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Winner of the Writers Guild Award for Best Radio Comedy and the Comedy.co.uk awards for Best Radio Sketch Show! Celia Imrie, Alison Steadman, John Bird and Rebecca Front are among the cast of these BBC Radio 4 comedy dramas from the writer and producers of Cabin Pressure. These six self-contained duologues, each one brimming with humour and charm, come from the pen of John Finnemore, author and star of the award-winning John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme.

A double helping of richly ironic humour from the queen of British stand up. Recorded over several live tours, this is Jo Brand at her best, doing her double best.

This is the second series of one-off comedies written by the genius behind the smash-hit radio sitcom “Cabin Pressure” – John Finnemore. The first series won the coveted Writers Guild of Great Britain award for Best Comedy. Each show is a comedy perfumed by just two actors - including...

Here are all six episodes of the BBC Radio 4 sitcom written by and starring Ben Willbond and Justin Edwards about two incompetent science teachers who work at a college that specialises in drama, and whose world is turned upside down by the arrival of a new boss. Forresters Sixth Form College...

Join Karl & Oliver for a lo-fi, fortnightly conversation about a chosen pair of movies. Sometimes informative. Mostly not. Largely improvised. Extensively unedited. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by skincare enthusiast James Welsh and professional makeup artist Robert Welsh, The Double Cleanse is your weekly window into everything beauty. James and Robert cover everything from dealing with pimples to how to perfect your makeup and the realities of social media influencing.

Join Karl & Oliver for a lo-fi, fortnightly conversation about a chosen pair of movies. Sometimes informative. Sometimes not.

Follow the thrilling journey of Dick Staines, who rises from humble beginnings to become a distinguished Detective Inspector at Scotland Yard. Armed with his honours science degree from the University of Cambridge and a fierce determination, Staines soon finds himself entangled in a chilling murder mystery that dredges up ghosts from his past. A doppelgänger, a puzzling thumbprint, and a murder - can Staines unravel this twisted knot? Dive into this gripping novel from the golden age of detective fiction, penned by the prolific Edgar Wallace, the mastermind behind over 170 novels including...

Journey with award-winning filmmaker and author Laurent Bouzereau through acclaimed director Brian De Palma’s renowned—and controversial—horror and thriller films that redefined cinema in the 1970s and early 80s with new interviews and fresh takes. Among a crop of fresh filmmakers...

The behind-the-scenes story of the quintessential film noir and cult classic, Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity—its true crime origins and crucial impact on film history—is told for the first time in this riveting narrative published for the film's 80th anniversary. From real crime to serial...

Step back into the savage world of Robert E. Howards Kull the Conqueror, a precursor to Conan the Barbarian and his ancestral counterpart. Kull is not just a fierce and bloodthirsty warrior; he‚s also a deeply introspective character who grapples with his own existence. In this thrilling double feature, explore the first two stories ever published about Kull. In The Shadow Kingdom, he faces a deadly conspiracy orchestrated by a race of shape-shifting lizard people. Then, in The Mirrors of Tuzun Thume, Kull wrestles with his own reality as he becomes ensnared in a devious magicians plot. ...

Patrick Stewart stars as Raymond Chandler and Adrian Scarborough as Billy Wilder in BBC Radio 4's entertaining glimpse inside the Hollywood film industry. In 1944 Raymond Chandler and Billy Wilder came together to work on a screen adaptation of James M. Cain's novel 'Double Indemnity'. Wilder...

Double Barrelled Detective Story is an intriguing tale penned by Mark Twain, where the iconic Sherlock Holmes finds himself embroiled in a mystery in the American West. The story unfolds in a mining camp in California, where Fetlock Jones, Sherlocks nephew, is accused of murdering his silver-mining master by blowing up his cabin. With Holmes on the scene, he applies his renowned deductive reasoning to the case but ends up with conclusions that are shockingly off the mark. An amateur detective with an uncannily sharp sense of smell unexpectedly solves the case, reinforcing Twains frequent theme...

Marco und Stefan vergleichen in jeder Folge zwei Filme, die auf verschiedenste Weisen miteinander in Verbindung stehen. Sympathisches Halbwissen ist dabei ebenso Teil des Programms wie eine Prise Humor und jede Menge Liebe zum Medium Film.

From YouTube's Head of Culture and Trends, a rousing and illuminating behind-the-scenes exploration of Internet video's massive impact on our world. Whether your favorite YouTube video is a cat on a Roomba, 'Gangnam Style', the 'Bed Intruder' song, an ASAPscience explainer, Rebecca Black's 'Friday', or the 'Evolution of Dance', Kevin Allocca's Videocracy reveals how these beloved videos and famous trends - and many more - came to be and why they mean more than you might think.

DJ ShowTime616 and Nigel are bringing all the laughter and exposing all the taboo double standards surrounding love, life and libations w/no limits.

Dickington Steele and Co. mix banter, skits, and sultry voices into brow-inclusive free-for-alls about life and film. Possibly serious, arguably logical, indubitably theatrical. This... is Double Pontification. Based in Shanghai with guests from around the globe. New release every other Thursday! Follow @doublepontification on Instagram!

Brothers Thomas and Frank set out to see if they can judge a movie by its cover. Each episode, the pair will exchange recommendations for films that neither has previously seen, discovering in real-time if they've unearthed a new favorite or a complete dud. Each film is reviewed and given a score out of 10, and whomever gave the better "blind" recommendation for the episode will be declared the winner. It's a blend of criticism and comedy that you won't want to miss, and it starts right now!

The Double by Edgar Wallace. When Dick Staines graduated the University of Cambridge without family connections or inherited wealth, he decides to put his honours science degree in the service of Scotland Yard, where he is marked for rapid promotion. Ten years later, and Detective Inspector Richard Staines is confronted by a murder from his past, involving a doppelgänger and a mysterious thumbprint. From the golden age of detective fiction, Edgar Wallace was a prolific author with over 170 novels to his credit, including King Kong. More than 160 films have been made of his works, and a ...

In yet another movie podcast, friends from Kansas and Indiana discuss two films connected by a theme of our choosing.