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S03 E11 - Get Santa *Christmas Special* (w/ Rob Gilroy)
Merry Christmas from everyone at BritCom Goes to the Movies. Our present to you is the finale of series three. Comedian and internet sensation Rob Gilroy joins Guy and Rob to discuss the criminally lesser-known Get Santa.
Jim Broadbent and Rafe Spall star in the first family comedy on our list, directed by Chris Smith, more known for his horror prowess and exec produced by Ridley Scott, no less!
There's a lot of Rafe Spall chat, kicked off with our profiling of another undervalued comedy, Pete Vs Life. Which ran for two series in the early 2010s.
Join us for festive merriment with plenty of laughs and even a few tears.
Pete Vs Life - In love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpET7Pccxu4
Pete Vs Life - Finding words to break up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_-KKpnHn2M
Cheaters - Series One Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnyYl7GeiOE
Adam Buxton - Help The Police (Rush Hour)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrofVsNc790
Frankie Boyle - Policeman (Rush Hour)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv49EfV_m1g
Get Santa - Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2EFmDpNqd8
Get Santa - Kit Meets Santa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsmRX8WeFS0
Get Santa - Mad Jimmy Claws
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdma9t7bvHc
Get Santa - Prison Fight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9XKNz9qgsY
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1:36:05
S03 E10 - The Inbetweeners 2 (w/ Gabi Thorogood)
Uncharted territory for Rob and Guy as they tackle their first sequel. There's also uncharted territory for The Inbetweeners in their second movie installment, as the boys head down under and encounter Peter Andre-Mobiles, slip-sliding turds, and sensitive rape alarms. Sounds a bit much, but is it?
To discuss, the chaps are joined by content creator Gabi Thorogood, herself a massive Inbetweeners fan. Between them, our trio will navigate series 3 of the Channel 4 TV show, the infamous US remake, and of course, the 2014 feature-length movie.
By 2014, was Inbetweeners fatigue a thing? If so, is it indeed still a thing ten years later? Of course there's the age-old question of how a sequel holds up against the first film. So strap in for the last non-festive episode of series three!
Inbetweeners series 3 - Bottle bank
https://youtu.be/AfLTpbyaXm8?si=QqxYdRlxzAZRmbz3
Inbetweeners series 3 - Tent Puke
https://youtu.be/s8_isWJAiT8?si=IzbM2W_uF8vTK8m8
Christmas at the Holly Day Inn - Trailer
https://youtu.be/tFOD9Mqwtgw?si=IROP47isP5P9eWOf
Inbetweeners US - Trailer
https://youtu.be/950-4oaMQgY?si=c3R6CmeyOQOC50k9
Inbetweeners 2 Trailer
https://youtu.be/G-O6OU03CSw?si=cuq5k_kzgrBqS5Y_
Inbetweeners 2 - Jay's email
https://youtu.be/rAtfw2Rggbc?si=6wC5GvCqgezG63Mz
Inbetweeners 2 - Waterslide
https://youtu.be/ZSW4v6tqz_c?si=-uLqsbo45ufnC2DZ
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1:41:52
S03 E09 - Polite Society (2023)
We are back with a roundhouse kick to the face. Episode 9 is all about the work of 2020s writing/directing sensation Nida Manzoor. First came the semi-biographical, musical sitcom We Are Ladyparts, about the trials and tribulations of a young, female, Muslim punk band trying to gain a following, which was multi-award-winning, gaining acclaim on both sides of the pond, and then came the feature-length debut.
Polite Society is our most recent film to date. From 2023, it tells the tale of sisterly love, high school angst, and sinister goings-on, all punctuated with some of the best fight sequences we’re certainly ever likely to find on our list. Can’t imagine Reg Varney packing a punch in anywhere near the same way.
A new writer/director and an almost completely unknown cast make for plenty of incredible moments in this film, but just how funny is it? Find out by giving episode 9 a listen as Rob and Guy talk all things Nida Manzoor, We Are Ladyparts, and Polite Society.
We Are Lady Parts – Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPqzoAjxvl4
We Are Lady Parts – Amina’s Search For A Husband
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YleAvIsafFs
We Are Lady Parts – Bashir With the Good Beard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzAGqmdOBzE
We Are Lady Parts – Malala Made Me Do It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3TclipIlm0
Polite Society – Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRFM7HQmkH0
Polite Society – I Am the Fury
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgzOzkkI68c
Polite Society – Khan vs Khan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCQHIIdoh28
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1:28:15
S03 E08 - Ali G Indahouse (2002)
Booyakasha! It didn’t seem that long ago that you couldn’t walk 10 metres without someone doing an Ali G impression in your face, but it’s over a quarter of a century since this cultural phenomenon of a character first graced our late-night Channel 4 screens as part of the anarchic topical comedy the 11 O’ Clock Show. Originally a tool to poke the pomposity of politicians, religious figures, and artists, the boy from Staines became so much more, having his own spin-off shows, appearing in a Madonna music video, and eventually his own film in 2002.
In this episode, Guy and Rob talk all things Ali G and Sacha Baron Cohen, whilst being ever so careful to leave Borat and Bruno for a later date. Plus a mini dive into the 11 O'Clock Show and all the comedy talent that particularly divisive programme gave the world.
This may well also end up being the most represented film in our Spotify playlist, as the amount of Hip-Hop had Rob unable to contain his excitement, as did the line delivery of Charles Dance, but what was the overall impression of this film that left both our hosts relatively cold the first time around? Have a listen and find out!
Sacha Baron Cohen – Schvitzing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs45jcOkWAM
Sacha Baron Cohen – Pump TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV70hTdyKZo
Ali G interviews Jacob Rees-Mogg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szGxq3pvJPQ
Ali G in Northern Ireland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCNG5UeKMZw
Ali G and Jarvis Cocker – Help the Aged
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCZI4RkK5OY
Ali G and Olivia Wilde at the Oscars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2oEx3ARgMo
11 o Clock Show - Daisy Donovan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o38kU6hQ434
11 o Clock Show – Series 1 Episode 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geeuh5PFvPg
Iain Lee watches old 11 O Clock Shows
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1pJXxyE76g
Madonna - Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdz2oW0NMFk
Shaggy and Ali G – Me Julie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A91wAkz3NpE
Ali G at the Comedy Awards 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrmvjR9ETDQ
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1:39:33
S03 E07 - In The Loop (w/ Mollie Goodfellow)
How do you follow a massive film with a fantastic and well-informed guest? Do another one straight away! This week we are joined by the brilliant TV writer, journalist, podcaster, and comedian Mollie Goodfellow to talk about one of the greatest sitcoms of the 21st century, The Thick of It, and the film it spawned, In The Loop.
Make sure young ears are out of shot because this is a sweary one… and that’s just Rob and Guy’s thoughts on Alistair Campbell! We look at Armando Iannucci’s magnum opus as the man behind so many enduring TV comedy classics of the 90s. With inspiration from endorsing Yes Minister on Britain’s Best Sitcom in 2004, he took on the political establishment, turning it into his big-screen directorial debut and subsequently hit HBO political comedy Veep.
Not since Michael Rimmer have we tackled satire. We ask if there is any weight to the claim that you can’t make this kind of comedy anymore because of the state of politics today and whether New Labour 2.0 would even allow itself to be sent up in the same way it was in its original iteration’s death knell in the late 00s.
We hope it’s not too much of an omnishambles as Britcom Goes to the Movies presents In The Loop!
The Thick of It – Insults
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njcuww9Einc
The Thick of It – Tim in Ruislip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xcVov-UL4Q
The Thick of It – Nicknames
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJMNHu9YM-4
The Thick of It – Blinky Ben Swain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALNjevGdB5g
In the Loop – The Culture Show with Alistair Campbell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcFaizGw860
In The Loop – Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJU2qRg5zLI
In The Loop – Jamie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jr731Mhxkg
In the Loop – Don’t Call Me English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySD0u4RXXcI
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