Best Peter Capaldi Podcasts (2025)

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The Well and Lucky Day - REVIEWED! 1:15:23

5h ago1:15:23

1:15:23

Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! We've got not one, but two episode reviews for you this week! First up is The Well - we were both too busy to get this recorded and out last weekend (but our livestream hopefully made up for it!) but here it is now! After that is this weeks episode, Lucky Day which sees the return of Rub…

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Ryan Coogler on Sinners, The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz, Book Bans in the US 42:23

24m ago42:23

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US director Ryan Coogler on his supernatural horror film, Sinners. Anne Sebba discusses her new book, The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz, about the orchestra formed in 1943 among the female prisoners at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. And as a new report looking at so-called book banning in the United States is published, we talked to au…

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Mary J. Blige (What's The 411? / The Umbrella Academy / Queen of Hip Hop Soul) • Friday Rewind 44:38

2d ago44:38

44:38

emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Mary J. Blige, originally episode 252 from 2019-02-13. Original writeup below: ––––––––––––––––––––––––– “…When you give your all, you win…” Absolute solid gold crown wearing greatness for you here, as Pi…

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Review: John Lennon docs, Tina Fey's The Four Seasons and The Great Gatsby musical 41:51

1d ago41:51

41:51

Critic Kate Maltby and Beatles author Ian Leslie join Tom Sutcliffe to discuss two documentaries about John Lennon remaking his life in New York - Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade and One to One: John & Yoko. They also discuss Tina Fey’s new series The Four Seasons, based on the 1981 film of the same name, which explores the relationships of thr…

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King James VI & I, Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, The Extraordinary Miss Flower 41:59

1d ago41:59

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Jeff Pope on his new series Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, the innocent man who was killed by police on a London tube in 2005, which launches tonight on Disney+. James VI of Scotland & I of England is the subject of a major exhibition at the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh. We’re joined by the historical writers Lucy Hu…

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🔒 Doctor Who The Well: REVIEWED 🚀 EXPLORERS 31:05

3d ago31:05

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Subscriber-only episode Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! Visiting a planet he's been to before, the Doctor encounters a terrifying threat he's also met once before... A lone survivor on a mining base riddled with corpses, with something hiding behind her back... ...and we try to do it justice in the opening for this epi…

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Grace Neutral: transcending the tattoo universe with inclusivity and safety (Femme Fatale Tattoo) #616 1:22:13

3d ago1:22:13

1:22:13

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by GRACE NEUTRAL, founder of FEMME FATALE TATTOO! Of course, as with all intros, it is impossible to sum up Grace by a role or a title. Grace is also a force of energy and natural spring of positivity in the wide world of the tattoo, as you will …

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Noddy Holder of Slade, Stephen Rea and Simone de Beauvoir 41:53

3d ago41:53

41:53

In 1975, at the height of their fame, British band Slade made a feature film, Slade in Flame. The film was a critical and commercial failure at the time, but has built up a cult following over the years. Now it's being re-released in cinemas and on DVD. Frontman Noddy Holder and film director Richard Loncraine spoke to Samira Ahmed in studio. With …

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Al Murray 41:42

4d ago41:42

41:42

The Pub Landlord himself, comedian turned Historian Al Murray joins Rebecca to talk about the three people who have changed his life! Get to know another side of The Guv with some very lovely picks for Past, Present and Future as he talks teachers, podcast partners and family. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Universal Theme Park, Olivier award-winning play Giant, Two to One 42:18

4d ago42:18

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Mark Rosenblatt on Giant, his Olivier award-winning play starring John Lithgow as Roald Dahl. As Universal Studios announce plans for a major new theme park in Bedfordshire, what does this mean for the UK entertainment industry? Samira is joined by entertainment journalist Ella Baskerville and Gareth Smy from Framestore to discuss its signficance a…

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Before the Flood 1:49:03

6d ago1:49:03

1:49:03

Become a Patron and receive three bonus episodes per month, as well as other cool stuff! https://www.patreon.com/c/StillGotLegs Join the Still Got Legs Discord https://discord.gg/stillgotlegs Follow the socials @StillGotLegsPod @NathanBower_ @laurence_hisee Email the show [email protected] Thank you to Dr Keyz on YouTube for providing t…

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WHOC2C Livestream April 2025 1:29:08

6d ago1:29:08

1:29:08

Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! *This is the audio from our YouTube Livestream* For our first ever livestream, we're joined by our friend Al Dewar and a number of listeners as well! We talk about lots of things including... Season 2 of Doctor Who the Thirteenth Doctor Avatar (of course) Blakes 7 Action figures Summer m…

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Alan Moore (Swamp Thing / V For Vendetta / Watchmen) • Friday Rewind 1:30:18

10d ago1:30:18

1:30:18

emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Alan Moore, originally episode 3 from 2014-10-29. A huge episode in the Distraction Pieces canon, as Pip caught up with Alan - at time of publishing - over a decade ago in Alan's house. It was the early d…

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Review: Self Esteem's album A Complicated Woman; RSC's Much Ado About Nothing; Julie Keeps Quiet tennis film 42:30

9d ago42:30

42:30

Journalist Siân Pattenden & critic Stephanie Merritt join Tom to discuss Self Esteem's third album A Complicated Woman, which features collaborations with Nadine Shah and Moonchild Sanelly. Ahead of the release, Self Esteem AKA Rebecca Lucy Taylor showcased the album by staging a five-night theatrical presentation at London's Duke of York theatre. …

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The ethics of publishing posthumous diaries, Pianist Igor Levit, and Memorials to great women. 42:06

10d ago42:06

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As the journals of the American writer Joan Didion (based on conversations with her psychiatrist) are published, writer and journalist Rachel Cooke and Alan Taylor, editor of actor Alan Rickman's diaries, discuss the challenges, responsibilities and ethics of posthumously publishing the diaries of great writers, artists and actors. Acclaimed German…

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Climate activist ROSIE HAMPTON (Climate Solutions For Realists miniseries Part 4) #615 55:30

11d ago55:30

55:30

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is part 4 of an April-long miniseries curated by Pip entitled 'Climate Solutions For Realists'. Our fourth guest is climate activist ROSIE HAMPTON. Hopefully by now, if you've caught all four of the episodes in this miniseries (which will have slotted in seamlessly…

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Dante's Inferno in Jamaica, Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time re-examined, Shakespeare's first theatre 42:32

10d ago42:32

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Jamaica's former poet laureate, Lorna Goodison, on setting Dante's Inferno on the island of her birth; Journalist Joanna Moorhead on Pope Francis' relationship with the arts; Poet and librettist Michael Symmons Roberts on writing a form-breaking book to re-examine French composer Olivier Messiaen's form-breaking masterwork - Quartet for the End of …

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JMW Turner: 250th anniversary of Britain's greatest painter 42:24

12d ago42:24

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Mr. Turner director Mike Leigh, art historian Charlotte Mullins and senior curator at Tate Amy Concannon join Tom Sutcliffe to celebrate the life and work of JMW Turner, as we approach the 250th anniversary of his birth. Also in this edition, David Hockney on Turner's skill as an artist, Alvaro Barrington talks about his continuing influence on art…

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Under the Lake 1:44:48

13d ago1:44:48

1:44:48

Become a Patron and receive three bonus episodes per month, as well as other cool stuff! https://www.patreon.com/c/StillGotLegs Join the Still Got Legs Discord https://discord.gg/stillgotlegs Follow the socials @StillGotLegsPod @NathanBower_ @laurence_hisee Email the show [email protected] Thank you to Dr Keyz on YouTube for providing t…

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Doctor Who Lux : REVIEWED! 1:00:05

14d ago1:00:05

1:00:05

Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! Welcome to the latest episode in the long line of Who Corner to Corner episodes, with your hosts, with the most, Ding Dong Paul and Rinky Dink Geoff and in this instalment of this podcast, the dynamic duo take a look at the spectacular episode entitled Lux from that science fiction show …

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🔒 Doctor Who Lux : REVIEWED! 🚀 1:00:05

15d ago1:00:05

1:00:05

Subscriber-only episode Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! Welcome to the latest episode in the long line of Who Corner to Corner episodes, with your hosts, with the most, Ding Dong Paul and Rinky Dink Geoff and in this instalment of this podcast, the dynamic duo take a look at the spectacular episode entitled Lux from th…

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John Cooper Clarke (The Bard Of Salford / The Luckiest Guy Alive / Chickentown) • Friday Rewind 58:00

15d ago58:00

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emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with John Cooper Clarke, originally episode 240 from 2018-11-21. Original writeup below! ––––––––––––––––––––––––– “If I was a band I would have split up years ago…” Hopefully you are aware of the fellow and h…

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Review: Alex Garland's film Warfare, Audition by Katie Kitamura, Shanghai Dolls by Amy Ng on stage 42:20

16d ago42:20

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Alex Garland's latest film Warfare, which is co-directed by US military veteran Ray Mendoza turns back the clock back nearly twenty years to reconstruct a real-life surveillance mission in Iraq. Film critic Tim Robey and journalist Zing Tsjeng give their verdict on the analysis of the theatre of war, which unfolds in real time. They've also been to…

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Photographer Susan Meiselas, The Impact of Trump's Tariffs on Musical Instrument Manufacturers, Author Ewan Morrison. 42:18

17d ago42:18

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American documentary photographer and President of the Magnum Foundation Susan Meiselas speaks about her fifty-year career, as she receives the Outstanding Contribution to Photography award at the Sony World Photography Awards 2025, and as her work goes on display at Somerset House in London. We hear how President Trump's economic tariffs are affec…

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Greenpeace CEO AREEBA HAMID (Climate Solutions For Realists miniseries Part 3) #614 46:12

17d ago46:12

46:12

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is part 3 of an April-long miniseries curated by Pip entitled 'Climate Solutions For Realists'. Our third guest is Greenpeace CEO AREEBA HAMID. A really great chance to hear from someone who could not be more involved with Greenpeace, in a capacity which has Areeba…

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Sue Cleaver 40:38

19d ago40:38

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Coronation Street legend and loose woman Sue Cleaver, breaks the format of the show! Expect Sue to talk about finding her biological family via working with a famous comedic actor, dealing with anxiety and a conversation that will make you think and feel, and hopefully make you question the thoughts you may have... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr…

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Muriel's Wedding the Musical, Dr Who, Anthony Horowitz on Marble Hall Murders 42:17

19d ago42:17

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Director and Screenwriter PJ Hogan, creator of the 1994 comedy Muriel's wedding, speaks to Samira Ahmed about the new musical adaptation of his film. With lead actors leaving, and ratings down, there are questions about the future of Doctor Who. Author John Higgs, and entertainment writer Caroline Frost, talk about the past, present and future of t…

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The Witch's Familiar 1:57:54

20d ago1:57:54

1:57:54

Become a Patron and receive three bonus episodes per month, as well as other cool stuff! https://www.patreon.com/c/StillGotLegs Join the Still Got Legs Discord https://discord.gg/stillgotlegs Follow the socials @StillGotLegsPod @NathanBower_ @laurence_hisee Email the show [email protected] Thank you to Dr Keyz on YouTube for providing t…

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Doctor Who The Robot Revolution: REVIEWED! 28:49

21d ago28:49

28:49

Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! A new season of Doctor Who means new episodes and new podcast reviews! We're back and kicking off an 8 week run of episodes with a look at the first episode of Ncuti Gatwa's second series as The Doctor - The Robot Revolution! One of us liked this episode and one did not...but who had wha…

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🔒 Doctor Who The Robot Revolution: REVIEWED 🚀 28:49

22d ago28:49

28:49

Subscriber-only episode Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! A new season of Doctor Who means new episodes and new podcast reviews! We're back and kicking off an 8 week run of episodes with a look at the first episode of Ncuti Gatwa's second series as The Doctor - The Robot Revolution! One of us liked this episode and one d…

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Sofia Boutella (Rebel Moon / Cimax / Kingsman) • Friday Rewind 1:12:33

23d ago1:12:33

1:12:33

emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Sofia Boutella, originally episode 153 from 2017-05-31. A great catchup to - at time of typing - like 8 years ago, when Pip and Sofia met up in LA for this really nice conversation. A great time capsule t…

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Review: Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes in The Return, On the Calculation of Volume by Solvej Balle, Holy Cow film 42:06

22d ago42:06

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Classics professor Edith Hall and writer Lawrence Norfolk join Tom to review The Return, a retelling of the end of Homer’s Odyssey, where the hero Odysseus returns to his kingdom decades after the battle of Troy to find his wife Queen Penelope fending off suitors out to take his throne. The film stars Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche talk to Tom …

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Tracy Chapman, the Arthur Miller moment in UK theatres, Rock Royalty 42:03

24d ago42:03

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Singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman talks about the re-release of her eponymous debut album after 35 years, about how those songs of oppression and aspiration, written so long ago, speak to us today, and about going from almost unknown to world famous in one performance. We ask two directors of productions of The Crucible (by Scottish Ballet, and at Sh…

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Climate journalist DAISY DUNNE (Climate Solutions For Realists miniseries Part 2) #613 50:23

26d ago50:23

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is part 2 of an April-long miniseries curated by Pip entitled 'Climate Solutions For Realists'. Our second guest is climate journalist DAISY DUNNE. A really fascinating and inspiring chat here with Pip and Daisy, following on from last week's episode with James Ske…

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Kym Marsh on Abigail's Party, Severance creator Dan Erickson, film franchises in flux 42:38

24d ago42:38

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Kym Marsh on stepping into the iconic role of Beverly in theatre classic Abigail's Party as the play opens at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. Film critic Hannah Strong and George Pundek, co-host of the Pulp Kitchen film podcast, on why so many of the big film franchises are facing difficulties. Severance creator Dan Erickson on making a t…

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Manhunt play by Robert Icke, new Edwardians exhibition, film director Waris Hussein 42:44

26d ago42:44

42:44

Theatre director Robert Icke's production of Oedipus won best revival and a best actress award for Lesley Manville at last night's Olivier Awards - but his new play Manhunt is now demanding his attention at the Royal Court Theatre in London. The drama focuses on the story of Raoul Moat who attacked his ex-girlfriend and killed her new boyfriend bef…

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The Magician's Apprentice 2:15:20

27d ago2:15:20

2:15:20

Become a Patron and receive three bonus episodes per month, as well as other cool stuff! https://www.patreon.com/c/StillGotLegs Join the Still Got Legs Discord https://discord.gg/stillgotlegs Follow the socials @StillGotLegsPod @NathanBower_ @laurencemp4 Email the show [email protected] Thank you to Dr Keyz on YouTube for providing the …

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Doctor Who: The Daemons | Episode Commentary with Al Dewar | Part 2 - Episodes 3, 4 & 5 1:22:58

28d ago1:22:58

1:22:58

Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! We return to Devil's End with Al Dewar to continue watching and commentating on the classic third Doctor story, The Daemons... ... that was the plan, but once again we got slightly hijacked this week and whilst watching the episode, we also spoke about... mythical creatures and legends l…

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