Talking about the films, TV shows, books or music which people go to again and again to feel safe, happy and welcome.
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"Highly recommended" - The Week
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Presented and produced by Joel Morris.
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Rewatching and reconsidering the greatest SF films according to the list published in 2000AD comic in 1980.
This time: Them! The definitive American atomic big-beast picture, and the original bug-hunt (inspiring the soldiers-take-the-nest shenanigans of Aliens).
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13 Oct 2026
When Worlds Collide
Rewatching and reconsidering the greatest SF films according to the list published in 2000AD comic in 1980.
This time: George Pal smash! It's When Worlds Collide, in which the puny Earth is spectacularly knocked about in a game of interplanetary billiards.
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6 Oct 2026
The Day The Earth Stood Still
Rewatching and reconsidering the greatest SF films according to the list published in 2000AD comic in 1980.
This time: Robert Wise sets Michael Rennie loose with a giant robot, and teaches the world to say Klaatu Barada Nikto.
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Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
Apple Podcasts (US)
4.5 / 5
14 ratings
Spotify
4.8 / 5
79 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 39 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
Quality
41
Social presence
0
YouTube
0
Engagement
95
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