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Just a Minute (BBC2)
It’s scarcely believable that it’s taken 45 years for the popular Radio 4 panel show to make the jump to television: so let’s start by pointing out that in fact it has graced the screen on a number of occasions … Continue reading
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Tagged Just a Minute, Nicholas Parsons, Paul Merton, Sue Perkins
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The Tales of Max Carrados (BBC Radio 4 Extra/Ladbroke Radio Production)
I like to think of myself as a fan of detective/crime fiction, and of classic crime fiction in particular, so I was rather startled and a little irked to find out about early 20th century character Max Carrados. He appeared … Continue reading
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Tagged arthur darvill, bbc radio 4 extra, crime, detective, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados
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The Shadow Over Innsmouth (BBC Radio 4 Extra / Ladbroke Productions)
Regular readers of this blog will know that I’ve waxed lyrical on a number of occasions now about a BBC Radio 4 Extra version of HP Lovecraft’s At The Mountains of Madness (ATMOM) last year. I was very excited therefore … Continue reading
The Boys from Brazil (BBC Radio 4 Extra)
I happened to pick up the paperback of Ira Levin’s The Boys From Brazil last week from HMV for the scandalously low price of £2, and was therefore rather interested to listen to a new Radio 4 Extra production of … Continue reading
Dr Who: Cobwebs (Big Finish Productions/BBC Radio 4 Extra)
During its wilderness years – after the BBC banished it from television after 1989 not to return until 2005 save for one TV movie that must never, ever be mentioned – Doctor Who was kept alive by a series of … Continue reading
At the Mountains of Madness – BBC Radio 4 Extra/ Spokenworld Audio
I’d better start off with a potentially sacrilegious confession: I’m not a fan of HP Lovecraft’s writing. To me, it comes across as wildly overblown purple prose that has aged really badly since it was originally written in the 1930s, … Continue reading
