<p>Watching the war movies that make us think we’ve discovered the real secret of flying, with authors <strong>Rob Hutton </strong>and<strong> Duncan Weldon</strong>. This time we wheel, bank and glide with <strong>The First Of The Few</strong>, Leslie Howard’s stirring 1942 portrait of the birth of the Spitfire fighter plane and its doomed progenitor RJ Mitchell – played by Howard himself.</p><p>Our special guest <strong>J. Willgoose Esq</strong> of esteemed “collage rock” band <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/6VsiDFMZJlJ053P1uO4A6h?si=tEksP2iMQJ2ylTAVbgDlsg">Public Service Broadcasting</a> has previous form with the movie: their pulse-quickening early single <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7CDq94RPdQ19GdGlejjFU3?si=f0eacb5f628045c8">Spitfire</a> was built around samples of its dialogue. What will we think? Is this movie heroism and creativity incarnate? And can we take the Spitfires, Mitch? Listen and learn. </p><br><p>• Public Service Broadcasting’s new album, <a href="https://republicofmusic.lnk.to/psb-thelastflight">The Last Flight</a>, will be released on 4 October via SO Recordings. <a href="https://republicofmusic.lnk.to/psb-thelastflight">Pre-order/save here</a>. </p><p>• The album’s first single <a href="https://youtu.be/g7yR2pGHf5E?si=cDLAHtj5ah-OqhzE">Electra</a> is out now. </p><p>• PSB tour the UK this Autumn. <a href="https://www.publicservicebroadcasting.net/#events">Dates here</a>. </p><br><p><em>Written and presented by Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon. Audio production by Tom Taylor. Art by Jim Parrett. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Thanks to Jodie Banaszkiewicz for clearances. </em><strong><em>War Movie Theatre is a Podmasters production</em></strong></p><br><p><a href="https://www.podmasters.co.uk/">www.podmasters.co.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a></p><h3>See our prospective movie list! Buy merch! Visit our website: <a href="https://warmovietheatre.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://warmovietheatre.com</a></h3><p><br></p><h3>Help us out by doing our listener survey: <a href="http://bit.ly/warmovietheatre-survey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/warmovietheatre-survey</a></h3><p><br></p><h3>Suggestions? Comments? Drop us a line at warmovietheatre@gmail.com.</h3><h3>Visit us at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WarMovieTheatre/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">facebook.com/WarMovieTheatre</a> or on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/warmovietheatre.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluesky</a> and <a href="https://x.com/warmovietheatre" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or <a href="https://warmovietheatre.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">at our website</a>.</h3><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>