Twenty seven episodes, right here in twenty-seventeen! It starts in respectable territory, as Nick read lost-classic adult-comic Miracleman by Alan Moore (credited here as "The Original Writer", because that's how the guy rolls), Gary Leach, Alan Davis and co, while Alastair followed the Oscar nominations with interest. Such interest, in fact, that we stop for a longer chat about them (5:16).

It's a smooth transition from there to a full review of hot Oscar favourite La La Land (12:06), and then on to the new Netflix adaptation of Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events (26:12), a show with a thoroughly excellent theme tune. (Don't worry, we've included a clip.)

Thirdly, and a small jump away from the rest, we've heard 11 Short Stories Of Pain & Glory (38:54), the new album from the Dropkick Murphys. Is it too screamy for Nick, or can he withstand it?

Finally, we cover Richard III (45:35) - specifically the 1995 Richard Loncraine movie starring Ian McKellen. It's certainly got points to make about fascism rising in the Western world, which may or may not be interesting given recent news events.

Episode twenty-six in the Moderate Fantasy Violence house! Unusually, Nick has read a book (namely The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell), while Alastair stares at the new Dirk Gently show on Netflix.

Meanwhile, in this award-movie season, two trips to the movies this fortnight: first, Team MFV saw Silence (5:59), a new serious historical movie about priests from Martin Scorsese, and then A Monster Calls (21:03), an adaptation of the YA novel by Patrick Ness.

Then back to Sherlock (31:55) for the second episode running - perhaps the last one ever - for a chat about the final two episodes of series four.

Lastly, Alastair has recommended Nick one of his favourite albums: Levelling The Land by The Levellers (50:18). Will it cause him to level up?

Twenty-fifth podcast - would be a giant-sized special if this were a 90s comic! (Yes, Nick writes these blurbs, how did you guess?) Nick and Alastair are back from the holiday season to talk about things they've seen on their travels, such as Revolting Rhymes, The Eagle Huntress and Inside Number Nine!

In our first Steven-Moffat-run TV show of the fortnight, we're covering the start of Sherlock series 4 (5:02), as we ask: how much crime is enough? Full spoilers here, by the way.

Whereas we're a bit more sparing with the spoils in our talk about The OA (21:36), a strange new Netflix sci-fi mystery - detail-free thoughts for a while, finally plunging into total ending details at 34:31. Then back to Moffatland for the Doctor Who Christmas special (44:15) - fortunately, we're releasing this on the twelfth day of Christmas so narrowly avoid suffering a curse.

Lastly, back in MFV #23, Nick recommended Alastair the first volume of JLA by Grant Morrison and Howard Porter (55:05) - will this straight action-superhero comic be a step too far?