Soho Bites Podcast
1) Soho Bites 49: Noose (1948)
Spiv Noir.According to the billing, the stars of 1948's Noose (known as The Silk Noose in the US) are Carole Landis, Joseph Calleia & Derek Farr, but the real star of the film is Nigel Patrick who is ...Show More
2) Soho Bites 48: Mona Lisa (1986)
After two years in the wilderness, we return to your ears with episode 48 and a brilliant film - Mona Lisa (1986).Directed by Neil Jordan and written by David Leland, it’s a noir thriller with a fanta...Show More
3) Soho Bites 47: Monsieur Ripois
Bienvenue dans le premier épisode de 2024.Monsieur Ripois (1954) was directed by René Clément and stars the French heart throb, Gérard Philipe along with the English beauties, Joan Greenwood, Natasha ...Show More
4) Soho Bites 46: Don't Open 'til Christmas (1984)
Ching ching etc - it's the Soho Bites Christmas special.Having just left behind the wholesome world of Jessie Matthews and 1930s musicals, it feels right to descend into the grubby underbelly of Soho ...Show More
5) Soho Bites 45: Friday the Thirteenth (1933)
Jessie part three.For this, the third and final instalment of our mini-series about the 1930s' biggest UK film star, Jessie Matthews, we met up with Dr Jennifer Voss of De Montford University to ...Show More
6) Soho Bites 44: Evergreen (1934)
Jessie part two.This is the second instalment of a three part mini-series about the 1930s' biggest UK film star, Jessie Matthews.Evergreen (1934) was based on Ever Green, CB Cochran's 1930 musica...Show More
7) Soho Bites 43: The Good Companions (1933)
The Big Jessie series.This is the first of a three part mini-series focusing on the 1930s' biggest UK film star, Jessie Matthews.None of Jessie's films were set in Soho, but the fact that she was born...Show More
8) Soho Bites 42: A Fallen Idol?
Not a normal episode.We're not actually talking about a Soho film in this episode. It's a long story... We do, however, talk to a genuine film star from the golden era.As an eight year old boy, Bobby...Show More
9) Soho Bites 41: The Green Cockatoo (1937)
At last! It's the long awaited exotic birds episode.The Green Cockatoo (1937) is a noir-ish thriller set in gangland Soho. The Green Cockatoo of the title is not actually a bird but a drab Soho nightc...Show More
10) Soho Bites 40: All Night Long (1962)
It's Jazz, man. Also, it's Shakespeare.All Night Long (1962) is a re-telling of Shakespeare's Othello in which Othello is Rex, the famous leader of a jazz band, Desdemona is a singer called Delia and ...Show More