Anna Chancellor joined us to discuss her Guilty Pleasure, Freaks (1932). Alice Lowe joined us for Here’s the Thing to talk about Prevenge (2016), and the Oscars. In Coming Attractions, Simon Amstell joined Mark to discuss Carnage (2017). Toby Jones joined Mark to talk about the very sad passing of Sir John Hurt. In Sound & Vision Mark talked about the music in New York, New York (1977).

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Mark Gatiss joined us to discuss two of his Guilty Pleasures, Bull’s Eye (1990) and The Boys in the Band (1970). For Here’s the Thing, film critic Anna Smith joined Mark to talk about awards and the Critic’s Circle’s Pledge for Pay. She stayed on to discuss why she considers the 80s classic, Dirty Dancing (1987), this month’s title for One from the Vaults, to be a feminist film. In List-O-Mania, Mark talked about his Top Ten Meryl Streep films. In Sound & Vision Mark talked about the music in Mean Streets (1973), particularly Rubber Biscuit.

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Neil Brand joined Mark for the duration of the show to play the piano throughout, starting with a conversation about the art of accompanying silent movies.  Dave Norris joined Mark to talk about his Guilty Pleasure, It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963). In Here’s the Thing Mark talked about the British Independent Film Awards, the BIFAs and was joined by Hayley Squires to talk about her role in Ken Loach’s powerful new film, I, Daniel Blake (2016). Mark gave his Top Ten Films about Angels in List-O-Mania, and the show ended with a festive Sound & Vision celebrating the music in White Christmas (1954).

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In a special edition of MK3D at the Warwick Arts Centre, Den of Geek creator Simon Brew joined Mark to talk about Superman 3 (1983). In List-O-Mania, he Mark listed his Ten Favourite Alien Contact films. One From the Vaults featured The Heat of The Night (1967). In Guilty Pleasures, Mark listed the remakes he considers to be better than the original, culminating in his favourite remake Breathless (1983). In homage to Deliverance (1972), two members of the audience were challenged to a duel on the Theremin. In Sound & Vision Mark celebrated David Lynch’s classic Blue Velvet (1986).

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Film critic Kate Muir joined Mark for this month’s Ask the Audience to discuss gender balance in the film industry. This month’s Guilty Pleasure saw Stephen Woolley talk about Millions like Us (1943), and his upcoming film Their Finest (2016). To time with the release of Arrival (2016), Mark discussed his Top Ten Films about Alien Contact in List-O-Mania. One From the Vaults featured the Sidney Poitier classic, In the Heat of the Night (1967). Robert Ziegler joined Mark to talk about the rising popularity of film screenings with live orchestral accompaniment. Robert accompanied Mark on the piano and so he could reprise his Midnight Cowboy (1969) solo on the harmonica in Sound & Vision.

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This month saw One From the Vaults make a return with Patricia Quinn discussing the beloved cult classic, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and in Sound & Vision we paid homage to it by talking about the Time Warp. Babak Anvari came to talk about his film Under the Shadow (2016). Noel Clarke came to talk about the BFI’s report on diversity in film, their Black Star Season, and about his films Kidulthood (2006), Adulthood (2008), Brotherhood (2016) and Fast Girls (2012). In his List-O-Mania, Mark described his Ten Most Memorable Experiences at Film Festivals Around the Globe. Alan Jones divulged his Guilty Pleasure: Grease 2 (1982).

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Ewen Bremner came to talk about his on-screen acting career, in anticipation of Trainspotting 2 (2017). Mark did a run-down of the worst Scottish accents in the movies, and in List-O-Mania listed his Ten Favourite Films set in Scotland.  One From the Vaults featured the use of the theremin in film music and invited an audience member onto the stage to demonstrate how easy/hard it is to play. Hope Dickson Leach came to talk about the Coming Attraction for this month, her film The Levelling (2016), as well as about her campaign to make the industry more accommodating to working mothers.  In Guilty Pleasures, Mark gave us Mars Attacks (1996) and in Sound & Vision, he talked about Elvis’ Viva Las Vegas (1964).

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Writer and critic Kim Newman talk about his Guilty Pleasure, The Ghost Goes Gear (1966). Actor Paddy Considine joined Mark for Here’s the Thing to talk about his new film The Girl with All the Gifts (2016) – and about The Exorcist (1973), about which he knows almost as much as Mark does. Jason Singh joined Mark to talk about his live musical accompaniment to Grierson’s Drifters (1929) and Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin (1925). For List-O-Mania, Mark discussed his Top Films About Pregnancy and Birth to tie in with the release of Bridget Jones’ Baby (2016). In this month’s Sound & Vision Mark talked about the music in The Commitments (1991).

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This month’s Guilty Pleasure saw David Arnold talk about Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985). At the grand piano, he gave a moving rendition of his never-released Bond movie song. In Here’s the Thing, Journalist Hadley Freeman talked about the new female reboot of Ghostbusters (2016) which saw its release this month and generated a substantial amount of controversy. Mark discussed his Top Summer Holiday films in this month’s edition of List-O-Mania. In Sound & Vision he celebrated the song Good Vibrations in Love & Mercy (2015).

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Film critic Wendy Ide joined Mark for this month’s Ask the Audience to discuss how the industry could improve its gender balance by having more women in film and film criticism. Jason Isaacs came to talk about his Guilty Pleasure, Rollerball (1975). In Here’s the Thing filmmaker Anthony Baxter discussed his film You’ve Been Trumped (2011) and his upcoming You’ve Been Trumped Too (2016). British director Amma Asante joined Mark for Coming Attractions to speak about her new film, A United Kingdom (2016), starring David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike. In Sound & Vision Mark talked about the music in Life of Brian (1979).

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