Bangers & Classics

Bangers & Classics


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Christmas GLXi Edition
December 08, 2022

It's the Bangers & Classics Christmas podcast, featuring some sparkling (it says here – not that anyone will believe it) chat about films, film music, and cars. There's also news about the quiz. News which, it has to be said, proved to be wrong, there

Unexpected Q-car Quiz
November 24, 2022

Reports of our demise have been greatly exaggerated (by us, it has to be said), yet here we are. And to mark our return it gives us great pleasure (it says here) to present the Bangers & Classics Quiz. The rules are simple. There are twenty questions

A penny for the Guy Otter
November 05, 2022

After their close shave on Halloween (not literally, to James's great relief), the intrepid (it says here) duo offer their unique take on Guy Fawkes' Night. But will this episode sparkle or just be a bit of a damp squib? Contains an excerpt from: 'After

A classic Halloween with a few bangs...
October 31, 2022

It's Halloween and the B&C crew are on the road, doing their utmost to avoid witches, warlocks, ghouls, ghosts, and vampires. But it's not just politicians whom they must flee: enraged owners clubs, jealous admirers of Hammer Horror actresses, and EV

B&C Newsflash - Halloween Pod 2022
October 27, 2022

As you huddle round the fire, clinging to its warmth and light for comfort as the veil between this world and the one beyond becomes ever more fragile, you'll be glad to know that the daring B&C duo have ventured forth into the darkness, braving all t

Rollerball 2030
October 20, 2022

Finding themselves in 1975, David having legged it from 1972 after being made an offer he couldn't refuse and James having been, er, coaxed away from Hammer Horror actresses, the duo dive into the year's cars, music and films.  Their verdict: we're g

Dracula 72 - Fiat 126
October 13, 2022

In this, the 83rd episode of Bangers & Classics, James and David take a wild on the wild side...in 1972. Whilst doing their best to avoid a bloke with big teeth and a cape (no, not the one who wants his dishwasher back...), they tackle the thorny ques

48 Hours in a BMW 3 Series
October 06, 2022

In this Federal bumper-sized edition of Bangers & Classics, James and David travel back to 1982 – a year about which David has mixed feelings. [We're not saying it concerns a girl, but...it concerns a girl.] Be that as it may, this week's choice of ca

Commer Spacevan Scoundrels
September 29, 2022

Returning after a much lauded two week break, James and David travel back to 1960. They'd have stayed there too but for an incident involving James's beard, a Routemaster bus, and David's attempt to persuade a young Geoff Hurst that he wasn't really cut o

Slave to the Fiat Ritmo
September 08, 2022

In this, the 80th episode of Bangers & Classics, James and David zip back to 1978, home of some good music and great films. Whilst there, and in between bouts of James strutting his funky stuff (it says here) on the dancefloor, they decide if the Fiat