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–And Now The Podcast Starts! is a critical, fun journey into horror with five informed fans of film and TV. Each episode will focus on a different topic for review or discussion, usually taking a horror subject as a starting point, but going in an unexpected direction, and often featuring special guests.
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Friday Mar 19, 2021
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Dan used to love post-apocalypse horror, especially the BBC's 'humanity-destroying plague' classic, Survivors (1975-77). But he hasn't re-watched it since COVID-19 hit, as he feared it would be too much like real life; for the same reason he hasn't seen Steven Soderbergh's eerily prophetic film Contagion (2011), which has had a new lease of life on streaming since lockdown. Stella and Ian join him in rediscovering these chilling tales and to discuss horror in a time of pandemic. And there's another phone call from Howard, bringing The Bag of Death.
Please note, the general discussion of Contagion and the first episodes of the TV and audio versions of Survivors contains some minor spoilers (as well as a spoiler for the opening scene of the first episode of The Walking Dead).
00.00.41 Introduction and news
00.10.55 The Walking Dead opening analysis (includes a spoiler)
00.16.10 Pandemic horror introduction
00.20.07 Contagion chat
00.41.21 Survivors (TV) chat
00.56.50 Survivors (audio) chat
01.10.50 The Bag of Death (with Howard)
01.28.55 Recommendations
Relevant Links and Availability
Contagion (2011) is currently free to stream if you're an Amazon Prime subscriber in the UK
Survivors, the 1975-77 TV series, can be streamed via BritBox in the UK (as Stella mentions, some of it is also on YouTube - but it shouldn't be)
Survivors, the 2014-2019 audio series, is available to buy from the Big Finish website (they offer the first episode as a free download here)
Dan's review of Survivors Series Nine (2019) had been posted on our own blog page
Waco: Madman or Messiah is currently streaming on Netflix in the UK
End of Days and Two Minutes Past Nine are currently available as podcasts on BBC Sounds
Your Honour (starring Contagion's Bryan Cranston) is currently screening on Sky Atlantic and streaming on Now TV
The British Invaders podcast is available from their website and the usual podcast platforms (the Survivors episodes are here)
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