War Movie Theatre

By: Robert Hutton & Duncan Weldon
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  • Like an old war film? So do authors Robert Hutton and Duncan Weldon, who get together with celebrity chums to watch the classics of land, sea and air to see how they stand up today. What’s still great? What’s dated? Who’s the least believable German? Find out in the new season of the podcast formerly known as A Pod Too Far.

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Episodes
  • Dunkirk (2017)

    Dunkirk (2017)
    Apr 10 2025

    Duncan and Rob are back, fighting to get off the beach and home to England in Christopher Nolan's 2017 blockbuster Dunkirk. How did he persuade Americans to bankroll this? How did he persuade them to go and see it? And can we see a future for plucky novice actor Harry Styles?

    Suggestions? Comments? Drop us a line at warmovietheatre@gmail.com.

    Visit us at facebook.com/WarMovieTheatre or on Bluesky and Twitter.


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    45 mins
  • The Pianist – with special guest Clare Mulley

    The Pianist – with special guest Clare Mulley
    Sep 27 2024

    Watching the war movies that make us bloody glad it’s not the 1940s, with authors Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon. This time, acclaimed author and historian Clare Mulley of The Spy Who Loved fame joins us to watch Roman Polanski’s harrowing story of the Holocaust, escape, chance survival and guilt, The Pianist (2002). As we discover, Adrian Brody’s astonishing physical transformation to play the role is not even the half of it.


    Written and presented by Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon. Audio production by Tom Taylor. Art by Jim Parrett. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Thanks to Jodie Banaszkiewicz for clearances. War Movie Theatre is a Podmasters production


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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • The First Of The Few – with special guest J. Willgoose Esq of Public Service Broadcasting

    The First Of The Few – with special guest J. Willgoose Esq of Public Service Broadcasting
    Aug 1 2024

    Watching the war movies that make us think we’ve discovered the real secret of flying, with authors Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon. This time we wheel, bank and glide with The First Of The Few, Leslie Howard’s stirring 1942 portrait of the birth of the Spitfire fighter plane and its doomed progenitor RJ Mitchell – played by Howard himself.

    Our special guest J. Willgoose Esq of esteemed “collage rock” band Public Service Broadcasting has previous form with the movie: their pulse-quickening early single Spitfire was built around samples of its dialogue. What will we think? Is this movie heroism and creativity incarnate? And can we take the Spitfires, Mitch? Listen and learn.


    • Public Service Broadcasting’s new album, The Last Flight, will be released on 4 October via SO Recordings. Pre-order/save here.

    • The album’s first single Electra is out now.

    • PSB tour the UK this Autumn. Dates here.


    Written and presented by Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon. Audio production by Tom Taylor. Art by Jim Parrett. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Thanks to Jodie Banaszkiewicz for clearances. War Movie Theatre is a Podmasters production


    www.podmasters.co.uk

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    Suggestions? Comments? Drop us a line at warmovietheatre@gmail.com.

    Visit us at facebook.com/WarMovieTheatre or on Bluesky and Twitter.


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    53 mins

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If you grew up watching war films

Funny and interesting looking back at the films I was obsessed with in the 80’s when I was growing up.

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