The Lord Of The Rings: The Aristocrats (ft. guests Simon Farnaby & Ben Gregor)

This week's Empire Podcast sees us clamber into the Magic Faraway Tree to talk with the writer and director, respectively, of the brand new Enid Blyton adaptation, Simon Farnaby and Ben Gregor, who tell Alex Godfrey all about how they branched out. Ahem. Either side of that, Chris Hewitt hosts Helen O'Hara, James Dyer, and Kobi Omenaka to discuss their favourite movie trees and competence porn; run their eye over the week's movie news, including the revelation that Stephen Colbert is co-writing a new Lord Of The Rings movie; and review Splitsville, They Will Kill You, and The Magic Faraway Tree. Enjoy!

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The Lord Of The Rings: The Aristocrats (ft. guests Simon Farnaby & Ben Gregor) is an episode from The Empire Film Podcast by Empire Magazine.

This episode is 01:20:52 long.

This episode was published on Mar 27, 2026.

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