It feels like only yesterday we were getting stuck into some Porridge and now Series 2 of BritCom Goes to the Movies, draws to a close with 2004’s Churchill: The Hollywood Years. A movie that was met with a lukewarm critical reception and a limited release, leaving it with a somewhat tarnished at worst, and forgettable at best legacy.

...but is any of that fair? Both Rob and Guy remembered loving it. The film had the cream of TV comedy talent of the time and all masterminded by Mr. Comic Strip Presents Peter Richardson, with a blueprint similar to one of his best episodes, The Strike. Is it really as bad as all that? There’s a deep dive into The Comic Strip from its early days as a cabaret show, to a mockumentary directed by Julian Temple, to the opening night of Channel 4. This show gave the world Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, French and Saunders, Robbie Coltraine, Keith Allen, Alexi Sayle, Phil Cornwell...the list goes on! There’s the small matter of crowning the series quiz champion, with Rob needing an absolute miracle to defend his title. What a series it’s been, with two new number ones, could we have a third? The Comic Strip Presents – Julian Temple Doc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-4QTIyWmXA Channel 4 – First Broadcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03c9vit5G4w Comic Strip Presents – Five Go Mad in Dorset https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_KfQ0pD2gw Comic Strip presents – The Strike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beyNSIUEIxk Four Men in a Car – Sounds of the 80s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH1Igdckll0 Churchill: The Hollywood Years – Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYB7aSWSyOI Churchill: The Hollywood Years – Full Movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fouJZyxFCSU

Leslie Phillips - I Must Resist Temptation (from Crooks Anonymous) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOuvUt3VZaI

Our second Goon-related podcast of the series, so who better to join Rob and Guy to talk about all things Peter Sellers, A Show Called Fred, and The Mouse That Roared, than host of The Goon Pod, Tyler Adams? There was expert insight galore as BritCom Goes to the Movies tackled its earliest film yet.

An early high-concept outing for Sellers’ many faces and voices on the big screen as he channeled his inner Alec Guinness to play three of the main characters in this Anglo-American cult classic (not the first one of those we’ve profiled in this series either).

There are many unexpected mentions of The Simpsons, Alan Partridge and The Fast Show, proving just how long a shadow Peter Sellers has cast on the comedy world for decades.

Guy had a huge lead over Rob in the quiz coming into this episode, with only one more to go, Rob would need to buck up his ideas…and quickly!

A Show Called Fred – 1956

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbWbz1Z0q3M

The Mouse That Roared – Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7L7WLFBYR4

The Mouse That Roared – Full Movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfD_LTad1hE

Coldland - Shooting Stars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgYgXl5AxQA

Passport To Pimlico - Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=634VTm9y1Eo

Theatre of Blood - Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S94e43JIgHc

Holmes & Yo-Yo - Opening

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeJd7j-Rhtg

With Old Ned still ringing in their ears, Rob and Guy sat down to record episode 8: Steptoe and Son. An enduring sitcom with a huge legacy, written by a couple of comedy pioneers…but let’s not forget this is a movie spin-off from the 70s, by which all low bars apparently, should be judged.

Surely that can’t be the case for a pair of characters still held in such high esteem even now, situations as timeless as the day is long and a budget to be envious of….well, let’s not give anything away. The classic traps of lack of TV network reigning in are a jaunt abroad and a hurried script.

All this plus some chat about Mr Acker Bilk and his impressive record, a public toilet in Shepherd’s Bush, class warfare by sporting preference, and a chance for Rob to get back in the running for the series quiz title. Join Britcom Goes to the Movies for Steptoe & Son!

Steptoe and Son Theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRaiiT3ZnJw

Steptoe and Son – 65 Today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85DfL-hyu_8

Steptoe and Son – Any Old Iron

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDsJHAdi1Ws

Harry H Corbett – The Old Junk Shop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W50waA8lCBU

Wilfred Bramble – Ragtime Rag n Bone Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd2B0geglzE

The Curse of Steptoe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11VCYx2-mqY

When Steptoe met son

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=G4Nksn4MAl4

Mr Acker Bilk – Stranger on the shore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTl-iAF6KsE

Steptoe and Son The Movie Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnwnPj9S4SY

Steptoe and Son The Movie – Kitchen Sink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgX1cPfethA