Is it picture quiz time already? It is! Can you guess 4 of Gonzalo C. Garcia‘s 5 Hellish playlist pics from these (increasingly exciting) images? If you’re having trouble and haven’t yet listened to this week’s pod then what are you waiting for? podfollow.com/hellish

The perfect item to be enveloped in some Christmas wrapping. It's my book on the history of 1980s music, #IntoTheGroove.

Today’s damned soul is author Gonzalo C. Garcia! As well as the 5 tracks he will meet in Hell, Gonzalo told us about his @galleybeggars.bsky.social book ‘Telenovela’, set in Chile during the last days of dictatorship. Listen podfollow.com/hellish Pre-order Telenovela tinyurl.com/galleynovela

Here’s the earworm so strong that it kept Anthony Spargo awake as a child! It’s from Moonwalker on the Sea Mega Drive. Since we talked about its iffy nature on the show, here’s a clip. Listen podfollow.com/hellish

I'm on my way to @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social, the most restorative and invigorating comics event there is! I'll be in the 2000ad Hall, at table B-52, so roam (if you want to) over for a chat at any stage! Allow me to harangue you now with a thread about what I'm bringing along with me...!

Hellish Picture Quiz! Name 4 of Anthony Spargo’s 5 Hellish tracks based on these visual clues. Go on! If you need help, all will become clear after you listen to the latest pod, at least twice, or maybe three times. podfollow.com/hellish

Here’s our latest damned soul, Anthony Spargo, on Doctor Who Confidential in 2008, giving a tour of his dalek. Anthony talks about his time behind the plunger in the latest episode of Hellish - listen podfollow.com/hellish (You can see this episode of Doctor Who Confidential on iPlayer in the UK)

Our new newsletter is newsy: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/campaigns/vi... Features glad tidings about this beauty:

Fine, I will write the next James Bond. INT: SEX CASINO, NIGHT BOND: Hello I am Bond James Bond my car goes NYOOM CUT TO: ten minutes of a chase in a sports car BOND: Also my watch is a special watch that makes ladies blouses see through EXPLOSION BOND: This film is for grown ups

Anthony Spargo put the 1997 BBC version of ‘Perfect Day’ into Hell this week. Here’s Boyzone in their communal binbag for your pleasure! Listen to the episode - including the other four tracks Anthony will meet in Hell - via podfollow.com/hellish

Catching up on my Hellish backlog, this was a great episode! And a great workaround to playing Michael Jackson's actual music on the show too!

This week’s damned soul is actor, writer, and panto legend Anthony Spargo! As well as giving us the 5 tracks he’ll meet in Hell, Anthony told us about how he got in to panto and how it works, as well as his time inside a #dalek for @bbcdoctorwhoecho.bsky.social Listen podfollow.com/hellish

Under Milk Wood new print drop! www.bhhawkins.com/so/5bPfVAV8q...

Great night at Chester’s Books on the Walls, watching former guest @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk kick off the tour for his book “Mistletoe and Vinyl”, about the Christmas number one. Catch him on his bookshop tour if you can - it’s a stand up show surrounded by books! What more do you need?

Alex has outdone himself with the picture quiz this week. Can you guess 4 of Felix White’s 5 Hellish song pics from these visual teasers? If you can’t, that’s fine, just make sure to listen to the pod and all will be explained. podfollow.com/hellish (At least two are gettable without hearing it)

Exterminate/Regenerate: The Story of Doctor Who is now 99p on Kindle, for a short time only, so fill your boots! www.amazon.co.uk/Exterminate-...

In this week’s episode with Felix White you heard Alex refer to the “he’s 28 until he’s 29” twitter spat. Here’s a few screenshots. You can even watch it rendered in Ace Attorney on YouTube. youtu.be/zbsTt7j40nI?... He was definitely 28, by the way. Hell has spoken! Listen podfollow.com/hellish

After chatting about @iamklootclub.bsky.social with Felix White on this week’s episode, Daniel went looking in his special Kloot box and found something undiscovered for TWENTY FIVE years! Listen to us talk about the band - and the five tracks Felix will meet in Hell - at podfollow.com/hellish

Great episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way even if I do say so myself. Loved talking to Clare about her book and I hope you enjoy listening to it.

Felix White of the Maccabees and Tailenders chooses the five tracks he will meet in Hell! Felix told us about ‘Whatever Will Be, Will Be’, his smart, funny and fresh new memoir. And also about getting caught in a tabloid sting. Listen: podfollow.com/hellish #whateverwillbewillbe

It’s time for the WEEKLY HELLISH PICTURE QUIZ. Can you guess any of the songs screenwriter Catherine Tregenna will meet in Hell from these pics? To hear the answers discussed, in full and entertainingly, listen to the pod. podfollow.com/hellish

A reminder that you don't need to understand everything you see

I wrote about an early 16th-century painting of Hell for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social! 1/ 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #maps #cartography #exploration #painting #art #arthistory #VastEarlyAmerica

What to expect in Hell: an early sixteenth-century painting that's so striking that it's setting off all the content filters on here! Here are some details; essay in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social. #Monstertober #Spookyseason 🗃

Catherine Tregenna told us about #theonethatgotaway - her drama with versions in English and Welsh. (On iPlayer, with her #torchwood and #doctorwho episodes) Patreons heard about writing #Lewis (pic is a clue to who the artist she will meet in Hell is…) podfollow.com/hellish Patreon.com/hellishpod

And as always, my Autumn-Into-Christmas graphic novel SCARENTHOOD about ghost-hunting parents fighting off demons, parental guilt and existential dread is available Signed and sketched for a tenner (Before shipping)! nickrocheart.bigcartel.com/product/scar...

PS You really really want to hear the Patreon version of this episode. Catherine is 🔥🔥🔥. patreon.com/hellishpod for that. Well worth £3, especially if you detest a certain actor turned failed politician…

Just under two weeks left to enter the annual GBP Short Story Prize - one of the highlights of our year, and where, for 2025/26, we'll be joined by two brilliant writers and one brilliant literary agent as judges (Sam Mills, Selby Wynn Schwartz, and Sebastian Godwin: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize

Screenwriter Catherine Tregenna gives us the 5 tracks she will meet in Hell! Catherine talked about making her show #theonethatgotaway in English & Welsh; the “creative, generous, wonderful experience” of working with Russell T. Davies on #torchwood; and writing #DoctorWho podfollow.com/hellish

I do commissions of cards like these. I'm assured they make for excellent gifts. #TwoMonthsToChristmas

It’s been a week since the last quiz, which means it’s time for 4 pics representing 4 of @louiestowell.bsky.social‘s Hellish song picks. Can you figure out what they are? If you’ve heard the ep you’ll need no help. If not, what on earth have you been doing since Monday? Listen podfollow.com/hellish

After this week’s episode with @louiestowell.bsky.social we scoured the web for a single performance of ‘O Sole Mio’ as good as Alex’s. We couldn’t find one, but we could find TWO - here’s #BryanAdams & #Pavorotti TOGETHER AT LAST Listen to the show podfollow.com/hellish

The subject of Hapsburg chins briefly came up in this week’s episode with @louiestowell.bsky.social so here are a couple of Hapsburgs so you know what we’re taking about. Listen to the show podfollow.com/hellish

They never play the whole song through! Unlike (my personal favourite) This Is What It Sounds Like. All three have parts. And the spell works. I think Golden is *meant* to be mid, and it's telling that it got its (undeserved) glory *outside* the context of the story. The story says it's a mistake🙂

The reason Golden doesn't have a part for any of the other members of Huntrxx is bc it was Rumi's dong, about her not being "cursed" anymore. And that's why it doesn't work. She pushes it out despite her partners not wanting to, loses her voice trying to sing it bc she's not herself w/o them/

The joy of podcasts for me is I go into a fugue state and never have any idea what I said afterwards. I'm pretty sure I mentioned Roy Orbison at some point but apart from that? BLANK. And I probably talked about Loki. Enjoy!

Today @louiestowell.bsky.social gives us the 5 tracks she will meet in Hell! We talked about Louie’s journey to being an author; writing and illustrating Loki; separating art from the artist; ice cream; drones; jazz music AND Alex created a live mash-up for us. Listen here: podfollow.com/hellish

Here’s @danielwhelan.com repping Hellish at the Independent Podcast Awards on Wednesday night. (Alex was mucking out the Augean Stables and couldn’t make it)

Despite not winning an award, we won’t let it get in the way of our well regarded if not award winning weekly picture quiz. Can you work out four of our Gill German MP’s Hellish tracks from these images? Listen for answers: podfollow.com/hellish

We did not win, but we got to meet a bunch of awesome people so in a way we did win. But unfortunately that kind of winning doesn’t come with a trophy.

We're very proud to be the first publisher to have the Books By People stamp - and that it should be going to Telenovela, a book about the fight against authoritarianism and all the associated nonsense: www.thebookseller.com/news/uk-star...

Keep forgetting to plug THIS! The digital download of my art book, dedicated to all things Wreckers and More Than Meets The Eye: ARTOBOT! €14 for 80 pages! Including some guest colour appearances from Josh Burcham and John-Paul Bove! Head here for your copy: ko-fi.com/nickrocheart...

This week Gill German MP told us about the proposed statue of Terry Jones - as the Nude Organist - on the prom in Terry’s birthplace of Colwyn Bay. Donate to the fund here www.gofundme.com/f/terryjones... or buy a T-shirt a-python-on-the-prom.teemill.com (Palin & Gilliam pictured at the launch)

You will absolutely never guess what the context is for this rather ominous passage www.thenational.scot/news/2553640...

Another mad connection, triggered by the Terry Jones/Life of Brian chat: Sue Jones-Davies, who played Judith in LoB went on to become a Plaid Cymru town councillor for Aberystwyth! Another politics link, maybe best ignored? She was also married to Thick Of It star, Chris Langham. Ahem. Great ep!

We ask Gill German MP for the five tracks she will meet in Hell! Gill tells us what being an MP is like, from ‘bobbing’ to maiden speeches; gives us the cabinet job she would least like to do; and we explore both sides of the Britpop wars. Listen podfollow.com/hellish

'Out now from... Vandelay Industries*!' (*@eandtbooks.bsky.social) A lot of fun, doing this. #IntoTheGroove

Here’s one of the fascinating bits of 80s pop info in ‘Into the Groove’ by our latest guest, @whenisbirths.bsky.social Listen to us talk to Justin about the book - podfollow.com/hellish - then get yourself a copy at tinyurl.com/80sgroove

Podcast hosts Daniel and Alex, despite it being in the foyer of hell, made this a perversely enjoyable chat. But what did I choose as my songs from Hell, and why? @hellishpod.com #IntoTheGroove

Here’s your Thursday picture quiz from the demons of Hellish. Can you work out four of the tracks @whenisbirths.bsky.social will meet in Hell from these visual hints? As with every week, they’re easier if you’ve listened to the pod. podfollow.com/hellish