# Cyril Smith

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Simon Danczuk: Former MP Exposes Government Secrets, Landlords Tax & UK Economic Crisis

Ex-MP Simon Danczuk joins Mark to share his many political views and in-depth knowledge of the system and the people of the UK. He talks about his days as an MP including exposing the Rochdale grooming gang and Cyril Smith, about his business background, immigration, the private rent sector and hou…

The Shadow Life of Cyril Smith Part 1: Illegitimate, deprived, and Poor

Born into poverty without a father in 1928 Rochdale, UK, Cyril Smith was one of the most recognizable MPs that Britain has ever seen. Tall, overweight, and brash, he was a force of nature in the political arena. A champion of the common man, Smith cast a shadow across Rochdale that is still felt to…

The Shadow Life of Cyril Smith Part 2: Cambridge House of Hell

Born into poverty without a father in 1928 Rochdale, UK, Cyril Smith was one of the most recognizable MPs that Britain has ever seen. Tall, overweight, and brash, he was a force of nature in the political arena. A champion of the common man, Smith cast a shadow across Rochdale that is still felt to…

The Shadow Life of Cyril Smith Part 3: The Mayor of Knowl View

Born into poverty without a father in 1928 Rochdale, UK, Cyril Smith was one of the most recognizable MPs that Britain has ever seen. Tall, overweight, and brash, he was a force of nature in the political arena. A champion of the common man, Smith cast a shadow across Rochdale that is still felt to…

The Shadow Life of Cyril Smith Part 4: The MP From Rochdale

Born into poverty without a father in 1928 Rochdale, UK, Cyril Smith was one of the most recognizable MPs that Britain has ever seen. Tall, overweight, and brash, he was a force of nature in the political arena. A champion of the common man, Smith cast a shadow across Rochdale that is still felt to…

Phyllis Sellick

This week the castaway on Desert Island Discs is the pianist, Phyllis Sellick. Phyllis Sellick enjoyed a glittering career as a solo performer but was just as well known as one half of a duo, with her husband Cyril Smith. Then he suffered a stroke and lost the use of his left arm, but by adapting t…

Hollywood Avalon, ep 21 - The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956)

We took a look at a British tv series from the 1950s, dramatising the Arthurian story in a high-romance fashion. Believe it or not, it's pretty good! Starring William Russell–who later played "Ian" on Doctor Who–it's a fairly faithful rendering of the story, with Lancelot as an outsider who comes t…

Decades of Abuse: Why Was Cyril Smith Knighted Despite the Horrors?

Subscribe to Simon on X - https://x.com/SimonDanczuk Get his book - https://amzn.eu/d/02AiDyh A signed copy - https://simondanczuk.uk/books/ ------------------------------------------------------ Dive into one of the UK’s most chilling political scandals: the shocking case of Cyril Smith MP, who a…

Westminster Bas***ds & Childhood Scrapes

An odd pod, this -starting with despicable scum like Cyril Smith and Clement Freud, then drifting into childhood tales of dodgy locals and unhinged teachers, stumbling across discarded dirty mags, and the ridiculous lengths we went to just to watch a proper porno.

Hollywood Avalon, ep. 35 - "The Queen's Knight"/"Maid of Somerset"

We return to the 1950s tv series The Adventures of Sir Lancelot with two episodes: Episode 3, "The Queen's Knight", which takes some inspiration from Chretien de Troyes' Lancelot, le Chevalier de la charrette as well as Malory's Le Morte Darthur, with Guinevere abducted by Mordred and Lancelot disg…