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On the 24th of December 2016, news outlets around the world reported that Carrie Fisher, movie star and cultural icon had suffered a heart attack on a flight from London to LosAngeles, a few days later on the 27th of December she died. Her mother, the golden age movie star and cultural icon Debbie Reynolds died the next day from a stroke. Reportedly, in the wake of Carrie Fisher's death, she had said 'I want to be with Carrie' who she also named as her best friend. Tonight on they don't make 'em like they used to we dedicate our entire show (format and everything) to two ladies from one family who indelibly left their mark on the world. -
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20 movies in 90 minutes ... and breathe. Welcome to They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To. We decided to give in to the Christmas Spirit and tonight, we're talking FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS MOVIES on the Podcast. People dropped us a few lines as to what their Favourite Christmas movie was and why. We tried to get through them all (in 90 minutes). Great Christmas celebration. -
TONIGHT, she is our resident musical expert, she’s our resident romantic movie expert and still manages to have a nifty sideline in boys movies. Tonight she takes us through Hayley Mills finding Jesus in a Barn, Robert Duvall drinking and singing about the American South years before Jeff bridges pulled off the same trick, and Bill Murray waking up, and waking up and yet again waking up in a small town in Pennsylvania. Welcome to the Sharon Bollen takeover of They Don’t make ‘em Like they used to. -
Tonight, we are in the home of the road. Might not have been invented there, but there is arguably no country that has embraced the road like the good old US of A. And Hollywood noticed, resulting in one of the most recognisable movie genres, the road movie. Tonight we have screwball comedy on the road in the 30s, existential youth culture on the road in the 70s, and Girl power on a crime spree on the road in the 90s. It’s going to be fun, Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘Em Like they Used To. -
This evening, we’re in the North of England, it’s realism on screen, it’s social commentary on screen, its dank and it’s a little bit grim. It can only be Ken Loach. We also look at the Far east meeting the wild west waaaaayy before anyone ever heard of Jackie Chan or Owen Wilson. And we end up with a film that briefly threatened to make Swords and sandals a viable genre again. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To. -
This evening, we discuss the odyssey of a guy who was born a poor black Child, we drag a slightly forgotten movie from one of englands screen sweethearts into the sunlight, spend time watching movies for free with a 1950s cinema usher, and sticking with the 1950s, we defy the Governmental powers that be and bid you Good Night & Good Luck. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To.
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This evening WE’RE AS MAD A HELL, AND WE’RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE, oh yes, we also follow a famous swashbuckler as he swaps his buckled swashes for a slung gun. Then we round off with a modern movie that attempts to explain exactly why you can no longer afford that yearly holiday that you so badly need. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To. -
On the show tonight, Marlon Brando Sings!!! That one clue is enough for many to figure out what film we are talking about, also Mario Lanza Sings!!! although we never get to see the poor bloke in the film and finally David Bowie Sings!!! along with a package that you would have thought many people would have been uncomfortable with having in a Children’s film. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To. -
This evening, it all starts on the page and in the bookshop. we pay tribute to those stories that started without thought of a silver screen in mind. When all the Authors had were words and the images those words conjour in your mind. until that is some clever clogs came along and decided to show us all the image that they had in their head when they read the words.That’s right, tonight we’re talking films that started life as books. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To. -
This evening, we are keeping some illustrious company. I’m talking people who did stuff so momentous that someone threw millions of dollars into a pot to make a film about them, We have an Army General, a Blues Legend, and a civil rights trailblazer. All this and more to come on tonight’s They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To. -
In our Black and white special, we are being pitched in at the deep end with the crew of the HMS Compass Rose, Plunged into the jungles of Burma (as it was called) with some of her majesty's finest and to roundup our monochrome special, we will look at a Quirky Modern throwback. Welcome to They Don't make 'em Like They Used to. -
This evening, we tackle a biopic of one of the most famous items of clothing in The Roman Empire, we stumble across two musical cinematic legends that have somehow been hiding their sole collaboration under a rock all these years, and we jump forward in time to tackle a new version of an old romp. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To. -
This week, It’s Character Heartthrob who can act time, as we go through a family Melodrama with Dean, start a revolution on a Island with Brando, and try and benefit from a war in the Gulf with Clooney, Wahlberg and Cube. Also due to our adopted ward Alverstone, we advance one year in age through the means of song. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To. -
This evening, in honour of the recent anniversary of the Battle of Britain, We have a look at World War two movies through the ages, starting in the obvious place, we go through bonafide classics, Hidden gems and modern throwbacks. We also hear tales of the great Howard Keel from Pam in our pet ward Alverstone . Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To - Show more
