The Wonder Cinema
Join hosts, filmmaker Brian Henry Martin and historian Dr. Sam Manning as they wonder about cinema in Northern Ireland. Series One reveals the remarkable story of the Ritz cinema in Belfast, while Series Two explores the rise and fall of videotape in Northern Ireland.
Podcasting since 2024 • 16 episodes
The Wonder Cinema
Latest Episodes
Say Yes To VHS, Ep 5: Play - The Wonder of the Video Shop
In the fifth episode of Say Yes to VHS, recorded live from Queen's Film Theatre in Belfast, Brian and Sam press play on a discussion about the wonder of the video shop.As home video grew in popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s, b...
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Say Yes To VHS, Ep 4: Pause - How Cinema and Television Fought Back Against Home Video
In the fourth episode of Say Yes to VHS, Brian and Sam press pause to discuss how cinema owners and television broadcasters responded to the rapid rise of home video in the 1980s.Before the arrival of the VCR, film choices were limited t...
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Say Yes To VHS, Ep 3: Eject - Video Nasties, Uncensored Horror and Moral Panic
In the third episode of Say Yes to VHS, Brian and Sam press eject and discuss how the popularity of uncensored horror films such asThe Driller Killer and I Spit on Your Grave led to the video nasty scare of the early 1980s.
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Say Yes To VHS, Ep 2: Stop - Pirates, Police and Paramilitaries
In the second episode of Say Yes to VHS, Brian and Sam discuss the rise of pirate and counterfeit video and how the police and other authority figures tried to stop the illegal VHS market.As early as 1978, copies of Saturday Night Fe...
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Say Yes To VHS, Ep 1: Rewind - Format Wars, Video Boom and the Home Entertainment Revolution
The second series of the Wonder Cinema podcast turns its attention to the remarkable story of the rise and fall of videotape in Northern Ireland. In this first episode, Brian and Sam press rewind to discuss the format wars, the video boom and t...
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