September 2021

The TRUE Story Behind Last Breath

Posted on 30 September 202119 December 2025 by Chris Thrall

Dog Soldiers A British Army Classic | Bought The T-Shirt Podcast #214

Posted on 29 September 202129 September 2021 by Chris Thrall

Dog soldiers a British army classic, features Neil Marshall, a hugely successful writer, film director and producer.

Dog Soldiers A British Army Classic | Producer Neil Marshall

Neil Marshall is a highly successful film and television director, producer and screenwriter. Neil’s film work includes the classic Dog Soldiers, The Descent, Hellboy and The Reckoning. His television credits include Game of Thrones, Black Sails, Westworld and Lost in Space. Neil’s latest film, The Lair, is set to be an all-out monster movie, with everything from flesh-eating aliens to The Special Air Service.

Transcript from ‘Dog Soldiers A British Army Classic’ podcast

Neil – The movie just seems to keep on going which is lovely.

Chris – To have a film that becomes a cult-classic just must be a writer and director’s dream.

Neil – Well it is, you don’t plan for that and I just kind of threw everything in with the kitchen sink as I was making it. It was my first feature and I had a whole bunch of ideas and threw all sorts of things in there. A lot of them stuck and I always just imagined it as being like the sort of being the ultimate post-pub movie. You come back from the pub having had a few, then sit down and watch it. It hits all the marks for that.

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Dog Soldiers A British Army Classic | Producer Neil Marshall | Bought The T-Shirt Podcast

Posted on 28 September 202119 December 2025 by Chris Thrall

Becoming The 0.1% | Royal Marines | Gareth Timmins | Podcast #213

Posted on 24 September 202124 September 2021 by Chris Thrall

Becoming the 0.1% features Gareth Timmins, a veteran Royal Marines commando, turned top-selling author.

Becoming The 0.1% | Royal Marines | Gareth Timmins

Gareth Timmins is a former Royal Marines Commando, turned author and behavioural scientist. While undertaking the world’s hardest basic training, Gareth was awarded the shooting medal, eventually representing the Royal Marines shooting team. After leaving The Royal Marines, Gareth’s book, ‘Becoming the 0.1%’, has become a best seller.

Transcript from ‘Becoming The 0.1%’ podcast

Gareth – It was almost like an anchor of stability and an extrinsic motivational factor for me to stay in. Imagine coming out of training after four or six weeks, without a diary. That would be an awful reminder of failure. I failed every run-through, partly because of my conduct on leave was just atrocious. I failed every run through and when it got to the day, there’s so many things that can go wrong. The worst thing about it mate is that as soon as you start th time’s on and you’re having a sense you haven’t got a lot of it. You could wrong foot and you could get caught on the sheep dip and you’re really up against it. You could fail and then you’ve got to get back. You’re flapping about the shoot, whether your weapon’s going to work