Kermode and Mayo's Film Review
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Kermode and Mayo's Film Review was a radio programme with Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo, broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live on Friday afternoons. The show was self-described as the BBC's "flagship film programme" and featured film reviews from Kermode, interviews with actors and other guests, and listeners' emails. The programme's Twitter handle, "Wittertainment", was a nickname for the programme itself.[5]
Other names | Wittertainment |
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Running time | 120 minutes[1] |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Language(s) | English |
Home station | BBC Radio 5 Live |
Hosted by | Simon Mayo |
Starring | Mark Kermode |
Edited by | Simon Poole (for Somethin' Else)[2] |
Original release | 2001 (on radio);[3] 2005 (as podcast)[4] ā 1 April 2022 |
Website | Official web page |
Podcast | Official podcast feed |
The show was broadcast live and accompanied by a live streaming webcam feed; each programme was available on BBC Sounds and as a podcast. Individual reviews were available in an A to Z directory on the 5 Live website,[6] or as videos on YouTube.[7]
As of August 2014[update] the show was BBC Radio's second-most downloaded podcast,[8] and fourth on the BBC list of most-downloaded shows from 2004 to 2014.[9]
On 11 March 2022, Simon Mayo announced that the programme would end its run on BBC Radio 5 Live, with the final show being broadcast on 1 April 2022. Following the final show, the duo announced on social media that the format would continue on a new twice weekly podcast, Kermode and Mayo's Take.[10]