Smersh Pod

THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES with John Thomson

31 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another Halloween Special.This week we’ll voicing concerns and saving face, while asking nine doctors for second opinions, and also worki...

DOCTOR TERROR'S HOUSE OF HORRORS with Anna Savory

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hello and welcome to another Halloween special.This week we’ll be settling into a cozy train carriage to begin a package deal holiday with a differe...

THE THING with Toby Hadoke

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another Halloween Special.This week we’ll be heading down south for a spot of chess, a hot dog or two, and to find out just what used to ...

LONGLEGS with Sarah Morgan

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a SMERSH POD Halloween Special. This week we’ll be getting dolled up and chatting to the man downstairs in order to find out just wh...

LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING with Tom Neenan and Tom Crowley

20 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hello and welcome to a Lord of the Rings special This week we’ll be travelling to Middle Earth to join a group of 9 friends going on a lads hol...

SUPERMAN THE MOVIE with Johnny Candon

13 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another Superman special. This week we’ll be finding what happens when the people of Krypton go for vibes over science, and ask an a...

ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 with Toby Hadoke

06 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hello and welcome to the mean streets of LA as you join us for a white hot night of hate.There’ll be armed gangs, heavy gunfire, harsh beatings, and...

CLUB CLASSICS: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

28 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The lads are back, and this time they need to stop evil from entering a fissure and making a new version of a classic film. From Feb 2024 Hosted...

CLUB CLASSICS: BASIC INSTINCT with Dean Burnett and Dan Thomas

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

John, Dean and Dan visit the very height of erotica, and try and pick holes in it. A Monday Night Movie Club recorded in July 2021. Hosted on Ac...

DRACULA: PRINCE OF DARKNESS with Ashley Blaker

22 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be returning to Castle Dracula to find that a table is already laid, and dinner prepared for a bunch of proper Kents, though there w...

CLUB CLASSICS: BATMAN FOREVER with Dean Burnett and Dan Thomas

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

John takes Dan and Dean to Gotham City, to give them a kiss on their rose. A Monday Night Movie Club episode from February 2021. Hosted on Acast...

It's All in the Game - with Paul Litchfield

01 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Columpod - my wife's kid brother's favourite podcast about LA's greatest detective. This week we’ll be seeing just how long it takes...

THE PODSUADERS: Ep.1 - Overture

18 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hello, and welcome to THE PODSUADERS! - a podcast celebrating the Golden Age of ITC drama. Hosted by the man who speaks seven languages and only uses ...

REAR WINDOW with Tom Burgess

11 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be carrying out an aggressive takeover of the neighbourhood watch committee as we find out just who’s packed his wife off for the ...

DRACULA (1958) with Ashley Blaker

04 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be holidaying in not-so-sunny Transylvania, where we’ll take in the sights, the sounds, the bites and the grounds, as we try and f...

CARRY ON DOCTOR with Paul Litchfield and Dan Thomas

28 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be staying a while on Britain’s wackiest ward. Where there’ll be fun, frolics, bollocks and washing off Hattie Jacques while two...

SMERSH HITS! HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE with Tom Crowley and Tom Neenan

14 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A classic from the archive! This week we'll be heading to deepest King's Cross with a large bearded man on a motorbike who tells us that we're thumpin...

STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN with Paul Litchfield

30 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be studying the charts of 1982 to if the Goody Two Shoes lads of the Enterprise have the eye of the tiger. We’ll also find out how...

SMERSH HITS! GOLDFINGER with Rufus Wright and Alistair Petrie

23 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

One from the archives, and the dark old days of 2020, when I had the pleasure to be joined by two of the suavest gentlemen in the world to chat all ab...

THE MEDUSA TOUCH with John Thomson

16 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

TELEKINESIS: A mental force that enables this man to move objects and control events. Science cannot explain the awesome power of the mind. And nothin...

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE with Tom Neenan and Tom Crowley

09 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be combatting the return of Voldemort by forcefully encouraging the chosen one to throw himself into the arms of a questionable groo...

STAR WARS: EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH - With Tom Crowley

02 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be duelling scared, battle hardened and positively dripping in intrigue as we examine just who is behind these Star Wars, and just w...

SMERSH HITS! WITHOUT A CLUE with Paul Litchfield

26 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A classic from the vaults!This week we be donning our deerstalkers, polishing our magnifying glasses, and giving a full treatment of the sleuthing rou...

JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM with David Hoare

19 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another Jurassic Smersh Pod, as we ponder just what would happen if we ignore an utter abomination and let it die a fiery death. We’d all...

DEEP RISING with Dan Thomas and Dean Burnett (2021)

12 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A DEEP DIVE dip back to a Monday Night Movie Club from the dark old days of 2021.A personal favourite of the group. It was the end of our first "serie...

RETURN TO OZ with Natt Tapley

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to to the magical, marvellous mystical land of Oz. A place where stand up comedian chickens chat with fat arthritic robots, while wi...

STARGATE (PART TWO) with Dan Thomas

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hello and welcome to Ancient Egypt. A beautiful place, filled with rich history - and you can’t say Pharoah than that. However the view Sphinx, and ...

STARGATE (PART ONE) with Dan Thomas

21 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hello and welcome to Ancient Egypt. A beautiful place, filled with rich history - and you can’t say Pharoah than that. However the view Sphinx, and ...

SMERSH HITS! BIGGLES: ADVENTURES IN TIME with Dan Thomas

07 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

One from the archives! This week we'll be donning our goggles, jumping in our kite, and going to heaven and back while fighting those damned Jerries -...

SUPERMAN RETURNS (PART TWO) with Johnny Candon

01 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be using our super powers to check in on an old flame, whether she likes it or not, while our greatest nemesis plots to kill billion...

SUPERMAN RETURNS (PART ONE) with Johnny Candon

31 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be using our super powers to check in on an old flame, whether she likes it or not, while our greatest nemesis plots to kill billion...

KRULL (PART TWO) with Dan Tetsell

26 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome traveller, to a conquered planet, enslaved by The terrifying Beast, and conquered by his army of evil alien invaders. There is hope for t...

KRULL (PART ONE) with Dan Tetsell

25 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome traveller, to a conquered planet, enslaved by The terrifying Beast, and conquered by his army of evil alien invaders. There is hope for t...

SMERSH HITS! For Your Eyes Only with Paul Litchfield

18 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

John is joined by Paul Litchfield to look through For Your Eyes Only while minesweeping, and escaping the attention of under-aged women. Hos...

GHOSTBUSTERS II (PART TWO) with Rob Gilroy

05 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When there’s something strange in your neighbourhood, who you gonna call? How about the exact same script from the first film? Yes, it’s Ghos...

GHOSTBUSTERS II (PART ONE) with Rob Gilroy

04 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When there’s something strange in your neighbourhood, who you gonna call? How about the exact same script from the first film? Yes, it’s Ghos...

STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER with Paul Litchfield

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hello and welcome to another Star Trek special, as we explore strange new worlds; seek out new life and new civilizations; and get sexually excited by...

COMMUNION with Dan Thomas

19 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’re Walken back to Happiness with a man so odd that even a bunch of bum-digging aliens don’t want him. Yes, It’s Communion.&nbs...

JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION (PART TWO) with David Hoare

13 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Well come to an adventure 65 million years in the making, that just goes to show that if you’ve waited THAT long, than maybe there’s nothing to ac...

JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION (PART ONE) with David Hoare

12 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an adventure 65 million years in the making, that just goes to show that if you’ve waited THAT long, than maybe there’s nothing to actu...

SMERSH HITS! THEATRE OF BLOOD

29 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A classic from the vaults.Welcome to Theatre of Blood!Joining me for a bloody and violent taste of their own medicine are the film critic and director...

HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX (PART TWO) with Tom Neenan and Tom Crowley

23 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another Harry Potter special!This week we’ll be combatting the rise of fascism, by investing heavily in a novelty party trick company, an...

HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX (PART ONE) with Tom Neenan and Tom Crowley

22 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another Harry Potter special!This week we’ll be combatting the rise of fascism, by investing heavily in a novelty party trick company, an...

CARRY ON HENRY - with Dan Thomas and Paul Litchfield

15 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be travelling back in time to get our big ones out, while making sure we don’t get our Hampton’s court. What better way to bring...

NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL SMERSH POD: VOL: 3

25 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is another of our special compilation episodes, where we delve into the archives for the best bits of SMERSHes gone by, cut out the libellous bit...

HOOK with Dan Thomas

22 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Merry ChristSmersh!Welcome to Never Land! A place where if you believe hard enough, even turkeys will fly, and middle-aged men will remember the true ...

HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK - with Paul Litchfield

17 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Merry ChristSmersh!Welcome to the Big Apple! Where once again Kevin McAllister has been abandoned by his family, and is once again forced to fend for ...

SMERSH HITS! Live and Let Die with Jim Howick

27 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A classic from the vaults. This week, if we play our cards right, we'll be taking a trip to New York, to take in the sights, the sounds and the VOODOO...

STAR WARS: EPISODE TWO: ATTACK OF THE CLONES (PART TWO) - With Tom Crowley

14 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be walking, talking, hawking, moaning, stalking and porking, as we try and figure out just who is using plotting to bring war to a b...

STAR WARS: EPISODE TWO: ATTACK OF THE CLONES (PART ONE) - With Tom Crowley

13 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be walking, talking, hawking, moaning, stalking and porking, as we try and figure out just who is using plotting to bring war to a b...

SMERSH HITS: RAWHEAD REX

30 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a spooky side special of Smersh!With it being Halloween, all usual rules are off of the table. Abandon all hope ye who enter here!This week...

ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES (PART TWO) with Dan Tetsell

16 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll seeking solace from tyranny and evil in the haunted forrest of Sherwood, they say it’s filled with unholy spirits, and the terrify...

ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES (PART ONE) with Dan Tetsell

15 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll seeking solace from tyranny and evil in the haunted forrest of Sherwood. They say it’s filled with unholy spirits, and the terrify...

SMERSH HITS! Medicine Man with Margaret Cabourn-Smith

01 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

this week we'll be welcoming you to the jungle, for fun and games, and rodents and names. Yes - it's Medicine Man, and joining John to look for her pu...

DIE ANOTHER DAY (PART TWO) with Paul Litchfield

18 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be chilling out and getting straight to the point, while also being a bit rubbish, yes, it’s Die Another DayJoining me to melt you...

DIE ANOTHER DAY (PART ONE) with Paul Litchfield

17 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be chilling out and getting straight to the point, while also being a bit rubbish, yes, it’s Die Another DayJoining me to melt you...

SMERSH HITS! North Sea Hijack with Mark Evans

03 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Roger Moore’s Scotch-soaked North Sea Hijack (1980) is one of the ffew ffilms brave enough to combine terrorism, embroidery, a harpoon gun, James Ma...

SUPERMAN II (PART TWO) with Johnny Candon

28 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we'll find out how Superman handles the threesome from hell, and just what he'll do to get his fingers and tops. Yes, it's Superman II,And j...

SUPERMAN II (PART ONE) with Johnny Candon

27 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we'll find out how Superman handles the threesome from hell, and just what he'll do to get his fingers and tops. Yes, it's Superman II,And j...

SMERSH HITS! A View to a Kill with Dan Thomas

20 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Another classic episode, now abridged into one part. Join me and Dan Thomas as we dance into the fire, and discover all about his hidden talents for C...

Murder With Too Many Notes - with Stephen Graham

13 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll causing a big YIN, as we blow the roof off, while composing the perfect murder.Yes, it’s Murder with Too Many Notes.Joining me to ...

SMERSH HITS!: Cannonball Run II

08 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we'll be on the road again, from sea to shining sea, in search of that elusive Cannonball Run2! There'll be stunts, shunts, fronts, hunts, a...

STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME with Paul Litchfield

06 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

They say the sea is cold, but the sea contains the hottest blood of all. This week we'll be taking a trip to whales to save the future. Yes, It’s St...

Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo - with Dan Thomas

30 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be giving out all the hard stares, as we ask who shot a man, who booked this funeral, and just who hell messed with the marmalade? Y...

SMERSH ON SCREEN: Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves

27 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

I caught up with D&D super-fan Paul Litchfield to chat about the new D&D film, and other things in general. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

REMO: UNARMED AND DANGEROUS with Dan Thomas and Dr. Dean Burnett

25 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be saving the world, while naming ourselves after a toilet, and being trained by a Benny Hill character, yes it’s Remo: Unarmed an...

BLACKBIRD (PART TWO) with Sarah Morgan and Séamas O'Reilly

24 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be coming out of retirement to put a stop to something, while also possibly saving the world, and falling in love - all accomplished...

BLACKBIRD (PART ONE) with Sarah Morgan and Séamas O'Reilly

23 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be coming out of retirement to put a stop to something, while also possibly saving the world, and falling in love - all accomplished...

SMERSH ON SCREEN: Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning: Part One - SPOILER CHAT

11 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

I got together with Empire's Chris Hewitt to chat all about Ethan Hunt's latest impossible task. SPOILERS AHEAD - if you haven't seen the film, come b...

CARRY ON CAMPING with Dan Thomas and Paul Litchfield

09 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

1969. The Beatles played their last gig, Nixon was elected, man walked on the Moon, and Sid Boggle and Bernie Lugg went to a campsite to try and look ...

THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN with Ed Byrne

02 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be saying hello to the 20th century, with one of the worst films of the 21st. There’ll be adventure! Epic dialogue, and hard-hitti...

SMERSH ON SCREEN: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - SPOILER CHAT

01 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

After coming out of the screening I had to talk to one man: Dan Thomas. So we got together on a tired-eyed Saturday morning and had a chat all about i...

HIGHLANDER (PART TWO) with John Thomson

26 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be meeting for an intimate gathering with friends, where guests are encouraged to bring a their own cutlery, speak in whatever accen...

HIGHLANDER (PART ONE) with John Thomson

25 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be meeting for an intimate gathering with friends, where guests are encouraged to bring a their own cutlery, speak in whatever accen...

GOLDENEYE (PART TWO) with Dan Thomas

29 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be lifting up old relics to see if there’s still life underneath, while watching someone come back from the dead, and someone else...

GOLDENEYE (PART ONE) with Dan Thomas

28 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be lifting up old relics to see if there’s still life underneath, while watching someone come back from the dead, and someone else...

STAR WARS: EPISODE ONE: THE PHANTOM MENACE (PART TWO) - With Tom Crowley

22 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be heading once again to a galaxy far, far away, to look into the past, and fill in all the details about Darth Vader when he was te...

STAR WARS: EPISODE ONE: THE PHANTOM MENACE (PART ONE) - With Tom Crowley

21 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be heading once again to a galaxy far, far away, to look into the past, and fill in all the details about Darth Vader when he was te...

HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE with Tom Neenan and Tom Crowley

14 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be entering ourselves in to a trophy in order to bring a watching bald man to fruition. Yes. It’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of F...

Swan Song - with Steve Hall

07 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be seeing the light, making sure we have Johnny Cash for sexy parties, and deploying our white shoots in order to establish our inno...

Try and Catch Me - with Suzy Bennett

23 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be looking at just what happens to someone when they’re found safe and not sound, and just what happens when Columbo meets his MAT...

STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK with Paul Litchfield

18 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a Star Trek side-special, as much like Peter Gabriel before us, we realise that Genesis is falling apart, and decide we need to leave befor...

Now That's What I Call Smersh Pod: Vol. 2

22 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The best of Smersh Pod 2020-2021.This is a special episode, a bit like when a TV show hasn’t got enough material for a full season, where we’re lo...

Butterfly in Shades of Grey - with Dan Thomas

06 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be watching someone malevolent who is doing everything in their power to ensure that first time writers don’t get an opportunity N...

CARRY ON AT YOUR CONVENIENCE with Dan Thomas and Paul Litchfield

13 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be getting them out, and trying not to get too flushed. Yes, it’s Carry on at Your Convenience. And joining me to go ahead an...

The Bye-Bye Sky-High IQ Murder Case - with Paul Litchfield

06 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be spinning some discs, and ending some lives at the brain trust house. Yes, it’s The Bye-Bye Sky High IQ Murder Case. Joinin...

CARRY ON EMMANNUELLE - with Dan Thomas and Paul Litchfield

31 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be watching someone at the embassy spoil the ambassadors with more than just Ferrero Rocher. Yes, it’s Carry on Emmanuelle. A...

Now You See Him - With Paul Gannon

23 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be performing some sleight of hand magic before your very eyes, in order to hide the location of a camp Nazi magician. Joining ...

Any Old Port in a Storm - with Tom Crowley

16 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be treading grapes with a ruthless snob, who’ll stop at nothing to ensure that he’s the only man who can like wine.Yes, it's Any...

The Most Crucial Game - with Dan Thomas

09 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Columpod - my wife's kid brother's favourite podcast about LA's greatest detective. This week we’ll be dipping a toe into a very un-...

YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES with Paul Gannon

23 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I'm joined by Paul Gannon to talk about one of our favourite films that sadly no one cares about anymore. It gets quite rude.  Paul has his own b...

THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL - with Tom Neenan and Tom Crowley

19 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Merry ChristSMERSH! Join Tom Neenan, Tom Crowley, and John Rain as they go back to Victorian London and know you better!  Hosted on Acast. See ac...

SUPERGIRL (PART TWO) with Johnny Candon

06 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be heading to Argo City to have a drink or two with Peter o Toole, and to find out if Superman’s cousin can save the day while he’...

SUPERGIRL (PART ONE) with Johnny Candon

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be heading to Argo City to have a drink or two with Peter o Toole, and to find out if Superman’s cousin can save the day while he’...

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (PART TWO) with Tom Crowley

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be heading back to a galaxy far, far away to try and undo everything someone else did in the worst possible way. Yes it’s Star War...

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (PART ONE) with Tom Crowley

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be heading back to a galaxy far, far away to try and undo everything someone else did in the worst possible way. Yes it’s Star War...

TOP GUN: MAVERICK with Dan Thomas

16 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dan joins me for a chat about how much we enjoyed Tom Cruise flying about in planes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

YOR, THE HUNTER FROM THE FUTURE with Terry Mynott

07 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be venturing into the past; a world of cavemen, brave women, floppy dinosaurs, and as much dubbing than you can throw a rubber ...

AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON - LIVE! With Tom Crowley and Paul Litchfield

03 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

John is joined by Tom Crowley and Paul Litchfield, to beware the moon, and avoid the famous balloon thief. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (PART TWO) with Tom Neenan and Tom Crowley

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’ll be jumping back in time to find out just who has the black dog, while bewaring the moon, and trying not to get sucked off by lads in...