Kasterborous Classic TV

By: Christian Cawley James McLean
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  • Regular podcast featuring unique and in-depth discussions covering Doctor Who and other classic TV and movies, usually in the sci-fi and sci-fantasy fields. Launched in 2007, we've lost count of how many episodes we've actually done. Special episodes include interviews with creatives, writers, actors, and notable commentators in the cult TV field. Your regular hosts are Christian Cawley and James McLean.
    Christian Cawley, James McLean, Brian A Terranova, 2007-2024
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  • 465: Adrian Munsey on Wonderland: Science Fiction in the Atomic Age

    465: Adrian Munsey on Wonderland: Science Fiction in the Atomic Age
    Mar 31 2025
    Adrian Munsey, the director and writer of the Sky Arts series Wonderland: Science Fiction in the Atomic Age joined James McLean to explore his four-part documentary.

    We previously shared the raw video version of this chat. Here is the audio podcast, for more convenient listening.

    The series starts on April 3, 2025 on Sky Arts, and runs for four weeks. Further details can be found on Kasterborous. Incidentally, we've learned that the Douglas Adams documentary The Man Who Imagined Our Future is screening before Wonderland. Might as well make a night of it!

    This podcast went live first on our Patreon. Join us free at www.patreon.com/kasterborous, where you’ll also find our podcasts are early, ad-free, and often with extra material!

    Shownotes
    • Wonderland: Science Fiction in the Atomic Age
    • Trailer

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    47 mins
  • 464: Single takes: Aliens on Sodor

    464: Single takes: Aliens on Sodor
    Mar 24 2025
    This week, Christian Cawley and James McLean mull over the impact of the single take shot in new Netflix drama Adolescence. Single takes, also known as one-shots and continuous shots, have appeared in many movies and TV shows, from Marvel's Daredevil to Alfred Hitchcock's Rope to Orson Welles' Touch of Evil, and many other besides.

    It has been technically difficult to achieve, especially for British TV, but we wonder if its employment in this series might inspire similar approaches from directors.

    Oddly, we also talk about Thomas the Tank Engine's geography, and the 1986 sequel to Alien, James Cameron's Aliens.

    Patreon edition
    For patrons, we also have an extended edition, which looks more at the long takes in Adolescence and their potential impact from a cinematography and narrative point of view.

    Our Patreon is free -- you can sign up at www.patreon.com/kasterborous to get episodes early, ad-free, and extended.

    Shownotes

    • Aliens
    • Thomas the Tank Engine
    • Adolescence

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    Subscribe to our podcast? Then head to Apple Podcasts to leave a rating and review. Any new reviews will be read out.

    Not on Apple Podcasts? Leave us a review somewhere else, send the link over on Twitter or Facebook or editor@kasterborous.co.uk, and you’ll get a mention.
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    36 mins
  • 463: PODCASTHON SPECIAL: Is Pierce Brosnan part of the future of James Bond?

    463: PODCASTHON SPECIAL: Is Pierce Brosnan part of the future of James Bond?
    Mar 17 2025
    Hello! This is our brand new podcast, which not only talks about James Bond, but also supports Podcasthon.

    James McLean and Christian Cawley reconvene this week to discuss the events surrounding Amazon's purchase of Eon, and the resulting rumours. While we unsurprisingly dwell on the tempting notion of Pierce Brosnan returning as an older James Bond, there is also time to discuss the world of Bond spin-offs.

    Because, ladies and gentlemen, you may not know this, but we *have* been here before...

    Did you know, all our podcasts launch earlier on Patreon? Join us free at www.patreon.com/kasterborous, where you’ll also find podcasts with extra material! For example, the Patreon version of this edition has five minutes worth of extra material.

    What is the Podcasthon?
    James and Christian were approached to take part in the Podcasthon some weeks ago, and thought it was a great thing to do. Each podcast taking part selects a charity (ours is CentrePoint), and records a podcast specifically for the event. The Podcasthon team then use social media to spot our tagging of the podcast, and share it, and the drive raises awareness of all the charities selected by the podcasters.

    Originally a French-language "athon", the Podcasthon is being done by hundreds of podcasts this year, and we're in very esteemed company, so we've tried to behave. As this is a special podcast, the Spotify/Apple version will be identical this week.

    Shownotes


    • Podcasthon
    • Eon/MGM/Amazon news
    • Brosnan on return
    • The Rock (Connery/Cage)
    • Ripper Street
    • Star Trek Discovery
    • Our favourite Bond movies
    • Who on Earth is Tom Baker?
    • How to play GoldenEye 007 in 2025
    • James Bond RPG book
    • James Bond graphic novels
    • Mission Impossible
      • 1960s series
      • 1980s series
      • Tom Cruise series

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    Subscribe to our podcast? Then head to Apple Podcasts to leave a rating and review. Any new reviews will be read out.

    Not on Apple Podcasts? Leave us a review somewhere else, send the link over on Twitter or Facebook or editor@kasterborous.co.uk, and you’ll get a mention.
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    56 mins

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