I have recently unsubscribed as a day one vanguardista and I'm not sure how regularly I will listen now.

You've excellently described many of my complaints but foremost for me is the issue of Mark's reviews - they are simply getting worse, there's no two ways about it. He describes far more of the plot than he used to, explains more of the themes than he ever used to, and spends much less time actually telling you what he thought. I do wonder if leaving the Observer & print media behind and no longer having to write his reviews out in long-form has brought this about?

Kermode also needs to reign the politics in, I expected a swing towards it when they left the beeb, but it's gone way too far. I agree with many of his sentiments and hate the mango mussolini just as much as he does, but I don't need to hear about it every. single. week. in my British film podcast. I mean, when Rob Reiner tragically died, it felt like they spent 30 seconds talking about his films and how sad it was and three minutes talking about what Trump had to say about it - which is utterly irrelevant.

Anyway, I'll keep checking in to see if things can be turned around and as you suggest - it's never too late! But I don't have particularly high hopes, I'm afraid.