Great BFI blog post by friend of the show, Jo Botting, about the shenanigans surrounding a little known "Soho" film. Definitely one for a future episode. 📽️

Always a delight when a new episode of @sohobitespodcast.com lands. This time with added @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social goodness.

Episode 53 landed today - we talk to the mighty Noel Cronin from @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social about “A Taste of Money” (1960) at the @southendonsea.bsky.social Film Festival & hear about the life of one of its stars, #DickEmery, from his son, Nick Emery 📽️

"When he comes home at night and I hear his key in the lock, I say to myself, 'Oh good! The party's about to begin.'" Anne Bancroft on husband Mel Brooks. #Happy100thMel xxx

I now have a fan in my "work station"! Still really hot though...

This weather takes me back to episode 26 📽️ sohobitespodcast.com/episode/26 📽️ #jaynemansfield 📽️ #soho 📽️ #burlesque 📽️

I'll be having a swift half at the #Ship&Shovell later today, which is good excuse to dredge up this old episode of one of the Soho Bites spin-off shows www.muralmorsels.art/episode/clou...

A rare treat on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social, June 22nd at 11:30pm - a Soho based German Krimi film from the pen of *Brian* Edgar Wallace, Das Phantom von Soho (1964). I talked about it (in the Edgar Wallace pub!) with Daniel Reifferscheid back in ep 12 📽️ #krimi sohobitespodcast.com/episode/12

I see @channel4.bsky.social are way behind Soho Bites again - this time doing a programme about London's green parakeets three years after we first talked about them back in episode 41 with @nickhuntscrutiny.bsky.social

Ok so SOMEBODY convinced me to make this and it took me absolutely ages when I was supposed to be doing something else so enjoy it! sgtp.lovable.app

I met a couple of listeners at the BFI earlier this week (thank you for the pint @mrrobertsharp.bsky.social) who said they couldn't think of any films that are set in Birmingham. I've found one! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjJw...

Facebook removed a post about the latest ep citing "nudity & sexual content". There are adult discussions in the ep due to the nature of the film but I can confirm that all participants were fully clad during recordings. I'd be grateful if you could share this to compensate for Facebook's decision.

According to my calendar, this weekend marked 33 years since I moved to London. Here's some rarely seen actual footage of actual me, actually arriving on that actual day. 📽️

The latest episode of Soho Bites came out late this month because I was working on this series about Reform UK - a coproduction between @theobserveruk.bsky.social & @therestpolitics.bsky.social, reported by @catneilan.bsky.social & produced by @poppybullard.bsky.social. Well worth a listen.

In episode 52, out today, author Estella Tincknell talks about "Irina Palm" (2007) which stars #MarianneFaithfull as a grandmother who turns to sex work & Laura Watson tells us about the work of the English Collective of Prostitutes #ECP. This episode is NSFW! 📽️ sohobitespodcast.com/episode/52

Another great Soho article by @mikepress.bsky.social & Jackie Hopfinger on the "Walk on the Wild Side" Substack.

Sorry for the slight delay this month - my guests are busy people & finding time can be tricky! The next ep will be out next week and is about a film described by @peterbradshaw1.bsky.social as "A gobsmackingly awful British film - awful in the way that somehow only British films can be". Harsh! 📽️

Great little doc from 1955 about Soho on the @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social streaming site, TPTVEncore - "Where Strangers Meet"

A cutting from the Jan/Feb 1977 edition of the #SohoClarion. Presumably, the "famous British artist" in question is @francisbacon.bsky.social

The next episode of Soho Bites is about a film which stars #MarianneFaithfull, so obviously I'm listening to my recent charity shop purchase 📽️ #IrinaPalm

I cannot wait to read this! I love a bit of Chaplin and Jackie was a fascinating guest on #MuralMorsels back in the day talking about Hogarth.

Well it only took five years but I've finally set up a Soho Bites Facebook page. It's only one hour old so still pretty quiet! Come and say hello www.facebook.com/share/1FNVFM...

Pages scanned from a 1944 scrapbook I bought on Ebay - Two Thousand Women #filmstarscrapbook #vintageukfilm #1940sfilm #classiccinema #PhyllisCalvert #FloraRobson 📽️📽️📽️

"King of the Underworld", the film @vicpratt.bsky.social discusses in this month's show, is actually 3 episodes of an old TV series “Inspector Morley, Late of Scotland Yard” stitched together. Each story ends abruptly. This is the end scene from story 1, cut out when the film was put together 📽️ 1/3

Soho Bites episode 51 landed today - @vicpratt.bsky.social from the #BFI discusses a clunky old crime drama, “King of the Underworld” (1952) starring #TodSlaughter and Aidan McManus from @portobelloradio.com talks about a real life king of the underworld, #BernieSilver 📽️

Friend of the show, the brilliant #DavidMcGillivray has a new YouTube series "My Fleapit, My Palace" from @severinfilms.bsky.social - brilliant, entertaining and informative, it's a must see for all Soho cinema buffs (@nigelcsmith.bsky.social for example!)

My sources tell me there is a TV channel called Together TV & that tonight at midnight they’re showing “Zeta One” (1970). I discussed this terrible film with “The Truffaut of Smut”, the magnificent #DavidMcGillivray back in episode 35 sohobitespodcast.com/episode/35/

Thank you to @privateeyenews.bsky.social. Please don't sue me.

Interesting fundraising event for the Museum of Soho this coming Saturday at #AllisJoy, 75 Dean St.

The only good thing @dailymail.co.uk has ever done is to publish the "Daily Mail British Film Annual" in 1948 & 1949. I have picked up copies of these and have been putting my new scanner to work. Here are the pages for "Noose" which we did in episode 49... 📽️ sohobitespodcast.com/episode/49/ 1 of 3

More scanner lobby card fun with a set from "The Golden Disc" (1958) which we discussed with #kenhollings in episode 25 📽️ sohobitespodcast.com/episode/25/ #TerryDene #LeePatterson #ButchersFilms #RocknRoll #SohoCoffeeShops

My new scanner has been working hard today, processing the various lobby cards I've bought over the years. Here's a set I snapped up for The Green Cockatoo (1937) which we talked about in episode 41. 📽️ sohobitespodcast.com/episode/41 #johnmills #reneray #robertnewton #vintagefilm #britishnoir

I bought a scanner and have been scanning pages from some extremely old film star scrapbooks I bought on Ebay a few years ago. Here are some actors who have appeared in films we've covered on Soho Bites #carolelandis #cesarromero #googiewithers #jeankent 📽️ #scrapbooks #vintagefilm

I did an enjoyable bit of research at the BFI library for the next film today using microfilm which is always fun. Spoiler alert: I found ONE PARAGRAPH that was useful.

Interesting article today in @londonermag.bsky.social by @petercarlyon.bsky.social. Who owns Soho's soul?

Just found out that an episode of the @theobserveruk.bsky.social Slow Newscast for which I designed the sound has been nominated for an #AmnestyMediaAward. It's worth a listen! @amnestyuk.bsky.social

The film we're talking about in April's episode is "King of the Underworld" (1952) in which #TodSlaughter plays an absolute stinker of a fellow. In this opening scene he's such a rotter that one of his blackmail victims is driven to attempt suicide! 📽️ #ClassicBritishFilm #BritishNoir #rotter

Saw #TheBride! today. I can see why it was criticised for being shambolic, but I thought it was absolutely brilliant. Also, the fact that Bartleby & "I would prefer not to" is referenced repeatedly throughout the film shows, yet again, that Soho Bites remains right at the heart of zeitgeist 📽️

The slightly sensationalised original trailer for Bartleby (1970). We talk about the film in the latest episode of Soho Bites with @stephena1984.bsky.social here: sohobitespodcast.com/episode/50 and you can see the full film here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=syvu...

1949 Soho classic, "Murder at the Windmill" is on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social at 9:30am and is well worth a watch www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRxW... then listen to to our episode on it: sohobitespodcast.com/episode/14

Episode 50 has just landed in which we talk about the brilliant “Bartleby” (1970) with @stephena1984.bsky.social, journalist at @theobserveruk.bsky.social & freelance film critic. For our "thematically linked second feature", we hear about a notorious murder in 19th century New York. 📽️ #BritishFilm

I'm a bit behind, what with one thing and another, but hoping to get the next episode out tomorrow. Fingers crossed #bartleby #sohofilm #paulschofield #johnmcenery sohobitespodcast.com

This is a great film! We talked about it in an episode of Kino Quickies back in the day. kinoquickies.com/episode/07-t...

What could the connection be between a notorious 1841 murder in New York and "Bartelby" (1970), the film we're talking about in the next episode with @stephena1984.bsky.social? Find out next Friday in episode 50 sohobitespodcast.com