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SMERSH POD Royale. A new series of the hit podcast looking at every James Bond film with people who love, hate, or aren't really arsed about them, hosted by John Rain. This podcast is a member of the Great Big Owl family.

  • 1 hour 11 seconds
    A CHRISTMAS STORY with Kate McCabe

    DING DONG MERRILY ON HIGH!


    Welcome to another ChristSMERSH special!


    Happy Christmas Eve to you all!


    Today we’ll be going back to the past to tell the inspirational tale of a stuck tongue, a rifle, and a simple man who really wants a leg lamp in his window - no it’s not the Ed Gein biopic, it’s A Christmas Story.


    Joining me to get a C+ in double dog dares is Kate McCabe.

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    24 December 2025, 12:05 am
  • 1 hour 40 minutes
    LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING with Tom Neenan and Tom Crowley

    Welcome to the final part of our Lord of the Rings specials.


    It’s Christmas! So where better to celebrate than Middle Earth!


    We’ll be looking things up on the web, putting on the Eagles, while also looking for rings down at the riverbank and coming home to a warm Shire.


    Yes, it’s Return of the King.


    And joining me to bow to no one are Tom Neenan and Tom Crowley. 

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    23 December 2025, 12:05 am
  • 1 hour 37 minutes
    LETHAL WEAPON with David Hoare

    Welcome to a Christsmersh Special!


    This week we’ll be bringing back Christmas traditions that have long left us. We’ll be getting a bird down, spending quality time with friends both old and new, feeling depressed, and watching on as an Australian drinks too much and has a big fight on the lawn.


    Yes, it’s Lethal Weapon. 


    Joining me to agree that I am indeed too old for this shit, is David Hoare with an H

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    22 December 2025, 12:05 am
  • 1 hour 8 minutes
    TALES FROM THE CRYPT with Anna Savory

    Ding Dong Merrily on High! Welcome to a ChristSMERSH Special!


    Today we’ll be listening to Christmas lectures and trying to raise our spirits in the cemetery, and much like every Christmas there will be a bit of horrible self reflection, some heartless poetry, a couple of blind alleys, and a big screaming stiff!


    Yes, it’s Tales from the Crypt


    And joining me to look for the Claus in her contract, is a very festive Anna Savory.

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    19 December 2025, 12:05 am
  • 1 hour 54 minutes
    SMERSH HITS: THE PRINCESS BRIDE

    A tribute to the late, great Rob Reiner.


    This week we’ll be looking for true love, lost fathers and six fingers, but enough about those Andre the Giant rumours. 


    Yes, it’s The Princess Bride. 


    Joining me to read a story to a cancelled child, are Tom Neenan and Tom Crowley.

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    17 December 2025, 12:05 am
  • 1 hour 48 minutes
    TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY with Andrew O'Neill

    This week we’ll be running away to join the circus to find out just what these bloody clowns have done with this pesky mole. 


    Yes, it’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy


    And joining me to be Smiley friends with a very slow horse, is Andrew O’Neill. 

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    15 December 2025, 12:05 am
  • 1 hour 1 minute
    ESCAPE TO VICTORY with Paul Whitelaw

    This week we’ll be keeping calm and carrying on as we head back to WW2 in order to lose ourselves in Paris after a Sly game of football with our old foe Jerry.


    Yes, it’s Escape to Victory


    And joining me to get pulled off at half time by a Frenchman is Paul Whitelaw.

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    8 December 2025, 12:05 am
  • 2 hours 9 minutes
    CLUB CLASSICS: BLUES BROTHERS 2000 with Dean Burnett and Dan Thomas

    Recorded February 23rd 2021


    In this, the 30th episode of the Monday Night Movie Club, we returned to the man who first brought us together: Dan Aykroyd, and have a look at yet another god-awful offering. 


    RIP Steve Cropper.

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    4 December 2025, 3:33 pm
  • 1 hour 55 minutes
    STARSHIP TROOPERS with Tom Crowley and David Hoare

    This week we’ll be heading into future deep space to try and deal with an insect infestation so bad we’ll need the world’s biggest slipper to stand even half a chance. 


    Yes, it’s Starship Troopers


    Joining me to get Dizzy and achieve total Rico, are two Ace guys: Tom Crowley and David Hoare.

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    1 December 2025, 12:05 am
  • 1 hour 55 minutes
    SPIDER-MAN 2 with Tom Burgess

    Welcome to another Spider-Man special!


    This week we’ll be swinging back to 2004 to find out just what too much responsibility can do to your fluids, and ask the question as old as time: where does the world’s most intelligent scientist keeps his armies - up his sleevies! 


    Yes, it’s Spider-Man 2


    Joining me to pop on a Parker and catch a train is Tom Burgess. 

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    24 November 2025, 12:05 am
  • 1 hour 27 minutes
    PHENOMENON with Dr. Dean Burnett

    This week we’ll be looking up to the sky in order to eventually head towards the light, while also winning the heart of a lady by showing her our massive cucumber and two red hot over ripe tomatoes.


    Yes, it’s Phenomenon


    And joining me to show light the way is top egghead neuroscientist, according to to the Daily Star, Dr. Dean Burnett. 

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    17 November 2025, 12:05 am
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