We're back with a new co-host and an amazing new guest in the shape of the GIANT that is Brian Cox. Andy and Jon talk to Brian about making The Year of the Sex Olympics, how he was cast, why he remains so fond of something from the very beginning of his career, and the fact he'd really like to play Quatermass some day...
There's also an extended intro to meeting co-host Andy Murray, Nigel Kneale's biographer.
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1:13:51
BERGCAST– Episode 35 – Quatermass 70
This episode had an unavoidable delay, but it's worth it, as Jon talks in a round table with spooky dramaturges extraordinary Carrie Thompson and Chris Lincé of Hermetic Arts, the monstrously talented actor James Swanton and BERGCAST's friend and undisputed renaissance man Toby Hadoke about the 70th Anniversary recreation of The Quatermass Experiment that was held in Alexandra Palace in Autumn 2023.
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1:11:30
BERGCAST - Episode 34 - Things Recorded in the Walls, feat Brontë Schiltz
It's another episode with a genesis almost as troubled as our Quatermass Conclusion Conclusion. This time, Jon was unable to make our discussion with Gothic expert Brontë Schiltz last November at very short notice, so Howard went it alone for the first time. But then, a bunch of uncontrollable life circumstances leading to a massive upheaval meant that the recording languished in the walls of Howard's laptop for three months. We hope that you feel it's worth the wait, as we discuss the TV studio with horror in its walls, 70s pop pseudoscience and The Tiger Who Came to Tea, along with a whole lot else.
Find Brontë's links here.
It had to happen. It's time for us to deal with the One Nigel Kneale Thing We Don't Like: Kinvig.
Joining us is comedy writer and performer Gemma Arrowsmith, whose new show Gemma Arrowsmith's Sketched Out has just dropped on BBC Radio 4, and we talk about why the live studio audience is going to find it funnier than we do at home, the wild transformation of situation comedy in the 1980s, and whether sci-fi nerds really have that much of a crossover with UFO fans.
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1:04:24
BERGCAST – Episode 32 – Back to the Woman in Black
In this episode, we have the Woman in Black herself, Pauline Moran, who although unwell at the time, graciously agreed to talk to us about her career in rock music, Mike Leigh, clingfilm, auditioning for a role with no lines, and the shocking failure of the media industry to supply decent roles for older women in acting.
Oh, and yeah, did you know there was an Australian adaptation of The Quatermass Experiment? No? Neither did we. A word about that in the preamble.
Ireland