For The Love Of Bagpuss (ft. guests Sean Penn; Cillian Murphy & Tim Mielants)

The Empire Film Podcast

Bauer Media

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

With Chris off on the fairway, taking his first proper holiday in approximately 20 years, its up to Helen O’Hara and James Dyer — the newly appointed Archbishop of Nerdbury — to hold down the fort, ably assisted by Empire news editor and former Pilot TV stalwart Beth Webb. Between the three of them, they do their level best not to refer to Cillian Murphy and Tim Mielants’ latest film as Steeeeeeeeeeeeeeeve, which is for the best as both actor and director join us on this week’s show, as does Sean Penn who chats to Alex about One Battle After Another. As well as Steve, we also review A Big Bold Beautiful Journey and The Lost Bus, but all all film chat is summarily derailed by this week’s listener question, which opens the floodgates for an outpouring of nostalgia as we worship at the altar of ‘80s children’s TV, including a certain pink and white stuffed cat.

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0:24.0	What's on TV? The answer is a lot. There's never been more choice ever what to put on the box with an abundance of great new shows, but you can miss them all if you don't know where to look. And that's where the pilot TV podcast comes in, your essential guide to every show that matters. Each week, we sift through the very best in Prestige TV to help you decide what's worth spending your time on and what isn't. So join me, James Dyer, as well as venerable TV critics, Boyd Hilton and Kay Ribeiro,
0:26.4	and let us help take the stress out of your downtime.
0:29.8	The Pilot TV podcast, because you can't watch everything.
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1:09.7	On the Empire podcast this week, we're following Sandra Bullock's example and making it all about Steve with Killion Murphy
1:12.5	and director Tim Milons.
1:14.5	And then we fight one battle after another with Sean Penn.
1:18.9	All this and more on the movie podcast that just successfully didn't say it like Steve
1:24.9	from Cloudy with a Chantamiebles.
1:28.3	Honestly, that monkey. that monkey is my idol.
1:31.7	Hello Pod, I am Helen O'Hara.
1:33.7	Welcome to the Empire podcast, your regular host, Chris Hewitt, is not here this week.
1:38.5	He is a way, I'm not kidding, he's playing golf on a tropical island.
1:42.7	Rather than being here to tell all of you
1:45.0	about all the movie news and reviews and everything else that you need. But I am here
1:49.6	to make you a solemn commitment. I will never abandon you for golf. I may abandon you,
1:58.7	but it will never be for golf unless there is literally nothing else in the world.
2:04.2	Okay, so that is my solemn promise to all of you.
2:07.4	But fear not, I am not alone this week.
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