Soho Bites Podcast
Dominic Delargy
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Soho Bites 7: Miracle in Soho (1957)
Soho Bites Podcast
11/20/19 • 40 min
Episode 7: Miracle in Soho (1957) & Alex Hester on his late father, the former vicar of Soho
Episode seven is our God and religion special and we were joined by two fantastic guests. Firstly, Alex Hester sat down with us at St Anne’s Church on Dean St, to talk about his late father, the former rector of St Anne’s, Canon John Hester.
John was in post from 1963-75, so to be the vicar of Soho at this time and chaplain to over fifty strip-clubs must have been an unusual calling.
John Hester published his memoir in 1970. Here’s the suitably groovy cover
There’s currently one copy available online here. Snap it up!
Rev John Hester out & about on his rounds in the parish of Soho
The architects’ model of John Hester’s proposed glass-sided church
We also spoke to Rev Liz Clutterbuck of Emmanuel Church, Holloway about the Emeric Pressburger penned 1957 romantic tale, Miracle in Soho. Liz makes regular contributions to the Kermode & Mayo show on BBC Radio 5 Live and is a proud member of the Wittertainment Clergy Corner.
Promo produced by Talking Pictures TV for a recent screening of Miracle in Soho.
Buy Miracle in Soho on DVD here.
The originator of Soho Bites, Dr Jingan Young, has launched a new research project. Find out all about it on the Cities in Cinema website and follow the project on Twitter.
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Soho Bites 12: Das Phantom von Soho (1964)
Soho Bites Podcast
04/30/20 • 41 min
Episode 12: Das Phantom von Soho (1964) & Tony Shrimplin on Karl Marx.
The lockdown continues, so our first interview for this episode – our German themed episode – took place over Skype. We met up (virtually) with Tony Shrimplin from the Museum of Soho. We discussed Soho’s most famous German resident and the only one (as far as I know) to have had an “ism” named after him.
Karl Marx’s blue plaque at 28 Dean St, Soho
The film chat took place before anybody had ever even heard of Covid-19 and we met up with Daniel Reifferscheid of the Talking Pictures TV Podcast in a pub! Do you remember those? We discussed the German Krimi film from 1964, Das Phanton von Soho which is a corker. Even if you don’t speak German you can probably guess what that title means! It’s set in Soho but we’re pretty sure not a single frame was shot outside of Germany....
Das Phantom Von Soho trailer - Can you identify whereabouts in Soho this was filmed?
As well as making the Talking Picture TV Podcast, Daniel Reifferscheid produces (at least) two more film related podcasts – Prestes a Ver and You Know The Score. At least one of them is Portuguese. See if you can figure out which one.
Das Phantom von Soho is from a genre known as Krimifilms. There’s a list of other examples of the genre on IMDB.
And if you can’t get enough of that groovy, sleazy kriminalfilm-musik, check out this playlist.
And the genre of Krimi films is built around the work of Edgar Wallace who led a very colourful life. You can read about him in this interesting article from the Guardian.
The founder of Soho Bites, Dr Jingan Young, has launched a new research project. Find out all about it on the Cities in Cinema website and follow the project on Twitter.
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Soho Bites 37: Beat Girl (1960)
Soho Bites Podcast
02/05/23 • 49 min
Attention jiving scum! This is one is straight from the fridge dad.
It doesn't get more Soho than Beat Girl (1960) - coffee shops, beatniks, strip clubs, The 2 i's.... it's got the lot.
Gillian Hills leads the cast of Beat Girl, which also stars Adam Faith, Christopher Lee, Shirley Ann Field and, in a very small role, a young Oliver Reed.
We met novelist, Des Burkinshaw in the bar of the Soho Theatre to talk about Beat Girl which is the closest we could find to a bohemian coffee bar.
Des is a huge fan of John Barry, who wrote the music for Beat Girl and he recently concluded a two year stint as the presenter of the Museum of Soho Show on Soho Radio.
You can stream Beat Girl right now on TPTV Encore.
Also on TPTV Encore is this 2016 BFI interview with the star of Beat Girl, Gillian Hills, about the making of the film. It's well worth a watch.
Back in the day, Des actually met one of the stars of Beat Girl and grabbed this selfie.
Gillian Hills released a four part podcast about her life in December 2021.
Follow Gillian on Facebook.
Our other guest for this episode is Paris based journalist Hanna Steinkopf-Frank. Paris is some distance from Soho - the connection is that Gillian Hills became a Yé-yé singer and Hannah came on to talk about this genre.
What's Yé-yé? Find out in this article by Hannah.
Follow Hannah on Twitter and check out her website.
You can also follow Des on Twitter.
There' s a LOT of music in this episode. Here's a track list:
France Gall - Poupée de cire, poupée de son
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Soho Bites 38: East of Piccadilly (1941)
Soho Bites Podcast
02/27/23 • 52 min
Murder mystery? Rom-com? And, as an afterthought.... wartime boosterism?
East of Piccadilly (1941) was known as "The Strangler" in the US and was directed by Harold Huth. It stars Judy Campbell & Sebastian Shaw and was written by the then quite young J Lee Thompson. It tells the story of a murder investigation and is (extremely) loosely based on a real life case, that of the "The Soho Strangler".
1940s UK film expert, Mel Byron, comes all the way in from Talking Picture TV Podcast HQ to talk about the film. It's her third visit to the podcast - she wasn't that keen on Street of Shadows and her second visit was for Soho Conspiracy which is possibly the worst film ever made. Apologies to Mel. Will she like this one more?
The 1930s Soho Strangler case upon which the film is supposedly based, is largely forgotten now but not by our other guest, Michael J Buchanan Dunne. Mike is the creator of the Murder Mile podcast and at the time of publication has just released the third episode of a TEN PART series about the Soho Strangler.
At the time if writing this, East of Piccadilly is simply NOT AVAILABLE to stream (legally) anywhere online. It does sometime crop up on certain streaming serivces - if you fill in THIS FORM you will be notified when it appears (can't guarantee it will be free though!)
However, if you are based in London or are ever a visitor to our beautiful city, you can watch East of Piccadilly in the BFI Library. Grab yourself a terminal and ask one of the nice librarions for help. The reference number is N-626109.
Did the director of East of Piccadilly, Harold Huth cast himeself in a small uncredited role as a Spiv in Joe's cafe? You decide.
The Spanish version of the film poster is ace!
A 1938 article in the Chicago Tribune about the Soho Strangler case.
Mel Byron is on Twitter and has a website.
You can also follow Talking Pictures and the podcast on Twitter.
Murder Mile Mike is on the Twitters too as his girlfriend. Catch up on the Murder Mile podast HERE.
If you want to keep up to date the efforts to bring the Kino Cinema back from the dead, follow Kino Quickies.
The originator of Soho Bites, Dr Jingan Young, has a new book out all about.... guess what? Films set in Soho! Get your copy at Foyles.
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Mural Morsels 19 - Henry Angelo
Soho Bites Podcast
03/19/21 • 13 min
A series of short features made for Soho Radio. Each week we talk to a different person about somebody in the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week, Dom talks to Keith Ducklin from The Royal Armories Museum in Leeds about fencing master, Henry Angelo.
Soho Bites 21: The Night Caller (1965)
Soho Bites Podcast
02/04/21 • 49 min
Aliens in Soho.
This is our (vegetarian friendly) Butcher’s episode and please don’t @ me about that apostrophe – it’s meant to be there because we’re talking about Butcher’s Film Services who were based in Soho for many years.
In the first half of the show, Dr Laura Mayne of Hull University joins us to talk about this long departed fixture of Wardour Street.
Here’s an interesting article from The Londonist by Zoe Craig about the history of Wardour Street as the centre of the UK film industry.
In the second half of the programme we’re joined by Cevin Moore to talk about a 1965 SciFi/Noir/KitchenSink/PoliceProcedural called The Night Caller which was distributed by Butcher’s in their final few years
Starring John Saxon as the handsome scientist turned de facto detective and boasting some great performances from, among others, Alfred Burke, Patricia Haines, Maurice Denham, Warren Mitchell, Marianne Stone and Aubrey Morris, it’s a low budget film that punches above its weight.
The Night Caller – which was called “The Blood Beast From Outer Space” in the US, was made in black & white but, for some inexplicable reason,a colourised version was released in 2011.
The Night Caller can be yours to own for ever as part of this DVD box set of vintage SciFi from Renown Films
Discover the locations of some of the exterior scenes thanks to our friends at ReelStreets.
The Night Caller was based on a novel by Frank Crisp called The Night Callers (must have been more of them in the book!) We love the cover....
Cevin Moore has two podcasts – check them both out. There’s the long running Film Guff and his new project Here Lies Amicus.
Laura’s new podcast, which she makes with Dr Adrian Smith (who has been on the show far too many times) is called Second Features and for info about her research interests, have a look at her her profile on the Hull University website.
The originator of Soho Bites, Dr Jingan Young, has launched a new research project. Find out all about it on the Cities in Cinema website and follow the project on Twitter.
Thank you for listening.
Soho Bites 23: The Boys (1962)
Soho Bites Podcast
05/12/21 • 48 min
Youthful rebellion.
Episode 23 is all about generational conflict – specifically, older people disapproving of “kids today”. In the film chat, Dom talks to members of the South Bank Talkies movie discussion group about The Boys (1962), a courtroom drama in which four young men are on trial for murder. Starring Dudley Sutton, Jess Conrad, Tony Garnett and Ronald Lacey as the boys, they also have to contend with the prejudice of the court & witnesses against “teddy boys”.
The film has a great ensemble cast including Richard Todd and Robert Morley as the barristers and Roy Kinnear, Wilfred Bramble, Carol White and David Lodge.
The Shadows provided the music for The Boys and released this EP.
Watch the whole film HERE
An example from The Boys of a the same incident viewed from different perspective
Have a look at this Tweet by one of the stars of the film about the passing of another
Erratum! In the episode, I mistakenly call Tony Garnett, Tony Garrett and refer to the character called Webster as Webb. Apols.
We also met up with Shanne Bradley, founder member of punk band, The Nipple Erectors (later abbreviated to The Nips) to hear about her time on the punk scene and how she views subsequent youth subcultures that have come along.
In 2000, this restrospective compilation album of Nipple Erector and Nips songs was released: The Tits of Soho.
Picture of Shanne Bradley and Shane MacGowan taking a sheep outside Buckingham Palace
Read about the history of youth subcultures at the Museum of Youth Culture
Peruse the filming locations of The Boys courtesy of our friends at ReelStreets
In the discussion about The Boys, one of the participants mentioned the Lombroso theory of criminal behaviour. You can read about that HERE.
If you’d like to hang out at the BFI with the South Bank Talkies group, wearing black polo neck jumpers, smoking cheroots whilst earnestly discussing film (it might not actually be like that....) you can find them HERE
The originator of Soho Bites, Dr Jingan Young, has launched a new research project. Find out all about it on the Cities in Cinema website and follow the project on
Mural Morsels 18 - Chevalier d'Eon
Soho Bites Podcast
11/09/20 • 14 min
A series of short features made for Soho Radio. Each week we talk to a different person about somebody in the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week, Dom talks to Tony Shrimplin from the Museum of Soho, trying to figure out what was going on in the extraordinary life of Chevalier d'Eon.
Mural Morsels 20 - Handel
Soho Bites Podcast
03/22/21 • 15 min
A series of short features made for Soho Radio. Each week we talk to a different person about somebody in the Spirit of Soho Mural. This week, Dom talks to Dr Helen Coffey from The Open University about George Frideric Handel.
Soho Bites 19: Smashing Time (1967)
Soho Bites Podcast
11/25/20 • 47 min
Episode 19: Smashing Time (1967) & Jago Hazzard on Carnaby Street
Welcome, cool cats, to the Swingin’ 60’s special episode. For our film chat, Dom spoke to Barry Fantoni about Smashing Time, the 1967 satire / farce about Brenda and Yvonne, two girls from oop north seeking fame and fortune in that there swingin’ London.
But according to our first guest, Jago Hazzard, they’re possibly three years too late. Jago joins Dom in a bleakly locked down Carnaby Street to find out how, when and why it briefly became the centre of the universe.
You can watch the Smashing Time on YouTube
Jago is a London historian who has an extremely popular YouTube channel with many thousands of subscribers. Become one of them HERE
And you can follow him on Instagram
Have a look at some of the Smashing Times locations, courtesy of our friends at ReelStreets
I don’t think Barry Fantoni would mind me saying he’s been around the block a few times, especially when it has resulted in such a hugely diverse career. To get a taste of just one decade of that career, you could do worse than read his recent memoir about the 1960s, A Whole Scene Going On
The writer of Smashing Time is George Melly. Barry wrote a book with him in 1980.
Check out some of Barry’s artwork
Read this very nice interview with him from Jewish Chronicle
Did I mention he’s EJ Thribb (age 171⁄2)?
And watch the first episode of his 1966 TV show, A Whole Scene Going from 5th Jan, 1966.
Actual proof that Soho Bites is third most bohemian podcast on the planet.
Those disturbing details about the life of Arthur Mullard
And look at this! Soho has been erased and renamed Carnaby (according to Google Maps)
The originator of Soho Bites, Dr Jingan Young, has launched a new research project. Find out all about it on the Cities in Cinema website and follow the project on Twitter.
Thank you for listening.
- Follow us on Twitter
- Email us at sohobitespodcast@gmail.com
- Leave us a rating & review
- Please make a teeny weeny donation
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