Sometimes Hammer Films were the cutting edge of film making and others definitely facing the wrong way. It's always handy to look at where the studio fitted in the surrounding film landscape.
As such, Cev's here to assess their late 50's comedies, mostly focusing on 1958.
Hammer Bites: Archery
27/04/2026 | 3 mins.
As the final Hammer Robin Hood feature has been covered here at the house, Smokey's here with a reminder of those pointy little sticks that King Harold's optician hated so much...
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A Challenge For Robin Hood
22/04/2026 | 1h 20 mins.
1967's Christmas release A Challenge For Robin Hood was designed as a fun for all the family crowd pleaser and it's Hammer's very last big screen visit to Sherwood Forest as well as the last film to see men in tights until Mel Brooks thought they were a good idea.
Will it be a cause for celebration or are the lads going to miss running through the trees to the castle?
There's only one way to find out!
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Hammer Bites: King Dick
20/04/2026 | 4 mins.
The upcoming episode on "A Challenge For Robin Hood" is the last Hammer feature about that forest based rapscallion and therefore the last time the good king would be mentioned too, so here's Cev with a potted history of the king that never met the bandit that never existed...
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April Screening!
16/04/2026 | 1 mins.
Philip knows it's short notice, but his newfound Pie & Mead diet has slowed him down somewhat..
Saturday 7.30 British Time (that's definitely a thing)
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The House Of Hammer Podcast - A Definitive Guide Of The Films, The Figures & The Folklore Of One Of The 20th Century’s Greatest Cinematic LegaciesBrought to you by Adam Roche, Ben Taylorson, Cev Moore, Philip Gwynne Jones and Smokey
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