Palace of Glittering Delights

Andrew takes a few moments to look at the first, and best, alien invasion story – WAR OF THE WORLDS by HG WELLS. From the original novel, through the little known sequels, to the movies, records, comics, radio broadcasts and TV shows, Andrew takes a quick look at the history [...]

One from the Cellars of the venerated Palace – An episode long thought lost, rediscovered in a box with old episodes of Dad’s Army and Aristotle’s lost second book of Poetics, this commentary track for the theatrical release of the 1978 version of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA features your host marvel at [...]

As a follow up to Defence Of The Sith, Andrew rewatches Attack Of The Clones and reads the novel and once again does a compare and contrast thing. Do things work out as well in this case? Or is Clones a good film if you read the book? Given that [...]

In this ode to the cowboy, Andrew extols the virtues of classic Western series, ALIAS SMITH & JONES and explains why it’s well worth your time.

For the sixth episode of THE PALACE OF GLITTERING DELIGHTS, Andrew returns to The Village, to look at Patrick McGoohan’s seminal 60’s mind trip, THE PRISONER, only with a difference. Instead of looking at the series as a whole, Andrew only looks at the episodes McGoohan himself considers essential. These [...]

In another all-new episode of campy podcasting greatness, if the yardstick by which you measure greatness is rather small, Andrew Leyland is back with his rundown of his Top 10 all-time favourite episodes of STAR TREK! Proper Trek, not any of the spin-offs or sequels. Did your faves make the [...]

Andrew, fed up of the rampant negativity towards the Star Wars Prequels, launches an impassioned defense of REVENGE OF THE SITH with a look at the differences between the film and Matthew Stover’s really rather excellent novel. Listen along and see if you agree.

Step once more through the doors of THE PALACE OF GLITTERING DELIGHTS and listen as Andrew Leyland tells all about the movies and TV he wasn’t allowed to watch as a kid! Yes, Andrew recalls the early days of the Video Nasty, Mary Whitehouse and why certain episodes of certain [...]

It’s a Bank Holiday weekend! Which means you get a NEW EPISODE of Palace Of Glittering Delights! Andrew, he of Hey Kids, Comics!, talks about his favourite hours of TV. It’s a big old batch of boob tube brilliance. There’s also feedback. Which is cool considering there’s only been 2 [...]

Another rambling excursion into non-comics related topics leads Hey Kids Comics Co-Host, Andrew Leyland to read old Starlog magazines and re-watch old 70s Sci-Fi Television. What is the verdict on Gerry Anderson’s live action television series, UFO and SPACE:1999? Do they hold up in these crazy CG days? Well, Andrew [...]

This is a difficult one to explain so bear with me. Andrew Leyland (that’s me) of the Hey Kids, Comics podcast has been tooling around with ideas for when Hey Kids comes to its inevitable end and one such idea was THE PALACE OF GLITTERING DELIGHTS in which I get [...]