Brett & Cliff's Flea Circus: A movie and TV podcast

Two old friends who live 4,000 miles away from each other get together to discuss weird, wonderful and downright awful TV shows, movies, games, bands and albums.

Join Brett and Cliff as they discuss everything from cult cinema classics to daytime TV soaps and critically acclaimed hits to bargain bin rejects.

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Update frequency: every 10 days
Average duration: 53 minutes
Episodes: 181
Years Active: 2020 - 2025

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Cash on Demand (1961)

Looking at Hammer's 1961 Cash on Demand. A gem of a thriller with two increadible leading performances. There's a quiz and music from Manchester band, The Juice.

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00:34:09 | Sat 04 Nov 2023

John Carpenter's Suburban Screams (2023)

John Carpenter returns to the screen for the first time in more than a decade with Suburban Screams. The horror master exec produced the mystery-based true crime anthology, directing the final episod…

00:42:40 | Sun 29 Oct 2023

Automan (1983)

Automan is a 1983 TV show from Glen A Larsen (Knightrider, Battlestar Galactica) and takes the effects pioneered in Tron and puts them in a detective show. Hammy acting, corny dialogue and improbable…

01:07:13 | Sat 07 Oct 2023

V (1983): The 80s horror sci-fi revisted

A sci-fi show from the 1980s that takes in horror and a fairly obvious dose of Nazi iconography. Remade years later, here we look at the original. Music is Bloom from Jim Sanger and Arttu Silvast.

Ho…

00:47:35 | Sat 23 Sep 2023

Batfink (1966-67): Cult animation from the sixties

Brett picks Batfink as this week's quick-fire topic. A cartoon we both remember from morning TV in the 80s. There's also music from Ekranoplan.

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00:28:51 | Sat 02 Sep 2023

Bottle Boys (1984-85): Best-forgotten 80s sitcom

We look at Bottle Boys, a 1980s sitcom with Robin Askwith, which Beatles scholar Mark Lewisholn hated. There's a milk quiz and music from Joe Adehmar.

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00:48:29 | Sat 26 Aug 2023

Duty Free (1984): Keith Barron gets trapped in the Costa Del Sol

We look at the 1980s British sitcom Duty Free starring Keith Barron, after being obsessed with it thanks to a Vic and Bob mention. Music comes from The Rampants

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00:52:35 | Fri 11 Aug 2023

Bouncer's Dream (1987): Inside a cult Neighbours episode

We're back with an episode looking at Bouncer's Dream, a cult moment from Aussie soap Neighbours that sees the show's dog dream of getting married. There's also a bonus focus on the Moldovian Massacr…

00:53:04 | Sat 22 Jul 2023

A brief introduction to The Go-Betweens

After a short break, the lads are back with an episode about one of Cliff's favourite bands, The Go-Betweens. There's a quiz about Australia and music from Violent Vickie.

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00:54:07 | Fri 30 Jun 2023

John Carpenter's They Live (1988)

Looking at John Carpenter's They Live, starring Rowdy Roddy Piper with one of Brett's old friends. There's a quiz and music from Simulakran Lab.

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01:03:05 | Fri 09 Jun 2023

Evil Dead 2 (1987)

We return to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead series, with the 1987 sequel, sometimes called Dead by Dawn. There's also a quiz and music from Lines of Flight

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00:58:16 | Fri 26 May 2023

The Rutles: All You Need is Cash (1978)

We welcome Luke from The Mariners to talk about 'the best comedy ever made' (his words) The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash. From Python Eric Idle and songwriter Neil Innes, the Beatles homage and pasti…

01:05:18 | Fri 12 May 2023

Tucker & Dale vs Evil (2010)

Brett picks 2012 comedy horror Tucker & Dale Vs Evil, which takes the trope of a group of teens going to the woods and getting picked off by creepy locals and flips it. There's Cliff's suspects list …

01:00:32 | Sat 29 Apr 2023

Dungeons & Dragons (1983-85)

This week we revisit the cartoon version of Dungeons & Dragons from the 1980s, which came about on the back of the popular board game. There's a dragon quiz and music from former Dead 60s frontman Ma…

00:41:36 | Sat 15 Apr 2023

The Stuff (1985): Looking at the comedy, horror, satire movie

We're joined by friend of the show and former Empire editor Mark Dinnign to discuss a random 1985 comedy-horror movie, The Stuff, about an evil yoghurt. Music comes from Senses.

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01:03:57 | Fri 07 Apr 2023

Beatlemania 1982: Liverpool and LA Conventions

We look at a Beatles documentary on YouTube, after spotting it being recommended on Twitter by documentary maker Grant McPhee. It looks at fans in LA and Liverpool looking back at their part in Beatl…

01:14:04 | Fri 24 Mar 2023

The Real Ghostbusters (1986)

This week we discuss The Real Ghostbusters, the cartoon spin-off of the classic movie. Brett reveals his propensity for knocking on doors and there's a ghost quiz and music from Skylights.

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00:52:11 | Sat 11 Mar 2023

Interpol: Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)

Discussing the debut album from Interpol, Turn on the Bright Lights. Music comes from Holly Rees.

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00:50:40 | Sat 18 Feb 2023

District 9 (2009): Neil Blomkamp's South African alien parable

We talk about 2009's District 9, which made a star of Sharlto Copley and opened doors in Hollywood for director Neil Blomkamp.

Music comes from Mild Horses with The Work.

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00:54:33 | Sat 11 Feb 2023

Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds (1978)

We listen to one of Brett's favorite albums, Jeff Wayne's prog-concept album War of the World's. There's some Orbison chat and music from our friends The Mariners. Some sound issues with Cliff's mic …

00:36:44 | Sun 29 Jan 2023

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