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Brendan and Jason host a podcast breaking down every film in the BFI Top 100 British Films of All-Time list. New episodes every Monday!

Oliver! (#77)

This week, the guys get musical with a discussion of the bombastic all-singing, all-dancing Oliver Twist adaptation directed by Carol Reed - Oliver! I...
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My Beautiful Laundrette (#50)

This week, Brendan and Jason discuss a film that is still not Carry On Up the Khyber - that of Stephen Frears' film My Beautiful Laundrette starring H...
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The Cruel Sea (#75)

Captain a ship and fire at your own men! It's time to sail on the cruel sea! Brendan and Jason talk all about the 1950s Jack Hawkins war film with reg...
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if.... (#12)

Take a step into the surreal side of the BFI Top 100 with the occasionally mind-bending, often awe-inspiring film if.... starring Malcolm McDowell. Th...
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Distant Voices, Still Lives (#82)

This week, the guys discuss the all-singing all-frowning experimental family drama Distant Voices, Still Lives. They discuss the fractured narrative o...
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Tom Jones (#51)

This week, the guys talk about what maybe one of the strangest choices to win Best Picture at the Oscars. That's right, Brendan and Jason discuss the ...
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Far from the Madding Crowd (#79)

This week, the guys talk all about the John Schlesinger epic romantic drama Far from the Madding Crowd. At three hours long, will this be a slog or a ...
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Brighton Rock (#15)

This week, Brendan and Jason go way back to 1947 to discuss the crime/thriller Brighton Rock starring a very young Richard Attenborough. The guys talk...
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Withnail and I (#29)

Time to lighten the mood... kinda. Brendan and Jason take on the pitch-black comedy Withnail and I starring Paul McGann and Richard E. Grant. They tal...
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