Kermode and Mayo's Film Review

Kermode and Mayo's Film Review / Kermode and Mayo's Take
Mayo (left) and Kermode (right) broadcasting live from Edinburgh in June 2009, with guest Bill Forsyth.
Other namesWittertainment
Running time120 minutes[1]
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Language(s)English
Home stationBBC Radio 5 Live
Hosted bySimon Mayo
StarringMark Kermode
Edited bySimon Poole (for Somethin' Else)[2]
Original release2001 (on radio);[3]
2005 (as podcast)[4] –
1 April 2022
WebsiteOfficial web page
PodcastOfficial podcast feed

Kermode and Mayo's Film Review was a radio programme with Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo, broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live on Friday afternoons. The show was self-described as the BBC's "flagship film programme" and featured film reviews from Kermode, interviews with actors and other guests, and listeners' emails. The programme's Twitter handle, "Wittertainment", was a nickname for the programme itself.[5]

The show was broadcast live and accompanied by a live streaming webcam feed; each programme was available on BBC Sounds and as a podcast. Individual reviews were available in an A to Z directory on the 5 Live website,[6] or as videos on YouTube.[7]

As of August 2014 the show was BBC Radio's second-most downloaded podcast,[8] and fourth on the BBC list of most-downloaded shows from 2004 to 2014.[9]

On 11 March 2022, Simon Mayo announced that the programme would end its run on BBC Radio 5 Live, with the final show being broadcast on 1 April 2022. Following the final show, the duo announced on social media that the format would continue on a new twice weekly podcast with Sony Music, Kermode and Mayo's Take.[10]

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  5. ^ "Kermode and Mayo @wittertainment". Twitter. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  6. ^ "Mark Kermode's Film Reviews A-Z". BBC. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Kermode + Mayo film reviews". YouTube. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
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  10. ^ "Kermode and Mayo take their film review to Sony Music". RadioToday. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.