Life's a Pitch Podcast

Hail Chaos - Episode 1 - A Tale Of High Adventure!

09 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

There is no new episode of Life's a Pitch this week as we ran out of time to edit... BUT! Here is the first episode of Hail Chaos! The roleplaying pod...

Deleted Scenes: Don't Eat This Book

03 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A hellish nightmare unfolds as a mysterious book finds its way into a culinary school library We talk about Project Hail Mary, Matt throws more shade...

Episode 554: Handy Books of Bees

26 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Tom's back! and we're right back at it pitching movie adaptations to books we haven't read. A coming of age movie meets The Fly as one boy finds a ma...

Deleted Scenes: Spycraft 101 (with Riley Routh)

19 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Matt and Riley pitch a conspiracy thriller, proving that it's not *always* Tom's fault. We also talk about Daniel Radcliffe a LOT and for some reason ...

Episode 553 - Mums the Word (With Riley Routh)

12 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

While Tom's away, Matt & Riley pitch some family spy movies, what do you do when your Spy Mother goes missing, and the only person you can call for a ...

Deleted Scenes: Big Whoop (With Guy Kelly)

04 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined by Guy Kelly to talk Kaiju movies and rickety old rollercoasters. These are the deleted scenes! Go back and listen to the main episode i...

Episode 552 - Big Bird: the Reckoning (with Guy Kelly)

28 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're joined by Guy Kelly (brainmage.bsky.social) to pitch some gigantic kaiju movies! The world is shocked by the attack on new york by an ...

Deleted Scenes: Why Do Anything?

21 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Tom has some gripes about content creators and we talk about the murder mystery genre and pitch another movie! Enjoy!

Episode 551: Whoopsie Doo! Assassination at the Themed Family Restaurant

14 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We get some star-studded ensemble casts going this week as we pitch some murder mystery movies this week! Other pitches include: Richard Osman Strike...

Deleted Scenes: Only You May Defeat Beatle Mania

13 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Matt chats about Sean Bean's Birdwatching podcast, and we pitch a strange 60s rock n roll musical conspiracy

Episode 550: The Crystal Pepsi Years

28 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week we pitch "Historical Epics", and as you can tell from the title it went very well and stayed totally in-genre. Other movies pitched: I'm th...

Deleted Scenes: The "I Learned Nothing" Moment

21 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss Harry Hill's new podcast and the Space Opera Genre and pitch a new movie!

Episode 549: Johnny Comet's Gonna Vomit

14 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch some space opera's this week and come up with an eighties college comedy. Other pitches include; The Three Tenors Galactic tour Solar Lotter...

Deleted Scenes: All Things Considered I'd Rather Keep My Job

07 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A very grounded contemporary drama in which Bradley Cooper lives in your walls. We also chat about the suspension of disbelief and what "contemporary...

Episode 548: He's more Hole Than Donut

31 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week we pitch (questionably) contemporary (questionably) drama (questionably) movies. A pair of twins struggle with their need for patriarchal ap...

Deleted Scenes: Fockers-In-Law

25 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Who asked for this?!

Episode 547: Street Fighter (Films of 2026)

18 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We look ahead to films coming out in 2026 and ask "what if we made them?" Other pitches include; Madden The RIP

Deleted Scenes: The Christmas Trees' Revenge

11 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch a sequel to Macbeth in which Matt finally figures out how to spell the place where Macbeth lives. Most of this though, is us critiquing Star...

Episode 546: Where Did That Receipt Go

04 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're pitching (slightly belated) xmas horror movies, but it's ok! This one is themed around having to take back an awful piece of haunted t...

Deleted Scenes: Bad Burglars (With Dave Bulmer)

26 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch another Family Feud movie with Dave and talk about certain scenes from Deck The Halls. (Spoilers for Deck The Halls btw)

Episode 545: My Neighbour's Reindeer Wants Me Dead (With Dave Bulmer)

20 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined by our Christmas correspondent Dave Bulmer to pitch some Christmas family feud movies!

Deleted Scenes: Quickfire Xmas Ads

14 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week's Deleted Scenes is chock-full of extra pitches, as we smash through loads of ads at the start and the end of the show. Including: Burgers!...

Episode 544: Xmas Ad Campaigns 2 - Santa Juice

07 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're delving back into the reason for the season, rampant commercialism. What better way to celebrate than creating cynical ad campaigns m...

Deleted Scenes: Jetpack P**s

29 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch a modern western about a boyband and chat about the genre as a whole

Episode 543: The Town That Was Just Big Enough

22 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We approach some modern problems with old, rugged solutions this week as we pitch some modern westerns! Other film pitched include: How Silicon Was M...

Deleted Scenes: The Ed Sheeran Yesterday Theory

20 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss some music based film ideas, along with a pretty out there theory for why Ed Sheeran is popular, and pitch another movie!

Episode 542: Daft Punk Is Playing At My House

16 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch some movies based on song titles this week. Other films we pitch include: The Man That Can't Be Moved Grab The Devil By The Horns And F**K ...

Episode 541: "Orson Welles" Presents: The Halloween Clip Show

01 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Acclaimed motion picture director Orson Welles guides us through some fun older pitches from past halloween episodes! This episode includes clips fro...

Deleted Scenes: The Man Who Is The Bird (With Elise Freshwater-Blizzard)

30 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

we chat about cyber movie tropes, and just tropes in general and subcultures and loads of stuff in this weeks deleted scenes!

Episode 540: Cyber Santa (With Elise Freshwater-Blizzard)

25 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We await the rise of AI as we pitch some silly Cyber movies with TV Presenter and Comedian Elise Freshwater-Blizzard!! Other movies pitched are: If I...

Episode 539: Hindenburg in her Eyes

20 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we imagine maybe what might have maybe happened in a historical romance set on the (pen)ultimate flight of the Hindenburg. Other movies pit...

Deleted Scenes: Brodyquest to the Stars

19 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch another space movie and chat about Tron:Ares, amongst other stuff! Enjoy!

Episode 538: Oxygen Not Included

11 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're pitching space movies! Other films pitched include: In Space No One Can Move Furniture I'm Really Stupid, But At Least I'm In Space

Deleted Scenes: #uncancelwillow

10 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about Stephen King adaptations and Mark... we mean Tom, give a review of "The Long Walk" we also pitch another movie too.

Episode 537 Book vs Book

04 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Matt and Tom go head to head in pitching very very inaccurate movie versions of the books Entangled Lives and The Great Gatsby

Episode 536: The Bible

27 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're back! And we're pitching book adaptations of books we've not read! Other books we try to adapt include: Hard Bastards The Three Body Problem

Radio Go! Episode 1: Bat Boxes

14 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We've not been able to record another episode this week. However we've taken this opportunity to add the first episode of Radio Go! to our feed. This ...

Deleted Scenes: Don't Make Me Laugh (With India McGrath)

06 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined by India to discuss some reality TV stuff as well as pitch another bizarre reality TV show!

Episode 535: Reality TV Season 4

31 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We add more showws to our Reality TV channel this week. Shows pitched include; The LARPartment Parched How The Sausage Is Made Who Has My Nose Resen...

Deleted Scenes: Rocky Swings Both Ways (with Riley Routh)

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Matt and Riley create a kind of weird torture nexus for ad executives, and chat about the martial arts genre in very vague terms

Episode 534: Punch for Lunch (with Riley Routh)

25 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With Tom away at the Edinburgh Fringe, Matt is joined by Riley Routh for a chaotic mass of martial arts movies. Including a very fighty period drama a...

Episode 533: Head to Head Pitching!

15 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We go head to head and give each other film titles to pitch movies to this week. Tom pitches two films about strange little guys, while Matt pitches a...

Deleted Scenes: It's Just Blade

15 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch another Urban Fantasy in a movie about a nice beer garden on a sunny day, near work, on a friday afternoon And then talk for AGES about the u...

Episode 532: Questminster Abbey

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

in this Urban Fantasy episode, a british politician accidently lets a dark magic leak back into the world and must face an invisible dragon which has ...

Deleted Scenes: A Wedding, A Wedding, A Wedding, A Wedding and a Funeral (With Dave Bulmer)

07 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch the movie "Something Blue" and chat about Webbing movies, de-aging in movies and wedding movies

Episode 531: You May Now Kiss The Bread (With Dave Bulmer)

02 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined by Dave to pitch some wedding movies this week! Other film pitched include; The Little Chapel in the Big Hole Always the Usher, Never t...

Deleted Scenes: Beer Pong - World Solo Cup

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch another competition movie and discuss what would happen if Donald Trump got into Kingdom Hearts these are the deleted scenes for episode 530 ...

Episode 530: Are You Better At Dancing Than An Insurance Agent?

21 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch some (questionably) performance competition movies, although with this particular episode it feels like the genre was left on the floor for s...

Deleted Scenes: David Boreanaz Just Stands There (With Sash)

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Which London Tube stop do you want to see a Post-Apocalypse themed gang for?

Episode 529: Shroomageddon (With Sash)

12 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch some post apocalypse movies in this weeks episode. Other films pitched include: "No Rain, No Grain" "The World Ended, But We're Still Podcas...

Deleted Scenes: Billions for Boris - A Freaky Friday Story

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch the movie Pretend it Like Beckham, and discover the hidden depths of the Freaky Friday Franchise! These are the deleted scenes for episode 5...

Episode 528: The Truman Show 2 - The Show Must Go On

05 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

These sequels are extremely unnecessary, but if we made 'em, people would go and see them. And in this case, some of them would have no choice, becau...

Deleted Scenes: Would You Rather Jumanji or Toy Story? (With Terri Silver)

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Which would rather live in?

Episode 527: Egg in a Fruitbowl (With Terri Silver)

28 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Terri Silver, the mind behind Side Quest joins us to pitch some Fish Out Of Water movies! Other pitches include; Your Own Personal Fraser A Cat Among...

Deleted Scenes: What are the Stakes of Casper?

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch "The Gobbledygook from 2003" set in a time where western parents are getting very frightened of Anime, then we talk about live action and ani...

Episode 526: Salad Fingers goes to Seoul

22 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch some very bizarre crossovers with live action and animations, including an incredibly unexpected team-up as Korean pop sensations BTS, fresh ...

Deleted Scenes: The Cryptid Coin (With Eden MW)

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch a film where cryptids have come out of hiding... and they're shilling their brand new currency!

Episode 525: Small Mediums At Large (With Eden MW)

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch some down and dirty gangster movies this week as Tom is joined by Eden as Matt is in another mystery location. Other movies we pitch include...

Deleted Scenes: Isle Of Man Adventures!

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We add more waddling idiots and talk about the origins of Derring Do!

Episode 524: All Hands On Ant and Dec

07 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch some swashbuckling fantasy in this weeks episode! Come with us on a ride across to Australia with British TV presenting duo Ant and Dec! Oth...

Deleted Scenes: Extra Terrestrial Television

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch another UFO movie in which we get all preachy about media consumption and then eventually figure out what we're doing. We also chat about UF...

Episode 523: What D***head's Ruined My Cornfield?

01 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch some UFO movies. One farmer stumbles across the strange reason behind the crop circle pranks on her land. Other movies pitched: Goodness Gra...

Deleted Scenes: What Makes a Good Title?

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're given gifts this week! We also discuss Tom's wedding, what makes a good title and pitch an aunty donna sketch.

Episode 522: Beanie of the Mountain (The Re-Pitch)

24 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're back! And we're re-pitching some older titles from past episodes. Other pitches this episode include: There's a Spy in my Soup Giggles & Schitz...

Deleted Scenes: Lightning Round! (With India McGrath)

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Given that it's India's first time on the podcast, we didn't think it was fair to drop her straight into the pitching process, so we did the equivalen...

Episode 521: Mr and Mrs Pitch (With India McGrath)

10 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

To celebrate their wedding, this week is a special episode of Life's a Pitch. This week we're joined by the new (at time of release) Mrs McGrath, Indi...

Deleted Scenes: The Happy Meal Movie

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As part of our toys and games episode, we just make a kinda messed up and aggressive McDonald's advert. Why? We couldn't help ourselves.

Episode 520: The Arcane Arcade

04 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch some movies based on Toys and Games, when a load of kids get trapped in a mysterious arcade, only their gamer(tm) skills can help them contai...

Deleted Scenes: The Amazing Origins Of Roger Rabbit (With Eden MW)

30 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tom and Eden pitch a film about a politician poisoning the water supply! As well as revealing the awesome sounding origins of the film "Who Framed Rog...

Episode 519: He Was A Fella, She Was A Dame, Could I Make It Any More Obvious (With Eden MW)

26 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Eden joins Tom as Matt is still away in a fantasy realm this week, and they some pretty rad film noir movies, including a GeoGuesser murder mystery! H...

Deleted Scenes: The Lost Episode

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tom is joined by a cast of craaaaazy characters as he tries to pitch some more Rom Com movies by himself!

Episode 518: I Now Pronounce You Man And Knife (With Riley Routh)

19 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Riley joins Tom as a guest host this week as they pitch Rom Coms!

Deleted Scenes: Is Beethoven a Kaiju? (With Dave Bulmer)

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What happens to the family unit when they allow a bull in their china shop? And what actually is a Kaiju anyway? We attempt to answer all these questi...

Episode 517: It's like a duck but bigger (With Dave Bulmer)

12 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch some Kaiju movies with Dave bulmer, and when the animals of Farthing Wood/Wind in the Willows/Beatrix Potter behold something they can't even...

Deleted Scenes: Don't Bleed On The Suit

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The film we pitch in this weeks deleted scenes is NOT "The Tuxedo"

Episode 516: Adoubleagentsayswhat?

06 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we pitch some silly spy movies!! Other movies pitched are: The Password is in the eye of the bee holder His name is Gary Oldman

Deleted Scenes: Queen Vicky's Blackpool Bonanza (With Tom Turner)

04 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Matt, Tom and Tom talk period drama, make some changes to titanic, and imagine a movie that's like a Victorian 'The Hangover'

Episode 515: John the Worst (With Tom Turner)

30 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined by Tom Turner (no relation) to pitch some period dramas in which no major historical events take place, but are completely faithful to hi...

Deleted Scenes: Jim Hench-son (With Sash)

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We take a look at what would happen if the channel tunnel was actually magic!

Episode 514: Jimmy and the Enchanted Flashlight (With Sash)

23 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We open portals and delve into some magical realms this week as we're joined by Sash to pitch some magic portal fantasy movies! Other movies pitched ...

Deleted Scenes: Wild Wild Ally McCoist (with Stuart Dunlop)

20 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch a "western" post apocalypse movie involving retired footballer and long-time A Question of Sport team captain Ally McCoist and discuss just h...

Episode 513: Big Hat (With Stuart Dunlop)

16 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Stuart Dunlop joins us to pitch the most eldritch horror that a cowboy movie has ever been. Other movies pitched: I want to be a Cowboy e...

Deleted Scenes: Don't You Spill Your Coffee Beans (With Alex Garrick-Wright)

13 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We talk once again about the Pixar to Dreamworks pipeline, more Shark Tale chat an pitch a movie where Coffee was mass produced centuries before now!

Episode 512: Hammers (With Alex Garrick-Wright)

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined by comedy writer and performer Alex Garrick-Wright to pitch some Pixar movies to fill up the new Disney Plus release schedule and release...

Deleted Scenes: The Barrier to Entry of Harry Styles (With Riley Routh)

06 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We (attempt to) chat robots with Riley Routh and get sidetracked on all sorts of different tangents. We also pitch the movie Anthony Daniels Cannot B...

Episode 511: The Happiest Human (with Riley Routh)

03 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We are joined by Riley Routh of The Tide (tide.show) to pitch some Robot movies and accidentally pitch an Oscar winner? Operation Lady Liberty The To...

Deleted Scenes: Close Combat Croquet (With Abby Denton)

27 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch another sports movie with Abby Denton and talk about the genre as a whole!

Episode 510: Skip Or Die (With Abby Denton)

22 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're joined by Abby Denton to pitch some Sports movies!! Other films we pitch are: "Fastest Swimmer in the Slow Lane" and "The Umpire"

Deleted Scenes: Humpty the Dumpty (With R.J. Hinds)

17 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch a movie set during a war, that'll be good for the academy eh? Then There's a bunch of Oz chat and nonsense.

Episode 509: Ratbird (With R.J. Hinds)

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined by R.J. Hinds to pitch some movies that'll jerk a tear from the academy's eye! Ratbird is the touching story of a monstrous ratboy creatu...

Deleted Scenes: The BIG Old Reality TV Chat (With Dave Bulmer)

08 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch another reality TV show and have a big old chat about Reality TV as whole! Enjoy!

Deleted Scenes: Set Course For Stoke-on-Trent (With Barney Thomas)

30 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss the nautical adventure genre, launch some spicy takes, and discuss future watery dystopias

Episode 508: Reality TV Season 3 (With Dave Bulmer)

30 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The success of the BBC's "Traitors" has forced us to pitch some more reality TV shows and we're joined by our CEO Dave Bulmer to help fill the blank s...

Episode 507: Living At Periscope Depth (With Barney Thomas)

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch some nautical adventures across the seven seas as Tom Holland goes on the run in his grandpa's retired nuclear submarine. Other movies pitch...

Deleted Scenes: "Look For The Helpers"

23 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's a beautiful day in "The Neighbourhood" as we pitch a film where Mr Rogers rules a dystopian nightmare. Only "The Helpers" can stop him!

Episode 506: Grown Ups Aren't Real (and They Never Were)

18 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch go to a world where young people are oppressed in YA Dystopias this week. Also pitched are; Amazon Factoria Remix Rebellion

Deleted Scenes: My Goodness My Guiness (With Dr Sam Moxon)

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch another food movie with Dr Sam wherein there's a rumpus at the zoo! These are the deleted scenes to episode 505, if it feels like it needs ...

Episode 505: The Ballad Of Pasta Salad (With Dr Sam Moxon)

13 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined by a Doctor and a Vegan with an enthusiasm for nutrition in this weeks episode! Other films pitched include; Vegan Vendetta Out of the F...

Deleted Scenes: Honey, I Fortunately Unshrunk The Kids! (With Dave Bulmer)

05 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We start the year off with a chat about Christmas Heist movies!!

Episode 504: TV Licence Siege (With Dave Bulmer)

21 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For our 2024 Christmas Special, we're joined by our Christmas Correspondent Dave Bulmer! As we pitch some Christmas Home Invasion movies this week (ye...