Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour - Wendy Padbury, Patrick Troughton & Frazer Hines

The CultBox Podcast Roundup – January 2025

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Here’s our January 2025 Podcast Roundup – our favourites from the worlds of CultBox. 

In no particular order, this month’s picks are…

Something Who Episode 108: The War Games in Colour

Editor Benjamin Cook and Lead Colourisation Artist Rich Tipple return to discuss ‘The War Games in Colour’.

Talking to host Richard Smith, the pair get into the details of how they set about colouring the 10-part Troughton epic and trimming in to 90 minutes. They also reflect on the Doctor Who special’s reception with its fan audience and those Masterful musical cues.

Table Manners  Series 16, Episode 17 – Louis Theroux

able Manners podcast

Jessie and Lennie Ware hosted documentarian (and now podcaster) Louis Theroux for a chat about family, food and his work. From being born in Singapore to attending Westminster School, working for a glass blower and living in a brothel. As the discussion ranges from porn star etiquette to his own recipes, Theroux proves as fascinating as any of his subjects

This month, Table Manners also hosted Jessie Eisenberg, Colman Domingo, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and Felicity Jones.

The Sirens of Audio: Matthew Waterhouse – The Boy Who Saved The World

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As a curtain raiser for his forthcoming tour of Australia, Doctor Who actor Matthew Waterhouse joined hosts Dwayne and Phillip to talk about his life and career. As well as telling the story of how he got the role of Adric, we also heard about the two Big Finish audio novels that he has written, Watchers and Prisoners of London.

Also on the feed this month, there’s an interview with Nicholas Briggs discussing the behind-the-scenes effort that went into mounting Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend Live.

Celebrity Catch Up – Nick Park – aka Wallace and Gromit genius creator

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Dropping ahead of Wallace Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, although we found it this month, animator Nick Park spoke to Genevieve Hassan about his career.

It’s a charming chat, full of trivia such as the fact that Gromit was originally meant to speak, Scooby-Doo like, and be voiced by Peter Hawkins. There’s also talk of his joining Aardman, making Creature Comforts, winning Oscars, and the importance of washing you hands as an animator!

Film Stories

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This month Simon Brew tackled Scarface, Black Adam, Draft Day, The Producers, Fierce Creatures and There Will Be Blood. He also interviewed directors Barry Sonnenfeld, Leigh Whammel, Robert Eggers, Chris Columbus, Mike Leigh and Nicholas Stoller. Plus, he sat down with the prolific writer/producer/director Steven Knight too.

So, happy listening… and do let us know if you have any recommendations.