Episodes
Bec and Rory knuckle down for some serious learnings in this special episode with TV journalists John Elmes and Max Goldbart from Broadcast Magazine. Using these media brains' inside knowledge, can our co-hosts come up with the groundbreaking hit show that has thus far eluded them? Featuring a four-legged political drama set to be the next House Of Cards, and several (probably too many) ideas about "drawers".
Published 11/13/20
Published 08/20/20
Featuring MICHAEL LEGGE, LOU SANDERS, LAURA LEXX, MATT HIGHTON, JESSICA FOSTEKEW and EGG, this special episode contains some of our favourite ideas from the last series. We're away for a bit now, but in the meantime you'll still be able to find us on social media by searching for @youtwatchedpod. Keep in touch, let us know YOUR favourite ideas, plus tell us who you'd like to hear on the show in future. Until we meet again, may your cupboards remain moist and your ideas drawers free of...
Published 08/20/20
Featuring ADAM HILLS, DANE BAPTISTE, DANIELLE WARD and JAYDE ADAMS, this special episode contains some of our favourite ideas from the last series. We're away for a bit now, but in the meantime you'll still be able to find us on social media by searching for @youtwatchedpod. Keep in touch, let us know YOUR favourite ideas, plus tell us who you'd like to hear on the show in future. Until we meet again, may your cupboards remain moist and your ideas drawers free of cliches. Follow Because...
Published 08/06/20
Get ready to have your mind well and truly pretzeled as comedy duo EGG aka Emily Lloyd-Saini and Anna Leong-Brophy join the pod to brainstorm 'mind-bending films' with Bec and Rory. Featuring the story of a gap year trip that gets extra trippy, and a conspiratorial thriller that appears to almost entirely made up of twists by the time the team are done with it.
Published 07/30/20
Jessica Fostekew finally unmasks herself as a secret Star Trek fan in this episode full of spacefaring adventure as she brainstorms ideas with Bec, Rory and Georgia for the category 'Exciting Space Travel TV Shows'. Featuring a crustacean-filled space pirate romp, a cuddly starship crew with a dark secret, and a cameo for Bec's erstwhile pet shrimp, Vikus (RIP little guy).
Published 07/23/20
Wise-guy Dane Baptiste meets Bec, Rory and Matt Highton in an abandoned meatpacking warehouse to talk business and make with the funnies in this episode all about brand new movie ideas based on the "Gangster Thriller" genre. Featuring a culinary mob drama centred around the opposite of food porn, and an intergalactic political organised crime epic which, if we're honest, is far too good an idea for this podcast and should actually get picked up by a movie studio immediately. Follow...
Published 07/16/20
Bec and Rory welcome Danielle Ward and Jon Gracey onto the podcast to come up with new ideas based on the category 'Teen Screams'. But what is a 'Teen Scream'? Is it literally any movie where a teen screams? Or is there more to it than that? The team dissect this and more, landing on a horror movie idea about high school jocks meeting a jock-ish comeuppance, and a slasher flick that's sure to make even the most hardened horror fan wince.
Published 07/09/20
Jayde Adams joins Bec, Georgia and Rory for a spooky session coming up with some creepy ideas for the category "Bingeworthy Supernatural TV Shows". Features an idea in which crazy, creepy things finally happen to someone normal, a ghost with a decidedly un-ghosty name, and a second-coming themed tale started, for no apparent reason, by a "lippy owl". All that, plus extensive references to Buffy, because when Jayde says she's a fan of something, it turns out she REALLY means it.
Published 07/02/20
Adam Hills joins the pod to brainstorm ideas for 'Exciting TV Action & Adventure' shows. He discusses his love of 'The A Team' and 80s TV shows generally, Bec argues forcefully for the merits of 90s classic 'MacGyver', and Matt Highton has irrelevant and alarming cat trouble. Brace yourselves for a madcap caper involving hypnosis, the word 'mango' and an evil Angela Lansbury, plus a seafaring escapade involving a ragtag team of old age pensioners led by a world weary Danny Glover. ...
Published 06/25/20
Lou Sanders joins Bec, Rory and Jon for a cozy half hour of wistful romance. At least, that's the plan. Featuring a story about love and redemption with a shoe-horned Lou Sanders cameo and an inadvertently disturbing tale of a marriage gone right, gone wrong, and then gone right again. All that, plus some flailing attempts to guess the plot of "Mystic Pizza". Lovely.
Published 06/18/20
Bodacious babe Bec and radical dude Rory are going retro in this episode as they attempt to come up with some 90s-inspired ideas that'll have them body-popping all the way to the bank. Joined by Matt Highton and Georgia Maguire, they discuss an attempt to hack a school prom night with the aid of a rude and happening alien, and a time travel adventure featuring the Spice Girls. A-wuzzah-wuzzah! (this will make sense after you hear Matt's idea)
Published 06/11/20
Get prepping, cos Bec and Rory are joined by Michael Legge and Paul Foxcroft for a nosedive into the chaotic world of "post-apocalypse films". From 'Mad Max' to 'A Quiet Place', it's a crowded and sometimes rather random field, which probably explains why this episode produces two of the most bizarre ideas we've seen to date. Featuring a dystopian world in which gambling and country music are the only cultural and economic games in town, and an accidental time travelling adventure to a land...
Published 06/04/20
A brand new episode for a brand new series of Because You Watched, as Bec Hill joins the show to co-host with the ever-stalwart Producer Rory. In this episode Bec and Rory welcome back Laura Lexx and Jon Gracey to brainstorm new ideas for 'Romantic Christmas Films', a genre which, it turns out, Laura has a totally normal obsession with. No really, it's completely fine. Not weird at all. Prepare to have your heart warmed, your funny bone tickled, and your sense of taste called into question...
Published 05/28/20
Yep, it's another clip show, this time featuring yet more of the funniest, stupidest and cleverest ideas from the show so far from Adam Hess, Marcus Brigstocke, Andrew Hunter Murray, Maisie Adam, Georgia Maguire and Michael Stranney. Also featuring Ross Noble, Rachel Parris, Bec Hill, Paul Foxcroft, Nim Odedra, Becky James, and Jon Gracey. Follow us on   Twitter: https://twitter.com/youwatchedpod   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/youwatchedpod/   Facebook:...
Published 05/21/20
This special episode features some of the funniest, stupidest and cleverest ideas from Ross Noble, Rachel Parris, Bec Hill, Laura Lexx, Tiff Stevenson and Michael Stranney. Because You Watched will be back with brand new episodes from Thursday May 28th 2020.
Published 05/14/20
Marcus Brigstocke and Rachel Parris join the BYW creative team along with Paul Foxcroft and Producer Rory to brainstorm ideas for Suspenseful TV Dramas. The team's homework was to watch season 1, episode 1 of Breaking Bad and they are surprised to discover that the whole thing is somewhat "trouser heavy", leading to sartorial theories and extended pant-based analysis. This episode's pitches include a celebrity cult discovered to be worshipping an evil and disturbingly greasy master, an...
Published 05/07/20
Comedian Laura Lexx joins the development team, along with Jon, Georgia and Rory, for a very British sci fi session. The team watch Red Dwarf for research before pitching their ideas for British Alien Sci Fi shows. In this episode an alien with a sexy face and body learns about modern life while on the run from a mystery man in black, an extra-terrestrial being lands in LA with a decidedly dated view of life on earth, and a young lad from Warrington wins big on the EuroMillions and decides...
Published 04/30/20
Comedians Ross Noble and Maisie Adam along with returning guest Paul Foxcroft join the team for a development meeting all about defeating the odds, as they try to come up with movie ideas for the Netflix category 'Inspiring Underdog Films'. The team watch 'Babe' for research, Ross shares what it's like to meet an animatronic pig, and Maisie reveals a bizarre fact about ducks' faces. This episode's film pitches include a naïve young Amish man getting involved in a complicated love tryst with...
Published 04/23/20
Tiff Stevenson (People Just Do Nothing, Mock The Week) joins Jon, Mark and Rory for another lockdown brainstorming session based on the category 'Exciting Spy Films'. In preparation for generating their own ideas, the team watch 'Kingsman' for research and discuss the pros and cons of having a "butt" joke as the absolute last and final thing you see (pre-credits) in an otherwise good movie. This episode's pitches include a geriatric Spy duo settling an old feud in a Florida Bingo hall, a...
Published 04/16/20
Comedian and presenter Bec Hill and writer and comedian Jon Gracey join Georgia and Rory for our first lockdown episode, as they brainstorm ideas for the rather vaguely-named "Party On!" category. The team watch 'Rick and Morty' for research, leading to an in-depth discussion about the definition of "Party On!" and a brief dive into some rather dubious online reviews. Featuring a dark web aphrodisiac with an unfortunate catch, "golf comedy" finally catching up with the times and pitching...
Published 04/09/20
Producer Rory is joined by Nim, Mark and Georgia to brainstorm ideas for Cynical High School Movies. On this week's episode an admin error in the 80's leads to a second chance at life for a group of middle age misfits, a magical curse at an uptight British private school causes body swap mayhem, and a satirical documentary deploys a needlessly strict casting process. Featuring Nim Odedra, Georgia Maguire, Mark Davison and Rory Binks. Produced by Joe Grace and Martin Trickey. Follow Because...
Published 04/02/20
Comedian Adam Hess and actor and radio producer David Brain (aka Dapper Dave from The Chris Evans Breakfast Show) are back on the pod with Georgia and Rory for this surprisingly sinister brainstorming session. This episode's pitches include a government-trained super soldier adapting to his new high school life, a time-skipping look at British teenagers and their attempts at making the best of a disappointing night out, and a visit to a surreal world where teenagers are put to death for...
Published 03/26/20
Andrew Hunter Murray (No Such Thing As A Fish) returns to the podcast and we also welcome actor and radio producer David Brain (aka Dapper Dave from The Chris Evans Breakfast Show) to the Because You Watched creative team, as they both join forces with Georgia Maguire and Producer Rory to come up with some killer ideas for the category 'Gritty Mysteries'. This episode's pitches include a seemingly sweet nana running an illicit DVD smuggling ring, a mob boss with a shady sitcom-based past,...
Published 03/19/20
Rory is joined by Becky, Georgia and Nim for a brainstorm session that inevitably ends up emphasising the "hopeless" in "Imaginative Sci-fi & Fantasy For Hopeless Romantics". This episode's pitches feature a lonely, but inexplicably sentient, franking machine with a lust for adventure; sexual liberation colliding with magical realism and appalling maths skills in an enchanted woodland; and a really horny alien. Featuring Becky James, Georgia Maguire, Nim Odedra and Rory Binks. Produced...
Published 03/12/20