British Invaders 77: Bonus Episode
This time, Brian is doing a bonus episode on his own. Listen to find out how he does!
The episode covers some new and upcoming audio releases from Big Finish and Textbook Stuff. There is also lots of feedback to cover (including a reference to WyndhamWeb). I finish up with a couple of announcements.
Promos include Bram Stoker – Dracula’s Guest & Other Dark Tales, Max Buffer’s Media Museum and Milk Carton TV.
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British Invaders 76: Dark Season (Part 2)
We now conclude our discussion of Dark Season. This 1991 BBC children’s series featured three children who investigated strange unusual events in their school. Listen to find out more about some of the things they encountered!
There are a few brief “fluttering” problems in the audio for Brian’s side of the conversation. I’m sorry about that.
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British Invaders 75: Dark Season (Part 1)
Dark Season was a 1991 BBC children’s series written and produced by Russell T Davies (who would go on to revive Doctor Who in 2005). The series featured three children who investigated strange happenings around their school. It dealt with new technology, ancient technology, mind control and unusual experiments. The cast included a very young Kate Winslet.
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British Invaders 74: H. G. Wells’ Invisible Man (Part 2)
H. G. Wells’ Invisible Man ran for two years in late 1950s. It showed the title character as a hero and a spy.
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British Invaders 73: H. G. Wells’ Invisible Man (Part 1)
H. G. Wells’ Invisible Man was a 1958 and 1959 ITV series. It reinvented the classic character as a hero and a spy. This series gave us lots of adventures and plenty of innovative “invisibility” effects!
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British Invaders 72: Oktober (Part 2)
Oktober was a 1998 medical sci-fi miniseries. It was a “man on the run” thriller that featured lots of European chase sequences. It was also a paranormal drama that dealt with the workings of dreams, life and death….
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British Invaders 71: Oktober (Part 1)
Oktober was a paranormal conspiracy thriller from 1998. Welcome to the strange world of medical technology where drugs can connect one mind to another and may even change the workings of life and death….
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British Invaders 70: The Year of the Sex Olympics (Part 2)
The 1968 telefilm The Year of the Sex Olympics was about the future of television. Nigel Kneale’s strange vision of the future may have predicted a television genre that would emerge nearly three decades later….
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British Invaders 69: The Year of the Sex Olympics (Part 1)
The Year of the Sex Olympics was a 1968 BBC teleplay about the future of television. It featured social commentary about 1960s youth culture and TV. It also had some dystopian elements in the Orwellian tradition….
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British Invaders 68: Edge of Darkness (Part 2)
We now continue our discussion about Edge of Darkness, the BBC thriller about a detective investigating his daughter’s murder. This 1985 mini-series deals with nuclear power and includes a few speculative fiction aspects.
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British Invaders 67: Edge of Darkness (Part 1)
Edge of Darkness was a 1985 BBC thriller about a detective investigating the murder of his own daughter. It deals with the shadowy corridors of power and the nuclear energy industry. Why are we covering this in a science fiction podcast? Listen and find out!
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British Invaders 66: Thunderbirds (Part 2)
Thunderbirds was a classic “Supermarionation” series from 1965 and 1966. International Rescue and the five Tracy brothers saved people in danger using the futuristic vehicles called Thunderbirds. This could only be a Gerry Anderson puppet show!
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British Invaders 65: Thunderbirds (Part 1)
Thunderbirds featured daring rescues by International Rescue, the five Tracy brothers and futuristic vehicles called Thunderbirds! Puppets were the stars of this Supermarionation series by Gerry Anderson. It was an ITV children’s series that first ran in 1965 and 1966.
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British Invaders 64: Bonus Episode
This is another bonus episode! We talk about online video distribution on Blinkbox, MSN, YouTube, YouTube, YouTube and YouTube. We discuss some new DVDs and audio productions that are on the way. We also talk about a mysterious Red Dwarf “tweet” and the various broadcasters in the UK.
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British Invaders 63: Bonus Episode
This is a Bonus Episode with lots of feedback from our listeners!
We mentioned these podcasts: The Scuttercast, Neverwhere on Waiting For The Trade
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British Invaders 62: Century Falls (Part 2)
This is the conclusion of our discussion of Century Falls, the spooky BBC children’s TV serial from 1993. What secrets hide in the village of Century Falls?
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British Invaders 61: Century Falls (Part 1)
Century Falls was spooky six part children’s TV serial that aired in 1993. Three teenagers arrive in a strange village where no children have been born in 40 years. What secrets does the village of Century Falls hold? What ominous plans are afoot? It was written by Russell T Davies (who would later bring Doctor Who back to TV).
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British Invaders 60: Nineteen Eighty-Four (Part 2)
Nineteen Eighty-Four is a classic novel by George Orwell. We now conclude our discussion of the 1954 BBC adaptation. Let’s look at more of the story and some of the extraordinary controversy that followed it.
The video of Nineteen Eighty-Four is available at archive.org:
http://www.archive.org/details/Meatpies_1984
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British Invaders 59: Nineteen Eighty-Four (Part 1)
Nineteen Eighty-Four is Nigel Kneale’s adaptation of the classic novel by George Orwell. Britain has become Airstrip One, society is manipulated and controlled, and Big Brother is Watching….
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British Invaders 58: M. R. James (Part 2)
M. R. James wrote classic spooky ghost stories. We now conclude our discussion of three television adaptations of stories by M. R. James. Last time, we looked at A Warning to the Curious (1972) and Casting the Runes (1979). Now, we are focusing on Whistle and I’ll Come to You (1968). We also look at some other M. R. James adaptations for television, radio and film.
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