The Honeymoon Period

We are back for the first full TV & film catch-up of the year - no darts chat, no Masked Singer tangents (well… almost), just the telly and movies we’ve been watching. This episode we’re diving into Under Salt Marsh (Sky Atlantic), Wonder Man (Disney +), 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, and The Rip (Netflix).   We’d love to hear from you:  Instagram:  Elaine | Mark    Letterboxd: Find us here  Elaine’s newsletter: Read it here  Email: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Support the show:  Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify  Buy us a coffee here - thanks so much! 

We countdown our favourite television of 2025.  We’d love to hear from you:  Instagram: Elaine | Mark Letterboxd: Find us here Elaine’s newsletter: Read it here Email: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Support the show:  Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify Buy us a coffee here - thanks so much! 

Our thoughts on the ending of Stranger Things.  We’d love to hear from you:  Instagram: Elaine | Mark Letterboxd: Find us here Elaine’s newsletter: Read it here Email: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Support the show:  Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify Buy us a coffee here - thanks so much! 

We countdown our favourite movies of 2025.  We’d love to hear from you:  Instagram: Elaine | Mark Letterboxd: Find us here Elaine’s newsletter: Read it here Email: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Support the show:  Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify Buy us a coffee here - thanks so much!   

The fire of hate gives way to the ash of grief...  We’d love to hear from you:  Instagram: Elaine | Mark Letterboxd: Find us here Elaine’s newsletter: Read it here Email: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Support the show:  Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify Buy us a coffee here - thanks so much!   

SPOILERS AHEAD. Our thoughts on Season 5, Episodes 3 and 4.  We’d love to hear from you:  Instagram: Elaine | Mark Letterboxd: Find us here Elaine’s newsletter: Read it here Email: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Support the show:  Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify Buy us a coffee here - thanks so much! 

SPOILERS AHEAD. Our thoughts on Season 5, Episode 2. Sorry about the Mr Tumble chat.  We’d love to hear from you:  Instagram: Elaine | Mark Letterboxd: Find us here Elaine’s newsletter: Read it here Email: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Support the show:  Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify Buy us a coffee here - thanks so much! 

Stranger Things returns! Let's dive in...  We’d love to hear from you:  Instagram: Elaine | Mark Letterboxd: Find us here Elaine’s newsletter: Read it here Email: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Support the show:  Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify Buy us a coffee here - thanks so much! 

Date Night returns! Thanks to Mark's parents - and Elaine's birthday - we finally get a chance to watch a film together at home.  We’d love to hear from you:  Instagram: Elaine | Mark Letterboxd: Find us here Elaine’s newsletter: Read it here Email: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Support the show:  Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify Buy us a coffee here - thanks so much! 

Nick! Noooooooo!  We’d love to hear from you:  Instagram: Elaine | Mark Letterboxd: Find us here Elaine’s newsletter: Read it here Email: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Support the show:  Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify Buy us a coffee here - thanks so much! 

Is Alan Carr the best-worst traitor? Can the faithfuls muck it up at this stage? And justice for Lucy Beaumont's edit.  We’d love to hear from you:  Instagram: Elaine | Mark Letterboxd: Find us here Elaine’s newsletter: Read it here Email: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Support the show:  Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify Buy us a coffee here - thanks so much! 

Who's playing the smartest game so far, who’s flying under the radar, and who might be next for the chop? Plus: that time we spotted David Olusoga filming in Newcastle, Clare Balding's 'national treasure' status, and the lack of famous people from Hull. So, the usual tangents... We’d love to hear from you:  Instagram: Elaine | Mark Letterboxd: Find us here Elaine’s newsletter: Read it here Email: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Support the show:  Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify Buy us a coffee here - thanks so much! 

As Mark would put it, 'eff the format'.  In this episode we talk about: The Bear, Alien Earth, The Hack, Masterchef, One Battle After Another, Nosferatu, The Thursday Murder Club.  (and Geoffrey Butler from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air...) We’d love to hear from you:  Instagram: Elaine | Mark Letterboxd: Find us here Elaine’s newsletter: Read it here Email: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Support the show:  Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify Buy us a coffee here - thanks so much! 

In the hot tub, no one can hear you podcast.  Spoilers from the start!  We’d love to hear from you:  Instagram: Elaine | Mark Letterboxd: Find us here Elaine’s newsletter: Read it here Email: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Support the show:  Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify Buy us a coffee here - thanks so much! 

Body slams & bombshells? This is our take on WWE Unreal.  Spoilers from the start! We’d love to hear from you: Instagram:  Elaine | Mark   Letterboxd: Find us here Elaine’s newsletter: Read it here Email: review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify Buy us a coffee here - thanks so much!

It’s Clobberin’ Time!   Spoilers from 22:00.   We’d love to hear from you. You can find us here:   Instagram: Elaine | Mark   Find us on Letterboxd   Have a read of Elaine’s newsletter  Email us: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Help support the show   We’d love it if you could leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify.  AND, if you like what we do, and fancy buying us a coffee, you can do so here. Thanks so much. 

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it our review of James Gunn’s Superman? (yes)   Spoilers from: 30:52  We’d love to hear from you. You can find us here:   Instagram: Elaine | Mark   Find us on Letterboxd   Have a read of Elaine’s newsletter  Email us: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Help support the show   We’d love it if you could leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify.  AND, if you like what we do, and fancy buying us a coffee, you can do so here. Thanks so much. 

Is the magic still alive - or is it fossilised?  Spoilers from 33:10.  We’d love to hear from you. You can find us here:   Instagram: Elaine | Mark   Find us on Letterboxd   Have a read of Elaine’s newsletter  Email us: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Help support the show   We’d love it if you could leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify. 

An occasional series where we make each other watch TV shows we loved as kids.   In this episode, Mark finally gets to indulge his Saved by the Bell obsession. We cover 8 episodes across the four seasons. Expect lots of nostalgia, way too many mentions of 90s bands, a weird segue into the TV channel Trouble, and some unexpected annulment chat. We start by diving into our history with the show, and end with a ‘where are they now?’ for the main cast.   S1E01 - Dance To The Max (11:00)  S2E01 - The Prom (26:00)  S2E09 - Jessie's Song (32:54)  S2E15 - The Fabulous Belding Boys (38:55)  S3E01 - The Last Dance (46:00)  S3E09 - Fake IDs (51:06)  S4E04 - The New Girl (57:00)  S4E26 - Graduation (60:00)  We’d love to hear from you. You can find us here:   Instagram: Elaine | Mark   Find us on Letterboxd   Have a read of Elaine’s newsletter  Email us: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Help support the show   We’d love it if you could leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify. 

In this episode, Elaine waxes lyrical about disused tube stations and the autistic experience of sitting in the cinema, and we reflect on the importance of seeing your home town on the big screen.  Special spoiler sections for Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning and 28 Years Later, specifically so we can talk about the endings!   Dept. Q (5:37)  From the World of John Wick: Ballerina (15:24)  Final Destination Bloodlines (17:53)  Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning (20:23)  28 Years Later (35:44)  Spoilers: MI (51:10) / 28 Years Later (59:14)  We’d love to hear from you. You can find us here:   Instagram: Elaine | Mark   Find us on Letterboxd   Have a read of Elaine’s newsletter  Email us: hello@thehoneymoonperiod.com  Help support the show   We’d love it if you could leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a star rating on Spotify.