In the first episode of a new series where we look at the impact of kaiju throughout the world, we kick things off in the United Kingdom!

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Timestamps —
Intro - 0:00
How Did You Discover Godzilla? - 1:04
The Early Years - 3:45
The 70s and 80s - 9:10
The 90s and 00s - 11:25
The Kaiju Renaissance - 14:11

FURTHER READING/VIEWING/LISTENING:
• Kaijusaurus Podcast: https://www.breaker.audio/kaijusaurus...
• Biorante: https://biorante.co.uk
• Hamish Steele official site: https://hamishsteele.co.uk/
• UK Kaiju Convention official site: http://ukkaiju.com/
• Excerpt from Mark Kermode's essay "The British Censors and Horror Cinema": https://books.google.com/books?id=H21...
• Monsters from an Unknown Culture: Godzilla (and Friends) in Britain 1957-1980: http://www.smguariento.com/monsters-f...
• Gorgo on Mystery Science Theater 3000:    • Video  
Read Charlton's Gorgo and Konga comics at Comic Book Plus: https://comicbookplus.com/?cid=764, https://comicbookplus.com/?cid=765
• Read "The Voice in the Night" by William Hope Hodgson: http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/20...
• Nessie mentioned in A History of Horrors: The Rise and Fall of the House of Hammer by Denis Meikle and Christopher T. Koetting (page 221): https://books.google.com/books?id=80b...
• Nessie: The Kaiju That Hammer Locked Away panel at G-Fest XXVI:    • G Fest XXVI Nessie: The Kaiju that Ha...  
https://maserpatrol.files.wordpress.c...
• DeadLoch (Nessie episode of Godzilla: The Series):    • GODZILLA®: The Series S1E11 - DeadLoch  
• Queen Kong:    • Queen Kong - Full Movie  
• Footage pertaining to the Video Recordings Act 1984 comes from the documentaries Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape and Video Nasties: Draconian Days, available to stream on Shudder.
• Godzilla 1985 BBFC case study: https://bbfc.co.uk/case-studies/godzi...
• Ted Thomas interviews and voice reel: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xmxy3e • https://vantagepointinterviews.com/20... •    • Ted Thomas, Legendary Hong Kong Voice...  
• Investigations into the Sandy Frank dubbers: https://dubbing.fandom.com/wiki/Gamera, https://forrestcrow.proboards.com/thr...
• Soundtrack for the UK Special Edition of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe:    • Video  
• Retyped SFX article on the UK Special Edition of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe: http://www.scifijapan.com/forum/viewt...
• BBC Godzilla, King of the Monsters documentary:    • BBC Godzilla Documentary TX Master (1...  
• Steven Sloss's Shin Godzilla article for the Glasgow Film Festival: https://kaijusaurus.tumblr.com/post/1...

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