Life's a Pitch Podcast

Episode 450: Sheep

15 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We dive into the world of Folk horror as a group of off-grid influencers realise they're in the sheep dip, way over their head. Other movies pitched:...

Deleted Scenes: Movie Boys Don't Know Good Movies

12 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We chat The Shining, Kubrick movies and the monster horror genre in this weeks spooky deleted scenes

Episode 449: Killed By A Can Of Energy Drink

07 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're pitching Monster Movies! A group of toxic internet teens sneak into the Monster Energy factory in search of the latest trending energy...

Deleted Scenes: A Very Compelling RSVP

06 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about all sorts of nonsense, like Ben Mendelsohns most iconic role, invent a character who just loves her Blu Ray of The Post (2017) and final...

Episode 448: The Seating Plant

01 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we try to do Wedding Rom Coms and come out with a fairly respectable Stephen King novel. When the the wedding guests are "Randomly" assigned...

Deleted Scenes: Big Marvel Funeral

28 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about Wales and the Parental Road Trip genre... Including the funeral scene from Logan...

Episode 447: Jean Claude's Damn Van

23 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We're getting some issues sorted out this week as we pitch some parental road trip movies!

Deleted Scenes: 12 Angry Teens

20 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch an autobiographical movie based on real events...

Episode 446: Mary Poppins - Nanny Training

16 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're going to cynical hollywoodland and pitching some unnecessary prequels! Honourable mentions Thursday 12th I Know What You're Going To ...

Deleted Scenes: He'll Get A Lob On (With Guest Host Dave Bulmer)

16 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Matt and Dave demonstrate just how little they know about movies, then pitch a baseball gangster movie nobody asked for, eventually managing to pitch ...

Episode 445: Gang! And The Loot Is Gone (With Guest Host Dave Bulmer)

12 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tom's away, so this week you get a gloriously anarchic gangster movie episode in which Matt and Dave Bulmer completely forget what's supposed to be ha...

Deleted Scenes: Air Force One Is Like Robot Wars

06 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about the many names American Graffiti almost had in Goodbye Burger City, hear an amusing Spielberg anecdote about Back to the Future, and tal...

Episode 444: Ticket Inspector From Hell

02 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch some Transport Thriller movies, as Brendan Fraser finds himself late for an important meeting, the only way he can get a valid ticket on the ...

Deleted Scenes: Monsieur Mange Tout

31 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss the Human Achievement genre and pitch a film about a man who loves those movies. Enjoy!

Episode 443: The Last Cinnamon Challenge

26 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We delve into the world of Human Achievement Documentaries this week as we go back to a time when the cinnamon challenge was popular. Honourable Ment...

Deleted Scenes: 12 Days Late To The Olympics 1908

25 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We talk sports biopics, complete with our lack of sports knowledge. Pitch a globe-trotting long distance run movie, and talk about Nope again, for som...

Episode 442: Cornelius Heptathlon, The Man Who Could Do Seven Things

19 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we pitch some historical sports biopics! Discover with us the origins of multi-event athletic competition in ancient Greece! Can Cornelius w...

Deleted Scenes: Buddy The Elf: The Elf

17 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We chat fish out of water movies and pitch a movie about an out of touch politician.

Episode 441: Neighbourhood Necromancer

13 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This man's not in the environment where he's most comfortable! Could he be a... Fish... out of water?? Find on this weeks episode of the podcast where...

Deleted Scenes: The Tablet

11 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch a time-travelling tech company's most destructive ad campaign, then talk about how weird the Ancient Aliens theories really are. These are t...

Episode 440: All Roads Lead To Mars

05 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we pitch two sprawling movies of intrigue and adventure surrounding the fun but obviously fictional idea that aliens visited earth a long ti...

Deleted Scenes: Troll-e (With Eden MW)

03 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch the film "Where The Trams Go At Night" In this lost pitch with Eden.

Episode 439: Grab Bag Volume 3 - "Robert"

29 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Another Grab Bag episode, this time it's all to do with Robots!!

Deleted Scenes: A 50 Foot Idris Elba

27 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We talk Barbiehiemer, Kaiju's and pitch a film about a huge Idris Elba!

Episode 438: Why That Duck So Big Though?

22 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There's a giant duck terrorising Chicago. Why? Find out on this weeks episode as we pitch Kaiju Movies! Honourable Mentions Nessie Rises The Bigger M...

Deleted Scenes: Sheriff Of A Lonely Parsec

20 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We talk cowboys with Eden, pull the genre to pieces, and then describe a beautiful romance during a troubled time of humanities expansion into the wi...

Episode 437: Shuttle Rodeo (With Eden MW)

17 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are joined by Eden (Queer Buccaneer) to pitch some cowboy movies! A doomed earth has become a playground for the rich and Bruce Willis mu...

Deleted Scenes: Is it Wiki or Wookie (With Ash Routh)

13 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

You may remember us coming up with a Star Wars trivia gameshow a few episodes ago. Well, as we have recently strayed into the world of a galaxy far fa...

Episode 436: Star Wars: The Jawa (With Ash Routh)

08 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined by Star Wars enthusiast Ash Routh again to pitch some Star Wars TV shows.

Deleted Scenes: The Millennium Bugs

06 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about disaster movies, mission impossible, and pitch a movie with very high stakes in which no-one needed to worry! These are the deleted sce...

Episode 435: Pop

01 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Matt and Tom pitch disaster movies culminating in Pop! A dangerous mixture is created when earth's ice caps release carbon dioxide into the oceans, ma...

Deleted Scenes: "You're a Sexy Loch Ness Movie" (With Lucy)

29 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss some cryptids, a fear of water amongst other things in this weeks deleted scenes!!

Episode 434: From Loch Ness to Las Vegas (With Lucy)

23 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined by comedian Lucy as we pitch some fun family cryptid movies! Honourable Mentions You Ain't Seen Nothing Yeti - a young blind yeti gets i...

Deleted Scenes: Creating Problems And Selling The Solutions (Feat. The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly)

21 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch another weird guerrilla marketing campaign, while chatting about how much we hate ads, creating a toy line called My Fat Ass, and learning to...

Episode 433: Ad Campaigns 4

18 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch some unhinged ad campaigns to promote some products or services. We know you're gonna love 'em but if you don't, you're still gonna have to w...

Deleted Scenes: Monkey Jungle Business

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss one of Matt's least favourite genre's and pitch a movie about "Trolley Curling"

Episode 432: Gravity Off

09 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We begrudgingly enter the world of HARD SCI-FI as we pitch the film Gravity Off!! Also pitched are: "Stapler" and "Pina Collider"

Deleted Scenes: Sound Design

07 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Spinning out of the recent addition of a new microphone to our kit, we wax lyrical about our favourite bits of Sound Design!

Episode 431: Star Wars Grab Bag

04 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week due to some difficult scheduling, we weren't able to record as normal, so here's a Star Wars-themed grab bag of pitches we never released!

Deleted Scenes: Ferris Bueller's Toxic Positivity

01 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about party movies and pitch a heart warming movie about a DJ Dad!

Episode 430: The Party To End All Parties

28 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch some totally rad tennis party movies in this weeks episode. Check it out... as long as you're not square!! Honourable Mentions The Night I ...

Deleted Scenes: Little Boy Bluetooth

24 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch a weird Far Side cartoon of a Black Mirror episode, then try to decode what makes Black Mirror stand out (or traumatise us). These are the d...

Episode 429: Your Mind On Malware

20 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we make our pitches for three new episodes of Black Mirror we'd like to see in season three! Other movies pitched: Dark Mode Cancel Cleetho...

Deleted Scenes: Knocking on the Lions Gate... Plus...

18 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We chat about film noir, toon town, streaming services and pitch a breakfast club inspired film noir detective masterpiece! Enjoy!

Episode 428: Evil In a Wide Brimmed Hat

14 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We explore the milky depths of the fine line between the law any doing what's right in this week... Or do we? Honourable mentions Burglary at the Bur...

Deleted Scenes: The Durex Dog

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch a movie about Lin Manuel Miranda time travelling, Tom tries to remember the cast of Hamilton, and we do a movie treatment of the worst part o...

Episode 427: Through The Bottom Of The Cereal Box

07 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we pitch some Magic Portal fantasy movies which turn out to be less fantastical and more utterly bizarre, dimension hopping nonsense. ...

Deleted Scenes: Matt Ruins Gogglebox (With Riley Routh)

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this weeks deleted scenes we go through a lot, and I mean A LOT of UK specific 90s/2000s reality TV show references. This is the deleted scenes f...

Episode 426: Reality TV Part 2 (With Riley Routh)

29 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We're back pitching some Reality TV shows this week with Riley Routh. There are too many pitches to list here so listen to the full episode!

Deleted Scenes: The Hercules Of Helios (With Stuart Dunlop)

27 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch some more space opera movies and talk the genre with Stuart! This is the Deleted Scenes for episode 425 of the Life's a Pitch Podcast. If yo...

Episode 425: Grossman - Through The Keyhole Of The Space Pod (With Stuart Dunlop)

22 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are joined by comedian Stewart Dunlop to pitch some Space Opera movies! 90s Chef and Broadcaster Lloyd Grossman has been called in as the...

Deleted Scenes: Just Some Alien Chat

20 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this grab bag deleted scenes... we discuss the alien genre and just have some chat.

Episode 424: Grab Bag Volume 2 - U.F.O.M.G

15 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 424: Grab Bag Volume 2 - U.F.O.M.G by Matt and Tom

Deleted Scenes: Harold Bishop Loves Halo (With Jehan Ranasinghe)

13 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Deleted Scenes: Harold Bishop Loves Halo (With Jehan Ranasinghe) by Matt and Tom

Episode 423: Michael Douglas Doesn't Know What's Real (With Jehan Ranasinghe)

08 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're pitching game movies. And to do so we're joined by Jehan Ranasinghe of Serious Disness and a mysterious unannounced project! We had a ...

Deleted Scenes: Biblically Accurate Whoopi Goldberg

06 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch Hocontest Pocontest, which is another movie in our long "Hugh Jackman is an obsessive magician like in The Prestige" series. Then we talk at ...

Episode 422: The Jock Who Became Pavarotti

02 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we try to create some great rags-to-riches stories in the genre of performance competition! Pavarotti Smith is going to be the next b...

Deleted Scenes: Is It Wiki or Wookie (With Shannon Greaves)

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch the modern western film "The Hype Train" and workshop a new radio gameshow "Is It Wiki Or Wookie" let us know your thoughts!

Episode 421: The Mongoose Mountain Gang (With Shannon Greaves)

26 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined by Shannon to pitch some modern day western movies! Honourable mentions The Zorro of Tomorrow: A robot Zorro in the future? Robert Rodr...

Deleted Scenes: Why Is There A U2 Album On All Our Phones Now?

24 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch another spooky (not scary) movie, and talk all manner of nonsense about casting the Addams Family now. This is the deleted scenes from episo...

Episode 420: Non Haunted Studio Apartment

20 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we pitch non-scary but spooky movies involving perfectly goofy ghosts and perfectly pleasant poltergeists. A star real-estate agent who dre...

Deleted Scenes: Disney Pixar's "Ikea" (With Ash Routh)

15 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch an animated film in Ikea, and talk about generational trauma! Whoo! This is the deleted scenes for episode 419, you might want to listen to ...

Episode 419: Meet Mister Monday (With Ash Routh)

11 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined by Ash Routh to pitch some trauma filled family animation movies! Honourable mentions Fishticuffs: The improbable Tale Of Jack The Atta...

Deleted Scenes: If My Elbows Could Talk They Would Also Hate You (with Julian Bentham)

09 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch a movie in which some monsters inc tattoos misbehave greatly, and talk with Julian Bentham about his love of Martial Arts movies, and that ki...

Episode 418: Bear Fist Fighter (With Julian Bentham)

04 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're joined by Julian Bentham to pitch some very strange martial arts movies! But how likely was it that we pitched normal ones, really? A ...

Deleted Scenes: Barbie & Sneed

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about the films we're excited for this year and talk about Barbie's new friend "Sneed". We also pitch "Pain Hustlers". Enjoy! This is the del...

Episode 417: Next Goal Wins

25 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We look forward to the coming year and pitch films that are going to be release later in 2023. Wes Anderson directs "Next Goal Wins" a film about the ...

Deleted Scenes: Spielberg The Musical (with Terri Silver)

24 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We try to artificially add some hardship into the past of a very safe and middle-class director. while chatting about what makes a good Historical Epi...

Episode 416: I Was Lassie's Drug Dealer (With Terri Silver)

18 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We take on the genre of "Historical Biopics" following the success of movies like Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. We decided to expose (Read: Invent wh...

Deleted Scenes: 2 Hot 4 Wheels (With Eden MW)

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about board game movies and Batman and everything in between in this instalment of Deleted Scenes This is the deleted scenes for episode 415,...

Episode 415: Pogs (With Eden MW)

11 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined by Eden again to pitch some real life toy movies! Honourable Mentions Army Men: A gritty tale about the horrors of war

Deleted Scenes: Panopticon Primary (with Dave Bulmer)

08 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about our own high-school hijinks, Matt and Tom reminisce about the time they were in an election race against one another, and we pitch a mov...

Episode 414: I Have Detention And I Must Scream (With Dave Bulmer)

04 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're again joined by Dave Bulmer to pitch Young Adult Dystopia with a sprinkling of School Hijinks! Three students are given detention via...

Deleted Scenes: Praise For Daniel Mays (With Alex Keen)

01 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch a rubbish BBC police drama and talk about some political thriller movies, you know like Fast and the Furious and Back to the Future... This ...

Episode 413: Freedom, Justice and Chocolate For All (With Alex Keen)

28 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We are joined by improviser Alex Keen to pitch some political thrillers this week. Honourable Mentions The Pentagon is Now a Hexagon: If you think we...

Deleted Scenes: Flintstones - Game Of Stones (With Aiden Pyne)

25 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch another Franchise Reboot with Aiden, making the Flintstones into a gritty Mad Men tale of excess and betrayal. Then we talk about other rebo...

Episode 412: Alien Vs Godzilla (With Aiden Pyne)

21 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we reboot some franchises with Aiden Pyne. Godzilla is back and bigger than ever but its new insidious enemy is going to scale up to size! ...

Deleted Scenes: The Bones Tell Me Nothin'

19 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about the new Disney+ series Willow and pitch a fantasy film set on the mysterious Isle of Wight! Enjoy! This is the deleted scenes for episo...

Episode 411: The Five Fencing Frogs Of Freedonia!

14 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We disregard all world building techniques as we delve into the world of swashbuckling fantasy with "The Five Fencing Frogs Of Freedonia!" Honourable...

Deleted Scenes: The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's deleted scenes, Matt and Tom go off into a reverie about book adaptations. Then we turn a thought-provoking (as we understand) book int...

Episode 410: That's Not My Squirrel

07 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch the movie adaptations of what we *assume* are the plots of a bunch of your favourite books. That's Not My Squirrel by Fiona Watt: Hugh Jackma...

Deleted Scenes: Best Buds With Richard E Grant

28 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In our last podcast of the year Tom gets too emotional about Avatar: The Way of Water so he calls his best friend to review it for him. We talk Christ...

Episode 409: Baby Jesus with a Gun!

24 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's the holiday season! And it wouldn't be complete without some gun shooting action would it! Honourable mentions A Stocking Full Of Bullets - Two ...

Deleted Scenes: Kiwi Airlines

21 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A bumper dose of chat and pitching, from the animated ad series Kiwi Airlines, through tom's excitement about avatar, all the way up to how long it'll...

Episode 408: The Last Earl Of Barkshire

17 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch some Animated Animal Antics as a bunch of pets and zoo animals wreak havoc on the human world! The pet of an earl unwittingly becomes his ne...

Deleted Scenes: Working Down John Lennon's Mine

15 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss the mystery genre and pitch a film based around a classic parlour game.

Episode 407: Someone Always Corpses On Opening Night

11 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We come up with some puzzling murder mystery films this week! Honourable Mentions Scouts Honour - A murder occurs at a scout camp and it's down to th...

Deleted Scenes: Excited For Next Corporate Blockbuster

10 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Deleted Scenes: Excited For Next Corporate Blockbuster by Matt and Tom

Episode 406: Has Anyone Seen Gregory's Spacesuit

03 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we dive into Space Adventures, with sci fi strangeness and journeys to other planets! In an age of labour shortages and AI rebellion, a bran...

Deleted Scenes - The "You Haven't Seen!?" List (With James Vines and Emma Pallen)

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We talk those film you haven't seen and pitch a Kelloggs advert!

Episode 405: Kiss Me (With James Vines and Emma Pallen)

26 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We open a magic portal to all kinds of romantic possibilities as James and Emma from the Sheffield University Improv society help us pitch magical rom...

Deleted Scenes: Casablanca 2020

24 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about unnecessary sequels and then add to the problem by creating Casablanca 2, where aliens have invaded earth. These are the deleted scenes...

Episode 404: Apollo 15

19 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch some completely unnecessary sequels!

Deleted Scenes: Andor Dandor

16 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this weeks deleted scenes we answer our patrons questions, have more football chat and reveal the secret about what we call Disney+'s latest Star W...

Episode 403: Reign Check & Hollywood Tumbleweed

11 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 403: Reign Check & Hollywood Tumbleweed by Matt and Tom

Deleted Scenes: BBC America? Who Gives a S**T?

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss football and sitcoms and presidents!

Episode 402: The Fulfilment Centre

05 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We wheel in a studio audience into this week's episode as we pitch some hilarious sitcoms! Honourable Mentions - My Roommate Trent Reznor - Neil and ...

Deleted Scenes: The Self Driving Car

03 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In which we decide on the overall story arc for season 2 of Life's a Pitch. Pitch a movie about a self driving car that definitely ends up not paranor...

Episode 401: Home Is Where The Ghost Is

29 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We pitch some 'terrifying' Paranormal horror movies, as we delve into the realms of the haunting... except actually these ones are mostly just silly f...

Deleted Scenes: The Making of Episode 400

20 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Did you really think we would end it there?? No, silly, we're just having a week off after not having a break for 400 weeks without missing an episode...