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Sam talks to Natalia about an independent magazine called THE FENCE for forty minutes, because who is honestly going to stop him? THE FENCE is a quarterly magazine based on life in the UK and Ireland, featuring fiction, deep-dive investigations, and cultural essays. Sam talks to Natalia about the articles featured in Issue 29 of THE FENCE. Remember when we were watching all of Nolan's films? No, neither do we. Topics of conversation include calling postmen 'post-people', Soho, ELO, the death of print media, why nobody is reading anymore, THE NEW YORKER reporting on 9/11, Gloucestershire, William Boyd, TV guides, EASTENDERS in Poland, Andy Burnham's first job at TANK WORLD, Mandy Burnham, "I am a female police officer, and I find that offensive!", Rupert Lowe and a pub crawl in Great Yarmouth, right-wing pub culture, the Cotswolds, gas prices in the US, the perfect funeral, SHREK 5, crazy seagulls, Taylor Swift hate, fighting Stanley Kubrick, Facebook pages for dead people, Bundesliga, Miss Great Britain, the fifth Beatle, and Princess Diana. Don’t forget to ⁠follow and find us on Instagram⁠ (@learningbritishfilmtv) and follow us on Reddit (r/learningbritish). If you would like us to read your comments on the podcast, ⁠leave us a five-star rating on APPLE PODCASTS with your comments included as part of the review⁠. ‘Learning British: A Film and TV Podcast’ (or just ‘Learning British’) is a weekly show hosted by Sam Brown, a born-and-bred Brit, and Natalia Brammen, a Polish immigrant living in the UK. In each episode, Sam introduces Natalia to a new British film or TV show. From badly aged sitcoms to acclaimed dramas, they explore what these films and TV shows reveal about British culture, history, and identity. You can keep up with the podcast on Instagram, YouTube, and Reddit. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learningbritishfilmtv/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SkyWasTheRobot Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/learningbritish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man…” Sam and Natalia watch the final film in the UP series, 70 UP. UP is a documentary series that chronicles the lives of ten boys and four girls as they grow older. Starting in 1964, filmmakers have returned to each of the original fourteen participants every seven years to see what has happened in the intervening years. The documentaries have developed a cult following, and provoke existential questions relating to age, expectations, and human existence. Sam introduces Natalia to the final film in the series, 70 UP, which was recently released in two episodes on ITV. Topics of conversation include Pixar's UP, Michael Apted and Asif Kapadia, sexism, Eton, roasting BOYHOOD, the BFI Southbank, HARRY POTTER, Rooney Mara, Marvel, unconscious bias training, how race plays a part in British culture and history, being born out of wedlock, Simon Says, and the British class system. Don’t forget to ⁠follow and find us on Instagram⁠ (@learningbritishfilmtv) and follow us on Reddit (r/learningbritish). If you would like us to read your comments on the podcast, ⁠leave us a five-star rating on APPLE PODCASTS with your comments included as part of the review⁠. ‘Learning British: A Film and TV Podcast’ (or just ‘Learning British’) is a weekly show hosted by Sam Brown, a born-and-bred Brit, and Natalia Brammen, a Polish immigrant living in the UK. In each episode, Sam introduces Natalia to a new British film or TV show. From badly aged sitcoms to acclaimed dramas, they explore what these films and TV shows reveal about British culture, history, and identity. You can keep up with the podcast on Instagram, YouTube, and Reddit. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learningbritishfilmtv/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SkyWasTheRobot Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/learningbritish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam and Natalia visit the Southbank Centre in London as the 2026 Booker Prize shortlist is revealed. The Booker Prize is a literary award given to the best English-language novel published each year. After attending the 2026 shortlist announcement on September 22nd, Sam and Natalia go through their thoughts on each book. Intro: 00:00 - 05:50 THE END OF EVERYTHING by M. John Harrison: 05:50 - 08:04 THE DISAPPEARERS by Marlon James: 08:04 - 13:23 BLACK BAG by Luke Kennard: 13:23 - 17:12 MAY WE FEED THE KING by Rebecca Perry: 17:12 - 21:08 THE THINGS WE NEVER SAY by Elizabeth Strout: 21:08 - 23:45 JOHN OF JOHN by Douglas Stuart: 23:45 - 28:14 Conclusion: 28:14 - 36:20 Topics of conversation include FLESH by David Szalay, pronouncing Québec, The National Book Award, Natalia's cough, insiders, DOCTOR WHO, Asimov and Vonnegut, THE NEW YORKER, expensive books, The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, books that are over 600 pages long, A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS, Raymond Antrobus, Russell T Davies and TIP TOE, cringe, campus novels, Michael Fassbender's BLACK BAG, trampolinists, judging books by their covers, divisive American politics, remote Scottish islands, SHUGGIE BAIN, and this week's episode of LEARNING BRITISH. Here's the article we used to guide our conversation: "Booker Prize judges reveal shortlisted novels after selection 'tussle'", written by Ian Youngs for the BBC. Don’t forget to ⁠follow and find us on Instagram⁠ (@learningbritishfilmtv) and follow us on Reddit (r/learningbritish). If you would like us to read your comments on the podcast, ⁠leave us a five-star rating on APPLE PODCASTS with your comments included as part of the review⁠. ‘Learning British: A Film and TV Podcast’ (or just ‘Learning British’) is a weekly show hosted by Sam Brown, a born-and-bred Brit, and Natalia Brammen, a Polish immigrant living in the UK. In each episode, Sam introduces Natalia to a new British film or TV show. From badly aged sitcoms to acclaimed dramas, they explore what these films and TV shows reveal about British culture, history, and identity. You can keep up with the podcast on Instagram, YouTube, and Reddit. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learningbritishfilmtv/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SkyWasTheRobot Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/learningbritish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam and Natalia, for some reason, watch all three seasons and forty-eight episodes of the mostly forgotten American crime drama TV show, LIE TO ME.  LIE TO ME is an American crime drama television show that aired on Fox from 2009 to 2011. It follows Dr. Cal Lightman (Tim Roth), and his friends and colleagues, who assist in criminal and civil investigations by 'truth-checking' suspects; the show purports to demonstrate that their 'truth-checking' methods, based on a mixture of body language and microexpressions, are reflected in real-life psychology.  Sam and Natalia watch all of LIE TO ME to help answer the question on everyone's lips: why, exactly, are Sam and Natalia watching this show?  Topics of conversation include the CSI: NY theme song, the war on terror, consistently declining viewership, dinnertime TV, BONES, British main characters in American TV shows, nostalgia, HOUSE and SHERLOCK, George Bush to Barack Obama, social media, the ridiculous length of American TV shows, the most insane actor cameos of all time, an accidental BREAKING BAD cast reunion, Dr. Lie-man, and Zendaya's entire filmography. Don’t forget to ⁠follow and find us on Instagram⁠ (@learningbritishfilmtv) and follow us on Reddit (r/learningbritish).  If you would like us to read your comments on the podcast, ⁠leave us a five-star rating on APPLE PODCASTS with your comments included as part of the review⁠.  ‘Learning British: A Film and TV Podcast’ (or just ‘Learning British’) is a weekly show hosted by Sam Brown, a born-and-bred Brit, and Natalia Brammen, a Polish immigrant living in the UK.  In each episode, Sam introduces Natalia to a new British film or TV show. From badly aged sitcoms to acclaimed dramas, they explore what these films and TV shows reveal about British culture, history, and identity.  You can keep up with the podcast on Instagram, YouTube, and Reddit.  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learningbritishfilmtv/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SkyWasTheRobot  Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/learningbritish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam introduces Natalia to Jon Ronson and his new book, THE CASTLE, in this thrilling episode of the LEARNING BRITISH podcast. THE CASTLE (or Adventures in a World of Unravelling Men) is a 2026 book by acclaimed journalist Jon Ronson. THE CASTLE follows Ronson as he investigates a mysterious castle in rural Connecticut. Topics of conversation include Jon Ronson discovering Alex Jones in THEM, JK Rowling, SO YOU'VE BEEN PUBLICLY SHAMED, Louis Theroux, FRANK, messaging people on Instagram, THE SIMPSONS, the manosphere, why nobody is talking about the male loneliness epidemic, overheard conversations, Chris Mark and 101 PRINCESSES, Andrew Tate, EYES WIDE SHUT, why absolutely nobody is talking about the male loneliness epidemic, Hugh Hefner, biohacking being the crypto of lifestyle content, IF BOOKS COULD KILL, Armie Hammer and Graham Linehan, and, seriously guys, why is nobody talking about the male loneliness epidemic? Don’t forget to ⁠follow and find us on Instagram⁠ (@learningbritishfilmtv) and follow us on Reddit (r/learningbritish).  If you would like us to read your comments on the podcast, ⁠leave us a five-star rating on APPLE PODCASTS with your comments included as part of the review⁠.  ‘Learning British: A Film and TV Podcast’ (or just ‘Learning British’) is a weekly show hosted by Sam Brown, a born-and-bred Brit, and Natalia Brammen, a Polish immigrant living in the UK.  In each episode, Sam introduces Natalia to a new British film or TV show. From badly aged sitcoms to acclaimed dramas, they explore what these films and TV shows reveal about British culture, history, and identity.  You can keep up with the podcast on Instagram, YouTube, and Reddit.  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learningbritishfilmtv/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SkyWasTheRobot  Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/learningbritish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam and Natalia continue their Christopher Nolan retrospective by watching and reviewing his ninth film, INTERSTELLAR. INTERSTELLAR (2014) is a science-fiction film directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, and Michael Caine. It follows a group of astronauts who travel through space in search of a new home for humanity. INTERSTELLAR is often considered a marmite film, with some people loving it and some people hating it. What will Sam and Natalia think? Topics of conversation include Timothée Chalamet, that random Matt Damon cameo, the main character's pointless son, 'Pocketful of Sunshine' in EASY A, the eclipse, the power of love, the ending of Spielberg's A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, "Do not go gentle into that goodnight", the 2001 references, the word 'daddy', and Harry Styles. Don’t forget to ⁠follow and find us on Instagram⁠ (@learningbritishfilmtv) and follow us on Reddit (r/learningbritish).  If you would like us to read your comments on the podcast, ⁠leave us a five-star rating on APPLE PODCASTS with your comments included as part of the review⁠.  ‘Learning British: A Film and TV Podcast’ (or just ‘Learning British’) is a weekly show hosted by Sam Brown, a born-and-bred Brit, and Natalia Brammen, a Polish immigrant living in the UK.  In each episode, Sam introduces Natalia to a new British film or TV show. From badly aged sitcoms to acclaimed dramas, they explore what these films and TV shows reveal about British culture, history, and identity.  You can keep up with the podcast on Instagram, YouTube, and Reddit.  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learningbritishfilmtv/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SkyWasTheRobot  Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/learningbritish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam and Natalia watch and review Christopher Nolan's eighth film, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (2012) is the superhero-action sequel to BATMAN BEGINS and THE DARK KNIGHT. Eight years after the events of THE DARK KNIGHT, a retired Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) is forced to return to his Batman persona to save Gotham from Bane (Tom Hardy). The film also stars Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, and Marion Cotillard. Will Sam and Natalia like the final instalment of THE DARK KNIGHT trilogy? Topics of conversation include dog bones, Tom Hardy's Bane voice, adaptation and GAME OF THRONES, Cotillard's infamous dying scene, plot holes and choppy scripts, stupid police officers, Gotham being New York City, storming Area 51, Heath Ledger's Joker, the logic of January 6th and why people follow Trump, Epiphany Day, "WHERE'S THE TRIGGEEER?!", the male loneliness epidemic, rooting for the billionaire, Liam Neeson's cameo, THE GODFATHER, and why THE DARK KNIGHT RISES is secretly right-wing propaganda. Don’t forget to ⁠follow and find us on Instagram⁠ (@learningbritishfilmtv) and follow us on Reddit (r/learningbritish).  If you would like us to read your comments on the podcast, ⁠leave us a five-star rating on APPLE PODCASTS with your comments included as part of the review⁠.  ‘Learning British: A Film and TV Podcast’ (or just ‘Learning British’) is a weekly show hosted by Sam Brown, a born-and-bred Brit, and Natalia Brammen, a Polish immigrant living in the UK.  In each episode, Sam introduces Natalia to a new British film or TV show. From badly aged sitcoms to acclaimed dramas, they explore what these films and TV shows reveal about British culture, history, and identity.  You can keep up with the podcast on Instagram, YouTube, and Reddit.  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learningbritishfilmtv/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SkyWasTheRobot  Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/learningbritish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam and Natalia watch and review Christopher Nolan's THE ODYSSEY. THE ODYSSEY (2026) is a film adaptation of Homer's ancient Greek poem, starring Matt Damon as Odysseus, the King of Ithaca. Sam and Natalia jump ahead in their Christopher Nolan retrospective series to find out if his new film is worth the hype. Topics of conversation include England in the FIFA World Cup, Odyseusz, iPhone faces, the singular version of Cyclopes, Cyclopiea, that stupid Helen of Troy controversy, translation, OPPENHEIMER, and what Nolan left out of THE ODYSSEY. Don’t forget to ⁠follow and find us on Instagram⁠ (@learningbritishfilmtv) and follow us on Reddit (r/learningbritish). If you would like us to read your comments on the podcast, ⁠leave us a five-star rating on APPLE PODCASTS with your comments included as part of the review⁠.   ‘Learning British: A Film and TV Podcast’ (or just ‘Learning British’) is a weekly show hosted by Sam Brown, a born-and-bred Brit, and Natalia Brammen, a Polish immigrant living in the UK.   In each episode, Sam introduces Natalia to a new British film or TV show. From badly aged sitcoms to acclaimed dramas, they explore what these films and TV shows reveal about British culture, history, and identity.   You can keep up with the podcast on Instagram, YouTube, and Reddit.   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learningbritishfilmtv/   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SkyWasTheRobot   Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/learningbritish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam and Natalia spend the UK premiere of THE ODYSSEY rewatching Christopher Nolan's seventh film, INCEPTION. INCEPTION (2010) is a science-fiction action film starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Dom Cobb, a thief who steals information by infiltrating the dreams of his targets. The film also stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, Marion Cotillard, Cillian Murphy, and Ken Watanabe. Is INCEPTION as good as people remember? Sam and Natalia find out.  Topics of conversation include dead wives, VENOM, Obamna, movie-movies, Barbenheimer, stupid dream rules, the humanity of THE DARK KNIGHT, the name of the main character from AVATAR, Penrose stairs, the mythological Ariadne, inconsistent logic, INCEPTION memes, Batman returns, IMAX, and Nolan's worst films. Don’t forget to ⁠follow and find us on Instagram⁠ (@learningbritishfilmtv) and follow us on Reddit (r/learningbritish). If you would like us to read your comments on the podcast, ⁠leave us a five-star rating on APPLE PODCASTS with your comments included as part of the review⁠.   ‘Learning British: A Film and TV Podcast’ (or just ‘Learning British’) is a weekly show hosted by Sam Brown, a born-and-bred Brit, and Natalia Brammen, a Polish immigrant living in the UK.   In each episode, Sam introduces Natalia to a new British film or TV show. From badly aged sitcoms to acclaimed dramas, they explore what these films and TV shows reveal about British culture, history, and identity.   You can keep up with the podcast on Instagram, YouTube, and Reddit.   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learningbritishfilmtv/   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SkyWasTheRobot   Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/learningbritish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam and Natalia finish THE INBETWEENERS with the show's two film adaptations, THE INBETWEENERS MOVIE and THE INBETWEENERS 2. THE INBETWEENERS MOVIE (2011) and THE INBETWEENERS 2 (2014) are coming-of-age teen comedy films based on the E4 sitcom, THE INBETWEENERS. Written by series creators Damon Beesley and Iain Morris, the INBETWEENERS movies act as the de facto finale of the classic British sitcom. Will Sam and Natalia let loose in Malia and Australia, or will they be flying back home early? Topics of conversation include pre-Trump comedy, Theo James, stupid teenagers, Sixth Form, showing the disgusting bits, Donovan the bully, THE WORLD'S END, Flanderization, the exam scene, rich Surrey kids, not enjoying university, AT HOME WITH THE BUCKLEYS, and briefcase banter. Don’t forget to ⁠follow and find us on Instagram⁠ (@learningbritishfilmtv) and follow us on Reddit (r/learningbritish).  If you would like us to read your comments on the podcast, ⁠leave us a five-star rating on APPLE PODCASTS with your comments included as part of the review⁠.  ‘Learning British: A Film and TV Podcast’ (or just ‘Learning British’) is a weekly show hosted by Sam Brown, a born-and-bred Brit, and Natalia Brammen, a Polish immigrant living in the UK.  In each episode, Sam introduces Natalia to a new British film or TV show. From badly aged sitcoms to acclaimed dramas, they explore what these films and TV shows reveal about British culture, history, and identity.  You can keep up with the podcast on Instagram, YouTube, and Reddit.  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learningbritishfilmtv/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SkyWasTheRobot  Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/learningbritish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam and Natalia take a reprieve from their Nolan series to watch and review the British cult-comedy classic, THE INBETWEENERS. THE INBETWEENERS is a British coming-of-age sitcom that aired on E4 from 2008 to 2010. The series follows the cringe-inducing misadventures of four awkward Sixth Formers: Will McKenzie (Simon Bird), Simon Cooper (Joe Thomas), Jay Cartwright (James Buckley), and Neil Sutherland (Blake Harrison).  Generally considered one of Britain's best sitcoms, Sam and Natalia rewatch all three seasons to see if the show has aged like wine or aged like milk. Topics of conversation include the American INBETWEENERS remakes, Russell Brand's Bible, popular kids, Ricky Gervais versus woke, LITTLE BRITAIN and blackface, Matt Lucas, Gen Z hating Facebook, "Oooo, friends!", MISFITS, sitcoms you can't make anymore, that "I'm in me mums car, broom broom" bloke, Bebo and Myspace, classism, Benji the dog, Jay's dad, Airbenders, THE INBETWEENERS movies, Piers Morgan, "Feisty one, you are!", stressful exams, and the portrayal of women in THE INBETWEENERS. Don’t forget to ⁠follow and find us on Instagram⁠ (@learningbritishfilmtv) and follow us on Reddit (r/learningbritish).  If you would like us to read your comments on the podcast, ⁠leave us a five-star rating on APPLE PODCASTS with your comments included as part of the review⁠.  ‘Learning British: A Film and TV Podcast’ (or just ‘Learning British’) is a weekly show hosted by Sam Brown, a born-and-bred Brit, and Natalia Brammen, a Polish immigrant living in the UK.  In each episode, Sam introduces Natalia to a new British film or TV show. From badly aged sitcoms to acclaimed dramas, they explore what these films and TV shows reveal about British culture, history, and identity.  You can keep up with the podcast on Instagram, YouTube, and Reddit.  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learningbritishfilmtv/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SkyWasTheRobot  Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/learningbritish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam and Natalia sit down and watch Russell T Davies' new contemporary LGBTQ+ drama, TIP TOE. TIP TOE (2026) is a limited television series released on Channel 4. It follows Leo Struthers (Alan Cumming), a bar owner on Canal Street in Manchester's gay village, who becomes embroiled in a feud with his next-door neighbour, Clive Goss (David Morrissey). The show also stars Elizabeth Berrington as Stephanie Dale, Iz Hesketh as Zee, and Paul Rhys as Melba. Sam and Natalia review all five episodes of TIP TOE. Topics of conversation include DADDY ISSUES, Alan Cumming's sexuality, toxic masculinity, DOCTOR WHO, bi-erasure, John Waters and Werner Herzog, IT'S A SIN, Richard Dawkins and the definition of binary, CUCUMBER, jumping forward in time, soap opera two-hander episodes, NOLLY, writers vs. directors, Ernest Hemingway, queer joy, ROMEO AND JULIET, social media, final episode twists, "We live in a society", Polish characters, stupid bigots, perversion of the English language, trans colours, Olly Alexander breaking the fourth wall, and the Saint George's Cross. Don’t forget to ⁠follow and find us on Instagram⁠ (@learningbritishfilmtv) and follow us on Reddit (r/learningbritish).  If you would like us to read your comments on the podcast, ⁠leave us a five-star rating on APPLE PODCASTS with your comments included as part of the review⁠.  ‘Learning British: A Film and TV Podcast’ (or just ‘Learning British’) is a weekly show hosted by Sam Brown, a born-and-bred Brit, and Natalia Brammen, a Polish immigrant living in the UK.  In each episode, Sam introduces Natalia to a new British film or TV show. From badly aged sitcoms to acclaimed dramas, they explore what these films and TV shows reveal about British culture, history, and identity.  You can keep up with the podcast on Instagram, YouTube, and Reddit.  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learningbritishfilmtv/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SkyWasTheRobot  Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/learningbritish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam and Natalia watch the most famous and acclaimed Christopher Nolan film, THE DARK KNIGHT. THE DARK KNIGHT (2008) is the superhero-action sequel to BATMAN BEGINS. The film follows Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale), Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman), and Harvey 'Two-Face' Dent (Aaron Eckhart) as they attempt to dismantle organised crime in Gotham, until their plans are derailed by Batman's most notorious villain, the Joker (Heath Ledger). You know what THE DARK KNIGHT is. We know what THE DARK KNIGHT is. Is it overrated? Or merely 'rated'? Topics of conversation include whether THE DARK KNIGHT is overrated, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, Jared Leto being a better Joker than Heath Ledger, not liking THE DARK KNIGHT to be cool, popcorn flicks, meaty plots, subtitling the Batman voice, "Thiscityjustproveditselfreadytobelieveingood", Maggie Gyllenhaal versus Katie Holmes, "Like a leper!", and 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU. Don’t forget to ⁠follow and find us on Instagram⁠ (@learningbritishfilmtv) and follow us on Reddit (r/learningbritish).  If you would like us to read your comments on the podcast, ⁠leave us a five-star rating on APPLE PODCASTS with your comments included as part of the review⁠.  ‘Learning British: A Film and TV Podcast’ (or just ‘Learning British’) is a weekly show hosted by Sam Brown, a born-and-bred Brit, and Natalia Brammen, a Polish immigrant living in the UK.  In each episode, Sam introduces Natalia to a new British film or TV show. From badly aged sitcoms to acclaimed dramas, they explore what these films and TV shows reveal about British culture, history, and identity.  You can keep up with the podcast on Instagram, YouTube, and Reddit.  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learningbritishfilmtv/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SkyWasTheRobot  Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/learningbritish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam and Natalia continue their Christopher Nolan series by watching and reviewing his fifth film, THE PRESTIGE. THE PRESTIGE (2006) is a mystery-thriller following two rival magicians, Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale), in turn-of-the-century London. The film also stars Michael Caine as John Cutter, Scarlett Johansson as Olivia Wenscombe, Rebecca Hall as Sarah Borden, and David Bowie as Nikola Tesla. One of Sam's favourite Nolan films, will Natalia feel the magic? Topics of conversation include PRISONERS, looking up film spoilers on your phone before you've seen the movie, NOW YOU SEE ME, predicting the plot twist, DOCTOR WHO, clones, massive clues, fishbowls, Christian Nolan, two dead wives in a Nolan film, empty vessels, Katie Holmes, twins and doubles, Salieri and Mozart, homoerotic tension between Jackman and Bale, THE DARK KNIGHT, and THE INBETWEENERS (yes, really). Don’t forget to ⁠follow and find us on Instagram⁠ (@learningbritishfilmtv) and follow us on Reddit (r/learningbritish).  If you would like us to read your comments on the podcast, ⁠leave us a five-star rating on APPLE PODCASTS with your comments included as part of the review⁠.  ‘Learning British: A Film and TV Podcast’ (or just ‘Learning British’) is a weekly show hosted by Sam Brown, a born-and-bred Brit, and Natalia Brammen, a Polish immigrant living in the UK.  In each episode, Sam introduces Natalia to a new British film or TV show. From badly aged sitcoms to acclaimed dramas, they explore what these films and TV shows reveal about British culture, history, and identity.  You can keep up with the podcast on Instagram, YouTube, and Reddit.  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learningbritishfilmtv/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SkyWasTheRobot  Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/learningbritish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Prepare for back-to-back BATMAN BEGINS as Sam and Natalia continue their Christopher Nolan retrospective. BATMAN BEGINS (2005) is a superhero-action film which tells the origin story of Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) becoming the titular icon. Following the death of his parents, Bruce Wayne fights to stop Ra's al Ghul (Liam Neeson) and the Scarecrow (Cillian Murphy) with the help of his butler, Alfred (Michael Caine), and his childhood friend, Rachel Dawes (Katie Holmes). Made partly in response to Joel Schumacher's critically panned BATMAN & ROBIN, BATMAN BEGINS started Nolan's successful DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY. But does the first film in the franchise hold up? Topics of conversation include bad performances, the economics of being Batman, Joel Schumacher's BATMAN & ROBIN, the acclaim of THE DARK KNIGHT, awful dialogue, what DC Comics stands for, why women don't like Christopher Nolan, writing dissertations on Thanos, writing dissertations on DOCTOR WHO, insect-based superheroes, Tim Burton, The Joker, mute mothers, MARTHAAAAA, loving justice, films over two hours, Hugh Jackman, LES MIS, Tom Hooper in director's jail for CATS, and THE PRESTIGE. Don’t forget to ⁠follow and find us on Instagram⁠ (@learningbritishfilmtv) and follow us on Reddit (r/learningbritish). If you would like us to read your comments on the podcast, ⁠leave us a five-star rating on APPLE PODCASTS with your comments included as part of the review⁠.   ‘Learning British: A Film and TV Podcast’ (or just ‘Learning British’) is a weekly show hosted by Sam Brown, a born-and-bred Brit, and Natalia Brammen, a Polish immigrant living in the UK.   In each episode, Sam introduces Natalia to a new British film or TV show. From badly aged sitcoms to acclaimed dramas, they explore what these films and TV shows reveal about British culture, history, and identity.   You can keep up with the podcast on Instagram, YouTube, and Reddit.   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learningbritishfilmtv/   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SkyWasTheRobot   Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/learningbritish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.