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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 15 minutes
    ASYLUM with Anna Savory

    This week we’ll be getting seriously committed in order to solve a puzzle. Just what refreshes the parts you cannot reach? Who makes a suit that’s simply to die for? And who is playing with himself far too much?


    Yes, it’s Asylum.


    And joining me in the hope that she doesn’t lose her patients, is Anna Savory.

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    12 April 2026, 11:05 pm
  • 1 hour 19 minutes
    CLUB CLASSICS: UNDER SIEGE 2: DARK TERRITORY with Dean Burnett and Dan Thomas

    To celebrate the birthday of Steven Seagal, John takes Dan and Dean for a choo-choo ride and discovers a whole casey of trouble. 


    A Monday Night Movie Club episode from Feb 20, 2023.


    Subscribe to the Patreon here and find hours and hours of exclusive content here: https://www.patreon.com/SmershPod

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    10 April 2026, 5:35 pm
  • 1 hour 41 minutes
    I BOUGHT A VAMPIRE MOTORCYCLE with Simon Love

    This week in a bit of Boon for the show, we’ll test-driving a new hog - but not just any hog, this ride is possessed by a bit of a speed demon. It eats protocol droids for breakfast, it doesn’t run on gas, and goes 0-60 on pure undiluted blood of former Grange Hill actors.


    Yes, it’s I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle. 


    And joining me to kick start this chat, is the one true Prince of Wales, Simon Love!


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    Check out his website here for live dates

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    5 April 2026, 11:00 pm
  • 1 hour 21 minutes
    The Umbrella Man and Other Stories: What We Talk About When We Talk About the JFK Assassination with Martin Fitzgerald

    In a very special episode I'm joined by Martin Fitzgerald to catch up on JFK again, and talk about his new book "The Umbrella Man and Other Stories: What We Talk About When We Talk About the JFK Assassination", an incredible and fascinating book that you should all buy.


    We talk about everything that happened in Dallas on 22nd November 1963 in Dealey Plaza.


    "This is not a book about who killed John F. Kennedy or why he was assassinated. This is a book about memory, how we construct our shared history and what happens when your life is defined by a single, fleeting moment. It’s a celebration of human nature, of the joy of research and the freedom of an open mind. Above all, it reveals the stories of a group of real people who thought they had opted out of the main event on the day JFK came to Dallas, only to find themselves at the centre of the most scrutinised six seconds of the twentieth century."

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    3 April 2026, 10:23 am
  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    LUCY with Dr. Dean Burnett

    This week we’ll be indulging in the time old cliche of travelling the far east in order to find ourselves, connect with new exciting people, and take so much drugs we turn appear in other people’s televisions into a computer. 


    Yes, it’s Lucy


    And joining me to to use 100% of his brain, is eminent egg-head brain doctor Dr. Dean Burnett.

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    29 March 2026, 11:05 pm
  • 1 hour 56 minutes
    SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY with Tom Crowley

    Welcome to another Star Wars special.


    This week we’ll be heading to a galaxy, far, far away in order to find out just how a good many things that we’ve never ever thought about came to be!


    Yes, it’s SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY


    Joining me to play his cards right, is Tom Crowley.

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    23 March 2026, 12:05 am
  • 1 hour 27 minutes
    HAWK THE SLAYER with Dan Tetsell

    This week we’ll be stepping into a world of swords, sorcery, sisters, secrets and the senseless slaughter of seasoned small screen stars. 


    Yes, it’s Hawk the Slayer.


    And joining me to go south on a fat baron, is Dan Tetsell. 

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    16 March 2026, 12:05 am
  • 1 hour 2 minutes
    THE BLACK HOLE with Jim Maxwell

    This week we’ll be exploring deep space in order to answer the time honoured questions: Why is it that when you leave a man to his own devices, he’ll was to put something up his hole.


    Yes, it’s The Black Hole.


    And joining me is someone who can tell us about how the evil robot from this film is feeling, as he’s literally called Jim Maxwell.

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    9 March 2026, 12:05 am
  • 1 hour 59 minutes
    INDEPENDENCE DAY with Dr. Dean Burnett and Dan Thomas

    This week we’ll be forming a welcoming committee to announce that we, for one, welcome our new alien overlords, and applauding with outrageous gusto as we witness our charismatic heroes carry a virus while sucking on a big fat one while a fat lady sings.


    Yes, it’s Independence Day


    Joining me to put a rocket up Uranus, is Dr. Dean Burnett and Dan Thomas.

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    2 March 2026, 12:05 am
  • 1 hour 26 minutes
    FAST AND FURIOUS with David Hoare

    This week we’ll be jumping back into the driving seat, and putting our foot down firmly in order to drive as fast as we can in the toppest of gears to a GPS location known as REVENGE.


    Yes, it’s Fast and Furious.


    And joining me to bear left for heroin tunnels is David Hoare

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    23 February 2026, 12:05 am
  • 1 hour 33 minutes
    TERMINATOR: DARK FATE with Dan Thomas and Dr. Dean Burnett

    This week we’ll be going on the run from fate, destiny and the very idea of robots negotiating a complicated loan to purchase a curtain business. 


    Yes, it’s Terminator: Dark Fate


    And joining me to do it for John, are Dan Thomas and Dr. Dean Burnett. 


    Taken from the Monday Night Movie Club on Smersh Patreon.


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    16 February 2026, 12:05 am
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