The Unprofessionals

A podcast about films, movies and moving pictures. We specialise in films off the beaten track, in-depth discussion and passionate rants. Come hang out with us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Unprofessionals is a tv podcast hosted by Ben Jackson & Tom Lofkin, with 11 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Ben Jackson & Tom Lofkin hosts The Unprofessionals, a tv show with 11 episodes published.

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  Episode #10

  S1E10 Video Games: The state of the industry

  May 5, 20251h 39mS1

  <p>With our final bonus episode of Season 1, we take a little detour to talk about video games.</p><br><p>If you're not into video games, don't worry! We talk about the state of the industry, giving you a thorough summary of what's going o in that world.</p><br><p>We also highlight four of our favourite independent video games of 2024: sci-fi western Wild Bastards, art deco puzzler Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, cyberpunk racer Deathsprint 66, and North Sea horror Still Wakes the Deep.</p><br><p>Also some important news! We are now on Substack. That's where...

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  Episode #9

  S1E9 Review of 2024 (part two)

  Mar 2, 20251h 31mS1

  <p>The eagerly-awaited second part of our monster review of the entire year! This is 2024 in cinema.</p><br><p>We continue with our month-by-month highlights, September-December, picking up where we left off at the end of part one.</p><br><p>Then we round things off with our individual Top Threes!</p><br><p>Feel free to email us and tell us why we're wrong!</p><br><p>Find us on Instagram @UnprofessionalsPod</p><br><p>Email us with questions, feedback and just about anything:</p><p>wearetheunprofessionals@gmail.com</p><br><p>Theme music by Mike Chater.</p><...

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  Episode #8

  S1E8 Review of 2024 (part one)

  Feb 23, 20251h 41mS1

  <p>This episode we undertake the mammoth task of reviewing the entire year 2024 in cinema.</p><br><p>We go through month-by-month with our highlights, in part one we cover January-August.</p><br><p>In part two, we'll finish off the year and end with our individual Top Threes!</p><br><p>Find us on Instagram @UnprofessionalsPod</p><br><p>Email us with questions, feedback and just about anything:</p><p>wearetheunprofessionals@gmail.com</p><br><p>Theme music by Mike Chater.</p><br><p>Find Mike here: https://lintr.ee/mikechater</p><p > Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

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  Episode #7

  S1E7 Leeds International Film Festival 2024

  Feb 16, 20251h 29mS1

  <p>This episode, we discuss Leeds International Film Festival 2024.</p><p>We've got a few highlights from some of the short film programmes.</p><p>And then we've got a top ten countdown of our favourite feature films we caught at the festival.</p><br><p>Thanks to @leedsfilmfest for inviting us! Hope to see you again this year!</p><br><p>Find us on Instagram @UnprofessionalsPod</p><br><p>Email us with questions, feedback and just about anything:</p><p>wearetheunprofessionals@gmail.com</p><br><p>Theme music by Mike Chater.</p><br><p>Find Mike here: https://lintr...

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  Episode #6

  S1E6 Deep Dive: The Curse

  Dec 22, 20241h 56mS1

  <p>This episode we venture into TV Land for a deep dive into Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdi's uncomfortable and uncompromising The Curse.</p><br><p>In our DTLS section, we discuss the trailers for Venom: The Last Dance, The Penguin and Piece by Piece.</p><br><p>Find us on Instagram and Bluesky @UnprofessionalsPod</p><p>X @Unprofpod</p><br><p>Email us with questions, feedback and just about anything: wearetheunprofessionals@gmail.com</p><br><p>Theme music by Mike Chater</p><p>Find Mike here: https://linktr.ee/mikechater</p><p > Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

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