by guests **Ralph Moore** of dance bible Mixmag and **Anthony Teasdale** – terrace style guru and Balearic soothsayer – to discuss the movie that made everyone’s Christmas, ‘**Bros: After The Screaming Stops**’. Plus: can we mourn **HMV** if we didn’t spend enough money there? New Order’s fluorescent classic ‘**Technique**’ is a whole 30 years old. And an unusually ravey selection of tunes from our guests.  Produced and presented by Andrew Harrison and Siân Pattenden. Studio production by Alex Rees. **Bigmouth is a Podmasters production.**

In our second End of Year special, guests MIRANDA SAWYER and EAMONN FORDE tell us their favourite records, telly, films and other stuff of 2018 – and Andrew gets to make his choices too. Who liked lesbionic romantic disaster **SALLY4EVER**? What did the panel make of the new **DOCTOR WHO**? And who was the most appalling monster on TV? Plus music from **Christine & The Queens, Shame, Suede, Half Man Half Biscuit** and **Dave** – just Dave. It’s all you need for the long dark winter evenings.  Produced and presented by Andrew Harrison and Siân Pattenden. Studio production by Sophie Black. **Bigmouth is a Podmasters production. **

The 1975! The Lemon Twigs! Anna Calvi! That fantastic Jeremy Thorpe dramatisation from the BBC! And some films, telly and music you might not have heard of too! It’s the first of our ‘Favourites of 2018’ shows. **MICHAEL HANN** of The Guardian and FT and **ANDREW MUELLER** (once Melody Maker, now Monocle and you can’t say that about everyone) join Andrew and Siân to choose the best of the year. Plus: how do you persuade uptight business-y mags like The Economist and The Spectator to run stories on Cold War Steve and Lawrence from Denim/Go-Kart Mozart?  Help us cover our costs by supporting us on Patreon and get a little extra BIGMOUTH every week too. [Find out more here](https://www.patreon.com/BigmouthPodcast).  Produced and presented by Andrew Harrison and Siân Pattenden. Studio production by Elsie Bath. **Bigmouth is a Podmasters production. **

This week on the pop culture podcast for today’s prancing popinjay: Bassist to the gentry, raconteur and stand-up comic GUY PRATT tells us about life playing with Pink Floyd, Madonna, Robert Palmer and – for about a week – The Smiths. And music journo and author MARTIN ASTON helps us dissect new Netflix ‘Polish noir’ drama 1983 and the surprisingly addictive new jazz album from BRYAN FERRY. (Guy is the soul of tact here – Bryan is his mate of old). Support BIGMOUTH and get a little extra from the podcast every week – [buy us a pint](http://www.patreon.com/BigmouthPodcast) via the crowdfunding platform Patreon.  Produced and presented by Andrew Harrison and Siân Pattenden. Studio production by Alex Rees. **Bigmouth is a Podmasters production. **

They wouldn't let it lie.  Spam! Pants! Soil! Is the all-new Vic n Bob's Big Night Out all we've been expecting from a big night in? The Kominsky Method on Netflix stars Mr Catherine Zeta Jones, Michael Douglas, as ageing acting coach Sandy Kominsky - we ponder this dark, comedic "later life" series.  Plus with new reissues of the three This Mortal Coil albums on 4AD, we listen to Ivo Watts-Russell's ethereal studio collective and debate whether it still packs a punch 27+ years on. And goodbye Nic Roeg, director of Performance, Man Who Fell to Earth, Walkabout and more. Music boffins Rob Fitzpatrick and Hannah Verdier join Siân. Support BIGMOUTH and get a little extra from the podcast every week – buy us a virtual pint via the crowdfunding platform Patreon.  Presented by Siân Pattenden. Studio production by Alex Rees. Bigmouth is a Podmasters production.

Dim the lights! It's the pop culture podcast for the louche lounge dweller. Does the Coen Brother's anthology The Ballad of Buster Scruggs cast a new light on the narrative of the Wild West and the lonesome cowboy? And did anyone recognise Tom Waits? We talk about the Suede documentary The Insatiable Ones - chasing the dragon or gettin' off that thar horse? And yes, it's Brett vs Damon week as we muse upon The Good, The Bad and the Queen, Damon Albarn's supergroup with new Brexit Britain album Merrie England. Ian Gittins from the Guardian, Melody Maker and Telegraph plus Sophie Harris from MOJO, The Guardian and Men’s Health join Siân to chew the cud. Support Bigmouth and get a little extra from the podcast every week – buy us a virtual pint via the crowdfunding platform Patreon. Presented by Siân Pattenden. Studio production by Sophie Black. Bigmouth is a Podmasters production.