Rated or Dated: The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Fava beans and Chianti all round as Mick’s picked Jonathan Demme’s Oscars-dominating 1991 psychological horror. Or is it a thriller? Other questions addressed include: how’s Hannah feeling about Scott Glenn; does the film have feminist credentials; what’s with the stereotyping, and how much ham is simply too much ham for Jen’s mum Cath? Fffffffffffffff. Etc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	For more than 2,000 years, they've stood at the crossroads of art, history, and intense debate.
0:07.0	It killed 300 people, blew out the roof, and much else.
0:11.0	One of the most powerful symbols of the ancient world, a monument to ambition and empire.
0:17.0	The scale was enormous. The detail was just incredible.
0:20.0	The Parthenon sculptures, masterpieces
0:23.0	crafted in ancient Athens, icons claimed by more than one home. In this three-part special,
0:29.5	we travel from the sunlit ruins of the Acropolis to the quiet, polished halls of the world's
0:35.3	most famous museums. They would become some of the most controversial pieces of art in history.
0:41.4	Who do the Parthenon sculptures truly belong to?
0:44.6	And what does their future mean for cultural heritage around the world?
0:49.1	Join us for the Parthenon sculptures.
0:51.6	A journey through art, power and identity.
0:55.0	Listen now.
0:56.0	Search for forbidden history wherever you get your podcasts.
1:07.5	Hello and welcome to Rated or Dated.
1:11.0	I'm Hannah Don Levy.
1:12.0	I was going to give us all an excellent anagram of our names
1:17.2	to introduce us as in the style of Silence of the Lamps.
1:21.0	And I'm sorry, I very much let this team down gang.
1:23.3	There's absolutely far call you can make from Hanlon Levy.
1:26.0	Sadly, Mickey or owner McKinney. Yes. Yeah, that's quite nice. That's what I go by on specialist websites that I won't be telling you the names of. You're welcome. And Jen, or should I say, Jeff Donor, which I know so much. Lovely so. So much. It's good time. It's about, Jeff.
1:44.3	Thanks for coming on.
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