HIT OR MISS: WHO TREK A Star Trek and a Doctor Who Podcast celebrating every visual part of the franchises, from 1963 to the present day. Honest but respectful reviews, episode discussions, general chat & interviews. SILVER SCREEN Film reviews and analysis from Film Studies BA graduate Michael Wilson, his knowledgeable but enigmatic co-host D.K and a host of fellow cinephile guests. In 60-90 minutes they'll review and analyse new releases, classics, guilty pleasures and films they love, hate, or love to hate.
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Sep 27, 2026 · 1:25:01
Series 2, Episode 10 - "Well I know Telford isn't the most desirable place to work but it seems a little extreme to brainwash your staff into accepting it." Hello TARDIS…
Sep 24, 2026 · 1:17:46
Episode 164 - "Do you know that hawks and wolves mate for life? The Bishop didn't even leave us that... not even that." The 80s Fantasy Season may have ridden off into the sunset…
Sep 19, 2026 · 1:58:20
Cinema Classics Number 31 - "The mediator between the head and the hands must be the heart." Few films have shaped the history of cinema quite like Metropolis. Fritz Lang's…
Sep 10, 2026 · 1:51:16
Episode 162 - "I see without seeing. To me, darkness is as clear as daylight. What am I?" Riddle me this, podcast pals... Silver Screen Podcast is back for another deep dive into…
Sep 3, 2026 · 1:24:45
Episode 161 - "So I guess you have a choice. You want a war? Or do you wanna just give me a gun?" The Silver Screen Podcast’s sequel season continues as we return to the world of…
Aug 27, 2026 · 1:47:29
Episode 160 - "You can't see the eyes of the demon, until him come callin'." Welcome to Sequel Season on the Silver Screen Podcast! This week, we're kicking things off by heading…
Aug 15, 2026 · 1:19:18
Cinema Classics Number 30 - "You know I broke a promise. Never to fight again." Bruce Lee changed action cinema forever, but does his first starring role still pack the same…
Aug 2, 2026 · 1:35:12
Series 8, Episode 6 - "You can't scare me, I'm defending the Muppet episode of Strange New Worlds." The Kobayashi Maru. The ultimate no-win scenario. But what if the real lesson…
Jul 26, 2026 · 1:51:15
Series 8, Episode 5 - "TNG is objectively the greatest TV show that has ever been created." Holodecks have always been one of Star Trek's greatest storytelling playgrounds, but…
Jul 19, 2026 · 1:35:28
Series 8, Episode 4 - "For weeks afterwards we were going around shouting "invaders from the Fifth Dimension!" to each other." What happens when Star Trek pays tribute to the…
Jul 18, 2026 · 1:27:45
Cinema Classics Number 29 - "Supposing it is in my imagination. The knocking, the voices. Everything! Every cursed bit of the haunting. Suppose the haunting is all in my mind."…
Jul 12, 2026 · 1:56:14
Series 8, Episode 3 - "They have an episode where a Runabout shrinks to the size of a pin!" The holosuites are open once again as we continue our ongoing Hit or Miss Star Trek…
Jul 5, 2026 · 2:10:10
Series 8, Episode 2 - "She's such a bitch!" Hit or Miss: Star Trek continues its holodeck season with one of the most beloved adventures from Star Trek: The Next Generation:…
Jun 28, 2026 · 1:37:45
Series 8, Episode 1 - "It does sound a bit "soap opera" when you put it like that" The holodeck is officially open as Hit or Miss: Star Trek launches a brand-new season exploring…
Jun 20, 2026 · 1:27:32
Cinema Classics Number 28 — "King Kong could kill us all. You wouldn't care. Publicity's all you want. Publicity." Welcome back film fans and podcast pals. In this Cinema…
Jun 11, 2026 · 1:38:11
Episode 156 - "Looking upon these creatures, one would not think that they could contain such power. One could rule the universe with it." As our journey through the fantasy…
Jun 7, 2026 · 2:01:58
Series 2, Episode 9 " Five million Cybermen, easy. One Doctor? NOW you're scared." This was an impromptu one, but sometimes those turn out to be the most fun. As our Cybermen…
Jun 2, 2026 · 1:19:19
D.K's Cult Classics Finale - "Do you hear? The Alpha... and the Omega... death and rebirth... and as you die, so will I be reborn!" The curtain comes down on Cult Classics for…
May 28, 2026 · 1:25:51
Episode 154 - "Unless she is stopped, Bavmorda will control the lives of your village, your children, everyone. All creatures of good heart need your help, Willow. The choice is…
May 21, 2026 · 1:47:39
Silver Screen Rewind - "Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while." This week on Silver Screen Podcast, we return to one of the very first episodes we…
May 16, 2026 · 1:40:56
Cinema Classics Number 27 - "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse." Come in, come in… you come to us on the day of our podcast and ask us to talk about one of the most…
May 7, 2026 · 1:24:52
Episode 152 – "End, begin, all the same. Big change. Sometimes good. Sometimes bad." Greetings, travellers… Our journey through the strange and spellbinding world of 1980s…
Apr 30, 2026 · 1:38:09
Episode 151 - "People who have no hopes are easy to control, and whoever has the control... has the power!" Greetings, travellers… The Silver Screen Podcast continues its journey…
Apr 26, 2026 · 1:27:45
Cinema Classics Number 26 - "Say, for five hundred dollars I'd climb to Heaven, an' hang by my heels from the pearly gates." Welcome back film fans and podcast pals. In this…
Apr 23, 2026 · 1:29:01
AN INTERVIEW WITH MUSICIAN AL TROTTER In this special Meet the Creators episode, Mike Wilson sits down with an old friend and the podcast’s newest composer, musician Al Trotter.…
Apr 21, 2026 · 57:14
D.K's Cult Classics Episode 51 - "Freedom? We have it! And fame? Nah. It's an empty purse. Count it, go broke. Eat it, go hungry. Seek it, go mad!" Our Silver Screen fantasy…
Apr 19, 2026 · 1:58:22
Series 2, Episode 8 - "They always get started. They happen everywhere there's people. Mondas, Telos, Earth, Planet 14, Marinus. Like sewage and smartphones and Donald Trump,…
Apr 12, 2026 · 1:54:08
Series 2, Episode 7 - “We Cybermen are superior in every way. Except when it comes to navigating stairs.” Welcome back, Doctor devotees and Cyber converts alike. This week our…
Apr 7, 2026 · 1:09:00
D.K's Cult Classics Episode 50 - " I move the stars for no one" For Cult Classics' 50th episode, DK is kicking off the 80s fantasy season with a trip to the undergound. He only…
Apr 5, 2026 · 2:00:12
Series 2, Episode 6 - “My Sky Striker! My glory!” Hold on to your time rings, faithful podcast fans, because this week we’re heading back into the Cyber-review fold on a course…
Mar 29, 2026 · 2:05:53
Series 2, Episode 5 – “There was a dog pissing up against our tent, hold me Ianto.” We’re back for the next in our Hit or Miss: Doctor Who Cyber Season, and we're heading to…
Mar 28, 2026 · 1:27:40
Cinema Classics Number 25 - "The total potential here must be nothing less than astronomical!" Prepare yourself, listener, for a new scale of science-fiction cinematic value.…
Mar 17, 2026 · 57:40
D.K's Cult Classics Episode 49 - "Hydrolyzed vegetable protein, soybean meal, niacin, dextrose, and sodium nitrate flavoring." "Yup, that's what we call "meat" back home." Many…
Mar 15, 2026 · 1:49:20
Series 2, Episode 4 - "My name was Ashad. I did spare your son...because he's a useless runt, sickly and weak. And I did have children. I slit their throats when they joined the…
Mar 8, 2026 · 1:53:53
Series 2, Episode 3 – "Another artist replaced by A.I!" Hello again Whovians and Cyberfans, and welcome to another episode of Hit or Miss: Doctor Who. This week our Cyberman…
Mar 3, 2026 · 1:07:15
D.K's Cult Classics Episode 48 - "I'll buy that for a dollar!" Paul Verhoeven's 1987 sci-fi satire Robocop comes under the spotlight on this episode of Cult Classics. This time…
Mar 1, 2026 · 1:58:40
Series 2, Episode 2 – “Extreme Makeover: Human Edition” Welcome back, Cyber-converts, to the second episode of our new podcast series exploring Cybermen stories old & new. This…
Feb 28, 2026 · 1:21:49
Cinema Classics Number 24 - "Dear God. Did you have to send me news like that - today of all days? I know, I know we are the chosen people. But once in a while, can't you choose…
Feb 26, 2026 · 1:29:39
Sequel Season #1 - “The way I see it, someone’s out to make a sequel. You know, cash in on all the movie murder hoopla. So it’s our job to observe the rules of the sequel.” We’re…
Feb 24, 2026 · 52:21
D.K's Cult Classics Episode 47 - "What would you say you do here...?" It's February, the most depressing month of the year, so it's apt that this episode DK and the gang are…
Feb 22, 2026 · 1:45:45
Series 2, Episode 1 - “We are equipped to survive. We are only interested in survival. Anything else is of no importance. Welcome back, faithful friends, to a brand new series of…
Feb 3, 2026 · 50:29
D.K's Cult Classics Episode 46 - "What does it mean when there's a picture of a skull?" "Good stuff!!!" Cult Classics kicks off February - quite literally - with arguably one of…
Jan 24, 2026 · 1:31:41
Cinema Classics Number 23 - "This is my life! It always will be! Nothing else! Just us, and the cameras, and those wonderful people out there in the dark!" Cinema Classics is…
Dec 28, 2025 · 1:42:49
Series 1, Episode 10 - "Because something seems impossible. We try, it doesn't work, we try again. We learn, we improve, we fail again, but better, we make friends, we learn to…
Dec 20, 2025 · 1:53:46
Cinema Classics Number 22 - "Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?" “Merry Christmas, you…
Dec 11, 2025 · 1:38:27
Episode 137 - "As I was saying, I'm a woman and can't be taken for granted. Life's a bitch, now so am I." The Silver Screen Signal is lighting up the night sky, and that can only…
Dec 2, 2025 · 1:02:05
"One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach; all the damn vampires." For the final Cult Classics of 2025, D.K. is joined by the bloodsucking Brady Bunch, as a…
Nov 27, 2025 · 1:25:00
Episode 135 - "You wanna hurt me? Go right ahead if it makes you feel any better. I'm an easy target. Yeah, you're right, I talk too much. I also listen too much. I could be a…
Nov 23, 2025 · 1:53:39
Series 1, Episode 9 - "Crush the lesser races. Conquer the galaxy. Unimaginable power. Unlimited rice pudding, et cetera, et cetera." Welcome back friends of the Doctor. It's…
Nov 20, 2025 · 1:23:35
Episode 134 - "Ladies and gentlemen, you are such a wonderful crowd, we'd like to play a little tune for you. It's one of my personal favorites and I'd like to dedicate it to a…
Nov 15, 2025 · 1:26:52
Cinema Classics Number 21 – “And remember, my sentimental friend, that a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.” Just in time for the…
Nov 4, 2025 · 51:59
D.K's Cult Classics Episode 43 - "You cannot have it both ways. You want ratings. You want people in front of the television instead of picket lines. Well, you're not gonna get…
Oct 26, 2025 · 1:49:43
Series 7, Episode 10 - "I don't know how I got here. I was at a seminar in Santa Barbara, the next thing you know I'm crawling around in cat shit!" Welcome back aboard, gallant…
Oct 23, 2025 · 1:00:33
Episode 130 - "You will taste the sweet pain of death. We will make beautiful music together." Welcome, film fiends and macabre movie lovers, to a special Halloween edition of…
Oct 14, 2025 · 1:05:45
D.K's Cult Classics Episode 41/ Living Dead Crossover part 3 of 3 - "What the fuck is wrong with you people? They're dead! They're fucking dead, and you want to teach them…
Oct 9, 2025 · 1:25:32
Episode 128/Living Dead Crossover part 2 of 3 - "When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the Earth." Welcome back, film lovers, horror freaks, and assorted…
Oct 4, 2025 · 1:29:31
Cinema Classics Number 19/Living Dead Crossover part 1 of 3 - "They’re coming to get you, Barbra…" Spooky season is here, and Silver Screen is kicking it off with something big:…
Sep 25, 2025 · 1:31:16
Episode 126 - "I have a feeling this is going to be just delicious." Benvenuti! A warm welcome, faithful friends, to a brand-new episode of the Silver Screen Podcast. This time…
Sep 18, 2025 · 1:15:34
Episode 125 – "I'm Your Huckleberry" After a little break, the Silver Screen Podcast o.g. is riding back into town with a modern Western classic that’ll have you quoting along in…
Sep 13, 2025 · 1:31:43
Cinema Classics Number 19 - "He says the sun came out last night. He says it sang to him." “We are not alone…” but we are in for one unforgettable discussion. This week on Silver…
Sep 9, 2025 · 1:06:52
D.K's Cult Classics Episode 40 - "Do you think these glasses make me look smarter?" "No, you can still see your face." We're heading back to school for the new episode of Cult…
Sep 7, 2025 · 1:54:58
Series 7, Episode 9 - "He just needs to grow up. I feel like he's being a huge baby." It’s the final mission (for now) of Hit or Miss: Star Trek as we continue our…
Sep 2, 2025 · 1:13:56
D.K's Cult Classics Episode 39 - "Perhaps some of those familiar faces of yesteryear are absent this evening because they thought our beloved Miss Lynch might have one of her…
Aug 31, 2025 · 1:39:04
Series 7, Episode 8 - "That's so on the nose somebody's picking snots out of it!" Hit or Miss: Star Trek boldly continues our season-long mission into the tangled politics of…
Aug 24, 2025 · 1:53:37
Series 7, Episode 7 - "Well, Dukat wanted him to stroke something. I'm not sure it was his ego." Our ongoing journey through the turbulent legacy of the Cardassians and Bajorans…
Aug 17, 2025 · 2:01:42
Series 7, Episode 6 - "Yes, of course you know I'm going to have an opinion." As our Cardassian/Bajoran series continues, we return to the Delta Quadrant for a powerful and…
Aug 10, 2025 · 1:34:31
Series 7, Episode 5 - "It is not linear." While Mike is away with Silver Screen, here's a classic deep dive worth revisiting… This week, we’re cracking open the vault for a very…
Aug 9, 2025 · 1:21:13
Cinema Classics Number 18 - "I don't like the way Teddy Roosevelt is looking at me." “Now listen here, Fella...” We’re back – and just in time to dodge crop dusters and scale…
Aug 5, 2025 · 1:19:58
D.K's Cult Classics Episode 38 - "Gentlemen... we're history." The only true wisdom consists of knowing you know nothing at all. Which is pretty apt for this crew. Yes, for this…
Aug 3, 2025 · 1:33:34
Series 7, Episode 4 - "I mean, aren't most angry women completely justified!?" Bajorans, Cardassians & one very complicated Ensign… Set phasers to opinionated as the latest Hit…
Jul 27, 2025 · 1:52:18
Series 7, Episode 3 - "I'm dropping names like crazy today. Somebody get a broom." This week, we’re heading to the Delta Quadrant and things are about to get Seska’d. In the…
Jul 20, 2025 · 1:52:58
Series 7, Episode 2 - "Nice, light topics that are nothing to worry about these days..." In the second instalment of our ongoing exploration of Cardassian and Bajoran stories…
Jul 13, 2025 · 1:42:12
Series 7, Episode 1 - "To paraphrase Mystery Science Theater 3000; "that's one butt ugly spaceship you got there"!" Welcome back to a brand-new series of Hit or Miss: Star Trek!…
Jul 5, 2025 · 1:29:49
Cinema Classics Number 17 - "Live as one of them, Kal-El, but discover where your strength and power are needed. And always hold in your heart the pride of your special…
Jul 1, 2025 · 1:03:28
D.K's Cult Classics Episode 37 - "You have offended my family, and you have offended the Shaolin temple." On this episode of Cult Classics, DK, and fellow movie travellers Mike…
Jun 26, 2025 · 1:37:34
Episode 118 - "Welcome... to Jurassic Park." “An adventure 65 million years in the making” – and for host Michael Wilson, a passion more than 30 years in the making. In this very…
Jun 19, 2025 · 1:28:22
Episode 117 - "They mostly come out at night... mostly." But this episode? It's coming at you right now. Strap in, marines! D.K. is leading the drop on this week's Silver Screen…
Jun 15, 2025 · 1:58:14
Episode 79 - "His hygiene habits probably aren't the best... he's just so personable. I'll put up with anyone." Hello again officers, and welcome back to 'Hit or Miss: Star Trek'…
Jun 7, 2025 · 1:30:05
Cinema Classics Number 16 - "I tell you, it's a whole different sex!" Nobody’s perfect… but this episode might come close! This week, Mike and D.K. don their best heels and grab…
Jun 3, 2025 · 1:09:27
D.K's Cult Classics Episode 36 - "Howdy stranger" This episode, Cult Classics takes a trip to the red planet to take a look at the 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger classic Total…
May 25, 2025 · 1:50:29
Series 1, Episode 8 - "Do I have the right?" Yes, you have the right to enjoy our last Who review for a while. This week on Hit or Miss: Doctor Who, we’re wrapping up our first…
May 17, 2025 · 1:27:30
Cinema Classics Number 15 - "We'll have to bypass Watford. The place is full of Daleks." This week, it's exterminate! meets cinematechnique as Silver Screen Cinema Classics teams…
May 11, 2025 · 1:51:07
Series 1, Episode 6 - "If he did find Dorabella she's in for one heck of a shock..." Brace yourselves, Earthlings—it’s another Dalek-themed detour in our Whoniversal road trip!…
May 6, 2025 · 48:03
D.K's Cult Classics Episode 35 - "They are gardeners and carpenters, they are not tomato men." This month, DK is heading down to old Gangreen's place for a look at the very…
May 4, 2025 · 1:51:39
Series 1, Episode 5 - "We've all gone a little bit carried away on gorgonzola and wine." Hit or Miss: Doctor Who is back in your timeline. This time, Mike and D.K. are once again…
Apr 27, 2025 · 1:39:33
Series 1, Episode 4 - "I'm a very rare Doctor Who fan who enjoys the show!" Welcome, faithful podcast fan! In the latest instalment of our deep dive into all things Dalek, your…
Apr 20, 2025 · 1:56:36
Series 1, Episode 3 - "We are the masters of Earth!" The Daleks are back, and this time, they’ve conquered 22nd-century London! In this first official Hit or Miss: Doctor Who…
Apr 13, 2025 · 2:00:50
"You are different from them and they are afraid of anything different. And what people are afraid of, they try to destroy." " EX-TER-MI-NATE!" The 'Hit or Miss: Doctor Who'…
Apr 12, 2025 · 1:53:55
Cinema Classics Number 14 - "Rosebud..." In this bumper-length episode of Silver Screen Cinema Classics, host Michael Wilson is joined by an all-star panel to tackle arguably the…
Apr 1, 2025 · 1:02:12
D.K's Cult Classics Episode 34 - "There's a man on the wing of this plane!" April Fools! For this month's episode of Cult Classics, DK has crossed over to the fifth dimension to…
Mar 30, 2025 · 1:42:38
Episode 78 - "This stretched my empathy to the max, looking for the good in this." Section 31 Classified Review (A Therapy Session in Disguise). Welcome to the Hit or Miss…
Mar 27, 2025 · 1:15:22
Episode 110 - "Can you offer me proof of your existence? How can you, when neither modern science nor philosophy can explain what life is?" Welcome back, to a mind-bending,…
Mar 20, 2025 · 1:28:05
Episode 109 - "You could say Sandie died in that room. She died in that room a hundred times." Step into the neon-lit, time-twisting world of 'Last Night in Soho' as The Silver…
Mar 15, 2025 · 1:26:53
Cinema Classics Number 13 - "Magic mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?" Silver Screen Cinema Classics is back. And heigh-ho, heigh-ho, we've been hard at work to…
Mar 4, 2025 · 1:09:11
D.K's Cult Classics Episode 33 - "Hell, I'll kill a man in a fair fight... or if I think he's gonna start a fair fight, or if he bothers me, or if there's a woman, or if I'm…
Feb 22, 2025 · 1:27:23
Cinema Classics Number 12 - "It's not a nice thing to do. People wouldn't understand. He wouldn't understand. What I mean is... Well... This is developing into a very bad habit!"…
Feb 16, 2025 · 1:49:33
"I'd like to think I'd be as cool as Mariner, but I'd totally be Boimler." Grab your padds and set phasers to “meta” as Hit or Miss: Star Trek goes full Lower Decks! Host Captain…
Feb 13, 2025 · 1:32:44
Episode 105 - "You care? Then come to me, my brother. Let us see if this heart of yours is stronger than my hate." Welcome back, friends and fellow film fanatics. The Silver…
Feb 4, 2025 · 1:06:33
D.K's Cult Classics Episode 32 - "The burden of civilization is on us, okay?" It's the zombie apocalypse. Which means it's time to go shopping! Join DK, special guest Jason…
Feb 4, 2025 · 58:43
To coincide with our recent 'Night of the Comet' review, DK sat down with the star, Catherine Mary Stewart, to talk about her experiences on the set. Catherine also discusses her…
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