Nostalgiahhh - Cult Films, TV and Media

This year marks 50 years since Carrie was adapted for the big screen. Roger Crow wrote a recent article for The Dark Side magazine paying tribute to the King of horror and fantasy fiction, and here’s the *audio version, narrated by nice AI lady. (*The original version was longer and can still be bought as a digital download).

Is it possible to make a feature about Starsky and Hutch sound sexy? Well, if you had a bit of ASMR, then maybe. In this supplemental edition, ASMR Lady (an AI generated voice) reads Roger Crow‘s Infinity magazine article about those top cops Starsky and Hutch 50 years after they made their TV debut.

Hello and welcome back to another edition of Nostalgiahhh. In this episode Roger Crow will be looking at the extraordinary world of AI voices, from a cloned version of his own tones, to Lord of the Rings legend John Rhys Davies, and the unmistakable tones, or are they(?), of Gwyneth Paltrow, reading his take on Saturday Night Fever. The full version of which can be read, in whatever voice you like, in the new Infinity magazine, in shops now.

In another packed edition, Roger Crow reviews the 1989 monster thriller Deep Star Six, and also chats to veteran stunt man Paul Weston about how he got his start in the business, the first volume of his autobiography, Falling Into Film, and creating that iconic cable car stunt in Moonraker.

In another fascinating show, Roger Crow sheds light on millennial movie reviewers like ‘Awkward Ashleigh’, and her hilarious YouTube channel. And following on from episode 45, there’s a look back at Gerry Anderson‘s cult TV saga from the early 1970s, The Protectors, and one of the best episodes, Shadbolt.Link for one of Awkward Ashleigh’s reviews. https://youtu.be/N6gxZ2hHTI0?si=dWE-Bm8WAv0Zju3hThe Protectors can be seen in the UK on ITVX.

In another packed edition, Roger Crow and Tony Greenway go back to the early 1970s for a look at Roger Moore and Tony Curtis‘s cult series The Persuaders!. Plus, a look at some of the most interesting shows on British TV in the spring of 2026 The Persuaders!. theme by John Barry. The Protectors theme sung by Tony Christie c/o ITV.That Rachel Ziegler Evita clip, filmed by your host, summer 2025. https://youtube.com/shorts/d5hz6ILQce4?si=fYM_26-ONPdF5V2y

Tony Greenway and Roger Crow pay tribute to The New Avengers at 50 just after Joanna Lumley’s 80th birthday. And what better place to start than The Eagle’s Nest from late 1976, which featured a guest appearance by Peter Cushing?The New Avengers theme by Laurie Johnson. 

Jonathan Sothcott of Shogun Films reveals how you can help finance his next movie, Harbinger. (Link below).Plus, there’s the latest on pending movie Knightfall, and a chance for Roger Crow to wax lyrical with Jonathan about 1979 thriller North Sea Hijack, aka ffolkes, one of Roger Moore’s most under-rated movies.Clips care of Cinema Seven ProductionsDistributed by Universal Pictures through Cinema International Corporation For more info on the Harbinger campaignhttps://www.greenlit.com/project/harbinger