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Diminishing Returns

The podcast where film-fans, Sol Harris and Allen Turing, take a guest on a journey to Development Hell to discuss a film, then pitch their ideas for the sequel.

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141 - Fifty Shades Freed (with Calvin Dyson)

141 - Fifty Shades Freed (with Calvin Dyson)

The Diminishing Returns' annual Valentine's Day special sees out the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy with a look at Fifty S... Read more

10 Feb 2019

1hr 12mins

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92 - Diamonds Are Forever

92 - Diamonds Are Forever

It's Diminishing Returns. It's James Bond. It's Diamonds Are Forever.

5 Mar 2018

1hr 11mins

Ranked #3

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98 - Live and Let Die

98 - Live and Let Die

It's Bond. You know the drill.

16 Apr 2018

1hr 10mins

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112 - Mission: Impossible

112 - Mission: Impossible

Stunts! Action! Crazy action stunts! This week, Diminishing Returns take on one of the most surprisingly resilient actio... Read more

23 Jul 2018

1hr 11mins

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91 - Oscars 2018

91 - Oscars 2018

We're coming up to the 90th Academy Awards, so here's the 91st episode of Diminishing Returns, covering all of this year... Read more

26 Feb 2018

1hr 26mins

Ranked #6

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110 - The Man with the Golden Gun

110 - The Man with the Golden Gun

The Diminishing Returns team continue their Bond journey by going nipple to nipple with Christopher Lee as Scaramanga an... Read more

9 Jul 2018

1hr 1min

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161 - Octopussy (with Calvin Dyson)

161 - Octopussy (with Calvin Dyson)

Bond is back in the silliest named entry of his entire franchise! It's Octopussy with Calvin Dyson and The Dim Boys.

30 Jun 2019

1hr 6mins

Ranked #8

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145 - For Your Eyes Only (with Calvin Dyson)

145 - For Your Eyes Only (with Calvin Dyson)

For your ears only (not really, it's for anyone who wants to listen, sorry)... but that shouldn't matter because it's Di... Read more

10 Mar 2019

54mins

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85 - Back to the Future

85 - Back to the Future

The long-awaited listener vote episode is finally here! Listen as we explore 1985 followed by 1955 followed by 1985, 201... Read more

14 Jan 2018

1hr 28mins

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54 - Review of the Year 2017: Part 1

54 - Review of the Year 2017: Part 1

Happy birthday, Diminishing Returns! 1 year old today (well, last week, actually, but we wanted to cover The Mummy). In ... Read more

12 Jun 2017

1hr 57mins

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182 - A View to a Kill (with Calvin Dyson)

182 - A View to a Kill (with Calvin Dyson)

Diminishing Returns continues to march forward through the Bond franchise - this time forging new ground as, for the fir... Read more

25 Nov 2019

1hr 18mins

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156 - X-Men (with Calvin Dyson)

156 - X-Men (with Calvin Dyson)

As the X-Men franchise lumbers towards a close, so do we with our coverage of it. We've done the Wolverine movies, we've... Read more

26 May 2019

1hr 56mins

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131 - Moonraker (with Calvin Dyson)

131 - Moonraker (with Calvin Dyson)

What? More Bond? Already? Yes! Lucky you! More Bond. James Bond. In spaaaace!

2 Dec 2018

1hr 14mins

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181 - 3 Men and a Baby (with Judey Bignell)

181 - 3 Men and a Baby (with Judey Bignell)

Judey Bignell's back for a look at 3 Men and a Baby and it's 1990 sequel. Why? Ask Allen.

17 Nov 2019

1hr 16mins

Ranked #15

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132 - Justice League (with Chris Hammond)

132 - Justice League (with Chris Hammond)

This week, Diminishing Returns collides with the Spoilt Milk Movie Podcast as guest Chris Hammond joins Allen and Sol to... Read more

9 Dec 2018

1hr 25mins

Ranked #16

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87 - Sunshine

87 - Sunshine

In one of the strangest choices of films to cover on the show yet, this week's episode takes a look at Danny Boyle's 200... Read more

29 Jan 2018

1hr 27mins

Ranked #17

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109 - Ant-Man

109 - Ant-Man

It's Marvel time again! This week, the boys take on one of the lesser-seen MCU outings, Ant-Man, in anticipation of Ant-... Read more

1 Jul 2018

1hr 2mins

Ranked #18

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46 - Psycho

46 - Psycho

This week, we take a stab at Calvin's favourite film of all time (Psycho) and its surprisingly many sequels and off-shoo... Read more

17 Apr 2017

1hr 25mins

Ranked #19

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45 - The Fast and the Furious

45 - The Fast and the Furious

The Fast and the Furious franchise (The Fast and the Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast ... Read more

9 Apr 2017

1hr 47mins

Ranked #20

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44 - Tremors

44 - Tremors

This week, we take a break from the huge blockbuster fare that's been dominating our output lately and focus in on this ... Read more

4 Apr 2017

1hr 25mins

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