Lots of good stuff on BBC Radio 7 this week.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio7/programmes/schedules
Remember that the times listed don't mean anything, you can listen to each show for seven days, at any time you like.
Monday, January 11, 2010
The Darker Side of the Border: Olalla
5 days left to listen
2/3. Robert Louis Stevenson's mysterious tale of a soldier who falls in love while convalescing
Last Days of Shandakor
Episode 1
5 days left to listen
1/2. Space adventure set on Mars. The proud inhabitants of a dying city want to go out in style
The Recall Man : Doctor Joe Aston Investigates
6 days left to listen
1/4. A scientist is suspected of murdering her boss. Dr Joe Aston helps the police investigate.
Wyrd Sisters (Terry Pratchett)
Episode 2
6 days left to listen
2/4. Can the three witches save the baby heir to the throne and the crown? With Sheila Hancock.
Slipstream , by Simon Bovey
Into the Wolf's Lair
6 days left to listen
1/5. It's 1945. The Allies are certain to win the war. Then a strange aircraft is spotted.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
The Recall Man
Making Waves
7 days left to listen
2/4. When a man claims to have witnessed a murder, the police call in Dr Joe Aston.
Wyrd Sisters
Episode 3
7 days left to listen
3/4. A wife is on the warpath and after the three witches' blood. Stars Sheila Hancock.
Slipstream : The Eagle's Nest
7 days left to listen
2/5. Barton and his team head deep behind German lines, to track down a terrifying new weapon.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
The Recall Man
Over the Border
3/4. Dr Joe Aston helps police probe a taxi driver who's their only witness to a murder.
Wyrd Sisters
Episode 4
4/4. Lancre's new ruler teeters on the edge of madness and the witches set to work.
Slipstream
The Tomorrow World
3/5. Barton and the team have found what they've been looking for.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
The Recall Man
Stepping Out
4/4. Dr Aston feels threatened when a rival psychologist investigates a series of attacks.
Terry Pratchett's Guards! Guards!
Episode 1
1/6. Can a stolen library book lead to the reinvention of dragons? With Martin Jarvis.
Slipstream
This Island Earth
4/5. Things can't get much worse for Barton and his team. Or can they?
Friday, January 15, 2010
Terry Pratchett's Guards! Guards!
Episode 2
2/6. Could a long-extinct beast have carried out recent crimes? With Martin Jarvis.
Slipstream
Fight for the Future
5/5. Jurgen and Kate are desperate to get the weapon away before all is lost.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Herge's The Adventures of Tintin
Series 2, Episode 4
4/6. The rocket countdown is on for the intrepid boy reporter and his dog Snowy
The Scarifyers
The Devil of Denge Marsh, Episode 2
2/3. Lionheart and Dunning's battle with an old adversary leads them to a strange village.
A Dream of Armageddon
Episode 2
2/2. War is declared and the hero of HG Wells' anti-war story escapes with his wife.
Sunday, June 17, 2010
The Darker Side of the Border : The Brownie of the Black Haggs
3/3. Bossy Lady Wheelhope becomes strangely obsessed with a mysterious servant.
Last Days of Shandakor
Episode 2
2/2. Fear of his captors turns to admiration as Jon Ros learns more about this alien race.
Red Dwarf : Better Than Life, Episode 1
1/6. Lister, Cat and Rimmer waste away in a computer fantasy. Can mechanoid Kryten rescue them?
Showing posts with label Slipstream. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Slipstream. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Slipstream pt 2
Simon Bovey's "Slipstream" pt 2 "rockets" along (I hope that's a pun...mebbe "slips along" would be better?), after the slow-starting episode 1 where everyone had to be introduced and the "set-up" explained.
It's the Tuesday episode, but really, anyone in the States can now listen to eps 1, 2, 3 and 4 - just type in the next day in the URL line and it'll show it to you.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/tuesday/
I tried to listen to H.G. Wells' A Dream of Armageddon (1901), pt 1, yesterday, read by Robert Bathurst, but it was a bit too grim for my taste. However, I've recorded both it and pt 2 and will listen to it when I'm in a better mood, and review it in due course.
After Tuesday's Part 2 of "A Dream of Armageddon", there's about a 3- minute interview with Simon Bovey and producer Mark Beebe, about "Slipstream", so you can fast forward to the end of it to listen to that!
Also on Tuesday
The Adventures of Tintin
The Prisoners of the Sun: Professor Calculus is in grave danger. Who better than Tintin, Captain Haddock and Snowy to lead a rescue? Episode 2 of 6.
A Dream of Armageddon
War is declared and the hero of HG Wells' anti-war story escapes with his wife in an attempt to shield her from the horrors. Episode 2 of 2.
It's the Tuesday episode, but really, anyone in the States can now listen to eps 1, 2, 3 and 4 - just type in the next day in the URL line and it'll show it to you.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/tuesday/
I tried to listen to H.G. Wells' A Dream of Armageddon (1901), pt 1, yesterday, read by Robert Bathurst, but it was a bit too grim for my taste. However, I've recorded both it and pt 2 and will listen to it when I'm in a better mood, and review it in due course.
After Tuesday's Part 2 of "A Dream of Armageddon", there's about a 3- minute interview with Simon Bovey and producer Mark Beebe, about "Slipstream", so you can fast forward to the end of it to listen to that!
Also on Tuesday
The Adventures of Tintin
The Prisoners of the Sun: Professor Calculus is in grave danger. Who better than Tintin, Captain Haddock and Snowy to lead a rescue? Episode 2 of 6.
A Dream of Armageddon
War is declared and the hero of HG Wells' anti-war story escapes with his wife in an attempt to shield her from the horrors. Episode 2 of 2.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Simon Bovey's Slipstream
Simon Bovey's new 5-part radio serial, a WWII science fiction adventure, has begun on BBC Radio 7.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/monday/
I have just listened to the first episode...and... it's okay. A bit formulaic to start with.
It's nearing the end of the War, the Allies are assured of a win, then one night a British bombing raid suddenly loses over a hundred planes - destroyed by a single, silver, shimmering saucer-shaped aircraft. The British decide that they want to find this technology before the Americans and Russians do, and send a team of men - and one woman - into the heart of Germany to make off with the craft.
The head man in charge, Barton, is an unsympathetic character, the half-German/half-English pilot they bring along with them to fly the craft out is sympathetic, and the female scientist whom they bring along - for no real reason established, in my mind, except that there's going to be some kind of love interest perhaps... - is also sympathetic.
Although the personal relationships seem to be formulaic, knowing Bovey's work, the action itself is going to veer into the unexpected...
Here's the cast:
Major Barton: Tim McMullan
Jurgen (the pilot): Rory Kinnear
Kate Richie: Joanna Tincey
Teazle: Sam Pantalon
Dundas: Ben Crowe
Brigadier Erskine: Peter Marinko
Other parts played by: Simon Bovey, Alex Lanney-Peckin, Simon Treves, Lloyd Thomas
Directed by Mark Beebe
Slipstream
Into the Wolf's Lair: It's 1945. The Allies are certain to win the war. Then a strange aircraft is spotted. And nothing will ever be the same again.
Episode 1 of 5.
The Eagle's Nest: Barton and his team head deep behind German lines, to track down a terrifying new weapon. But things aren't going as planned. Episode 2 of 5.
The Tomorrow World: Barton and the team have found what they've been looking for. But no-one has ever seen anything like it before. Episode 3 of 5.
This Island Earth: With the Slipstream disabled and the Americans approaching, things can't get much worse for Barton and his team. Or can they? Episode 4 of 5.
Fight for the Future: Jurgen and Kate are desperate to get the Slipstream away before all is lost. But there are surprises in store for everyone. Episode 5 of 5.
Also on Monday
The Adventures of Tintin
The Seven Crystal Balls: When an expedition returns from Peru and all the participants fall mysteriously ill, there's only one person to call.
Episode 1 of 6.
A Dream of Armageddon
HG Wells creates a disturbing vision of the future with a powerful anti-war message. Episode 1 of 2.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/monday/
I have just listened to the first episode...and... it's okay. A bit formulaic to start with.
It's nearing the end of the War, the Allies are assured of a win, then one night a British bombing raid suddenly loses over a hundred planes - destroyed by a single, silver, shimmering saucer-shaped aircraft. The British decide that they want to find this technology before the Americans and Russians do, and send a team of men - and one woman - into the heart of Germany to make off with the craft.
The head man in charge, Barton, is an unsympathetic character, the half-German/half-English pilot they bring along with them to fly the craft out is sympathetic, and the female scientist whom they bring along - for no real reason established, in my mind, except that there's going to be some kind of love interest perhaps... - is also sympathetic.
Although the personal relationships seem to be formulaic, knowing Bovey's work, the action itself is going to veer into the unexpected...
Here's the cast:
Major Barton: Tim McMullan
Jurgen (the pilot): Rory Kinnear
Kate Richie: Joanna Tincey
Teazle: Sam Pantalon
Dundas: Ben Crowe
Brigadier Erskine: Peter Marinko
Other parts played by: Simon Bovey, Alex Lanney-Peckin, Simon Treves, Lloyd Thomas
Directed by Mark Beebe
Slipstream
Into the Wolf's Lair: It's 1945. The Allies are certain to win the war. Then a strange aircraft is spotted. And nothing will ever be the same again.
Episode 1 of 5.
The Eagle's Nest: Barton and his team head deep behind German lines, to track down a terrifying new weapon. But things aren't going as planned. Episode 2 of 5.
The Tomorrow World: Barton and the team have found what they've been looking for. But no-one has ever seen anything like it before. Episode 3 of 5.
This Island Earth: With the Slipstream disabled and the Americans approaching, things can't get much worse for Barton and his team. Or can they? Episode 4 of 5.
Fight for the Future: Jurgen and Kate are desperate to get the Slipstream away before all is lost. But there are surprises in store for everyone. Episode 5 of 5.
Also on Monday
The Adventures of Tintin
The Seven Crystal Balls: When an expedition returns from Peru and all the participants fall mysteriously ill, there's only one person to call.
Episode 1 of 6.
A Dream of Armageddon
HG Wells creates a disturbing vision of the future with a powerful anti-war message. Episode 1 of 2.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Simon Bovey's new SF thriller at BBC Radio 7
Simon Bovey is the scriptwriter for previous SF thrillers Cold Blood (Antarctic setting) and The Voice of God (Australia setting), (that'd be radio drama - the best kind!) and I interviewed him for the Thunder Child at Simon Bovey.
Now he's got a new radio series about to be broadcasts at BBC 7 from March 24-28, 2008: Slipstream
1945, the Allies’ victory is a forgone conclusion and everyone is fighting for a piece of the spoils. And then the UFOs are sighted.
On BBC7 - available on DAB or Freeview, Satellite or online.
Form Monday 24th March to Friday 28th.
6pm and repeated at Midnight.
Starring Rory Kinnear and Tim McMullan
Directed by Marc Beeby
Description of Cold Blood:
Cold Blood by Simon Bovey is a five-part sci-fi techno thriller. It was first broadcast on BBC7 in January 2005.
It is 2015 and an Antarctic research station is settling down for another winter - but this will be a winter like no other.
Episode 1 -- Freezerville
Nathaniel Taft is cast into the front line at the Antarctic base in Ellsworth. To survive the horror he must kill a friend.
Episode 2 -- Cold Heart
Taft confronts Bowers and puts him under house arrest, and they discover that their radio equipment has been sabotaged.
Episode 3 -- The Changing Man
Deb makes a frightening discovery in Bowers' journals.
Episode 4 -- Sanctuary No More
Revenge and madness stalk the corridors of Ellsworth base. Taft directs everyone to the garage to defend themselves against Bowers, and orders them to shoot him on sight.
Episode 5 - The Antarctican
The final battle -- and a strange new beginning. Anaya and Taft fight for their lives as Bowers stalks them across the Antarctic, can they stop him?
Description of The Voice of God
Fields Of Thunder --
A series of quakes rocks Australia. When Sam Rideout investigates, she stumbles into a nightmare of biblical proportions.
Silent Roar --
The enigmatic Colonel Walker persuades Sam and Joshua to help him in his deadly project.
Dreamtime Is Over --
Hoping to stop the quakes Sam and Joshua design a new cradle for the weapon. But their chances of success are being undermined.
Blowback --
Southern Australia has been devastated by an earthquake, and now Sam and Joshua have discovered that there is a spy on the base.
Can You Hear That? --
Walker plans to fire the Voice at Pine Gap, risking a global catastrophe. And Sam, Joshua and Nick are locked in the brig.
Now he's got a new radio series about to be broadcasts at BBC 7 from March 24-28, 2008: Slipstream
1945, the Allies’ victory is a forgone conclusion and everyone is fighting for a piece of the spoils. And then the UFOs are sighted.
On BBC7 - available on DAB or Freeview, Satellite or online.
Form Monday 24th March to Friday 28th.
6pm and repeated at Midnight.
Starring Rory Kinnear and Tim McMullan
Directed by Marc Beeby
Description of Cold Blood:
Cold Blood by Simon Bovey is a five-part sci-fi techno thriller. It was first broadcast on BBC7 in January 2005.
It is 2015 and an Antarctic research station is settling down for another winter - but this will be a winter like no other.
Episode 1 -- Freezerville
Nathaniel Taft is cast into the front line at the Antarctic base in Ellsworth. To survive the horror he must kill a friend.
Episode 2 -- Cold Heart
Taft confronts Bowers and puts him under house arrest, and they discover that their radio equipment has been sabotaged.
Episode 3 -- The Changing Man
Deb makes a frightening discovery in Bowers' journals.
Episode 4 -- Sanctuary No More
Revenge and madness stalk the corridors of Ellsworth base. Taft directs everyone to the garage to defend themselves against Bowers, and orders them to shoot him on sight.
Episode 5 - The Antarctican
The final battle -- and a strange new beginning. Anaya and Taft fight for their lives as Bowers stalks them across the Antarctic, can they stop him?
Description of The Voice of God
Fields Of Thunder --
A series of quakes rocks Australia. When Sam Rideout investigates, she stumbles into a nightmare of biblical proportions.
Silent Roar --
The enigmatic Colonel Walker persuades Sam and Joshua to help him in his deadly project.
Dreamtime Is Over --
Hoping to stop the quakes Sam and Joshua design a new cradle for the weapon. But their chances of success are being undermined.
Blowback --
Southern Australia has been devastated by an earthquake, and now Sam and Joshua have discovered that there is a spy on the base.
Can You Hear That? --
Walker plans to fire the Voice at Pine Gap, risking a global catastrophe. And Sam, Joshua and Nick are locked in the brig.
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