Fackham Hall | Writing a spoof, the bizarre CG pig sex, and the Dawson Brothers tell us their story

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Tv & Film, Film History

4.9 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Now in UK cinemas is the spoof movie Fackham Hall, which crosses the likes of Airplane! with Downton Abbey. But how do you write a spoof movie? And what are the challenges? We've brought together 66.6% of the writing team The Dawson Brothers to tell us more, and explain why a CG house was required to make a sex scene involving pigs... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Being evil queen has never been so fun.
0:03.0	And I am willing to do anything.
0:06.2	We will soon be at war.
0:07.7	You will have to take a side.
0:09.0	War with the Protestants.
0:10.3	What fun.
0:11.5	Or war with the Catholics.
0:12.9	None of us are safe.
0:14.4	Feels good to be bad.
0:16.0	The Serpent Queen on Channel 4.
0:18.5	Stream now.
0:20.1	The Big Tasty is back at McDonald's, but now it's a double.
0:24.9	It's the beefiest Big Tasty of all time ever!
0:29.5	Oh, got a bit intense there.
0:31.4	The new Double Big Tasty. Now at McDonald's.
0:35.3	Available through the 4th of Jan, 2026 from 11am.
0:38.0	Price and participation may vary, subject to availability.
0:40.5	Hello, this is Simon Brew.
0:42.8	I'm the founder of Film Stories magazine,
0:45.0	and a very warm welcome to a very special episode
0:47.8	of the Film Stories podcast.
0:50.0	Come with me.
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