# uk tv (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover uk tv. Page: Feed: --- ## [Geekstorians: Hollywood Learns To Play | Why It Took Film 30 Years To Understand Video Games](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/geekstorians-hollywood-learns-to-play-why-it-took-film-30-ye) _2026-08-12 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ In 1993, Hollywood took the bright colours, bouncing rhythms and cheerful nonsense of Super Mario Bros. and transformed them into a wet cyberpunk dystopia filled with fungus, humanoid dinosaurs and Dennis Hopper. It was only the beginning. For the next three decades, video game adaptations repeatedly reproduced the names, costumes, monsters and locations that players recognised, while struggling… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/6a65911ed1989631421b6d38/media.mp3) ## [Geektown Talks To... ‘Hacks’ Production Designer Rob Tokarz: Building Deborah Vance’s Final Season](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/geektown-talks-to-hacks-production-designer-rob-tokarz-build) _2026-08-06 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ In this episode of Geektown Talks To..., Dave catches up with production designer Rob Tokarz as ‘Hacks’ takes its final bow. Rob first joined the Emmy-winning comedy as an art director in Season 2 before stepping up to production designer, helping shape the increasingly ambitious world surrounding Deborah Vance, Ava Daniels and the wonderfully strange collection of people orbiting them. We last… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/6a750784d410c25118bd2905/media.mp3) ## [Geekstorians: The Adaptation Trap | Why Faithful Adaptations Can Still Fail](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/geekstorians-the-adaptation-trap-why-faithful-adaptations-ca) _2026-08-05 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Why can an adaptation reproduce the characters, costumes, lore and famous moments, yet still feel completely wrong? The problem may not be fidelity, but whether the people rebuilding the story understand what is holding it together. Hollywood loves an established world. The maps already exist. The characters have names. The famous scenes are waiting. The fans are already emotionally invested. On… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/6a63f872a51cbd54e27febeb/media.mp3) ## [Geekstorians: The Streaming Kingdom | From TV Liberation To Platform Wars](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/geekstorians-the-streaming-kingdom-from-tv-liberation-to-pla) _2026-07-28 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Streaming was supposed to free television. No schedules. No missed episodes. No VHS tapes with the ending accidentally recorded over by Coronation Street . Just an endless library of stories waiting whenever you wanted them. For a while, it felt like liberation. But once television became something delivered through a pipe, the pipe became more valuable than the programmes moving through it.… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/6a53f4ed8716ffeabe904a18/media.mp3) ## [Geektown Talks To… ‘The Avengers’ Author David Crichton About Classic ’60s TV Series](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/geektown-talks-to-the-avengers-author-david-crichton-about-c) _2026-07-24 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ This week, Dave chats with author David Crichton about his new novel, ‘The Avengers: Death in Downing Street’, which returns John Steed and Emma Peel to the wonderfully stylish and eccentric world of the classic 1960s television series. And, just to avoid any confusion following the latest ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ trailer, we are talking bowler hats and leather catsuits here, not Marvel superheroes.… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/6a616a464fac21e67f69d0f6/media.mp3) ## [Geekstorians: Wearing The Franchise | How Cosplay Became Franchise Visibility](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/geekstorians-wearing-the-franchise-how-cosplay-became-franch) _2026-07-21 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Cosplay began as something gloriously handmade: fans turning up in costumes because they loved a story enough to carry it into the room. But somewhere between the early science fiction masquerades, Star Wars armour builds, convention photo galleries, viral cosplay, professional creators and the rise of organisations like the 501st Legion, something shifted. The costume was no longer just a… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/6a335122e312351cc4354664/media.mp3) ## [Geektown Talks To Boris Mojsovski: I Will Find You, Titans, 12 Monkeys, Rabbit Hole & More](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/geektown-talks-to-boris-mojsovski-i-will-find-you-titans-12) _2026-07-16 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ In this episode of Geektown Talks To , Dave chats with cinematographer, director and filmmaker Boris Mojsovski , whose work includes Netflix’s Harlan Coben thriller ‘I Will Find You’ , along with ‘Rabbit Hole’ , ‘12 Monkeys’ , ‘Titans’ , ‘The Lost Symbol’ , ‘The Madness’ and more. Boris talks about growing up around film sets, initially trying not to follow the family path into filmmaking, and how… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/6a5867146f129226868525cf/media.mp3) ## [Geekstorians: Middle-Earth, Inc. | How Peter Jackson Built The Impossible & What The Machine Did Next](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/geekstorians-middle-earth-inc-how-peter-jackson-built-the-im) _2026-07-14 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ This week on Geekstorians , we travel to Middle-earth, not as tourists, but as slightly suspicious historians with a map, a torch, and some concerns about licensing agreements. In 1998, Peter Jackson walked into New Line Cinema with a fantasy epic most of Hollywood considered impossible. What followed became one of cinema’s great gambles: three films, shot back-to-back, built in New Zealand by… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/6a334f742a769315ba1b5622/media.mp3) ## [Geekstorians: The Anime Crossing | How Dragon Ball Z, Pokémon, Ghibli & Crunchyroll Took Anime Mainstream](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/geekstorians-the-anime-crossing-how-dragon-ball-z-pokemon-gh) _2026-07-08 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Anime did not cross into Western culture in one clean movement. It arrived in fragments, through edited TV dubs, bootleg tapes, playground obsessions, fansubs, late-night downloads, and eventually legal streaming platforms. In this episode of Geekstorians, Dave picks up where Season One’s ‘The Anime Underground’ left off, following anime’s journey from cult import to global mainstream force. We… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/6a29eefe518f9f10ebad44c1/media.mp3) ## [Geekstorians: The Pixel Economy | How Gaming Became The World’s Biggest Entertainment Industry](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/geekstorians-the-pixel-economy-how-gaming-became-the-worlds) _2026-07-01 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Video games didn’t just become bigger than film, music and TV. They became places people went, watched, gathered, spent money, and built memories inside. In this episode of Geekstorians, Dave from Geektown looks at how gaming quietly became the largest entertainment industry on Earth, and why nobody really announced it. The story begins in April 2020, when millions of people attended Travis… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/6a29d6053f4eb34728d5f6a7/media.mp3) ## [Collect Open Source Legends (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/O3hxv6uunjW6) _2026-07-01 · **Sponsored**_ Open-licensed art, limited foil trading packs, and optional on-chain mints. ## [Geekstorians: The Geek Shall Inherit | How Geek Culture Became A Market Segment – S3E2](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/geekstorians-the-geek-shall-inherit-how-geek-culture-became) _2026-06-24 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ In this episode of Geekstorians, Dave looks at the strange five-year window when geek culture stopped being something fans used to find each other, and became something companies used to find them. Beginning in 2007, the episode follows the moment geek identity moved from comic shops, conventions, video rental shelves and school computer labs into the mainstream marketplace. The iPhone made… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/6a284192401089d02dd1fb38/media.mp3) ## [Geekstorians: The House That Iron Man Built | How Kevin Feige Built The MCU Machine](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/geekstorians-the-house-that-iron-man-built-how-kevin-feige-b) _2026-06-17 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Season Three of Geekstorians begins with the moment geek culture stopped knocking on the door and started owning the building. In this episode, Dave looks at the rise of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, from Marvel’s desperate rights situation and the gamble of Iron Man, to Kevin Feige’s phase-planned architecture, the genre trick that kept the films from feeling like a production line, and the… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/6a272c20c022d9c4febab69f/media.mp3) ## [Geekstorians: Nothing Went To Plan](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/geekstorians-nothing-went-to-plan) _2026-06-10 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ This week on Geekstorians, we bring Season 2 to a close with ‘Nothing Went To Plan’. Across the season, we’ve looked at films that nearly vanished, companies that collapsed under their own weight, shows that survived cancellation, fandoms that refused to let go, and the strange ways failure can become an origin story. In this shorter reflective finale, Dave steps back from the individual stories… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/6a18a32c71443cf04ac84a5b/media.mp3) ## [The Great Geeky Hall Of Fame Pub Quiz: Geektown Radio Episode 500](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/the-great-geeky-hall-of-fame-pub-quiz-geektown-radio-episode) _2026-06-08 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ It is a very special episode of Geektown Radio this week, as Dave celebrates Episode 500 with regular co-hosts Matt and Gray for The Great Geeky Hall Of Fame Pub Quiz ! Geektown Radio officially launched back on Tuesday, 20th January 2015, although Dave had already recorded 32 interview podcasts before the weekly show began. Since then, there have been hundreds of episodes, specials, Geektown… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/6a2702486642088a10558d8c/media.mp3) ## [Geekstorians: The Accidental Cult | How Rocky Horror, Blade Runner & The Big Lebowski Became Cult Classics](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/geekstorians-the-accidental-cult-how-rocky-horror-blade-runn) _2026-06-03 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ This week on Geekstorians, Dave from Geektown looks at three films that did not behave the way Hollywood expected. ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ arrived as a box office failure before midnight audiences turned it into a ritual. ‘Blade Runner’ opened to confusion, studio interference and mixed reactions before becoming one of science fiction’s most debated landmarks. And ‘The Big Lebowski’… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/6a0b156e0bb7fec0e368a630/media.mp3) ## [Obsession, Spider-Noir, Tip Toe & PONIES | Geektown Radio Episode 499](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/obsession-spider-noir-tip-toe-ponies-geektown-radio-episode) _2026-06-02 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Dave is joined by Matt for Geektown Radio Episode 499, with this week’s show led by chat about breakout horror film Obsession, the opening episodes of Spider-Noir, Russell T Davies drama Tip Toe, and spy series PONIES. Matt kicks things off with Obsession, which he calls one of the best films of 2026, praising its slow-burn setup, sharp horror concept and one scene that completely floored him. He… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/6a1f115da5a56cd15107fec0/media.mp3) ## [Geekstorians: Controlled Chaos | Star Trek, Cancellation and the Franchise That Refused To Die](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/geekstorians-controlled-chaos-star-trek-cancellation-and-the) _2026-05-27 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ This week on Geekstorians , we’re boldly going into one of the strangest survival stories in geek culture: Star Trek , the franchise that has been cancelled, revived, mismanaged, overextended, rebooted, and pushed through nearly every major shift in modern entertainment. Born in 1966, cancelled in 1969, and kept alive by fans who refused to accept that decision, Star Trek became something far… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/6a0899fd3fd6979bfcd15c09/media.mp3) ## [MCM Comic Con London Special May 2026: Firefly, Hellaverse, Beyond Paradise & Clone Wars](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/mcm-comic-con-london-special-may-2026-firefly-hellaverse-bey) _2026-05-26 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ This week, Geektown Radio heads to MCM Comic Con London for a special episode recorded around one of the UK’s biggest pop culture events, which took over ExCeL London for a packed weekend of TV, film, games, anime, comics, cosplay, panels and general geeky mayhem. Dave went down to the convention for the weekend, although sadly Darryl had to drop out after being struck down ill, leaving Dave to… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/6a15cfbf83dd9b6e11c1b11f/media.mp3) ## [Geekstorians: The Deadpool Leak That Changed Hollywood | Ryan Reynolds, Fox & The Internet vs The Gatekeepers](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/geekstorians-the-deadpool-leak-that-changed-hollywood-ryan-r) _2026-05-20 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ This week on Geekstorians , we’re looking at the leak that punched a hole through Hollywood’s gates. For years, Fox had Deadpool sitting in development limbo. Ryan Reynolds wanted to make the film properly. Director Tim Miller had test footage. The fans knew exactly what they wanted. The studio, however, remained unconvinced. Then, in July 2014, fifty-two seconds of Deadpool test footage appeared… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/69ff5df144cb786b37f256a6/media.mp3) ## [The Punisher: One Last Kill, Mistletoe Murders, Good Omens 3 & Subnautica 2 | Geektown Radio Episode 498](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/the-punisher-one-last-kill-mistletoe-murders-good-omens-3-su) _2026-05-19 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Dave is joined by Darryl on this week’s Geektown Radio as they chat through the latest TV, film and gaming news, along with the shows and games they’ve been watching recently. Darryl kicks things off with a look at ‘High Potential’ Season 2, the crime procedural starring Kaitlin Olson, which continues to deliver those fun “clever outsider helps the police” vibes. He also reviews ‘Mistletoe… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/6a0ca5450797376c6e1c82a9/media.mp3) ## [Unlimited Mobile Internet, One V-SIM (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/tSaCTjiS6dLh) _2026-05-19 · **Sponsored**_ Automatically switches across T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon; no throttling, no contract. ## [Geekstorians: The Dark Knight Didn’t Have To Exist | How Batman & Robin Accidentally Saved Batman](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/geekstorians-the-dark-knight-didnt-have-to-exist-how-batman) _2026-05-13 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ In Season 2 Episode 6 of Geekstorians, Dave digs into one of the strangest turnarounds in blockbuster history. After Tim Burton redefined Batman for the big screen, Warner Bros. slowly pushed the franchise away from gothic weirdness and towards something brighter, louder, more commercial, and far more toy-friendly. The result was 1997’s Batman & Robin — a film so spectacularly misjudged it didn’t… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/69f34937ad98579289255d40/media.mp3) ## [Prisoner, Citadel S2, Daredevil: Born Again & TV Bloodbath Week | Geektown Radio Episode 497](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/prisoner-citadel-s2-daredevil-born-again-tv-bloodbath-week-g) _2026-05-12 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Dave is joined by Matt for Geektown Radio Episode 497, and this week’s show is led by chat about Sky thriller Prisoner, the return of Citadel for Season 2, Marvel’s Daredevil: Born Again, and the annual US network bloodbath as renewals and cancellations roll in. Matt kicks things off with social media reviews for Wonder Man Season 1 and Daredevil: Born Again Season 2, with the latter earning huge… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/6a0376dcb4433645567c9387/media.mp3) ## [Geektown Talks To: Hillary Fyfe Spera On Shooting Marvel’s Daredevil: Born Again](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/geektown-talks-to-hillary-fyfe-spera-on-shooting-marvels-dar) _2026-05-08 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ In this Geektown Talks To interview, Dave chats with cinematographer Hillary Fyfe Spera, the lead cinematographer behind both seasons one and two of Marvel’s ‘Daredevil: Born Again’. Hillary was there from the very beginning of the Disney+ series, shooting the pilot, finale, and seven of the nine episodes in season one, helping to establish the grounded, cinematic look of Matt Murdock’s return to… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/69fdfbb2c117aa79bf9f90b5/media.mp3) ## [Geekstorians: Virtual Worlds, Real Consequences | World of Warcraft, EVE Online and Second Life](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/geekstorians-virtual-worlds-real-consequences-world-of-warcr) _2026-05-06 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Season 2 of Geekstorians continues with the moment virtual worlds stopped being just games and started becoming laboratories. In ‘Virtual Worlds, Real Consequences’ , Dave looks at three very different digital worlds — World of Warcraft , EVE Online and Second Life — and the very real human behaviour they exposed once thousands of people were let loose inside them. It starts with World of… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/69d3b429b76468caac543305/media.mp3) ## [Boda Love, Project Hail Mary, Criminal Record S2 & Starfield | Geektown Radio Episode 496](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/boda-love-project-hail-mary-criminal-record-s2-starfield-gee) _2026-05-05 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Dave is joined by Matt for Geektown Radio Episode 496, and this week’s show is led by chat about the Kenyan romcom Boda Love, ambitious sci-fi film Project Hail Mary, the return of Criminal Record for a second season, and Dave getting pulled back into Starfield. Matt kicks things off with Boda Love, a Kenyan romance that follows a British woman travelling to Africa after falling for someone… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/69fa236e1932a077a9abaeb2/media.mp3) ## [Geektown Talks To: Joséphine Jobert On ‘Saint-Pierre’, ‘Death In Paradise’ & Why Arch Changed Her Life](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/geektown-talks-to-josephine-jobert-on-saint-pierre-death-in) _2026-05-01 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Geektown Talks To is back, and in this episode, Dave sits down with actress Joséphine Jobert to discuss her new crime drama ‘Saint-Pierre’, which recently launched in the UK on U&Alibi. UK viewers will know Joséphine from ‘Death in Paradise’, but in ‘Saint-Pierre’ she takes on a very different kind of island detective role as Deputy Chief Geneviève “Arch” Archambault. Set on the French territory… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/69f4bc0c417b02e9385c08de/media.mp3) ## [Geekstorians: The Fire Sale Blueprint | Marvel Bankruptcy, Iron Man and the Birth of the MCU](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/geekstorians-how-marvels-bankruptcy-built-the-mcu-the-fire-s) _2026-04-29 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Season 2 of Geekstorians continues with the corporate disaster that accidentally redrew modern pop culture. In ‘The Fire Sale Blueprint’ , Dave looks at how Marvel’s bankruptcy in the 1990s led to one of the strangest and most important chain reactions in film history. As the company collapsed under debt, many of its biggest characters were licensed or sold off in deals that looked sensible at the… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/69d3b28ff57702d2d9d855cc/media.mp3) ## [Michael, Saint Pierre, Star City & A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder | Geektown Radio Episode 495](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/michael-saint-pierre-star-city-a-good-girls-guide-to-murder) _2026-04-28 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Dave is joined by Domingos for Geektown Radio Episode 495, and this week’s show is led by chat about Michael, the Canadian crime drama Saint Pierre, Apple TV alt-history spin-off Star City, and the return of A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder. Domingos kicks things off with Michael, the new biopic charting the early life and rise of Michael Jackson, with Jaafar Jackson playing his famous uncle. He also… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/69f0d8372f651f55f503fc6c/media.mp3) ## [Geekstorians: The Wilderness Years | Doctor Who, the BBC and the Show That Wouldn’t Die](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/geekstorians-doctor-whos-wilderness-years-how-the-show-survi) _2026-04-22 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Season 2 of Geekstorians continues with one of the strangest survival stories in geek culture. In ‘The Wilderness Years’ , Dave looks at what happened after Doctor Who disappeared from television in 1989. No big finale. No proper ending. Just a show the BBC quietly stopped making, and an audience that refused to accept that as the end of the story. This episode follows the long years when Doctor… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/69d3b0ded2e95f5131356ec6/media.mp3) ## [Undertone, The Drama, The Murder Line & The Testaments | Geektown Radio Episode 494](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/undertone-the-drama-the-murder-line-the-testaments-geektown) _2026-04-21 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Dave is joined by Matt for Geektown Radio Episode 494, and this week’s show is led by chat about horror film Undertone, relationship drama The Drama, Canadian crime series The Murder Line, and a return to Gilead in The Testaments. Matt kicks things off with three film reviews. First up is Undertone, an audio-led horror built around a creepy podcast mystery, which nails a lot of its atmosphere and… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/69e7a47d23929c3a2a64f7a8/media.mp3) ## [Non-custodial Crypto Payments & Escrow (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/kHPa3x6EMNSV) _2026-04-21 · **Sponsored**_ Accept multi-chain crypto with trustless escrow, instant confirmations, and no KYC ## [Geekstorians: When Giants Fall | Atari, Sega, Blockbuster and How Empires Collapse](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/geekstorians-when-giants-fall-atari-sega-blockbuster-and-how) _2026-04-15 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Season 2 of Geekstorians continues with a story about collapse. In ‘When Giants Fall’ , Dave looks at three companies that once seemed unstoppable — Atari , Sega , and Blockbuster — and how each of them, in very different ways, lost their grip on the future. From Atari’s collapse after the video game crash of the early 1980s, to Sega’s spectacular inability to get out of its own way during the… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/69d3aeea1d7024f1a795ef34/media.mp3) ## [Vaka, The Miniature Wife, The Boys & Daredevil: Born Again | Geektown Radio Episode 493](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/vaka-the-miniature-wife-the-boys-daredevil-born-again-geekto) _2026-04-14 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Dave is joined by Darryl for Geektown Radio Episode 493, and this week’s show is led by chat about Swedish thriller Vaka, oddball sci-fi comedy The Miniature Wife, the return of The Boys, and why Daredevil: Born Again finally feels like it has found its footing. Darryl kicks things off with Vaka, a Swedish mini-series on Prime Video built around an insomnia epidemic that spirals into chaos in… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/69de69dbf02f2470e933748d/media.mp3) ## [Bucs UK TV Episode 157: End of Season Awards](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bucsuk/episodes/Bucs-UK-TV-Episode-157-End-of-Season-Awards-e3hgqom) _2026-04-10 · Bucs UK - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Fan Club · Bucs UK TV_ Kieron is joined by new Bucs UK podcast supremo Jamie as well as regular member contributors Tom and Wayne to run through the Annual Bucs UK End of Season Awards. Voted for by YOU, our members. Our website: www.BucsUK.org To join Bucs UK, click on the link below and you will find all the information regarding membership and what we have to offer: https://www.BucsUK.org/join-Bucs-UK/ Please come… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/23b1c588/podcast/play/118040790/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-6%2F421519688-44100-2-c2ec1272ee1f6.mp3) ## [Geekstorians: The Film That Nearly Deleted Itself | Toy Story 2, Pixar & the Backup Disaster](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/geekstorians-s2e1-how-toy-story-2-was-nearly-deleted-pixars) _2026-04-08 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Season 2 of Geekstorians begins with one of the great near-disasters in modern geek history. This episode tells the story of how Toy Story 2 nearly disappeared during production, not because of a studio fight or some dramatic Hollywood scandal, but because of a routine command, a failing backup system, and the sort of technical catastrophe that still makes creative people wince. But this is not… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/69d2e4e4e9dcab3077dfe478/media.mp3) ## [Ready or Not 2, Bait, Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen & Pretty Lethal | Geektown Radio Episode 492](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/ready-or-not-2-bait-something-very-bad-is-going-to-happen-pr) _2026-04-07 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Dave is joined by Domingos for Geektown Radio Episode 492, and this week’s show is led by reviews of Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, Prime Video comedy Bait, Netflix horror series Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen, and thriller Pretty Lethal. Domingos kicks things off with Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, the follow-up to the cult horror hit, which brings back Samara Weaving and adds Sarah Michelle… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/69d54ae0e257f11e03110767/media.mp3) ## [Geekstorians Easter Special: The Hidden History Of Easter Eggs In Games, Films & Software](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/geekstorians-easter-special-the-hidden-history-of-easter-egg) _2026-04-03 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ What do ‘Adventure’ , the Konami Code, Pixar’s A113, hidden DVD extras, ‘The Beast’ , ‘I Love Bees’ and Marvel post-credit scenes all have in common? They are all part of the long, strange history of the Easter egg. In this special Easter episode of ‘Geekstorians’ , Dave digs into how hidden messages, secret rooms, buried jokes and coded nods evolved from acts of quiet rebellion into a full-blown… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/69c6bc87119926ec10601dbf/media.mp3) ## [The Pitt, They Will Kill You, The Last Caretaker & Harry Potter Trailer | Geektown Radio Episode 491](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/the-pitt-they-will-kill-you-the-last-caretaker-harry-potter) _2026-03-31 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Dave is joined by Matt for Geektown Radio Episode 491, with this week’s show led by chat about The Pitt, horror film They Will Kill You, indie survival game The Last Caretaker, and the first trailer for the new Harry Potter TV series. Matt also talks through his huge The Last of Us Part II chronological mode deep dive, plus the latest casting news for The Last of Us Season 3. There is also a… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/69cc123092d007a7658c3f77/media.mp3) ## [War Machine, Peaky Blinders Film, SNL UK & Spider-Man: Brand New Day | Geektown Radio Episode 490](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/war-machine-peaky-blinders-film-snl-uk-spider-man-brand-new) _2026-03-24 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Dave is joined by Darryl for Geektown Radio Episode 490, and this week’s show is led by reviews of War Machine, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, and the launch of Saturday Night Live UK, alongside a big chat about the new Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer. On the review side, Darryl covers 96 Minutes, War Machine, Furies and Cross Season 2, while Dave dives into Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man,… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/69c2cd7afce4b829c59027ff/media.mp3) ## [Oscars 2026 Winners, Firefly Animated Series, Lost Doctor Who Episodes, Buffy Reboot & Young Sherlock | Geektown Radio Episode 489](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/oscars-2026-winners-firefly-animated-series-lost-doctor-who) _2026-03-17 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Dave and Gray are back for Geektown Radio Episode 489 with a packed week of TV, film and entertainment news, including the Oscars 2026 winners, Firefly returning as an animated series, two lost Doctor Who episodes recovered, Buffy’s reboot stalling at Hulu, and Michael Sheen taking over House of Games. They also review a pile of shows this week, including Young Sherlock, Star Trek: Starfleet… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/69b98f865f4d2d98379fdeb8/media.mp3) ## [Young Sherlock, Outlander S8, Life Is Strange Casting & Firefly Mystery | Geektown Radio 488](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/young-sherlock-outlander-s8-life-is-strange-casting-firefly) _2026-03-10 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Young Sherlock, Outlander Season 8, Life Is Strange casting, and a very suspicious set of Firefly reunions lead the news in Geektown Radio Episode 488. Dave and this week’s co-host run through what they’ve been watching recently, including horror chatter, social media film discoveries, and a chronological deep dive into The Last of Us Part II . Dave also checks in with Young Sherlock , the ITV… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/69b04fcc738d6fbbf216724f/media.mp3) ## [Paradise S2, Scrubs Returns, Vanished Mystery, The Dutchman & Paramount vs Warner Bros | Geektown Radio Ep 487](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/paradise-s2-scrubs-returns-vanished-mystery-the-dutchman-par) _2026-03-03 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ This week on Geektown Radio, Dave is joined by Domingos for a packed episode covering returning favourites, intense new dramas, and a huge industry shake-up. What We’ve Been Watching The Dutchman (2026) – A modern adaptation of the 1964 play starring André Holland, Kate Mara, Zazie Beetz and Aldis Hodge. Paradise – Season 2 (Hulu) – The conspiracy thriller expands beyond the bunker. Only in the… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/69a73b8b2fb50a2e177231b1/media.mp3) ## [BAFTAs 2026, Eric Dane Tribute, Talamasca, Cross Season 2 & Line of Duty Series 7 | Geektown Radio 486](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/baftas-2026-eric-dane-tribute-talamasca-cross-season-2-line) _2026-02-24 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Dave is joined this week by Darryl from Hollywood North News for a packed episode covering the February BAFTAs, a tribute to the late Eric Dane, fresh show impressions, a report from the London Anime & Gaming Con, and a full run of UK and US TV news. Darryl brings early thoughts on Talamasca: The Secret Order, the new Netflix entry in the Anne Rice universe, and whether it works if you haven't… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/699e0905e84fcb90f2e28293/media.mp3) ## [Geekstorians Episode 10: The Secret Language of Geekdom - How Fans Built Modern Geek Culture](https://www.geektown.co.uk/category/geektown-podcast/geekstorians/) _2026-02-18 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Language doesn’t just describe culture. Sometimes, it creates it. In the Season One finale of Geekstorians , Dave explores the hidden history of geek language — how fans invented their own slang, references, in-jokes, and shorthand, and how that language quietly shaped modern geek culture and the internet itself. From handwritten letters in the back pages of early science-fiction magazines, to… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/69487032184761c021a0e348/media.mp3) ## [Baywatch Reboot, Rockford Files Revival, Severance Update & Marvel’s Wonder Man | Geektown Radio 485](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/baywatch-reboot-rockford-files-revival-severance-update-marv) _2026-02-17 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Stephen Amell leads a Baywatch reboot. David Boreanaz headlines a Rockford Files revival. Apple takes full control of Severance . Marvel drops Wonder Man . Welcome to Geektown Radio Episode 485. Gray joins Dave this week to break down the biggest TV and streaming news, including Fox’s new Baywatch series with Stephen Amell as Hobie Buchannon, NBC rebooting The Rockford Files with David Boreanaz,… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/6994b4973ba25772feda93eb/media.mp3) ## [Geekstorians Episode 9: The Plastic Empire](https://www.geektown.co.uk/category/geektown-podcast/geekstorians/) _2026-02-11 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Toys were never just toys. In this episode of Geekstorians , Dave traces the rise of the Plastic Empire — the moment when action figures, model kits, bricks, and collectibles stopped being side products and started becoming entire universes. From the Star Wars Early Bird box that accidentally rewrote the rules of merchandising, to the 1980s cartoon-toy industrial complex, moral panics, and the… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/69441f029a00ace34fd20ce2/media.mp3) ## [Geektown Radio 484: Blake’s 7, Baldur’s Gate, God of War & The Muppets](https://shows.acast.com/geektown/episodes/geektown-radio-484-blakes-7-baldurs-gate-god-of-war-the-mupp) _2026-02-10 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Geektown Radio returns after its longest break, with Dave and Matt back for Episode 484 to catch up on months of TV, film, gaming, and industry news. Matt talks about revisiting The Last of Us Part II using the new chronological mode and how it reshapes the story, alongside reviews of films including Honey, Don’t! and Hamnet . Dave runs through what he has been watching, including Fallout Season… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/698b7e460581faffc76bfb44/media.mp3) ## [Geekstorians Episode 8: The Anime Underground - How Fans Smuggled a Medium Into the West](https://www.geektown.co.uk/category/geektown-podcast/geekstorians/) _2026-02-04 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Anime is everywhere now. Streaming platforms, cinema screens, fashion, music, TikTok, gaming. But it didn’t arrive in the West through studios, marketing campaigns, or corporate strategy. It arrived through fans. In this bumper-length episode of Geekstorians , Dave uncovers the real, messy, rebellious story of how anime travelled from post-war Japan to British living rooms and American college… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/693f3f859278bf5c1cff4f01/media.mp3) ## [Geekstorians Episode 7: D&D & The Satanic Panic](https://www.geektown.co.uk/category/geektown-podcast/geekstorians/) _2026-01-28 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ In the 1980s, Dungeons & Dragons became the focus of one of the most unusual moral panics in modern history. A tabletop role-playing game built around imagination, storytelling, and collaboration was suddenly accused of promoting occultism, psychological harm, and even violence. Dice were framed as sinister objects. Rulebooks were treated like dangerous texts. And ordinary teenagers playing… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/6940401dcc3f4b4c73446fe0/media.mp3) ## [Geekstorians Episode 6: Joystick Nation - How Gamers Built a Global Fandom](https://www.geektown.co.uk/category/geekstorians/) _2026-01-21 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ Gaming didn’t just grow up... it took over. In this episode of Geekstorians , Dave dives into the chaotic, brilliant rise of gaming fandom: from the arcades of the late ’70s and the night Space Invaders caused Tokyo to mint extra coins, to the Atari 2600 bringing pixelated magic into the living room, to the bedroom coders who unknowingly kick-started a creative revolution across the UK and US. We… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/69403f4e7e21d19ff2d06bd9/media.mp3) ## [Geekstorians Episode 5: The Battle for Canon](https://www.geektown.co.uk/category/geekstorians/) _2026-01-14 · Geektown Radio - TV News, Interviews & UK TV Premiere Dates_ n this episode of Geekstorians , Dave dives into one of the most heated and strangely human conflicts in modern fandom: the battle for canon. From the moment Star Wars quietly shifted a blaster bolt in 1997, the ground beneath our favourite universes began to move. Suddenly, creators weren’t the only ones shaping continuity. Fans were scrutinising every frame, showrunners were building puzzles… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/geektown/e/693f5d012bda36b35313eaa8/media.mp3)