Rated or Dated: The Long Good Friday (1980)

Standard Issue Podcast

Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Or is it the long good objectification of a young Pierce Brosnan? Mick, Hannah and Jen are here to prove a Rated or Dated can be both, as they watch the cornerstone British gangster flick written by Barrie Keefe, directed by John Mackenzie, and which made a full-blown film star out of the late, great Bob Hoskins. He’s joined by a host of familiar faces, including Helen Mirren, in a film that’s prescient, political, tight and brutal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:11.3	Hello and welcome to rated or dated.
1:18.2	I'm Hannah Dunleavy and I am joined this week by Jen Offord.
1:19.0	Hello.
1:25.5	I was just considering whether or not I wanted to open with a Bob Hoskins impression, but I'll leave it.
1:29.4	Well, now we know there's one in the locker, so that'll be coming out later.
1:30.8	That's all I'll think about.
1:35.4	And picker of this week's film, Mickey Noonan.
1:36.6	Hello, Hannah.
1:41.3	Bickey, what festival of dry slaps did we watch this week?
1:46.8	Well, this week we also learned three important lessons.
1:53.2	Never underestimate the IRA, never overestimate Americans, and Bob Hoskins can convey an entire narrative in a two-minute silence.
1:56.4	Sometimes it's good not to talk, A.
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