Squeezing in a trio of radio appearances on 104.4 FM and elsewhere before Resonance FM runs a three week repeat schedule while the studio is refurbished, Alex Fitch is covering a variety of subjects over the weekend...
Clear Spot: Out of the Whoniverse
In an hour long show looking at the further adventures of companions and minor characters in Doctor Who episodes,
Alex Fitch talks to a selection of writers, actors and producers about two audio based spin-offs from a couple of 7th Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) adventures in particular:
The Minister of Chance which continues the story of a character from
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time,
and
Counter Measures which explores further alien and paranormal encounters dealt with by the supporting cast of Remembrance of the Daleks.
Actors interviewed in the show include Paul Darrow (
Blake's 7), Pamela Salem (Miss Moneypenny in
Never Say Never Again) and
Doctor Who audio regular John Banks, plus producers and directors Dan Freeman, David Richardson and Ken Bentley.
8pm, Friday 17th August, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at
www.resonancefm.com / podcasts after broadcast at
www.panelborders.wordpress.com
Jon Briggs Breakfast show: Caption and The Dandy
As part of Jon Briggs' Saturday morning breakfast show which runs from 6am - 9am,
Alex Fitch and Robin Etherington will be talking about this year's Caption Festival in Oxford and the sad demise of The Dandy comic in its 75th year. Robin wrote the strips
Yore and
Tag Team Tastic for
The Dandy in 2011 and is a regular contributor to The Phoenix comic, which he'll be discussing in person at Caption on Sunday 19th.
7.50am approx., Saturday 18th August, BBC Oxford 95.2 FM (Oxfordshire) /
streamed at
www.bbc.co.uk/bbcoxford /
'listen again' after broadcast at
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00wyw49 (until 24/08/12)
Panel Borders: Unleashing the Elephantmen
In the last of the current broadcast series of Panel Borders, which this month has been looking at anthropomorphic or 'funny animal' comics,
Alex Fitch talks to writer, editor and letterer Richard Starkings, and Ian Churchill, one of a rotating team of artists on Elephantmen, an American monthly comic (primarily created by Brits) about retired super-soldiers that are half animal, half human hybrids. Mixing the sci-fi / noir ambience of
Blade Runner with the anthropomorphic horrors of
The Island of Doctor Moreau, the comic has been serialised since 2003 and in this episode, recorded in front of an audience at last year's Bristol Small Press Expo, Alex talks to Richard and Ian about the origins of the title, Richard's move to America as a creator and Ian's own creator owned title,
Marineman, which first appeared as a back-up strip in
Elephantmen #25.
(The next podcast episode of Panel Borders will be online 26/08/12 and next broadcast on Resonance on 16/09/12)
8pm, Sunday 19th August, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at
www.resonancefm.com / extended podcast after broadcast at
www.panelborders.wordpress.com
The Pod Delusion episode 150!
