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Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) IMDb WikiData
Dr. Who and the Daleks
director: Gordon Flemyng actor: Peter Cushing / Roy Castle …
other title: Dr. Who: Krig på Skaro / Dr. Who und die Daleks …
Scientist Doctor Who accidentally activates his new invention, the Tardis, a time machine disguised as a police telephone box. Who, his two granddaughters Barbara and Susan, and Barbara's boyfriend Ian are transported through time and space to the planet Skaro, where a peaceful race of Thals are under threat of nuclear attack from the planet's other inhabitants: the robotic mutant Daleks.
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Strongroom (1962) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Strongroom
director: Vernon Sewell actor: Colin Gordon / John Chappell …
other title: La camera blindata
During a bank robbery, the manager and a cashier are locked in the strongroom, while the crooks escape. Later, when the gang realise that their plan to release the pair has gone wrong, they return to the bank to try and release them before the police turn up.
Feb. 20, 2026 to watch Trigger:
https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/strongroom-1962-film-review-by-donald-munro
1960s Crime Thriller UK
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The Man in the White Suit (1951) ReviewDB TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
The Man in the White Suit
director: Alexander Mackendrick actor: Alec Guinness / Joan Greenwood …
other title: Lo scandalo del vestito bianco / O Homem do Fato Claro …
The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...
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The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
The Quatermass Xperiment
director: Val Guest actor: Brian Donlevy / Richard Wordsworth …
other title: L'astronave atomica del dottor Quatermass / Terror Que Mata …
The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then roars back to Earth and crashes in a farmer's field, and is found to contain only one of the three men who took off in it; and he is unable to talk but appears to be undergoing a torturous physical and mental metamorphosis.
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Hearts on Fire Anthology Spotify
Phil Cordell
release date Oct. 1, 2008 publisher: (C) 2014 Союз Мьюзик по лицензии Angel Air / (P) 2014 Союз Мьюзик по лицензии Angel Air
Feb. 14, 2026 listened
Apart from 'Red Lady', nothing grabbed me.
PhilCordell UK
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Devil Doll (1964) IMDb TMDB WikiData
Devil Doll
director: Lindsay Shonteff actor: Bryant Haliday / William Sylvester …
other title: Il mostro e le vergini / La Poupée diabolique …
An evil hyponotist/ventriloquist plots to gain an heiress' millions.
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The Commitments (1991) TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Commitments
director: Alan Parker actor: Robert Arkins / Michael Aherne …
other title: Os Commitments / Die Commitments …
Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.
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His 'n' Hers Spotify
Pulp genre: Britpop
release date April 18, 1994 publisher: Island
His 'n' Hers is the fourth studio album by English rock band Pulp, released on 18 April 1994 by Island Records. It proved to be the band's breakthrough album, reaching number nine on the UK Albums Chart, and was nominated for the 1994 Mercury Music Prize. In 1998, Q magazine readers voted it the seventieth greatest album of all time, while it was placed at number 110 in the book Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums.
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Two-Way Stretch (1960) IMDb WikiData
Two-Way Stretch
director: Robert Day actor: Peter Sellers / Wilfrid Hyde-White …
other title: Un alibi (troppo) perfetto / Spjældet tur-retur …
Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning to jail afterwards. First however they must get out, a task made more difficult by a new, stricter prison officer.
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Too Rye Ay Spotify
Dexys Midnight Runners
release date July 22, 1982 publisher: UMG Recordings
Jan. 23, 2026 listened
There is so much more to Dexys than just "Come On, Eileen", and you don't even have to go far to find it: Plan B, Jackie Wilson Said, I'll Show You etc right on the same album.

Hardcore Celtic speed soul FTW! :)
1980s DexysMidnightRunners Pop Soul UK
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I Am Not an Animal (2004) WikiData IMDb TMDB
I Am Not an Animal
director: Peter Baynham actor: Steve Coogan / Julia Davis …
other title: Non sono un animale
I Am Not An Animal is an animated comedy series about the only six talking animals in the world, whose cosseted existence in a vivisection unit is turned upside down when they are liberated by animal rights activists.
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A Touch of Cloth Season 1 (2012) NeoDB Douban TMDB
A Touch of Cloth Season 1 part of TV Series: A Touch of Cloth
director: Jim O'Hanlon actor: John Hannah / Suranne Jones …
An all-encompassing parody of every police procedural ever written, DCI Jack Cloth — a maverick, heavy drinking loner who has thrown himself into his work following the mysterious death of his wife. The damaged, haunted Cloth is teamed with plucky no-nonsense sidekick DC Anne Oldman,

Together the pair investigate a series of increasingly grisy murders and find themselves on the trail of a devious killer. As you do, If you're a detective. The case leads Cloth and Oldman from leafy forests to sinister lock-up, from the luxury home of an arrogant TV chef to the cold dissection rooms of a vampish forensic pathologist.
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Hot Fuzz (2007) TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban
Hot Fuzz
7.3 (15 ratings) director: Edgar Wright actor: Simon Pegg / Nick Frost …
other title: Hot Fuzz - Esquadrão de Província / Hot Fuzz - Zwei abgewichste Profis …
Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the idyllic village.
Jan. 16, 2026 watched
A parody of action movies while also a loving homage to action movies, with not one wasted line or frame!

Rewatched in #Comedon watch party on Mastodon
2000s Action ActionComedy Comedy EdgarWright
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I, Daniel Blake (2016) NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
I, Daniel Blake
7.8 (5 ratings) director: Ken Loach actor: Dave Johns / Hayley Squires …
other title: Io, Daniel Blake / Jeg, Daniel Blake …
A middle aged carpenter, who requires state welfare after injuring himself, is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario.
Jan. 18, 2026 to watch Trigger:
https://piefed.social/post/1673339#comment_9720500
2010s Drama KenLoach UK
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Dummy NeoDB Spotify Douban Discogs
8.4 (5 ratings) Portishead genre: Electronic
release date Aug. 22, 1994 publisher: Go! Beat / London
Dummy is the debut studio album by English electronic music band Portishead, released on 22 August 1994 by Go! Beat Records.

The album received critical acclaim and won the 1995 Mercury Music Prize. It is often credited with popularising the trip hop genre, and is frequently cited in lists of the best albums of the 1990s. Dummy was certified triple platinum in the UK in February 2019, and had sold 920,000 copies in the United Kingdom as of September 2020. Worldwide, the album had sold 3.6 million copies by 2008.
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E22 IMDb
Question master Jimmy Carr is joined by Jonathan Ross, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Ryan, Nick Mohammed, Roisin Conaty and Lou Sanders, as they battle it out to see who knows the most about the year that's been.