Smersh Pod
The film podcast that does a bit of everything. hosted by https://bsky.app/profile/johnrain.co.uk
One of Esquire's 38 Best Comedy Podcasts Around.
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shows.acast.com/smershpod
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- Reposted by Smersh PodSpent some wonderful time travelling in deep space with my dear friend @paullitchfield.bsky.social as we assimilated some Data! Make it so!
- STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT with @paullitchfield.bsky.social shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- Reposted by Smersh Pod@smershpod.com and @paullitchfield.bsky.social I was listening to the First Contact episode on a very busy train and couldn’t help laughing at the bit where Picard is listening to loud music and Riker is shouting ‘’KIN BORG’ and ‘ANAL CYSTS!’
- Reposted by Smersh PodAssimilate this
- STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT with @paullitchfield.bsky.social shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT with @paullitchfield.bsky.social shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- Back on Monday for series 8. (thanks to @do0g7e.bsky.social for the image)
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- SMERSH HITS: STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- This is phenomenal work youtu.be/W0peV5X6Ofg?...
- Reposted by Smersh PodMy shortlist of top cinema podcasts also includes the fabulous @smershpod.com, Celtic connections at @filmireland.bsky.social , and an exhaustive sci-fi project at @everyscififilm.bsky.social. All of these are recommended listening; thanks to The List for this platform! list.co.uk/news/6-podca...
- Reposted by Smersh PodThe fact that back in 1982, we had Bit win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar, and then every year since, it's been Bernard Bresslaw for 'Krull'. Forget #OscarsSoWhite, it's more #OscarsSoShite.
- TRON (LIVE) with @paullitchfield.bsky.social shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- Reposted by Smersh PodHappy Birthday @smershpod.com , many happy re-runs (it was funny in my head). I can't believe I was oblivious to it for the first 3 years. My most listened to episode is probably either of the Cannon and Ball Runs or North Sea Hijack, but there are so many I've listened to multiple times.
- Smersh Pod is officially 9 years old today. Happy Birthday to me.
- Reposted by Smersh PodSometimes if I miss a 'Smersh' at Christmas I'll save it until next year. But I wasn't waiting for this. Another corker! ...and yes you're right (if it hasn't been said already) Peter Cushing did write in to 'Jim'll Fix it'.
- Reposted by Smersh PodThanks to @smershpod.com I was reminded of how great The Fog is, so I bought a copy and am watching it. The buggers must have shares in HMV.
- Reposted by Smersh PodOnly just spotted this. What a treat to accompany the first day back in reality.
- ARE YOU BEING SERVED? : THE MOVIE with @paullitchfield.bsky.social shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL SMERSH POD: VOL:5 shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- Reposted by Smersh PodI hear that the fashions of Mr Lucas in this film were a huge influence on Brian De Palma… (First doodle of the year goes to @smershpod.com because it’s a damn good listen)
- ARE YOU BEING SERVED? : THE MOVIE with @paullitchfield.bsky.social shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- Thank you so much to everyone that supported the podcast in 2025. It's been a very fun year. See you in 2026 for series 8!
- Reposted by Smersh PodYou really should listen to Smersh Pod if you don't already, it's brilliant.
- Reposted by Smersh PodI can't begin to say how much @smershpod.com means to me. For me it began in the dark days of 2020, it was a hilarious review of James Bond and adjacent movies, to what it's become now. @johnrain.co.uk is an oracle of all great (and frankly terrible) movies. There's something here for everyone.
- Reposted by Smersh PodJohn is one of the best hosts in the business. The JFK episode was the most fun I’ve ever had on a podcast (a niche award I grant you) and it directly led to my next book. I love him and, like Bryan Adams, everything he does, he does for us.
- Reposted by Smersh PodI remember when this guy (whose father was a toolmaker) was just starting out at An Occasional Theme & Sons pro bono (actually he hated Bono) legal sketches. He’s probably not too big for his boots, but his podcast is too big for you not to listen to it. So, listen. Er, to it.
- Reposted by Smersh PodIf you don’t like Smersh Pod, there’s the door. 🚪
- Reposted by Smersh PodEveryone out there should be listening to Smershpod. If you aren't already a fan please check it out. Those of you who aren't fans of James Bond are also catered for.
- Reposted by Smersh PodThe Harry Potter and Star Wars episodes have made me laugh to the point that I'm in pain
- Hello everyone. Keir Starmer, Lad Lawyer, here. Just to say that if you have enjoyed Smersh Pod's 2025 output, why not tell everyone? Why not review and rate on your platform of choice? Why not join the Patreon?
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- Reposted by Smersh PodDay 93 of my Christmas with the in-laws and my turn to cook, so headphones on for a @smershpod.com of a film I've never seen, but it doesn't matter. Still funny as fuck.
- ARE YOU BEING SERVED? : THE MOVIE with @paullitchfield.bsky.social shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- Reposted by Smersh Pod"Those people look just like ants." "They are ants, we haven't taken off yet" - I think about this film every time I take a flight even now (and Airplane of course).
- ARE YOU BEING SERVED? : THE MOVIE with @paullitchfield.bsky.social shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- Reposted by Smersh PodMerry Christmas to you all. Thanks for all the programs this year, If I take anything from 2025 it’s that Keir Starmer is a Lad Lawyer and if you don’t like it then there’s the door 😂
- Merry Christmas from Smersh Pod. See you in 2026 for series 8.
- Reposted by Smersh PodMERRY CHRISTMAS ALL!
- ARE YOU BEING SERVED? : THE MOVIE with @paullitchfield.bsky.social shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- Reposted by Smersh PodThe true meaning of Christmas is the sitcoms-shoehorned-into-films we met along the way. Get this into your ears. It’s GLORIOUS (includes uncanny Inman impersonation)
- ARE YOU BEING SERVED? : THE MOVIE with @paullitchfield.bsky.social shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- Reposted by Smersh PodThat's the soundtrack to Christmas dinner cooking sorted. Marvellous!
- ARE YOU BEING SERVED? : THE MOVIE with @paullitchfield.bsky.social shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
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- ARE YOU BEING SERVED? : THE MOVIE with @paullitchfield.bsky.social shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- Reposted by Smersh PodLoved chatting about this...one of my faves even out of season.
- Reposted by Smersh PodAn American classic that deserves to be one here too. Had lots of fun as usual taking to Kate about America's MAJOR AWARD. Merry ChristSMERSH!
- A CHRISTMAS STORY with @katemccabe.bsky.social shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- Reposted by Smersh PodLooking forward to this. A perfect film for Christmas that deserves to be more popular here than it is. If you've not seen it, give it a shot. If you're worried about shmultz or whatever, dont be - it's just so darned charming and funny
- A CHRISTMAS STORY with @katemccabe.bsky.social shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- A CHRISTMAS STORY with @katemccabe.bsky.social shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- Reposted by Smersh PodThe list of ghosts. Play, rewind, repeat
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- Reposted by Smersh PodIf you haven’t listened to Smersh Pod, this is an excellent one to start with. The bit where Aragorn recruits the ghosts gave me some of my biggest laughs of the year. Smersh Pod is consistently hilarious, and this recommendation is my gift to you because I’m a cheap, horrible bastard
- THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING with @atomcrowley.bsky.social and @tpneenan.bsky.social shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- Reposted by Smersh PodNo, no, Peter, I think you’ll find that when you release a podcast, people say ACH NEIN DAS PODCAST! 🐍🐍🐍
- THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING with @atomcrowley.bsky.social and @tpneenan.bsky.social shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING with @atomcrowley.bsky.social and @tpneenan.bsky.social shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- Reposted by Smersh PodWith thanks to @smershpod.com for the seasonal reminder, next up is: Lethal Weapon.
- LETHAL WEAPON with David Hoare shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
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- Reposted by Smersh PodYou breeze over the notion of Roger Moore in an MR James adaptation but I'm going to have "Whistle, and I'll come to YOU" in my head all Christmas. I think he'd have to sing the theme song too.
- TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY with @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- Reposted by Smersh PodHad a lovely time getting into the Christmas spirit with the Christmas spirit herself @annasavory.bsky.social
- TALES FROM THE CRYPT with @annasavory.bsky.social shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- TALES FROM THE CRYPT with @annasavory.bsky.social shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- Reposted by Smersh PodDawwww. Love that this returns every year just like the film. ❤️ 🎄
- @johnrain.co.uk @jnraeside.bsky.social Christmas can now begin. #arseholemagnolia #fuckthehelp #anewwankerineveryscene shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- Reposted by Smersh PodLike most of us, I desperately needed a laugh this week, and there were some outstanding @johnrain.co.uk and @itsdanthomas.bsky.social riffs in this episode - genie Don Simpson and sweary Ridley Scott - but @drdeanburnett.bsky.social's unexpected rap finale finished me off (#NotLikeThat).
- Reposted by Smersh PodI have never seen Gemini Man (nor do I wish to), but I listened to the @smershpod.com MNMC ep because it's always great to spend time with the lads. THANK FUCK I DID.
- Get yourself some Smersh related stocking fillers.
- It's Christmas soon... www.polarispublishing.com/author/john-...
- SMERSH HITS: THE PRINCESS BRIDE shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- Next up is a bumper-bounty of Christmas specials!
- Reposted by Smersh PodVery much enjoyed the comparisons between the TV series and film casts. So much so, that I had the IMDB pages for both opened, so that I could check which actor & character was being discussed.
- Reposted by Smersh PodLovely to listen to this conversation on a wet Monday, and the documentary mentioned "Heart of the Angel" is a treat too! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuRW...
- TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY with @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- Reposted by Smersh PodAbsolutely brilliant episode today. I love Tinker Tailor and Smileys People. For me the TV series is the better version but that’s not to say the movie isn’t top notch too. I’d love to see them do a Smileys People movie too
- Reposted by Smersh PodThe early Xmas pressies keep coming from @smershpod Another Belter!
- TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY with @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- A year ago today this came out. How sad that this news would come out just a year later shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY with @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
- Reposted by Smersh PodNext week...
- Smersh advent 4
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- Reposted by Smersh PodESCAPE TO VICTORY with @paulwhitelaw.bsky.social shows.acast.com/smershpod/ep...
