Sol Harris is a producer, director, writer and podcaster. He is host of the film podcast "Diminishing Returns".

Writing

Harris worked with director, Oz Arshad, to develop the story and create the characters featured in ''

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'' before Arshad wrote the screenplay. Starting in 2017, Harris became a regular contributor to ''

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'' magazine. He has previously written about film and TV for the website WhatCulture.

Diminishing Returns podcast

In 2016, Harris launched the weekly film podcast, "Diminishing Returns", with co-hosts Calvin Dyson and Allen Turing. The show sees the hosts reviewing a film before pitching their own ideas for what the sequel should be. The show was inspired by Dyson's webseries, "My Weekly Bond", in which he reviewed one ''

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'' film a week. As friends and film-fans, Dyson had pushed Harris to watch the ''James Bond'' series, with Harris generally being unimpressed. They decided to build a podcast around their resulting discussions, with the podcast repeatedly returning to the ''James Bond'' franchise as a result. It has placed as highly as #3 in the UK TV & Film

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podcast chart.

''The Simpsons''

Sol achieved notoriety as a die-hard fan of ''

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'' after a chart he produced, showcasing the show's perceived decline, became popular. He had previously cited the show as a major influence on him. He has since appeared on a variety of radio shows as a "Simpsons expert", including appearances on Dermot and Dave and

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. Note, the episode broadcast on 11 November 2001 is " The Parent Rap".

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