Moviedrome: Welcome to the Cult

'Moviedrome' ran, intermittently, on BBC2 from May 1988 to June 2000. The format was simple, hosts Alex Cox (series 1-7) and Mark Cousins (series 8-12) introduced a 'cult movie', or two, of the sort that were almost never shown on British TV and, in those halcyon years, long before the arrival of the internet, were often unheard of by those of us growing up in more remote parts of the country, with little or no access to any sort of 'arts' cinema, and it quickly became a Sunday night staple for my circle of friends, with each film taped and dissected over the following week.I never really saw much of Cousins' run on the series but to this day many of the films I number amongst my favourites were first seen in that treasured Sunday night slot - Night of the Comet, Psychomania, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The California Dolls, Witchfinder General, Dead of Night, Wise Blood, An American Werewolf in London, Carnival of Souls, Excalibur - and I've sung it's praises on Wyrd Britain…