Rogue Pun

Exploring the hyperspaces between comedy, cult films and other cool stuff, it's Rogue Pun.

Jurassic Park pastiche Hold On To Your Butts bestrides the UK

Friday 10th January 2025

Huge dinosaurs recreated by two actors and a foley artist - how did Jurassic Park parody Hold On To Your Butts get off the ground?

Dream Weaver: Jason Barnett on The Tempest

Tuesday 7th January 2025

He's working with Sigourney Weaver - and Mathew Horne - in The Tempest. But which role does Jason Barnett still get shouts about?

Tom Salinsky takes a deep-dive into Red Dwarf

Thursday 10th October 2024

He's watched every episode of Red Dwarf for a new book, often multiple times - so what does Tom Salinsky reckon is the classic series' clunkiest special effect, ever?

Juliette Burton is Going Rogue, hopefully

Monday 12th August 2024

Two new shows at this year's Edinburgh Fringe, and a heroic double life - Juliette Burton reveals her cosplay transformation.

Thursday Night at the Movies, with Chris Thorburn

Wednesday 27th March 2024

Like a comedic moustachioed Mark Kermode, Chris Thorburn is bringing film chat to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival. But why did he watch one Daniel Radcliffe shocker five times in one day?

Elementary, Ebeneezer - Sherlock vs Scrooge: a feelgood ghost story in foggy old London town

Monday 18th December 2023

Sherlock! Scrooge! Together! Ben Caplan on donning the deerstalker in a novel new Christmas Carol.

It's Sasha Ellen's turn

Thursday 13th July 2023

Are role-playing games funny? They are now.

Edy Hurst's Tour of the Worlds invades the UK. But still they come

Tuesday 21st February 2023

His show about Martian invaders was invaded at the Edinburgh Fringe, now Edy Hurst is doing a Tour of the Worlds. What are the Chances?

Die Hard with a Rhyming Sentence

Monday 21st November 2022

As he takes the brilliant Yippee Ki Yay around the UK, we ask Richard Marsh: how did a poet end up doing Die Hard?

Fanboy lands in London to probe the enduring needs of nerds

Monday 14th November 2022

Fresh from a successful Fringe run, Joe Sellman-Leava takes a revealing journey back through his childlike obsessions.