BFI Flipside presents Peter Sellers’ lost classic Mr Topaze
❉ Blu-ray/DVD of Sellers’ directorial feature debut includes The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film, a variety of interviews and more!
SPIKE MILLIGAN
Who killed Simon Dee?
❉ Once Britain’s biggest star… and then gone. Why?
The Beatles Christmas Records
❉ The Beatles’ Christmas records were as as joyous as anything they produced, if much sillier.
Cult Q & A: SMERSH POD’s John Rain
❉ John Rain on Dog Man Star, Galton & Simpson, Peter Cook, Twitter and, of course, Smersh Pod.
Cult Q & A: Darren Dutton (Big Field)
❉ Darren Dutton is director and co-creator of Big Field, which returns to BBC Three today.
‘Scarred For Life Volume One: The 70s’
❉ A book about growing up in the dark side of the 70s with the darkest, most inappropriate pop culture ever.
Bohemian Rhapsodies: The genius of the Marx Brothers
❉ An appreciation of the quickfire comedy and anarchic spirit of the Marx Brothers.
Cult Q & A: Jessica Martin
❉ We’re asking, they’re answering. This week: West End leading lady and indie comic creator, Jessica Martin.
Cult Q & A: David Quantick
❉ We’re asking, they’re answering. This week: A blaggers’ guide to David Quantick!
Cult Q & A: HiFi Sean
❉ Sean Dickson on his new album, The Soup Dragons, the late Alan Vega, John Peel, T. Rex, and getting banned from TV-am.