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Presenter, author and actor Stacey Dooley has a booking this week, and she's expecting fuss, fuss, fuss. Stacey Dooley's new book ‘Dear Minnie' published by BBC Books. Buy it here. Stacey is also starring in the touring production of ‘2:22: A Ghost Story'. For dates and tickets go to 222aghoststory.com Follow Stacey on Instagram @sjdooley Off Menu is a comedy podcast hosted by Ed Gamble and James Acaster.Produced, recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Video production by Megan McCarthy for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on the show.Watch Ed and James's YouTube series 'Just Puddings'. Watch here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, we're diving into the 2001 BBC Books Eighth Doctor novel, Father Time. Following on from our recent synopsis episode, this is the main event: a full discussion of the novel—what works, what doesn't, and how it fits into the broader Eighth Doctor era. We also explore the plot, the tone, and some standout characters, including the Doctor's daughter, Miranda! Before all that, we kick things off with the usual mix of news and short topics you've come to expect. Then, after the book chat, we open the mailbag for a bumper listener feedback section—nearly 25 minutes of your thoughts, theories, and reactions. Our listeners are the best. And if you enjoy our musical moments, don't skip the end! Inspired by some of that listener feedback, we play a very special song after the closing credits—one that was nearly lost to time after its chance to appear in a recent episode of Gin & TARDIS came and went. Contact us: X / Twitter: @theDWshow Bluesky: @thedwshow.net Facebook: facebook.com/theDWshow Email: hello@theDWshow.net

This episode is a full synopsis of the 2001 BBC Books Eighth Doctor novel, Father Time. Given the book's age—almost 25 years old—we know many listeners might not have read it recently, or perhaps ever. So we're here to help! With Father Time being discussed on Sunday's main show, this episode isn't a discussion itself, but a chapter-by-chapter breakdown of the novel's events—perfect for refreshing your memory or getting up to speed before the conversation. Contact us: X / Twitter: @theDWshow Bluesky: @thedwshow.net Facebook: facebook.com/theDWshow Email: hello@theDWshow.net

We're putting The Story of Martha under the microscope today. This was an unusual release at the time from BBC Books, as it was an anthology, with a framing device written by Dan Abnett. David Roden, Steve Lockley and Paul Lewis, Robert Shearman and Simon Jowett write the stories presented. Featuring the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones, we today speak to Dan, Steve, Paul and Simon about their work on this book.

Our book club listening takes us into the era of the Thirteenth Doctor, for just the third time. We've previously featured David Solomons's novels, which were aimed at younger readers, so this is our first dip into the run of three BBC Books. We speak to Steve Cole about writing Combat Magicks, and returning to the post of project editor on the Doctor Who novels.

The Fifteenth Doctor is back in an all-new adventure - and we're not talking about Joy to the World (yet!). Today, we take a look at the latest original novel from BBC Books, Eden Rebellion, and speak to author Abi Falase about their first Doctor Who work. We've also got an excerpt from the audiobook, read by Genesis Lynea.

Send us a textIn this latests episode of Too Hot For TV Dylan is joined by Jon Arnold to discuss 2 stories by Nick Briggs. First up it's the eleventh Doctor novel 'The Dalek Generation' from BBC books, then its the third & second Doctor story 'The Annihilators' from Big Finish. And as always our hosts answers the burning questions: Who is a Tory bullshitter? Can something be 5/5 if you have not read it?When did all mom's have a thing for Peter Davison? 

Joe, Luke & Dylan; 'Nothing but filthy rags!' Are things too good to be true for the intrepid trio as they head into Morphoton City and offered all manner of splendid food, BBV videos and BBC Books?

Today's guest is truly beloved figure in British television - someone who many of us feel we already know so well - Monty Don. For over two decades, Monty has been the heart and soul of BBC's Gardeners' World, inspiring millions to embrace the joys and therapeutic benefits of gardening. His connection to nature has taken him all over the globe, all in search of the profound ways that different cultures engage with the land. Alongside Gardeners' World, Monty has brought us stunning travel series like Around the World in 80 Gardens, Monty Don's Italian Gardens, Adriatic Gardens and most recently, Spanish Gardens. This latest series, which is accompanied by a beautiful book, delves into the country's breathtaking historic and contemporary landscapes, from Moorish-inspired patios to vibrant urban greens paces, revealing the depth and diversity of Spanish garden design.It was also fascinating to hear about Monty's journey to TV stardom, and how he had a completely different and hugely successful career in the fashion world, before, somewhat by chance, getting a new break into gardening and TV.From the gardens that stole his heart to the wild landscapes that left a lasting impression, here are Monty's travel diaries.Destination Recap:Leominster, Herefordshire, EnglandThe Black Mountains, WalesHydra, Greece Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England Mevagissey, Cornwall Provence, FranceLondon, EnglandAnnapurna, Nepal Native Tree Fern Forests, New ZealandThe Amazon Rainforest, BrazilIranChileJapanSummer Palace, Beijing, China Galicia, SpainNinfa Gardens, ItalyWollerton Hall, Shropshire, EnglandFinland through Eastern Europe to TriesteSpanish Gardens by Monty Don and Derry Moore, BBC Books, £39.99 out now.*COMPETITION* Head to my Instagram, @hollyrubenstein, for a chance to win a 3 night full board stay at one of the Maldives' most luxurious hotels, Kuda Villingili. Good Luck!With thanks to Skyscanner - The full travel trends 2025 report is available on Skyscanner app/site and of course you can always look for your 2025 trip whether it's flights, hotels or car hire on Skyscanner too.And to Airbnb - Your home could be worth more than you think. Find out how much at Airbnb.co.uk/host. Thanks so much for listening today. If you'd like to hear more from the podcast don't forget to hit subscribe, or if you use Apple Podcasts to press follow so that a new episode lands in your podcast app each week. If you want to be the first find out who is joining me on next week's episode come and follow me on Instagram I'm @hollyrubenstein, and you'll also find me on TikTok - I'd love to hear from you.And if you can't want until then remember there's the first 12 seasons to catch up on, that's over 125 episodes to keep you busy there. Don't forget that all the destinations mentioned by my guests are included in the episode show notes here on your podcast app, and listed on my website, thetraveldiariespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did you know that there's a lost Ninth Doctor adventure from BBC Books? Mike Tucker was originally scheduled to write it, but a clash with other work meant it was shelved. However, it was resurrected for the 2-in-1 book range, with the Doctor, Amy and Rory, rather than Rose and Jack. Mike tells us all about it!

It's Halloween week, and we're getting into the spooky and scary mood with a Third Doctor PDA. We're looking at Rags, released by BBC Books in March 2001, and gained itself a reputation for its high horror content. We chat with author Mickey Lewis, and find out what Doctor Who Magazine had to say about this book that's full of horrific moments.

Rick Stein is one of Britain's best-loved chefs. He's also a highly successful businessman, restaurateur, writer and TV presenter, who has single-handedly put Padstow on the map. HIs warm, down-to-earth manner and infectious curiosity about food have made him a star. What you may not know is that, surprise surprise, he and Gyles know each other - they were actually at Oxford University together in the 60s. But Rick's route to Oxford was highly unconventional, and in this conversation he tells Gyles about his lack of academic success, the death of his father, his two years spent travelling and "running away to sea" and his eventual return to university and subsequent start in the restaurant trade. Rick's new book, Rick Stein's Food Stories, is out now, published by BBC Books. It's inspired by Rick's travels around the UK and is a very nice Christmas present! Thank you to Rick for this great conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Holmwood Foundation is a bi-weekly Found Footage Horror-Fiction Podcast created by Fio Trethewey (Big Finish: Gallifrey War Room, 18th Wall Productions) and Georgia Cook (Big Finish: The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles, Gallifrey War Room, BBC Books, The Dracula Daily Sketch Collection). It is a modern day sequel to the gothic novel Dracula.   In The Holmwood Foundation, We follow Maddie Townsend (Rebecca Root) and Jeremy Larkin (Seán Carlsen), two co-workers at the Holmwood Foundation: a secret organisation that has been maintaining and studying the remains of Count Dracula over the last 130 years, as they are possessed by the ghosts of Jonathan and Mina Harker, and embark on a road trip across the country in an effort to achieve the Harker's wish: stop Dracula once and for all. This is a story about identity and self discovery, family loyalty and devotion, wrapped around a nightmare of a road trip with a rejuvenating severed head, incredibly sincere Victorian ghosts, and an analogue recorder. The Holmwood Foundation is crowdfunding on Kickstarter now! Support them at kickstarter.com/projects/georgiacook/the-holmwood-foundation Episode 1 transcript here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We join the Doctor, Amy and Rory as they crash through time, quite literally, after an encounter with damaged robot. What could be more Steven Moffat, than finding an artificial life form in the Thames, which has been there since the Victorian era, and it then saying: "Doctor"? That's how George Mann's Paradox Lost begins, and he tells us about how this book really helped to kick off his writing career, which has taken him to do more Doctor Who with BBC Books, Titan, Big Finish - and Star Wars! George has a new book in the Star Wars: High Republic series, Tears of the Nameless, released on 24 September this year - we recommend you give it a read!

Thanks to the lovely folk at BBC Books we were lucky to get our hands on a MASSIVE haul of brand new Doctor Who Target books AND the debut novel by Bonnie Langford: Death in the Stars.Geoff was busy on Horsham Film Festival duties but Paul decided to take Bonnie's book away with him on holiday so he could read it on the beach. Which he did!As anyone who's listened to us before will know, Paul is very particular with his books, and arguably way too obsessed with 'science' for a show which features a magic police box and aliens who can regularly change their form when they get killed. However, he is a massive fan of Target novels - often dropping into misty-eyed nostalgia as soon as anyone mentions "The Auton Invasion" or "Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster". So what did he think of this brand new original novel written by Bonnie who played the novel's main character, ex Doctor Who companion of the 1980s (recently returned to New-Who) Ms Melanie Bush?Has Paul fully exorcised his demons since first watching Terror of the Vervoids?What did he think of Mel and Glitz's relationship?What does Lord of the Flies have to do with any of this?Is there any 'hard science' among the shenanigans of Death in the Stars to keep him happy?And how many cups of tea out of five has he awarded the book?Listen up to find out the answers to all these questions and more!Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast!Support the show Subscribe to Who Corner to Corner on your podcast app to make sure you don't miss an episode! Now available to watch on YouTube! Join the Doctor Who chat with us and other fans on Twitter and Facebook! Visit the Who Corner to Corner website and see our back catalogue of episodes! Enjoying what we do? Consider joining our Explorers Subscription plan for more content! Who Corner to Corner: Great guests and 100% positive Doctor Who chat!

Our look at the Virgin Missing Adventures concludes (logically!) with an Eighth Doctor Adventure from BBC Books. Well, we couldn't not do another book with a classic Doctor, so here Kenny and Matt discuss this novel. And we have an exclusive chat with author Lloyd Rose, down the phoneline from America!

We need more adventures with the Doctor and Ruby! So, we've read Ruby Red, the new BBC Book featuring our time travelling heroes. And, in true Unleashed Confidential Work Experience style, we chat with the people who brought the story to life, with editor Steve Cole, and author Georgia Cook.

My guest this week is Steve Cole, a bestselling children's author of more than 200 books.  Those books cover many styles and children's genres, with titles including the Astrosaurs and Young Bond ranges, Go to Sleep or I Let Loose the Leopard, and most recently, Drowning in my Bedroom. Steve is also the creative consultant for BBC Books' Doctor Who list, as well as project editing and writing titles. Steve and I talk about how TV influenced him as a child, beginning his career in editing, how he moved into writing—and how his editing background influences his writing—and more. Read this week's post, The World is Your Creative Fuel, here.   Episode breakdown: 00:00 Introduction 01:56 Creative child, loved words, invented imaginative worlds. 05:24 Teacher encouraged imaginative storytelling. 07:39 Writing became unexpected career path. 10:43 Fascination with Incredible Hulk, from production to details. 15:05 Influential writer Enid Blyton's office and typewriter. 16:59 Published short poems on aliens in space. 22:35 Manage 22 novels, videos, audios, and more for BBC Doctor Who range. 25:18 Transitioned from editing to writing children's books. 29:53 Managing editor at Ladybird, facing challenges. 32:13 Writing books on various popular children's shows. 36:48 Pitch: "Star Trek with dinosaurs. Instant publisher interest." 40:21 Authors be clever, editors be wise. 41:57 Juggling edits for US and UK publishers. 47:38 Doctor Who authors now pursue other endeavors. 50:06 Editing for renowned authors was thrilling and intimidating.   Check out the full show notes (now including transcripts!!) at fycuriosity.com, and connect with me and fellow creatives on Substack. Please leave a review for this episode—it's really easy and will only take a minute, and it really helps me reach new listeners. Thanks! If you enjoyed our conversation, I hope you'll share it with a friend. Want more? Here are handy playlists with all my previous interviews with guests in Doctor Who and writing.  

Hello Whovians, Werewolves and Whizzkids!Today we are joined are joined by a true LEGEND of classic Doctor Who - none other than 1980s Script Editor ANDREW CARTMEL!Together with a pool of new, talented writers such as Ian Briggs, Marc Platt and Ben Aaranovitch - and with support from Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred and (most of the time) producer John Nathan-Turner - Andrew ushered in a whole new era for Doctor Who which saw the show turning towards thematically more layered and characterful stories  such as Dragonfire, Remembrance of the Daleks, The Curse of Fenric and Ghost Light to name just a few.For co-host Geoff, these stories formed his earliest experience of Doctor Who and for Paul, they ensured that his Doctor Who fan-card was stamped with permanent platinum status.Since Doctor Who was 'rested' in 1989 Andrew has written novels for Virgin's New Adventures and BBC Books, audio stories for Big Finish and become a successful playwright and novelist, creating the VINYL DETECTIVE series of books and, lately, the new PAPERBACK SLEUTH series, the second of which, ASHRAM ASSASSIN launches about the same time as this podcast.We caught up with Andrew to talk about his new books and all things Doctor Who in a truly EPIC interview! So settle down, grab a bowl of unlimited rice pudding, slip on some vinyl and tune in before your tea gets cold.Listen up as we discuss:How Andrew got the jobWorking with JNTPip & Jane Baker (forgiven?)Hunting BenThe 'Doctor Who Flowchart'Sylv and SophieCelebrity CastingHow The Curse of Fenric should've been editedSurvivalThe last days of Doctor WhoThe Vinyl DetectiveThe Paperback Sleuth CordeliaAndrew's new playAnd much MUCH more!Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast!Support the Show. Subscribe to Who Corner to Corner on your podcast app to make sure you don't miss an episode! Now available to watch on YouTube! Join the Doctor Who chat with us and other fans on Twitter and Facebook! Visit the Who Corner to Corner website and see our back catalogue of episodes! Enjoying what we do? Consider joining our Explorers Subscription plan for more content! Who Corner to Corner: Great guests and 100% positive Doctor Who chat!

Subscriber-only episodeHello Whovians, Werewolves and Whizzkids!Today we are joined are joined by a true LEGEND of classic Doctor Who - none other than 1980s Script Editor ANDREW CARTMEL!Together with a pool of new, talented writers such as Ian Briggs, Marc Platt and Ben Aaranovitch - and with support from Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred and (most of the time) producer John Nathan-Turner - Andrew ushered in a whole new era for Doctor Who which saw the show turning towards thematically more layered and characterful stories  such as Dragonfire, Remembrance of the Daleks, The Curse of Fenric and Ghost Light to name just a few.For co-host Geoff, these stories formed his earliest experience of Doctor Who and for Paul, they ensured that his Doctor Who fan-card was stamped with permanent platinum status.Since Doctor Who was 'rested' in 1989 Andrew has written novels for Virgin's New Adventures and BBC Books, audio stories for Big Finish and become a successful playwright and novelist, creating the VINYL DETECTIVE series of books and, lately, the new PAPERBACK SLEUTH series, the second of which, ASHRAM ASSASSIN launches about the same time as this podcast.We caught up with Andrew to talk about his new books and all things Doctor Who in a truly EPIC interview! So settle down, grab a bowl of unlimited rice pudding, slip on some vinyl and tune in before your tea gets cold.Listen up as we discuss:How Andrew got the jobWorking with JNTPip & Jane Baker (forgiven?)Hunting BenThe 'Doctor Who Flowchart'Sylv and SophieCelebrity CastingHow The Curse of Fenric should've been editedSurvivalThe last days of Doctor WhoThe Vinyl DetectiveThe Paperback Sleuth CordeliaAndrew's new playAnd much MUCH more!Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! Subscribe to Who Corner to Corner on your podcast app to make sure you don't miss an episode! Now available to watch on YouTube! Join the Doctor Who chat with us and other fans on Twitter and Facebook! Visit the Who Corner to Corner website and see our back catalogue of episodes! Enjoying what we do? Consider joining our Explorers Subscription plan for more content! Who Corner to Corner: Great guests and 100% positive Doctor Who chat!

It's the penultimate episode of Doctor Who Season 1 and the mysteries are piling up in UNIT HQ! Who or what is Susan Twist? What about the cloaked lady who may or may not be Ruby's mum? Why in the name of all the gods in the pantheon is Sutekh causing trouble and blinged out in Disney finery? The Three Who Rule don't have the answers but they do have baseless speculation and a bunch of irrelevant Classic Who references to tide us over until next week! Plus some book and comic and Big Finish stuff but let's be real…..SUTEKH'S BACK!  Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Magna Carta Day Review: Doctor Who S1E07 “The Legend of Ruby Sunday” Reminder: A new Tales of the TARDIS episode airing on BBC Four on June 20 Doctor Who: Print The Legend now available BBC Books to publish four Target Doctor Who novels featuring the Fifteenth Doctor Doctor Who: The Official Guide coming August 15 Doctor Who: Annual 2025 coming September 5 Doctor Who: Fifteen Doctors 15 Stories coming September 19 Cutaway Comics Paradise Towers: Volume 1: Paradise Found graphic novel due Oct 30 Cutaway Comics Lytton: Volume 1 graphic novel due Oct 30 Big Finish: Doctor Who – Conspiracy of Raven due July 2024 Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Susan's War: Family Ties due August 2024 Next Time: “Empire of Death”, Saturday, June 22 at 640pm on BBC One

This episode of Pieces of Eighth takes us to Sweden... and there's not a Muppet chef in sight. We discuss this 1990s take on UNIT, and are joined by editor Steve Cole and writer Nick Walters, as we discuss the 22nd Eighth Doctor novel from the BBC Book. Kenny and Matt also discuss the DWM review of Dominion.

We're back - at long last - for a brand new season of episodes. Kenny is joined by Matt Michael for this run of 18 episodes, as we take a look back at the Eighth Doctor novels from BBC Books, starting with the arrival of Fitz Kreiner in Doctor Who and the Taint. We've got lots of new content for you - the original character outline, his DWM reveal, plus what the DWM review said at the time, as well as chats with author Michael Collier (COUGH, COUGH), editor Steve Cole, and Rebecca Levene, who helped to co-create Fitz. Our new series starts here...

IF THIS book was an episode of Friends, it would be "The one Where the Doctor and Jo get their heads shaved on the cover". Today, we venture into BBC Books territory and head to 2002, for The Suns of Caresh. We chat with author Paul Saint (Paul Beardsley being his real name), to discuss this novel. He's also got a new book out, published by Neosome, and can be bought online or directly from www.neosome.com, with signed copies available.

The Twelfth Doctor is back in this special novella from BBC Books. We chat with author Tasha Suri about her entry from the Decades Collection, The Cradle, which is set during the 70s. Tasha was previously tied up in deadlines when our previous episode on the Decades Collection was being prepared, but she's with us now for a fascinating insight into writing this rather fab novella. Don't be a pudding brain - read it!

Lance talks about how different it was working with BBC Books, and regales us with stories of the writing of The Infinity Doctors and Father Time and also a valuable insight into writing for television and what books make money, and what books don't.

Novel Experiences - the Doctor Who convention that Dave and Kenny just won't shut up about - is back! Reeltime Pictures have just released a DVD featuring many of the writers who attended the Whoovers' convention in Derby in May last year - and it even features our own Kenny as an alleged book 'expert'. Our dynamic duo watched the two DVDs, covering the Virgin ranges and BBC Books, and give their thoughts on them, as well as having a chat with producer Keith Barnfather.

Attention all I, Claudius cosplayers, stand ready! Sir Derek Jacobi is headlining Gallifrey One in February, so get all your Brother Cadfael questions prepared ahead of time! Also, there's a surfeit of Ncuti Gatwa content for you to enjoy as we hurtle toward The Church on Ruby Road! The aforementioned episode also has a Target book, of which we have more exciting news on several fronts, and for all you transaction enthusiasts, a…series of auctions including one with Jon Pertwee? Listen and learn! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Sir Derek Jacobi Headlines Gallifrey One Ncuti Gatwa guested on The Graham Norton Show on December 15 Ncuti Gatwa interviewed by Lizo Mzimba Preview clip from “The Church on Ruby Road” Doctor Who takeover on Blue Peter Blue Peter: Behind the scenes at NEW Doctor Who with Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson and Russell T Davies The Church on Ruby Road teaser from Disney+ The Church on Ruby Road media screening Ncuti Gatwa's New Sonic Screwdriver The Goblin Song – Official Lyric Video Millie Gibson interviewed by Paul Kirkley in Waitrose Weekend Profile on Painting Practice about their work on the 60th Anniversary Specials The Giggle BBC One overnights 4.62M, AI 85 Wild Blue Yonder final BBC One viewing figures 7.14M, 9th on UK TV for the week Ncuti Gatwa appearance on Zoe Ball's BBC Radio 2 show on December 13 The Giggle Target novelisation extract The Church on Ruby Road Blu-Ray/DVD preorder available BBC Books to publish novelisation of ‘The Church on Ruby Road' on January 25 The Church on Ruby Road novelization audio CD due Feb 29 Target Books 10 book collection released Nov 29 Children of the Circus novelization from Oak Tree Books released Dec 14 Magic the Gathering DW 60th anniversary cards due Apr 26 Imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me airing December 18 at 10:40pm on BBC One Reeltime Pictures Reverse the Polarity Starring Jon Pertwee

Today, we put one of the most popular and highly-rated BBC Books under the microscope. Dave and Kenny take a look at 2009's Prisoner of the Daleks, released during the 'specials' year, before David Tennant departed as the Doctor. We chat with author Trevor Baxendale - with a guest appearance from Graham O'Brien himself, Bradley Walsh!

In this episode of WHO CORNER TO CORNER, we're joined by not one, but two Doctor Who writing luminaries - Peter Anghelides and Simon Guerrier!The duo join us to talk about their new book The Daily Doctor, an inspirational page-a-day guide to life gleaned from those moments of Doctor Who in which we learned to appreciate the small things as much as the big things, and know exactly when to run. We also discuss Big Finish, Blake's 7, the Eighth Doctor novels, working with Tom Baker, the importance of spreadsheets and (unafraid to waste the opportunity of a good plug) Simon gives us not only an exclusive look at the forthcoming  60th anniversary coffee table book Whotopia but also some some insight into his soon-to-be-released David Whitaker biopic which investigates the life and work of Doctor Who's very first story editor!All this and Geoff makes a hash of the authors' surnames (to his eternal shame), literally just seconds after asking them both how they should be pronounced!Support the show Subscribe to Who Corner to Corner on your podcast app to make sure you don't miss an episode! Now available to watch on YouTube! Join the Doctor Who chat with us and other fans on Twitter and Facebook! Visit the Who Corner to Corner website and see our back catalogue of episodes! Enjoying what we do? Consider joining our Explorers Subscription plan for more content! Who Corner to Corner: Great guests and 100% positive Doctor Who chat!

Tom Hagler in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.waterstones.com/book/bowie-at-the-bbc/david-bowie/tom-hagler/9781802796209 Bowie at Thee BBC - A Life in Interviews The life of an icon, in his own words. David Bowie had a unique relationship with the BBC, making more appearances on 'the beeb' than any other broadcaster throughout his career. An anonymous pre-fame teenager, a blossoming starlet, a white-hot rock star and a veritable elder statesman of pop: the BBC had the inside scoop on it all. In this fascinating collection of BBC television and radio transcripts, Bowie's life story is told in his own words, across more than 35 appearances spanning over forty years. Each provides an illuminating snapshot of moments in a remarkable career. But read together, they offer a completely new take on Bowie himself, a first-person look at the rise and rise of a star. Compiled and guided by David Bowie expert and BBC journalist Tom Hagler, Bowie at the BBC is the complete story of an incredible life lived on the airwaves.

EPISODE 1676: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Anna Funder, author of WIFEDOM, about George Orwell's "invisible wife" Eileen O'Shaughnessy, Orwell's homosexuality, and patriarchy as doublethink ANNA FUNDER is the author of Stasiland and All That I Am, and the novella The Girl with the Dogs. Stasiland, hailed as a ‘classic', tells true stories of ordinary people who heroically resisted the communist dictatorship of East Germany, and of others who worked for the Stasi. In 2004 Stasiland won the UK's premier award for non-fiction, the Samuel Johnson Prize, and was a finalist for many other awards. Anna's novel All That I Am is an homage to four German anti-Hitler activists living bravely but precariously in exile in London in the 1930s. All That I Am won many literary awards including Australia's most prestigious, the Miles Franklin Prize, and was a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Award and the Commonwealth Writers Prize. It spent over a year on the bestseller lists, was BBC Book of the Week and Book at Bedtime, and The Times Book of the Month. Both books are international bestsellers, published in over twenty-four countries. Originally trained as an international human rights lawyer, Anna is a former DAAD Fellow in Berlin, Australia Council Fellow, and Rockefeller Foundation Fellow. She has lived in Paris, Berlin, and Brooklyn, and now lives in Sydney, Australia. Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Too Hot For TV is back for a fourth season, with more niche Doctor Who spin offery from decades gone by. In the first episode Dylan is joined by Joe Ford of 'A Hamster With A Blunt Pen Knife' . First they look at the BBC Books eighth Doctor adventure 'The Tomorrow Windows'  written by Jonathan Morris. Then they return to Telos in the Big Finish Fourth Doctor story 'Return to Telos' written and directed by Nicholas Briggs. And as always answer these burning questions: What links Huw Edwards and Rolf Harris?...no, not that! What is that muck all over Jamies kilt? What made Ken Livingstone explode all over the Tate Modern? 

The Classic Companion Reunion Victory Tour as one Melanie Bush aka Bonnie Langford is set to join Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor Who for an adventure in space and/or time next year! Doom has also started experiencing their first of twenty-four hours of mayhem and of course we have the Timelash to entertain you with ad-hoc takes of time gone by. But more importantly, we have Gav Rymill of the Terry Nation Army in a return interview about his fantastic fan series of videos about Skaro's crankiest denizens! Set aside a few rels and listen, won't you? Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Bonnie Langford returns to Doctor Who Doom's Day – Doom's first hour Titan Comics Doom's Day “A Doctor in the House? Part One” available for pre-order Doctor Who Chronicles 1963-64 now available BBC Books to Publish ‘Whotopia: The Ultimate Guide to the Whoniverse”, due Nov 16 Interview: Gav Rymill and Terry Nation Army

EPISODE 1419: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of BREAKUP, Anjan Sundaram, about on the devastating personal costs of being a war correspondent in Africa and having to choose between his marriage and his moral responsibility to report on an African conflict unseen by the world Anjan Sundaram is the author of Breakup: A Marriage in Wartime (2023); Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship (Ingabire prize, PEN America prize finalist, Amazon Best Book of 2016); and Stringer: A Reporter's Journey in the Congo (Royal African Society Book of the Year in 2014, BBC Book of the Week). His writing has appeared in Granta, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, The Guardian and Foreign Policy. His war correspondence won a Frontline Club award in 2015 and a Reuters prize in 2006. A TED Fellow, Sundaram graduated from Yale University. Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Award-winning writer and historian Rebecca Stott @rebeccastott64 on how she immersed herself in 6th-century history for five years for her latest book Dark Earth, a historical story set in Londinium. We talk about how she balances researching and writing, accuracy in historical fiction and the importance of the 'history of emotions'. *ABOUT REBECCA STOTTRebecca Stott is the author of fifteen books, including works of literary criticism, fiction, and nonfiction. Her nonfiction books include Darwin and the Barnacle (Faber, 2003), Darwin's Ghosts: In Search of the First Evolutionists (Bloomsbury, 2012), and Oyster in Reaktion's Animal series (2003). Her first novel, the historical thriller Ghostwalk (2007), was a New York Times bestseller, translated into fourteen languages and shortlisted for several prizes, including the Society of Authors First Novel Award. Her second novel, the historical novel The Coral Thief (2012), was a BBC Book at Bedtime. Her memoir, In the Days of Rain (2017), won the Costa Biography Prize. Her third novel, Dark Earth, set in the sixth century, is published in the UK by Fourth Estate and in the US by Penguin Random House.*QUOTES“We can't assume that people in the 17th Century grieved the same way that we grieve.”*RESOURCES:Rebecca's newest book, Dark EarthHilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogyHistory of emotionsEverything Ravaged, Everything Burned by Wells Tower'Leaving the Ivory Tower' radio segment on BBC4Rebecca's memoir In the Days of RainFreedom appArticles on Rebecca's writing process of Dark EarthRebecca on Twitter @rebeccastott64Poets: R.S. Thomas, T.S. Eliot, Don Paterson, Elizabeth Bishop*For show notes, transcripts and to attend our live podcasts visit: podcast.londonwriterssalon.comFor free writing sessions, join free Writers' Hours: writershour.com*FOLLOW LONDON WRITERS' SALONTwitter: twitter.com/​​WritersSalonInstagram: instagram.com/londonwriterssalonFacebook: facebook.com/LondonWritersSalonIf you're enjoying this show, please rate and review this show! 

Thank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast. On this episode Jim (@Monster_Maker), Pete (@Prof_Quiteamess), Jason (@drwhonovels) and Mark (@QuarkMcMalus) discuss the Target novelisation of The Fires of Pompeii by James Moran.  The webcast sequel The Descendants of Pompeii can be viewed here. The Blake's 7 book which Jim has worked on is Thieves, Killers, Mercaneries, Psychopaths and can be ordered here. Jim's RedBubble store Doctor Who Literature Maximum Power The Fires of Pompeii is published by BBC Books. Please consider supporting the podcast by ordering the book here or by leaving a star rating or review on your pod catcher of choice.

Lesley Ewing is back with the Shorewords Podcast, ASPN's books and literature pod, and she sits down with James Nestor, author of DEEP: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us about Ourselves. DEEP was an Amazon Best Science Book of 2014, BBC Book of the Week, BuzzFeed 19 Best Nonfiction Book of 2014, ArtForum Top 10 Book of 2014, New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice. In 2015, the PEN American Center recognized DEEPas one of the five best books of Literary Sports Writing. The book follows clans of extreme athletes, adventurers, and scientists as they plumb the limits of the ocean's depths and uncover weird and wondrous new discoveries that, in many cases, redefine our understanding of the ocean and ourselves. It has been translated into German, Chinese, Italian, Polish; editions in French and Portuguese will be released in 2018. Nestor is also a journalist who has written for Outside Magazine, Men's Journal, National Public Radio, The New York Times, The Atlantic, Scientific American, Surfer's Journal, Dwell Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, and more. Catch this incredible discussion with one of the most insightful and original writers in the realm. It's a blast.

Thank you for download the Trap One Podcast. On this episode Mark (@Mark_Dodyk) and Mark (@QuarkMcMalus) discuss the new illustrated edition of Doctor Who and the Daleks. Special guest ready by Dave Rennie (@HaemovoresRus). Find Dave's podcast, A Kettle and some String, here. Doctor Who and the Daleks (Illustrated Edition) by David Whittaker is published by BBC Books. To support the Trap One Podcast please consider ordering your copy here or leaving us a positive review on your podcatcher of choice.  

Is there any value in fiction? Vicki doesn't think so. But as the TARDIS is invaded by a robot rabbit and Steven and Vicki become trapped outside, to what lengths must the Doctor go to find their happily ever after? This is an unauthorized reading of a story taken from Doctor Who: Short Trips and Sidesteps, published in 2000 by BBC Books. It is read by Dwayne Bunnoid... em.... Bunney. Music by https://www.youtube.com/@GeorgeCMusic Email: sirensofaudio@gmail.com Website: https://www.sirensofaudio.com/ Audio Feedback: https://anchor.fm/sirensofaudio Twitter: http://twitter.com/audiosirens Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/audiosirens/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/audiosirens YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrU3MLlOeJTLnAbLl35QgeQ Text is copyright BBC and the author. No infringement is intended. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sirensofaudio/message

Tales of crime, fantasy, the strange, oh... and Christmas!With AK Benedict. A K Benedict read English at Cambridge and Creative Writing at the University of Sussex. She writes in a room filled with mannequins, clowns and teapots.Her debut novel, The Beauty of Murder (Orion), was shortlisted for an eDunnit award and is in development for an 8-part TV series. Her second novel, Jonathan Dark or The Evidence of Ghosts (Orion), was published in February 2016 and The Stone House, a tie-in novel for Doctor Who spin-off Class, was published by BBC Books in October. Her poems and short stories have featured in journals and anthologies including Best British Short Stories, Magma, Scaremongrel, and Great British Horror. Her first audio drama, The Victorian Age, was released as part of the Torchwood range at Big Finish in February, while Outbreak, a three-part Torchwood drama co-written with Guy Adams and Emma Reeves, will be released November 2016.Before becoming a full-time writer in 2012, A K Benedict was an indie-rock singer/songwriter, playing with her band The Black Tulips and solo as Pimpernelle. She was also a composer for film and TV, with music played on BBC 1, Channel Four, Sky, XFM, Radio 1, Radio 3 and in award-winning films. She still composes occasionally and now sings with The Slice Girls, a group of female thriller writers singing songs of sex, death and criminal activities.MURDER ON THE CHRISTMAS EXPRESS CAN YOU SOLVE THE CASE?'A perfect locked room mystery that explores lots of important topics within that highly enjoyable Christmas setting' ELLY GRIFFITHS ‘It's wonderful! A page-turning homage to the Golden Age, with a dash of Poirot and a dark, modern heart' S J BENNETT‘Magnificent! A smart, suspenseful and snow-covered mystery with plenty of heart and more than a few quiz questions. A total must read for Christmas' STEPH BROADRIBB ‘I absolutely loved it! Such a clever and pacy read with a glorious nod to classic Christie' JO JAKEMAN ‘An engrossing and heart-warming mystery. Like a glorious Christmas chocolate – beautiful on the outside with a richly dark centre. Perfect to curl up with on cold winter nights' MARION TODD 'A genuine Christmas Feast. It's traditional wrapping conceals a fiendish mystery, a heart of darkness and - in Roz - a wonderfully flawed heroine that you will absolutely fall in love with. If you like your Christmas murderous and melancholy, it's going to keep you very happy over the Festive Period' DEREK FARRELLEighteen passengers. Seven stops. One killer.In the early hours of Christmas Eve, the sleeper train to the Highlands is derailed, along with the festive plans of its travellers. With the train stuck in snow in the middle of nowhere, a killer stalks its carriages, picking off passengers one by one. Those who sleep on the sleeper train may never wake again.Can former Met detective Roz Parker find the killer before they kill again? https://amzn.to/3UZG3sP#AKBenedict #Murderonthechristmasexpress #Christmas______________________________________Find out more: www.TheWritingCommunityChatShow.ComTHE WCCS – TOGETHER AS ONE, WE GET IT DONE!If you would like to advertise your #book on the show, to enroll in a book launch interview, or to have a WCCS social media shout out, visit here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCSFOLLOW US► Our website – https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com ► Universal link – https://linktr.ee/TheWCCS► Buy the show a coffee – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS► Use hashtag TheWritingCommunityChatShow or TheWCCS on social media to keep us current. This show will only succeed with your support!► Support us through Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/WCCS► For our FIVERR affiliate link click here (we will earn a little from you signing up through our link and more if you use the service. We back this service and have used it with great results! – https://fvrr.co/32SB6cs► For our PRO #WRITING AID affiliate link click here – https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=15286 Hey! We have spent 3 years using StreamYard. You can see how much we love its features, and how we can make it look great for live streaming. We are huge fans and they are constantly improving their service. Check it out with our link and we could earn from referrals! https://streamyard.com/pal/4835638006775808 Hey! We have spent 3 years using StreamYard. You can see how much we love its features, and how we can make it look great for live streaming. We are huge fans and they are constantly improving their service. Check it out with our link and we could earn from referrals! https://streamyard.com/pal/4835638006775808

IN OCTOBER 1997, BBC Books achieved something that their predecessors at Virgin had been unable to achieve with the New and Missing Adventures - an original novel with the Daleks. Written by John Peel, a friend of Dalek creator Terry Nation, it saw the Eighth Doctor, Sam, Davros, Thals, Movellans and Daleks all feature. Today's episode features a chat with the writer, as well as range editor Steve Cole.

WE'RE BACK after a very short break - it's our long-awaited look at the BBC Books Eight Doctor Adventures range. Over the coming 18 days, we're going to be covering the first 18 novels in the range, from The Eight Doctors up to The Face Eater. Today, we kick off with The Eight Doctors by Terrance Dicks, featuring an archival interview with the author, BBC Books editor Steve Cole, an extract from our friends at the All-New Doctor Who Book Club discussing some handwritten notes on the first page of the book, plus a chat about the book with Doctor Who Magazine reviewer Matt Michael.

WE LIED! We told you episode 4.16 was the last of the run, and it really, really was planned to be... and now, it's the penultimate episode of season four! Before our fifth season kicks off, looking at Phase One of the EDA (we like that phrase - we'll have to use it more in future), we present an overview of the BBC Books series, as not all of our listeners will be aware of the ins and outs of the ongoing adventures. In September 2003, Panini published the fifth of their Doctor Who Magazine specials, The Complete Eighth Doctor, which looked at the Wilderness Years, the making of the TV Movie, and looks at this incarnation in audio, comics and books. The feature on the books was written by friend of the podcast Matt Michael, and only featured the novels up to Reckless Engineering, with a further 10 to follow before the range came to an end, so the feature is not fully complete. In it, Matt considered the highs and lows of the Doctor's novel outings, and to set the scene for the next 18 episodes, we present the feature, Hallo Spaceboy, read by its author.

If you've read a Doctor Who book at some point in your fandom life, chances are you've read one written by the prolific author, Steve Cole!If you haven't read a Doctor Who book yet, what are you waiting for? Go read one, then come back and listen to this podcast!Steve has written many original novels for many Doctors including Jodie Whittaker's 13th Doctor. Back in the Wilderness Years, he was Overlord of the Eighth Doctor and Past Doctor BBC novels, ushering in established and brand new talent to both ranges as well as penning more than a few titles himself - though how he found the time to both write and commission so many titles a year is beyond us!In this podcast we talk to Steve about his origins as a Doctor Who fan and his early starts in the writing business. We discuss the Eighth Doctor range of books that followed the TV movie, his approach to writing books for Doctors yet to see their episodes aired, plus writing for Time Lord Victorious, the Young James Bond books,  his successful series for younger children Astrosaurs and his collaborations with Tim Peak, Sophie Aldred, Tom Baker and much, much more.Including...sharks with frickin' lazer beams attached to their heads!But why?!Listen to find out!

This week we are travelling back to the ninth century to witness one of the major turning points in English history. Winston Churchill regularly tops ‘the greatest Briton of all time' charts, but his own vote for this accolade apparently went to the man we are going to discuss today. Alfred 'the Great' is the only English monarch to enjoy such an admiring epithet, his brother Athelstan is remembered as ‘the Unready' (although this meant poorly advised rather than unprepared), William I is either ‘the conqueror' or ‘the bastard' depending on your point of view – no other monarch's reputation has survived with a rosy glow. Our time travel today in the company of the world-renowned historian Michael Wood reveals exactly why Alfred is so well thought of. He takes us back to 878, a pivotal year in our history when, against all the odds, the Viking invaders were defeated, pushed out of Alfred's kingdom of Wessex and the geopolitics were set for the following centuries. Michael Wood's In Search of the Dark Ages: a History of Anglo-Saxon England 40th anniversary edition, is newly published by BBC Books. As ever, for more about this episode, head over to our website: www.tttpodcast.com Show notes Scene One: March 23rd Easter at Athelney, after Alfred's desperate guerrilla war in the Somerset marshes. Scene Two: 9th May, the Battle of Edington, Alfred defeats the Viking forces against all odds. Scene Three: 26th June Treaty at Wedmore which changed the course of the Viking wars and resulted in their leader, Guthrum converting to Christianity with Alfred as his godfather. Memento: Alfred's little commonplace book that he carried around with him, and perhaps had with him in the marshes. People/Social Presenter: Violet Moller Guest: Michael Wood Production: Maria Nolan Podcast partner: Ace Cultural Tours Follow us on Twitter: @tttpodcast_ Or on Facebook See where 878 fits on our Timeline

On this edition of The Arts Section, host Gary Zidek talks to the author of an intriguing new book that dives into the history of one of the world's premiere media organizations, the BBC. The British Broadcasting Company is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. The Dueling Critics, Kerry Reid and Jonathan Abarbanel, join Gary for a local summer theater preview. They'll share what plays and musicals their most looking forward to seeing. And later, Gary visits Northwestern's art museum for an up-close look at an exhibit titled SITE OF STRUGGLE.

A BBC Books of 2022 pick. An exquisite debut novel. A mid-life coming-of-age story charting one man's sexual awakening and his spectacular fall from grace in 1990s London, raising questions about art and beauty, sex and censure. Ben turns and grins ironically. 'When you stopped just now and looked at the sky, you weren't measuring it. You weren't thinking about classical proportion. You were feeling something.' Cambridge, 1994. Professor Don Lamb is a revered art historian at the height of his powers, consumed by the book he is writing about the skies of the Venetian master Tiepolo. However, his academic brilliance belies a deep inexperience of life and love. When an explosive piece of contemporary art is installed on the lawn of his college, it sets in motion Don's abrupt departure from Cambridge to take up a role at a south London museum. There he befriends Ben, a young artist who draws him into the anarchic 1990s British art scene and the nightlife of Soho. Over the course of one long, hot summer, Don glimpses a liberating new existence. But his epiphany is also a moment of self-reckoning, as his oldest friendship - and his own unexamined past - are revealed to him in a devastating new light. As Don's life unravels, he suffers a fall from grace that that shatters his world into pieces.

May 2022 Book Club:  We're catching up with the Second Doctor, Victoria, and Jamie in a castle (on an asteroid in space) as they solve some murder mysteries while fighting off cybernetic soldiers along the way.  We're reviewing “Dreams of Empire” by Justin Richards.  First published in 1998 as part of BBC Books' Past Doctor range, this novel was republished in 2013 and is still available digitally as an eBook.  Happy reading!     Please help other Doctor Who fans find our show - by leaving us a rating on Apple Podcasts or your podcatcher of choice. Submit your comments via email… “who knows,” we may end up reading your feedback on the podcast!   Facebook: http://facebook.com/allnewdoctorwhobookclub  Twitter: @ANDWBCPodcast  Email: ANDWBCPodcast@gmail.com  

Merry Met virtual traveller and welcome to Stories From Lore. A monthly podcast that invites you to ‘Rewild Yourself Through Story,‘ by exploring nature, folklore and the stories it inspires. My name is Dawn Nelson and I am an author and professional storyteller. ‘The Dreadful Wind & Rain' is this month's theme and for this episode I have some nature journaling notes for you, a ballad named ‘Windy Old Weather', the folklore of rain, rainbows, fog, mist and storms and I'm telling the story of ‘The Boy Who Went To the North Wind', collected by Asbjornsen & Moe. My friend Clare Mansell, who has many years experience in audio, has been helping me with production this series and for this episode she's had some fun adding sound effects to the story, so listen out for those and let me know what you thinkl  A Little Note - On occasion there are dark folkloric characters explored in this podcast and so, as always,  I would recommend that you should listen through first before listening with younger members of your household. To 'Rewild Yourself Through Story', join me on patreon for digital zines, a book club, audio stories, previews, earlier extended versions of this podcast and online workshop. www.patreon.com/ddstoryteller For more stories woven with folklore and the old ways you can find me via the following channels: www.facebook.com/ddstoryteller www.instagram.com/dd_storyeller References Books Crumley, Jim, (2018) The Nature Of Winter, Saraband Dent, Susie (2018) Brewers Dictionary of Phrase & Fable (29th Edition), Brewers, Edinburgh Kirkwood, Carol, (2017) And Now, The Weather, BBC Books. Simpson, Jaqueline & Roud, Steve (2000) A Dictionary of English Folklore, Oxford University Press, Oxford. Stephenson, Tom, The Countryside Companion, Odhams Press LTD, London Struthers, Jane (2009) Red Sky At Night: The Book Of Lost Countryside Wisdom, Ebury Press Websites: Weather Lore Sayings - https://www.nps.gov/grte/learn/education/classrooms/upload/Weather-Lore-Sayings.pdf Hether Blether: The Hidden Isle - http://www.orkneyjar.com/folklore/finfolk/hether.htm Dark Mist Descending - Radio Bulgaria - https://bnr.bg/en/post/100220934/a-dark-mist-descending Magical Veils of Mist and Smoke in Folklore - https://signemaene.com/2020/12/17/magical-veils-of-mist-and-smoke-in-folklore/ Credits & Music Attribution:  Intro & Outro Music: Midnight Tale by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music leading into the story: ‘Reflections Of Winter by Nature's Eye via Pixabay licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sound Effects via www.orangefreesounds.com, www.freesound.org and https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/ Fire sound effect - ‘Fireplace' by Leosalom via Freesound.org,  licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ With thanks to Clare Mansell for assistance with production.