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

 P Clifford

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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The Beatles: Get Back (2021) Part two of our look at the Peter Jackson movie

The Beatles: Get Back (2021) Part two of our look at the Peter Jackson movie

Even more on the Pater Jackson film about The Beatles' recording sessions for Let It Be, Get Back. This time there's a quiz, more on John Lennon's role and more music from The Mariners. Luke from the…
00:42:21  |   Fri 07 Jan 2022
The Beatles: Get Back (2021) Peter Jackson revisits the Let It Be footage

The Beatles: Get Back (2021) Peter Jackson revisits the Let It Be footage

Brett and Cliff welcome back Luke Williamson from The Mariners to discuss Peter Jackson's three-part movie Get Back, about The Beatles' sessions for Let It Be. Much like the film itself, and the sess…

00:43:53  |   Fri 31 Dec 2021
Chas & Dave's Christmas Knees Up (1983): A festive TV special

Chas & Dave's Christmas Knees Up (1983): A festive TV special

We look back at a Christmas TV special from legendary London band Chas & Dave. There are guest spots on the show for Eric Clapton and more ad we also have a Christmas quiz and music from Mercury Mach…
00:54:20  |   Fri 24 Dec 2021
All Through The House (1989): A Christmas horror short from Tales from the Crypt

All Through The House (1989): A Christmas horror short from Tales from the Crypt

Brett and Cliff's worlds collide this week as Christmas meets horror. We look at a 1989 episode of Tales from The Crypt, All Through The House. Which is a revamped version of a 1972 section of an Ami…

00:47:32  |   Fri 17 Dec 2021
Nightmares and Dreamscapes (2006): A miniseries of Stephen King short stories

Nightmares and Dreamscapes (2006): A miniseries of Stephen King short stories

Brett picks an episode of 2006 TV miniseries Nightmares and Dreamscapes, based on a collection of Stephen King short stories by the same name. Episode 8 is called 'Ya know they got a hell of a band' …

00:54:50  |   Fri 03 Dec 2021
Crocodile Shoes (1994): Jimmy Nail's country singer opus

Crocodile Shoes (1994): Jimmy Nail's country singer opus

We are joined by our friend Dan, post-heart transplant, for a journey back to the 1990s when Jimmy Nail was the highest paid actor in the UK and topped the charts. Crocodile Shoes is one of Dans favo…

00:48:37  |   Sat 27 Nov 2021
Flight of the Navigator (1986): Kids sci-fi movie that has become a cult classic

Flight of the Navigator (1986): Kids sci-fi movie that has become a cult classic

Cliff's dad Brian joins the podcast this week to talk about Flight of the Navigator, a 1980s kids sci-fi movie that has some memorable scenes. There's also some Japanese food chat, a brief discussion…
00:45:44  |   Fri 19 Nov 2021
Art Attack and Finders Keepers: When Neil Buchanan ruled kids TV

Art Attack and Finders Keepers: When Neil Buchanan ruled kids TV

A kids TV special, focusing on two shows presented by Neil Buchanan, Art Attack and Finders Keepers. There's also a TV presenter quiz and music from Savage Void. You can here more here https://savage…
00:42:32  |   Sat 13 Nov 2021
Verve EP (1992): Richard Ashcroft and co's first EP

Verve EP (1992): Richard Ashcroft and co's first EP

Fireworks, a sleepy Cliff, a fact quiz and a look back at The Verve's first EP, before they added the The to the name


Music comes from The Heavy North with Awake. Listen to more here. The Heavy North …

00:41:54  |   Fri 05 Nov 2021
Battle of the Planets (1978): Cult US-Japanese space cartoon

Battle of the Planets (1978): Cult US-Japanese space cartoon

Brett and Cliff bow to peer pressure and watch Battle of the Planets to see what everyone is banging on about. There's more tekka chat, Dune and Halloween Kills thoughts. The music is Ranch Dream fro…
00:52:12  |   Sat 30 Oct 2021
Rocky (1976): Sylvester Stallone's boxing underdog classic

Rocky (1976): Sylvester Stallone's boxing underdog classic

Cliff watches Rocky for the first time and finds out what make's Stallone's boxing tale such a classic. There's a quiz, chat and music from The Institutes, too. You can listen to more from them, here…
00:46:04  |   Fri 22 Oct 2021
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957): Hammer goes horror

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957): Hammer goes horror

A pained, recuperating Cliff (with a quiet voice) watched one of Brett's favourites, The Curse of Frankenstein. The movie heralded the start of Hammer's horror infatuation and made stars of Peter Cus…
01:02:53  |   Fri 15 Oct 2021
Christine (1983): John Carpenter's murderous car caper

Christine (1983): John Carpenter's murderous car caper

Cliff survives surgery to edit this episode about John Carpenter's adaptation of Stephen King's Christine. There's a couple of quizzes, some hospital chat and music from Simulakrum Lab, you can hear …
00:53:21  |   Fri 08 Oct 2021
Neil Young On The Beach (1974): Diving into the classic album

Neil Young On The Beach (1974): Diving into the classic album

A cut and shut episode this week as pre- and post-illness recordings are spliced together.


We look at one of Cliff's favourite albums, Neil Young's On The Beach, a melancholy, sinister ride into the …

00:54:08  |   Fri 01 Oct 2021
Wolf Creek (2005): Australian horror that influenced many

Wolf Creek (2005): Australian horror that influenced many

We welcome Davey Hall back to discuss Wolf Creek, a film he said he'd never watch again after first seeing it in 2005.


What does he think now? Find out that, what Cliff's tessies are up to and enjoy a…

01:00:05  |   Fri 17 Sep 2021
Confessions of an alien abductee (2013): Channel 4 documentary about alien believers

Confessions of an alien abductee (2013): Channel 4 documentary about alien believers

We revisit this Channel 4 documentary that follows three people who think they've bee abducted by aliens and the organisation that has been set up to help people like them.


There's also an alien quiz …

00:43:39  |   Sat 11 Sep 2021
Strangeways, Here We Come (1987): Revisiting The Smiths' final album

Strangeways, Here We Come (1987): Revisiting The Smiths' final album

We take a look back at The Smiths' final album, Strangeways, Here We Come. By the time is was released the band had split up but it has some of their very best tracks on it.


There's also a Zimbabwean…

00:56:46  |   Sat 04 Sep 2021
Emu's World (1982): Rod Hull and the evil bird's kids TV show

Emu's World (1982): Rod Hull and the evil bird's kids TV show

Puppet master Rod Hull and his psychotic bird move into a pink windmill with a bunch of brainwashed Disney kid rejects. There's a witch, a freaky crocodile a calypso band and that's about it.


Music co…

01:00:17  |   Fri 27 Aug 2021
Chopper (2000): Eric Bana is mesmerising in this Australian crime biopic

Chopper (2000): Eric Bana is mesmerising in this Australian crime biopic

We look back at Chopper, a biopic of the infamous Australian criminal of the same nickname. Starring Eric Bana it's a brilliant look at the larger-than-life inmate and murderer.


There's also some cou…

00:47:17  |   Fri 20 Aug 2021
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978): The Bee Gees take on The Beatles

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978): The Bee Gees take on The Beatles

The 1978 Robert Stigwood production of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is a musical mess. It's long been derided by critics and disowned by those in it. But we hadn't;t seen it so decided to wat…

00:54:18  |   Fri 13 Aug 2021
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