S07 E03 - Human Traffic (w/ Dan Thomas)

In 1999, writer-director Justin Kerrigan took a meagre budget and a cast of relative unknowns and made a cult film for the turn of the millennium. Sure, slice-of-life comedies were nothing new, even ones with the kind of absurd flights of fancy Kerrigan employed, but very little on the big screen this side of the Atlantic had shone a light on late-’90s club culture the way this did. Still endlessly memed today, Human Traffic gave big boosts to the careers of both John Simm and Danny Dyer, and as we’ll be looking at the latter in more depth later in the series (watch this space), we’ve made this episode all about Simm. His TV career had been steadily building, and he’d made his breakthrough in the BBC sitcom Men of the World, starring opposite David Threlfall, which is the paired TV show for this episode. Joining Guy and Rob to discuss Human Traffic is writer, producer, podcaster and the man with the best Christopher Walken impression in the business, Dan Thomas. Will Dan’s memories of an enjoyable romp hold up, or has it aged like one of Moff’s dodgy disco biscuits? Men of the World - series 1 episode 1 https://youtu.be/79TddcShAJ4?si=PKcXYQBMetPOFpYl Comic Strip Presents... - The Yob https://youtu.be/2-o9TV1AGdk?si=ZNMmCJ-WWq8zklU5 John Simm in Spaced https://youtu.be/QBiXW-W_V1Y?si=8Ahp_ewQaSgG2gOM Daniel Peacock’s Cavegirl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1HL4cgoAcA Bill Hicks on Waco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2EqZ4-enx8 Human Traffic trailer https://youtu.be/PqY6eAro1QY?si=yZDfSzuHD-lTPf3u Human Traffic - Nice one Bruva https://youtu.be/qksndNDMDOw?si=rQ4vtWGi1GM0wVre Human Traffic - Got any Jungle? https://youtu.be/h5hnbUcJKP4?si=CnZpeisCYZgSzj3l Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.