Soho Bites

Episode heaven - sorry, seven - is the God special. We hear about Canon John Hester, the unconventional vicar of Soho during the 1960s and 70s, from his son, Alex. Then, Rev. Liz Clutterbuck, member of Wittertainment's Clergy Corner and vicar of Emmanuel Church, Holloway, joins us to discuss Miracle in Soho from 1957.

In episode six, London tour guide Nika Garrett joins us to talk about the 1950s Soho coffee shop boom and Sioned Wiliam enthuses about a Soho classic, Expresso Bongo.

Strange as it may sound, this is our sport themed episode. Firstly we're in Sussex meeting the Soho Cricket Collective. Then Aidan McManus makes a return visit to the pod along with Dr Melanie Williams. They join Producer Dom live on stage at the Regent St Cinema to talk about 1964's Rattle of Simple Man.

In this episode we're talking about Soho places that have changed beyond recognition. Henry Scott Irvine talks about his documentary, Tales From Tin Pan Alley, which charts the sad decline of Denmark Street and Dr Adrian Smith gives us his take on the 1966 Sexploitation curio, Secrets of Windmill Girl.

Welcome to the crime episode. First up, tour guide Aidan McManus of Flipside London runs us through the history of gangland Soho. Then we talk to podcaster and Alfred Hitchcock expert, Adam Roche about two of Hitch's movies. They're both about serial killers but only one of them actually enters Soho...

In episode two of this new series of Soho Bites, Jingan Young talks to comedian Mel Byron about the 1953 Soho noir, Street of Shadows and singer, actor, impressionist and graphic novelist Jessica Martin reminisces about her late father, the Soho band leader, Ido.

In episode one of this new series of Soho Bites, Jingan Young talks to Professor Michael Berkowitz from UCL about the 1963 classic Soho movie, "The Small World of Sammy Lee" and Dom Delargy goes drinking in Soho with the chaps from ReelStreets in the footsteps of Anthony Newley.