This week, to celebrate the arrival of The Big Man, James McLean and Christian Cawley cast their minds back to years passed. Once upon a time, a key element of Christmas was to circle shows in the TV listings guides, claiming a stake on the family television to watch key televisual experiences.

What has happened to this ritual? Who even cares about communal Christmas family viewing in 2024? And what might replace it?

We'd like to thank you for your support, and wish you a very happy Christmas, whatever your celebratory preferences.

Shownotes

We can't tell you where to find a listings magazine for this year. But we can show you some from the past...

• UK Christmas TV Listings Archive

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This week, James and Christian are joined by Gareth Kavanagh and Adrian Salmon to discuss a new Kickstarter, The Time Team Unearthed. Showcasing the Doctor Who Art of Adrian Salmon from the pages of Doctor Who Magazine's original monthly Time Team feature, the project breached its target within hours of going live.

Stretch goals are available, and Gareth and Adrian explain why you should support this campaign, what you can expect from the book and its various configurations. Adrian also recalls the evolution of the process of producing art for DWM from the late 1990s through to the late 2000s.

Shownotes

• The Time Team Unearthed: The Doctor Who Art of Adrian Salmon
  
  

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Hello! Welcome to this week's slightly late podcast. Christian hosts solo this week, taking in everything from Star Wars and a new book of Adrian Salmon Doctor Who art to music documentaries from Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin, and a star in a medium priced car, way back in 1987...

Shownotes

In this week's show, you'll hear reference to:

• Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
• The Time Team Unearthed Kickstarter
• Doctor Who Christmas special trailer
• Star Trek Adventures - second edition
• Mega City Comics closes
• Film Is Fabulous/De Montfort announcement on Maurice Haynes collection
• Apple announces Fleetwood Mac movie documentary
• Becoming Led Zeppelin trailer released online

• Richard E Grant advertises Vauxhall Astra, 1987

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Blu-ray extra documentary producer Chris Chapman joins Christian Cawley to discuss The Box of Delights and his new feature for the show's 40th anniversary release, "Time and Tide".

Kicking off the episode, Christian Cawley and James McLean discuss Christmas 1984, The Box of Delights, and whether (and how) the serial continues to entertain.

This episode is was released early and ad-free only on Patreon, with further discussion between Christian and James concerning the reprint of John Masefield's novel, issued to coincide with the televised adaptation.

However, the version above features less Christian and James. To hear the full chat, sign up to our Patreon – it’s free.

Shownotes

• The Box Of Delights: 40th Anniversary Edition
  
  
• The Box Of Delights novel by John Masefield (Quentin Blake artwork, 2014) 
  
  
  • Lions edition (1984)
    
    
• The Box of Delights soundtrack
  
  
• Opening the Box of Delights (Dr Philip Errington)
  
  

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Christian and James get together this week to bring you almost 60 minutes of chat covering Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour, Andor Season 2 news, and the stunning 765874 Unification featuring the digital likenesses of William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy.

This is the first of two podcasts this week. Members of our free Patreon got a longer episode, featuring our thoughts on 765874 Unification (William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy CGI production). That segment isn't in this edit, but you can hear it at www.patreon.com/kasterborous

Shownotes

• Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
• Andor season 2
• 765874 Unification (William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy CGI production) 
  • Interview with William Shatner
• Red Dwarf interview with Tom Salinsky

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This week, Christian Cawley covers everything from Paddington Bear and the voice of the the Lady with the Lamp to Led Zeppelin's upcoming documentary, a Half-Life 2 documentary celebrating 20 years of a seminal video game, and that place where Basil Fawlty lost it with his car.

Oh, and news of when you can watch The Box of Delights on TV!

That's a lot to squeeze into a single podcast. Hit play before it explodes.

Shownotes

• Paddington Bear vintage teddies sales ROCKET following release of new movie 
• Becoming Led Zeppelin release date leaked
• Half-Life 2 20th anniversary documentary
  • Atari 50 collection
  • Tetris Forever
• Victorian voices recorded on photogram
• Fawlty Towers "Gourmet Night" car thrashing location
• Film is Fabulous recap

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Here's our latest episode, featuring Christian Cawley discussing everything that caught his eye in the past week. There's some Midsomer Murders, a mysterious song on the internet, a new publication from Candy Jar Books, an update on the Discworld RPG Kickstarter, and a lost episode of...

Family Fortunes...?

Quick note, the Red Dwarf book giveaway/draw ends on November 22nd.

Shownotes

• Fans vote for the top 20 Midsomer Murders episodes
• The internet's most mysterious song
• Nobody’s House: The Curse of Jack Treadful
  • When we chatted to Candy Jar and Hannah Haisman
• RPG book Kickstarter
  • Discworld Kickstarter
• Missing Family Fortunes episode uncovered

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Here is this week's podcast, an hour-long chat between Christian and James concerning (mostly) The Terminator. 

This is a shorter version of the version published earlier for our Patreon members. To ensure you get the full chat, sign up to our Patreon - it's free.

Shownotes

• The Terminator (Amazon)
• Terminator 2: Judgement Day (Amazon)
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Amazon)
• Terminator Dark Fate (Disney+)
• Alien (Disney+)
• Aliens (Disney+)
• Alien 3 (Disney+)
• RoboCop (Amazon Video)
• RoboCop: Rogue City (Steam/PC)
• Red Dwarf interview with Tom Salinsky

• 1980s Yorkie advert

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A little later than usual, our weekly podcast features Christian Cawley exploring the latest in classic TV news, publications, and film.

This week, we look at Cutaway Comics' already funded Indiegogo campaign for the second phase of its Doctor Who-adjacent Gods and Monsters series. There is also news of the AI Michael Parkinson (we jest not) and some remastered classic Sherlock Holmes movies from the Cricklewood days.

Oh, and we've also managed to shoehorn more Led Zeppelin news into proceedings.

Shownotes

• https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gods-and-monsters-phase-2-drax-iris-losko#/
  
  
• Virtually Parkinson: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/oct/26/michael-parkinson-virtually-ai-replica-chatshow + https://podnews.net/press-release/virtually-parkinson
  
  
• Talking Pictures TV podcast https://www.facebook.com/groups/3415891318452697 (perhaps cut this from show)
  
  
• Muppets: https://www.facebook.com/groups/5336406018/posts/10162405187376019/?__cft__[0]=AZWR3Wip_n7RmYNxMzJIWiTXXNZj3kP1dc2pfLC14CyJhQu4LcwaoH9n2bBgOch9cula8vieCopLPItx2v9aladIrRndMEADURYzK9kHB5PI37nuu8AZ0OPxucGq1jDL-s-WMhJOREJ4o4xLO5NbesVncojXO5ilqT_uxjITC9wZw59ZiSZqd73Zuw2gJ8bVQBs&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R
  
  
• Sherlock Holmes: https://www.facebook.com/groups/5336406018/posts/10162387933701019/  + https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjwdx3nw3xqo
  
  
• Sylveste: https://www.facebook.com/groups/5336406018/?multi_permalinks=10162411016056019&hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen
  
  
• Film is Fabulous! GFM: https://www.facebook.com/61551615437721/posts/122160094118053847/?rdid=4sq7vRCUtABVuD1c + https://filmisfabulous.org.uk/help-restore-a-missing-episode/
  
  
• Blackpool Film Convention: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02YRBiS1gochLfmJYw1gGmeENwb96HGpSejW78xSfs2nop512f6XMVE3iyQKTRU33vl&id=61551615437721
  
  
• The Adventures of Sir Lancelot commentary: https://www.kasterborous.co.uk/435-remembering-william-russell-the-adventures-of-sir-lancelot-commentary/
  
  
• Led Zeppelin: https://ledzepnews.com/2024/10/25/becoming-led-zeppelin-will-be-released-in-may/
  
  

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James speaks to Tom Salinsky about Red Dwarf, and his book Red Dwarf: Discovering the TV Series: Volume I: 1988-1993, which is available now!

This chat covers various eras of Red Dwarf, not just those featured in Tom's book. 

You can listen to the full 40 minute version of this podcast on our free Patreon.

Shownotes

Red Dwarf: Discovering the TV Series: Volume I: 1988-1993

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Here's this week's weekly show for you, in which Christian covers a host of upcoming releases in the world of classic TVs and cinema.

Releases coming soon concern Hammer, titles designer Sid Sutton, The Likely Lads, The Wombles, Alien: Romulus, a new edition of the book Opening the Box of Delights, and some new photos of Led Zeppelin.

If you subscribe to our free Patreon, James' chat with Tom Salinsky about Red Dwarf will release first (and full length) at the weekend. A short version will appear on the usual podcast places next week. So if you want the full chat, get onto the Kasterborous Patreon.

Shownotes

• Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters trailer
  • Deadline report on the documentary's distribution
  • Deep Fusion Films
• Opening the Box of Delights new edition contents shared on Facebook (group membership required)
• Sid Sutton Collection/Adventures in Type and Space Special Edition announcement and website listing
• The Likely Lads 60th Anniversary Collection details and Amazon page
  • Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais on Sitcom Geeks
• The Wombles DVD collection announcement
• Alien Romulus coming out on VHS
• Over 100 unseen Led Zeppelin photos report and Flickr
• Is Thor: Ragnarok still Marvel's best movie? 

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