Bonus Episode 31: Summoning Old Gregg (The Box of Delights)

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, when we once again bring you our Holiday special. This year, we are joined again by our good friend Alan Siler to discuss the iconic BBC Children’s production of The Box of Delights! Many of you have asked for us to talk about this one, and so we hope that this doesn’t disappoint!

 

Join us as we discuss posset pots, going swift (does someone own the copyright on “flying”?), creepy clergymen, esoteric topics (yes, Anthony gets to talk about alchemy, Rosicrucianism, and Aleister Crowley!), obscure bits of mythology, the shifting motivations of the villain, the complete inability of anyone to actually look after children in this, whether or not the whole thing was actually a fever dream, and not getting as much Patrick Troughton as we wanted.

 

If you would like to watch along with us, this series is available to buy from both Amazon US (https://amzn.to/47dfpm2) and Amazon UK (https://amzn.to/3tvTj0A). You can also find the original novel by John Masefield from both Amazon US (https://amzn.to/48upZGi) and Amazon UK (https://amzn.to/48wii2H)*

 

Other media mentioned in this episode*:

• Scars of Dracula (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3TCBt3R | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3DzdsEY)
• The Omen (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3EbmBBl | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3pxryjF)
• The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3L0mRaZ | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3RwFXru)
• The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2Z2QG6G | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3B0nSJk)
• Rick and Morty – Seasons 1-4 (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3lAWSLv | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/31pNymB)
• The Mighty Boosh: Series 1-3 (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3G4FKqh | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3lYmTVT)
• Community – The Complete Series (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2ZczFaG | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3C1UTpM)
• Twin Peaks: The Television Collection (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3RWOvLa | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3vjkwUv)
• The Simpsons (Disney+: http://www.disneyplus.com)
• Lost at Christmas (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3VO7LJY | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3UOxiBJ)
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3RSNtiY | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/477zDO9)
• The Dark is Rising Sequence, by Susan Cooper (Amazon US: https://amzn.to/488oq1e | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4azm10Y)

 

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