SPOILER: Reviewing movies, books & TV shows in their entirety
By Joe Shmo
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Description
British Podcast Award nominated show reviewing old and new movies, books and TV shows in their entirety, twists, endings and all - without fear of spoilers! Each episode explores just one movie, book or TV show in detail, digging up little-known trivia and behind the scenes info. Join host Paul Tyler, with ex-movie wig maker Rachael Burnett and walking movie and TV encyclopedia Andy Goulding for a round table discussion of classic movies, new releases, TV box sets and books both old and new, plus specially produced features inspired by that week's subject which delve deeper into the world of movies, books and TV. Past episodes have covered subjects as varied as the Back To The Future Trilogy, Lars Von Trier's Melancholia, Ernest Kline's Ready Player One, John Williams' "lost" novel Stoner, Withnail & I, The Breakfast Club, Mulholland Drive, High Rise, The Truman Show, When Harry Met Sally and many more.
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CleanIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008, Dir: Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett): SPOILER Episode 49 | “We seem to have reached the age where life stops giving us things and starts taking them away.” It’s the end of series 7 and the Spoiler team have finally got round to a Steven Spielberg film. So which classic have we gone for? ‘Jaws’? ‘Ju | 22 11 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro (2015): SPOILER Episode 48 | “Is it not better some things remain hidden from our minds?” This week, against Paul’s express wishes, the Spoiler team have accepted a listener request and are reading Kazuo Ishiguro’s philosophical fantasy novel ‘The Buried Giant’. This d | 8 11 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanI, Daniel Blake (2016, Dir: Ken Loach, Dave Johns, Hayley Squires): SPOILER Episode 47 | “Wasting my time, employers' time, your time. And all it does is humiliate me, grind me down. Or is that the point?” This week, in a very special bumper episode of Spoiler, we’re watching Ken Loach’s 2016 drama ‘I, Daniel Blake’ and the tea | 25 10 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEx Machina (2015, Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac): SPOILER Episode 46 | “Isn't it strange, to create something that hates you?” This week the Spoiler team are trying to get to grips with the intricacies of Alex Garland’s psychological sci-fi thriller ‘Ex Machina’ starring Domnhall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander and | 11 10 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDetectorists Series 1 (2014, Mackenzie Crook, Toby Jones, Rachael Stirling): SPOILER Episode 45 | “Tea without sugar is just vegetable soup” This week we’re watching the first series of Mackenzie Crook’s 2014 sitcom ‘Detectorists’ and, perhaps predictably, it’s a complete love-in. With no-one willing to criticise such a brilliant seri | 27 9 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLabyrinth (1986, Jim Henson, Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie): SPOILER Episode 44 | “If she ever kisses you, I'll turn you into a prince. Prince of the Land of Stench!" The Spoiler team are back for series 7 and we’re kicking off by watching Jim Henson’s 1986 fantasy adventure ‘Labyrinth’ starring David Bowie, Jennifer Conne | 13 9 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSPOILER Puppeteer Special: Nigel Plaskitt (Pipkins, Spitting Image, Little Shop of Horrors) | In the run up to our series 7 première episode on Jim Henson’s ‘Labyrinth’, the Spoiler team are proud to present a very special episode on the art of puppetry in which Andy talks to British puppeteer, actor, producer and director Nigel Plaskitt | 28 6 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBoyhood (2014, Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke): SPOILER Episode 42 | "I just thought there would be more than this..." It’s the end of series six and the Spoiler team are going out on a high by looking at Richard Linklater’s experimental coming-of-age drama ‘Boyhood’. With a two hour plus film covering a twelv | 25 1 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAmelie (2001, Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz): SPOILER Episode 41 | "At least you'll never be a vegetable. Even artichokes have hearts!” The Spoiler team are dusting off their best GCSE French as this week we take a look at Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s quirky romantic comedy ‘Amelie’ starring Audrey Tautou and Mathie | 11 1 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCool Hand Luke (1967, Paul Newman, George Kennedy): SPOILER Episode 40 | "He's a natural born world-shaker" This week we’re watching Stuart Rosenberg’s classic prison drama ‘Cool Hand Luke’ and the team are all getting steamed up over how devastatingly attractive Paul Newman is. But while Paul is happy to ogle him | 28 12 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDjango Unchained (2012, Quentin Tarantino, Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio): SPOILER Episode 39 | “The D is silent” This week we’re watching Quentin Tarantino’s revisionist western ‘Django Unchained’ starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio and the team are in two minds about its uncomfortable mixture of tones. While P | 14 12 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWonder by R J Palacio (2012): SPOILER Episode 38 | “There should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives” This week the Spoiler team are feeling inspired as we read R.J. Palacio’s children’s novel ‘Wonder’. Paul predicts that Andy, giv | 30 11 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBig (1988, Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins): SPOILER Episode 37 | "What is so special about Josh Baskin?” “He’s a grown up!” The Spoiler team are back and we all reckoned it was criminal that we still hadn’t looked at a Tom Hanks film yet. We’re rectifying this by kicking off series 6 with Penny Marshall | 16 11 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSPOILER Animation Specials: Sheldon Cohen (The Sweater, My Heart Attack) | In the final in a short series of very special episodes of Spoiler, Andy continues his quest to convince people that animation is more than just ‘kid’s stuff’ by talking to some of the medium’s greatest names. In this episode Andy talks to Cana | 2 11 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSPOILER Animation Specials: John Weldon (Special Delivery, Real Inside) | In the fourth in a short series of very special episodes of Spoiler, Andy continues to sing the praises of animation as an overlooked medium and illustrates the point by interviewing some of animation’s brightest talents. In this episode Andy talks t | 19 10 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSPOILER Animation Specials: Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis (When The Day Breaks, Wild Life) | In the third in a short series of very special episodes of Spoiler, Andy pushes on with his mission to convince the world that animation is an under appreciated, magical medium by interviewing some of his favourite animators. In this episode Andy talks | 5 10 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSPOILER Animation Specials: Joanna Quinn (Girls' Night Out, Famous Fred) | In the second in a short series of very special episodes of Spoiler, Andy is given free rein to wax rhapsodic about the medium of animation and interview some of his heroes from the animation community. In this episode Andy talks to British animator Jo | 21 9 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSPOILER Animation Specials: Jerry Rees (The Brave Little Toaster, Tron) | In the first in a short series of very special episodes of Spoiler, Andy attempts to demonstrate how underrated animation is by interviewing some of the brightest talents associated with the medium. In this extraordinary feature-length episode Andy ta | 7 9 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBirdman (2014, Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Edward Norton): SPOILER Episode 31 | “A man becomes a critic when he cannot be an artist” It’s the end of series 5 and the Spoiler team celebrate this momentous landmark by returning to our very first episode in which Paul, in a fit of pique over Alejandro Iñárritu’s ‘Birdman | 27 7 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRomeo & Juliet (1996, Baz Luhrmann, Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes): SPOILER Episode 30 | “If love be rough with you, be rough with love” Three reviewers, alike in temperament (if not always in opinion), sit down this week to talk some serious culture as the Spoiler team take a look at Baz Luhrmann’s Shakespeare adaptation ‘Romeo + | 13 7 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanChildren of Men (2006, Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine): SPOILER Episode 29 | “Very odd, what happens in a world without children's voices” This week we’re watching Alfonso Cuaron’s dystopian thriller ‘Children of Men’, starring Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine and Pam Ferris and not all the team are entirel | 29 6 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFleabag (2016, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Sian Clifford, Olivia Colman): SPOILER Episode 28 | “I just want to cry… all the time” This week we’re watching Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s dark comedy ‘Fleabag’, starring Waller-Bridge herself, Sian Clifford, Bill Paterson, Olivia Colman and Hugh Dennis. Both Rachael and Andy share stories of | 15 6 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Truman Show (1998, Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Ed Harris): SPOILER Episode 27 | “You never had a camera in my head” Have you ever had the feeling you’re being watched? The Spoiler team certainly have and we share those experiences as we take a look at Peter Weir’s comedy-drama ‘The Truman Show’, starring Jim Carrey, L | 1 6 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDie Hard (1988, Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Alan Rickman): SPOILER Episode 26 | “Now I know what a TV dinner feels like” The Spoiler team are back and we’re kicking off series 5 with a listener choice, John McTiernan’s action-thriller ‘Die Hard’, starring Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia and Alan Rickman. Despite Paul stat | 18 5 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanComposer Special featuring Stephen Rennicks (Room), Debbie Wiseman (Wolf Hall) and Deborah Lurie (An Unfinished Life): SPOILER Episode 25 | In a prestigious special episode of Spoiler, the rest of the team stand down to allow Rachael a whole show in which to explore her passion for the composers without whom the films and TV shows we love so much would not be half as effective. Having made | 23 3 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhen Harry Met Sally (1989, Rob Reiner, Meg Ryan, Billy Crystal): SPOILER Episode 24 | “When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible” It’s the end of series 4 and love is in the air in this bumper length show as the team discuss Rob Reiner’s | 26 1 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHigh-Rise (2015, Ben Wheatley, Tom Hiddleston, Sienna Miller): SPOILER Episode 23 | “I don’t work for you. I work for the building” This week we’re watching Ben Wheatley’s film adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s supposedly "unfilmable" dystopian thriller ‘High-Rise’ and the team are at odds again, though not about Tom “so | 12 1 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams: SPOILER Episode 22 | “Just when you think life can’t possibly get any worse it suddenly does” This week we’re reading Douglas Adams’ cult sci-fi comedy novel ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’. While Paul wonders if anyone anywhere dislikes this book, R | 29 12 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMulholland Drive (2001, David Lynch, Naomi Watts, Laura Harring): SPOILER Episode 21 | “I hope that I never see that face ever, outside of a dream” In a first for Spoiler, this week we’re tackling a listener request by watching David Lynch’s neo-noir mystery ‘Mulholland Drive’. In an attempt to disprove his former woodwork te | 15 12 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHumans Season 1 (Gemma Chan, Katherine Parkinson, John Hurt, 2015): SPOILER Episode 20 | “I’m watching you” This week we’re watching series one of Channel 4 and AMC’s sci-fi drama ‘Humans’ and for the first time in months the Spoiler team are a house divided. While Rachael finds the series gripping and thought-provoking to th | 1 12 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWithnail & I (Richard E Grant, Paul McGann, 1987): SPOILER Episode 19 | “I’m in a park and I’m practically dead” The Spoiler team are back from holiday but we’re off on holiday again… by mistake. This week we’re watching Bruce Robinson’s “plotless” black comedy ‘Withnail and I’, starring Richard E. | 18 11 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Breakfast Club (Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, 1985): SPOILER Episode 18 | "Screws fall out all the time. The world is an imperfect place" This week we join the brat pack in John Hughes' 1985 coming of age comedy drama The Breakfast Club. We discover that this movie is more than just daft haircuts and angry power chords as .. | 11 8 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRoom by Emma Donoghue (2010 book) and Room (2015 film): SPOILER Episode 17 | "When I was small, I only knew small things" This week we're watching and reading "Room" by Emma Donoghue as we take a look at both the original 2010 book and the 2015 film adaptation starring Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay. The team approach this pow | 28 7 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanVertigo (1958): SPOILER Episode 16 | "I'm not gonna crack up" This week we're watching Alfred Hitchcock's psychological thriller Vertigo starring Kim Novak and James Stewart. Hitchcock virgin Paul is confused by the appearance of Gavin Estler from BBC News 24, Andy reveals that Hitchcock | 14 7 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanGladiator (2000): SPOILER Episode 15 | "At my signal, unleash hell" The keyword this week is EPIC as we watch Ridley Scott's Gladiator, and we quickly discover that our very own Rachael actually worked on this movie! She lets us in on the experience of making a wig for the modest and sel | 30 6 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanInside No. 9 Series 2: SPOILER Episode 14 | "I’m not a dwarf!" This week we're watching Series 2 of Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith's dark comedy anthology Inside No. 9, concentrating first on the wet-your-pants-scary "Séance Time" which had the emotionally available Rachael slamming | 16 6 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMoon (2009): SPOILER Episode 13 | "You look like a radioactive tampon" This week we're watching Duncan Jones' 2009 British sci-fi drama Moon starring Sam Rockwell. Paul thanks his drink-ravaged brain for the opportunity to enjoy this film’s twists all over again, while Rachael enjoy | 2 6 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCabaret (1972): SPOILER Episode 12 | "Have you ever slept with a dwarf?" This week we step back into 1930s Berlin with Bob Fosse's 1972 musical Cabaret, and Paul finds increasingly elaborate ways to describe his dislike of the lead character Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) while Rachael and | 5 5 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanA Separation: SPOILER Episode 11 | "It got serious" This week we step into the relatively unexplored and perhaps underappreciated world of Iranian Cinema as we watch Asghar Farhadi's "A Separation", and it's fair to say it's an all-round love-in as the team struggle to fault this power | 21 4 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanReady Player One by Ernest Cline: SPOILER Episode 10 | “Going outside is highly overrated” This week we're reading Ernest Kline's "nerdgasm" of a book, Ready Player One. As Rachael and Andy get in touch with their inner geek, Paul has been frittering away more of his short time on this earth col | 7 4 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMad Max: Fury Road: SPOILER Episode 9 | "He's a crazy smeg who eats schlanger!" This week we're enjoying/enduring George Miller's 2015 action movie Mad Max: Fury Road, and it turns out to be one of our most divisive subjects yet as Rachael catches her breath long enough to expresses disbe | 24 3 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDumbo: SPOILER Episode 8 | "Aw, c'mon. Elephants ain't got no feelings" This week we’re watching the 1941 Disney classic Dumbo. This “kids film” is one of fully-grown man Andy’s all-time favourites, but will it win over a sceptical Paul and “emotionally available | 10 3 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThis Is England '90: SPOILER Episode 7 | “Well, we got a year of happiness” This week we’re watching the (possible) finale of Shane Meadows’ This Is England series, This Is England ’90. The 4-part series sends Paul, Andy and Rachael on an emotional rollercoaster, from the highs | 25 2 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMelancholia: SPOILER Episode 6 | "It tastes like ashes" This week it's the end of the series, and the end of the world, as we watch controversial director Lars Von Trier's apocalyptic drama "Melancholia". Part of Von Trier's unofficial "depression trilogy", this film is hardly a g. | 3 12 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanStoner by John Williams: SPOILER Episode 5 | "She turned to him and pulled her lips into what he knew must be a smile" This week we're reading John Williams' sleeper hit "Stoner" which, contrary to Paul's assumption, is not a "1990s drug romp", but a 1965 novel about the quiet, unassuming life.. | 19 11 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSome Like It Hot: SPOILER Episode 4 | "You tore off one of my chests!" This week we don our wives' best frocks and stockings as we watch the 1959 Billy Wilder comedy Some Like It Hot. Although acknowledged as a classic of its time, it turns out Spoiler's Andy Goulding hates this film w. | 5 11 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBack To The Future Trilogy: SPOILER Episode 3 | "I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it" This week we're binge-watching the entire Back To The Future Trilogy and, while there's no argument about the brilliance of the original, we ask whether Parts II and III w.. | 20 10 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanUs by David Nicholls: SPOILER Episode 2 | “While there was breath in my body, she would never lack sufficient AA batteries.” This week we're reading David Nicholls much anticipated novel "Us", the story of middle aged Biochemist Douglas Peterson whose wife announces her intention to leave | 8 10 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhiplash: SPOILER Episode 1 | "Were you rushing or were you dragging…?" In our first ever episode we explore Damien Chazelle's 2014drama Whiplash. The film stars MilesTeller as Andrew Neiman, an ambitious young jazz drummer, and JK Simmons asFletcher, his passionate but abusi | 22 9 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Always room for a fourth.
A superbly insightful podcast, where three knowledgable friends pull up a empty fourth chair and let you listen in on their passionate discussions about films/books/tv (and soundtracks).
All great episodes, but even better when you know the source material. Pick that one to start, and then revisit having read/watched/listened another before returning to the empty fourth seat.
Highly recommended.
Brilliantly engaging review series
This series is brilliantly put together being both in-depth (with lots of interesting facts you may not have know) and yet presented in an engaging relaxed manor that keeps you listening.
A must listen
This series is wonderfully insightful and has shown me some of my old favourites in a new and interesting way. The three reviewers have a warm and comfortable rapport with each other. Great podcast!
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