Bruce Robinson
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Oct 12, 2026
John LangridgeGUEST
Mm
Stuart WrightHOST
... gonna fast forward to 1987 for Bruce Robinson's cult classic, Withnail and I, based, loosely based on Robinson's real-life experiences of eccentric flatmate actor Vivian Mackerrell during the late '60s.
Stuart WrightHOST
It aband- it abandons two sloppy actors' squalid life in London to take you on an absurdist weekend holiday to Withnail's uncle's Lake District cottage s- somewhere, uh, I found out today, 'cause I never bothered looking before, so it was Sleddale Hall near the village of Shap in Cumbria is where it is.
John LangridgeGUEST
Yeah.
Stuart WrightHOST
It is not a lesson or a lecture.
Stuart WrightHOST
It is funny, but in a consistent way that earns and is unforgettably acted.
Stuart WrightHOST
Bruce Robinson saw such times, survived them, and remembers them, not with bitterness, but with fidelity." But tell me, John, why does Withnail and I change your life?
John LangridgeGUEST
Yeah, I, um, I saw, first saw Withnail and I on, um, uh, at the Duke of York's in Brighton in a double bill with Pink Floyd's The Wall.
Carolina SaludesHOST
I will run through some of the ones that may have been like important for this film.
Carolina SaludesHOST
Fear and Loathing and Huntress Thompson as figures of like self-destruction and artistry, I think may have been an inspiration for, is it Bruce Robinson, the guy who wrote the film and... on whom this is loosely based.
Carolina SaludesHOST
Like, it's a sort of semi-autoregulatory retelling.
Carolina SaludesHOST
But yes, I think this is one of the films that is, like, so canonical for so many people.
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Robin McGheeHOST
And it is notoriously sometimes described as the ultimate cult film.
Carolina SaludesHOST
Yes, yes.
Carolina SaludesHOST
And it's interesting because Bruce Robinson, who made the film, has actually not really made much money out of it.
Carolina SaludesHOST
It is one of those slightly tragic stories of a really personal film that because of how the production company was established and how badly it was organised, he's not actually really seen the profits of it.
DJ NickHOST
And of course, as I was mentioning today, dear listeners, we are reviewing Maureen's Selection with Noah and I.
DJ NickHOST
This was directed and written by Bruce Robinson.
DJ NickHOST
The score was by David Dundas and Rick Wentworth.
DJ NickHOST
An estimate to put in today's money adjusted for inflation.
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Zan SprouseHOST
And sometimes tropes are facile and dangerous, but at the same time, when they are inspired by personal experiences, they're still worthwhile telling these stories.
Zan SprouseHOST
You know, if this is...
Zan SprouseHOST
the you know the bruce robinson experience i'm not going to try to minimize that because it happens to be a somewhat dangerous trope it also it was what is this 85 86 definitely a different mentality back then we still kind of had that mentality of gay sex fiend and also sort of gay as funny gay as the punchline i've often talked about there are some things that I'm not a huge fan of La Cage aux Folles or The Birdcage because just gayness just isn't amusing to me in itself.
Zan SprouseHOST
It's like there are funny things in, especially The Birdcage, I'm thinking of Purin tablets.
Mike BradburyHOST
You know, I don't think, um...
Mike BradburyHOST
He sort of reminds me slightly, he's a sort of a charac- bohemian S- British character, rather like, um, Bruce Robinson in a way, if you know what I mean.
Kevin MarkwickHOST
Mm-hmm.
Mike BradburyHOST
The guy that made-
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Kevin MarkwickHOST
So he, he was more of a director for hire for that, I reckon.
Mike BradburyHOST
Yeah.
Mike BradburyHOST
Yeah, and again, bit like, uh, Bruce Robinson.
Mike BradburyHOST
Very, very similar.
Tim HormansHOST
He is a six-time BMI award-winning, Global Globe-nominated, and two-time Emmy-nominated composer who has scored more than 160 films spanning every genre and emotional register.
Tim HormansHOST
Christopher has collaborated with acclaimed filmmakers such as Norman Jewison, Barry Levinson, Lasse Hallström, Curtis Hanson, John Amiel, and Bruce Robinson.
Tim HormansHOST
He is honored by BBC Classical Magazine as the greatest horror film composer of our time.
Tim HormansHOST
Christopher's name has become synonymous with the art of cinematic horror.
Marina HydeHOST
He cannot keep a secret.
Marina HydeHOST
Like, anyone who's ever worked with him, the producers, Bruce Robinson, who directed Withnail-
Charlotte BermanGUEST
Oh, my gosh
Marina HydeHOST
...
Mark C. KellyHOST
though, that was his first... into Hollywood you have to do whatever
Simon MeddingsHOST
you can yeah well Warlock was the one that he did straight after really straight after Withnail and I I think give or take and that nearly ruined his friendship with Bruce Robinson because he'd already committed to do he said I'll do your next film I will do whatever it is and that next film was how to get a hidden advertising and then he got his agent who was Jack Whitehall's dad Ah, right.
Simon MeddingsHOST
Got him his gig and didn't tell him about the mixture and it nearly ruined his friendship with Bruce Robinson.
Simon MeddingsHOST
Bloody hell.
Simon MeddingsHOST
He sacked Jack Whitehall's dad then.
Jeremiah BentleyHOST
top right.
Jeremiah BentleyHOST
If you saw a man with long hair, with a halo of sunshine, and you asked, what would he do? And this is not the classic Bruce Robinson song, What Will He Do? What player on Austin FC would that be? It is
Landon CothamHOST
Illya.
Landon CothamHOST
So it is, yeah, Illya looking glorious with a crown of majesty emanating from his head.
Simeon HalliganGUEST
Or they don't feel that they fit in.
Simeon HalliganGUEST
Like Bruce Robinson did not fit, would not work, you know, the director with Nell and I.
Simeon HalliganGUEST
Or Gilliam didn't fit.
Simeon HalliganGUEST
It didn't work.
Olly SmithGUEST
Also, maybe a little bit of Uncle Monty from, you know, which is one of my favorite all time films.
Olly SmithGUEST
I adore the writing of Bruce Robinson.
Olly SmithGUEST
So there's an awful lot of.
Olly SmithGUEST
sort of influences.
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